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Newspaper Page TextWeather: Fair Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER TWO SECTIONS 14 PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939 ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS So NO. 21 x.'l 'f - - , i ijv memorial cabin, above, is providing extra enjoym V -.oy Scon Lur Fred Linasaj (D.;.t.r.i,. v ,..-,,,;.., ,HE Fred Undsa (Register-Guard photograph, V Bint River, u - u.i, u;nf wo Lapiruis Early Negotiations B, JOE ALEX MORRIS Fm- News Editor) i-'tea ricao - . lis. clans were heard m L'rope today. Conciliatory wuiu .- U sources in both London and rlin as, oniy j - customs guard was siain on n,n,i fmntier. Nazi spokes- n declared that Germany ex ,;is a peaceful solution of the city problem without resort force and proDaDiy wunui a br months. We reject a warlike solution the Danzig problem luu per l" the spokesman said, in :oing Polish indications that Danzig shooting was a cioseo tier. ?aliaM cnnrres in London dis ced that a small group of in itial British leaders were aa- anl a new "positive peace a even more important than it Berlin describes as "the !er plan" for solving the Dan- issue. ''Pncltlv,," Pl-in This "positive" plan was do- bed in British sources as nav- nnlhino in nn with nnnpncn. pi programs of the past and, In . was designed ior open ctis ssion only after all danger of new totalitarian war inreai Scouts now, canned on engraving) ndon, Berlin 'Peace' SEE PEACE STORY PAGE 5 ily, County Officials o Discuss 'Jungles' p.e "definite health menace" l-rai in the hobn innple ramn hted on the edge of town will considered Friday afternoon at reeling of county and city onties, it was revealed by n;i. T ' Ike meeting was set for late th 8 f tflmvsn in ".......,.. T I pen Hurd's office. Also to at- mt meeting were Dr. E. L. rdPPr pn,,n( KnWt. -fd uulllJ iicrtuii uinuer, - the city council health com "f consisting of Louis Koppc, mayor indicated that the I'ura co-operate to the full extent ;,, ,.. . I.. -vumy omciais Problem, brought to light -. ... ivpuri maae ry Gardnitr 3, iu. . . i , me request oi f-"? jear the jungle. -. ... , menace- with a ;-er fa.ii-.. " ",R wunout &c.lit,(5. sanitary provis- m at . El" C' el;. Action ZVtlry nd " " i"r action. 52West SnUm wd a f0ers Hold Protest '3Z Jul.v21.-(UJ9 kiZ, VHA workers ,taa- ,"?-..w'lked off r.-r' because tho .,,., v s P'ns had been called father News fr- 'Win WeaUl- rK,;,, ;"r tonight and Sat ' to m!ra,urc in inter i" cS?Ma,e northerly rrV,''limum '"ninera- r 'he Willi1' R ORD: J!jny. -2.2 feet. Business Boom Said Nipped Roosevelt Heaps Blame On Neutrality Defeat By T. F. REYNOLDS HYDE PARK, N. Y., July 21. (U.R) President Roosevelt said to day that refusal of the senate to act at this session on neutrality has killed off a nice little business boom and will have an adverse economic effect until next January-Mr: Roosevelt, speaking at a press conference, again empha sized that full responsibility for refusal to revise the neutrality law must De accepted by the senate. The senate, he said, is gambling against the possibility of war this year, and the result of its refusal to act will have an adverse eco nomic effect. The president described a con versation he had with a prominent business man this week. The busi nessman, he said, discussed the effect the senate postponement may have on business, and they concluded that the postponement probably cut short a nice boom. With the international situation and its effects on this country highly uncertain, he president said, businessmen will hesitate to make commitments because they can have no idea of what form a neutrality bill will take if con gress acts on the issue when it meets again next January. Actor Massey's Wife Completes Switch LONDON, July 21 (U.R) Adrienne Allen was married again today in the culmination of a ro mance packed as full of "good theater as any role the blonde, blue-eyed star ever portrayed on the stage or screen.. The bridegroom was William Dwight Whitney, whose former wife is married to Miss Allen's for mer husband, Raymond Massey. Miss Allen divorced Massey, recent star of "Abe Lincoln in Illi nois," on grounds of cruelty June e in Carson City, Nev. Whitney New York lawyer, was divorced in 1937 by the former Dorothy A. budington. When Miss Allen arrived in the United States to institute divorce proceedings Whitney made the beau geste. Knowing that his for mer wife intended to be married to Massey and fearing that Miss Allen might not have many friends in the country, he telephoned her to ask if he could be of assistance They met and fell in love. "That was the best 'phone i all i ever made," Whitney said tod ly. "I'll never make a better one." Due In Eugene Raymond Massey will arrive in Eugene early in August for the filming of the outdoor sequences tor "Abe Lincoln in Illinois " on the McKenzie river. li n -U i m " m- J1 D. m. University Will Offer Credit To Drivers PORTLAND, July 21 P) For the first time in history Oregon will award college credit for stu dents who pass a course in safe automobile driving. K. N. Beadle, director of educational division of the national conservation bureau, 'aid yesterday a two-weeks course would start Monday at the University of Oregon summer school. Lucky Boy Scouts 'Initiate' New Lodge on Blue River Boy scouts of the Wallamet council now have a new headquarters cabin, Fred Lindsay lodge, recently dedicated at Camp Lucky Boy on the Blue river. The cabin was erected with the help of Fred Lindsay a sustaining member of the Wallamet Boy Scout council, who died recently. Mr. Lindsay had been an active "supporting scouter" for several years." , It is ol the stockade type, with shake roof and pole rafters. The building was completed about a month ago and has been in service during the summer camps now in progress. During the year the building wil be used for leadership and training purposes. The upstairs will be completed, providing sleep ing quarters for 20 or 30 men. 110 At Camp Camp Lucky Boy is now occu pied by about 110 scouts, partici pating in the second period of summer camp. They will com plete their two weeks' of contact with nature. Toward the end of next week they will climax their outing with extended hikes. Approximately 70 scouts have registered for the third and final period, it was stated by H. B. Sallee,. scout executive; . There- is room for about 25 or 30 more. The third period is noted, Mr. Sallee pointed out, for . the -excellent swimming facilities. An extend ed program of aquatic training is taken up during this final, period, Morse Orders Laborers To Resume Loading Pending Official Nod EUREKA, Calif., July 21. (P) Longshoremen were under or ders today to resume loading Fort Bragg lumber aboard the Swedish motorship Parakoola and to cease picketing docks at Fields landing! here. The work orders were Issued by Wayne Morse, of Eugene, Ore., Pacific coast waterfront arbitrator, and the cease-picketing order by Judge W. D. L. Held of the Men docino county superior court. Morse's ruling was made yes terday following a four-hour hearing here. He held the long shoremen must work the ship at least pending a full hearing of the issue. He said the longshore men's agreement provided for set tlement of such disputes without picketing. Chamber Group Recommends Penny Meters Councilmen Will Get Signal To 'Go Ahead' With Proposal ; Members of the merchants di vision of the Eugene chamber of commerce voted Thursday night to tell the city council that they will welcome a tryout of parking meters of the penny type for a per iod sufficient to determine if these machines will really relieve park ing troubles and make it easier for all who do business in Eugene. They did not indorse any make of machine but stated a preference for those where the parker buys his space in penny increments instead of the nickel type which often compels the parker to buy more time than he needs. The mer chants also suggested that the council look into the matter of providing municipal parking lots adjacent to the business area. Fred Brenne, secretary of the chamber, read reports from a long list of cities the' approximate size of Eugene where parking meters are in use. In only one or two have parking meters ever been abandoned once the public became used to them. "We hope the people of the Eu gene area will realize that we are trying to find a solution for a problem which gravely concerns us all," said Roy Morse, of Broad way, Inc., who presided at the meeting. "One thing is very ap parent. Not only the merchants but everybody who tries to do bus iness in Eugene suffers from loss of time and waste of gas and ag gravation as long as no effort is made to find the answers." Lots Suggested Parking lots which would get all cars owned by Eugene business people out of the - streets and where outside people could find free space if they did choose to use the metered spaces were sug gested as a necessary corrolary to any mechanical control. .-It WHS: pointed out that parking meters definitely remove ale present hazard of parking fines where people are unaware of ex isting regulations. At near mid- Eugene Girl Hurt When Cars Collide Betty Cruse, 1 1 65 Willamette street, was taken to the Eugene hospital Thursday evening with in juries received when the car in which she was riding with Wal lace Bardell, 690 Nineteenth ave nue west, collided with the car driven by Lee R. Koch of Route 2, Eugene. Miss Cruse received bruises on the face and other bruises and contusions. Mr. Bardell was driving west on Nineteenth avenue east and Mr. Koch was driving south on Villard street when the accident occurred. Lewis Eikenburg of Springfield, the other occupant of the Bardell car, received slight bruises. Marge Clendcnen, 711 Eleventh avenue west, who was riding with Mr. Koch, suffered an injured wrist and cuts, and Lee Koch, who was in the same car, received cuts and bruises. Don Koch, the other occupant of the car, was not injured. Both cars were somewhat damaged. NO CONFIDENCE PORTLAND, July 21. W) The Willamette democratic society refused yesterday to send an ex pression of confidence to Major Laurence A. Milner, witness in the Harry Bridges deportation case at San Francisco. MINISTER WANTED PORTLAND, July 21. (An Detective Lt. L. D. Manciet said today Rev. Noel L. Murray, 34, of Portland, Episcopal minister, was wanted on a bad check charge. A warrant was Issued for his arrest. MT. TABOR GETS BID CORVALLIS, July 21. " The Presbyterian synod of Oregon selected the Mount Tabor church of Portland yesterday for its next meeting. Waymie Morse May Vouch for Biridlges ; m . ; rw v,-v ,v. tv v sill DOWN south in Texas this little colored boy was recently found showing a couple of his friends how to keep cool. Watermelons seemed to have solved the problem. (In Texas and Arizona, however, tourists have found even the southerners have shifted their eyes northwards Into Oregon's Dillard re gion for the BEST melons.) SEE METER STORY PAGE 2 , . Board To Begin Hunt For College Chiefs PORTLAND, July 21 P) The job of selecting presidents for Oregon State college and Eastern Oregon College of Education will be started by the state board of higher education at a meeting here Monday. Board members indicated there was a chance a president, a head for the La Grande institution might be named at next week's meeting but said selection of successor to Dr. George W. Peavy at the state college was not im minent. Dr. Peavy reaches the retirement age of 70 next November. Siuslaw Man Going To New England To Aid In Rehabilitation J. H. Lemox, member of the Siuslaw forest service who has been working on the Cascade head experimental station, will leave soon to take up forest work on the New England salvage pro ject, it was reported Friday by Robert L. Campbell, administra tive assistant in the forest. Mr. Lemox will be working In territory which was seriously damaged in the hurricane about a year ago. Salvaging blown down timber and attempting to remove the fire hazard which the hurricane created will be part of the work. Library On Wheels To Be Shown Saturday Lane county's "moving library," the bookmobile which will carry 1,000 volumes and has just been received by the WPA library in this city, is to be on display all day Saturday. The bookmobile is loaded and ready for its first trip. It will be located on the streets and opep for inspection, although no books will be loaned at that time. W. S. ROBERTS NAMED SALEM, July 21 C. L. Jamison of Canyon City, secre tary of the cattle and horse rais ers association, was appointed, to day county brand inspector for Multnomah county. The depart ment of agriculture, which made appointments for other counties under a new law, said the inspec tors must examine horses, mules, asses and cattle. Inspectors for other counties include Lane, W. S. Roberts r.l Eugene. Nippon Thwarts Assassinations 3 ' Influential Men . Tateetaf Death Plots TOKYO, July 21. U.fi) Police revealed today that they had thwarted an assassination plot against three of Japan's most in fluential personages, including Tsuneo Matsudaira, former Japa nese ambussador to the United Staates and Great Britain, and now minister of the imperial household. The others plotted against were Count Nobukai Maklno, a former lord keeper of the privy seal and now an important odviser to the emperor, and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Kurahel Yuasa. The plot was attributed unoffi cially to anti-British agitators. Antelope Leave Valley For Eastern Oregon Bound for a spot in southwest ern Oregon "where the deer and the antelope play," members of the Order of Antelope from this sec tion of the state and points north left here promptly at 9 o'clock Friday morning for Hart Moun tain wild life reservation. Under the leadership of Hcrdmaster J. Ed Turnbull the group will head over the McKenzie Pass to Bend, and on to Burns, where other "herds" will also congregate. . From Burns- the party will get an early start Saturday for the SEE ANTELOPE STORY SEE PAGE 2 3,000 Unemployed In Lane County Area The percentage of unemploy ment in Lane county is slightly lower than the national average, A. Ray Martin, district manager of the Oregon state employment service, told chamber of com merce members at their luncheon Friday noon. Out of a total popu lation of about 65,000 in the county, approximately 3000 are now unemployed. The local office has on file about 25,000 cards, filed in the last four or five years by those seeking employment. An average of 2000 persons call at the office SEE 3,000 STORY PAGK 2 Divers Again Digging About Hull Of Squalus PORTSMOUTH, N. H July 21 (U.fii Navy salvage workers ex pected to complete Inspection of the port side of the sunken sub marine Squalus late today, Divers who inspected the star board bow yesterday reported It apparently was undamaged whr the submarine plunged back to the ocean bottom with Its 26 dead during lifting operations last week. McGurk Pierces Splendor Of Washington, D. C After 'Nicer' Observations iteD1TtBf& NOfKfHWfitllw sixth -of "McOrtfli' AnWtfa'if' OAyHatir lerlcfc "T'orln.v be chntiers nbmii "Washington. D. C. So What?" The opinions arti observations are solely Mr. McGurW's). Defense Wishes Dean To Define Character Dietrich Maintains Australian Defendant Had Red Publication Xlean Polities' Bill Favored Hatch Measure Needs Concurrence, Signature BULLETIN WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) The senate ap proved today minor house changes in the Hatch bill prohibiting political activi ties by government em ployes and sent the meas ure to the White House. By AJAX McGURK There are about 500,000 inhabitants in that fabulous city which we know as Washington, D. C, and of these, at least 250,000 are IMPORTANT, that is to say, OFFICIAL, and don't ever forget it! The rest are family appendages, serv ants, trades people, newspaper slaves, lobbyists, and cx-IM-PORTANTS. The actual population, Import ant and unimportant, may be much greater. Because a great many who hold Jobs (or do actual work) in Washington escape lo the Maryland or Virginia hills at night and thereby retain status as citizens of the United States, There Is a small SOCIAL ARIS TOCRACY In Washington which usually escapes notice. This con sists of a very limited number of QLD FAMILIES people whose ancestors came there before Ulys ses Grant (or earlier), saw possi bilities in real estate, or something and have been "above pollllx" ever since. There are a few wealthy ex patriates from various parts of the United States who maintain man sions in the Embassy Section which they condescend to open when the SEASON Is at its height. In the Swamp It must have been premonition which caused the Founders to es tablish the permanent home of government on a RESERVATION and in the Potomac swamps at that. It would ho a swell idea if all the people of the United States (who pay the bills) could see Washington because it becomes more and more evident that Im portant Washington can't see the United States. There was a man who took his boy lo Philadelphia to see old Independence Hall and that little brick building along side of it where the first congress did part of Its work. The boy said: "Well, Dad, It was nice, but there wasn't much to II." "Well," said the Old Man, "that was the plot. In Philadelphia, you saw what government in the U. S. started out to be; in Washing ton you'll sec what it has be come." Oceans of muddy water have rolled down the Potomac since Tom Jefferson rode In from the hills for his Inaugural and tied his horse to a post out front. But it isn't so long since those halcyon days of the First Roosevelt and Bill Taft when Washington was still a Somnolent v I lingo. Your might chance to sec the president WASHINGTON, July 21. (U.R) The senate received the Hatch "clean politics" bill for concur rence in minor house changes to day and prepared to send it to President Roosevelt for his sig nature or veto. Mr. Roosevelt's position on the bill is not known. It is designed to separate politics from relief and prohibits all federal government employes except the president, the vice president, cabinet officers, and other policy making officials from all political activity, includ ing participation in presidential nominating conventions. It could cripple a national political machine. BULLETIN! The hottest day of 1039 sweltered Kugenrans Friday ' when the temperature climb ed to 90.2 degrees. A clear sky and a merciless sun com bined to give the city Its first real summer day. The record was not very outstanding, however, as on May 14 the temperature hit A0.1 decrees during that early hot spell. The official air port bureau records Indicat ed the mercury went over the top at 2:30 p, m. LUMBER "LP" PORTLAND, Ore., July 21 (pi Reports from 113 mills show ed last week's new business cf 79.728,000 board feet of lumber was 81 per cent more than the previous week, the western pine association said today. The earlier survey Included the July 4 shutdown. SAN FRANCISCO. Julv 21 (AP) The Harry Bridges defense today requested a subpoena for Wayne L. Morse, dean of the Universi ty of Oregon law school and arbitrator of the Pacific coast longshore contract, to testifv as a character witness for the Australian-born labor leader in his deportation hearing on Angel island. The application, stoned bv Carol King, chief of defense counsel, id Morse's tcstimonv would "show Harry Bridges is a man whose inteffritv and character arm such that he is to be believed when testifying under oath." Bridges has repeatedly denied that he is or every has been a member of the communist party. rue request came as the day s first witness took the stand for the government. He was Eugene Dietrich, international organizer for the AFL International Long shoremen's association, who quot ed Bridges' wife as once telling him "I've got his (Bridge's) com munist book.", ,,.,.. . ... ... . The hearing grew out of con tentions Bridges was a member of the communist party and the party advocated violent overthrow of tho government. "Satisfied" Asked by Thomas Shoemaker, chief government counsel, whether Dietrich "believes" Bridges was a communist, Dietrich said: "I'm perfectly satisfied he is." Dietrich also testified that prior to tho 1934 waterfront tie-up, Bridges tried to persuade water front workers to affiliate with the Marine Workers' Industrial union, SEE MORSE STORY ' PAGE 5 Engineer Inspects Work On Lane Dams Major C. R. Moore, head of the Portland district, U. S. army en gineers was in Eugene Thursday to look over the new Willamette basin project headquarters. He also inspected the work , on the three dam sites. Also present for the tour of in spection were Lt. F. S. Bcsson and Mr. Steele, from the office of the chief of engineers in Wash ington, it was reported by Lt. E G. Herb, head of the Eugene area headquarters. Work is going ahead on sche dule, the engineer! report. Re modeling of the old postofficc h continuing. Friday morning the building blossomed out with a new sign which designated it of ficially as the home of the U. S. Army engineers, "Portland dis trict, Eugene Area." Final Inspection Due For New Postoffice The new Eugene postoffice has only one more final inspection to pass before It is completely approved, It was reported Fri day by Walnnnrd Diippa, con struction engineer in charge of the project. Earlier this week Mechanical Engineer R. C. Shepard from the eighth district headquarters in San Francisco looked over the building and found it satisfactory. William A. Newman, district en gineer from San Francisco is scheduled to look the building over Saturday for the final inspection. SEE McGURK STORY SEE PAGE 2 BANDON SIGNED BANDON, July 21 (Pi Bandon, a city made famous and almost destroyed by fire In 1936, got another taste of flames yester day when an ice cream sandwich shop and an adjoining residence of H. F. Mersingor and A. L. Lea man burned. Owners estimated the lota at $4000. fleet Week Begins In Portland Harbor PORTLAND, July 21 fP) Al. though the Portland fleet week assignments were reduced this year because of naval activity elsewhere, about 4,500 officer! and men will arrive tomorrow. Vessels sent here for the an nual event Include the light cruisers Honolulu and Philadcl phla and the cruisers Brooklyn, Phoenix and Nashville.