The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 21, 1932, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text, i " ' - - " - - -' - ... - r . ' III , .VACATION TOIE ; Have The Statesman fol j low yon while on '- your va . ration; mailed to any ad dress two weeks, only 25 cents. Call 9101. Si WEATHER ; . Fair, today "and Friday;' Temp. unchanged;' Max Temp. Wed. 83, Mln. CO, river 1.7 feet, clear, north, wind. FOUNDED 1051 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning:, July 21, 1932 No. 99 1 W DICTATORSHIP OVER PRUSSIA , . - - -.. 1-. , -- Authorities There Declare Act Illegal; Arrests Made Wholesale Martial law Rules Berlin; Other States Backing Up Protest There By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN. July 20 (AP) The federal gOTernment set up a dictatorship today oyer the en tire state or Prussia, declaring martial law In Berlin and the ProTince of Branderbnrg and I weeping oot of office every member of the Prussian state 1 A. This drastic action predpitat- d-the worst constitnuonai con- reieh in 1871. The Prussian authorities, de claring the dictatorship to be jontrary to law, refused to yield to the demands of the federal rovernment except by force. In many cases force was used. Berlin was under heavy guard tonight and machlne-guils were mounted in the court in front t the federal chancellory Every precaution was being taken to prevent oisoraera. Soldlers marched into and oc- eupied the Prussian ministry of tate in Wilhelmstrasse. A squad ftf jarmed reichswehr "ested Al- -ww " , lent of the Prussian police, and later a reichswehr officer and 12 steel-helmeted privates took Into custody Colonel Hugo Hei- mannsberg. Berlin chief of police. Under an emergency decree i..,... k -Dr-iAt i.i vnn tTinv.... nh.i..iiin. vr.mlon t bid of J 11,5 0 0 H lso vonon Kama fT-oi -nm. mlssloner administerlar the state f Prussia. He named Lord May- r Franx Nrancht of Essen as leputy commissioner. rJ ;., . . The authoriUes of the Prussian Tom of Reedsport. state took their contention that won two Umatilla county bridge the dictatorship waanneonstltu- Jobs: a bridge over Jnnlper can Mn.it.fk. nnm.Mmrt ThM von. S14.325. and a half-viaduct kr the state of Bavaria and they trobably will be by other south- m states. HMBEinS LEAD 1 MUl! VOTE lrwr wvi r n . Tnl. 20 iipijnhn m. Kvans. veteran emocratic congressman seeking nftmlnatlon from the first dls- triet. advanced Into a narrow lead I ever his youthful rival, Joseph P i Ilonaghan of Butte, late today In their nip-and-tnek battle of Tues day's primary election in Mon tana. Evans was leading by less than 200 votes with 181 of 434 pre clncta reported, the vote standing: Evans 8,284; Monsghan 8,095. Governor John E. Erickson, seeking renomlnation by the dem ocrats, added steadily to his 17, 28 5 as his closest foe. Miles Rom aey, Hamilton publisher, polled 1.241 in 833 of 1.441 precincts. Roy E. Ayrt,of Lewlston, con - SnnAd several rood votfa ahead tinned t J. F. O'Connor of Livingston fci their race for republican nom- Elation for congress from the sec- and district. Frank A. Hazelbaker of Dillon, tteutenant governor, had built up a long lead over W. S. McCormack f Kalispell. former lieutenant governor, tor the republican nom- lntlon tor governor. s TO PRESS IS CITED 8 AN FRANCISCO. July 20. CAP) Animosity of "powerful rrouDs ef national legislators" against tha press was charged in a report submitted to the Nation - at Editorial aaaor.iatioa conven - tion hera today. Tha renort submitted bv the aartatJon' irlaia.tiv commit. tee, declared tha asserted anlmos- Ity waa dua In great part to the tact the press bad -faithfully held on a mirror of congressional al - fairs In Washington to the people." Increased second class postage was condemned as being a burden which "will result in many news papers being driven from the mails," and tha national legisla tors . and political parties were eharged with -pledging them- lelvea to principles removing nn- fair government competition with private Industry and then aide- stepping opportunities t trans- late these principles Into defln- Ita MTimnMt BQllcles.' t , , .. : -i FRED STEELS WINS SEATTLE, " July 20. (AP) Freddie Steele, atraight-punching Tacoma welterweight, twice bat- tered Ralph. Chong. New Orleans Chin to the canvas in a six ' round boxing battle here tonight (tent of 178,317,815 and lllusea. . to score a technical knockout in! radio broadcasts entailing n ex-j the final stanza. . pendlture of 221,223,8(2. s War Clouds Lower As Bolivian Troops Head To ward .Chaco Resentment Rising' Following Word of Attack On Fort; Claim Paraguay Forces are Routed With Heavy Casualties T A PAZ, Bolivia, July 20 of aroused Bolivians, a troop "for the Bolivian interior," within 12 hours of a reported Paraguayan attack on the. Bolivian fort, Mariscal, in the long disputed Chaco territory. Just after the train left, ; SALEM FIRM GETS Tnird Commission Member Lacking; Next Meeting Will be Held Here PORTLAND. Ore., July 19 (AP) Several small contracts ute nignway commission at a brief meeting here today and LhkT, tlw. Mmmi.a,n .nn t0 mMt agaJn July 29 at gaIem Carl G Wasnburne of Eugene and E B Aldrlcn of pendleton. tne two remainlng member of thft -ommlaslon aince the rtair- I nation Monday of Leslie M. gcott chairmaDf expressed hope thatka sacces8or to Scott wm haTe been appolnted DetoT the Ineit meeting. - N- PIerc. fof Portland, was dAed C0?tractT,i fulsh "50yardI crusfhed T5k XL V1"on;I?y ec.? Oregon-Washington highway and Jbe Nye-Laxlnka ranch section of the Pendleton-John Day highway won the contract to grade and gravel .65 mile of the Holdredge secyoa oi "B"y 15 In Yamhill county on a bid uaom Jfc irareiie, oaiem. low biaders on tne Proposea re- between Portland and Vancouver, I WoRh nmnnaini 113.005 for one I coat and S19.980 for two coats. I Award of the contract cannot be mo tintu th bid is aooroved by the Washington state highway rflnortmont 1 Delegation from . Tillamook and Washington counties asked j v- .mudnn t niarA the Wll-I ... r . . 1 son river highway on the reaerai UvBterm so it can be built with federal aid money from the new relief bill. The delegation was informed the commission was studying such a plan. Late Champ And Bulldog Get Vicious (An-Robln ' Reed'.' Reedsport, Ore., welterweight, scored two out of three fall victory here to-J I nirht over Bnlldoa- Jackson, ef Klamath Falls, in the wildest I wrestling exhibition seen here In I many years. Reed iwon the first fall in '15 minutes 42 seconds, with A dou- ble reverse winglock. Jackson took the second in 1? minutes, 2 seconds, with a hefty right hand swing to the stomach which floored Reed. All the Bulldog had to do was pile on top of him. Reed -won the deciding fall in 14 minutes, 20 seconds, when dur- i inc a furious scramble he reached down, grabbed Jackson's legs ana uttset him. In between fans tne wrestlers kicked, bit, punched, gouged and pulled hair. Jackson also took a nunch at Referee Vern Harring- ton but cama out second best. ! Herrington floored him wua a I neat punch to the chin. Early In the first canto Jackson 1 attempted to kick a ringalder la 1 the face. A small not ensuea. I Heed weighed . 14$ pounds, I Jackaon 111. U a preliminary event Tad Thye, 110. and Nick Ellen. 200i went five ronnda to a draw, Ellch h1" ' Md T l aiun n " luw Newspaper Ads Are Preferred By Large Firms NEW YORK. July 20 (AP) -Major Industries continue to ahow a preference for newspaper advertising over inai oi oinex mw diums, tha American Newspaper Pnblisher'a Association reported today. I The association's bureau of ad- I yertlsing announced tha results of a aurvey ahowed"4S5 naUonal advertisers spent $148.3 65.0 JO In . newspaper advertising last year. Magazine space was used by 190 of these firms to tha ax- (AP) Cheered by thousands train left here today bound a military communique said 500 Paraguayans had surround ed the fort July 18 and that the nV. H.Mnn. ! I f.n..U8lns the enemT hw 1U399. I uur iroops resisiea vananuy ror a aay ana a nair," tne eom- munlqne went on. "Our losses were o aeaa. o wounaea ana z missing, a uouvian aetaenment u marcmng in gooa oraer to-1 warm tne next ion." (It was not clear Just what was meant here, but it would ap- I pear the Bolivians had left Mar-I lscal after a day and a half of fierce fighting.) Two thousand women naraded to the presidential palace today, carrying banners and pledging I their lives to the fatherland. Anarosa Tornero. nrlnclnal of the La Pas normal school.' ex- horted the women from a palace balcony to henready if necessary for Red Croqs service "on the field of battle." Protest meetlnrs were renort- ed from various towns in the in- tenor. They denounced "Par- aguayan aggression.' F Pomona Officers and Three From Each Local Group Will be Included wu.iv.. wa uiauo a,,- -;- council idea by State Deputy Ar- thur Brown of Roseburg. Mr. Jones of Macleay was chosen tem- Porary chairman and Miss Ethel Fletcher of Salem, secretary. The grange council will meet T7 three months, and on it will be the master, lecturer and secre- ! tary or every local grange as well the county officers. The coun- 1 j . . . . . vwj was wngmaiea oy Brown, and has been successfully wed in two southern Oregon counties. About 150 grangers attended the Pomona meeting, for which Red Hills grange was host. The next Pomona meetlne will be aeia ai iiuiieviiie tne tnird Wed- I neeaay m October. A. eouniy council meetlns- has Deen called for August 24. at worm Howeii. mv . . a n morning session toaay was given over to reports and was presided over by Pomona Master L. S. Lambert Of Stajton. Po- mona Lecturer Is Daisy Bump of North Howell J?fophlircr Tfnma I vf JWWM 6 Uets $2,000,000 ROSEBURG, Ore.. July 20 (AP) Word received here to- day from Representative Hawley said the "total sum of $2,000,000 authorised by congress for eon- gtruction of the Pacific north- west national soldiers home at Roseburg has been appropriated. Scene of COUNTY COUNCIL 0 6MH IS UHD i S rowviuuMti o i r q rr r X tfT StHAavs Bvre locks W W t O t w J a, K rr PiJ$ X V wwim Jy FSazS.w' if yr YORK Ijr I VnBy KriM-4NC5cS JCTRonr vitCJr ERIE . t L Above la the Great Lakes-SC Lawreace River area In which the United States and Canada are to create aa iatermatloaal seaway reach lag . front Dutatlw Mlnzu, to Montreal, Canada, and aivina access to the Middle West to ocean commerce. The nrelect la to coat approximate ly SSOO,000,000, will employ Ute Washington and Ottawa administrations. Ia Inset is shown the territory extending for 48 miles which la Involved in the power development program, catling for the const ructioa of ; two dams and 8,000.000 horsepower. This feature of the plan baa tact with opposition by New York State aathoritiea, who take tne atasa tnai cue mat ter of cost should have been agreed upon by the state and federal governments before aay treaty with Canada waa completed. iBH Nation-Wide Conference to Organize Jobless aid New England Idea Hope to Increase EmDloved Total ten per Cent; Find Outlook bad -f. . uiuiu cvuieisuce calling a naUonal conference - VI.), .U t uon sDonsorlnr the flexlbla work day and week as a nartlal aoln tion of the unemployment prob- lem. The conference was attended by more than loo miiMi (economists, labor and Industrial leaders, college presidents and ocial workers. The conference found that unemployment continues with (increasing problems, despite all enorts to curb the lessening of business activity and cooperative nauonai action to achieve Job security by job sharing seems lm Peratlve. Want Organization To Make Effective tne proposed national con- 'rnce, resolution said, "Can be effected an organization which will help make operative throughout the states a shorter mMa more iiexioie wora aay and weex. bj wnicn new employment may be offered to some millions of people, approximating, it is hoped, an additional 10 per cent to the number of people now under employment." This plan would "be put into effect without increasing oper ating costs of business, without necessarily Increasing plant In vestments and without lncreas- im: deducted from payrolls of wage earners still employed at least two-thirds of their normal hours and by the necessary remaining contributions from -salaried exe- COLLEGE RECEIVED ALBANY. Ore.. July 20 (AP) -Dr. Frederick R. Stockwell. of th board of Christian edu cation of the Presbyterian church, told the Albany college board of trustees here last nirht the college compares favorably with the 53 other colleges in the United Statea mlnf1nl h thm church President Thomas W. Bibb, of the eollesA nresAntivl him lnnml renort to the hoard. TCnrollmant iw year, he said, was 188. The i - ' eoller a dnrtnr th nt tpdf hoTr hA a'doU nt its nnn which resulted in paying faculty memhera onlv Eo nr cent of their salaries In cash and the other half in notes. The deficit was attributed to declining in come from endowment funds. President Bibb reported a cam palgn for funds had netted $12, 1000 which was applied on the de ficit. V. F. W. TO CONVENE EUGENE. Ore.. July 20. (AP) The anual state convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will open here tomorrow. Delegates and department officers began registering today. T ON ALBANY Project to Bring Ocean to Middle West about 20,000 men and require seven There's Beauty Even in Turkey If! 1 Kin ' . : v . Selected as "Miss Turkey 1932" in a beauty contest staged at Istanbul recently, Kerlman Ha lls BZanem (above) will repre sent her country in the forth coming international beauty contest at Brussels, Belgium. Miss Hanem la a graduate of the FeziaU university. DEATH TOLL FROM HEAT IS GROWING Twenty -one Fatalities are Reported; Idaho, Great Lake Areas Envied (By the Associated Press) Sullen, irritable and exhausted. most of the nation continued to bake in stagnant heat yesterday. Torrid temperatures prevailed especially In the middle west Twenty-one persons died of heat in the nation and temperatures mounted about 100 in many sec tions. Chicago had an official reading of 97 hut thermometers In down town areas showed 108. Three persons died. St. Louis led In the number of deaths six with a mercury in the middle 90's. Other deaths: Kentucky, 1; mlnnesota, 4; North Dakota, 1; Pennsylvania, 3; Wisconsin, 1; West Virginia, 1, and Nebraska 1. The soutnwest sun recording readings near the century mark. was hopeful of cooler weather. Despite a storm Tuesday in the Rocky Mountain country, the mercury climbed past the com fort point Wednesday. The Pa cific coast had normal tempera tures. Idaho and the head of the great lakes region were the envy of the nation Duluth, Minn., re porting 71, and Pocatello, Idaho, slipping several degrees below Dnluth. Marshiield Gives Power Franchise MARSHFIKLD, Ore., July 30. i(AP) The Marshfield elty council last night approved the new 20-year power franchise with the Mountain States Power company. The franchise calls for payment of two per cent, of, the Ross earnings of the company's property witBln Marshfield for the first I years, 2 per cent for the next four years, and 2 per cent for the last IS years. years to complete. A treaty lor tb I - Vt-t STATES' TREND TOWARD SALES TAXES IS SEEN Half of Nation Soon to pay .Special Levies; Seek - "Painless" System Income tax Also Favored in ; General Effort to cut Real Estate Load By RAT BRENNAN (Copyright 1032, the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 20 (AP) Citlsens of America from coast to coast are paying special taxes on thlnga they eat, drink, wear, or burn, a survey revealed today the trend in perhaps half the na tion's 48 states being toward mod ified sales taxes. Legislative leaders everywhere were reported mapping -painless" taxation programs while state ad ministrations trimmed expenses to the minimum, botn movements ne- . f a w I S.2SI?2?,i i! tate and personal property. income Tax Laws AMO are riannea I tnala ttlDhon hill.. atok transfers, amusement tickets, marriage licenses, and legal docn- SilZfr 7 tJ 7: majority of states, taxes are col- lected on gasoline to finance road building, and movements toward state income laws also were gen eral. Two states, Mississippi and West Virginia, reported sales tax es as providing much of the reve nue which ordinarily would come from property owners. West Vir ginia has had a gross sales tax alnaA 181 atei ta AffUta 1m w am ed, and It is one on the principal sources oi revenue. Mississippi likewise has found its general sales tax an important factor in balancing the budget. Alabama and Illinois, both of which may have special legislative sessions within a few months, are imoDr a doxen states in which sales taxes are being considered, in Illinois, Chairman Martin Carl- son of the state tax commission said he would recommend passage of a law similar to MIssiasiDni'a the legislature. T north REvn n int. .A f API v. w. piv.t. f TRIO SAVED AFTER wnooA Jacksonville and Elmer McCne reeMgalt are Detectives Pat and Carl Jewell of Coquille clung rick 8h"Ie Mar"l Chagnon. to an overxurnea noat in Coos bay for an hour and a half to- day before they were rescued by uruce Lattln and John Halltren. The men were chilled hut - in J ured. ROSEBURO. Ore., July 20 (AP) Parties were organised at Scottaburg today to search for Paul Saxman. 48. who ttM"m'XL not been seen since Monday h ?,d reT when he went on a hunting trip on thm AMA h.t.n Smith on tha divide between Smith river and the Umpqua river. ( API Frnl slndJn 17 of iAf7rErit. Siri "uSi nrVZr .1 iZ J t "wlnimlni r at - Ocean Lake today. He was caught in a strong un dertow in the ebbing tide Miss Lena Croop. swimming with Sandean. was rescued enterprise haa been agreed to by oa the. border of New York State power bouses which will generate JORYi COMPLETED 1WE1R Eight men and Four Women As Alternates; Regular Venire Exhausted by Number Of Disqualifications and Challenges; Preliminary' Statements to be Made This Morning Defendant, Nattily Dressed, Great Interest; Silverton People Crowd Courtroom On First day; Manning Testimony is Expected to be Strong Point in State's Case NOT until a special venire of ten Marion county citizens had been called to the courthouse yesterday were attor- fA. fv lainf4ff Aofora W uim Inr-w vj kv av a4 aww47 viv W -- jua awa. the trial of Dupree Poe, facing a charge of first-decree mur- der for the slaying: of Night verton. Completion of the trial fornfltca mom aneH Vitt R n jurvmen iuui ueen uxiauskeu. Eight men and four women will comprise the trial jury with two men serving as alternates. Attorneys for the stat will open their case this morning at 9 o'clock with a prelim- inary statement to the jury. ARREST THIRTEEN Varied Charges Face Police Officers; Third Degree Killing Is Probed I NEW YORK, July 20 (AP) T flirt eon Nassag eouniy poucemen were arrested looay on cnarges ranging from second degree mur- or lo negieci oi aniy oecause oi tne deatn or uyman star, a un oner they are accused of having put through a brutal "third de gree. Deputy Chief Frank Tappan. a i wealthy man who has been in po lice work only since January, went free on ball of $13,000. The otherg were released as fast as they could make ball and be ar raigned. Four detectives were charged with second degree murder Lieutenant Jesse May forth and Sergeants Leslie Pearsall, Barry Zander and Charles Weeser. I Tne men enargea witn seeona " vU, . . "" nd "J ?' tn om an whom Stark and 1 .. . c" . m a roDoery; ana ra trolman Lanls Ray aad Harry Lil Jegren. They were released on 1'i0fl aU... V?1"7 tfllw tappan waa ar- '"lou " ""f."1' oc"uu .7"'c" 1FT?l Ma him tO Strangle to death. He was charged with conspiracy and neglect of duty. T-.tln. If .1 . 1 I J -1 h h4 "Bot Uf btSt doubt Utark died becausa of what hap- " Police headquarters.- fact man WM CTimInal made no difference, he said. CUT IN CAR CF!. Two persons, a child and a wo man, received bad cats and bruis es in an automobile collision at the Hammer corner on the Hazel Green road about mid-afternoon yesterday. Tha child. Alice, Helen Perrine, age 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Perrine of route nine, re ceived a bad gash on tha face. Tha woman, Mrs. W. .Little, of tha west saiem aato camp was brought by tha Salem Taxi am bujanea to tha Deaconess hospit al here, where cat on her leg were treated, i She was released ! from tha hospital later In tha day. Mrs. Dorothy Wackea was driv ing tha car In which the child was riding. 1 Hotel, Landmark Of Toledo Burns TOLEDO. Ore.. Jaly 20 (AP) Tha Commercial t hotel, well known land mark at this city, waa destroyed by fire shortly - before midnight tonight. The loss waa estimated at between $7000 and 110,000. Otlgia of the fire was not determined. i : . Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle, tne only occupant of tha hotel, es caped. r., l.-n .-: -N. , . il MURDER GIRL SUFFERS OA Seated With two men Chosen Watches Proceedings With Officer James Iverson of SU- jury and selection of two al- m off ai tho f iVof nannl 9Q Taking of testimony will begin snomy mereaner. Objections to capital paaiaa- ment on the part of Jurors ox their expression of an opinion re garding the Iverson case gained after reading newspaper aceoaata served to disqualify a number of jurors for cause while other Jur ors were disqualified under tha six peremptory challenges allow ed the state and the 12 allowed the defense. Four Women Upon Jury As Accepted The trial Jury will be: Merle F. Ramp, housewife, Brooks; Harold E. Brunk. auto wrecker, Salem; Basil H. Zell, fPhlt sun, Salem: Richard Harrison East Gervals, farmer; Clarence W. SUeey, fur breeder. Sublimity: Pearl M. Klnxer. housewife, Sa lem; Laura Ditmars. housewife, Fairfield; Carrie H. Beeehler, housewife, Salem; Jesse A. (Turn to page 2. coL 1) iiTE OF INTEREST RELIEF BILL ISSUE WASHINGTON. Jnly 20 (AP) Fixing the rate of inter est to be paid by states, nsnai clpalltlea and private firms ob-. talning loans from the recon struction finance corporation un der the relief act remained to day the biggest point to be set tled In administration of the government's great unemploy ment aid plan. The president, expected yester day to put his name to the new enactment, did not sign It today. He was allowing ample time te map out reorganisation of- the corporation's board before mak ing the bill law. White Hoase officials said he would not place his signature on the bill before tomorrow, and that possibly even more time might elapse. The rata to be paid waa a question featuring frequent in quiries at the corporation offi ces. The bill fixed interest en loans to state and municipalities for relief of destitution at 2 per cent. The rate for loans for pas lie works aad to banks, private corporations and railroads is left up to tha directors. Mussolini Gets Two More Jobs ROME. July 20. (AP) Fre- mler Benito Mussolini drastically rearranged his cabinet today emsa- ing five ministers and 11 aader secretaries and taking for him self four Important posts last was) of the two ha baa been holding. Slgnor Mussolini now is pre mier, minister of interior, snxai- star ef foreign affairs and star of corporations. "Dollar Daf , Bargains Offered In Many Stores A merchants today offer nsnal bargains te the lie is s cooperative Dollar Day event, la each, of the peitJcfpating stores special dollar day spedsls have been . arranged. While or dinary prices en wirrrhsn dise are low nowadays, to day! specials will far oat rank those raises normally offered cwstomera.- . , Window -' and store dis plays - as well as special newspaper , advertisements are being ased by mer chants far the dollar day if I,- 1- S: s I 1 sr I i v . ? t r i