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EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR4 " ' Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 8, 1934 TtZ
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HITLER ORDERS
TRUCE, LEAVES
Surface Calm Observed
Berlin; Government
Still Alert
in
No Political Changes This
Month, Plan Announced
to Soothe Public
(Copyright, 1934. bjxthe Associ
ated Prers.)
BERLIN, July 7 Adolf Hitler
called for peace and quiet and or
dered a political truce today after
the most turbulent week of the
Nazi regime.
The chancellor set an example
of oatward calmness for the Ger
man people by leaving Berlin and
going to hla retreat in Uie Ba
varian Alps, at least for the week
end and possibly for a longer va
cation. The government still 3 on the
alert, the propaganda ministry in
dicated, for any sign of renewed
efforts of dissatisfied elements to
overthrow the Hitler regime.
Activities of secret police will
continue through the "truce,"
which if carried out as planned
means that no major change can
be made during July.
The Cabinet, which rules Ger
many aa a legislative as well as
executive body, will have no
meetings during the month, it
was stated at the chancellor's of
fice. Presumably, the government
feels that its position is sufficient
ly strengthened to warrant relaxa
tion on the part of high officials
unless their rest is Interrupted by
new disquieting reports from the
secret police.
To the storm troopers, among
whose leaders the revolt de
veloped, nazl party leaders issued
a carefully worded statement as
suring them that the troops and
the party belong to each other and
cannot be separated.
Many of the 2,000.000 men in j
the organization, vacationing un
der orders not to wear uniforms,
face the prospect of being, shoved
aside in the reorganization now
under way as a result of the exe
cutions among their former lead
ers. WEATHER BUFFETS
(By the Assocated Press)
The elements buffeted sections
of Oregon with earth tremors,
lightning, violent storms, flying
dust and forest fires the past
two days.
Hail did extensive damage to
fruit in some sections of Rogue
river. Orchardlsts of the valley
reported from 15 to 25 per cent
loss of fruit In several sections.
A few reported practically total
loss of fruit in limited areas. The
storm also harmed tomatoes and
corn.
Coleman and Wagner cree s
flooded water for a while follow
ing a violent downpour. .A por
tion of the Southern Pacific
tracks was washed out near Phoe
nix and a highway culvert was
partly washed out at Talent.
Lightning struck the forest
range. lookout station on Mount
Wagner near Ashland and ignit
ed a box of matches, but did no
damage: Telephone poles were
toppled by electrical bolts near
Ashland. A woman was rendered
unconscious and . a man working
near a barbed wire fence burl 3d
to the ground by lightning. Neith
er was injured seriously.
ED
AiS PLANE DROPS IN
DETROIT July 7-i?s)-Mrs.
Fred J. Lapp's nearly done ham
burger steak was ruined tonight
by the Unexpected and unconven
tional arrival of two guests
through, the roof of the house.
When Mrs. Lapp and her family
got out on the lawn In front of
their summer cottage at Grosse
.He. and removed some of the oil
and plaster that bad showered
them t the dinner table, they
looked up on the splintered roof
to see Harold C. Gooch and
Charles Volker, both of Detroit,
crawling out of their demolished
airplane.
Gooch explained fcls motor quit
suddenly and the root of the sum
mer cottage was his only choice
for aland lag. :
The plane nosed through the
roof and caved In the ceiling of
the dining room lust as Mrs. Lapp
was emerging from the kitchen
with the hamburger steak.. Gooch
said be would settle for the dam
age. . ' "
- LINCOLN KIV DIES
BLACKWELL, Okla., July T-faV-Mra.
Frances Baker. 92 years
ld, a second cousin of Abraham
Lincoln, died here today at the
borne of her daughter, Mr. Effie
Hardin.
UPON VACATION
Die VARIOUSLY
HIB0R6ER in
M illion Per Year is
Estimated Income of
Stale Liquor Control
Half to Come From Profit on Sales and Half
From Licenses and Gallonage Taxes;
Relief Goal 3 Years Away
NET income to the state of one million dollars a year
from the state liquor commission now seems probable
on the basis of the commission's second quarter operation.
Persons who have studied the monthly compilation of fig
uresthe June, 1934, net profit study is not yet available
predict that net returns from licenses and from gallonage
STiRT CONTEST if
Ballots Will Be Available
at Stores, Newspapers,
Leaders Announce
The contest to select a "Miss
Salem" to represent Capital-post
No. 9, American Legion, at the
Legion state convention at Astoria
August 23 to 25 will start early
this week, Brazier G. Small, con
test chairman, announced last
night. Names of the first entrants
will be made public by midweek,
he said.
The young woman picked by
popular vote as "Miss Salem" will
be given a trip to the Astoria con
vention, expenses paid. The state
winner will receive a free trip to
Hollywood.
Entrants In the local contest
must reside In Salem, West Salem
or the Immediate vicinity, from
which Capital post draws its mem
bership, and must be between the
ages of 17 and 2 5 years, inclusive.
Ballots will be obtainable from
business houses and daily from
local newspapers. Votes will be
distributed with purchases at the
stores, 10 votes with every sale
up to $1 and more according to
the amount of the purchase up to
500 votes with a $5 sale. Adver
tisers in Salem papers will each
be permitted to give 100 votes in
one advertisement each week.
Shortly after the contest gets
under way the committee will be
gin making daily tabulations of'
the votes, will distribute prizes to
entrants first to reach certain bal
lot totals and will arrange for pub
lic appearances of the would-be
"Mips Saleins'' in local theatres.
There will be five ballot boxes,
located at Bishop's clothing store,
Miller's department store, Busick's
market, Johnson's ready-to-wear
store and the state office building.
(Turn to I'ape 3, Col. 4)
EX-DEPUTY SHERIFF
OF LIE ARRESTED
EUGENE, July 7.-(;p)-Roy W.
Potter, ex-deputy sheriff of Lane
county In charge of auto license
fees, was arrested by order of the
sheriff today following his Indict
ment by a grand Jury yesterday
on charges of larceny of public
funds amounting to about 9800.
Potter was released on $1500
bond this afternoon and will be
arraigned In circuit court next
Thursday.
The shortage laid to Potter, to
taling $794.33, was discovered In
a county audit of the departments
of the sheriff's office made early
In June. Potter is said to have
admitted the defalcation of about
$250, but denied any knowledge of
the remainder. The grand jury In
dictment specified the entire sum
shown In the audit, however.
Sheriff C. A. Swarts discharged
Potter when he was notified of
the alleged shortage. The amount
was made up, as the sheriff and
deputy were both under bond.
MISS
SALEM
Prune Industry Code Gels
A pproval at Meeting Here
A tentative marketing agree
ment to cover the northwest
prune Industry was agreed upon
here yesterday by a code com
mittee which will present the
code early this week to Max
Gehlhar,, state director of agri
culture. A public hearing Is ex
pected to be held on the code.
If a sufficiently large number of
growers approve It and If Gehl
har accepts it, It will become
binding on all the prune grow
ers. The agreement would apply to
all growers, producers and co
operatives engaged in the pro
cessing of prunes In Oregon and
Washington, and would be ad
ministered by a control board of
30 persons to be selected in the
two states. Ten of the board
members would be cooperative
processors, three from Oregon
and seven from Washington.
Twelve of the remaining 20
members would be growers from
Oregon and eight .from Wash
ington. I The state of Oregon would be
follows:
First district Washington, Co
taxes will bring the state $500.
000 annually. Another 2500,000
is expected to be the state's net
profits from Its operation of
state stores and state agencies,
whose gross sales now seem
likely to run to $3,000,000 a
year.
If such net Income is available.
In three years the commission
would be able to meet the $3,
000,000 relief appropriation from
its net revenues, aa prescribed by
the second special session of the
1933 legislature.
The commission yesterday de
posited $107,527 of its profits
for the second Quarter to the ac
count of the state relief com
(Turn to Page 3, Col. 7)
BUSINESS IF
OF 79J COUNTY
Salem's 1933 Retail Sales
Estimated $8,000,000;
State Loss Greater
Marion county's 662 retail es
tablishments did Just one-half as
much business in 1933, based on
dollar otals of retail sales, as the
total retail establishments In the
county did in 1929 according to
U. S. census figures released
yesterday. In 1929 the volume of
retail trade In the county was
$24,170,000; last year the total
volume was $12,081,000.
The entire county did consid
erably less retail business in
1933 than Salem alone did in
1929. the figures show, since Sa
lem in 1929 had retail sales to
talling $17,959,000. On that bas
is Sslem four years ago did two
thirds of the retail business In
the county: by a similar pro
portion in 1933, the retail busi
ness In this city would have to
talled $8,000,000.
The figures were obtained and
compiled as one phase of CWA
work this spring.
For the state as a unit, re
tail sales In 1933 were off 61
per cent from the 1929 totals,
making Marion county's ratio of
loss slightly less than the loss
for all of Oregon.
The compiled figures show
that the total payroll for work
ers in retail stores fell off 50
per cent In the four years while
the number of employes hired
fell off 37 per cent.
Dynamite Cache
Uncovered Near
Cooperage Plant
PORTLAND, Ore., July 1-(JP)-
A mysterious cache of 16 sticks
of dynamite wrapped In a piece
of canvas was found here today
under the loading platform at the
West Coast cooperage.
Investigating officers were un
able to cast any light on the
cache, discovered by W a It e r
Owens who was rebuilding the
platform. Officers expressed
doubt that recent labor troubles
at the plant had anything to do
with the-explosives.
No caps or fuses were found.
The dynamite may be Part of
quantities stolen from construc
tion and road work camps at va
rious times within the past sev
eral months, police said.
lumbia, Clatsoop and Tillamook
counties, one board member.
Second district Yamhill county,
two members. Third district
Marlon county, one member.
Fourth district Polk county
two members. Fifth district
Lincoln, Benton, Linn and Lane
counties, two members. Sixth
district Douglas county. two
members. Seventh district All
the rest of the state of Oregon,
one member.
The entire state of Washing
ton would ' e embraced in one
district.
Grower members of the board
are to be elected by a majority
vote of members who do not
market their prunes through a
cooperative processing associa
tion, at a meeting called by the
state director of agriculture.
Processor members of the
board shall be selected by vote
of the cooperative processors, and
shall be elected from the states
of Oregon and Washington at
large.
The board. In addition to ad
ministering the code, is authorized
to act as an Intermediary between
(Turn to Page 3, Col. 1)
STATE DEBT TO
BIG DISTILLERY
HI ATTACHED
Government Proves Again in
Case of Reifels; Plans
Huge Garnishment
Tie-up With Other Firms is
Eyed; Defendants Say
It is Spite Work
SEATTLE. July 7-(JP)Tollow-lng
the arrest here of the mil
lionaire officers of Brewers and
Distillers. Ltd., of Vancouver, B.
C, the United States government
moved today to tie up all money
owed by the state liquor boards
of Washington and Oregon to the
British Columbia Distillery com
pany, Ltd.
The government planned to
seize the money, It was said, If
Its suit for J17.250.000 for cus
toms taxes and penalties on al
leged smuggled liquor Is success
ful. In addition, officials asked
that the Seattle plant of the
Hemrlch Brewing company re
veal what assets it holds belong
ing to the British Columbia Dis
tillery company, Ltd., the Van
couver Brewers and Distillers,
Ltd., and Henry Relfel and Hen
ry S. Tobin.
Henry Relfel, -of Vancouver.
B. C, and his son George were
arrested yesterday, charged with
having smuggled hundreds of
thousands of cases of liquor Into
the northwest United States In
recent years. They were later re
leased under bonds of $100,000
each. Tobln Is a director of
some of the Canadian corpora
tions named in the government's
suit.
Writs of garnishment were also
secured by the government
against the World Importers,
Inc.. of Seattle, and the First Na
(Turn to Page 3, Col. 4)
BUTTLE IS ON FOR
SCOLLIRD FORTUNE
SEATTLE. July 7-(;p)-The
heirs of wealthy, eccentric. Sar
ah E. Smith-Scollard and the
state of Washington battled all
diy today for the mysteriously
missing millions of dollars and
piles of jewels supposedly left
by the "Hetty Green of LaSalle
street."
Testimony in the probate court
of Judge James Rlnne was that
someone counsel for the heirs
said It was the late Reese Brown
of Yakima changed the will of
the woman slightly.
The heirs demanded haste In
probating of the will, on the
grounds, George Rummens, coun
sel for them, said, that Impor
tant discoveries as to location of
part of the woman's fortune are
about to be made.
The will named Denton G. Bur-
dick, former Oregon attorney,
now a resident of Seattle, as one
of the executors. J. T. MeVay,
financier of Seattle, was the oth
er. McVay resigned, and Bur
dick asked appointment as co-
executor of Wilmon Tucker, pres
sent guardian of the estate of
Mrs. Smith-Scollard.
W. H. Pemberton, supervisor
of the state Inheritance tax and
escheat division, Intervened, de
manding the entire estate for
the general school fund, on the
ground that the heirs named
were only entitled to two dol
lars.
Private Funeral
Service is Held
for Mrs. A. Bush
Funeral services for Margaret
Lynn Bush, wife of Asahel Bush
of Salem, were held yesterday In
the chapel of the Portland crem
atorium hi Sellwood with only
members of the family present.
Dr. B. Earle Parker of the First
Methodist church here read the
Episcopal burial service. The body
was cremated.
Mrs. Bush, who had lived In Sa
lem since coming here as a girl In
1911, died In the Toledo, Ore.,
hospital Thursday night after an
illness of three years. Besides her
widower she is survived by two
sons, Asahel, Jr., of Klamath
Falls and Stuart of Salem, and her
mother. Bertha Rot of Agate
Beach.
Cattle Industry
Relief Launched
WASHINGTON, July 7. -(")-The
farm administration today be
gan dispensing some of the $50,
000,000 placed at its disposal for
reliief of the dairy and beef cattle
industries under the LaFollette
amendment to the Jones-Connally
bill.
Three million dollars was made
available for a fight On Bang's dis
ease, the money to be paid to beef
and dairy cattlemen in the form of
indemnities as high as $50 a head.
Named to Head
Storm Troops
WW,
Viktor Lutze, above, was named
chief of the nazi storm troops
when Chancellor Hitler deposed
and summarily executed Cap
tain Ernst Roehm, former
brown shirt leader for con
spiracy, in a masa "blood bath"
that swept all Germ any.
Preparation of Four Kinds
of Pickles Outlined by
Round Table Editor
By JESSIE STEELE .
Corn was a standby vegetable
for early pioneer families. Per
haps your grandmother handed
down to yon a recipe for some
corn dish that is as delicious as
It Is different. Send it to the
Recipe Round Table editor before
Thursday noon. A first prize of
$1 and two secondary ones of 60
cents each will be announced Fri
day. In writing down the recipe, list
all the ingredients first. Then
the method of combining them,
how long to cook or bake and ap
proximately .how many the recipe
serves. If these Instructions are
followed, the chances of winning
a prize are much better. Also any
suggestions as t what to serve
with the corn dish make the reci
pe more attractive to the judges.
Be explicit as to measurements,
since a "little" spice or salt may
unbalance the flavor of an other
wise good Tecipe.
Our series on pickles continues:
Best Pickle in the World
Soak large cucumbers In very
cold water for 5 hours. Cut
lengthwise without paring in four
or five pieces. Pack tery closely
(Turn to Page 3, Col. 6)
E
T
ROSEBURG, Ore., July 7-)-Circult
Judge B. L. Eddy tonight
contemplated prompt court ac
tion In effort to have his name
placed on the November ballot as
a candidate for circuit judge of
the second judicial district.
Of four Judges running for
the three Judicial seats In the
primary. Judge Eddy received the
low vote. Attorney General I.
H. Van Winkle Friday handed
down an opinion that declared
Judge Eddy's name should not be
placed on the November ballot.
Stating he would seek a writ of
mandamus ' to compel the secre
tary of state to place his name
on the ballot. Judge Eddy said
the attorney general either over
looked or ignored a supreme
court decision bearing directly
upon the issue.
A precedent In determining
the matter of majority vote was
set. Judge Eddy declared. In the
case of Othus versus Kozer In
1926 the action being one to
compel the secretary of state to
accept Initiative petitions.
Rockefeller to
Reach 95 Years
in Good Health
LAKEWOOD. N. J.. July
-John D. Rockefeller comes to
his 95th birthday anniversary to
morrow In health as good as any
one may reasonably expect, al
though the heat of the past few
weeks has enfeebled him to such
an extent that even those close
to him have marked its effect.
Tomorrow will be the first
time In 15 years the aged capi
talist has been absent from his
estate near Tarrytown, N. Y., on
his birthday.
Unfinished Filter
Plant Gets Paint
Steel reinforcing in the partly
built filter plant of the Oregon
Washington Water 8ervlce com
pany, started in 1929, was being
painted and sprayed with asphalt
emulsion Saturday. It was the
first work of any kind done on the
plant since construction was halt
ed abruptly upon the launching of
the local drive for municipal
water.
NIL CORN PE
SOUGHT IN CONTEST
APPEAL UN
GREW REFUSES
TD TAKE T
L
Freight Movement Blocked
Again; General Strike
Vote Set Monday
Rail Workers' Leader Says
No Hard Feelings Over
Hurling of Rocks
PORTLAND, Ore., July 7-(JP)-Picketing
maritime workers
counted another triumph tonight
after preventing a freight train
from entering Municipal Terminal
4 with cargo for reshipment by
water.
A cordon of police armed with
death-dealing guns and demoral
izing tear and "vomiting'' gas
held strikers back from the
tracks. But the crew would not
take the train through, because
they feared retribution for them
selves or families at some future
date, it was stated.
Police officials, who had mo
bilized 110 officers, were a bit
critical of the crew's refusal.
Members of the train crew gave
as their immediate reason for re
fusing to take the train into the
terminal the fact that several
rocka were hurled at the train by
pickets, thereby creating a haz
ardous situation.
This was the third futile at
tempt to forcibly move export car
go to the docks by rail.
Portland's general strike com
(Turn to Page 3, CoL 1)
House Builders, Farmers to
Benefit, Held; Chamber
Considering Survey
Sales of building materials
leaped sharply upward here yes
terday under impetus or the an
nouncement that Oregon dealers
had agreed to reduce prices on an
average of approximately ten per
cent, it was announced last night
by L. R. Schoettler, distnet man
ager for Lumber Promotion, Inc.,
of Oregon, code administrative
agents.
Saturday's business in lumber
and other building materials was
the highest since June 28 when
Washington, D. C, press dis
patches reported that the national
code authority had approved a
ten per cent cut. he said. Between
that date and yesterday sales had
dwindled as builders awaited the
expected reductions.
The action by the Oregon was
entirely voluntary, aimed at co
operating with President Roose
velt In his housing program, but
received the approval of William
C. Bell, northwest lumber code
(Turn to Page 3, Col. 5)
Republicans to
Picnic Today at
Portland Resort
A large number of republicans
from Salem and other parts of
Marion county are expecting to go
to Portland today to attend the
all-state republican picnic to be
held at Jantzen park. E. A. Mil
ler, chairman of the county re
publican club, reported yesterday
many tickets.
The Marion county contingent
is expected to picnic together. Tbe
speaking program will start at
2:30 p. m. and will include talks
by Senator Joe E. Dunne, by Rep
resentative Earl C. Snell, Senator
Jay Upton, by State uperlntendent
Howard and by Judge William
lEckwall. Joe Singer Is to act as
official sergeant-at-arms.
fill
INTO T UNA
CUT KINDLES
L LI M B E ri
DEMANDS
Mailing of Tax Statement
Is Farmers Union Request
BETHEL, July 7. - (Special) -Delegates
to the Marlon County
Farmers Union convention at Mar
ion today voiced emphatie and
unanimous approval of the action
of tbe Farmers Union Oil com
pany of Polk county in defending
the Farmers Union trade name.
The Union Oil Company of Cali
fornia is suing the Farmers Union
Oil company for alleged damages
arising from the use of the word
"union," which Is incorporated in
both firms' names.
The Marlon county unit of the
Farmers Union, protested the
"harassing methods' of tbe Union
Oil company and offered the sup
port of the nnit to the neighbor
ing county. The resolution adopt
ed declared that the various Farm
ers Union Oil companies are sub
sidiaries of and owe their exist
ence to the Oregon-Southern Idaho
division of the Farmers Union and
it has become common usage to
incorporate in the names of their
many business activities the Farmers-Union
prefix.
Another resolution, a copy of
I which Is to be sent to the county
New Crises
Amid Outward Calm at
Strike Center in S. F.
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
SAN FRANCISCO Police
guard downtown buildings after
"threats"; union strategy group
aids dock strikers.
WASHINGTON James A. Mof-
fett, new housing administrator,
outlines $500,000,000 home re
pairs program.
LAKEWOOD, N. J. John D.
Rockefeller, on eve of 95th birth
day anniversary, plans quiet ob
servance.
CLEVELAND New steel mer
ger is reported: Republica to buy
Corrigan, McKinney for $33,000,
000. JACKSON, Mich. Republicans
sound campaign keynote, charge
emasculation of constitution" to
democrats.
LEXINGTON, Ky. Pilot, his
wife and their daughter die In
airplane crash.
BATON ROUGE, La. Legisla
tors invoke lobby rule to oust
HueyLongt but "Klngfish" stays.
Foreign:
BERLIN Chancellor Hitler
leaves tor rest in Bavarian Alps
after ordering political truce.
AMSTERDAM Troops use
bayonets and tanks to quell riot
ing of communists and unem
ployed. ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands
Excited city welcomes President
Roosevelt.
PARIS Veterans condemn pen
sions reduction with overwhelm
ing anti-government vote.
NICE, France American sail
ors promise to "be good"; Ehore
leaves, cancelled after fracas, are
renewed.
SEPARATE PEACE
TALKED, SEATTLE
SEATTLE. July 7-P)- While
Tacoma docks were a hive of ac
tivity today in the handling of
Alaska shipping, through the new
agreement by which union long
shoremen are working there, the
waterfront employers here
launched a new movement to end
the strike by laying plans for a
"separate peace."
The association mailed out a
questionnaire to each of the 895
longshoremen registered at em
ployers halls prior to when the
strike started, asking If ho
wanted a secret ballot on the
question of returning to work un
der the agreement reached by
by longshorement leaders on June
16, which was subsequently re
pudiated by the various locals
along the coast.
A second question asked the
workers if they did not believe
they and the Seattle employers
were competent to handle their
own affairs, "without the aid of
Tacoma, San Francisco, Washing
ton or New York."
Labor leaders, however, headed
by J. C. BJorklund, district secre
tary of the longshoremen, were
cold to the proposal, BJorklund
saying that no separate election
here would be legal, under their
by-laws.
BONNEVILLE BIDS CALLED
WASHINGTON. July 7.-(351)-The
army engineers corps an
nounced today additional bids on
contracts for construction on the
Bonneville flood control project
In the state of Washington,
amounting to $5,260,000 will be
opened within the next month,
and work started later this sum
mer. court and the sheriff of Marion
county asks that hereafter tax
statements be mailed to all tax
payers as soon as the tax roll Is
completed.
J. Alonzo Sanders, recently of
Minot, N. D., declared in an ad
dress concerning the State Bank
of North Dakota that tbe bank has
proved a tremendous success. It
has been Instrumental, he stated,
in saving hundreds of farmers
from being put off their farms.
He also told of the workings of
the North Dakota state-owned
flour mill, which functions not for
profit but for service and has
proved to be a great boon to the
people.
Musical numbers were rendered
by the Marlon orchestra, composed
of Mrs. Jim Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Lionel Colgan and Helen Wilson.
Jim Wilson, colored and In cos
tume, gave negro songs accom
panied by the orchestra.
Despite the busy season a good
attendance was on hand from
many points In Marlon, Polk and
Linn counties and many state of
ficers and prominent Farmers
Union leaders were present
Are Faced
Police Guards Placed
at Many Points as
Threats Made
General Strike Move
Proceeds Slowly;
No Violence
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7-64Pt- .
The strike situation Jumped from
one crisis to another In San
Francisco today despite the ort
ward calm on the waterfront en
forced by long lines of machice
guns and rifles in the hands of
2000 national guardsmen.
Still more machine runs tnAri
their appearance this time in
the hands of police outside the
national guard sector while tbe
possibility of a general strike
hovered above peace efforts.
Delegates of 15 unions affiliat
ed with the American Federation
of Labor reported at a meeting
with the maritime strike com
mittee, that their organizations
were in favor of Joining a general
walkout if one la called.
About 12 other unions. Includ
ing the teamsters, delegates re
ported, will vote on the general
strike proposal within the nt-xt
few days. The teamsters here and
In Oakland, east San Francisco
bay city, are to meet tomorrow
for a vote.
Eighty of the 120 unions In
San Francisco were represented
at the meeting, during which
spokesmen for striking longshore
men and seamen pleaded for
support.
A "strategy committee ap
pointed by the San Francisco
central labor council, meanwhile,
continued efforts to bring about
what Its members said would be
a "sane' solution of the explo
sive situation resulting from
Thursday's bloody crash between
police and maritime strike pick
ets and the calling out of the
militia.
PniiPK hpadnuarters said tre
bluecoat guard assignments out
side the militia sector incldf-d
10 men at a warehouse in the
industrial district, an undisclosed
mimhpr at the San Francisco In
dustrial association office: four
eaea at the establishments oi
two morning newspapers; one
each at the plants of two after
noon dallies, and a guard at a
downtown flower shop in which
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi is inter
ested. ,
Not all the rollce assigned to
these stations were equipped with
machine guns and the reason for
the extra precaution was not ex
plained although threats had
been reported. .
The possibility of a general
strike In the city hovered in tl;e
background but a strategy com
mittee representing 45.000 per
sons In 120 unions was formed
to take united action in support
of the longshoremen and mari
time locals, whose long walkout
finally resulted In Thursday's
bloody clash betwn police and
pickets and the calling out of the
militia.
The plight of beleaguered San
Francisco began to show rami
fications in nearby communities.
Authorities said the Vegetable
Growers association of Alameda
and Contra Costa counties. In the
east bay area, had been warned
its truck trlvers wouia i
trouble If they continued to
transport produce into San Fran
cisco and adjoining cities. 1
Body of Missing
Man Found; Foul
Play Indicated
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. 'July
7(iip)Search for Elmer Johnson,
45. who disappeared July 2, was
ended by discovery late today of
his knife-slashed body In Ewanra
lake.
The body was badly decom
posed, but a knife wound in the
left side of the neck was discern
ible. In pockets of the clothing
was $72.
An autopsy will be conducted to
determine whether Johnson a par
tial paralytic was killed and
thrown into the lake.
Boys fishing from a dock dis
covered the body.
Officers Chosen
for Re-organized
Silverton Bank
SILVERTON, July 7-(Special)
-Officers or the reorganized Coo
lidge and McClafne bank, which
will open Monday for unrestricted
business, were elected today as
follows:
President, Glen Briedwell, for
merly of McMInnvIlle; vice-president,
George Steelhammer; cash
ier, C. B. Anderson: assistant
casbnler, Clifford Rue.
On the board of directors were
named Mr. Brlewell. Mr. Steel
hammer, George Hubbs, E. S.
Porter and Roy Morley.