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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1935)
;-. : Latest Dispatches -'. Because of Its late morn la ST press boar. The States man ' often contains news carried by no other morn lug newspaper reaching Sa lenu - ..The Weather. Bain today and Wednes day, normal temperature; 3Iax Temp. Monday 62, Min. 40, river 1.0 feet," rain tech, southerly winds. FOUND EP 1631 -EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 31, 1935 No. 233 rati (OKCM 1 1 i i i i ry . i u a v 1 i i itiiiiiiiiiiiii berglas JEii gland; Quarters! For NtntA Off J SSMS,V XF XXAVVO ': Being Offered Utilities p; Department to Be Placed Downtown, ; Fry is .Confident JRemovai Threat - Recedes With 50,000 Feet of - Space Lined Up Fear that Salem would sudden ly be deprived of as many as five Important state offices through lack of space to house them sat isfactorily here, was receding yes terday, as a ' number ,of available quarters for added office needs of the commonwealth were offer ed the state board of control.' " Most perssing of the needs more space for the utilities de partmentwas being surveyed by Dan J. Fry, secretary of the board. Fry announced last night that he was almost certain quar tes could be found for the utili ties department needs downtown. Ten thousand square feet of floor space will be necessary to house the complete department, 7060 square feet going to- the new transportation department which will be extensively enlarged after January 1. Deal For Downtown Quarters Tending Fry said a number of , offers had been -made to the state since Governor Martin late last week announced offices might be re located In Portland if proper quarters could not be found here. A; deal will probably ba ' closed this week for downtown quarters for the department. - If all the utilities department offices can be located: dowptown, a number ; of ' rooms" ; nYthev tit th floor of the state office building will bo vacated. These should pro Tide ample quarters, at least for the time being, for the offices of the newly created unemployment Insurance department of tbestate Industrial accident commission. At Least 50,000 Square Feet Available The chamber of commerce, fol lowing a surrey of the down town business district, advised Fry that 50,000 square feet of floor space definitely available, and adds that real estate dealers report an additional 25,900 square feet of space which may be had for state offices. Included in the chamber's sur rey are: Miller merchantlle build ing. 12.000 square feet; Max well building, corner Commercial and Chemeketa. and adjoining structure, 12,000 square feet; Paulus estate building on Court street, 4250 square feet; Marion hotel. 5280 sqare feet including two large dining rooms; Paulus estate, upstairs at 356 State. 3375 square feet; Rodgers building. Ferry and, High streets, 10,000 erty, Upstairs over Cliff Parker store, 12,000 square feet. Three Jobs Here Start This Week Three Salem PWA projects, two state and one school district, will be -well started by the end of this week, it was reported last night by Willard B. Tobey, who has been assigned here from the Port land PWA office as resident engineer-Inspector. Tobey said Robertson, Hay and Wallace, Portland contractors, would begin the Leslie junior high school additions project this morning by having workmen erect the temporary contractors and Inspectors' office on the job site: Robertson and Hay came here yes terday to place their orders for building materials, all of which are to be purchased-locally. Crews began setting forms and reinforcing steel for footings on the blind school dormitory . site yesterday, after having completed excavations Saturday. Work Is also getting under way on the state hospital building project. Tobey said he would soon es tablish a main inspection office here from which he will direct Inspectors on the various projects. Joseph Hull, Civil War Veteran Formerly Here, Diet Aged 84, Portland PORTLAND, Ore., Dec 30.-VP Joseph J. Hull, S 4, survivor of Quantrell's raid which cost the lives of 150 persons at Lawrence- . ville, Kansas, in August, 1863, was burled here today. Hull previously resided in Boise, Alsea, Ore., Yakima Valley, Wash, and near Salem. Ore., before com ing here recently. His daughter. Mrs. Nellie Layton, lives near Sa lem. ... State Aid to County Relief No More Than 50-50, Goudy Advises Means About $120,000 for Marion; Committee Here Meets Again Today to Study Problem ; Maximum o $14,000 a Month Possible, View Taken CRAMPED for funds, relief activities in Oregon must be curtailed drastically during 1936, Elmer Goudy, state relief administrator, declared late yesterday afternoon following a three-hour conference with the Marion county relief committee here. The state relief committee he said, having only liquor funds and a $400,000 carryover inindi ' o gent moneys, will be able to 7,1 Hfl miiiupians mass For Major Fight 400,000 Men Di-awn Up to Engage Fascists Makale Region in (By the Associated Press) An Ethiopian army of nearly half a million men was reported poised Monday for its first gen eral onslaught against Italy's in vaders in the northv Government officials in Addis Ababa said they expected the most bitter fighting of the war this week. Three divisions, total ing 400,000 men. are converging on Makale, fascist occupied ad vance city. It was believed Emperor Halle Selassie has ordered a general of fensive. Mnssolini Prepares For Extended Siege - Premier Mussolini, meeting with his cabinet, prepared for a long economic siege by creating a new .industrial organization to control business and labor. He also said terms Of the re cently killed Anglo-French peace plan were far from satisfactory to him. ; An Italian communique said 52 Italian and Erltrean fighters were killed in a battle Sunday on the northern front. Ethiopian losses were described as "heavy." A victory In the southern war zone also was claimed. Levy to Be Less Than Estimated New Year's cheer is in store for Salem folks today In the re port that the tax levy for 1936 will probably be only 54.5 mills instead of 60 mills as was thought probable at the court house a fortnight ago. Reason for the. drop lies in the reduction of the budget of school district 24 so that the increase of the latter for 36 over 1935,. will be only $22, 625 instead of 265,000. The final figures will not be available. County Assessor Shel ton yesterday, until the actual budget is filed. However tenta tive figures now in his hands make him estimate the aggregate millage on city property at 54.5. This is a gain of 3.2 mills over the present year when the aggregate levy, on Sarfem property was 51.3 mills. Shelton yesterday said assessed valuations in the county were con tinuing somewhat downward. In the assessment for 1936 the $504,000 assessment of the Ore gon - Washington Water Service company's plant will be off the books entirely. Heating, Power, telephone Plants lentatively Okelied The state board of control went on record unanimously yesterday In favor of asking $350,000 PWA funds for the erection of a state heating and power plant and for a state telephone and radio sys tem. The board's resolution made it plain that the submission of fig ures, of plans and of specifica tions on the projects was a con dition precedent to Its final de cision regarding proceeding with the programs. Money Blocked Off Already by PWA C. C. Hockley, PWA director for Oregon, ; had previously noti fied the board that $144,673 had been blocked by the federal gov ernment for the telephone and ra dio project and $206,292 had been allocated for the heating and power project. r The board's plans call for erec tion of a state heating system to handle all the institutions and office buildings proximate to Sa lem, with probably the generation of power as a by-product of the heating system. "V The telephone system, If in stalled, would include a central switchboard i both here and in I match county relief expenditures dollar for dollar, no morej&r Goudy said the state commit tee had set up no hard and fast rules for county committees to follow in the 1936 relief pro gram. Such rules as have been adopted, he explained, are broad enough to permit each county committee to adapt them to its own specific administrative prob lems. Another meeting of the county relief committee was set for 2:30 o'clock this afternoon to decide on the manner In which the cur tailment of relief funds will be met. Will Demand WPA Hire All Eligible The Marion county relief com mittee will have $60,000 in coun ty indigent funds available for 1936. An equal amount of state (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Hospital Job May Be Awarded Soon Bids- Are Above Estimate But Third Floor Unit Acceptance Likely PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 30.-(JP) The Dougan & Hammond Con struction company of Portland entered the lowest bid of $194, 800 here today for work proposed at the state tuberculosis hospital at Salem. Three bids were en tered. The lowest offer was consider ably above the approximately $100,000 which state of f icials said was on hand for the program but indications were that portions of the project other than the propos ed third story addition would be eliminated. The third-story cost was estima ted at considerably below the .$100,000 figure. The bids pre sented included the addition, a re modeling program, a cottage for a physician and a nurses home. No date was set for awarding the contract. Contract for addition of a third floor unit to the tuberculosis hos (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Improvement oj Pacific Highway It Taken Up by McNary and Road Bureau GRANTS PASS. Ore., Dec. 30.-(,p)-Officials of the Grants Pass chamber of commerce Bald today they had been informed by Sen ator Charles L. McNary (R-Ore) that he will confer with the chief of the bureau of public roads this week relative to the proposed im provement of the Pacific highway. A recent survey Indicated 532 curves and ' 10 miles of distance could be eliminated between this city and Roseburg. Portland. Whether lines for com munication 'would be .Included would depend upon the securing of a "wholesale" line rate with the existing telephone company, state officials said. The board, oddly enough, heard Senator W. E. Burke of Newberg, and Caslus Peck, attorney for the Portland General , Electric com pany, both in opposition to the power plant. Burke Agrees With rUUty Man Once Senator Burke declared ' that the special committee appointed by former Governor Meier on a state heating and lighting plant had been convinced the former was not economic. Burke argued against a lighting plant, saying at one time he was the originator of the plan but since Bonneville had been constructed, he thought It advisable that the state tie in with a light and power district and buy its power and light from the "juice" generated at Bonne vine. Mr. ; Peck, speaking for the Portland General Electric com pany, said his concern did not seek to hamper the state in a (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) - New HopPlan Supported By iaiomaijroiip Federal Aid From Tariff Funds Will Be Asked, Tentative Scheme ; Committees of Northern States to Meet Today ? to Discuss Action YAKIMA, Dec. 30.-(tf3)-YkIma valley hop growers today voted unanimously to organize for con trol of production and removal of old stocks -from the market. The tentative proposal was to ask the government - to reimburse them for removing acreage from pro duction with money taken from agricultural tariff revenue, 30 per cent of which, they said, had been set aside for the benefit of agriculture. They proposed to tax them selves on their production the next two years to provide money to buy up old stocks and. dispose of them for, purposes other than brewing. A committee will work out the plan in conjunction with Oregon and California growers. Suggested compensation was four cents a pound for old hops and an acreage reduction of 20 per cent. R. H. McDrew of the AAA and W. J. Robinson, state director of agriculture, gave their, support to the move. As a result of the action taken at Yakima yesterday by the hop growers of Washington in ap proving the control plan support ed by R. H. McDrew, AAA crop expert, the members of the Ore gon committee and Washington committee wfll meet at the Mult nomah hotel in Portland today to discuss further action on the plan The plan which was approved by the Washington growers yes terday is not the same as drawn up at a meeting1 of the tri-state committee here a few weeks ago. The purpose of the plan Is the sam e but. whereas the original (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3 ) Burglar Suspect Is Arrested Here George Huege, wanted by Sa lem police since the burglarizing of the General service station at 12th and State streets September 6," was apprehended yesterday af ternoon in a house at 1549 Oak street where officers said he had been hiding. He was arrested on a justice court warrant charging him with larceny not in a dwell ing. Huege was arrested in West Salem for investigation, soon after the burglary was discovered but escaped from the police before they arrived at the city ball. He since had left the city for a time. When a city officer believed he had spotted Huege here yester day, Chief Frank Minto dispatch ed four men to the Oak street house and took htm Into custody. Conrad C. Carlson, whom city police arrested at the service sta tion' the night it was burglarized, was convicted but paroled from circuit court. The loot from the station consisted of $36 77. Storm Takes New toll, 17 or More NEW : YORK, Dec 30. - (JF) Snow, ice And freezing tempera tures lay over the east, south and much of the middle west tonight following a storm that took at least1 17 lives and caused millions of dollars of property damage. Regionally, the heaviest death toll was in the south, where five persons succumbed to 'the unac customed rigors of winter. Snow flurries, felt as far south as Florida, were moving tonight into New England after covering the middle Atlantic states with the heaviest fall of , the season. In depth the snow ranged from four to six Inches in New York City to 13 lnehes in parts of North Carolina. Mt. Mitchell, N. C, re ported 20 Inches. For North Georgia it was the worst snowstorm in 3 0 years. Bollinger Found Dead In Manger at Jordan ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 30-P)-Cbarles Salzl found the body of his brother-in-law, Henry Ballin ger, 60, in the manger of a barn on the Salzl farm near Jordan today. Coroner Fisher said it was probable Ballinger's bead struck some object when he fell from a hay chute, rendering him uncon LAVA BOMBED TO DIVERT .'a" i 4. Army airplanes bombed the river of lava flowing from Manna Loa volcano, Hawaii, in man's first at tempt to curb snch s phenomenon, but whether the experiment will succeed in saving the water sap ply of the city of Hilo was not yet apparent last night, with the lava only three miles from the res ervoir. Above, a similar scene; lava from Manna Loa approaching the bay of Hoopuloa as a crowd looks on. International Illustrated News photo. : O More Old Parking Cases Brushed Up New Complaints Filed on Violations -Yof Past Month andk Half A new file of parking law vio lation tags was being prepared for issuance of complaints yester day by Municipal Judge A. war ren Jones as he cpntinued to as sess penalties, on motorists named in complain ta drawn up last week. The new complaints will apply to cases of illegal parking reported by police in the last month and a half. He estimated there would be 100 more of these complaints. Yesterday's fines brought, the total in the current drive to $220. 50 for offenders who failed to ap pear in court voluntarily. Auto lsts who did not wait until com plaints were filed against them have paid $16 additional. "It wouldn't be fair now that we have collected from some of fenders to . let others go," Judge Jones said. "I am going to issue more complaints after the first of the year against recent violators who have disregarded summons to appear in this court." Parking penalties were impos ed yesterday as follows: W. G. Kreuger, $10.50; Lenta B. Coughell, $3; Julie Stelnbock, $3; Glenn Nash, $3; G. H. -Little-field, $1.50; M. B. Stegner, $1.50; George W. Speed, $1.50; Ronald Frizzell, $1.50. Jewett Retained On Liquor Board Stanley G. Jewett of Portland was reappointed yesterday by Governor Martin as a member of the state liquor control commis sion. Jewett, an insurance man. was named to the board early this year replacing Alex Barry. At the same time Arthur McMahan of Al bany was appointed for a ldnger term and subsequently was elect ed board chairman. Governor Martin soon Is to ap point a state Industrial accident commissioner. Otto Hartwig's term expires next month and it is reported that he probably will be renamed. He represents labor on the commission. When the new executive secre tary bill becomes law Governor Martin 'will immediately appoint a man to that position. D. O. Hood, budget director, will no longer serve when that office is abolished by the coming into ef fect of the executive secretary act. n Bids Today On Grade School New bids on the Salem grade school PWA project will be open ed at the administration building, 434 North High street at 10 o'clock . thlsi morning with the pros pect that more than one bid will be received and the low offer will be within the amount of money available, Superintendent S. Gaiser said yesterday. The sin gle original .bid, received early this month was $55,090 too high. The district has $125,600 avail able for thla unit of its building program. The starting date for construc tion of the senior high school plant still remains Indefinite, ac cording to Chairman Walter B. Mlnier of the school board. Plan and contract data are being checked - in the Portland PWA offices. .. - :-.: r nil , i Student Army - - Persuaded to Halt Protest KAIFENG, China, Dec. 31 (Tnesday)-P) A colle giate "army" of 13,000, which bad threatened to march on Nanking, dispers ed; .today when representa tives of the national govern ment told the students the nation's political problems were: being handled 7 com petently at Nanking. Although , a few recalci trants continued to mani fest their discontent over the North China autonomy movement and what they called Japanese "aggres sion," most of the students went home, after a strike of several days. They had held the Kal feng railway station despite the efforts of troops to oust J them. Witness Tries to Escape; Fired On CHICAGO, Dec. 3 0-iiP-Angelo Lazzia, an automobile salesman sought for questioning about the. car abandoned by the slayers of State Rep. Albert J. Prignano, at tempted to evade police question ers at his home tonight but was seized after four shots were fired at him. The police directed the search along two theories: That Prignano was the victim of a ..political assassination. Or that he died resisting rob bery: by a trio or gunmen with nervous trigger fingers. Milk Price to Remain v Same But Hearing Set PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30.-() The Oregon milk control board decided today that milk prices will remain unchanged, although a hearing at which the industry may present further testimony was tentatively scheduled for Jan uary 15. Public hearings were an nounced for Salem January 9, Corvallis January 10 and Eugene January 11. The decision to con tinue present prices followed the hearing of December 6. No Chance to f - v sfc. y ' " s I for Capitol The state has had its last chance to get money from PWA for a state capltol and no additions to the $1,125,000 now applied for can be expected. Governor Charles H. MarUn said yesterday. Informed that Robert W. Saw yer, member of the capltol com mission had suggested editorially in his Bend Bulletin, that $460,- 000 more might be obtained from PWA to provide funds for a state library. Governor Martin said be positively would not ask for an additional grant. . "We had our chance," the gov ernor said. "When the legislature turned down the $3,500,000 pro gram, the matter ended as far as 1 am concerned." State Treasurer Holman added that he thought it would be im possible to get addiUonal funds now, even if the governor should apply for them. "PWA has in sisted we get our other state pro jects under way," Holman commented. ITS FLOW tf i Lava Still Moves Toward Reservoir Practical Effect of Bomb Attempt to Divert It Not Yet Apparent HILO, Hawaii, Dec. 30.-(JP)- f iery lava irom Manna L.oa crept forward slowly, but relentlessly today toward; the city's water reservoir and the emergency com mittee, organized to deal with disasters, met t& plan action should the menace continue. Trees crackled in the path of the molten stream and dangerous forest fires were feared unless rain falls soon. Grassland and forest reserve areas were patrol led by 50 men. . Bombs dropped by army avia tors may have tended to slow the flow. Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar, gov ernment rolcanologist, said "All indications point to the fact the bombings gave the erup tion a real shock," Dr. Jaggar announced. "The results thus far hare been entirely as anticipated. By Tuesday I will be able to say definitely if the present stoppage results from the bombing," The flow, three miles from the reservoir, advanced about 40 feet an hour and was creeping through a corner of the forest reserve. It was about 14. miles from Hilo. Noted World War Leader Passes On SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. .30.-()-Lieut. Gen. Hunter K. Liggett,-78; world war hero who served more than 42 years with the United States army, died to day after a year's illness. Physicians said death was. caus ed by heart failure due to a com plication of diseases. General Liggett entered Letter man hospital last January and his wife. Mrs. Harriet Lane Lig gett, although frail herself, re mained at his bedside. , JThe officer was awarded the distinguished service medal for his service in France as com mander of the first army, of the American expeditionary forces, and also received the highest dec orations from Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium and Por tugal. ;. Obtain More Says Martin It is not clear, however, that any additional application would be needed to get funds from PWA. The latter earmarked $1,575,000 for the state as 45 percent of the proposed $3,600,000 project. Un til the $450,000 difference be tween the $1,125,000 which the state now intends to use, and the original allocation, is utilized by PWA, It is presumed these funds are being left to Oregon's account and should the state provide an additional $550,000 to go with the federal ' money, the latter might automatically become avail able. " Y " " Throughout the state capltol negotiations, federal authorities hare repeatedly . stated that they thought Oregon's request for funds for a capitol -very modest and have Indicated that moneys would be forthcoming from PWA for a larger project than $3,500, 000 if the state would cut up Its share. wnarinegioi Famous Family Expeetetl to Rush by Air to Unknown Place . Strangest Voyage Ever Says London Paper; Criticizes U.S (Cdprrlght. 1933. br Associated PrM) LIVERPOOL, Dec. 1 31.-(Tuee-day)-(P)-The S. S. American Im porter bringing Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and three-year-old Jon : from the United States to England, arrived today off the Gladstone dock. Liverpool police officials, throw- dock, safd there was no doubt the Lindbergh family, seeking se clusion in England, was aboard the vessel It readied here at 7:15 a. m. (2:25 a. zn. Eastern Standard time.) Auto Held Ready for Their Departure Chief Immigration Inspector Blagg was here to expedite the entry of the Lindberghs into England. . : ' . A personal friend of the Lind berghs, whose name was not dis closed, had an automobile ready at the dock. It was understood the little family would rush to the nearby Speke airport, where' an airplane was reported to have been char tered to fly to an unannounced destination. A greater assembly of police than , ever guarded a shipment of gold into 'England was on band to protect the Lindberghs on their arrival, 10 days after they sailed from New York. - Every entrance to the dock yards was guarded by cordons of stalwart bobbies who demanded Identifications and passes from all entrants. Y ; Authorities said that because of tidal conditions the American Importer might not be able to dock until 10 or possibly 11 a. m. (5 or 6 a. m., E S. T.). The harbormaster said be was uncertain of the exact time of docking for the American Im porter, on which the Lindberghs were the only passengers. Entrance to Dock Area is Difficult They' passed a lone Christmas at sea, but their . vessel bucked through heavy winter winds and waters to bring them ashore in time for a land celebration of the New Year. One police officer, referring to reports that the Lindberghs left America to escape kidnap threats against tneir s e c o n a son, jon, said: - "You may be sure nothing wlllT happen to the Lindberghs here."! All motor cars, trucks and pedestrians were halted a mile from the dock . on the Mersey river, and were permitted to pro ceed only if they displayed special signed passes. in uiasgow, Betty Gov, former (Turn to Page t. Col. 6) Old Licenses Not ; Valid Tomorrow With the coming of a new year . i t . a lumguL, mviomoDU owners wno drive without new I .licenses for their cars do so at risk of arrest, state - officials announced yester day. State police have Instructions to begin their roundup early Wed nesday.' , vv A rush was in progress all day yesterday at the secretary of state's offices here where new li censes are being soldA special, li cense bureau is maintained In Portland and all sheriffs In the state are authorized. to Issue tem porary licenses. Evidence that a license las kikan ai4 aAl wrf 1 1 vtai mm SB It rTtf sn K state police inspection. .y j Annual Review Of Activities In Statesman "Tomorrow's Stat earna will present the annual re view of Salem and Mario connty activities for the oM year along with s forecast of the future towards which the . community may look forward. A number of civic activi ties will be reviewed the accomplishment of the city and state governments will be summarized and news highlights for the year will be sketched. ' Extra copies for mailing to friends not residents of the city will be available.