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EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938
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aine Gets Year, M Months In State Pen
I
nco Bombers
inch Drive
ainsf Links
iv Killed As Air
ies Attack
n-France Link
rninviV. France, (At the
nrrfsrl. ADril 21. MP)
-' insurgent airmen today
-ded towns, troop concen
and one of the principal
,s of northern Catalonia in
: t smash the remaining
inks between Catalonia and
i civilians were killed and
tred at Puigcerda. Pyrenees
iv from France mio iuia
At Catalonian railway runs
frontier there through one
i three border passes still
government control.
Uping low to rain bombs and
ke-gun bullets, ueneran-
Francisco t ranco s pian
a 40,mi!e branch railroad
n Puigcerda and Ripoll in
Gerona province.
Cut Rail Spur
stmt from the main line to
Icna was cut in three places.
an trains in me ruisceiua
were struck by bombs. One.
with 'chemical products'
ranee, burned fiercely.
tell and Spanish authorities
tried first aid workers from
Sides of the border. Spanish
pr guards, however, refused
Jnit any one except French
fci3ns to cross into Spain and
Back Spanish civilians seeK-
flee into France.
fcrts telephoned to Bourg-
fce, France, said the aerial
:s coincided with the sched
rrival time of troop trains
Barcelona to reinforce gov-
r-.t forces against the tnsur
jsh along the frontier.
Farmhouses Hit
ges were attacked on either
the branch railway. Bombs
Bell on isolated farmhouses.
bombardment of Puigcerda
at noon when four bombers
bur pursuit planes swept in
Khe Pyrenees. The attack
almost half an hour, with
kmb dropped every minute.
pen authorities took prompt
ions aeainst spread of the
e to French soil. French
guards reinforced frontier
and French anti-aircraft
rs fired red rockets to warn
argent airmen.
le of the rockets burst among
es. i ne attackers remam
the Spanish side of the
en bombs fell on French soil
in the last previous bom-
pt of pjigcerda. Twenty-
persons were killed and 17
f in Puigcerda in that attack.
Development of Water Power
On Lake Creek Planned
In Greater BilJ hly Project
Application from th
ciation was filed witl
Washington, D. C, Th 5
veiopment of a major S
Triangle lake. "
Martin Revokes
Special Session
OLYMPIA. April 21. OP) Gov
ernor Martin "revoked the pur
ported' proclamation of the lieu
tenant governor" which called a
special session of the state legis
lature, and in a proclamation to
day declared "the legislature shall
not convene."
Lt. Gov. Meyers had "called" a
special session for next Monday.
Informed of the governor's proc
lamation. Lieutenant Governor
Meyers said he had no statement
to make at this time. He said he
did not know what would be his
next step.
The governor s proclamation said
in his opinion "there was no ex.
traordinary occasion necessitating
the convening of the legislature in
extraordinary session" at the time
of Meyers' proclamation.
He said by reason of said actions
of the lieutenant governor, "con
fusion has been created in the
public mind, and uncertainty exists
among the members of the legisla
ture as to their duties.
"The attorney general of the
state of Washington," Governor
Martin said, "has rendered an
opinion holding the lieutenant
governor was without authority to
call the session, and that the pur
ported proclamation was void and
of no effect."
Governor Martin said the lieu
tenant governor "assumed the au
thority on April 19, and by pur
ported proclamation, called a spe
cial session of the legislature."
:hly Co-Operative Electric asso
federal power commission in
y, asking further rights for de
r project on Lake Creek out of
, Under the original plan of the
project, the association was to
generate its power with a Diesel
engine.. The new application
abandons the engine generation
and asks for building of a dam to
generate with water power. The
dam will be located just below the
lake on the outlet in Lake creek,
the association believing it will be
more profitable to generate with
water power.
Cost Is Greater
The change in plans will call for
a larger expenditure on the gener
ating system, but the project still
has several thousand dollars avail
able within the original allocation
of $108,000 granted by the rural
electrification administration. With
the dam planned, the total cost on
the project now will run around
$75,000, cost of the transmission
lines being less than the sum allowed.
Transmission lines are practi
cally complete except for a strip
over government land, request on
this area being included in the
new application before the . gov
ernment. The proposed dam would have
an installed capacity of 225 horse
power. The project includes pro
vision for additional units and 47
miles of 7200-volt distributing
lines to serve farmers through the
Blachly. Eugene, Junction City,
and Florence areas.
Rates To Be Based
On Kilowatt Year
PORTLAND, April 21. W J.
D. Ross, Bonneville dam adminis
trator, formally announced yes
terday that power would be sold
on a kilowatt year basis, a unit
system new to the United States
but successfully tried in Ontario,
Canada.
Ross said rates for a kilowatt
year to the public utility district
or private utility company which
purchases Bonneville power re
tail consumers can not purchase
direct would be announced soon
by the federal power commission
at Washington.
The kilowatt year sales unit is
based entirely on the cost of pro
duction and is an attempt to leave
present practices of selling power
"from the old scarcity standpoint,"
Ross declared.
The kilowatt year was defined
by Ross as 1,000 watts furnished
day and night for 12 months, or 8,
760 kilowatt hours of electricity.
He declared the low charge would
fHIXGTON. April ! (Pi ' lnsP're distributing city, company
federal bureau of Dublic or Power districts to encourage
--
e Road Program
ned This Year
Martin Criticizes
Attempt At Schism
PORTLAND, April 21. OP)
Criticizing statements that he is
not sympathetic with the- Roose
velt administration, Governor Mar
tin, candidate for the democratic
renomination, said today that his
platform consists of "sound prin
ciples, with which only the selfish
can quarrel."
In an address prepared for de
livery at a luncheon of the Wil
lamette Democratic society, - the
governor said that efforts to make
it appear that he is not in sym
pathy with the Roosevelt' program
were "part of a deliberate cam
paign to distort the truth and
create schism within our party
ranks."
He quoted from a letter from
Postmaster General James Farley,
chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, who said:
"You have done a splendid job,
governor, and I am sure that the
citizens of your state realize it.
You are bound to be criticized by
some people; but you have been
around a long time, and I know,
that you don't let it bother you as
long as you are doing the
right thing."
Nation's Chief
Asks Ford
To Conference
Detroit Manufacturer
To Visit President
To Discuss Recovery
WASHINGTON, April 21. OP)
Henry Ford, strenuously at odds
at times with the present adminis
tration, accepted today President
Roosevelt s invitation to an infor
mal White House conference where
depression problems will be dis
cussed. The Detroit automobile manu
facturer, who refused to sign the
automobile code when NRA's blue
eagle was flying, was asked to lun
cheon in the executive mansion
here next Wednesday.
The invitation to Ford went
from the White House at time
when Mr. Roosevelt and his aides
are seeking all means to aid busi
ness recovery.
GRINDS NO AXE
SUDBURY, Mass., April 21. W)
Henry Ford of Detroit today re
vealed plants for a discussion of
"business conditions" with Presi
dent Roosevelt, but asserted he
would enter the conference with
no axe to grind.
Standing in the warm spring
sunshine of the extensive Wayside
Inn estate, which he has rehabili
tated as an early American hotel
property here, the multi-millionaire
automobile maker said he did
not intend to give any "advice."
At the same time, however, he left
no doubt of his own views.
His solution of present-day prob
lems, Ford said in rapid-fire fash
ion, would be an expansion of the
"back-to-the-farm movement.
Must Raise Food
"If people do not raise their own
food," he asserted, "they will have
to. have a dictator to, tell them to
do it."
He declared that in his opinion,
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Decree Given In -Automobile
Case
uuviosca today that under
conercssnmnl authoriza
32.098.000 could be poured
highway construction
f i'ir-.g the next 14 months.
Me.-al government' hr
said, would be $370.
M 'i of the states,
fairbank. n assistant chief
b"reau. fMd thousands of
-' WW couid be rrpataorf
3nw 'O fit in Present
e"s rccov
e:y program.
1 Tell One
izens are out
By BOB BURNS
- private
a politician can al
' job cn ore of them in-
vtigatin' corn-
Power Defeat In
Oregon Significant
WASHINGTON, April 21. M
Defeat of a recent special elec
tion of Oregon's proposed seven
county public utility district to
distribute Bonneville dam power
"appears to be strong evidence
that ihe people do not want these
gigantic projects imposed on them
from Washington." Representative
Bert Snell, republican house lead
er, tcld congress yesterday.
"Bonneville dam will be com
pleted in about a year, but the
people in the immediate vicinity
have already emphatically disap
proved the proposed distribution
scheme," Snell said.
m
In the circuit court case of
Mary Ashbaugh against George
W. Ashbaugh and others, Judge
G. F. Skipworth Thursday gave
a decree that George W. Ash
baugh be restrained and enjoined
from selling or disposing of a
certain cap and that the sherfif
is authorized to seize the car on
a writ of execution.
In the divorce case of Adrian
Clayton Minkler against Pearl j
Luciie Minkler the decree was j
modified by Judge Skipworth so
that the plaintiff shall have the j
care and custody of the minor son '
and the defendant the care and ,
800 Killed When
Quake Hits Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey, April 21.
OPI The Anatolia earthquake toll
of dead and missing soared to at
least 800 today after a night of con
tinuing shocks which 50,000 home
less spent in mad terror.
Terrific-underground rumblings
were accompanied by intermittent
earthshocks over a wide area of
western Asia bordering the Aegean
sea, and especially about Kirshehr,
Yozgad and Tchorum.
Panic stricken refugees fled from
crevices full of boiling wataer.
Eighteen villages were utterly
destroyed, and 22 others were
badly damaged. .
Whole families were buried un
der: mountainous debris. Most of
the victims were women and chil
dren.
Salvage and relief squads were
organized throughout the stricken
country and the national assembly
voted emergency funds.
Heads of foreign diplomatic mis
sions presented condolences to the
government. . . . .
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Judge Grants
3-Day Stay
Of Execution
Concurrent Sentences
On Three Counts
Given Local Barber
STARRING In the production of "Peer Gynt" on the university campus Tuesday night will be Lorraine
Hixon, soprano, and Walden Boyle Instrutor in dramatics, shown above. Miss Hixon plays the part of
Solveig, while Boyle Is Peer Gynt. Wiltshire engraving, Kennell-Ellis photos.
Milk Price Ordered
Slashed One Cent
THE DALLES, April 21. (
Edgar Smith of Portland, chair
man, announced milk price de
clines of one cent a quart effective
at the end of the month at The
Dalles, Eugene, Klamath Falls and
Astoria yesterday at a state milk
control board hearing.
Four per cent milk will retail
for 11 cents a quart and 9 per cent
milk-at 13 cents.. Similar reduc
tions occurred recently at Port
land. The Dalles prices went up in
October following a board hearing.
Smith said the reduction was de
signed to bring the cost to consum
ers on a level with other - commodities.
Coastguardsman Is
Injured As Boat
Overturns In Surf
Swallowed Button
Removed From Throat'
custody of the minor daughter.
Board To Consider
School Budgets
CORVALLIS, April 21.
The annual budgets for the five
institutions will be the chief bus.,
iness before the board of higher
education when it meets here
Tuesday. -
Separate sessions of the finance,
building and insurance committees ;
will be held Monday. The execu
tive council will confer on the
Walter Gossler, two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Goss
ler, Springfield, is in the Eugene
hospital resting - comfortably fol
lowing - a freak accident that
might have proved fatal.
- The baby swallowed a metal
button about the size of a 25-cent
piece five days ago, the button
lodging-in his throat. - Dr. Henry
H. Norton Wednesday night re
moved the button from the baby's
esophagus through use of a spe
cial instrument he secured . in
Austria.
Portland Man Drowns
While Fishing
In Triangle Lake
Francis Marion Skinner, 48, a
member of the Portland fire de
partment, was drowned Thursday
morning when he fell from the
log boom from which he was fish
ing in Triangle Lake.
Mr. Skinner left the W. B.
Blachly ranch, where he had spent
the night, about 7:45 Thursday
morning. Lawrence and Henry
Bauman, owners of the Triangle
Lumber company of Blachly, heard
his shouts as he fell, but lt was
30 minutes before his body could
be found His watch had stopped
at 8:20. Floyd Miller and Dwlght
Templeman worked for more than
two hours in efforts to revive him.
Mr. Skinner was a fireman for
engine company No. 2 in Portland,
and lived at 510 N. W. Third ave
nue. He is survived by his wife
and one child. The body will prob
ably be taken to Portland for
burial.
The county coroner's office, the
state police, and a deputy sheriff
made an investigation of the accident.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
New York 2 13 0
Boston 3 3 0
Donald. Stine (7) Beggs (8) and
Dickey, Glenn (8). Marcum and
Desautels.
S;s Jh!iLaFollette Splits
p;'e- a lot ta; With President
rocr.ey. but; -
H-VJ( TV S fPme sat"! MADISON. Wis., April 21.')
-J. -'action in , Governor Philin P. La Follette.
- j thatwho disclosed last night he had j Oregon State college campus Mon- j
. Ining,sDllt with President Roosevelt over I dnv afternoon. Both me board ana
recovery policies, promised today ; the council will be the guests of
i 1-ni.ie Hoa to offer his own plan for master- the faculty men s club at a dinner.
-d t-. fJDl:Tlclan : mg the business slump.
..,; . 'ner day he He announced he would discuss
L'l '-. !a;d "I"v recovery tonight in the third of a
ern investi- : series of four radio addresses, in-
was never itimating he had in mind a self-
SHOT IN BACK
TOLEDO. April 21. C4 Cal
vert Fitzpatrick, 22. Taft, shot in
, T t ain t liquidating works program of tneine oac ma it
- dodging the kind he submitted in 1935 to the! rifle when he dragged it over a
s i, mv"Satin' me.' Wisconsin legislature, which re- j log while hunting, was in serious ,
"Wi.t rune. inc. i j jected it I condition at a hospital here today.
SAFETY FIRST
EUGENE
1938
Accidents 244
Injuries 40
Deaths 1
LANE COUNTY
Accidents 187
Injuries . ...... 30
Deaths . 2
1937
1268
159
2
1698
351
17
CITY'S DANGER SPOTS
6th and Blilr crashes, 2
Injuries.
10th and Willamette 7
crashes.
7th and W 1 1 1 a m e 1 1 e 5
crashes, 1 Injury.
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 9 15 0
Philadelphia 0 9 0
Presnell and Chervinko; Mul
cahy, Kelleher (4) and Atwood.
Chicago 2 4 1
Cincinnati 6 13 1
t Carleton and Odea; Derringer
and Lombard!.
HE'S TYPED
WASHINGTON, April 21. 'Pi
Congressman Walter M. Pierce,
democrat trom La Grande, grinned
today when an anonymous donor
sent him a rubber stamp from
Portland with the one word "yes."
REEDSPORT, April 21. (Spe
cial) Boatswain Prentice M.
Clark, 60, skipper of the Ump
qua Coast Guard station, received
a broken shoulder and Is now in
a North Bend hospital, as the re
sult of an accident on the Ump
qua River bar this week.- ,
The coast guard station had
observed what they assumed to
be a distress signal from Ihe
troller Wauseeka and had crossed
out over the "Umpqua bar to ren
der assistance. Finding that aid
was not needed the life boat and
crew were returning to the sta
tion when rough seas on the bar
capsized the boat, and Boatswain's
mate Van E. Clark and Surfmnn
Raymond Miller were thrown
overboard. Capt. Clark's shoulder
was broken but he managed to
remain in the boat with Donald
G. Barber and Arthur Doyle,
surfmen. Sprayhood, cowl and
sea anchor were torn away, and
the crew was unable to start the
boat's mritor for about 20 min
utes, during which time Miller
and Van Clark were being
tossed around in the breakers and
had great difficulty in keeping
theirs heads above . water even
though wearing life preservers.
After picking up the two men the
lifeboat headed for sea, not wish
ing to attempt another passage
of the bar with part of the super
structure of the boat missing.
After spending the night at sea
they put in to the Coos Bay bar,
but finding this bar also rough
they finally landed Bt Sunset bay.
Although all .suffered from ex
posure. Captain Clark was the
only one requiring medical attention.
Public Auditorium
May Be Asked Here
Eugeneans have been making
preliminary studies towards pos-
jsible construction of a public au
ditorium, long one of the city s
major needs, it was revealed here
Thursday. A committee, headed by
Mrs. Gilson A. Hoss, has been as
sembling facts and figures on at
tendance at civic and University
musical and dramatic functions.
Another committee, headed by
John Durr, chamber of commerce
secretary, has been studying sim
ilar facts in the downtown area.
The plans for the proposed
structure, yet in the formative
stage, were revealed when efforts
were made to find out possible
PWA projects in this vicinity. C.
C. Hockley, PWA administrator for
Oregon. Washington and Idaho,
requested Wednesday that public
officials prepare for possible re
sumption of PWA dllotmcnts tin
der the president's pump-priming
expenditures.
Other possible projects In this
area included a new airport but no
definite stops have even been con
sidered for one. The present Eu
gene municipal airport, built at n
cost of over $100,000, was declared
inadequate' to care . for modern
transport planes. For some time
it has been hoped that another
port could be constructed where
no hills will obstruct the landing
and take-off of even the largest
planes. I
Anti-War Program
Planned On Campus
Permission to stage a demon
stration against war April 27, has
been given to students by the fac
ulty of the University of Oregon,
it was announced here Thursday
by Karl W. Onthank, dean of per
sonnel, The demonstration will
be nation-wide on that date, and
those behind the movement hope
that some 750,000 students will
take part.
Students backing the event
here did not ask that classes be
dismissed, nor is it expected that
a "strike" be called here, as is
planned on some campuses. It is
probable that talks will be given
from the old library steps, as in
past years, at the 11 o'clock hour,
to those interested. Last year the
demonstration drew only a small
crowd in spite of rather elaborate
preparations.
J. C. Boy Fractures
Skull In Accident
Eleven Plants In
Detroit Are Closed
PORTLAND WARM
I PORTLAND. April 21. A)
i The temperature reached 71 de
grees here yesterday, the highest
, point of 1938. The weather bureau
I predicted the mark would be
equaled or bettered today.
DETROIT. April 21., fP)
Strikes closed the Bonn Alumi
num & Brass corporation's eight
plants here today, bringing to 11
the number of industrial units (n
Detroit in which labor troubles
have stopped production.
In Flint. 3,700 employes of
Genera 1 Motors' Fisher Body
plant N'o. 1 returned to work
without incident after a three-day
shut-down resulting from a
United Automobile Workers pick
eting campaign to collect union
dues.
JUNCTION CITY. April 21.
(Special) Coe Baldwin, ll-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Baldwin, was found unconscious
recently by some of the men of the
Southern Pacific bridge .row, who
arc driving piling for a culvert
near the north city limits. The boy
had been watching the men at
work but no one had seen any ac
cident. It is believed that he fell
from the railroad trestle. The men
removed him to a local physician's
office, an ambulance was called
and he was taken to the Sacred
Heart hospital. He regained par
tial consciousness before reaching
Eugene. He received conrussion of
the brain, two small skull frac
tures and a filight scratch on his
left cheek. He has been taken
home where he will be kept In
bed for several days.
Junior Queen To Open
Ball Season Friday
Something different In the way
of opening day baseball games
Virginia Regan, junior week-end
queen, will toss in the first ball
Friday afternoon at 3 p. m. when
Oregon and Oregon State nines
open the northern division con
ference season.
Prior to the game, a parade
win be held on Willamette street,
starting at 2 p. m. with the R. O.
T. C. band, and both teams. The
Howe field memorial gates will
be dedicated by Chancellor F. M.
Hunter before Miss Regan's pitch
to some prominent political head,
yet unannounced. ' Mayor Elisha
Large will umpire.
Ray W. Blaine, Eugene barber
convicted on, three counts in the
skunk musk "bombing" case tried
here in February, was given two
sentences to the state penitentiary
and one in the county jail when
he appeared before Circuit Judge
G. F. Skipworth Thursday morn
ing. On one count he was sentenced
to a year and four months in the
state penitentiary, on another one
year in the penitentiary and on
the third, six months in the county
jail. As all sentences run concur
rently, he will serve one year and
four months in the state peniten
tiary with the possibility of time
off for good behavior.
On motion of Defense Counsel
H. E. Siattery a three-day stay of
execution was granted by Judge
bkipworth so that the defense can
decide whether or not to appeal
the case to the supreme court
Blaine was remanded to the cus
tody of Sheriff C. A. Swarts and
must wait out the three-day stay
in the Lane county jail.
- Stay Is Granted
Blaine, who was president of
the journeymen barbers union lo
cal in Eugene at the time the City
Barber shop, a non-union estab
lishment, was "bombed" with
skunk musk here last Jan. 22, was
convicted by a circuit court jury on
charges of conspiring to commit a
felony, malicious injury to per
sonal property, and disorderjy
conduct. He was sentenced to
one year and four months in the
penitentiary on the first count;
one year in the penitentiary on
the second; and six months in the
county jail on the third.
Sentence was passed at 9:30
o'clock "Thursday morning, before
a small crowd In the circuit court
room. Defense Counsel Siattery
asked Judge Skipworth to take
into consideration Blaine's previ
ous record as a law-abiding citizen
in the community, end asked that
he be paroled for a five-year per
iod rather than be sent to the penitentiary.
District Attorney L. U Ray, wh
handled the prosecution of the
case for the state, answered Mr.
Slattcry's plea by asking that Jus
tice be done in the case and that
Blaine be punished for his wrongs.
In passing sentence, Judge Skip-
worth stated he was sorry that
others who were originally linked
with the case Arthur Peterson,
union barber, and Dave Bishop,
Jimmle Dcmpsey and Sam' Day,
trio who actually "bombed" the
City shop as hirelings of Bl nine-
were not being punished along
with Blaine. The four men turned
state's evidence, and it was their
testimony which ultimately result
ed In Blaine's conviction.
Judge Skipworth then passed
sentence. Blaine had nothing to
say, and gave no sign of emotion
when he heard the Judge's decision.
He was immediately taken to the
county Jail by Deputy Sheriff Nel
son Whipps.
Must Pay Postage
WASHINGTON. April 21. A)
Post office officials said today
they would ask Horace Russell,
resigned general counsel for the
Home Owners Loan Corporation,
to pay approximately $280 in
postage charges for letters he sent
out under the franking privilege,
praising the legal abilities of O.
B. Taylor, a former H. O. L. C.
attorney.
Weather News
Eugene continued to enjoy mild
temperatures and sunshine, Thurs
day with the prediction for prob-
me -cloudiness and rain this
week-end. The forecast follows:
Oregon: Unsettled tonight and
Friday with occasional rain north
west portion and on the coast.
cooler interior west portion Fri
day; moderate southerly wind off
the coast.
LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum
temperature. Thursday, 38 degree;
maximum temperature, Wednes
day, 69 degrees; stage of Willam
ette river at 7 a. m. here Thursday,
j3.1 fiet: wind, north.
SIL'SLAW TIDES: Friday, high,
4:57 s. m.. 6:46 p. m.: low, 12:07 p.
m. Saturday, high, 6:06 a. m., 7:42
p. m.; low, 12:30 a. m., 1:07 p. m.
Sunday, high, 7:23 a. m.t 8:33 p. m.
low, 1:43 a. m.f 2:05 p. m.