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EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1939
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NO. 172
Unese Port of Swatow
Mis to Japanese as Britain
folds Ground in Tien tsin
Isislance ,
issing From
teing Chinese
Idlers Enter City .
L,Way Cleared
Air, Naval Gunning
RTTTT.F.TIN!
I ON DON, June 21 .
b) Tokyo has of
U lo settle the Tient- ,
fa dispute as a local
Liter between japan
y Great Britain, thus
Lrincr Krifam a tace-
l(ue
tinir nut" in the orient '
M leaving wider issues
E be settled by mutual '
f...:.i! 4
L iinnffirinl fnrprnsf rir-
klited in diplomatic
loirters tonight. 5
(Bv The Associated Press) 1
fin easily captured the port
totow today, tightening her
b on the south China coast,
1 a the north her issue with
sin at Tientsin apparently set-
liown to a drawn-out test of
;oe.
patches from Swatow said
Japanese soldiers, their way
Ltd by air raids and a naval
tiardment, reached the city
! the morning and, encount
u little resistance, continued
Respite long preparations, Chi
failed to carry out the cus-
fey "scorched earth" destruc-
trie city ot. itb.uuu, o
& east of Canton, Anticipating
Wing, more than half of the
test civilian population had
Both Waiting
a Britain and Japan were
pi for the other to make the
.nace overtures m the eight-
tt!d Tientsin crisis.
pish Prime Minister Cham
pi told the house of com
p the British government did
acquiesce" m the blockade
:d made clear to Japan
pa would take necessary
(to assure adequate food sup-
.or tier beleaeuered subiects
k Tientsin concession.
tie European political front.
pile, both the British -
itE SWATOW STORY
PAGE 2
Wilis Enrolls 711
Summer School;
wrsity Has 801
p'ALLIS, June 21 OP
"aoument of 711 students at
Kmi day of the Oregon
ge summer session rep-
M a 15 npv r-r,T agin nm
Fith last year. Of the 701
, uUenis, 6s& were men
women.
801 AT fiRrr.Av
E-al of am -i..jKHt. .
111 thn TT;,f ;.. -
. " v cl 3 v
summer school Wednes-
I W thifi rtn
r - ..uuiuci, oau are
Wuates and 411 are
N w advanced degrees.
s iigure was 866. -
T rrcv.
r Blankenship, 45, disap-
er tlf
"'Jftn mining ium
yn to answer a
eather
News
'! d?y of summer found
-y-jins just that. It was
11 time
It-I ,an..n1 J .1. 1
ijj , - "cvciai uays mat
i " a mil sweep of the
ers
Partly cloudy, prob
in northwest portion
b, j - ""i unwesi portion
k-fr , hursdav. little change
sentle variable
Jl'he ooapt.
temperature for the 24-
.0 ending at 4:30 a. rh.
71.8 degrees; mini-,-Perature,
same period,
S.CCST
K, ' Hictipnaiion, same
Fa n.wind- northwest. .
ie Willamette river at
onesday morning, minus
4:90 p.m.
MltJQ is AiujiAiuri .
WHILE the Japanese are presently more concerned with the British,
there are Chinese waiting in trenches like these for further at
tempts to check the surge of the Nipponese inland. These men and
women patriots call themselves the "Fourth Mobile Guerilla Zone."
To Old Case
FBI. Men Speed Search
For Marson Suspect
HAYWARD, Wis., June 21
(U.fi) Sheriff George Seehuetter
announced today that the federal
bureau of investigation would
enter the search for Ray Olson,
30, fugitive killer of two depu
ties, to investigate the possibility
he might be the long sought kid-nap-slayer
of Charles Ma ttson, 10,
Tacoma, Wash. ' ' '
Seehuetter said he had asked
for assistance from the FBI of
fice at Milwaukee and had been
advised that at . least one G-man
would come here.. He empha
sized that the possibility Olson
might' be the Mattson kidnaper
was "purely speculative."
'Olson closely resembles de
scriptions of the kidnaper," he
said, "but there is nothing defi
nite to connect him with the
case, as I informed the federal
agents in asking them to come
here. However, we are not over
looking that angle. We want him
for two killings here and that is
enough for now."
He said that as far as he knew
no G-men had arrived yet in
the Chippewa lake region south
east of Hayward where 300 depu
ties and volunteers were con
ducting a "dead or alive" search
for Olson in a maze of dense
thickets, timber and swampland.
Olson, an expert marksman
and woodsman, has eluded posse
men for four days. Last night
he slipped through their fingers
for the fourth time.. .
Thnridar
3:4' m..
-P 1" 2 .m..
Friday
4 50 a.m..
V.. ' m..
Saturday
5:58 t.m., 6:53 D m
":1 t.m.. 13:09 B ra
8:41 p.m.
Monfana Oil Firms
Stiff Competitors
PORTLAND, Ore., June 21
(U.ra A vigorous competitive
struggle between ' northern and
southern Montana oil companies
in addition to their, Joint fight
with major Pacific coast firms
for northwest business was re
vealed today at an interstate
commerce commission hearing on
petroleum freight rates. '
Northern Montana indepen
dents at Shelby, Cutbank, Havre,
Sunburst and other points are
supporting the Great Northern
railroad's effort to establish a
rate of 30 cents- per hundred
weight on petroleum products into
SEE MONTANA STORY
PAGE 2
SEAMAN CRAZED
ASTORIA, June 21 M)
Coast guardsmen took a seaman,
who was reported to have run
amuk with an axe on the Seattle
bound steamer Watsonville, into
custody .ytnteraay.
afflii ft
Sun Sweeps
Skies As
Summer Comes
Although Wednesday was not
the warmest day of the year, the
date of the official ppening of
summer was promising, with
cloudless skies, and coatless Eu
geneans on the streets.
The temperature at noon was
75.5 degrees.
Many Eugeneans are planning
picnics again to take advantage of
the sun, which, annually on June
21, sets later than any other day
of the year.
Topping Wednesday for summer
weather were May 13 and 14 when
the temperature was 92 degrees.
Cook Saw Water Pour
Into III Fated Sub '
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 21
(P First direct testimony
water poured into the sunken
submarine Squalus through the
main induction system was given
to a naval board of inquiry to
day by William Isaacs of Wash
ington, D. C, the submersible's
cook.
It was the first evidence of
fered to the board the induction
system, previously blamed by
some officers for the sinking,
might be responsible for the dis
aster. Isaaes said he saw a sheet of
water comes out of the engine
room's main induction duct, as
he peered through a peep hole
in the engine room bulkhead.
Then, in water knee deep, he
fled from the battery room to the
safety of the control room.
Lieutenant William T. Doyle,
Jr., of Baltimore, executive of
ficer of the Squalus, supported
the testimony of his commander
the virtually unprotected venti
lating systems of this nation's
submarines were their greatest
weakness.
Coast Areas
Talk Shifting
Chamber Officials
Point To Separate
Interests Of Region
REEDSPORT, June 21. OP)
Chambers of commerce along the
southern Oregon coast discussed
last night a proposal to join the
16-mile stretch of Douglas county's
seaboard panhandle with Coos
county. .
Such a campaign, still in the for
mative stage, was supported by
Reedsport, Gariner chambers and
representatives of the Coos county
chamber from Marshfield, North
Bend and Empire.
Reedsport's application to be
come a member of the Coos county
chamber was accepted at a ban
quet by Mayor George Melville of
Empire, president of the Coos or
ganization. When Mayor L. R. Cutlip' of
North Bend suggested "Coos coun
ty's north boundary should be
SEE COAST STORY
PAGE 4
Road Building
Is Pledged
Pacific Highway Near
Roseburg To Be Rebuilt
ROSEBURG, Ore., June 21
W) Assurance the Pacific high
way bottleneck between Rose
burg and Grants Pass will be re
constructed as rapidly as funds
become available was given last
night by Governor Charles A.
Sprague arid Henry F. Cabell,
chairman of the state highway
commission. Governor Sprague
and Mr. Cabell were the principal
speakers at. a banquet given, here
following a trip of inspection by
the governor and his party of
highway department officers over
the north Umpqua road.
Speaking of the commission's
plans for reconstruction of the
Pacific highway, Mr. Cabell de
clared the Roseburg-Grants Pass
section will be undertaken as
soon as the Siskiyou project is
completed to the California line.
The remaining work in the Sis
kiyou section, he said, probably
will be started this year.
The work between Roseburg
and Grants Pass will be the most
expensive on the entire length
of the Pacific highway in Ore
gon, he said, and must progress
slowly due to the limited funds
available, unless special federal
aid is secured. In .the event of
passage by congress of the Mc
Donald bill, or other program for
aid to states in road construction,
the Roseburg-Grants Pass section
will receive first consideration
from the highway commission,
Mr. Cabell declared.
$5,800,000 Is Due
For Willamette Job
bor Session
AI
ong o
cime
FM
n in
Neutrality
Legislation
Again Delayed
Wednesday Is Date
Selected For Action
On Bloom Proposal
WASHINGTON, June 21. VP)
The administration's neutrality
proposals today were given a defi
nite spot in senate committee pro
ceedings but the date selected
next Wednesday meant another
week's delay.
Chairman Pittman (D-Nev) said
they would be made a special or
der of business for the foreign re
lations committee June 28.
His committee met today to con
sider the revision proposals, suchf
as are carried in the house bill
written by Rep. Bloom (D-Ky) but
agreed to a delay. President Roose
velt asked yesterday that congress
act on the bill this session.
Disputing those critics who have
said the bill was an "un-neutral"
measure which would not pass,
Pittman expressed a belief the
house would approve the Bloom
bill. He added he intended to go
ahead in the senate, in any event.
Opponents of the administra-i
tion s neutrality bill expressed
doubt today it would reach the
senate floor before adjournment
despite President Roosevelt s re
quest.
Senator Borah (R-Idaho) pre
dicted after the house votes on the
meVsure next 'week, congressional
leaders might decide to postpone
senate consideration until next
session. ,
Senator Nye (R-ND) said he did
PORTLAND, Ore., June 21
(U.R) The civil works bill passed
by the house of representatives
will mean $5,800,000 for the Wil
lamette valley project and $1,500,
000 for the Columbia river sea
way between Vancouver, Wash.,
and Bonneville, the Journal's
Washington correspondent said
today.
The bill will become law if the
senate approves one minor amend
ment and the president signs it.
The new river and harbor bill
reported favoribly by the senate
commerce committee includes
authorization for Umatilla dam.
JACK FAILS
TILLAMOOK, June 21. OP) A
gasoline truck toppled from a jack
yesterday and fatally injured
Frank Mott, 55, service station employe.
SEE NEUTRALITY STORY
PAGE 4
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Nazis Ask Recall
Of Anglo Envoy
BERLIN, June 21 (U.R) The
government announced today that
it had requested Great Britain
to recally G. St. Clair Gainer,
British consul general in Vienna.
According to DNB, the semi
official news agency, Gainer was
asked to leave because during a
criminal trial in Vienna it was
revealed he allegedly was impli
cated in a matter involving a
forbidden news service.
The British embassy however,
said it had been informed Gain
er's expulsion was in retaliation
to the British government's re
quest that Walther Reinhardt, the
German consul in Liverpool, be
recalled. The request was granted.
36 Drunken Drivers
Get 1,337 Days In Jail,
Fines Totaling $3,214
SALEM, June 21. OP) State
police during May arrested 36
drunken drivers, who were sen
tenced to a total of 1,377 days and
who were fined $3,214.
The 681 persons arrested for vio
lating motor vehicle laws were
sentenced to 1,822 days and fined
$8,542.
NO LIENS
WASHINGTON, June 21. OP)
Persons seeking to qualify for old
age assistance would not be re
quired to give liens on personal
property under an amendment to
the social security act proposed
yesterday by Senator McNary (R-Ore.)
aVJ 1 A JL A
rNECLARING that she likes her Job and will stick to It, comely, blonde
IS Caroline Bowers Woodman, foster daughter of Dr. James Row
land Angell, president emeritus of Yale, smiles as she serves a cus
tomer at the Wee Cottagetlrui, Krumsvllle, Pa, The runaway post-
debutante departed unannounced from smitir uoi'ege, pqcame a wan.
ress to prove she can support herself Independently.
Repeated Political Query,
'Will Roosevelt Run Again?'
Seen As Unanswerable
WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) Politicians who have
been hoping for some inkling from the White House about
1940 apparently will have to go on hoping at least until
President Roosevelt makes his west coast trip after congress
adjourns.
Speculation on the subject continued to pop up, however.
Senator Logan (D.-Ky.) said today he hoped Mr. Roose
velt would not seek another term but hastened to add
should he do so Logan would support him.
"I have always thought it un
wise for anyone to run for a third
term," Logan said. "That has al
ways been my view and I haven't
changed it. I hope the president
will not run, but if he does, I will
support him. I always support
the Democratic nominee.
"If the president does seek the
Democratic nomination, he will get
it and be elected.
The chief executive made it
plain at a press conference yes
terday that he would have noth
ing to say about a third term now
or in the near future.
In fact, he gave this indication
on three separate occasions, des
pite his laughing replies to ques
tions designed to draw him out on
the political topic of the hour.
Asked flatly whether he would
be a candidate for reelection next
year, Mr. Roosevelt smiled and re
vived a year-old admonition that
reporters putting such queries
should stand in a corner with
dunce caps on and faces to the
wall.
Columnists, he said, had made a
point last week of the fact that he
had omitted this "go stand In the
coi ner" order when as,ked to com
ment on Secretary Ickes' maga
zine article advocating "Roosevelt
for 1040." From now on he
would make no such mistake, the
Silver Bloc
Issues Threat
'Must' Legislation
Will Be Blocked
BULLETIN! '
WASHINGTON, June 21
(U.R) Reliable sources report
ed today that President Roose
velt has refused to grant de
mands of western senators
for an Increase In the price
paid by the treasury for domestically-mined
silver.
WASHINGTON, June 21. (U.R)
The senate silver bloc today
openly informed the administra
tion that it will attempt to delay
a vote on "must" monetary legisla
tion in an effort to force the treas
ury to Increase the purchase price
for domestic silver.
Senate Majority Leader Albon
W. Barkley said he had not decid-
SEE SILVER STORY
PAGE 4
Miss Rand Worries About B usiness, Then Imitates Bird
By ROGER JOHNSON
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21.
(U.R) Sally Rand, the business
executive spends her days wor
rying about meeting the payroll
and complying with social se
curity lairs and her nights fig
uring out ways of increasing her
business.
Occasionally Miss Rand takes
a day off to address a women's
club or a businessmen's conven
tion, and, of course, she still has
to inject a personal touch Into
"Sally Rand's Nude Ranch" at
the Golden Gate International
Exposition.
But, for the most part, Miss
Rand works from 12 to 18 hours
a day at being a business execu
tive. She isn't the girl that Hick
ory county, Mo., knew her, nor
the fan dancer that the Chicago
fair visitors went crazy about.
She personally hires the 125
employes she has at her "nude
ranch" and "Miss America," both
of which are incorporated. The
"Miss America" show, incident
ally, is a night club extravagan
za that would do justice to a
Billy Rose or Flo Ziegfeld.
In 1932 Miss Rand was broke
and slightly hungry. She got her
a set of fans and the rest is his
tory, that Is.unul her current role
of discussing social and econom
ic problems and of being one of
the most important persons con
nected with the San Francisco
exposition.
Perhaps the most important
consideration now that Miss
Rand has become a business ex
ecutive is whether she makes
money.
"Yes," she said, "plenty. I paid
off my original investment with
in the first three weeks of the
fair. Since then, even with $3,000
weekly overhead, there has been
plenty of profit."
As for Miss Rand's diversion
"I haven't any. I get an aver
age of six hours sleep and I
spend all my waking hours at
work, either directing my shows
at the fair c. at the night club.
Whenever I can 1 accept invita
tions to make speeches."
But there must be some one
romantic in her life; perhaps
she may even be thinking about
getting married,
"Never," she said. "I was
engaged once. I'm going to go
on being a bachelor girl."
To the fan and bubble dnnce
Miss Rand now has added "the
dance of the white peacock."
She has studied the movements
of a peacock and imitates the
bird.
"People tell me honestly they
think the dance Is artistic," she
said. "I think It Is too, other
wise they wouldn't keep com
ing night after night to see it."
They could, she said, get
plain nudity elsewhere.
SEE POLITICAL STORY
I AGE Z
Chamber Luncheon
To Feature Talk
On Hotel Industry
Friday noon public affairs
luncheon of the Eugene chamber
of commerce will feature National
Hotel Week, and Edward W. Mill
er, former manager of the Ore
gon Coast Highway association,
now h hotel operator of Eugene,
will speak on "Hotels an Essen
tial Eugene Industry", according
to William Cummings, chairman
of the chamber weekly meetings.
Other chamber reports will be
made io the membership at the
luncheon meeting, to be held Fri
day noon, June 23, at the Hotel
Osburn.
Resolutions
Are Passed
On Wednesday
Roosevelt, New Deal :
Given Endorsement '
Of State Labor Groups'
.
By PAUL DEUTSCHMANN
The Oregon Federation - or
Labor convention progressed
smoothly Wednesday morn
ing as delegates passed non
controversial measures,
adopted committee reports
and heard labor and govern
ment officials give brief addresses.
A preview of the battle lot
nomination of officers was seen
in a declaration by V. P. Martin,
head of the state building trades
council that he would not be a can
didate for the position of execu
tive secretary, now held by D. .E,
Nickerson, another possible can
didate. Mr. Martin had been men
tioned as a candidate in conven
tion circles and newspaper reports!'
Lively debate for the Thursday
afternoon session was also predict
ed when the constitutional amend
ment In regard to election of pf
ficers was scheduled to appear at
2 p. m. A vote of the convention
requested that the measure ba
brought up at that time. ? t
Elections Topic "
The amendment would provida
ior election on the last day of the
convention. At present only nom
inations are made at convention,
with elections being referred to
local chapters for a referendum
vote.
That old age and unemployment
insurance are "insurance and not
relief" was stressed by Edwin
Bates, Informational service social
security representative for the Pa
cific coast states, who spoke at the
morning session. He requested
the delegates to study the laws
and urged them to propose amend
ments and changes.
"Labor's offer to employers
was presented by James T. Marr(
in his report on offices and re
ports. "We are ready to forget
any past sins of employers in an
effort to establish a relation thai
may effectively cope with eco
nomic difficulties," he stated. Tht
report pointed out that a unani
mous agreement of employers
could not be expected but saw the
"moral value" possible in extend
ed "amicable relations." f
Resolutions Passed
Seven resolutions were adopted
with a minimum of debate. Most
seriously contested was the reso
lution to oppose rate reductions ot
petroleum freight rates which are
SEE LABOR STORY "
PAGE 2
.
Senators Approve
Huge Farm Measure
' WASHINGTON, June 21 OP)
The senate speedily approved
today a farm bill appropriating
more than $1,200,000,000.
The annual supply bill now
goes back to the house for sep
arate votes on items totaling
$140,000,000, previously rejected
or reduced by that chamber.
A joint senate-house conference
committee reached an agreement
on the measure earlier today and
this compromise won senate approval.
State Ends Testimony
In James K. King Case
The state finished Its testimony
in the case of James K. King, ac
cused of false swearing, about
noon Wednesday and the defense
then had Its inning.
The jury chosen in the case
consists of Aubrey B. Wolfard,
Ruth Fletcher, John McNabb,
Esther M. Gerimonte, Jane Walsh,
Pearle Schantol, Perry L. Bar
ber. Harry C. Hart, Grace H. Dil
lard, Bessie Kimball, Mable Ty
son and Verna Gillenwater.
JUNCTION CITY IN CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, June 21. OP)
A bill authorizing leasing without
cost for 50 years public land near
Junction City, Ore., to the Junction
City Lions club for use as a Boy
Scout camp was introduced yesi ,
day by Rep. Mott (R-Ore.)
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