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I VACATION TIME ' Keep potted oa local news while - on j-oor vaca ' tion. Have The Statesman follow yon. Telephone 9101 In ordering chance. ' WEATHER N Fair today and : Sunday, cloudy on' coast; Mex. Temp. Friday 87, llln. CO, cloudy," south wind, river -2.0 feet. FOUNDED I05t EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 19, 1933 No. 125 t I f 'V 4j Sim Eight Soldiers Held After Bodies of Political Prisoners Found De Cespedes Pledges "new Dear of Justice, law And Order in Sight HAVANA, Aug. l AP) The Cuban cabinet tonight decid ed to name special Judges to de termine whether officials of the Machado regime had beer; guilty of' malfeasance and to bring charges against those found -culpable. ' Reports circulated at the pal ace that the appointment of the judges would precede efforts to extradite Gerardo Machado, for mer president, and others of his regime who hare fled. Secretary of Justice Carlos Aladrigas would not comment on the reports. HAVANA, Aug. 18 -(AP)- Eight soldiers, including a ser geant and a corporal, were arrest ed late today after members of the ABC secret society and army officers found four bodies In Cas tillo de Atares fortress, where po litical prisoners were held daring the regime of the deposed Gerardo Machado. Lieut. Col. Eras mo Delgado, military commander of Havana province, who announced that the soldiers had been taken into cus tody, added that the search for bodies was continuing. The announcement followed shortly upon a promise by Pres ident Carlos Manuel de Cespedes that Cuba would have "justice, law and order" under his admin istration and urged- the closest cooperation by the United States. General Ejection Soon Not Expected The president, chosen provision ally by congress after th flight Saturday of former President Ger ardo Machado, said he expected no gmeral election before 1934. Joaquin Martinez Saenz, the youthful secretary of the treas ury, continued late 'today to end the paralyzing harbor strike, the most -serious problem facing the government. Lieut. Col. Erasmo Delegado, military commander of Havana province, said a definite solution was expected soon. Little difficulty has been ex perienced by passenger liners, which have been docked by their own company employes, but other shipping has been affected. Cus (Turn to page 2, col. 5) last of ens BE1 RABAT, Morocco, Aug. 18. (AP) Sniped at continually by desperate Berber tribesmen, 25, 000 French native, troops and Foreign Legionnaires methodi cally mopped up today around DJebel Badou, last stronghold of the wild Berbers. " Heavy fighting with severe losses on both sides were report ed in latest dispatches as the French, determined to clean np the Atlas region before, winter, pressed on against the Berber dissidents. DJebel Badon was surrounded and the surrender of the last rebels there was expected shortly. Meanwhile the mountain peak Koucher was slipping from the rebels' grip. The noted Cherif Moulay Absselmen, a dissident against French rule since 1912, surrendered with his followers. Although only the corner rem nants of six die-hard tribes were still fighting, recent battles have been the severest In France's 25 year campaign to pacify Morocco. About 250 French troops from Marrakech, Tadla, Meknes and ' eastern Morocco encircled the last of the dissidents on the slopes and In the ravines of the high Atlas chain, 175 miles southeast of Rabat. Aurora Pair to Serve Out Time In County Jail PORTLAND, Aug. 18 (AP) Dr. - B. F. Giesy, president, and Zeno Schwab, secretary, of the Willamette Valley Mortgage ft Loan company of Aurora, today were ordered In federal court here to start serving their sen-, tences in county jail next Tues day, August 22. The two were convicted April 21 of using the mails to further a scheme to defraud. Each was sentenced to serve .10 months in Jail and fined $750. SEVIER APPOINTED WASHINGTON, Aug. It. (AP) Hal Sevier of Corpus Christ!, Tex., win succeced Wil liam Culbertson at ambassador tactile.. . KG MOPPED UP CUBAN 'STRONG ARM' MEN TAKEN TO JAIL 4rtw iw-.-V -Sl- " V " w' " i 34t "fir . , "fc " ;:-v,r -rr?; 7 7- , H.; --- 7.; V""7r -' ' t 4 vT-V- Tuimng ine Ututes on them, auUiorities now in charge of eniorcing the law in Cuba march members of deposed President Machado' s. dreaded "strong arm" squad to jail, pending an investigation of the bloody terrorist regime. International IUnstraUd News Photo. mm TRUCK S IS CALLED Anderson Takes Exception To Arguments Advanced By Alliance Chief Avowing that the Allied Truck Owners are not using the same yardstick to measure flaws in the defeated West bill and the bus bill passed at the last legislature, A. C, Anderson, president of the Truck Owners association, yester day answered comments made by Ralph Staehll following the deci sion handed odwn on the test case of the Truck Owners and Farmers Protective association. At the same time Anderson an- nounced a mass meeting for all truck operators throughout the state to be held at the chamber of commerce here August 28 at 2 p. m. and that night. He also has sent out letters urging all truck owners to attend the mass meeting to be held at the house of representatives Aug ust 29 at 10 a. m. for discussion of rates and charges to be adopt ed by the state. Matters relative to truck litiga tion and NRA codes will be dis cussed at both the sessions. In connection with Staehli's public statement that Judge Lew ellings decision would put the truck association "on the spot," and that the public would lose the 5 flat license fees for passenger cars, Anderson said: "Mr. Staehll states that 5,000 trucks out of 7,000 actually ef fected by this act want It en forced. In class 4, 5 and 6, trucks operating under the public utility commission from July, 1932, to July, 1933, totaled 1,367. Our as sociation represents far more trucks than does the Allied Truck (Turn to page 2, col. 1) CLOSED SESSION HELD PORTLAND. Aug. 18 (AP) A fair code for canners, planned in accordance with the NRA, was discussed at an all-day, closed session here today by members of the Northwest Canners associa tion.' Thirty canning plants in Oregon and Washington were re presented at the conferencew Edgar M. Burns of Portland, secretary of the association, said the members decided to wire back to Washington, D. C, for infor mation that would clarify certain points in the code. He did not disclose what those points were. Burns said the California Canners association held a similar meet ing today in San Francisco. DANGER ABOUT OVER FOREST GROVE, Ore., 'Aug. 18 (AP) A light rain began to fall tonight over the area in Til lamook county where a large for est fire had been burning since Monday, and the. belief was ex pressed here that danger of the fire spreading farther was virtu ally past, '"-i Some 600 men on the flreline already, had, the blase under: con trol. Rain started falling as 50 woodsmen were on their way from Forest Grove to the flreline, and a second party had left from Tillamook. , Fallen snags have been remov ed from the Wilson river road and telephone communication re stored. ; ' if A 1,500-acre brash fire at Gold Beach was reported. jmde OWNER - , , . t """""" J( , y 1 - "- ?' ' j Loose Plane Is Captured With Lariat PORTLAND, Aug. 18. (AP) An unoccupied airplane lunged out of control at Swan Island air port today, and James Newgard staged an impromptu wild west show before thousands of spec tators, who had come to the Isl and to see the frigate Constitu tion, berthed alongside the air port. - The craft, owned by Al Green wood, was idling. One of Its brakes became unset, and sud denly the plane began to pivot, roaring In a large circle like a gigantic plnwheel. Spectators, pilots and mechan ics hastily scattered, and other airplanes were hurried out of the way. Then Newgard moved in with a lasso. He swung the rope In a circle, getting aim, then suddenly the strand lashed out. It looped over the plane's tail skid and tight ened. Other hands gripped the rope and the ship was brought up short, like a steer at a round up. Campbell Says Not Guilty of Theit Episode Jack Campbell, charged with Impersonating an officer In tak ing slot machines from the Silver Eagle late Wednesday night, yes terday pleaded not guilty in Jus tice court. He raised $500 bail late In the day. The date for hearing before Judge Miller Hayden will be fixed August 22 at a conference be tween Campbell's attorney, the district attorney and Judge Hayden. Cannery Code Considered Rain Helps? Fire Fighters Miners Fight Game Order ' Medford Child Drowned control tonight, with 49 men on the fire line, WOULD REPEAL LAW BAKER, Aug. 18 (AP) A resolution favoring the drafting of a measure, tor introduction at the next legislative session, to re peal an act under which the game commission closed streams in Ore gon was adopted by delegates to the executive session of the Ore gon mining congress here today. The measure as favored by. the resolution would place regulation and supervision of streams, for such commercial use as that con nected with mining operations, with the legislature. . Congressman Walter M.-Pierce told the delegates that the "free coinage of silver would do more to help us in our present trouble than anything else. It takes more basic money today to do our busi ness, and I favor silver. Other speakers Included W. H. Simons, Idaho inspector of mines; Carl Silven, state game commis sioner; Warren p. Smith of the University of Oregon and E. G. Harlan of Eugene, secretary of the congress. The - convention came to a close with a banquet tonight. , ' ; . IN OOQTJTLLE RIVER . MARSHFIELDj Aug. 18. (AP) Phyllia Jane Watson, 11, of Medf of d, drowned while swim ming in the Coffaille river four miles east of Coquille today. She bad been visiting relatives here. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Watson, live la Medford, - if. n h s VanDuzer Chairman; County Unit Setup is Planned; Each With Leader PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 18 (AP) The Oregon state recovery board, organized in accordance with the NRA, helds Its first meeting here today. H. B. Van Duzer of Portland. former chairman of the state highway commission, was chosen as chairman. Ben T. Osborne, of Portland was elected secretary. With Ray Gill, master of the state grange, they will serve as an ex ecutive committee. Other members of the board are Bert Eggleston of Enterprise, Dean James Gilbert of Eugene, and Frank A. Spencer, Ed Boyce and Don Sterling, all of Portland. A ninth member of the board re mains to be appointed. Frank A. Messenger, in charge of the Portland office of the bur eau of foreign and domestic com merce, explained to the members that the board's function will be to advise and report on the exe cution of the national. industrial recovery act, and receive and act on all matters referred by the national recovery administration or by the district boards. Mes- (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Nomination of officers, will be the main order of business at Monday night's meeting of Capi tal post, American Legion, tp be held at Fraternal temple. Addi tional nominations will be made September 4 and the election held September 18. .''-;.. Although Claude Mckenney has not yet announced he would ac cept nomination for post com mander, indications are that ef forts will be made to draft him for this office. During the past year McKenney served as chair man of the July 4 celebration committee and managed the two large dinners given for needy ramillea at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. Others mentioned for the com- - f -ar w.www . u . sj White, present vice-commander, and R. H. Bassett, former adju tant. Arthur B. Bates is being talked for the Ylce-oommander- ship. To date no opposition has appeared to the reelection of Wil Ham B liven as adjutant. Young Roosevelt Proves His Skill At Bull Fighting SEVILLE, Spain, r, Ang. 18. ( AP) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Tislted a Spanish bull farm today where be tried bis hand in cape work with a young bull and demonstrated bis riding ability on a blooded Andaiusian horse. The president's son, his travel ing companion, A. J. Drezel PaaL Jr., of Philadelphia and United States Consul Richard Ford were guests at the bull farm of Rom- uldo Arias de la Relna. YOUNG FIKPO WINS WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 18. TAP) Young Firpo. 170. lbe "Wild Bull" of Burke, knocked out Dave Humes, 1(4, San Fran- I Cisco, in the second round of a scheduled, ift-roun light . iMHKUPAT MEETING OF LEGION CODE OF STEEL liUSTRYG T FULLAPPRDVAL One More Major Problem in Recovery Drive Solved As Leaders Agree Minimum Wage of 40 Cents Will be Much Exceeded Agreement States - WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 (Sat urday) (AP) Hugh S. John son, the NRA chief, early today announced that an agreement had . been reached upon a code of fair competition for the steel industry. The agreement had been read to President Roosevelt over the telephone and was approved by him tn addition to Johnson, the steel Industry and the labor advis ory board of the NRA. It provided a 40-hour work week averaged over a three months period with maximum per employe of 48 hours and a six day week. On or after November 1, 1933 as soon as production reaches 60 per cent capacity, the 8 hour day for all employes except supervis ory, technical and emergency is provided. xne agreement citea tnat a general Increase of 15 per cent had been made In wages since July 1. "Minimum wages fixed in the code are estimated by steel com panies to exceed an average of 40 cents per . hour," the text of the agreement said. ("This results from the fact that higher minimum wages than those fixed in the code are paid to large groups of common labor.") The agreement continued: "Code to be effective for 90 days as a trial period to determine effect. (Turn to page 2, col. 7) CALIFORNIA FACES STATEWIDE STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 (AP). Threats of a statewide farm labor strike in California faded tonight as efficials an nounced resumption of harvesting under increased pay scales in two Important fruit centers. In the great peach region of central California, meetings of fruit pickers at half a dozen com munities were, called off and strikers were notified they will be re-employed under the higher wage. , At the Tagus ranch in Tulare county, H. C. Merritt, Jr., mana ger, announced the wage advance from 17 cents an honr to 25 cents proposed by Herbert Wil liamson, state labor commission er, had been adopted. Tnree hun dred pickers will return to work immediately, he said and 800 will be employed at the height of the harvesting season next week. Williamson said he will at tempt mediation tomorrow at the George Moran and Frank Taylor ranches in Fresno county where 120 pickers and cutters walked out today. They are demanding the 25-cent scale which was first announced several days ago by the California packing corpora tion. BIDS TO BE OPENED PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 18 (AP) W. H. Lynch, district en gineer for the bureau of public roads, announced today that bids will be received September 7 on four forest highway projects, three in Oregon and one in Wash ington. The Oregon projects are: Construction of a 100-foot steel deck span; with concrete ap proaches over Diamond creek on the, Tiller trail highway in Doug las county about six miles south of Drew. Construction of three steel bridges on the Willamette high way in Lane county between oa ridge and McCredie Springs. Two of these will be small spans over Salt ereek and the other, a larger span over Salmon creek. t The clearing of a C.J miles sec tion on the North Santiaut high way located about 14 miles south east of Detroit In - Linn coutny. The work will involve about 74 acres of clearing. Lindbergh Case Angle is Denied WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. (AP) Reports that Harvey Bai ley and Albert Bates, arrested in connection with the .kidnaping ot Charles F. TJrschel, wealthy Okla homa City oil man, , were suspect ed of being Implicated ' In the kidnaping and death ot the Lind bergh . baby were denied today hf djsartmen of, Justice SAWLE1G Five Million Pigs Wi 1 1 G i v e L i v es To Aid Farm Recovery Meat Goes to Unemployed, Growers Will get 55 Million Dollars, Higher Prices Later Due to Shortage Created CHICAGO, Aug. 18 (AP) Slaughter 5,000,000 hogs, give the meat to the unemployed, add $55,000,000 to the farmers' income and increase the price of pork that in brief was the corn-hog plan announced today by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace., . , He told several thousand farmers in the court of states oat the Century of. Progress expo STATE LIQUOR TAX FOR RELIEF TALKED Senator Bynon Drafts Bill Embodying Ideas of , Control Group PORTLAND, Aug. 18J (AP) The Oregon legislature, if call ed into special session by Gov ernor Juliua L. Meier, may be asked to consider a tax on liquor, in the event-the 18th amendment is repealed, as a means of rais ing relief funds, It was indicated here today. Governor Meier yesterday said he was considering a special ses sion after the state relief com mittee had been Informed that the state must raise $2 for relief for every SI It receives from the federal government. Allan A. Bynon, state senator from Multnomah county, said to day he was drafting a bill which would embody the recommenda tions of a committee appointed by Governor Meier to study liquor control, together with a system of taxation on liquor. John J. Beckman, state repre sentative, author ot a beer regu lation bill defeated at the recent session ot the legislature, said he was considering the drafting of a similar bill for resubmission. At present the state does not tax or regulate beer, although beer is legally sold here. The governor at his Gearhart summer home today conferred with Raymond B. Wilcox, chair man of the state relief commit tee, on the matter of a special session. Among matters legislators here saia iney mougni migm oe con sidered at the special session. If caned, were unemployment re lief and means of matching fed eral funds: state control of li quor in the event the 18th amendment is repealed: truck and bus legislation because ot a recent ruling in Marlon county declaring the truck and bus act passed by the last legislative ses sion unconstitutional, and state and local, finances. AT RIVER'S MOUTH PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 18. (AP) The Mericos H. Whittler, Associated Oil company tanker, was grounded in the mud at the north side of the channel at the mquth of the Willamette river to night. A tug was dispatched to attempt to free her. The Portland Merchants' Ex change said there was little like lihood that the vessel had been damaged, as the bottom where she struck is of soft mud. The chief dangar, the exchange said, was that the ship, stranded near the center of the channel where the WUlamette joins the Colum bia, might be struck by another vessel coming Into the Wiiiam ette in the darkness tonight. Con tidence was expressed that tugs eventually could pull the tanker Into deep water again. Reopening ot T1KER GROUNDED Mill Put Oft By Appeal Part of the" crew of men en gaged in remodeling at the Spaul ding Logging company in antici pation of early reopening of lum ber manufacture hare been laid off. The partial suspension ot the work is due to the resistance in court by the Valley ft Siletx rail road to the order of the public u Ulitles commissioner ordering- a reduction in log rates. The Spaul ding timber la brought out over this line of railroad. : -The mill has been that down about two years, the officers maintaining that the freight rates oa logs was prohibitive. t Following the order of ; Com missioner - Thomas giving sharp reduction In the log rates, the company planned to resume log ging and lumber manufacture as the rise In lumber prices along with the rate cut Justified hope ot profitable operation. Fentress Hill, chairman ot - the board of the company,, gave out the fol- lowing statement, presenting the sition the plan was a deliberate attempt to "change the economic facts" and give the corn and hog farmer "his share of the national income." He said the new deal for the farmer would be put into effect Immediately and completed by Oct. 1. The secretary, a native of Iowa, said the government would buy heavily enough to reduce the fall supply of pork by 1 per cent and would pay more than the present market prices. The hog farmers, he explained. would get more than the market prices for hogs sold- in the big butchering drive, and should get higher prices later for the rest of their pork because of the reduc- - (Turn to page 2, col. 4) FACE PROHi ISSUE Wet Victory Forecast; Drys Divided, Some Oppose Taking any Part ST. LOUIS, Aug. 18 (AP) Missouri voters tonight faced their first opportunity to register direct views on-prohibition, with competent observers expressing belief tomorrow's balloting would make the "show me" state the 22nd to embrace national repeal. Little Interest is manifest in the balloting, despite efforts of repeallsts to bring out the vote. Delegates to be selected by the voters will meet August 29 at Jefferson City formally to ratify the expression ot the electorate. Dry leaders who until the clos ing days of the campaign center ed their efforts in a futile attempt to prevent the election, are divid ed in recommendations to their supporters. P. A. Tate, superintendent of the state anti-saloon league, has recommended drys refrain from visiting the polls. He also has announced action will be filed la ter In the United States supreme court challenging legality ot the election. Mrs. Nellie G. Burger, Spring field, president of the state W. C. T. U., at first Joined Tate in his stand, but this week asked that drys make as good a showing as possible. Sample ballots, show ing how to vote against repeal, have been distributed. The W. C. T. U., about face followed action-of the Missouri supreme court in refusing to de clare the Weeks' bill, setting up machinery for the balloting, Ille gal. Alexander Will Take Office as Federal Judge JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 18. (AP) George P. Alexander, ot Portland. Ore., will be inducted into office as federal Judge of the first division. Alaska, at 10 a. m. tomorrow. The oath will be ad ministered by H. B. LeFevre, veteran Alaskan Jurist and presi dent ot the Juneau Bar associa tion. He will succeed Judge Justin W. Harding, who will probably return to his home in Ohio, he has said. Spaulding "The appeal of the Valley ft Sllets railroad to the circuit court from the public utilities commis sion's order reducing log rates on its line, was no surprise to us. Shortly after the commission, handed down Its decision we were advised that the railroad com pany would contest it in the courts. For. that reason we have had to proceed cautiously In de veloping our plans tor resuming operations.1 Notwithstanding that. we hare lately had a large force of men rehabilitating the Salem mill, and were also making ar rangements to start : logging. - "It u clearly out of the ques tion now. Just as It has been in the past, - for this company : to attempt to ship logs from points on the Valley ft SileU railroad on the prohibitive rates now ex isting. Therefore we shall have to abandon the Idea of getting logs from that source until this appeal can be disposed of. It is a most unfortunate circumstance .(Turn to page 2, eoL 2) MISSOURI VOTERS NRA WILL OPEN ; OFFICE H1GNDAY Checkup of Compliance to Begin That day, Says "General" Ellis Labor Leaders Will Confer With Industry Chiefs, . Seek Agreements Local offices for the adminis tration Of NRA Will h nnenat Monday in a room on the ground floor of the Masonic temple on the High street side. This will serve as headquarters. Report ud uaue were; ana organiza tion work carried on from this of fice. A regular clerk will be in attendance. Representatives of the . vt uiaiiua, Allan Carson, 'chief, and of the division or enrorcement. Tom Wlndishav chief, will be In attendance. This was decided at ti meeting of the general committee Friday, called by the general chairman William P. Ellis. Mr. Ellis conferred with Frarfc. Messenger, in Portland Thursday, and got from him ideas as to the proper organization of the work here, which will eet under v next week Tonight Ellis and group ot, members of the local committee will go to Portland where they will h Creel, lh charge of the informa tional division of the work on this coast, who will outline something or ineir duties under the act. Declaring It their Intent! t forestall labor troubles In Salem industry as NRA agreements- ar carried out, officers of the local l.V ' . muor unions mei ioiiowing a massr' meeting at Labor hall lat nirht and formulated plans for confer-' ring with industrial employers relative to the provisions of the recovery act. Committees will seek to come to a friendly under standing wun tne employers rel ative to the part of employer and employe under the law, it was ex plained. Checking ud on all emnlorcra to see if NRA requirements as to hours and wages of labor are be ing met will be undertaken by lo cal committees Monday, William nans, saiem NRA general, told some 200 workers at the mass meeting. The committees, he said, will'follow procedure of a nation al survey to determine the num- oer oi new employes and pros pects of added employment. "There is Just one war to nro. vide lobs for the nnemnloved that is to divide work in this na tion among those deserving em ployment' Ellis declared In out lining NRA plans. He added that "no industry which cannot sum vive and pay labor a living wag can remain in existence now." Otto Hartwig, labor represent (Turn to page 2, col. 1) REORGANIZE, PEAK SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 18 (AP) Reorganization plans of the Western Loan ft - Building company, which was placed in the hands of the state banking de partment today, were held In abeyance tonight pending comple tion of an audit of the firm's as sets., - . r J. W. Jones, deputy examiner of the state banking department, who was placed in charge of the institution by John A. Malta, state bank commissioner, said through use of the firm's present staff of . employes an audit and check of records can be complet ed within a month, but indicated reorganisation plans could not be carried out until a complete sur vey of the company's real estate holdings is made. He .estimated 0 to t0 days would be require! for the real estate investigation. The firm has 21,000 stockhold ers in Utah, Montana, California, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Wash ington and Nevada. The board of directors, follow Ing a meeting with state banking officials last night, voted to place ' its affairs in the hands of the state to conserve its assets for the benefit of its many stockholder, Hockley Views Coast Bridges; Report Delayed It will bo about a week before C. C. Hockley, .engineer for the state committee passing on fed eral aided relief works, win be able to report to the committee on the five coast bridge which are urged by the highway com- mission. ' ;:-:'--.- " -. i-; J. M. Devers, commission at torney, , discussed the mattef briefly with Mr. Hockley Friday, He reports that Mr, Hockley waa sympathetic with the program, but wanted to go over the plana personally before placing the mat ter before the committee. WESTERN LOM TO 1 " 15 J?