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EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1938.
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Troops
Japanese
Arrested In
i Mexico For
fsuse Of WP A
otor's Kin Among
icials Indicted;
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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."
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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
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