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EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939
ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS So
NO. 21
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British Plane Down At Sea
3 Aboard
'ppon Premier
farns Enemies
Extermination
I.Asia Plan Nearer as
iniima Appears
fore Parliament Body
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KYO, Jan. 21 OP) Premier
ttro Hiranuma warned today
s-:-.i n waits Dersisiem
TllIldlWM
ents of Japan.
fr those who ian to un
nd to the end and hereafter
t n the nnuuMuuu iu
" he cried tn a speecn De
narliament. "we have no
F .. .1 , In ovloi.
alternauvi.- man .v. w...
them."
onpstion whether the rcfer-
Iwas to China, a foreign of
ficial replied merely, "the
illation is correct as it stands."
bron Hiranuma, who formed a
tj'oinet Jan. 5 to guide japan 10
wtrf'a new order in Asia," gave
hi. imaiden speech before the
mlnr- diet session just after
jordgn minister Hachiro Arita
outlined Japanese pan-Asia am
fcitions as seeking a "new east
Asia' upon an ethical foundation
whtfein Japan, China and Man
rhnkiio will stand united and
linked together for active collab
arsion."
. The premier emphasized the
Mcsity for pan-Asianism and
w'limeasuies for strengthening
Mtiolial resources and national
morale would be instituted a,
'-, t Arms Held Need
"Hie creation of a strong arma
tonnes possible.
Bunl constitutes our most essential
objective," he said, adding that
wiHime control measures would
ba jdaced on a permanent basis.
Foreign Minister Artia form
ally; enunciated Japan's pan
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thhon Eddy and Bride
2:dk in Hollywood to
Wuflf for Home
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 21. )
Tbenewlywed Nelson Eddys, back
!n Hollywood to receive congrat
'lUons of friends on their mar
"Hj Thursday in Las Vegas,
evj made plans today for a
0"W and a honeymoon.
Tni baritone and his bride, the
'.mnir Ann Denitz Franklin, di
"orrj wife of Director Sidney
Hin, will build a colonial
ten on a lot they purchased
tverly Hills. They tried to
farm, Eddy said, but could
J none suitable.
I honeymoon will be delayed
Bout two weeks by concerts
tddy's radio broadcasting
lllc.
Shivers As
cury Takes Tumble
thermometers in Eunrnp
ltd to sub-froczine nninta
Bdturdnv mnrnino Tl-,n !..
jfenther bureau reported the
reading at 26.8 degrees at
- m. Saturday.
' cold temperatures were re-
or the upper McKenzie
Saturday. Al MnKnri,
I the mercury was down to
Wearers Saturday morning.
Matures were mucli lower
east. It was clear in those
P during the morning. In
. a heavy fog rolled in dur
J6 early morning.
I Lambs Born to
of Junction City
ropshirc ewe belonging to
vU?i u ' Junctin City, has
7"rth to four lambs.
-H'.f a.'l.vo' he said' arc
Ji'l.v thriving. One is a bit
f lllan 'He other three. They
Jone week old Sunday.
kJ'
rN the front row of one of the sessions of the Oregon press conference, top, which closed Saturday noon,
L were the following delegates: Gordon Macnab, The Journal; Verne McKinnc.v, Ilillslioro Areus; Jack
Bladinc, MclUinnvillc Telcplioiic-Registcr; Edgar Mi'Uaniel, Coos Bay Harbor, and A. K. Voorhies, Grants
Pass Courier. The bottom picture was taken at the banquet Friday nlKht. Governor Sprague. left, made,
the evening's address, Eric W. Allen, center, was the toastmaster and Chancellor F, M. Hunter gave a
short address of welcome.
Roseburg Publisher Elected
To Head Oregon Press Group
The while coat and microscope!
have replaced the Hawkshaw
cap and curved pipe in the dftec
tioin of crime today, N. J. L.
Pieper, special agent in charge of
the San Francisco FBI field divi
sion, told members of the Oregon
Press conference at the luncheon
which closed the conference Sat
urday.
Stressing the efficiency of mod
ern scientific advancement in
crime detection, Agent Pieper em
phasized the need of carefully
trained law enforcement officers
working as career men and the
wide cooperation of public offi
cials, citizens and all law enforce
ment officers in combatting crime.
In its closing session, the con
ference named Harris Ellsworth of
Roseburg as president and re
elected George Turnbull. of the
school of journalism, as secretary.
Participation of the press in the
field of politics goes beyond in
terpretation, it must include a
complete and accurate report of
information presented in a neutral
fashion, declared Governor Charles
A. Sprague when he addressed
members of his former profession
at the annual banquet of the Ore
gon Press conference at the Os
burn hotel Friday night.
In the presentation of annual
awards in the newspaper field, the
Redmond Spokesman won the
Sigma Delta Chi cup as an out
standing weekly newspaper in the
state. The Junction Cily Times
won second place and the Condon
Globe-Times was given honorable
mention.
Citing the recent election as one
example, the editor-governor
warned his hearers that the editor
of today must not depend entirely
upon intelligence in seeking an un
derstanding of present-day move
ments. In order to understand
vast, sweeping social movements
based on the feelings of the people,
the editor must go beyond pure
intelligence or he will miss these
undercurrents of feeling, he said.
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PRESS STORY
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LET'S SEE
What's Happening To
The Three R's Today!
So H,EGITER-GVARD INVITES YOU tn go with Sid King
'at schools of Eugene to observe the Problems, Theories,
"fllCf anrl t i. . .. . ,, ,
i.cBuiw oi rnnnprn fm rational mcinw s.
Rfad the series of articles starling In the
REGISTER-GUARD, SUNDAY. JAN. 22
ILLUSTRATED
4 Photographs taken in the Eugent schools showing
"unous activities oJ your children.
Press Parley
Side-Glances
Arthur L. Crookham, who's been
with the Oregon Journal for 13
years, visited the Oregon campus
for the first time for the confer
ence. In his most interesting talk Fri
day afternoon, Crookham stated:
"Portland readers are a good deal
more interested in a good dog
fight on Yamhill street than a
train wreck in New Jersey." He
didn't mention the possibility of
men from Mars landing again!
The delightful Scotch burr in
the voice of Hugh Ball, president
of the pressmen, helped to equip
him to do a noble job as chairman.
Coach Oliver of the Webfoots
threw an interesting quip at the
newsmen as he spoke before their
luncheon gathering Friday. He
said something like this: "I sup
pose I should take this advantage
to tell all of you how to manage
your newspapers. Often," he smil
ed, "I read in your columns how
to. run my football team."
Ben Lilfin, The Dalles publish
er, wore spats during the session.
One other pair have been seen in
Eugene this winter. But we under
stand Mr. Litfin was born in the
midwest where ankles cool in Jan
uary. Among the guests on the campus
was Claude Ingalls, of the Corval-lis-Gazettc
Times.
There were many observations
of good fun in Gordon Macnab's
talk on country correspondence.
One of the listeners told of a wo
mf.n who went to an unusual
amount of work to submit four
closely-written pages of the out
standing stories of the year In a
SEE SIDELIGHTS STORY
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Salem Quiet As
Solons Leave Town
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. CU.R)
Snlem was quiet today, with many
Oregon legislators out of town and
few committees in session. Both
houses adjourned before noon yes
terday, but there were prospects
of- fireworks Monday when two
vital bills are scheduled to be de
bated. On the Monday afternoon calen
dar is Governor Charles A. Spra
gue's disputed bill amending the
state unemployment compensation
law so that it will conform with
national statutes.
The senate committee on revis
ion of laws reported it out "do
pass," after minor revisions. Or
ganized labor, whose leaders con
tend certification of the Oregon
unemployment law can only be
gained through repeal of the anli
picketing law, is expected to op
pose the Sprague bill.
Invents Means
Of Saying
Auto Tires
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 21.
CprWalchmakcr William .1. Par
kinson grew weary of wearing out
tires against curbstones while park
ing his car.
This week he received a patent
on a parking "Pathfinder" for cars
which he claims will reduce tire
and fender repair bills.
The "Pathfinder" will light a
tiny red light on the dash as soon
as his car approaches within three
or four inches of arother car, a
curb, or obstruction of any kind.
A curved rod fastened to the bum
per has a coil spring nearly as sen
sitive as an insect's antennae,
When it touches any object, It
closes an electrical contact and
lights the red dashboard lamp.
BUSINESS STEADY
PORTLAND, Jan. 21. MV
Wholesale and retail business in
the Portland district was about thu
same during the first three weeks
of this month as during the same
period last year, Dun's review said
today.
Of Bank
Goes Forward
Nazis Require All Men
Over 17 to Remain Fit
For Military Service
By MELVIN K. WHITELEATIIER
BERLIN, Jan. 21. ) Reichs
fuchrer Hitler continued today his
eradication of the conservative
influence o Dr. Hjalmar Schacht
from the reichsbank and at the
same time moved to increase Ger
many's armed strength with a de
cree that every able-bodied man
over 17 must keep fit for military
service.
The fuehrer removed from the
banks directorate two lonoweis
o Schacht, ousted yesterday from
the presidency. Friedrich W.
Dreyse was succeeded as vice
president by Rudolph Brinkmann,
righthand man of Schacht's suc
cessor as president. Economics
Minister Walthcr Funk.
Both Dreyse, the board's oldest
member, and Ernst Huclse.lthe
other director removed, joined
Schacht in opposing unrestricted
spending and financing by piling
up huge short term debts. Their
ousting left little doubt that the
shelving of Schacht resulted from
sharp differences of opinion with
ambitions of nazi leaders.
Schacht May Face Charge
There were indications that
Schacht, around whose head the
storm broke yesterday, might be
charged with continuing ncgolia
lions with George Rublee, Ameri
can director of the inter-governmental
committee on refugees,
concerning emigration of German
Jews'.
Brinkmann, whom Hitler named
director of the reichsbank and
Funk immediately made vice-
president, whs' one of Schacht's
four closest collaborators but
parted company with him when
Fiink was appointed economics
minister in Schacht's stead ii
1037.
German officials said negotia
lions would continue regarding
SEE Illll l ll STOKY
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Four Attorneys Seek
Rehearing for Rosser
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21. (P)
A battery of four attorneys will
plead for a rehearing on Albert
E. Rosscr's supreme court appeal
it was announced today.
George Vanderveer, Seattle at
torney for the teamsters union,
said George and John Mowry will
assist liim and Charles Robinson
in preparing the case.
Rosser, former Portland toam
stee head, is appealing from a 12
year prison sentence meted after
his conviction for arson in the
burning of a non-union mill at
West Salem.
Three Portland
Extortionists Get Terms
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R)
Three men convicted of at
tempting to extort $15,01)0 from
a Portland physician were sen
tenced to long terms in federal
prison last night. Alexander
Drummond drew a 20 year sen
tence, William John Jackson was
given 10 years, and Tony Bogdon
2 years.
Confessed Attacker Will
Face Scrutiny of Victims
ENTERPRISE. Ore., Jan. 21.
(U.Ri Hudson Dodd White, 25-year-old
confessed attacker of
three Wallowa. Ore., school chil
dren, today will be confronted by
his alleged victims, brought here
for positive identification.
District Attorney Robert V.
Chrisman said While already has
been identified by General Ren
ville, a Wallowa resident, as the
man he saw in the company of Ihe
three children last Monday, when
the attack occurred.
Eugene Third
City to
Install Lights
Eugene will bo the third city In
the state of Oregon to Install stop
and go lights, n check shows.
It's appropriate enough, citizens
agree, because Eugene is the state's
third city in size.
At that, Salem, the second city,
has only used the traffic lights a
little more than a year. They were
installed in September, 1937,
Portland's light system was
switched on in 1927.
Although Eugene's signals arc
completed except the installation
of the motors in the timing de
vices, this cannot bo done until the
factory engineer arrives. He was
expected this week, but will not
arrive until Monday. "Then it'll
only bo a few hours before they
go on," electricians predict.
Barcelona's Fall
Predicted In Week
II E N D A Y E, French-Spanish
Frontier, Jan. 21. (U.R) Dispatch
es from nationalist Spain said to
day that the next seven days
might prove decisive in the insur
gent drive on Barcelona. Dispatch
es which passed through the hands
of loyalist censors, admitted grave
losses to government troops and
intimated pointedly that prcpara
lions were being made to evacu
ate Barcelona.
Gen. Francisco Franco, the In
surgent chieftain, in n report sent
from his advanced headquarters,
said that the campaign was ap
proaching its climax.
Nationalist authorities announc
ed that the Count of Montscny had
been named president of the Bar
celona provincial council and that
a town council for Barcelona would
be announced today.
The Loyalists lost yesterday 53
villages and the key route of Igti-
alada and Vendrcll. The insurgents
overwhelmed the entire province
of Tarragona. Loyalists admitted
that the nationalists were only 30
miles from tUe capital by air line
45 by highway.
Boston Printer Faces
Trouble After Making
Roosevelt Cartoons
BOSTON, Jan. 21. (U.R) A
municipal judge was asked today
what action, if any, should be
taken against a Boston printer
who produced 300 cartoons ob
scenely lampooning President
Roosevelt.
Judge Joseph Riley, after
hearing, took the case under ad
visement and Indicated he would
announce his decision Monday.
The printer appeared in court
but has not been arrested, police
said.
Homes of Celebrities
Flooded by Rain
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21. (U.R)
Numerous homes of film celeb
rities along the waterfront al
Santa Monica were flooded today
when storm drains clogged dur
ing a drenching rainstorm.
Among the homes flooded were
those of Norma Shearer, Douglas
Fairbanks, and Marion Davies, all
Roosevelt highway facing the
ocean.
'151 (K PASSER!"
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21. (U.R)
The Multnomah grand Jury will
have to decide whether the "magic
blow' game is a contest of fkill or
chance, District Attorney James
Bain announced. Deputy sheriffs
who seized the device passed the
buck to Bain, but the district at
torney declined the offer.
S I ILL POSTMASTER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (U.R)
Rep. Walter M. Pierce, D , Ore.,
today recommended reappointment
of Volney I,ee as postmaster at
North Powder, Ore., for another
four-year t"rm.
Mass Production of Streamlined Airships Quickened . . .
I CHICAGO, Jan. 21. (U.R)
George Meycrcordc, Chicago man-
. ufacturer, revealed today details
of a new "plastic" material which
riiakes possible the speedy mass
production of streamlined air
planes an achievement which
may give the United Stales one of
' the most formidable air fleets In
; the world.
! He said a ship of the new ma
! tenal ulready had been built and
had passed its te.sU.
j "The Clark company," he said,
"could go into mass production in
a week.
"We have signed an agreement
with the army and navy pledging
secrecy regarding a detailed de
scription of the process through
which the material was developed
and the plane built, but its prin
ciple hinges on the use of dies in
which one complete section of the
fuselage or wing can be cast at
once."
The material used, he said, con
sisted of many strips of wood of
long gram impregnated with bake-
lite synthetics. The result was a
water-proof structure lighter than
aluminum yet of tremendous
strength.
The fuselage, he said, is cast in
two parts. After they are taken
from the dies, the parts are glued
together and reinforced with spars
glued on the inside.
He said as many as 10 airplano-i
a day could be built from a single
set of dies. A fuselage can be
turned out in two hours.
"Manufacture of other planes,"
he eaid, 'takes anywhere from a
month to several months, depend
ing on the size of the plane. There
is no limit to the size of the ship
that can be built with the plastic
process."
He said it eliminated rivets In
wings and fuselage and provides
as much as 35 extra miles per
hour by perfect streamlining.
He said the plane's fuselage
shells were so light a boy could
lilt them and place them on his
shoulders.
"Their total weight," he said, "it
not much over 120 pounds."
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Rescuers Rush
To Aid Of
Ship Bobs On Ocean
Off Maryland Shore
As Flight Halted
BUFFALO city linll workers liad
tn do sonic fancy tunneling to
get to work after recent New
York snow storm. Here's a view
of the building as tlio sidewalk
shoveller saw it-
Picketing Of Iron
For Japan Continues
LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 21.
(P) Chinese picketing of ships
loading scrap iron for Japan con
tinued today, with longshoremen
declaring they had stopped work
on the ships for their personal
safety.
"The men were called off the
job because of the increasing
danger of injury from Hie rapidly
growing picket line," said Ernest
Brown, president of the Interna
tional Longshoremen's and Ware
housemen's union.
"We are not concerned If the
materials are considered contra
band of war. That is n matter
for -the government to decide."
Francis J. McGowan, president
of the waterfront employers' asso
ciation of southern California,
charged "this particular case is
but one of many similar eases
where commerce has been tied up
in the port by refusal of long
shoremen to work, all too fre
quently through eases and issues
entirely outside the scope of employer-employe
relations."
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (U.R) The
British flying boat Cavalier car
lying eight passengers and a crew
of five, came down at sea today
off the Maryland coast and was re
ported in its final radio message
to be sinking.
The flying boat which left Port
Washington, Long Island, oL 10:38
a. m. for the five and one-half
hour flight to Bermuda, sent an
S. O. S. at 1:13 p. m, from a posi
tion approximately 150 miles cast
of Ocean City, Md., not quite hall
the way to its destination.
Rescue agencies wore mobilized
immediately. Two coast guard air
planes took off from Floyd Ben
nett field. Three coast guard cut
ters, the Champlain, the Icarus
and the Mendota, on patrol duty
off the coast were ordered to tha
scene.
Storm at Sea
Seas at the scene where tha
Cavalier came down were report
ed rough by the New Y'ork coast
guard.
Two steamers, the tanker Essa
Baytown and the City ui Rayville,
turned from their courses and
started for the Cavalier. They
were reported to be the closest
ships. The City of Rayville was
reported only n short distance
away.
Two Canadian destroyers were
reported to have left Bermuda in
an effort to reach the Cavalier.
Radio reports to the coast guard
in Washington said the Cavaliei
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Farmer Kills Self in
Salem Jail After
Confessing Murder
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. (U.R)
Herman S. Rose, 51, six-fool nine
inch Broadacres district farmer,
committed suicide in the county
jail last night eight minutes after
confessing that he had murdered
his wife by healing her with a
slick of stove wood last Monday.
Ihe man left a death note to
his five sons and two daughters,
saying the double tragedy was
brought on by an outside woman,
whom police did not identify.
Fish Delivered On
Columbia Fewer
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 21. (Pi-
Fish received at stations on both
sides of the Columbia river In
1938 were about (1,800,000 pounds
less than the total for 1037. stute
fish commission figures, released
last night, indicated.
The total 1037 receipts came to
19.005,700 pounds of which 555,-
000 pounds wore ocean-caught.
The 1938 catch Including only that
through the summer reached 9,
850,743 pounds of which 247.970
were ocean-caught, The fall
catch was expected to raise this
figure between three and four
million, bringing the annual total
to about 12,800,000.
Total food-fish receipts In the
Columbia during 1938 was 13,
003,518 pounds, exclusive of tuna,
a severe drop from the 1937 fig
ure.
ANGF.I.L NAMED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. OP)
Various committee i,ssignmenls
for members of the minority party
were Announced Friday by repub
lican leaders in the house. Among
new assignments was Angell, Ore
gon, to the rivers and harbors
committee.
Administration Chiefs
Start Relief Fight
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (U.R)
Administration leaders began an
uphill fight today to override a
senate appropriation sub-committee's
decision to support the $725,
000,000 deficiency relief appropri
ation approved by the house, which
represented n cut of $150,000,000
ini the amount asked by President
Roosevelt.
Behind-the-scenes - maneuvering
began as the full committee met
to act on the sub-commiltcc's
recommendations.
The sub-committee wrapped Its
proposals in compromise language
designed to prohibit wholesale re
lief roll reductions during Febru
ary and March. It opened the way
for the president to demand an ad
ditional appropriation In the event
of an "emergency," and required
elimination of "chisclcrs" from the
rolls.
Sub-Committee Chairman Alva
n. Adams, D., Colo., predicted that
the full committee woulU approve
the revised bill "by a narrow
vote," but that "the committee
probably will get the whey beat
out of it on the floor of the senate
as the appropriations committee
usually docs when it makes an
honest effort to economize."
ELECTRIC COMPANY SOLD
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R)
The Portland General Electric
company announced federal ap
proval of the purchase of the Mt.
Hood Electric Co., a firm serv
ing 275 customers on the Mt. Hood
loop road. The announced price
was $33,000.
CAN THEY PURR?
PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (Pi-
Three bundles of leonine joy were
delivered by the stork or who
ever delivers lion cubs to lion pa
rentsat the Washington park
zoo yesterday.
MINISTERS TO MEET
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21 (U.R)
The annual conference of Ore
gon Protestant ministers will be
ipen In Portland Monday night.
The annual convention of the Ore
gon council of churches will be
held at the same time.
Weather News
OREGON: Unsettled, occasional
rain north portion tonight and
west portion Sunday; snows over
mountains; somewhat warmer on
coast tonight, increasing south"
erly wind off coast.
AIRPORT BUREAU RECORD!
Minimum temperature, 24-houl
period ending at 4:30 a. m. Sat
urday, 26.8 degrees, and for 12
hour period, ending same time,
also 28.8 degrees; maximum tem
perature, 21-hour period ending
at 4:30 a. m, Saturday, 49.3 de
grees, for 12-hour period ending
same time, 4(1.9 degroes; wind, at
noon, Saturday, northwest.
RIVER BUREAU RECORD:
Stage of Willamette -river 'in Eu
gene at 7 a. m. Saturday, zero..
SIUSLAW TIDES -
Ntllidftjr
lllnh . 1:81 a. m.
tow 7:4S A. m, ,
MnniUy
High . 2:23 a. m.
Low 8:3! . m.
TitfftiUjr
Hlnh . TM a m.
Low 9:00 a. m.
t:!3 n. m.
7:38 p. m.
t:,17 p. m,
-8:37 p, m.
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