. 1 rr ' - ' ",V,'t. --SJ. i . -1.2 feet, variable winds. 1 ii . j , FOUMDEP 1631 ! I" . . EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR j. : ' Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning November 29, 1935 : . "' No. 212 ' .Bearcats Hold Tffle; Beat Wliiteiaii 1(0)- - " i : z 1 L : ! : : . .. : i i l i ; . i - - - - - ;.--.! - - . I I -' 1 . ; . ! Final Meeting : To Set Budget Looms Monday Many Taxpayers. Plan to Attend With Economy Moves Watched Deadlock of Court's Two Active Members Seen; Mav Be Avoided With Marion county's budget hearing slated next Monday, word from o u t ljri n g districts of the county indicate that presence of taxpayers w i 1 1 not be wanting when the various items come up for final rote. Although on the basis of the talk filtering into town, the main interest seems to rest largely with the same econ omy tack taken by Commissioner Hewlett at the meeting November 7 and 8 when the budget was adopted tentatively. With only the two commission ers to sit at the final budget meet ing, and with these two men showing decided opposite opinions on borne budget items when the tentative figures were proposed, somje curiosity is being expressed as io just what is going to hap pen on the final adoption of the budget. Majority to Mean Unainimous Now This year County Judge Sieg mund probably will not be able to sit on the budget gathering, and Judge McMahan, who has been acting as county Judge, has been held to have no vote in county matters. The citizen members of the committee which drew the budget have no vote on the final heating, which leaves the matter in the hands of Commissioners MeUon and Hewlett, ' - - In past years, a majority of the three-court members has voted adoption of any of the budget ltenis, or in other words it took two votes to pass an item; and this year it will certainly take two 1 to mase a majority, in an prob ability the matter of difficulty ov er 4 possible tie vote will settle down with one or the other of the commissioners permitting compro mise of his viewpoints on any of the budget allotments on which previous divergent views were ap parent. The "'commissioners, themselves, apparently have little fear that a serious tie vote will develop. ; In such an event. Judge Siegmund would probably be call- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) iMval Government ins First Round 5 PARIS, Nov. 28.-(;P) - Piemler ' Laval's antl- devaluation cabinet wbnj an immediate vote of confi dence, 345 to 225, today from the chamber of deputies in the first skirmish of, the reoPening parlia ment, but the danger of an even tual defeat etill lay ahead. s A. real test is expected whe Laval's economy decrees them selves are debated. The question of disbanding so-called fascist lea gues! is tentatively scheduled for consideration December 3, follow ed by debate on the budget itself. The premior won his first bat tle' in an attempt to force accept ance of his decree laws for the de fense of the franc befoie the chamber discussed the fascist sit uation. Edouard Herriot's radical so cialists, who hold the balance of powfer, have indicated they will oppose the government on some decrees. They said today's vote giving financial debate priority over discussion of the fascist lea guea "does not mean we accept air decrees." Sesvere Shock at Helena Felt Anew HELENA, Mont., Nov. Z$-ff) Helena was jolted new today by shocks that ranked with major earthquake tremors of the past several weeka. , There was cause tor Thanks giving, however, in that what little damage appeared was evi dently -confined to structures al ready weakened and to Chimneys. The jars started at 7:41 a.m., extending over a 250-mile radius, crossing the continental divide, and i were recorded for 10 to 15 seconds here. Weather bureau of ficials called them the fourth most severe in the series of 1052 earth movements felt in Helena since Oct. 12. i : Helena newspapers said some persons, telephoning from Great Falls and ; Butte termed the quakes today the hardest felt so far jat those cities. Great Falls Is about 101 miles north and Butte about 70 miles southwest. TALK PEACE IN WAR-MINDED EUROPE f Tliree men with a tough job on their hamls. They a re, from the left, William Phillips, undersecretary of state; Xorman H. Davis, ambassador-at-large; Admiral William Stnflej chief of naval operations. They were named by President Roosevelt to represent the United States iat the London naval confer ence December 6; and will uphold a! policy of opposition to any increase in naval strength beyond present limits. In view of Europe '-si war-minded ness, the conference is ibelieved by many observers to be doomed to failure. Yuletide Opening To Occur Tonight Santa to Appear, Stores Will Display Holiday Gift Merchandise Christmas opening, giving the 193 5 holiday shopping season its initial impetus, occurs tonight at 7:30. Clear weather and moder ate temperature are promised by the weather man. Unveiling of store windows at that hour culminates months of activity by buyers for local stores and a fortnight's preparation in getting a host of the newest and latest in Christmas gift merchan dise ready for display. An added event will be the ap pearance of Santa who will call for his Christmas mail at the courthouse yard promptly at eight o'clock. Salem kiddies will have up until six o'clock today to mail letters in Santa's own letter box. The box will be at High and State streets all day but early in the evening will be removed to the courthouse yard. Other Christmas Projects Follow The Salem Ad club Invites the public to visit the downtown dis trict .tonight. The club is also cooperating with local merchants in emphasizing the "do your Christmas shopping early" idea. With Christmas opening to night the Ad club completes the first of four projects which it is undertaking during the 1935 Christmas season. The others: Home illumination contest, radio broadcasting of Christmas carols in the downtown section, and ar rangements for decorating Sa lem's main thoroughfares in the holiday motif. Turkey Theft Is Charged to Five State police early yesterday morning arrested five men on the highway between Salem and Jef ferson on a charge of stealing tur keys from the M. D. Looney farm near the latter town. They were reported to have had one turkey in their possession when police took them into custody. The theft was reported shortly after 2:30 St. m. The five, all being held in the county jail, were Bert and Elden Petersen, Clayton K. Neer, Elmer L. Webb and William A. McCol lay. f Distribution, Project Issue Before Committee Tonight Six city councilmen are due to decide tonight how large a recon struction program should be un dertaken at this time by the city water department. Comprising the utilities and a special water committee, they will meet in Util ities Chairman j Walter Fuhrer's office to discuss the water com mission's proposals made at a conference at the water offices last Monday night. This conference, at which the commission's report recommend ing an eventual program costing 733,490 was considered, showed the committeemen, generally fa voring a much smaller outlay for the present. Their general opin ion was that water main replace ments should be made In suffi cient quantity to provide winter V if China Clipper ; Reaches Goal I In Fast Time i ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 28-;P) Completing her his-tbry-niaking flight from California, the giant China cHpper settled down on the Waters of Manila bay in the Philippine islands at 11:31 pi m.. Pacific standard time (3:31 p. m.t Friday, Manila time), Pan-American Air ways was informed jere to night. I Eleven hours, 25 minutes out of Guam, starting point of her last lap, the four liiotored craft alighted after spending nearly an hour circling about Manila. Favored by good tail winds the flying-boat shot through the air at an average speed of approximately 144 miles an hour better than two and one-quarter miles a minute with the first load of air mail ever to be car ried across the Pacific ocean. Threat with Gun Charged, Walker Harry "Mickey" Walker was jailed by city police yesterday af ter !he had allegedly threatened sevejral persons with a gun at the Fireproof garage, 339 North High street. He was formally charged in a justice court war rant' with assault with a danger ous weapon. Charles Pratt, garage manager, early in the day discovered sev eral! of the, cars and a door in the ! place had been damaged. Pratt was said by police to have blamed Walker and to have told him he was discharged. Walker then; was aleged to have grabbed a gun and chased several persons froni the garage. How the cars came to be dam aged Pratt could not ascertain, he said. Assistant Art Director Of Film Company Killed LOS ANGELES. Nov. 2 $-(&)-Hurled through the windshield of his automobile when it crashed in to a curb William F. Quinlan, 30, assistant art director for a ma jor film studio, was killed today. His companion. Miss Beulah Shin kle of Santa Monica, escaped with minor injuries. employment and, if possible, to make a noticeable improvement in water pressure. Minimum Program Suggested by Board The commission suggested as a minimum program that $292,000 be spent for new mains and $250, 000 for a new reservoir and Fair mount hill water tower system. The committee is expected to make a recommendation to the city council next Monday night as to the distribution system pro grant but not as to a permanent souree of water supply. In addi tion Mayor V. E. Kuhn and Fuh rer. It consists of Aldermen Mer rill D. Ohling and David O'Hara of thie utilities and Aldermen Fred A. Williams, H. H. dinger and Van Wieder of the special committees. - " - X 5 ' ' - i ' , f mini i hi iimi mini mil iniipii iiinniimiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii in im iiiMimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin wiiwlHItr1 Beating, Robbery Report Is Probed Money, Watch Taken Says Dougan ; Three Men in i Gang Says Victim Jack A. Dougan, Leonard ho tel, landed in Salem Deaconess hospital minus $15.50 and a 17 jewel gold watch, but with a cut lip and a lump behind one ear, received when he was slugged and robbed in a room at the Belvlew hotel,! 148 North Commercial street, at 1:35 o'clock yesterday morning, police reported. They said ho trace could be found of the three young men whom Dou gan said set upon him and took the money from his wallet. Hoispital attendants said Dou gan was released early yesterday forenoon. Dougan told police he met the three imen, described as well dress ed, and carrying suitcases, on the street and spoke of obtaining something to drink. They suggest ed he accompany them to their ho tel room, which he did. He was said to have shown the money in his wallet when they talked of cashing a check. The next thing Dougan knew, he awakened in the hotel room, about ten minutes after entering it, with a bump on his head and the cut lip. The trio had left, locking him In behind them. Dou gan pounded on the door until hotel attendants freed him. Van Vlack Enjoys Thanksgiving Feed TWIN FALLS, Idaho. Nov. 28 -(JP)-Although faced with a first degree murder charge and a ra thjer i uncertain future, Douglas Van Vlack of Tacoma sat in a jail cell here today and ate a hearty Thanksghing dinner. The feast was sent by his par ents, i Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Vlack, who arrived here yester day to aid him in his defense against a. charge that he killed Fontaine Cooper, a state highway officer, Monday near Buhl. Meanwhile, Sheriff E. F. Pra te ahd parties of searchers, who have ' been scouring Twin Falls county for some trace of Van Vlack's former wife, Mildred Hook, waited for a canal near Hollister to drain sufficiently to determine whether the woman bad drowned. The sheriff, howev er still held to his belief Miss Hook had succeeded in eluding posses and is on her way ' back to Tacoma. Mayor Kuhn Undergoes Minor Operation on Ear Mayor V. E. Kuhn will be kept away from his office and from of ficial duties for two or three days as the result of an emergency ear operation he underwent early yes terday morning, it was reported at his home last night, Mrs. Kuhn said he was progressing well and not in serious condition but re quested that he be not disturbed fori a few days. Deckhand Missing ASTORIA, Ore., Js'ov. 28-p)-Mike Johnson, 50, deckhand on the ferry Astoria, was believed to have drowned last night. He has not been reported seen since the ferry tied up after its final trip of ! the day across the Columbia river, j War Promised If Embargo Is Placed on Oil Certainty" Is Claim in Italy But Not From Official Source Suicide Air Squadron Is Ready; League Meet's Delay Explained (CopvriirM 1935 by the Associated Pwss) ROME, Nov. 28. Responsible persons with high connections said tonight a war that might be a world war is a certainty if the League of Nations places an oil embargo upon Italy. These persona were not offi cials. They said Premier Musso lini, at a midnight session of the fascist grand council November 18, adopted this three-point pro gram to be used if an embargo is applied: 1. Italy would withdraw her ambassadors and ministers from all "enemy" countries (those ap plying the oil sanctions). 2. Italy would Quit the League of Nations. 3. Italy's "death squad" air force of the navy would strike immediately at the British fleet in the Mediterranean. This is re ported to be a force of 125 pilots pledged to go to certain death. Each would carry one huge bomb in his plane, pick out an enemy warship and dive upon the vessel. Desperate War to Break King Suggested It would be a sudden, desper ate war in an attempt to break through the ring of 52 besieging nations, these sources said. This determination was said to have been, given by Premier Mus solini o Sir Erie Drummond, the British ambassador, here last Sat urday and through the Italian ambassadors to Premier Laval of France and Sir Samuel Hoare, British foreign secretary, on Mon day and Tuesday. It was knowledge of this pro gram, these sources continued, that caused postponement of a (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Six Persons Dead In Gas Explosion Attempt to Light Fire in Leaky Ga9 Stove Cause Of Lethal Blast. FORT WORTH, Tex., Nov. 28.-(iT'J-Police and firemen, after an exhaustive search, expressed be lief tonight that six dead and 11 injured accounted for all the vie--tims of a gas explosion whicn con verted a two -story apartment building Into a flaming death trap early today. , Among the dead was Mrs. Belle Stephens, 78, believed by firemen to have lighted a match near a leaky gas stove that caused the explosion. Other dead: DeWitt C. Turbeville, Fort Worth, 81. Mrs. DeWitt Turbeville, about 78 Mrs. Lola Kirby, 24. Howard Kirby, two. Miss Ozelle Holiingswforth, 18. Mrs. Stephens, her clothing in flames, was. blown into the hall. C. S. Slater, who lived across the hall, beat out her blazing dress and carried her outside but she died of burns in a hospital later. Reward Offered, Stammer Slaying FRESNO, jCalif., Nov. 28(JP) Finger prints and a $500 reward offer intensified the hunt today for the slayer of pretty, 14-year-old Mary Stammer. Man-hunting dogs failed to pick up the killer's trail. Officers said this probably was. because hun dreds of curious persons had tramped across the Stammer res idence grounds, obscuring the scent. The Fresno Bee offered $500 for information leading to the ar rest and conviction of the slayer, Mary was fatally shot Sunday night as she Bat near a window of her home. The killer then smashed in the glass, rear door of the house, carried the dying girl to another room and stripped off most of her clothes. j Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 28.-UP) -The Tigers front Calgary" held Portland to a 1 to 1 tie In a Northwestern Hockey league frame here tonieht. A Thanksgiv ing day crowd of 3600 saw the j match. I Revolt of Garrison Against China Rule Is Claimed Bloodshed in Northern Autonomy Imminent; More Japanese and Huge Air fFlIENTSIN, China, Nov. 28 i I today a Chinese garrison 5 Chinese national government and was marching north- ward to join a campaign of secession. The reports aroused fears autonomy movement. More troops of Japan arrived here today, while Chinese forces were withdrawn from the Tient-sin-Peiping area. Japan is rushing a huge air base to completion and when it is finished 50 airplanes will arrive for "maneuvers," Cheng Keh, the mayor of Tientsin, told reporters. The Rengo (Japanese) news agency reported from Nanking "the Chinese government would .protest to Japan over the seiz ure near here yesterday of Feng tai, a railway center. Japanese said 700 Chinese (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Credit Union for Teachers Planned Organization Meeting Set Monday; Cooperative Will Be Formed s Salem public school teachers will complete organization of a cooperative credit union after school at the senior high building Monday afternoon. At that time ihey will elect a board of direct ors which in turn from its own ranks will name a president, vice president, treasurer and clerk and appoint credit and supevisory committees. Under this credit union, similar io a union organized in the Port land school system, a teacher may secure a loan at moderate interest rate with little difficulty or Invest savings in stock of the union, which is formed under state laws and operated under state super vision. The leaders in the move here anticipate many teachers will avail themselves of loans particu larly to finance attendance at summer school sessions, s The credit union's charter pro vides that teachers leaving the chool system may withdraw their stock investments as they would their savings from a bank. The credit union idea attracted the teachers' Interest here last spring. Early in the fall they pe titoned the state for the right to operate a union. Revolt Is Totally Quelled, Declared ! RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 28-(jpJ-The Brazilian government announced complete suppression Of a communist-inspired revolt today and said 138 persons were killed In the four days of savage fighting. The nation was rapidly, re turning to normalcy, although the official "state of siege" continu ed. I President Getulio Vargas ad vised governors of the various States that estimates of the dead In Rio Grande do Norte and Per nambuco states totaled 100 and officials said 38 were killed here when a revolt was smashed yes terday. (Lhankjulneiss Day Americans l Recalling that Thanksgiving day was inaugurated to give thanks to God for temporal things, but declaring America, through "curtailment of production and other measures of ' recent years, has shut her eyes to the opportunities to express thankful ness for the abundance of the earth. Rev. Guy DrilL pastor of the First Christian churcn, ad dressed some 300 persons at the Salem union Thanksgiving ser vices at the First M. E. church yesterday morning on the theme, "jShall We Give Thanks," Gratefulness of j Nation la Doubted ! j "Has America been grateful to God?" Rev. Drill asked, only. to declare: "We should either alter our policy or take 'in God we trust' off our coins. - ' j -"It is time for America or Americans to), remonstrate in be half of God and man . . . America hasn't treated God right . . . 1 don't like to say those things, but by Jap an Movement Feared ITrioops Arriving rpops A Base Beih r Fliillt Liapanese report said (AP) had! rebelled against tne of bloodshed in the northern Statesman Tells Hundreds Scores 657 In Four Hours Query . U. Game; Count fo4 W bandoned at 767 Was Sajlem football-minded, es pecially iearcat - minded, y ester day? The! Statesman, telephone an- swereis several members of the staff jinjh hit during the day will say so and emphatically. announcement that The Statestnan had arranged special score reporting service from Walla Walla Wash., scene of Willam- ette's 10 to 0 victory over Whit man college, led fans to start call ing thjj office early and they con- tinuedf to call from 1 1:45 to 5:45 P. m. the rate of nearly three a mintite. Exactly 657 phone calls requesting grid scores were re- ceivedJ during the four-hour per- iod. By 9:4 5 p. m. the number of fan calls had risen to 767., At that point the night- phone operator tired 4nd quit counting. After a slight delay during which thfe Walla Walla Bulletin was contacted by long distance telephone! The Statesman at 2:30 p. m. (began flashing the Willam ette sdorejs to phone and personal callersi Period scores to the end of ; the) game were received and announced quickly on this game as wefl as finals oh other con tests df l6cal interest. ; f-4 -i Manager Plan to IO i Be Topic Tonight Salean Aldermen interested in a managjer form of government here have been Invited bjf Councilman John D. Minto to met in the of fice ofj City Attorney! Chris J. Ko witz tonight. Minto hopes to have a manager pJan charter amend ment ready for submission to the whole j council at Monday night's meetinjg. I Maypr V. E. Kuhn, who In his inaugural; address to the council, strongly urged setting up a mana gerial government here in place of the H-man council form, was to have attended the meeting but will be unable to do so on account of illness! Minto has been studying manager system used in other cit ies and will have data thereon and probably a tentative measure for Safemj ready for this meeting. Advocates of the manager plan are hoping to get the city council to place such a measure on the ballot Iat j the January 31 special electiop, although, with several al dermep absent, they; were unable to mujstelr sufficient votes to do so at the last meeting. If they fail to put; it on the special election ballot j it lis understood, they will put It fbefnre the people by initia tive petition if necessary, at the May or November elections next year, j j j of Present is Doubted someone must say them," the min ister declared in referring to the nations policies today "Thanksgiving has a deeper significance than a holiday; It possesses the germ of America's greatness," Rev. Drill said in al luding! to the early ; spirit which prompted the day, the spirit which "makes the Individual feel he Is eo much better off than he has tfhy riht to be." ! V Rev Drill expressed confidence that America has the opportuni ties td biess the world, particu larly from the providence of God In the fwa of temporal things, and held tiatlthere la not another. na tion, except Palestine, where-there Is the jovejrproduction of fruits of the sop as In this country. Suggests Giving Food to Nation - And; because of this, and In light df the truism that "the in dividual ijrho eats from your gen erosity! is slow to strike you," (Turn to page 2, col. 8) - !... : i Tight Defense Solved Early By Field Goal Olson Scores Touchdown: to Wind up Career; Oravec Is Star Missionary Stubborn at Goal Line But Not Offense Threat NORTHWEST CONFERENCES (Final stanuings) W. L,. T. Pet. 1.000 1.000 .600 .400 .333 .2501 .0001 Willamette .... 4 Llnfield ...... 3 Whitman . . . . . 3 Coll. of Idaho . . 2 0 P. S. X Pacific 1 Albany , 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 WALLA WALLA. WashNovj 28.-J)-Led by Oravec, Weisger ber & Co., Willamette university P, "f"i '. "" t today marched VVl-t to its seton l , 1 Northwest con- l V CJSirfV I ference c fc a m- i '.Iplonship by de- j . jljfeatlng Whitman iy OC '11 college 10 to 0 V Iat Stadium field.- 1 1 The victory gave V-3ri L-i Willamette a two year record of no defeats In con ference competii- . . . - , ion. ' ,, , Held scoreless jukx luring the first Mnfred Olion and most of the second periods, the Bearcats tal lied their first score on a place kick by Weisgerber from the 2 5 yard line shortly before the halt ended. , I , . ' Oravec Makes Long . j Runs in Big Drive : Willamette p u s h e d over its touchdown after a sustained drive without relinquishing the ball as the third period started. j Olson went over from the two yard -stripe after the pigskin had been placed in scoring position with long runs by Oravec, includ ing onefor 27 yards, one for 18 and another for 34 to the Whit man two. Welsgerber's placo kick was good for the extra point. I Playing against virtually the same team that defeated tbem 75 to 0 last year. Whitman's fresh men am sophomores showed a strong defense. Three times they held for downs deep in their own territory before Welsgerber's field goal broke the scoreless tie. I Willamette was stopped on the Whitman .14 earlyj in the first quarter, advanced to the 22 soon after, where a fieldi goal attempt failed, and was held for downs again on the Mission one -yard line before the drive occurred that gave Welsgerber's educated toe its chance. I I Held Fourth TlmeJ j Field Goal Follows Whitman kicked from behind its goal posts to its own 40, where Oravec fumbled and recovered on the 43. After an incomplete pass and a fake reverse, which netted two-yards, Oravec's pass to weaver was good for a first dowa (Turn to page 2, col. 4) l Canby Youth Held On Hit-Run Count Melvelle WlllIaM Skinner, l. of Canby, was brought to the county jail here early yesterday to await arraignment in Woodbnrn justice court at 10 a. m. today on a charge of hit-hun driving, ac cording to state police. They said he was arrested shortly, before midnight Wednesday after his au tomobile had struck and heavily damaged a parked- car on Main street in Woodbnrn belonging to Frank E. Wolf of West Woodburn. State officers said young Skin ner drove away from the accident scene with Walter Wengenroth, who witnessed it. following hUn. Wengenroth pointed out Skiuaer to police where Skinner's car piled lip east of Woodburn proper. Jus tice of the Peace Hiram Overton was called out of bed to issue the complaint against the youth. Two infants Arrive on Thanksgiving Day; Two Sets o f Parents Happy Two little girls made a nota ble start In this world yesterday Thanksgiving babies. One is -Virginia Lee, six-pound daughter born o Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Elford, 265 North 17th , street, at 10:30 o'clock last night at the Colonial Maternity home. The other is an eight pound and one ounce girl, unnamed early last night, born at 9:25 a.m. at the Salem General hospl tal to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bat- A ties, route , three. i