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' - fieighbor Testifies f she De tected OrfDr Burning Meat -And Cloth at Bonfire Real Estate Woman De ; Scribeilamson's Actions. "After; finding" Body ' , SAN JOSB. Calif., Aur, 28 ( AP) Sensation first of "burn ing meat and then of burning cloth" came from the - fire over which David , A. Lamson was working, an honr before his pret ty wife was found with, crushed skull last memorial day, Mrs. Syl via G. Bailey, a' neighbor, testified today-at-ther murder trial of the 31 year told Stanford 'nniverslty press representative." "'"Mrs. Bailey, wife" of a. Stan ford university history professor, declared the "odors . from the fire were most distressing," She' said she first, noticed dense , smoke coming from the bonfire - about '8:15 a.m. last May 30. An hour later, she declared, there came an odor of burning meat and after that of burning cloth. The mall woman, the state's first surprise witness spoke posi tively and under cross examina tion declared she was certain she could detect the difference in odors created by burning weeds and burning cloth. From this fire the state will la ter declare It found a ten-inch length of pipe, which It contends was the lethal weapon used by Lamson to beat to death the at tractive and popular Y. W. C. A. secretary. Also in the fire, the state will say. It found bits of burned cloth. On both the pipe and the cloth Dr, Frederick Proes cher. the county pathologist, fin ally will testify h? found evidence of charred blood. The testimony of the surprise witness came late In the day. after a number of.Lamson's friends and neighbors had testified to the an guish and grief displayed, by . the defendant after discovery"? his wife's death. Testimony Brings - - - -Tears to Defendant Twice the testimony - brought tears to the defendant's eyes and during the afternoon, he gripped the table to steady himself as tears poured down his cheeks. Mrs. L. - A. Place, real estate agent, told of Lamson wringing his hands, mumbling and crying endearing-terms of his wife who lay dead In the bath room. As she did so, Lamson's Hps quivered and he brushed his eyes before re gaining his composure. This afternoon while Mrs. Bu ford Brown was being questioned by Assistant District Attorney Al lan P. Lindsay the , defendant again weakened. "You don't really know- that grief shown by the defendant was real?" Lindsay said. "I thought It was real then, and 1 still do," she answered. Lamson wavered in his chair at counsel table; reached for sup port as his face twitched and tears clouded his vision. He grasped the table and gripped himself before he could again follow the pro- Mrs. Place occupied most of the' morninr session. ' She " said she came with a prospective ten ant for the Lamson home, which - was to be rented because Mrs. Lamson had planned a trip to the hom of her relatives at Lamar, Mo. Getting no answer from the front door bell she said she went to the back yard and found Lam Kfin nt&ndinr over a small .fire with a rake in his hand. She said (Turn to page 2, Col. 1) WATCH FOR FRIGATE MARSHFIELD, Ore., Aug. 28- , ( AP) Hundreds of Coos county residents lined the beaches and Jetties pear the Coos Bay bar hero late this afternoon, watching for the arrival of the United States Frigate Constitution, which left Astoria early today. The tri; ate, in tow of the mine sweeper Grebe, was, expected to pas out side the mouth of Coos Bay close enough for a rood view. Dosejis of fishing smacks and two port tugs carried capacity-loads out side the bar for a closeup.Tiew, BIG SAFE CARRIED OFF . EUGENE, Ore., Aug, 28 r(AT) Eugene police are wondering If a modern . Hercfetar has turned criminal as the result. of the dis appearance of a safe from tha of fice 1 .C Sonsler," aut dealer at Florence. .- Some time Sunday night,' the aafe weighing several Tnnndred sounds was taken from the office and loaded on a truck, whirtt left tracks outside tha deal er's office. The safe contained 80 and Mr, Bonsler'i personal papers. . EXPECT 817.50 FEAR PRICE f HOOD" RIVER, Ore , Aug. 28 f AP) Growen jot. Bartlett pears here expect to receive $17.50 per Jon for their fruit this year com- iS. N f a. : ". '' - l : ' .. X'., y' : y ::':--y.. ..-::: v v-v-. :; 1, x s-C - : v y - , It ' ' I i i - - s ' ' I , ' V -v v- "- J Major Stuart C. - MacDonald (top 1 as West Point cadet and Cap tain William B. Bradford, U. S. Army officers who legally swapped wives recently. The ladles calmly proceeded to Ben tonville. Ark., where they' ob tained divorces, following which each married the other's former husband. MacDonaJd la stationed at Berwick, Pa, and Bradford at Fort Leaven worth, Kansas. LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 28 (AP)- John H. Simpson, presi dent of the National Farmers' un ion, today said he didn't blame In dividual farmers for taking all the eovernment would .give under crop reduction plans but added: It Is against the laws of uod and nature to plow up cotton, dej strov thlnes that could be used for food, and limit proaucuoc. He cited the biblical story oi the seven lean years and the sev en fat years In Bupport of his statement. The NRA Simpson asserted, is "bunk, pure bunk to keep the suckers minds off the real things and is Invented by Morgan and Mellon and others." He spoke before members ox the Lancaster county farm union. Lindbergh Visits BUI SAYS FARM HEAD Danish PremierlGentle Mist is COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Aug. 28. CAP) Colonel Charles A. TJndhereh todav visited Premier Theodore S t a u n 1 n g, conferred with the acting governor at the areenland government offices md inspected his nlane at the naval seaplane station In a day enlivened by dodging autograpn hunters. A nolle guard was stationed In front of the hotel where the Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh have rooms to keen back the antorranh hunters and others. Lindbergh outdistanced several of the crowd who broke through the nolice lines when he left the hotel-to drive to the seaplane station. ' "WIDOW IS DETAINED SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 28 ( API Mrs. Lily Banka Gaines, widow of Dr. James I. Gaines, who was mysteriously shot to, death in a driveway of his home two weeks ago, Was detained at the city jail tonight. Umatilla Indian Killed Traffic Shows Huge Gain Expect $17.50 Pear Price - Big Safe Carried Off pared to the 1952 price of $13. The yield, which Independents es timate will be about 250 tons, will be handled by independent ship pers and is expected to start arr riving here the latter part of this week. .Vr .". . ''.'S.V.- ; At a meeting of the Hood Kiver Traffic association, with which an local fruit shippers are affiliated as well as the gr6wers, tentative wages for the 18 33 Jpickinr nupfcln season were set at 25 per cent higher- than last year. A fin al schedule will not, oe aaopiea mint -after a conference with U. TT. Gram. -.Oregon labor commis sioner, officers of the association saia. ... ,. ... : .. - - t 1 r&IATTLLA INDIAN XTJLLED " THE DALLES, Ore Aug. 28 (AP) The death of PeterfHall, is-vear . old . Umatilla Indian, whose body was found yesterday beside railroad tracks at Celilo, was oelng Investigated here today bv authorities. The youth, one of more than 200 of his race at Ce lilo for a pow-wow, was discover ed with the top of his head caved In. Officers planned 'a complete probe, though advancing an opin ion that Hall , may have, fallen asleep and been struck a glancing blow by a passing train. ; Pacific Winds, Moisture La den, aid in Battle Against : Forest Fires ' Fighters Number More Than Twb.Full Regiments; Loss C To Timber. Heavy ; ft PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 29 (AP) A heavy mist was reported dampening the fire area along the north. Oregon coast early today and foresters were confident that headway- in finally gaining con trol of the stubborn was immin ent. . Business men of Tillamook, encouraged by the .weather out look .last night, were considering mean of Mirage in i the , Tillamook county area swept by the conflag ration . and estimated by officials at mora than 200,000 of the coun ty's 317.434 acres of timber- land. A suggestion has been made to the city's chamber of commerce that a federal loan be sought suf ficient to build a railroad into the blackened area where salvage able timber remains. Daylight was expected to bring the biggest offensive yet launched against. the fires, to immediately take advantage of the aid given by nature in halting the flames advance early today. Every avail able man in the fire fighting force is to be pressed into service today in the gigantic effort to end Ore gon's worst forest fire in memory of man, leaders of the fire fight ing organizations indicated late last night. Only nature, herself, could cope with this greatest menace to na ture, fire wardens said, when the efforts of 3000 weary and grimy men seemed futile. Last night na ture took a hand. Cool breezes overcame the blasting heat. Mois- ture-laden air replaced that con snmed in the flaming furnace of forests, and small drops of rain sizzled In the red-hot ashes. Men Outnumber Two Regiments Those in command of the fire lines gave quick, brief orders as they poured over maps of the flaming country. Forest service wireless stations flashed signals that directed the movements of what amounts to more than two full wartime regiments of men. Army trucks rumbled over trails (Turn to page 2, Col. 7) Break to Drouth Contrary to a late prediction calling only for cloudy weather, an "Oregon mist" gently drifted upon Salem at 11 o'clock last night bringing the first semblance of precipitation since August 5 when .8 inch of rain was record ed. Rain has been recorded here only twice, on August 4 and 5, since June 25 and total fall in that period has been but .88 inch. Another "mist" was felt here July 29. The weather bureau last night foresaw no change in the tem perature which Monday touched a maximum of 70 degrees and a minimum of 54. These pictures ten a rraphic story property. Top photo shows the pounding of mountainous seas. and lower right, a few of tha flooded the city. . . ; ? zJLS . , c, ?. V, " -v - '"" I -j0Z ..." - , :y r'" - , Z j.v - - - - '-. y i, ' ' .jc'.w i yt - r, ' m-.y..y., :yi '.v-- .r:-i:-:::.-.J-- . rx '( T .?t , r "WASHTNOTONr . Aug.' (AP) An agreement on -the- es sential points . of ' a code, of pra4 tiee forthe bituminous coal in dustry was reached tonight by spokesmen of the United - Mine Workers" of America, and repre sentatives of the non-union Appal achian field operators, -r - . Hugh S. Johnson announced the accord after, hours of intensive negotiating - with , both sides, but he declined to give any indication of the terms. agreed to. : 1: What was accomplished ' to night, Johnsonr saidj was "the basis . of an : agreement covering tho principal, points at issue and which this administration is will ing to. recommend to the presi dent v .'. v .- -: "This clears the way," he add ed, "to the preparation of. an .ac ceptable code. No announcement of provisions can bo made until there is agreement on the actual wording of the agreement and the code." TO IOC A OH Higher Prices Effective Sept. 1st; Producers to Share Boost Adoption of a milk men's code under the agricultural adjustment act here last night signalled an advance in wholesale and retail milk prices and a decrease in cream prices in Salem effective next Friday. At a meeting of all wholesale and pasteurizing dis tributors at the chamber of com merce, the price scale and code promulgated for northwest Ore gon and parts of southwest Wash ington was accepted, according to Alton D. Hurley, local delegate of the distributors at Portland code deliberations. Grade A pasteurized and raw milk beginning Friday will sell at ten cents a quart retail, an In crease of two cents, and eight and one-half cents wholesale, an In crease of one and one-half cents. Commercial cream prices, all re- duted ten- eeiits,"-TrttMm 85 cents- retail and 30 cents wholesale Whipping cream prices, likewise cut ten cents, will be 55 cents re tail and 50 cents wholesale. Cul tured buttermilk and skim milk will sell at six cents retail and five cents wholesale. The bulk of benefit from price Increases will go to the milk pro ducers. Hurley said. The revised price scale is more balanced In the past, milk having been too cheap and cream too expensive, he ex plained. STLETZ INDIAN HELD TOLEDO, Ore., Aug. 28 (AP) George Harris, young Silets In dian, is being held by police here on a charge of assault. Harris, Is alleged to hare attacked George Downey, also of Silets, with knife. Inflicting a leg wound, and to have beaten his five-year old daughter. LONG BEACH HAS QUAKE LONG BEACH, Cal Aug. 28 (AP) An earthquake of suffi cient force to battle dishes was felt shortly after 8 p. m tonight here and in Norwalk. No damage was reported. The shock also was felt by some in Los Angeles. WHERE TEMPEST RAVAGED ATLANTIC of the savacery with which the terrific lwrricaae lashed the Atlantis heavy concrete road along too sea Lower left, a once-tanch house at S hundreds of automobiles abandoned 5 , .. ....' ; Roosevelt Moves to Loosen 'Credit; Sp6ed Public Works toGive jobs' : Montagu Norman Takes tea Vith President; Talk Sta- ; - bilizatiort of. Currency By FRANCIS 3f. STEPHENSON. Associated Press Staff Writer) .HYDE PARK, N. Y- Aug. 28 (AP) President IQosevelt speeded up his nationaT'Yecovery campaign today and then blandly listened over the tea cups to the trials of the international bank ing, leaders tor stabilization of the -foreign exchange . He. directed Jesse Jones, chair man of the reconstruction finance corporation, to work out . imme diately a program for extending temporary credit through the banks to the members of NRA to tide them over the sudden expansion- of work and wages. He decided upon a number of new projects to be financed through the $3,300,000,000 pub lic works fund to make more jobs in a long talk with Secretary Ickes, the administrator of this proposition. The president sent Jones hurry ing back to Washington by an early afternoon train to get the government aides to work on a proposal to assure credit for the employers who are subscribing to his new deal for a spread of jobs and an increase of pay. This is one of the fifty or more ways for aiding the Roose velt campaign for higher com modity prices and wages which some, described as inflation. The credit expansion movement is to be undertaken through the banking system, but whether the federal reserve system will be employed or direct negotiations made by the government with the banks has not been determined. There was agreement here to day the credit is available so far as the government is concerned. Mr; - Roosevelt now wants the banks to do their part. As mysterious as ever,- Mon tagu Norman, the governor of the Bank of England, came here late today accompanied by George Harrison, the governor of the Federal Reserve bank of New York. Mr. Norman declined to talk at all before entering the summer White House. It (Turn to page 2, Col. 3) has H. Hoover Turns To Sword-Fishing SAN PEDRO, Aug. 28. (AP) Sword - fishing, considered by fishermen as the greatest of all angling, lured former President Herbert Hoover to southern Cali fornia waters today. Accompanied by Lee A. Phil lips, insurance man and financier, the former president shored off from San Pedro in Phillips' 100 foot yacht, pasado Manana. The yacht was provisioned for a weeks' fishing expedition. Phil lips told friends they would base at Catallna islands where excel lent, sword-flshing has been re ported the last two weeks. ' wail at Atlantic- ty, it. 4 reoneea to ; battcrea fragment dt um eabright, N. undermined by the waves and smashed beyond repair, by their owners . as Wilmington, Individuals Will be Asked to Sign Pledge Gard Window : By-JESSIE STEELE - 7 ARMED with Identification "Blue EagleV buttons, window f stickers, and pledge cards over a hundred NBA workers ijrideif the direction of Mrs. Hannah Martin, will scatter over the residential district of Salem beginning this morning and continuing through the week. Workers were, given their in structions' at'a meeting last evening- at the chamber of com :zZ Y - . merce. --, '. , . V RADICALS PREPARE mm mis Want -Five ;Cents a Pound For Picking; no Chik dren to Pick Eleven - demands for - changed conditions in hopyards in this sec tion, ranging from five, cents per pound for picking, to elimination of child labor under 18 years, were formulated here Sunday af ternoon by the Cannery and Agri cultural . Workers' Industrial un ion. The union has as executive committee some of the personnel of the local unemployed . labor council. The "demands'' wUl be present ed to workers in the hop yards, and then to the hop growers. Al Bristol, who came here from Eu gene to organize the workers. ;ai' yesterday. Bristol indicated that failure to comply with the de mands drawn up by fewer than 50 persons Sunday night pocjibly result in strikes in the fields where growers were getting 30 cents and upwards for their hops. One member of the executive committee appointed yesterday was Sam Rutherford, secretary of the unemployed council here. These workers complain that they can make only a dollar a day in the hopfields, although reports have come in that some pickers harvested from 2S0 to 280 pounds per day of the early crop. The workers' demands: 5 cents per pound for picking. Minimum of 60 cents per hour for unskilled and 75 cents per hour for skilled labor. An 8 hour day with time and a halt for overtime; and, when workers report for Job they are to be paid for not less than 6 hours No child labor under 18 years under any circumstances. Leaves allowed up to 3 inches, and stems up to 6 inches. Equal pay for equal work for men, women and youth. AboUtion of the bonus system Two wiremen and one weigher for every 25 rows. Free sanitary housing, wood, light and water; water and sani tary facilities In camp and field. Right to organize, strike and p 1 e k e t without discrimination against participants. Unemployment insurance for unemployed and Increased relief. INDEPENDENCE, Aug. 28 In the interest of Independence law and order during hop season two men have been added to the staff of the local police. George Thomason, state officer from Sa (Turn to page 2, Col. 2) COAST coast, caasfns untold damage to DeL. - when : ralc-w nipped waters NRA; Signers Get Stickers These workers aro members of President Boosetelt's committee to put oxer the consumers' drire of the NRA. They' will ring the door bell, ask each housewife and other members of the fam ily, who are purchasers to sign ka pledge card, and leave with them a window sticker.' By Sat urday morning NRA .headquar ters expect to aee, a blue eagle in eyery "window ot'CTery home in aalem. The pledge card reads: "I will cooperate in reemployment by. supporting and patronizing em ployers and workers who are members ' of NRA." This pledge not only signifies Intention to patronize the housewife's regular shops, but enlists her coopera- ( Turn to page 2, Col. 8) E OF Moley and Astor Assert Ma gazine Venture Long Planned NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (AP)- Raymond Moley, one of the presi dent's closest advisors, said today reports he resigned as assistant secretary of state because of a disagreement with Secretary Hull were "interesting, but just not true." "I certainly, am not aware of any conflict, except that in a big administration such as the one in Washington there always are dif ference of opinion," said Moley. "But honestly, I don't see any im portant conflict at all." Moley resigned to become edi tor of a magazine, called by its publisher, Vincent Astor, personal friend of President Roosevelt, "An Adventure In National Political JournaUsm." " "I'd ten times rather do this than hold a public office," said Moley, adviser to the president for more than two years on do mestic and foreign policies of an economic nature. AHhough his resignation be (Turn to page 2, Col. 7) Ex-Banker Files Plea as Bankrupt CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (AP) John W. O'Leary, former bank president, once head of the United States chamber of commerce, filed a voluntary petition' In bankrupt cy today in U. S. district court. No schedule of assets nor liabil ties was filed. O'Leary lives in Lake-Forest. . President of the National bank of the Republic when it was merged with the Central Trust company, Dawes bank, he became vice president of the Central Re public bank and Trust company, superseded by the present City National bank. O'Leary is now head of -the 'Machinery and Allied Products Institute. : : Hu ey Long DISPUTE NOT CIS Ml Calls Attack -Ganging' MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 28 (AP) In a written statement is sued tonight Senator Huey Long, of. Louisiana, declared .a gash ' on his forehead had been inflicted Saturday night by a man who at tacked him with a knife while be was in a wash room at a charity benefit, on Long Island, N. Y. The senator called the attack a "ganging" by three or four men he did not know. He said he was struck from be hind and that; When he turned three or four men 'covered" him. One of them struck:, at his head with " a "knife or something sharp," he said, adding that hs ducked so that it grazed his fore head. : . : ; The senator said he had been invited to the benefit by persons connected with music composers and publishers. He said he at first declined but later consented. , "I have been repeatedly threat ened,", the senator .. said,' : any number , of warnings .have been giveni r even by , column jrriters, that such a thins would occur to me sooner, or later. - I was lucky to hate escaped with such trivial injury and am gratefnl". J - The senator, Is here to attend the- national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. With the Louisiana delegation he hopes to take next year's convention to Louisiana. .. , Wouid Reduce Production 124 Million Bushels Over t: I Averages;' Recent Yean Ungren Estimates Return ; i To Marion County Grower .i $32 per Idle Acre WASHINGTON. - Atag. ft. (AP) A 15 per cent slash in wheat plantings- by farmers Join-' ing in the government's crop re- -duction plan was called for to day by Secretary Wallace. He estimated it . would mean a ' cut of about 9,800.000 acres in" wheat plantings below the aver age of recent years and would, re- -duce production of the bread' grain more than 124,000 bushels 1 -below the averages of past y ears, i These estimates, he added, ; were based on a "theoretically complete sign-up" by farmers who by agreeing! to reduce their acreage become eligible to up to $120,000,000 In cash benefit pay ments from a fund being raised by the 30 cent per bushel pro cessing tax on wheat that has . been levied since July 9. About $90,000,000 is scheduled for dis tribution this fall. t Wallace's announcement w a a . made without waiting for final action on the London wheat agreement. Twenty-one nations Friday signed the compact, in cluding the United States. Wal lace said, however, that the agreement did not become 'effec tive unless the four chief export ing nations, the United States, Argentina, Australia and Canada, Join In a supplementary under standing dividing among them a quota of 560,000,000 bushels in exports during the year which be gan August 1. This supplement has been de layed but Wallace said he was confident it would be signed to morrow. It. has been approved by representatives ot Canada and Australia but the United" State is withholding its signature un til it - has 'been signed by- the Argentine delegate, Thomas Le Breton. Wallace said the four nations including Argentina and the Uni ted States had verbally agreed to ' the supplement which would limit this country's exports for the year to about 47,000,000 bu shels. The new minister ot agri culture of Argentina, Luis Du hau, '.7as reported to have In structed Le Breton to withhold formal approval until he had stu- 1 died the plan In detail. Until the supplement Is signed and In -the files, Wallace said he would withhold announcement of' this country's new wheat export policy. He recently proposed con sideration with movement of wheat from the Pacific north west to the Orient Contemplated. Benefits to Marion county farmers on the basis of a- 15 bushel per acre yield of wheat under the crop reduction policy announced by Secretary Wallaca last night will amount to $32 to the acre taken out of production, H. A. Lindgren, emergency agent for crop control, estimated at the. meeting ot the county advisory committee at the chamber of commerce here last night. He pointed out that -if all growers came under the reduction plan, approximately $64,546 in allot ments would be distributed In the' county early in the fall and $26,818 additional next spring. ' The - committee scheduled the . - - (Turn to page 2; CoL S) Beaten up;S His statement follows: "I bare avoided giving out any statement on the occurrence at Long Island until there were newspaper reports about the mat ter, which do not name the assail-; ants. Unable to find out who they were, which I have tried to , do all .day,. I am now giving tho matter as it occurred as far as I can. ', ' . . ' ' . . "On Saturday night persons connected with the music compo sers' and publishers asked me to attend a charity benefit to be giv en on Long Island. . I at first de clined but later In the afternoon consented. I had been there some 20 minutes or more when I wslk ed into the wash room. '"v. . Just as I faced the basin and ' the wall some one struck: me from ' behind. and;.npon.-smy.,tarnlng; three or four, men: covered me. I saw one strike at my head with a1 knife or something sharp and I" ducked Just so .that it grazed ay , forehead. ' One man was block-' ing tha door but X stumbled low -thrugh him and managed to wrig- . git clear. I felt blood 1 coming down my face where 1 was cut. Some one connected with the bus- iness met me also X called soma ot my friends we rushed back to the wash room nut all the person ' had escaped and no one had teen, them to identify one of them.", w V s - - vJ -
