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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
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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.
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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).