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EUGENE. OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1939
ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5c
NO. 52
axing of Utilities Brings Warm Debate
(to Nazi
H Ends
Violence
Ifilto-Beorers
Jews, American
To Democracies
MUAH S. WHITE
vnRK. Feb. 21.-P' In
I inonstration that filled
..... cnnarp Garden lead-
fccWman-AmericanBund
iicht under iu .s"
ijjcka to aenuu..
fit Jewrv. SOhte meniucio
fjvclt cabinet, and any
a alliance wim
km.
..-fmned storm troop-
tched intermittently inside
inwhich at omciai es-
Md 20.000 a muvi(iB
t o! anti-Nazis, theatregoers
merely curious, nuucu
i the streets outside.
1.500 police reserves
jard over the area, while
purled up inside the
snH out.
r-'-i Kuhn. national leader
band, was concluding a
against Jews, Isadore
gm, a slight. 26-year-old
vorker. leaped upon tne
ait and ran toward the
a dozen or more
troopers set upon mm,
hint down and Beating
he held his head In his
lis black, wild hair flying.
Clothinj Torn
of police pushed the
troopers aside, picked
i the floor of the plat-
sd holding him high
I their heads, ran to an exit.
his clothing was torn
i body.
ide the Garden. 13 persons
were arrested in a ser-
linvolvins the police
td permission of anti-
Jailed Youth
Tells Story Of
Mother's Death
'Four Men'
Bother Patient,
Puzzle Police
16-Year-Old Boy Being
i Held In Eugene For
Missouri Authorities
SEE GOTHAM STORY
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p Bombs
fish Territory
ISO KONG, Feb. 21. fU.R)
airplanes dropped
I British territory todav
i a British Indian police-
nff ? rairi cm Mm C9inn
railroad.
Ins reported that 58 persons
(mica ana more than 100
(Win Chinese territory im-
PJ adjoining the British
IM Chinese village of
MB was renorteri in
P Were Unconfirmed m-
I thai about 20 persons, in-
Ml Ttol.ysm..-
Ju nLut wouna-
- wuns.T Terr!!-M-v anri
Br.tish train was hit.
3 of Chinese and British
r were tVttmA -r w
v. no a i fault
HB,
v-v, , wmuinn Paries
,7 lhe "id. Ti.cy dropped
first on u.. rZ
p. iide of the Hong Kong
i . ra includes the
- UJ1K ionc and the
rr:,orj- 0, Kowloon. on
4
Kfed Sprinkler
P1 Might Have
Jefferson Fire
ITlAVn r.i. . .
i u.. K " Ior 'he huge
't! k at the Jcffer.
'nV:dedbR0ber,s said
I the M. Pr.Pcrly
ef,.w , "ouia nave
IT 1 area and
LAed. ted I ih 5S
ot th. v.".. :.
1,1,1 W0.O0O."
1RVIN BUGARD, 16, being held In Eugene by officer! for authori
ties from Missouri who want him in connection with the death of his
mother.
Child-Stealing Man Lewis Proud
Returned To Pasadena Of Columnist
Wife
EL CENTRO. Cal., Feb. 21. IIP)
Manacled for a trip back to Pas
adena to face a charge of child
stealing, 40-ycnr-old Townsend
Davis, gardener and church organ
ist, told a shocking story today,
police said, of his attempted flight
to Arizona with golden-haired
Anne Louise Sweitzer, 8.
The gaunt, hollow-cheeked man
and his tiny companion were seized
late yesterday as his old sedan ap
proached the state border, more
than 24 hours after secret depar
ture from Pasadena.
Faint from an attack of nausea,
Anne Louise was not able to be
questioned.
A medical examination was to
be made of the girl to determine
if she had been harmed.
As reported by police. Davis told
of spending Sunday night with the
girl in a single room at Indio, be
cause he "didn't have money
enough to rent two rooms."
He told officers he had planned
to take Anne Louise to Somerton,
Ariz , where they were to visit the
Rev. Virgil Vance, an evangelist,
who has a daughter about the same
age.
At Pasadena, the girl's parenU.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph. Sweitzer, in
dignantly denied she had been ill
treated or led anything but "a
happy, normal home life." Sweit
zer is a disabled World war flier
and his wife is a semi-invalid.
DETROIT, Feb. 21. wPi Sin
clair Lewis, author and playwright,
said in a statement today he was
"extremely proud" of his wife,
Dorothy Thompson, newspaper
columnist, who narrowly escaped
ejection from a German-American
Bund rally at New York last night
for shouting "nonsense."
"Getting" Is Said
Finally To Be Name
Of Lane Creek
Hopkins Entangled
In 1940 Politics
nd
etween
0l Pa Den;
I In Cn,..i
. er in
SSrZ?;"! chart.
'fy hie. "u fp"mg:
! h madp toi the ,
2'y ,ook and
WW. !y Juvenile of
kjfcJ,,h 'hese boys.
ks S'r'!! for ,he last
UjMPer, and 5ol(J them
- , ::Pr1 p:5e-
ht na!'"1' The aRent of
M Sund aI,Prehended
"tn over' rr'orn'nS and
the Juvenile
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 (UP'
Secretary of Commerce Harry L.
Hopkins' first formal appearance
as conciliator between business
and the New Deal became embar
rassingly involved today with 1940
presidential politics.
Hopkins left last night for Grin
nell, la., to remain three days
before delivering in Des Moines
his widely publicized first address
as the representative of business
around the Roosevelt cabinet table.
His departure was preceded by
dispatches from Des Moines that
Democratic State Chairman Ed H.
Birmingham has undertaken to
align 1940 democratic national con
vention delegates for Hopkins.
The Iowa boom for Hopkins got
a chilly reception here. Old line
democrats, battling now with Pres
ident Roosevelt for control of next
year's convention, generally con
cede Hopkins' administrative abil
ity but they do not want him as
their 1940 presidential candidate.
There have been some indications,
however, that Mr. Roosevelt might
like Hopkins to succeed to the
White House, provided, of course,
there is no third term.
It is now pretty well estab
lished that the name of the small
creek that flows In to the Coast
Ford near Saginaw and over
which there has recently been a
dispute over its name, is "Get
ting." George Getting, who says
he is a descendant of Samuel Get
ting, an early day settler, de
clares the stream was named after
the latter, who was a Civil War
veteran and who operated a
shingle mill in the hills near the
source of the stream. Aden Miller
of that section also spells it "Get
ting." J. E. Redford of the Saginaw
district adds an "s" to the name
and says it was named after the
war veteran and mill man.
This information has been re.
ceived by Cal M. Young, county
commissioner, who a short time
ago was asked by forest service
officials to determine the correct
spelling of the name of the creek.
Arrested on a charge of mur
dering his mother, Mrs. Mabel
Burgard. 50. in Livingston. Mo.,
July 31, 1938, Irvin Burgard. 16.
is in the Lane county jail awaiting
a Missouri officer who will be
here in a few days to take him
home.
The body of Mrs. Burgard was
found In a rocking chair the day
after the shooting. Irvin and Die
family automobile had disappear
ed. Three days later the car was
found In a dense thicket three
miles from the Burgard home.
Arrested Late Monday
Sheriff C. A. Swarts and Dep
uty A. T. Sprensen made the arrest
late Monday afternoon at Junction
City where the boy had been
staying since Christmas. The ar
rest was made on information re
ceived bv Sheriff Swarts from
Sheriff W C. Uhrmacher at Chil
licothe. Mo., that the boy might
be in this locality. He was using
the name, Bill Rogers, but readily
admitted his identity when placed
under arrest, the sheriff said.
The boy's mother was killed by
a bullet In the head from a .22
rifle, according to information re
ceived from the sheriff at Chilli
cothe. The boy readily admitted
shooting his mother but declared
the shot was accidental. He said
he fled through fright.
Was Oiling Gun
"I was oiling my gun when In
some manner it was discharged,"
the boy told a Register-Guard re
porter Tuesday. "The bullet
struck my mother in th" head aad
she must have died instantly. I
was terribly frightened and left at
once. I figured maybe that my
folks would not believe my story
about the shot being accidental
but I tell you it was. We lived on
a ranch near Avalon, Mo. From
home I went to Carrolton. Mo., and
from there to Kansas City. I then
went to Ely, New, where I was in
a CCC camp until about Christmas
time. Then I came to Junction
City and have oeen there since.
Of course I am sorry for what I
did and am willing to face the
music. Perhaps I should not have
run away, but I was terribly
scared."
Young Burgard said that he had
no trouble at home and declared
that lie would have had no cause
to murder his own mother. He said
his father is not living.
Sheriff Swarts talked to the sher
iff at Chilhcothe over long dis
tance telephone Monday evening
after Burgard's arrest and was in
formed that an officer would be
; sent to Eugene at once. He is ex
pected to arrive about i nday.
City Councilmen Meet
In Special Session,
Revise Curb Ordinance
WORD RECEIVED
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. Feb. 21.
tP)Shcriff W. C. Uhrmacher re
ceived word of the arrest last night
at Junction City, Ore., of Irvin
Burgard, 16, sought In connection
with the slaying of his mother,
Mrs. Mabel Burgard, 50. a widow,
at her farm home 12 miles south
of here last night July 31.
Sheriff Uhrmacher said the
youth would be returned here to
answer a murder charge filed by
Prosecutor Charles S. Greenwood.
CHINESE MURDER
SHANGHAI. Feb. 21 'i Li
Kuo-Chieh. better known as Mar
quis Li, grandson of LI Hung
Chang, famous Chinese statesman,
was shot and killed in the Ameri
can defense sector of the interna
tional settlement by two uniden
tified gunmen.
A special meeting of the Eugene
city council Tuesday morning pass
ed a new ordinance revising ex
isting regulations in the cutting of
curbing on any street or alley in
the city. Final approval for any
such alteration now rests in the
hands of the council.
The new ordinance declared an
emergency and entirely revised the
procedure necessary for any indi
vidual or concern to go through to
obtain the city's permission for
curb cutting.
The new law provides that ap
plication shall now be made to the
city engineer who shall investigate
and make a report to the council
with an endorsement of approval
or disapproval.
Following the engineer's report,
the council will discuss the appli
cation and grant permission or
denial. If the application is grant
ed the city recorder will be direct
ed to issue a permit authorizing
the proposed curb cutting or alteration.
New Indian School At
Burns Demolished
By Flames
BURNS. Feb. 21. 4 An In-
: dian community center and
school building near here, just
completed by the Indian service
at a cost of $26,500, wes destroyed
I by fire yesterday.
Burns firemen, lescued Mrs.
! Gladys Hutchinson, Indian school
! teacher, her infant child and aged
mother from their second story
quarters into which they had
1 just moved.
The building, which was a total
loss, was to have been dedicated
in a few weeks. The fire was
I of unknown origin.
Eugene city police were puzzled
Tuesday at the actions of their
latest "boarder." Kenneth Wilson.
28, of San Francisco, who is
obsessed with the idea that four
men are out to "get" him.
Evidently Wilson's persecutors
were 'gaining on him yesterday in
Grants Pass. He chartered a plane
to Eugene with $10 of his $10.83
bankroll and fled to safety.
The pilot, however, upon land
ing at the Eugene airport yester
day afternoon, reported that his
passenger claimed the four men
l,aa rnnl,) iim n,,l An
get in at him.
Police reported no Improvement
in Wilson's condition Tuesday
morning as the "four men" are
still lurking in or wait near the
jail, according to the prisoner.
If efforts to obtain any coher
ent information from Wilson or
to contact possible relatives prove
useless, he will be taken to the
Salem insane asylum.
France Prepares To
Recognize Franco
By RALPH HEINZEN
PARIS. Fb. 2 'U.R Negotia
tions between Fiance and Gener
alissimo Francisco Franco for
recognition of nationalist Spain
will be concluded tomorrow,
French Official circles said today.
These circles said u final meet
ing between Franco and Senator
Leon Berard, special French en
voy, would be held at Burgos "un
der good conditions."
Other informed quartern expect
ed France and Britain to grant
recognition by this week-end with
out obtaining written guarantees
covering withdrawal of Italian and
German troops and clemency for
the VepuMicans.
They believed thai Franco had
decided to stand solidly with his
allies. Chancellor Adolf Hitler and
Premier Benito Mussolini, and to
resist the temptation of financial
credits reported to have been of
fered by London.
Looks to Berlin
These quarters expected that
Franco would continue his trend
toward the Berlin-Rome axis.
The French cabinet postponed a
meeting set for today, until Berard
could return to Burgos and com
pleto negotiations with Francisco
Gomftl Jordana, nationalist foreign
minister.
Berard went to the French side
of the frontier to communicate
with the government and receive
new instructions. The foreign of
fice said, after Berard reported
last night, that recognition of the
nationalists was near and that
only a few minor points needed to
be cleared up.
Senator Berard was expected to
return to Burgos tonight and to
see Jordana late tomorrow.
There was no doubt that the
nationalists had been firmer than
France expected on exchanging
guarantees for recognition. They
took the view that they were en-
I titled t' unqualified recognition.
I But there was considerable doubt
regarding some repurts which ema
nated from Spain. It has been m
j timatcd that Jordana broke off
I talks with Berard. Actually, as
I had been made known before, he
! had prior engagements which call
ed him from Burgos. It was made
plain today that this engagement
was to go to Barcelona to'he pres
ent at the formal entry planned
today by Generalissimo Francisco
Franco.
' FRANCE
. . .. . T. Perplonan
City of MADRID -.J
Now shelled by RcbeU; "
besieged s-nce October, Puivxerdo?
1936, franco soys one f A I Kl
million Insurgent troops x f y jf
ill march on this key city jr
uodolojoro t
AAASMurelo Loyalist capital,
mwOvvSNSN torget for Insuigent
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
X , s
SPANISH MOROCCO 7r'U
City of CARTAGENA
Bose for Loyalist fleet, this
port controls imports to
Loyalist area.
AFRICA
I 1 Noliooalist
1 Loyalist
Eugene Figures
Prominently
In Legislation
McArthur, Maxey Join
In Discussion
At Committee Hearing
AN area approximately the slie of the state of Virginia, nme 4J.000
square miles, remains In the Loyalists as civil war In Spain Hears
Its climax. On the atinve map. l oyalist territory, divided Into II pro
vinces designated in hold type, is shown by airtight line shadm; .In
surgent General Franco announces he will follow the bombing of
Madrid with a mass march on Ihe city. Meanwhile, Hie Loyalist fleet,
massed at Cartagena to protect the Madrld-Valencla-Allcante lone,
plans to challenge Insurgent control of the sea.
Guarded King George VLT Consents
Launches Battleship
Veto Of Governor
Kills Pilot Bill
f.O KRNMKNT PAYS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 'IP
The senate passed and -ent to the
house a bill to pay Roy D. Cook,
12-year-old Portland lad, S25U0 for
injuries received when a large U.
S. mail box fell on him in 1935.
Work Progressing On
State WPA Projects
PORTLAND. Feb 21 '
Work on approved WPA projects
in Oregon, including the Portland
super-airport and the Wolf creek
land Wilson river highways, will
continue for several months at
least.
E. J. Griffith, stale administra
tor, said today "under existing ap
propriations, we have adequate
funds for work for several
months."
SALEM, Feb. 21. Gover
nor Charles A. Sprague exercised
his veto power for the first time
yesterday when he killed the pilot
bill.
lie charged it would establish a
monopoly for the Columbia River
Pilots' and the Bar Pilots' associa
tions. The measure would have
provided n five-member, statewide
pilot commission and limited the
number of Columbia river bar pil
ots. "It is not sound public policy for
the state to foster closed monopo
lies," the governor said. "The
state should license all pilot appli
cants who meet the necessary
qualifications."
A proposed constitutional
amendment to abolish capital pun
ishment in Oregon wbb rejected by
the senate, 17-10. The house pass
ed a bill to tax motorists biennially
to defiay hospital costs of indigent
traffic victims. The senate again
8KB VETO STORY
PAGE 12
NEWCASTLE, England, Feb. 21.
(Pi King George VI. guarded
by more than 1.000 police, today
launched Britain's groat new bat
tleship which bears the name ot
his father, King George V.
"May God bless her and Uiose
who serve her." the king cried as
the 3."), (100-ton ship shot down the
ways into the River Tyne, the first
battleship Britain has launched in
more than 111 years and the first of
a new group of monster vessels
that will total at least nine.
As the king and Queen Elizabeth
came to Newcastle for the cere
mony they were under the strictest
guard ever given a modern British
monarch in hll own country.
Because of the wave of bomb
tei rot ism in recent weeks which
was attributed to Irish republican
sympathizers, nearly !00 special
constables were called to augment
local police. Every place the king
and queen were to visit was in
spected f.tr bombs.
Dean Morse Gives
Two Strike Decisions
Twn decisions in Sim Knim-isco
waterfront disputes, one which
forced longshoremen to Ctll off u
strike until after the case had
heen arbitrated and another which
Have longshoremen the right to re
fuse to cross a picket line without
violating their labor contract,
were announced here today by
Uean Wayne U Morse of the Uni
versity of Oregon law school, who
is official arbiter in longshoremen
employer disputes for the bay
area.
Dean Morse pent Friday and
Saturday in San KrawiRco review
ing the cases. In his arbitration
decision on a dispute over the
number of men to be employed in
unloading the steamer Birming
ham. Dean Morse stated that ac
cording to their agreement with
employers, longshoremen must ar
bitrate the case before calling a
strike. The case will be fully arbi
trated on the first Monday in
March when Dean Morse is free
from his dulies at the university.
In the Enclnal terminal strike,
involving a question as to whether
longshoremen were required to
pass through a picket line estab
lished by another union, Dean
Morr.e decided that longshoremen
were not compelled to do so under
the existing agreement with em
ployers. 4
Offices And Banks
Close Wednesday
Wednesday is Washington's
birthday and a legal and Judicial
holiday in tins state. Kor this rea
son no offices in the courthouse
and city hall, except police, will be
open and the banks will also re
main closed. No court orders can
legally be made on that day.
Some of the schools will observe
the day with special programs
concerning the life ot George
Washington.
To Repeat
Current Hit
Popular demand has convinced
members of the Very Utile The
atre that their "Smllin' Through,"
should be presented before the
lights (or a third night.
So, tonight at 8 p. m. Kugeneans
will have their last opportunity
to see the drama at the fairgrounds
playhouse. Virginia Mikuhik, in
the leading feminine role, has won
great acclaim at two previous per
formances before large houses.
Fog Forces 8 Planes
To Crash, 2 Die
PKNaSACOLA, Fla., Feb, 21.
(4) Trapped in a dense fog,
eight navy planes were wrecked
and two pilots killed on a routine
training flight last night.
Rain washed nway the fog at
dawn today, disclosing Ihe full
toll to officers of the Pensacola
naval air station.
Six student fliers escaped by
bailing out in the darkness In
their first parachute jumps.
tiatlt G. K. Presser, Sr.. a Bra
zilian navy officer receiving reg
ular training here, died when his
plane crashed and burned at
Coi ry field, where land planes
are quartered.
Lieut N, M. Ostergren was
found in his wrecked anil burned
plane neap McDavid, Kla., about
25 miles north of Pensacola. The
fog kept his fate a mystery until
after dawn, when scouting plane
took to the air for a search of
the entire section.
Lieut. J. P. Monroe, aide to the
commandant, said there was noth
ing anxious ground crews could
do except wait for the pilots to
jump. The planes, standard naval
single-seated Boeings, with high
landing speed that makes it dif
ficult for them to alight on soft
ground, were not equipped with
radio.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 21. OJ.tt
The senate committee on railroads
and utilities prepared today tore
turn its verdict on an amendatory
bill to the present people's utility
district statute.
The third PUD hearniR of the
session last night drew an audience
of nearly .'100, most of whom stayed
on after midnight to listen to a de
bate between Peter Zimmerman,
"the Yamhill farmer," and Frank
lin T. Griffith, president uf Port
land General Klectric.
Committee members were ad
mittedly puzzled over their task.
Two out of throe hearings have
been devoted to two measures an
amendatory bill by Sen. W. K.
Burke, repn.i Yamhill and a meas
ure by Sen. Lyman Ross, deny,
Washington, providing for taxir(
of publicly-owned utilities.
Even as the committee began
Its deliberations on these meas
ures, however, Ross was preparing
to introduce a bill repealing the
present net and substituting en
tirely new legislation.
Assertions Made
Attacks last night on proposed
PUD legislation centered on asser
tions that:
1. Public districts should be re
stricted on tax-levying powers.
2. Restrictions should be placed
on issuance of revenue bonds.
3. Districts should pay taxes to
state, county, city and schools as
privately-owned utilities now do.
"The only purpose of revenue
bonds," Griffith said, "is to avoid
liability for mismanagement."
lie added "Bonneville power is
cheap because the cost of con
struction, operation and mainte
nance is not paid from revenue."
Zimmerman replied public dis
tricts "are not asking any special
favors, but their financial structure
Is essentially different from that
of privately -owned utilities."
He also charged Portland Gen
eral Electric with dominance by
a holding company. This was de
nied by Griffith.
J. W. McArthur, superintendent
of the municipally-owne'l Eugene
Bids Called For
Bonneville Power Line
To Eugene Area
PORTLAND. Feb. 21. 'Pi An
othrr Mm biwnrd extension of
BonnaWllfl dam power lo Ihe Wil
lamette, valley wh taken today
with n call for bids for construc
tion of a 1 10,000-volt transmis
sion line from Vancouver, Wash.,
to Kuflcne.
This line will be the southern
arm of power from the main dis
tributing station at Vancouver.
Bids will be opened March 10 and
awards will follow shortly with
the expectation that the first unit
of the line will be ready to carry
power within five and one-half
months the fall deadline set by
the Bonneville administration, for
delivery of power.
Willamette valley towns which
will be close lo the line include
Orleans, Verdure, Tangent, Oak
villc, Peoria, Shcdd, Halsey, Al
(ord, St. Paul, Gervais and Independence.
SEE PUD STORY
PAGE n
Hospital Insurance
Interests Executives
SEATTLE. Teh. 21.
Voluntary hospital care insur
ance on a non-profit basis con
tinued to be the principal topic
of discussion as 52.ri hospital exec
utives, physicians and nurses
opened the second day's session
today of the convention of the
asociation of western hospitals.
Dr. (!. Harvey Agncw, of To
ronto, Canada, president of the
American hospital association,
here to address the convention,
told newsmen of the value of vol
untary medical and hospital care
insurance.
"Medical and hospital Insurance
was started in Ontario two years
ago witli the blessing but not the
support of the provincial govern
ment, " he said. Dr. Agnew is
also secretary of Ihe hospital di
vision, Canadian medical assocla.
tlon.
"The plan provides for medical
care by general practitioners
and specialists and also nursing
service," he said. "It guarantees
this service for $2 a month per
person with reduced rates for
families. This protection costs a
family of four $B 50 a month."
Weather News
OREGON: Pair tonight and Wed
nesday but considerable cloudiness
in west portion; little change In
temperature; gentle variable wind
off coast.
AIRPORT 111 READ REI OKI):
Minimum temperature, Tuesday,
"2.(1 degrees; maximum tempera
ture, Monday, 47. li degrees; wind,
at noon, Tuesday, east, northeast.
RIVER B t li 8 A l RECORD!
Stage of Willamette river in Eu
gene at 7 a. m. Tuesday, 2.2 feet.
Ml SI. V TIDES
'tndav
High 7 ill . m. 3:31 p. m.
Low 8 37 a m. 8:31 m.
Hlfh 2 44 a. m. : p. m.
Isiw 0:13 a. m. 8:S8 d. m.
High 3:50 a.
I Low I 43 a