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1 feather: Fair Home Edition LANS COUNT VS HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1938. ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5c NO. 113. mm ash do Victor am Troops Japanese Arrested In i Mexico For fsuse Of WP A otor's Kin Among icials Indicted; ck-up 5tm w L.,-rnnirE.N. M., Oct. 21. P'r.thrM oersons, in- 1 7&t sister and the son-in- Ir Sen. iwnms - i court to answer indict t ; them with crimi- time of the Works Progress -jtration's macmiicijr, ..... snd workers. ' j ;rv indicted 62 per- nf conspiracy to ... the WPA appropriations .....-.n rrioc a maximum ,-t of $10,000 fine and two imprisonment 11 i . nharffps of diversion of 1.1 Idfiratinn Ol Day- JBUWa "" . - ff diversion oi maienaia. these, charges car- l.CUWll v. - . maximum $2,000 fine and i hwr imprisonment. -all the maiciea were ui-'-...in-law. Asst. U. S. Attor- Miller. Mrs. Anita tn the senator, and 1 Healy who was dismissed lit Mexico WPA administra- Federal Administrator Har- -Jins on Sept. 24. Threats Hade Lm-al rharses for indictments that threats were used to t?! WPA workers to Join with i:ti officials in taking joint uofied political action. WPA res reportedly were made to in political campaigning they were on the payroll, iurv chareed that WPA -ret u-ere marie tn ioin nnliti- dubs disguised as social or tifions and made to pay dues du? tickets to so-called social ;ons. Those who failed in do- 1. service, the jury said, tost jobs. . District Judge Colin Neb bonds at $1,000 for each de- Clyde Tingley, who ap Chavez to the senate on . 1535. headed the list of rsesses before the grand Jury. pigr-ment lor the defendant lor uct Z5. hbfoot-Ram wme to Be oadcast Associated Oil company of-t-als here announced Fri- - .wai a direct broadcast the Univpritv nf nraffnn -dham football game, which w piayed in New York y Saturday, will be re- :ed frrvm rar4in f aiduuii -V Portland, starting about m. DreVlniK annnim i j . ,. ""livuiaeiilClll Mast of the game would "tegraphic report re- tiand. It ...... .. ' Fre ,, . " awieo. mat will broadcast the U. "-Stanford game from Alto instead. LVGm i t' Vnce' -. 21. fGea. John J. Pershing sailed n m . ,fte ner-Man-.v fter his usual sum- --a;-r. r,'v,,u" "i r ranee l--man of the American , " ,l -"i"mission. THOSE large blue eyes that look out at you from the above picture are unseeing. They belong to 3-year-old Mary Ellen Reardon of Chicago, pictured as she passed her 200th day of sleeping sickness or encephalitis. Mary Ellen's pretty faee is unchanging, she recognizes no one. County Budget Board Frowns On Requests For Salary Increases Typhoon Takes 226 Lives In Japan TOKYO, Oct. 21. '1 A ty phoon roared in from the sea to day, taking at least 226 lives and injuring more than 590 persons. The raging wind which lashed waters overland along the coastal reaches of Japan in the Tokyo Yokohama district and elsewhere rendered on estimated 35,000 per sons homeless. " - More than 24,460 houses in Tokyo were flooded and some col lapsed. Thousands of trees were uprooted and Tokyo's communica tions and transportation were partly, paralyzed. Tens of thousands of workers were unable to reach places of employment in the capital and most schools were closed. The typhoon also caused much damage at Yokohama. All sailings from that port city were suspended. Seven passenger ships scheduled to arrive at Yokohama this morn ing failed to dock. The storm first struck the Ka goshima district of Kyushu, south ernmost main island of Japan, and a few hours later swept into the Honshu mainland, hundreds of miles to the northeast. Reports from Kagoshima pre fecture said the area was devas tated and 2,368 houses had been washed away. About 20 fishing boats were missing off Chosi in Chibi prefec ture. The 5,138-ton British freighter Hatterlock broke her moorings and ran aground at Tsu rumi, a suburb of Tokyo. The Japanese freighter Toten . Maru also snapped her moorings and grounded. The crews of both vessels were believed safe. The weather improved shortly after noon and the sun shone again on a vista of wreckage. The storm passed from Japan northeastward. MARRIAGE LICENSE VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 21. (U.R) A marriage license was granted Thursday to Richard G. Garboden, 23, Eugene, Ore., and Amelia J. Schwartz, 17, Coburg, Ore. ciefy Beauty, WPA Chief, Said Fiancee Killed in Fall l' YORK, Oct. 21 0JR) ' vSs a"? -May t0 t- L rl' Administrator ;At,rom her I6th XHt " Introduced to -her '..-.mes Roosevelt. I ..... the report of f-:41 "culated H f. - "warmed. ft0bcT 'mdiately -trw." -Iard of the West '"W-.-cn . s,a,ion and ' for fw!" s;PPl to look f Yc,:i 1 taul"ul women of i flit A- J . N dar.ge her o-es jo-A-n ,nd black and silver sandals with high spiked heels. Around her throat was a black ribbon sus pending a gold Florentine orna ment. Mrs. Hale was the former Miss Dorothy Donovan of Pittsburgh. Her first husband was T. Gailard Thomas. She married Hale, who revived the art of Fresco paint ing, in 1929 and posed for many of his works. Hale was killed near Santa Maria, Cal., that same year when his car plunged over a 500-foot cliff. After his death Mrs. Hale tried the stage but with indifferent success. She was known to her friends for her gaiety and they expressed the opinion today held also by one of the officers who investigated that she might have tripped over a low window- i sill. Spy Witness Is Cross Examined; Links Nazi Head Head Of German Navy Espionage Service Implicated By Rumrich Salary increases for county em ployes were tentatively frowned upon by the county budget com mittee at its initial session at the courthouse Friday. As the bud gets of the different county offi cials and departments came up for first reading each one in. which there was a proposal to advance salaries was held over for discus sion until a later time. Slight increases in the salaries of the deputies and the office help in the county clerk's office are asked for this year but the total of the clerk's budget calls for the same amount as provided for in the 1938 budget. Several other county departments asked for small increases in salaries of as sistants.. . .. Health Budget Later . The budget of the county health service will also come up later for closer scrutiny. There is a pro posed increase in the total amount of the budget over that of 1938. This budget, according to members of the committee, will come up for a great deal of study before it is adopted. Each member of the committee was handed a copy of the differ ent budgets at the opening of the meeting and beginning with "Ad vertising," each was read in turn. Where there were no objections, they were tentatively adopted. There will be an increase in the advertising budget from $2300 to $3400 on account of advertising delinquent taxes again next year. The county agent's budget of S2000 is the same as last year and the budget for auditing was set at $550, no change being made from that of 1938. The budget for payment of bounties was fixed at $1800, with no increase. ' Explains Request When the clerk's budget was reached Clerk Walter B. Dillard was called in to explain the pro posed salary increases. He said that several of the women in the office have been there for many NEW YORK, Oct 21 ttl.K Lieut. Erich Pfeiffer, chief of the Nazi naval intelligence service in Germany, was named in federal court today as the alleged superior of Karl Schlueter, espionage pay off man, who suggested the forg ing of President Roosevelt's sig nature in a plot to get aircraft carrier plans. Guenther Gusiave Rumrich, confessed Nazi spy, testified he had been told of Pfeiffer by Miss Johanna Hoffmann, a hair dresser on the German liner Europa, who is accused of acting as a messen ger for the ring. Her co-defendants in the present trial are Pvt. Erich Glaser and Otto Hermann Voss. . Rumrich in earlier testimony he began his fifth day on the stand today related the fantastic plot to produce spurious White House stationery in Germany and through the use of the president's signature get the plans for the air craft carriers Yorktown and En terprise. Start Cross-Examlnation Robert Matthews, counsel for Glaser, who is charged with steal ing the -military aviation coda, cross-examined Rumrich and dwelt on the circumstances under which the witness gave, his story to Leon G. Turrou, federal agent who broke the case. Turrou since has resigned and plans to write about his investigation. Rumrich said no stenographer was present when he was ques tioned, that he wrote out notes for Turrou. Assistant U. S. Attorney Lester C. Doniaan informed Mat thews that the government no longer had the notes and thus could not produce them. Rumrich said he was question ed by state department, represen tatives as well as federal agents. He admitted that he had. signed statements drawn up by stste de partment attaches from what he had told them. Rumrich, it was brought out. signed a statement "less than 12 pages long" which the state de partment had marked "strictly confidential." Matthews asked for a copy of the confession and Federal Judge John C. Knox told him that if it was confidential "I have no con trol over it." f .';,'; .;-' - ' ' ; j. . .. . x . - -'. ( I v . ; r ';- ; , 1 SEE COUNTY BUDGET STORY PAGE 2 LINDY SEES "ZEP" BERLIN, Oct. 21. W Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today ex pressed the hope German airships soon would cross the Atlantic again in regular flight to Amer ica. The aviator inspected the new dirigible LZ-130 at Fried-richshafen. I'll Tell One By BOB BURNS There's somethin' about the city that makes people cold and cruel. I suppose that's the reason why dramatic critics in the city can jest tear an artist to pieces if they don't like 'em. They're differn't in small towns. I remember when an operatic singer played Van Buren. All the week before, the editor of the Press-Argus had been runnin' stories that her press agent had been sendin' in, about the sacri fices she had made for her art. All of the stories mentioned the fact that she never ate before she sang. The night of her concert came and the next morning all the editor said was, "Heard Madam 'So and So' last night. She might Jest as well have et." (Copyrifht. 1931, IwuUt Keiturtt, list. I Sprague Warns Voters He Won't Be "Putty" MORO, Oct. 21. (P) "Those who' want a governor who would become putty . in the hands of pressure groups need not vote for me," Charles A. Sprague, Repub lican gubernatorial nominee, said in a speech last night. "I refuse to buy my way into office with promises," Sprague added. "I have not made a single deal in this campaign and win or lose, none will be made. No minority subversive group is go ing to step in and take over the control of the state government through unlawful means with my consent. "I refuse to pander to any clique or faction. I am interested in restoring stable conditions in our state so that lawful business may proceed and that men may have steady and profitable work. But make no mistake about any extreme. The jackals of finance will find no friend in me." Spanish Government Troops Plan Drive HENDAYE, France (At the Spanish Frontier) Oct. 21. M) Reports from government sources indicated today plans were virtually complete for an offensive designed to strengthen the government's, positions before the third winter of the Spanish civil war sets in. A decrease in the number of reports of troop movements gave border observ ers the impression concentrations going on for days had been com pleted. There was no indication of where the government offen sive would start although many observers looked to the Ebro river front in eastern Spain. HOT IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oct. 21. Portland's all-time heat record for October 20 was broken yes terday when the mercury . soared to 76 degrees. Minimum temper ature was 50 degree. GREAT BRITAIN'S air defense experts conceived the Idea of erecting an "aerial fence" of captive bal loons trailing long grids of steel cables as a barrier to enemy bombing planes. The theory was that the invaders would run into the trailing cables or, if they flew over the "fence" they would be forced above good bombing range. In a recent demonstration five of the balloons, shown in the photo above, broke awav and caused considerable damage to London houses with their trailing cables before they were recaptured. isevertneiess, the experts declared the experiment a success. Warehouse Strike Settlement Near SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21. W) Ratification by a union mass meeting tomorrow of a master contract banning strikes or lock oil's .n the industry until June 1, 1940, was the only step remain. Ing today to open 138 warehouses locked for 103 days and to return 2,500 men to their jobs. " The contract, negotiated by mediators, -was --ratified unani mtnisly lufe yesterday by the lis tributors Association of San Francisco and was recommended for 'union ratification by strategy, negotiation, and lockout - commit tees of the CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehouse men's union. The winning by the employers ol a master contract and by the employes of a preferential hiring clause were disclosed to be the principal victories on each side. The proposed contract sets up an adjustment board , to settle grievances and continues nego tiations on wages, hours and va cations with "binding powers" vested jn a board of arbitration should these negotiations dead lock. Meanwhile efforts to end the strike of 5,000 AFL retail clerks, called September 7 against 35 San Francisco department stores, appeared to have eased off after Mayor Angelo Rossi's committee of ten mediators, after expressing belief a settlement was - near, ended sessions with the an nouncement, "developments have been disappointing." GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Oct. 21 (U.R) Buzz Holmstrom of Co- fiuille. Ore., and Amns Rtii-p nf BPortland, Ore., attempting the longest Colorado river voyage ever undertaken, were reported camped safely above Sockdolager rapids 20 miles upstream from here today. Park officials ' said they had sighted the cump und were cer tain it was the two adventurers. Holmstrom, who became the first person to sail down the tur bulent Colorado alone last year, and Burg are carrying the flag of the New York Explorers club from Green River, Wyo., to Guaymas, Mex., a distance Of nearly 2,000 miles. Willamette Forest Gains Best Record The best fire record west of the Cascades in both Oregon and Washington was maintained dur ing the past season by the Wil lamette National Forest service, Supervisor J. R. Bruckart reveal ed Friday. Of the 20 national forests in the two states, only three, all east of the mountains, maintained better records. Their timber acreages are all far below this region's, it was explained.. Of 128 fires reported in the Wil lamctte forest, none burned more than 10 acres. The total burned area was 40 acres. The cost of combatting the fires was only $3,- 375. Of the total, lightning set 104 fires and 24 were man-made Thirteen spread from deserted campfires and 11 by smokers. In the northwest states, 2249 fires were tallied. The past summer was one of the driest on recorfl, and there were many more fires in the WII lamette region this summer than usual. The yearly average is about 50 blazes. Because of the cooper ation of local and tourist forest users the fires were extinguished in spite of the weather. Organization in the forest office also aided in establishing the en viable record, Mr. Bruckart, who was transferred to the Eugene of fice from Olympia a few weeks ago, claimed. Explorers Sighted In Canyon Deer Hunter Loses Hand In Accident Hess Claims "Inside Track" With New Deal GRANTS PASS, Oct. 21. VP) Painting his Republican oppon ent as "the greatest reactionary in the state of Oregon," Henry L. Hess, Democratic candidate for governor, devoted the bulk of his campaign address here last night to a comparison of his own legislative record with what he said was Charles A. Sprague's past editorial policy. Hess de clared that though Republican and Democratic governors are treated alike in receiving federal aid for their state, Republicans have not shown any interest and thus are not on the "inside track." Joe Gordon Returns To Eugene; Goes Hunting Joe Gordon, the University of Oregon's gift to Jake Ruppert's world champion New York Yankees, returned to Eugene late Thursday night and left early Friday morning with Ford Dan ner on a deer hunting trip to Gold Lake. - Gordon, who sparked the New Yorkers to their four straight victory over th-Chicago Cubs, plans to complete his col legiate work at the university during the winter quarter. Weather News Temperatures moderated con siderably in Eugene late Thurs day and early Friday. For the first time in several days, the minimum for Friday was back in the forties, registering 46 de grees. The forecast follows: OREGON: Increasing cloudi ness tonight and Saturday; prob ably light rain on coast Satur day: little change in temperature. LOCAL STATISTICS: Mini mum temperature, Friday, 46 de grees: maximum . temperature, Thursday, 69 degrees; stage of Willamette river in tugenc at 7 a. m. Friday, -2.6 feet; wind southeast. Hll-h Low Huh Low ...... Hich-Low. hitttrdir 11:21 a m. ft 17 a m. Sunday 12 07 a. m. ... s S9 a m. Mondar 17 a a m .. 6 Vj a. m. 8 00 p. m. 12 00 noon ft 43 p. m. 12 37 p m 7.2t p. m. Robert Torgeson, Canby, added his name Thursday to the long list of deer hunters who have been killed and wounded since the cur rent season started when his shot gun accidentally exploded and mutilated his left hand so badly it had to be amputated above the wrist. Torgeson, hunting near Oak rldge, with A. P. Channel, Eugene, stopped to rest about noon, plac ing his gun against a stump. Be fore he could let go of it, the trigger was evidently snapped by a twig and exploded the shell, sending a load of birdshot which penetrated his hand and caused superficial flesh wounds in his abdomen and chin. . The victim was resting easily at the Eugene hospital, and other than the loss of his hand, his con dition was not serious. The two men left early Thurs day morning on the hunt as they had to be at work for the South ern Pacific company at 2:30 p. in. After Torgeson was wounded, Channel decided it impossible to carry him the two miles to the ruiliond track, so left for help. Ac companied by 12 Southern Pacific employes ho returned about 3 o'clock and administered first aid treatment before packing him out to Westfir. There he was given additional medical attention by Dr. George C. Varney. Torgeson was brought to Eu gene and arrived at the hospital about 6:30 p. m. where he was put under medical care. Man Taken At Klamath On Check Charge Frank Manning of Albany was arrested at Klamath Falls Thurs day night at the request of Sheriff C. A. Swarts and will be charged with passing a bad check. The check in question, which was for $21.75, was passed at Wright's Home Appliance store in Eugene Thursday before noon, The officers learned that Manning boarded the south bound S. P. train at noon for Klamath Falls and the sheriff there was notified to pick him up. He was to be returned Friday. Warriors 01 Rising Sun Take Canton Invaders Tighten Grip Around Hankow; Europe Situation Tense Again By Thp Associated PtmjI Sweeping forward with evident ly irresistible power, Japanese forces today entered Canton, vital south China supply center, and pushed to within 35 miles of Hankow, China's provisional capi tal. "Utter confusion" as the invad ers pierced Canton's first defen ses was reported in advices to Hongkong. Government officials fled to Yungun, 92 miles north. A cement plant, power plant and other major utilities were dyna mited Chinas "scorching earth policy of leaving nothing useful behind. Entry into Canton came on the tenth day of Japan's swift drive 100 miles inland from the coast with an estimated 42,000 men. Spurting suddenly after months of slow, costly progress against obstinate Chinese resistance in central China, Japanese declared at the some time that the eventual capture of Hankow now was a certainty. Float Mines Chinese sent a flood nf floating mines down the Yangtze river tc hold off Japanese gunboats thai ware said tn have passed Ocheng, only 35 miles away. Land forces on the south bank were said to have captured Tayeh, 40 miles southeast of Hankow, and pushed on tn the iron mining district nearer the capital. Japa nese declared the northern column had taken Kishui, an important Chines outpost 55 miles from Hankow. Europe's difficult m I ft o r 1 1 problems suddenly turned tli( Memel situation tense. Authori tative sources, in Kaunas, Lithu ania, said the government hud decided to shelve the two state security bills which had been opposed in German - inhabited Memel. Memel, 1(109 square miles in area, was detached from Ger many after the World war and given to Lithuania in 1923. In Budapest, a new Czecho slovak offer to settle Hungary'f demands for her Czechoslovak minorities was said to be more liberal than any of three previous proposals but still to be unac ceptable. Appeal to Germany Well - informed sources said Hungary would appeal to Ger many. Italy und Poland to com pel Czechoslovakia to submit tc the Ilungaiion demands by the end of the month. In Prague, the war ministry In collaboration with the Red Cross ordered immediate relief sent tc three groups of Jewish refugees reported to be suffering pitifully in fields near Breclnv. Czechnslnvnk soldiers occupied Uzhorocl, capital of Ruthenia, and nearby towns, apparently in read iness to resist any attempt for cibly to take that area. L'Ossqrvatoro Romano publish ed a summary of a message de livered yesterday by Pope Pius at Custlc Gandolfn, his summer palace, deploring persecution. The French government plan ned reinforcement of air defenses while weighing a "declaration of peace" with Germany. Sporadic sniping continued in Jerusalem and steel-helmeted British troops, having repossessed the old Holy City, still were besieging the Mosque of Omar. British military authorities pre pared to strike against Arab reb els in other parts of Palestine but kept their objective secret. Expert Brands Transaction Tax Measure As Peril to Business Expressing the fear that should: the transaction tax measure be passed, Oregon would be flooded by "bootleg" lending agencies and beseiged by intricate legal ques tions, F. H. Young, Portland in vestment and tax expert, told members of the Eugene chamber of commerce that so far as busi ness and economic stability was concerned, this measure was the most important one on the ballot this fall. Speaking at the public affairs luncheon at the Osburn, Mr. Young warned against public apathy in regard to this measure which he described as a "two per cent Townsend bill," aimed at paying everyone who had lived in the state seven out of nine years and was 65 years of age a maxi mum of $100 monthly. "And there Is no basis of need set up in the bill," de declared "The richest man in Eugene coulc qualify for the annuity by leav ing competitive business. It woulc take the money from about 95 pel cent of the people and give it tt the remaining five per cent wheth er they needed it or not." Stressing that the only require ments to qualify for the pensiot were the age requirement, resi dence in Oregon, retirement fron gainful pursuit and the promise ti spend it all each month, Youm questioned the ability of enforc ing the latter provision' and de clared that under the law failur to spend the money each monti was considered a misdemeanot SEE EXPERT BRANDS STOR? PAGE 3 t
