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Home Edition Weather: Fair LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER, TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 83 EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1938 ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5c DirDSQinifl I Thompson ansferred To onto Post ,r Many Years Head Willamette Forest fice In Eugene Hundreds Atter Opening of Fr j-.m BRr f- j v A. Thompson, Willam forest supervisor, said Wed from Washington oi nis !er appointment to the Mis- j Montana, regiundi unite. L-, he will serve as assistant aal forester in cnarge 01 nnel. rrus is m.v fourth transfer the war." Supervisor rnpson commented, "and I can -fully say, in a sense, my most tsited one. I will hate leaving sr.e and the Willamette forest than I have any previous ;(er." Supervisor liere since 1930. Mr. Thompson ex :s to leave shortly after Octc-1. ...e.sor to Mr. Thompson as : of the Willamette forest be J. R. Bruckart, who has TRANSFERRED to Missoula, . transferred from his pres-1 A Mont., where he will become post as Olympian national : assistant regional forester, is Perry ;t supervisor in Washington. I A. Thompson, for many years su- Bruckart is well acquainted pervisor of the Willamette national Oregon's woods and forest : forest. lals, having worked for two s with CCC projects in Ore as a representative of the rnal forester's office in Port- e Regional Forester C. J. Buck ::rmed Brucker s appointment r.e Eugene office Wednesday, ransfer of Supervisor Thomp to the Montana position has ; expected here for many r.'Jis since his recent absence perform special forestry de ment duties in Washington, C. Previous to coming here. new assistant regional forester Ir.t 19 years in other forestry ;ct positions. Lone With Service arling as a forest guard in , Thompson became a forest prin 1912, was appointed as fcat supervisor of the Malheur Whitman foTCsts in eastern .on in 1922, and in 1927 be :e supervisor of the Colville is in Washington. :.e Montana appointment ins both promotion and salary !5se. His personnel supervi : will extend over forests in northern part of Idaho, all of F'ana and parts of northern ming. He will serve under oral Forester Evan Kelly. nope that my departure from territory will be only tcm 7.'' Mr. Thomnson stated fi-.esday. "I am not selling mv re tract on the Coburg high ar.d intend to return here settle permanently when I By SID KING j Rural Lane county moved into ! the fairgrounds here Wednesday as the first county fair in seven years opened its gates to hundreds of citizens who viewed the products of the county placed on display. Highlighting the fair this year were the disnlavs arranged in the main exhibition hall by 25 Lane 1 T AST laugh In the stirring New county granges. Each booth was " York primary eampaicn was hoi,i,f,,n rf.rirf ,..HK h. r,m. i naa Wednesday oy Hep. jonn j. Fay Wins N.Y. Demo Primary From OXonnor "Purge" Victim Gets G. 0. P. Nomination And Final Laugh Fair Highlights Lane's fair opened early Wed nesday morning, and, surprisingly, practically all the booth construc tion was completed. Missing was the usual last-minute mix-up. This was especially true of the grange exhibits. Among the commercial displays at the fair is one of synthetic flow ers, shaped from fiber scraped from the ricewood tree from the island of Formosa., In charge is Pearl Dawson, manager of the Premier Flower and Supply Co Portland. She teaches how to make milk-white gardenias, roses and many other varieties for cor sage purposes. ral Fire District Wing Scheduled nation of fire protective dis s in rural areas adjacent to will be discussed at a S at the city hall Friday -5, sept. 25. at 7:30 o'clock. s announced here today "SVeS. Of the Qtatft firo mur. office. ,'5(r fate l.-,v, districts may jr.fd with the right to levy a ' not 10 exceed two mills on rPor:y in the district. This ! rr.ay then be used to pay -:e protection. Plar.s arc open to the dis cus formed. Hayes pointed may purchase its own ;5'om and Provide its own on. or it may contract with I'-'f'G organization for fire eri. ,.ers ct mr- than 50 per ' property of the dis 1 favorable to the pro ;;tas said. Anyone interest Proposal is urged to at Reetir.g. City officials ".' are invited to be prcs- Goshen's grange exhibit hit the spot for cleverness. A country home, landscaped with products attracted throngs to R. J. Patton's masterpiece. The windows are of canned fruits, the foundation of flats of fruits, the tile walk and front wall of beans and grains. In the yard is a rock garden of cantaloupes, onions, squashes, pumpkins and cucumbers. The pool is provided by half a water melon rind from which the exhibi tors have eaten the meat. The pick et fences surrounding the yard are suggested by bundles of grains. duce arranged in artistic designs Allen Wheeler, manager of the fair, who has attended virtually every fair held in the state this year, said he believed the exhibits were the most attractive shown so far in the state this year. Rodeo In Spotlight The grandstand program started at 1:30 o'clock with a half-hour concert by the Eugene I. O. O. F. band. Following the concert Christensen's rodeo took the spot- 1 light with horse bucking, steer rid- :ing. bulldogging and calf roping thrilling the spectators during the j afternoon. I At the Four-H club show, held jin the club building in connection j with the main fair this year, two : champions were named Wednes day morning. Gerald Flanagan won champion in the ewe lamb class and Francis Parker won in the fat lamb class. Stock judging, vegetable and flower judging were started Wed nesday morning with most results to be announced later. Thursday "Eugene Day." Thursday will be Eugene day at the fair with Dr. A. T. Oberg, pres ident of the Eugene chamber of commerce, urging local business men to permit their employes to go to the fair. On Thursday after noon a schedule of races was slat ed for the grandstand program. Harness races, kids' cow pony races, the Lane county derby, open running and the chariot races were to be held. A feature of the program will be the "pig-car race," in which en trants must catch a pig, run to an old-model car, crank the machine and drive to another pen where they release the pig. Thursday evening Christiansen's rodeo will be staged for the sec ond time. The horse show was slat ed for Wednesday evening's pro gram. Several outstanding exhibits at tracted attention of fair visitors Wednesday. A beautiful floral trib ute to the late Ben F. Keeney drew the spotlight in the flower show. The exhibit consisted of a realistic looking fence corner, with shrub bery and an authentic rail fence with a spring and a pool In the main exhibit hall, the Eugene chamber of commerce was maintaining a "parking space" for O'Connor, former Democrat whose "purge" was urged by President Roosevelt. Although defeated by Democratic voters, who chose James H. Fay, O'Connor was riven the Republican nomination. 11 Die In Floods Over New England By The Associated Press Ruin spread througn rich in dustrial and farming sections of Massachusetts and Connecticut today as drenching rains which have fallen for a week along the Atlantic seaboard' concentrated in force on the New England states, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars damage. Eleven lives had been lost In the flood waters of rivers and streams which have burst dams, washed out sections of highways, and railroads, undermined houses! and farm buildings and reached levels in places above the stages of the devastating 1936 floods. Massachusetts State college at Amherst reported an all-time rec ord rainfall of 1J.49 inches for September. The old record was 12.34 inches in 1933. A total of ten inches fell since Saturday. At East Hampton, Conn., work men labored desperately to save a 50-foot dam holding back the waters of a pond. If the dam went, town officials said, the cen ter of the town would be swept away. Several families in North Hav en were evacuated from their homes by rescue workers. In Petersboro, N. H., 50 fam ilies were evacuated from second floor tenements as the Contookook and Nukanurit rivers raced through the town. Farm build ings were pitched into both streams, business establishments in the main street were flooded, a turn hririoM rlestrovert. Massachusetts rivers nearedjTime After Vacation 1936 flood levels. Half a dozen, bridges had been carried away and industrial plants In Gradner, Athol and Southbridge, flooded by rising waters, were shut down. Action Forced By England, France From Central came the biggest ; children where mothers may leave watermelon at the fair. It nits ine tape measure at 26 inches in length SEE FAIR HIGHLIGHTS PAGE 10 . Not Guilty Pleas ? Entered By Two by ' John Kcllv. charged with burg lary, and Alvin Rust, charged with lar'cenv by bailee of a car. pleaded not guiltv in circuit court Wed nesday and will be tried some time after the trial docket is taken up by Judge G. F. Skipworth. R F. Gift, pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny and was placed on probation for two years to Perry Price, county juvenile ad viser. . , In the case of De Armond Leign, accused of larceny by bailee, a de murrer was filed and sentence of Richard Emerson, charged with burglary was deferred. He win be sent to his home at Yakima. Wash. ach To Be Tried Fre Charge Choose Jury Panel In Nelson Murder Trial the little ones under expert care Two fish exhibits were shown, the Mapleton grange displaying a fine 25-pound Chinook salmon while the McKenzie River grange had three magnificent Redsidc trout on ire. Horse Judging Truman Chase Two first, Per chon stallion; first and second, Perchon mares; first and second, Perchon mare and colt; third, Perchon mare. A. H. Buck Two firsts, Per chon mares., Adrean Miller First, Perchon stallion. Legion Delegates In Business Meet iBv Th AvwtclltMt rrw! The defeat of Rep. John O'Con nor for democratic renonimation in New York gave President Roosevelt today his first and only victory in his personal campaign against four democratic legislat ors. Mr. Roosevelt's sole triumph was not comDlete. however, be- OEATTLE'S Stephen F. Chad cause O'Connor will be on the , O wick, above, was conceded November ballot, having won the Wednesday by legionnaires to have republican nomination by 1000 ! the Inside track for election as votes over Allen W. Dulles. j president of the American Legion The president tried nnd failed for the coming year, previously to prevent the return of three democratic senators 1 whom he classed as conservatives George of Georgia, Smith of ; I Carolina and Tydings of Mary- I ! land. 1 I O'Connor lost the democratic I nomination for the seat he has I held since 1923 to James H. Fay, i New Dealer who narrowly missed j defeating him four years ago. The I complete vote gave Fay 8352 and 1 O'Connor 7799. I O'Connor, chairman of the pow I crful house rules committee, at i tributcd his defeat to election "dishonesty" and hinted he would seek a recount. New Deal Aspect The Fay-O'Connor contest was the only one in four statewide primaries yesterday which had a national aspect. The Massachusetts .democratic primary witnessed a triumphant comeback by former Gov. James M. Curley who won the democrat ic gubernatorial nomination from Gov. Charles F. Hurley. Former Sen. W. Warren Bar bour was an easy winner of the republican senatorial nomination in New Jersey, defeating George O. Pullen of Trenton, Townsend plan advocate, and C. Dan Coskey, Jersey City engineer. Wisconsin progressives put Gov. Philip Lafollette far out in front in his campaign for a fourth-term nomination. Newman Shooting Probed By Police An intensive investigation Into the "docr-hutU" dentil of Lester Newman, 59-year-old Eugene hunter, was being carried on at the scene of the shooting Wcdnes- Czech Citizens, Army In Excitable State; Outbreak. Is Feared TRAGUE. Sept. 21. P The Czechoslovak government an nounced officially at 7:25 p. m. (10:25 a. m. PST) today its accept ance of the British-French plan for day by state police of fivers under mce(irlB tne pcMe terms of Reichs- lne nirccuon cu centrum mnin tnchrpr Hitler Hirtzel and Deputy Coroner liar old Poole. Brought, to state police head quarters here Tuesday following first report of the shooting, three companion huntsmen of Newman were questioned by District At torney L. L. liny and state offic ers Tuesday night in the Fall creek The decision came at the end ot three days of fateful discussion oi the proposals agreed upon by Brit ish and French leaders in Londoh as the price for maintaining peace in Europe. 7 The news of the capitulation Investigation ' came to Czechoslovaks by radlp words where broadcasts carried through loud Newman met his death was spiers in the crowded streets rj ing. Vnrncy Baker. Clarence Davis nnd Waiter Easton, who were on the hunting trip with Newman, loin oincm iicwm .. KamU Krof(a to ,he Newman nan noi come .. u... u..c ministers at 5 p. rft. nt thnir ciin hecause thev were ... r Prague. The announcement said Czechr Slovakia's final decision to yicQ to the British-French plan waa communicated by Foreign Minister British and 40-Year-Old Town Clock Again Keeping the few FDR's Railroad Probe Group Strikes Snag With Labor Officials WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. "J.B President Roosevelt's hand-picked committee of railroad experts meets today in an effort to draft a long-range rehabilitation pro gram for the ailing $26,000,000, 000 railroad industry. Already the committee was re ported to have struck a snag on the railroad's demands for a 15 per cent wage cut. The three labor representatives, it was understood, have notified the three manage ment representatives and Mr. Roosevelt that they cannot cooper ate in formulating rail aid legis- Eugene Chase Second, Perchon i lation until demands for the $250,- msre. ouu.uuu annual wage cut are urup- Owen Thompson r irsi, team ped of draft horses. Vegetable Results Jennie Maltzar First, Irish po tatoes. R. L. Swezey First, Katahdir potatoes. W. A. Ayres First Burbank SEE HUNDREDS ATTEND PAGE 10 Collision Sends One To Hospital Here Edward Mitchell, 1472 Kincaid. ti-ac treated ai me orfticu .,-.. TOLEDO. Ore.. Sept. 21. " , hospital Tuesday night for facial About a dozen more persons for cuts ana bruises received when his the Danel from which a jury will car collided with one driven by . ..a . .r- Honrv Stanley : i n h n McGowan. 1009 Patterson v.tn r,n a first degree murder : street. According to police who charge were being questioned by , investigated the accident. Mitchell oefense and prosecution today, i was drivmg west on Twelfth ave ThTrUn were chosen yesterday. ! nue and collided w.th McGowan. i"".. ach cf ,he Cottage ;4 ticn appeared in the - Jiistiie court Wednesday ; ge cf settinff a fir in a :$hout '"t obtain-j Aytornevs h0ped to complete the going north on Alder, in the Hunters Outnumber Deer In Ochoco PRINEV1LLE, Sept. 21. Ochoco national forest swarmed with hunters today, probably the greatest number in history. Th,ree thousand checked In yesterday and many more were expected to pass through checking nations by nightfall. It was estimated more than 2000 were hunting In Des chutes forest. Midstate forests dried out with mounting temperatures yesterday after the week-end rains. The old town clock In courthouse tower which a weeks ago quit running and strik ing and refused to budge until John Robertson, the courthouse Janitor, jimmied it with a crow bar, is again keeping good time. 'part. thanks to the expert services of W. L. Coppernoll, one of the dep uties in the tax department of the sheriff's office. Mr. Copper noll was for many years in the jewelry business in Eugene and is an expert clocksmith. The clock, ater 40 years of con tinuous operation, was found to be in good condition, with only about ten per cent wear. Parts needed adjusting and It is keep ing good time now. The cables supporting the heavy weights of the clock were tested and found to be in excellent condition. Mr. Coppernoll discounted the danger of their breaking and falling through the floors of the courthouse. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21. A march-weary gathering of delegates to the national conven tion of American Legion turned today lo hear reports of the pro gress of its nation-wide policies and to mrtke whatever changes in them it deems necessary. After a day's "respite" from business sessions, during which the rank and file of the legion unfold ed the most colorful and longest parade In this city's history, the official delegates were called Into an all-day business session. Appearing before the gathering today were National Commander Daniel J. Dohcrty; past national Commander James A. Drain; MnJ. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administra tor of veterans' affairs; and Reu ben T. Shaw, president of the na tional educational association. Many of the committees met In executive session last night, weigh ing the demands for the voire of the legion, now almost a million strong, for this or that addition to the national defense, or law here or there to strengthen their fight on patriotic policy. Election of Stephen F. Chad wick of Seattle as national com mander is generally conceded among legion leaders. It will be Hollywood's night at the convention this evening in Memorial Coliseum when the film colony will put on a display of pyrotechnics and pulchritude. There will be a "Parade of Stars," in which more than 100 film, stage and radio personalities will take Stricken Freighter Sinks While In Tow SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21. (A) After being pulld from the recks yesterday at Point Arena, where she went aground Satur day, the freighter Dorothy Wln termore sank while in tow of a tug, marine officials said today. The 27 crew members of the vessel were on other boats when she lank, and were being brought back to San Francisco. Weather News ::! h. ,ri.A i .rv:. Panei y 'd'c ... ..... ... v.Unn was indicted mr hfS C,-lLlr degree murder for the shooting of D,;:aM Richard Earie. apieasure . t:d a mm,i,n( eratorat DepoeBay. curt :Zr"U". Circuit Judge James i. nr. is f..i . " . , f .r.h.M. yesterday autS Z.A?'1 defense request for more t.me tolcov l-args !hat ,v. t inv Frank Rein. " car rS,. 1 ... aaa in lwm' staff, cr- The name of the to familiarize himsc.f wi.h details c'- t learned. I of the charge. tersection. 8. :-dsy of FINDS METEORITE GOLD BEACH. Sept. 21 Attracted by the thud cf a fall ir.if obiect. Mrs. F. O. Bowman refused a j Sunday near her ranch home dis- Wind continued from the south here. Wednesday, although there was little other indication of rain The day's minimum dropped to 48. Forecast follows: OREGON: Fair tonight and An underground avalanche in the : Thursday. Temperature above AVALANCHE KILLS THREE I FERN IE, B. C, Sept. 21. W ! No. 1 East mine of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., at Coal Creek, five miles from here, killed three men and critically injured another yesterday. GREATLY EXAGGERATED NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21. ...a I. ht .h heheved . -Hearing a report he was dead, ciri ' ii . f . . Eugene, recently meteorite he said, "but It It was hail Dunea in,""".' , Hlfh chance a gravel walk. ine roc m. "" , . .' .r,, composed ol pumice-line material Mh and was not hot. -surely does look like me." Uw normal in Interior; gentla change able wind off the coast. LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum temnerature. Wednesday, 48 de grees: maximum temperature, Tuesday. 81 degrees: stage of Wil lamette river in Eugene at 7 a. m. Wednesday, -2 7 feet; wind, foum Tfcr-4ar .11 II m tl a. m. EUGENE YOUTH WINNER PORTLAND, Sept. 21. W Elaine Lewis, 17, Portland, and Donald Koch, 17, Eugene, yester day were announced as winners of the Oregca State grange schol arship in the business college of the Oregon Institute of Technol ogy here. not shooting at the time. They declared they found Newman dead shortly after n rifle report nearby had been heard. State police officers hud not re turned to Eugene lnte Wednes day afternoon and could not be reached for a statement concern ing investigation developments. George Lester Newman is sur vived by his wife, Mary; three sons. Lester. Jr., Ray and Jesse; two daughters, Mrs. T. Jepson and Esther Newman; two grandchil dren, all of Eugene; seven broth ers, John and Ike, Eugene; Claude, Wenriling. Hirum nnd Curtis, Sig nal: Virgil. Triangle lake; and Frank, Lewiston, Idaho; nnd two sisters, Mrs. Thurn Cowgill, Springfield, nnd Mrs. Mattie La laund, Richmond, California. Funeral services will be held nt the Poole chapel," Thursday, Sep tember 22, at 2 p. in., Rev. Chil ders officiating. Interment will be In the Luper cemetery near Irving. PWA Okay On Reservoir Project Is Assured PWA approval of Eugene's Col lege hill reservoir plans was un officially assured nt a meeting in the Portland office Tuesday, ac cording to J. W. McArthur, super intendent. Preliminary nnnrovnl of the plans was henrd by W. J. Moore, j water hoard representative whoj visited the Portland PWA office on city business, Mr. McArthur said. (II a. m.. PST). News Broadcast A communique was issued froij the office of Premier Milan Hodn nt the same time as the announce ment wns broadcast. It was the proffered solution of the Czechoslovak-German disputi wns accepted at the urgent repre scntation of France and EnglanJt There was no suggestion of th amount of territory to be ced?J to Germany nor which of the Bo hemian territories were to be de clared autonomous within the Czechslovak state.- Silence fell over crowds, which earlier hnd been demonstrating in . the streets, as the governments words were broadcast. : Then, in a few minutes, excite ment spread like wildfire through the streets. Plea for Discipline The government's announce ment included a plea to the popu lnce to maintain discipline. Soldiers particularly were asked to remain calm. The communique explained the British-French plan for meeting Hitler's demands was presented to the government here last week and SEE CZECHS GIVE IN PAGE 10 State Relief Bill To Be $25,000,000 TORTLAND, Sept. 21. '-4'1 Twenty-five million for relief was : . . .. . . ,A ,U. I am expecting an official okay , " ' '. p. yesterday at a meeting of the state relief committee. This would be an increase of nbout $6,000,000 over the 1937-38 figure. Elmer Goudy, stH'e relief ad- on the plans within the next few days," he dclnred PURCHASE FINE LAND PORTLAND, Sept. 21. 14 , I nr. .1. l.,A whh'hnemen 7ilY string 'up the -ninistrntor. and hi, aides wtll sub- ;,,. v,,....K, ir,.,,u mm mit the committees budget esti- the dam to Vancouver, Wash , , mate for the biennmm to Wallace will be purchased by the dam nd-1 Wharton, state budget director ministration, J. D. Ross, admin-' probably by Friday,ifter studying istrator, said yesterday. The big i the counties' requests', which were feeder line will be 38 miles long, not disclosed. V N J o Jim ..,,-.: vi I B.rh Low I si p. m. .Iltll m. . 9 4 . m. Str4r GETTING ready lo sell C iechoslovakla "down the river" were England a Prime Minister Neville Cham, berlain and France's Premier Ednuard Daladler when they were photographed, above, at Croydon air. ' 'port, England, last Sunday. The representatives of the two power met to discuss anon iiiuers nrai., I 11 m over the tieeh Sudeten German situation. Their discussions resulted In demands that t lecnnslovakla give Sudrtenland to Germany. Left lo right anove are I nsmoeriain, i.nra nainax, Drium iu.c-iu kv.j( 'j ' J ' DaUdier, and Georges Bonnet, French foreign minister. (NEA Radlophoto).
