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Oregon May "Fly With Her Own Wings," According to the State's Motto, but She'll Probably Get an Outsider as Bonneville's Boss and Another for U. 0. Prexy
THE WEATHER
If timidity R i. m. yesterday
Highest temperature, yesieiday 87
lowest lemperatuie last night 64
Precipitation for 24 hours 0
Precip. since first of month T
Precip. from Sept. 1. 1936 2S.29
peiicieney since Sept. 1, VSM 4.30
Partly cloudy.
BONNEVILLE DAM
Appointment of an administrator
1m the big Oregon Issue rlht now.'
Oregon lead era ure split over a
Soul lie mun, dp id slated for an-'
polntmerit. Watch lor the outcome
In NEWS REVIEW iiewa dli-
patcht-a.
ROSEBURC, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1937
VOU XLI
NO. 318 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL. XXVI NO. 08 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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IFaCTwES
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Editorials
On the
Day's N ews
pVKRY effort ought to ho made
to got to tho bottom of this
story I which fto far is vague and
indefinite) about the disappear
ance of W. K. Steffon, secretary of
the restaurant employes' union at
(irunts Purs.
npHKHE are ugly intimations that
Sleffen was kidnaped by
Grams Pass business men and run
out of town and told that II
wouldn't be safe for him to come
back.
The whole tale, as these words
are written, is sadly lacking in
corroborative detail, but the Im
plication is that Stcffen was un
ionizing tho restaurant workers
and that employers didn't like it
and resorted to direct action.
These intimations and implica
tions ought to he traced down and
either verified or definitely dis
proved. f THE relations between em-
plnyeH and employers there is
no place for violence or for dis
regard of law. If we tolerate these
things we are heading straight for
trouble, and the trouble will AF
FECT EV ERYtlODY.
THIS (Irani Tubs cplsoilo. wlint
. over it ri'iilly Ik, lias disturb-
HOLDS, F. D. R. SAYS
SALEM, Aim. !l (AP) Presi
dent Roosevelt telegraphed gover
nor Martin today Unit the VYPA
could not chinige its new rule
opening contracts on WPA truck
operations.
The governor protested that owner-operators
on relief would lose
their work to contractors and farm
ers. The rule was effective Aug
ust 1.
"The acting works progress ad
ministrator informs me thai this
procedure was put Into effect only
lifier the most careful study and
consideration, ami that it was nec
essary in the interest of economy,
efficiency and lair ne sr.." Ihe presi
dent wrote,
"In these circumstances, it does
not appear that tiie new procedure
should be mollified until it has had
n fair trial.
"After such trial the works prog
ress administration is prepared to
make such modifications or tne re
illations as may he necessary to
meet special situations.
PORTLAND. Aug. 9. (AP)
The Oregon truckmen's association
bad filed protests today against 20
of the till truck ov. ner-operaioi s
Kiihniittine bids for WPA contracts
W O. Parkers, secretary for the
relief trucking group, said they
owned more than one vehicle anil
culled attention to goverument re;
uhitious limiting equipment. The
relief owners refused to bid.
Oddities Flashed
Money Talks
(My the AbocI:iIoiI Press)
HIGH I'lilNT. X. C She aa II
poi!'..ly ycims woman. nrn-slPil fnl
(liiinkonntss. Bill, oh hnl n
hiinover. In fart, ho coultln't
Itilk.
A lianl shake liy offlcda and
hor mouth opened. Out popped
six one dollar billa mid a nminlily
of chaliKe.
Jinx Party
MACON, (in. Superstition will
lie "doulile-dared'' by Henna Ar
leete Hniltli.
. Hernia, plannine a party for her
Ktlh birthday Friday (which Is the
l".lll. decided to have H cnests.
who will eat a 13-candled cake.
J'jBt for an added flout to the
Jinx, the rake will have the fit!-
lire K embossed In iclns.
Fathered Fans 1
1
BKYTHEVILLK. Ark. fan tall j
peacocks are baseball fans here
ami thev know the pame.
I'suaHy the ball park's pet birds!
-"(Continued on Tnz 4) - .
WPATRliCK POLICY
Pii ff jail
nrmi ? n i I
3 I PIT
lUirtL JLI
ATAUG. 14TH
Operation of Devices Held
Unlawful by Dist. Atty.
Long; City Licenses
Regarded Void.
A ban on pinhall ownership and
operation In louglas county, ef-
leetive immediately, was announc
ed today by District Attorney J.
V. Long. All persons In iiossesslon
or operating pin ball or marble
games are Instructed in an official
announcement by the district at
torney today, to "immediately
eeuse operating the machines and
devices and to remove them from
places of business on or before
midnight, Aug. 14."
Previous action against plnbnll
machines, the district attorney
Hiiid, has been delayed pending de
cisions on injunctions filed in oth
er counties. As injunction suits
have been dismissed, it has been
decided to Issue orders against the
giiines in Douglas county, Long
said.
The official statement. Issued
this morning, is as follows:
The Oregon criminal statute
provides, with reference In gnmb
ling, playing at or conducting cer
tain games, in part as follows:
"Each and every person who
shall deal, play or carry on, open
or cause to ho opened, or who suan
ondtict either as owner, proline
tor, or employe, whether for hire
or not, any game of faro, or any
hanking or uny other game played
with cards, dice, or any other de
vice, whether the same be played
for money, check, credits, or any
other representative of value,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
For conviction, the statute pro
videH that the defendant, shall be
iMinished bv a line of not more
than Sfiud, and shall be Imprisoned
in the county Jail until tne tine
mid costs are imid.
The law furl her provides that
miy person or persons who shall
conduct, maintain, or operate,
either as owner or owners, pro
prietor, lessee, employe, or agent,
or who shall play or use any
nii-kMl-in.the-sloi machine or other
.levlee of like character wherein
there enters any element of
chance, whether the same be play
ed tor monev. checks, creuus. oi
(Continued on page 6)
MARTIN. MAHONEY
BOOSTED BY DEMOS
SAl.KM, Aug. . (AP) Ui'liw
pratlr Mki'iH udvniH'i'cl Hi"
muni's nl Vlllin .MiiLoncy of Kln
mulli KuIIh ns ii iiiiiiliiliilH lor
1'nltt'il Slnti'rt senator and (iovcr
nor Cliuili'B II. Mnrlin lor re i-Ihc-lion
lii'iori' u crowd ol about 2.on
poisons who iittwided the Marion
county di-inoi ralk- picnic at Silver
Creek falls park ye.il erilay.
Warp-n Krwin of Purl laud urs
ed Um nomination of Mahoney to
oppose Senator Frederick Stciwer.
while (leorge Mol.eod. Snleni,
urged the le-clectlon or ' he gover
nor. From Press Wire
val-h sleepily from fiMice perelies
is niilit nainea propreys. 1-unl
liht, however, when the Hlatul
rtakeil with t!ie tradillonal ev
!nth InnlllK Rlielch. Ihe playem
taped nl the peaL-oekj.
The fowls had solemnly Htreteh
d their h'PH. nprea.1 their hime
ails, then aeitled baek in unison
with the rash apertators.
Smart Porker
S(V)TTSM,rHT. Neb II. D.
Heint, fanner near here. Ih look
up for a ho Willi horRe ftenae.
Hiintj: iiunliased the porker laid
out hia tnileher tools and heated a
lank or hot water. Then he went
for the hoK.
The porker jumped from lleintit
tmek and disappeared. He hasn't
found him yet.
I c , . , .
Stocking Up
' AI(a PA HOI-:, Neh.-The chain
leitr f:id has born revivpd bv
housewives here but its mechnn-
Ism isn't exactly the same as it
used to be.
Tea towels, handkerchiefs and
qnill blocks are being rent in-
stead of dimes.
Machine Ban
-. r i r- mniir-nr- i nn .
Standards For
Oregon's Dried
Prunes Adopted
SALEM. Aug. 9. (AP) The
state department of agriculture
adopted today t-timdards for Oregon
dried prunes, the order following u
hearing 'here, last month. The 1K37
legislature authorized tho stand
ards.
Oregon No. 1 dried prunes are
those of one variety which are ma
ture, well-colored, properly cooled,
properly dried, iree from moid ami
insect injury, and free from dam
age caused by burning, bloating,
.splits and scab.
Oregon No. 2 dried nrunrs are
those of one, variety fairly well-matured,
fairly well-colored. prumriy
tooted and dried, free from mold,
decay, insect injury, disease and
serious damage from any causo.
I nclassiiied prunes are those
which do not conform with either
of the two classes.
The size of dried prunes aro as
follows : Extra large, 3.1 to the
pound or larger; large, hetwneii 4fi
and fifi lo the pound: medium, be
Uimi.1i 7n .,.! n,. i
not huiuIIki' I hull 90 hit pmmil.
1
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Hiker Plunges Over Falls,
Four Others Victims of
Traffic Mishaps.
Hly the Associated- Press)
A spectaeuhir plunge from high
liorsetnil falls on the Columbia
river highway Imtteml lifH from
the body of Houurd Murrav, JTi-year-old
Hood Ftiver hiker and one
of the five persons to die in Ore
gon's week-end tragedies.
Joseph I. Kirch, Seattle mu
sician, and Arabella Palmer, 21. of
Vancouver, Wash., met death last
night in a trash on the ht-nv.-v
avenue fill near the interstate
bridge.
A hit-run driver killed Cunt
Wick, fit), of the .M ultunmuh coun
ty poor fn rm Saturday night. Coos
Hay police held two young men
In connection with the hit-run
death of John P. Phillips, 7!i, Sat
urday. Air. and Mrs. Ij;igh Price of Mil
ton. Ore., saw Mm lay's body hur
tle over the picturesque, L'iM-root
falts east of Portland yesterday.
Sht riff's deputies recovered it
from the 15 fool -pool at Ihe base
of the long drop.
The youth's companion. Joe Jar
vis, tin, of Hood liiver, told ofll
cers he did not witness the trag
edy and searched two hours he-
fore descending lo the pool. Mur
ray had gone ahead as they climb
ed the trail, leaving the elderly
niau to rest. On a previous trip
Murray asked .larvis to hold him
by (lie ankles while he pholograph
ed the t(2o-foot .Multnomah falls.
fiforgp Sorenson. North Bend
chief of police, said he was hold
ing J. A. Hitler. Hi. of CuqiiMle.
and Harold (illlette, Hi. of Coos
Hay. hi connection with Plumps
death on n down town street. The
boys gave themselves up after
learning the aged man died of in
lories. Mrs. K. Hrrala. 40. o( Pnrkdale.
was reported near death following
crash near Mc.Minnvllie yester
day.
ASTORIA. PRISONER
FACES CHARGE HERE
John 11. ard, employed here re
cently as a painter, was arreHted
Saturday night al Astoria on a com
plaint Hied here cliargiug him with
obtaining money by false pre
tenses. Deputy Sheriff Cliff Thorn
ion left this morning to return
Ward to this city. The complaint
was filed by Hay J. Freeman, who
alleged that he received a worth
less check from Ward in the sum
of flu. Several other bad checks
have been reported passed by Ward
in Itoxehurg and iciufiy. Sheriff
Percy Webb said.
OPERATIC NOTABLE
DIES AT MEDFORD
MKDKOIH). Aug. !.-(API-James
Stevens. 63, operatic bari
tone, dlej here late yesterday fol
lowing a two months' illness. He
was in ill-heulih for 20 yearn. At
the height of his career Stevens
was identified wiili the St. LoiiIb
Municipal Opera company and
Shubert brothers theatrical enter
prises. He was founder of the
Medford (lleenten. and a similar
organization at Klamath Kails.
clash unit
ofshanghai
Barricades Erected to Keep
Racial Foes Separated;
Major Battle Nears
at Hankow.
SHAXfUIAl, Aug. 9. (A P)
Japanese marines and Chinese
airport guards fought a sharp
skirmish In the very environs of
Shanghai tonight, with a Japan
ese officer ami Chinese s?inrv re
ported killed.
A second Jtipanese was missing.
The semi-military Chinese peace
preservation corps, which .Japan
hlumed for the airport clash, at,
once threw up barricades to bl.tek
oft wide Chinese areas In north
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These areas,
however, are considerably to the
northeast of the Hunajao airport,
on the west of Shanghai, where
the fight occurred.
I oingbi h developments drew
the spotlight of the Sino-.lt'paiieHt
undeclared war away from the
north, where the Japanese "pro
tected ancient Peiping with a bri
gade of It.iMMi men and where, Chi
nese Nanking reports said, ft.oou
Japanese reinforcements w ere
moving up lor an asiiull on Nati-
kow pass, gateway lo Mongolia,
which Ihe Chinese still hold.
This pass is northwest ol Peip
ing. As usual, I hn Chinese ulld Jap
anese told conflicting stories con
cerning i lie airport clash.
The Chinese Kiid one or I w.i
.la: a'M'sc- and one Chinese wet e
killed when a .Japanese marine
truck, invading the ulrmr;. 1'aiU d
to halt at a sentry's command.
The Jai:ii'. -v .iiir.oiiuci'd a
Japanese nuval officer was "brut
ally shot down and killed" without
provocation and deiiiuinh'il llial ihe
Chinese authorities "bear respon
sibility for this illeg-.il act."
From Nanking, meantime, Chin
ese reported further indications
that the Jupanev, were preparing
lo assault Nnnkow pass, the unte
wav to Mongolia noi l Invest id"
Peiping.
The advices said Japanese were
Contluued nn page Hi
EXCQW CONFESSES
NRV YOltK, Aug. X. (AP) A
l!-year-old married hospital order
ly who baa spent more than a third
of his life In prison was charged I
w.th murder today as the straugler- !
ravisher of Paula Magiigna. 8,
fourth ltrnoklyu child in as many
years to die at the hands of an at
lacker. The ex-convict. Hawrence Marks,
released from Great Meadows pri
son two mouths ago, broke after
police shattered 15 separate alibis
he gave during a Ht-hour grilling.
He confessed to choking the girl
lo dcnCi with a cord and mutilat
ing her body in the basement of
her tenf merit home July Al, Assist
ant District Attorney Kopff an
nounced. .Marks was arrested Saturday af
ter Mrs. Miriam Saratkin. who has
an apartment in the building where
lie lived, complained he bad mo
lested her ft-year-old daughter An
gii".. .'I, three days nfter Paula was
lam.
Marks' record as released by po
lice pIicwk he was convicted of
grand larceny In HUH. rape In 11)4
and impalimg the morula of a
minor in llc7.
SPUD HILL FOREST
FIRE UNDER CONTROL
VANCorVKH. Wash.. Aug !i. -(Al
K. P. Cecil, supervisor of
the Columbia national lorest. said
today the fire battle of Spud hill
was won.
The 2.1fi fire fighters, com
pletely circled the two fires which
burned over an estimated linn to
12! acres or timber, Cecil report
ed. The process of mnkln tlw
"hot Ppots" fafe was being com
pleted. lumping fogs and cloudy weath
er aided tho men In conquer! ok
the stubborn blites after 12 days
burning Only a skeleton rrew was
kepi on today to patrol In the
event an east wind should arise.
Hits Douglas
Innnnriin -rn Iniim nitmnn
nUUbLvti b
HAND SEEN EN
MAYOR FIGHT
Reported Support of N. Y.
City Rival of Copeland
Evokes Charge of
Dictatorship.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 0.- (AP)
Senator Copeland, 1 1)., N. Y.),
conimenling today on a press re
port that President Roosevelt had
injected himself into the New
York mayoralty campaign, said "at
least we huve in the l ulled States
personal dictatorship If not poli
tical dictatorship."
Aroused by published reports
Ihe president had thrown "tacit
support" lo liis democrat i-; rival
for the New York mayoralty post,
Copeland asserted in a statement
to newspapermen that "Ihe presi
dent himself does more In . five
minutes to destroy democratic
harmony ihun can he re-establish
ed In a general ion by Jefferson is
land picnics and peace dinners.
Copeland added if pres reports
I bat I be president had ( brown
"tacit support" to Jeremiah T.
Mahoney, former New York su
preme court justice, were correct
"Ills Interference is gratuitous
and undemocratic,"
"Franklin I). Roosevelt Is not a
voter In New York City." the New
York senator, who Is running for
mayor, asserted. "We aro it of In
terested in what his private views
may he Hut why shot Id Presi
dent Roosevelt attempt to dictate
lo the democials of my city what
they should do?"
LaGuardia
Talking informally to ui-wspaLM-mi'll,
Copehuid asserted Ihe presi
dent . acioally lor re election
or Mayor LaCuardla. Me said I. a
Cliardhi was Cue culididale of llie
communists, the soct::li.-ts. Ihe ra
dicals, and labor, and "it's the
same vroup that Is ha -k of the
prcs!d ul."
"The president ." be lidded,
"Isn't going to do aiiythitu to
hurl l.atiuardia. If 'he white house
fel' I would he a w i'ak candidal.
against I.uCuardlu, I would sup
port me "
Al ihe same lime. Copeland mir-
(Continued nn page H
SPANISH REBELS
LI
(lly the Associated Press)
Spain's Insurgent northern army
launched lis "final offensive" today
against Ihe provinces of Asturias
and Han lander, last government
slrongbolds in northwest Spain.
iiisurgeni planes and artillery
combined in an attack on govern
ment defense positions as deadly
as the firo poured onto the iron
ring of fortifications protecting Hil
bao before the Itnsquc capital fell
lasl June.
At the same limn, Spanish gov
ernment rorces pushed their Al
ba rrmi a l ues in northeast Spain
forward and dug entrenchments lo
block an insurgent threat to tho
Ciicm-a Ternel highway, key to I
Madrid's communications with Ihe I
east coasl and Valencia. i
Internal fighting was reported on
both sides.
(iovernmenl advices declared
hundreds of insurgent liven were
lost in mutinies at Toledo, (Jmn
ida. Abulia de Cumpu aiitl other
places.
insurgents reported hi reel hal
II s between unnrchlHls and mem-le-rn
of the p. (). 1 1. M., dissolved
'1 rotrdiytsl organization of Spanish
ommuui Ms, in Harceloiia.
MRS. LEAH BARRETT
OF RICE CREEK DIES
Mrs. l.e;ih ) turret t, 7. died 'it
the home of her daughter on Rice
creek this inoillitii; after a iiioit
illness. She was born July 7, lH.'jii,
nt Franklin. Pa., and was married
November 2.1 ls7i. to Henry .M.
Hatred, who passed awiiy several
yeaiH aeo. At the age of 20 years
she became a member of (he Pres
byterian church. Mrs. Harrett lias
been a resident f f Pico creek since
1M!, She Is survived bv u daugh
ter. Mrs. Orpba Smith. Itice creek,
and neverul grandchildren. Tic
body has been removed to the
Houglos Kuneial home and service:!
will be announced later.
NIVAL li f h
COiTlEIR
Oil Dl ISSUE
Martin. Opposing Ross for
Administrator, and Those
Supporting, Summon
Followers.
PORTl.ANH. Aug. fl. (AP
The llonni ville dam power situa
tion drew embattled attention from
three fronts todsy.
No sooner tiad Governor Martin
Issued invitations to "Oregon lead
ers" lo meet here tonight "on a
matter of vital Interest" (hail Rep
resentative J. V. Ilosi-h of Rend
called a public-ownership support
ers to a session Tuesday night to
offset Marlin'i fight Hininei Hi"
utipoinliiicnl of J. 1). Ross of Seat
tle us administrator of the d:nn.
While Ihe governor did not st'ilo
the purpose of the meeting In
night, nut bent U- sources revealed
it was lo unite nn an Oregon can-
tiilaln for the administrative post.
Meanwhile Will i s Mahoney,
lemoerulle leader, scored what he
termed "three-ring circus" politics
in Ihe Itouneville fight. In an ad
dress at l a Grande before the Cn
ion county deiuorralic meeting.
Outspoken against Ross as ail
miiuMlrator. Coventor Martin has
lei It hn known he would favor
an Oregon man to the position
rather than Ross. His Invitation
slated the meeting' was In (ho in
terest "to (he welfare and develop
ment of the siale. requiring "Im
mediate attention."
Hosch Backing Ross
1 1 ouch, a supporter of Hoxh,
called the Tuesday conference to
bring together members f the
Ore-mi legislature favorable to
public ownership of hydroelectric
"ower to fight what he termed
Governor Miirtiu's alien ml to gel
t llonnevllle boss "fnvorable to the
private utilities ami oilier etie-
(Continued on page (!)
ASTOItlA, Aug. !i. - ( AP) Fire
stroyed the Pacific Murine Pro
ducts corporal ion plant early to
day at a loss est limited between
STimhhi and SHin.unu.
The blaze started In a dryer and
spread to thousands of gallons of
pilchard oil stored In J II huge
tanks. The oil-fed flames com
pleted their destruction in half
an hour.
The plant Is on the Skipanon
river between the Prout !,iiiiihcr
mill and Ihe Young's Hay Lumber
mill. Kalu hist night and n heavy
mlsl loduy prevented tho fit o
from spreiidlng.
The plant was operating at the
peak of ihe season with two
uionihs to go on Ibis year's out
put. It operated between ihree
and seven pilchard boats and
worked Iwo :-man crews.
Joe Anderson, vice-president
and general manager, nit Id Ihe
plant win lie rebuilt.
CAESARIAN INFANT
FAILS TO SURVIVE
rilll.AOMHPHIA. A iix. .1 (AP)
- Homlnick ItocrasHinl, stunned
ny tiauedy, prepared today to bury
hi dead his wife and the tinv
daughter medical helen"" was mi
abb lo save.
The Imby. Prances Mary, lived
It) hours alter she was delivered
in a posl-morteni Caesarian opera
tion at the Philadeipnia tie ne nil
hospital.
Weakened by choking al tacks,
she died Miorlly after midnight
Sundiiy morning In a scene simi
lar lo that two days before when
Hr. John Cotbit, chief resident oh
f ttetrii -Ian. delivered her one min
ute alter her mother's dealh.
Dr. Corhlt said premature birth
was the cmiHe of death.
TAXI DRIVERsTlELD
AS LIQUOR SELLERS
PORTLAND, Aug. 0 (API
L'fjuor control commission InveHtl
L'ators nrrected nearly a. score of
Pro l land taxi drivers on charges
of selling dO-cpnt liquor for t'l to
ft't a plnl. Two paid lines of S3,rt
each a ml the others demanded
Jmy trials.
BONNEVILLE
BILL PASSED
BY SENATE
WASHINGTON. Aug. fl.(AP)-
Vbe senate approved today a bill
setting up administrative machin
ery for the $75,1)110, mil) Bonneville
power and navigation project on
the Columbia river.
The bill goes hack (o the house
for concurrence lu anietidinents. .
Senator Pitt man (H Nev.) avert
1 an expected controversy by an
nouncing ho would not submit n
rider lo authorize u study of Moul
der dam power ralos.
Senators of upper (Joloi ado-river
basin stales had announced (hey
worn prepared to oppose the
amendment.
The bill provides:
1. A JflO.biHl -a-year power admin
istrator to be appointed by the in
terior secretary.
2. War department supervision,
of the dam. powerhouse, ship-locks
and lishways.
'A. filiform rates or I at en uniform
over prescribed areas.
4. Reservation until 11141 of f0
per cent of the (tower for public
bodies and cooperatives.
f,. A $r,iH),iM,0!i.imi) com Inning
fund lo start, operation and dhilrl
bulion of power.
The power commission would
have final aulhoilty ocr rales.
Jc'hn P; Phillips Dies lit
North Bend After Blow
From Automobile.
John P. Phillips. 711, former Hose
burg resident, died at North Itend
Saturday night from Injuries suf
fered when he was struck by n hit-and-run
driver, nct-ordiim lo word
received by relatives here.
Witnesses of the accident report
ed thai Phillips was Hlruck by a
Huhl sedan, which sped nway after
knocking him lo the. pavement.
Phillips uus taken to a hospital,
hut, was dead by the time hn ar
rived there.
Ho came lo ltosehtirg In liHO
from Missouri, and was employed
here by (ho California Oregon
Power company, until his retire
ment about ronr tears ago, when
he moved to North Mend to make
his home. He was the father of
Hoy Phillips and Mrs. Uraee Hayse
of ItoHehurg. He also leaves a wid
ow and two other children, Mih.
K.tlclKh Wood of LoiikvIcw, Wash.,
and Mrs. Heorge N orris. Mrldge.
The body Is lo be broiiKhl to
Ho'icburg for funeral services
which will be held at 'A:'Mt p.
Wednesday at the noughts Kuneral
home with l(cv. C, A. Kd wards of'
fitl: 1 lUK.
Authorities al North llend are
holding Arthur Hitler, Hi, who Is
reported to have surrendered lo the
police, admitting that he was driv
er of the car which struck Phillips.
inner ami another youth. Hen
Ka.xel, wero reported to have bor
rowed a car belonging to H, (1. Mi
chael, crippled pencil peddler, lif
ter laklng him lo the section where
ho plied ills trade. Kaxel was not
held. Oilier Ik to be given u bear
ing in the juvenile court nt Co-qulllc.
Gibson's Arrest at Loon Lake Said
to Have Cleared Up 22 Bank Thefts
WASIIINHTON. Aug. 9 (AP)
.In dice department officials
said today tho recent nrrest of
CWr Hulph OlbHon. 31. ut Loon
Uike, Douglas county, Oregon,
had cleared Up 22 bank robberies,
three alt em pled bank robberies
and the hold up of nn Ohio Auin
Finance company.
(libsoii, alleged leader of the no
torious (illmon gang, uud Violet
Hriiss. a girl companion were ar
rested July :tM by a federal agent
ami state and county officers nl
l,oou hike. Cilion has been or
dered moved to SI. Paul, Minn., lo
annuel- Indictments linking him
wll h robberies of the Stale Hunk
of Cold Spring and the Farmers
Slate bank of Kyotu, Minn.
.Director J. Kdgur Hoover of the
federal bureau of invest I ui Inn
said (iihsou had confessed roube'
lc totaling $H7,u00.
He also had been sought In eon
neciion with the slain of James
Zrostllk, killed when members of
the tllbsoil Kan fir commandeered
his automobile while escaping aft
er a biink rohbery at Conncaul
vllle. Pa.
Hoover said (Jthson told federal
80,000 GET
VIDEO
FROM 0. 1. 0.
Union Contracts, Improved
Labor Conditions Asked; .
Plymouth Strike Is
Ended by Pact.
PATKHSON, N. J., Aug. 9
(AP) A CIO strike call to 60,
000 silk workers In Now JerHey,
Pennsylvania, New England and
New York mused thousands of
men and women to leave their
looms today In an announced ef
fort lo secure union rontraetH, Im
proved labor conditions and sta
bilize the Industry.
The only disorder reported waB
at llazelton, Pa., wbero a picket
al the large Huplau Silk corpora
tion mill was stabbed in the arm.
His alleged assailant was arrest
ed after being almost mobbed by.
a crowd.
Karller, four sheriff' deputies
were Hent from Wilkes-nnrre to.
aid nine city policemen. The I)u-'
plan management said pickets,"
some of whom were recruited from
the ranks of anthracite mine, work
ers, lammed so lightly about tho
gates Hint r.ome of tho 1100 work-:
rs who pushed through the lines
merged with torn clothing,
lleiiresentalives of tho. union
and employers disagreed aH to the
extent of the HtrtKe in rennsyi
viinia, where morn than 40,000
normally work in the silk and
rayon Industry, but New JerHey
spokesmen for both sides agreed
the walkout waH "successful." -
TWOC leaders In Boston said 9R
per cent of the 10,000 New Kngland
silk workers would remain nt worlfL, .
under contraids already signed.""
A spokesman for the Silk and
Itavon Manufacturers association,
a new organization of the larger
mills, said the association, which
has given passive approval of tho
strike, was waiting to see "tlin
actual strength of the union."
"If they are able to stop com
pletely the Industry, wo will bo
will in negotiate for a stnndard
contract," he said.
PLYMOUTH WORKERS RETURN
To JOBS UNDER AGREEMENT
HKTHOIT, Aug. 0 Twenty-ono
ihotiHiiud automobile workers, idle
since last Wednesday bemuse of
(Continued on Pago 0)
' cnKNOALK, Ore., Aug. 9. Con
solidation of school district No. tt
with (Jlendale district No. 77 wnM
voted almost unanimously at n spe
rial election Saturday. Only two
voles, both In district 04, wero cost
In opposition lo the proposed nier
ner which will bring 17 students
into the Olendnle grade school
anil eight students to the high
school. District C. 1 Includes tho
terrltoiy lo the summit of Canyon
creek pass and eight to the Johns
ranch, taking In till of the Qulnea
creek section.
Authority was given by voters
for the purchase by the consolidat
ed dintrlct of a new school bus to
be delivered through W. 0. Meiss
nor of the (tlemhile garage.
agents he "could not recall' all
of the banks his gang had robbed
nor the exact amount of loot, hut
the director said he admitted par
ticipation In robberies of the
Farmers National bank at Con
ncaut ville, November 1, HUt't;
tb" State Hank of Cold Spring,
Minn., June f, PW!; the Fanners
Slate bank of Kyotu. Minn., No
vember Hi, 1 1)3(1; Ihe Curpenior
Savings bank, Curpenter, Iowa,
Annus! 17, 1 1131 : t lw Farmers
State bank at Merrill, Iowa, Juno
It. PKlli; uud two robberies In Ohio,
(ilhson estimated his total loot at
fi".ooo, exclusive, of $211. HMO ill
non-uegol fable securities taken
from tho Carpenter Suvings bung.
PORTLAND, Aug. 9 (AP)
Accompanied by Deputy United
States Marshal Leo McLaln, Clulro
Ralph (ilhson left Saturday for St.
Paul, Minn., where he Is wanted
on two Indictments charging bank
robbery.
Gibson was arrested ten days
ago at Loon Lake, Douglas county,
by federal and local agentB. Vio
let Hruss, fli rested with him, will
be tried hero on charges of har
boring a fugitive.
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