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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1936)
First With News' - - Because of its early mora . fat publication. The States man is 12 hoars ahead with the news for readers in the rural districts, The Weather Cloudy or foggy today' ?and Wednesday, normal temperature; Max. Temp. Monday 07, MIn. 84, river 10.5 feet, Ugbt southerly Winds. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-FIFTH' YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 21, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 257 ails Edward. ;V ', . ... .... , Empire Mouurns ' t .King Gc(0Fge9 i iT Silver Falls Purchase Roosevelt Has Approved Plan 'McNary Wires A 1 1 o c a tion of $80,000 Wins Favor;; Program To be Extensive 15,000 Acres Involved Is Information Here; Once' Thought Lost Allocation of $80,000 for pur chase of additional land In con nection with the Silrer Creek Falls project has been approved by President Roosevelt, Senator Charles L. McNary yesterday wired the Salem chamber of com merce. - No other details were received, and the resettlement administra tion office here had had no di rect word of the approval of funds, W. A. Langille, , project manager, stated. About 13,000 Acres , Included, Asserted According to Information from Sam H. Boardman, f engineer of the state park , commission who was one of the first leaders In pro moting this project, about 15,000 acres of land wJU be purchased in the Silver FallsrW, largely ter ritory from the-watershed of both the North and South ; falls and landa which more or less border the present park. r The present state board contains about 1200 acres." Senator McNary also wired Boardman of the approval. This recreational program, one of the few which is being estab lished under the resettlement ad ministration, (whose work is largely on agricultural lines) was thought definitely lost to the Sa lem area early last year, when the funds availf ole for such purposes were distributed to other national parks: Tugwell on Scene In Fall, Recalled However, the Salem chamber of commerce contacted Senator McNary, who Immediately took up the matter "with Rexford G. Tugwell, director of the resettle ment administration. i Tugwell, on a fall trip west, visited the South falls, and fol lowing that trip spent several hours with Senator McNary at the McNary home north of Salem. Early in December, Senator Mc Nary, then In Washington, . ad- recreational program was in line for approval, and final word came yesterday. Governor Martin also interest ed himself la the project, and in a telegram to L, C. Gray, land di rector for the resettlement unit, urged favorable consideration. Other local civic groups joined the chamber of commerce in help ing to put over the project. The chamber early informed Senator McNary that In the first 10 months of 1935, 40,000 persons had visited the Silver Falls state park. Reforestation of W atershed Planned The recreational project as vi sioned by Boardman would retain this entire area for a playground for people of the state and tour ists, but would at the same time serve a high utilitarian purpose through securing the watershed, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) PipkinGets Year But Also Parole Clyde Pipkin, who admitted signing a forged check, was sent enced yesterday by. Judge L. H. McMahan to spend one year in the state penitentiary and was Immediately thereafter paroled to Deputy Sheriff Honeycutt. Pip kin Informed the court that he would very shortly return to his home In Texas, i; The court accepted the guilty plea of winnett Hindman and Raymond Gunn on a charge of adultery. He suspended sentence against the former and set this morning at 10 o'clock as the Urne to sentence Gunn. ! Each party waived indictment. The woman aid her mother was coming from Iowa to return her to her home. Harry May, held to have taken 12 pocket knives from the Wool worth store here", was sentenced to spend 60 days in Jail. The court allowed May credit for Ume served since December 2$ when he was first Incarcerated. Program for Econqmy in Relief Three Decisions Made By Committee Aim to Lighten County Load 255 Case to he Placed on Monthly Cash Grant and Two Staff Positions to Old Age Pensions AN all-aCfternoon meeting of the county relief committee yesterday brought three decisions intended to reduce costs and relieve to a small extent the dilemma occasioned by heavy relief needs and scarcity of funds. The committee decided: I 1. To place 255 cases on a monthly cash grant basis, O Utilities Office Lease Announced To Be in Market Building on North Commercial ; Big Space Taken Threat of removal of a state department employing 100 work ers to Portland, was eliminated yesterday when the state board of control approved a downtown lease for the utilities commission er's offices. Under the lease approximately 12,000 square feet of floor apace, in the Market building on North Commercial street, will be ob tained for "the department of Frank C. McColloch, utilities director. The state will pay $425 a month for three years, with an optional renewal of two years. In addition Janitorial and other ser vice will cost the state $125 a month and $225 will be paid for an office in Portland where one department of the office is lo cated. The owners of the building here said $7500 would be re quired to make necessary alter ations and improvements to ac comodate the utilities depart ment. The latter has grown exten sively due to additional super vision of motor trucks under a 1935 legislative act. Twenty employees are to be added to the staff when the. new offices have been provided downtown. Concern was felt in Salem for several weeks lest the depart ment be moved to Portland. Space in the state office build ing now used by the utilities department will be occupied here after by the unemploymeent in surance division of the accident commission. Attack Osborne Over Riot Probe MARSHFIELD, Ore., Jan. 20. (i?VTne Coos , Bay central labor council published a letter attack ing Ben T. Osborne, executive sec retary of the State Federation of Labor, for his report on the Co quille "incident" September 8, 1935. The "incident" involved the dis persing of a crowd of men, await ing a meeting, by a group of so- called vigilantes. The central labor council said Osborne's investigation did not include information from all sources. Council Proposes to Lower Interest on The city council last night per mitted water issues t6 lie on the table and adjourned before 8:30 p. m. Majof Issues failed to mater ialize. Savings of possibly $1000 a year will be made by the city through a reduction in warrant interest from 5 to 3 per cent if the warrant debt averages the $50, 000 figure at which it stood at the beginning of this month. An ordinance providing for the change in warrant Interest, auth orized last year by the legislature, was given preliminary readings at last night's meeting. Minor Ordinances Read First Time "Only two other ordinances were considered. One of the new meas ures, referred to committee, would prohibit smoking in Salem theatres and provide a maximum fine of $50 and jail sentence of 10 days for violations. The other ordinance gives the communica be Eliminated ; More May Be Secured lightening the load of the case workers division; 2. Eliminate two more positions from the administrative staff, and, 3. To obtain old age pensions for persons on relief who may be found eligible for pension but have not received money from the pension fund to date. These changes will help ease the committee's problem of spreading the relief funds avail able equitably but will far from relieve the situation resulting from the federal government's withdrawal from the field of re lief to unemployables. Chairman E. L. Wieder indicated. For the present month, he pointed out, the committee has $12,000 for re lief and 740 active cases on the relief rolls. The 740 cases repre- sent approximately 3000 persons. Nine Will Remain On Relief Staff One more caseworker and cne office worker will be dropped from the administrative staff, leaving nine positions an admin (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4 ) Bonus Bill Voted By Senate 74-16 Concurrence by House in Baby Bonds Program Deemed Probable WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. - (JP) A soldiers' bonus bill, calling for payment of full 1945 maturity value in $50 bonds, was shored to within a step of the White House tonight a3 the senate pass ed it along to a receptive house by a top-heavy vote of 74 to 16. The nearly five to one major ity rolled up for the democratic republican, two billion dollar pro posal was easily more than enough to pass it over a veto. The house already has approved immediate payment by. an even greater ma jority 356 to 59 but without specifying the payment method. Some observers .predicted a veto, but even democratic leaders said it would be overridden. Speaker Byrns said the "baby bond" bill will be taken up in the house Wednesday, allowing members a day's notice. Bonus loaders predicted house accept ance of the senate substitute by an overwhelming ballot. Senate Disapproval of Cash Beneficial A double defeat in the senate for payment of the World war ad justed service certificates in new currency was expected to influ ence house supporters of the in flationary Patman bill, vetoed last (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) City Warrants o tions unit, of Headauarters bat tery, 249th coast artillery, permis sion to string an amateur radio station aerial across Ferry street. Opposition of Aldermen E. B. Perrine and E. A. Dane failed to block a motion amendment by Brazier Small to have the audit ing division of the secretary of state's office make the annual cash audit of the city's affairs. The audit, which Alderman David O'Hara, ways -means, committee chairman, said should be made will carry to December 31. 1935 the .general audit made last year which' covered the city finance records more than 20 years back from December 31, 1934. ituirge for Hydrant Rental Turned Down ... The council on O'Hara's motion declined to pay a bill for $458.64, the sum asked by the water com mission for hydrant water service for the present month. O'Hara (Turn to Page 2. Col. 3) Okehed is Adopted Farm Product Reports To Be Offered Today Opening Session, County Economic Conference Draws Good Crowd Speeches Few; Brighter Outlook Ahead Says O. S. C. Observer Twelve separate reports on ba sic crops of Marion county were to be presented today to the Farm Outlook conference in its closing sessions at the Fraternal temple here. The conference, first of its kind to be held in Marion county, is one of a series of such meetings to be held throughout the state under the direction of county agents and of Oregon State col lege. The reports, compiled by lead ing farmers of the county, will summarize conditions surrounding the production of Marion coun ty's diversified crops and will out line the outlook for the future raising and marketing of these products. More than 200 farmers were here yesterday for the opening sessions of the conference. "The nation is headed for bet ter conditions, both in agriculture and in business in general," E. L. Potter of Oregon State college, told the opening session of the meeting. Potter said it was highly fitting that farmers representing all com munities in the county, should make an investigation of commod ities produced here and the out look for progress in agriculture in this area. Ray Glatt of Woodburn. presid ing at the sessions, said it was the purpose of the conference to look into the future and to soek "to de velop an agricultural program which will tend to balance pro duction with an effective market ing demand. Harry L. Riches, county agent, presented a series of charts show ing the status of agriculture in the county at the present time. Riches stressed the fact that Mar ion county ranks second only to (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Lack Full Accord On Farm Aid Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-vP)-With two bills to provide a tem porary substitute for AAA vir tually ready for submission to congress, President Roosevelt to night called another conference on the farm problem for 2 p. m. tomorrow. His advisors, it was reported authoritatively, are not yet in complete agreement on the pro gram to be pursued, they are said to be unanimous in feejing" the government should continue to augment farm income in some way. Those invited to the White House include Secretaries Wallace and Morgenthau, Attorney - Gen eral Cummings, Speaker Byrns, Senator Robinson (D-Ark), AAA A rfmiTiiatra nr Phostpr Davis Sn- licitor-General Stanley Reed, and M. G. White, agriculture depart ment solicitor. Also asked to be present were Chairman Smith (D-SC) of the senate agriculture committee. Chairman Jones (D-Tex) of the house agriculture committee, and Senator Bankhead (D-Ala). Jones and Bankhead each had bills almost ready which Jones said were "much the same," al though the Texan's measure in cluded a provision for utilization of the domestic allotment plan. Automotive Plant to Close Unless Strike Is Ended at Once, Warned PORTLAND, Ore'., Jan. 20-tf)-A statement issued by the Auto motive Dealers' association of Portland said today the nine plants closed last week will re main closed unless "the strike is immediately terminated." The as sociation charged the union with attempting to force acceptance of a "closed shop." : The International Association of Machinists, local 1005, said the strike was based on the asserted refusal of employers to meet with employes of "chosen representa tives" for collective bargaining. Wales Is King At Once After Elder's Death Indicates He Will Take First Name Though Choice is Wide ! Parliament to Meet But Is Not Dissolved as In Former Days - SANDRINGHAM, Jan. 21 -(Tuesday )-(P)-The Prince of Wales will assume the title of King Edward VIII, it was indicat ed today. He thus signed a message he sent the Lord Mayor of London shortly after his father's death. The new monarch sent this message to the Lord Mayor: "I am deeply grieved to inform you that my beloved father, the king, passed away peacefully at 11:55 tonight. (Signed) "Edward." Instantly upon the death of King George V the Prince of Wales became Great Britain's first bachelor king to ascend the throne In 176 years. Is First Bachelor Since George III Wales automatically succeeded to the crown which is the sole legal symbolic link among the peoples of the British empire. Ever since the days of Henry VIII the cry "The king is dead, God save the king" has said there is no lapse in the kingship- that immediately begins on the death of a monarch. The new king is the first bache lor to succeed to the throne since George III under whom the 13 colonies across the Atlantic re volted' ' ami - formed the United States of America. George, how ever, married years later. Since the time of William the Conqueror there have been only two adults who remained unmar ried throughout their reigns WDliam II, who ruled from 1087 to 1100, and Elizabeth, queen from 1558 to 1603. As quickly as the new reign be- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Dam Tributaries, Plan of Control Willamette Valley Survey Details Outlined at Portland Meeting PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20.(m -Forty-five proposed sites for dams and storage reservoirs are being studied in connection with the survey of the Willamette val ley, H. A. Rands of the board of army engineers said today. Rands who is senior hydro electric engineer, said $225,000 had been appropriated for the in vestigation into possible Improve ments in the valley. Rands told members of the Portland chamber of commerce forum that storage reservoirs in the Willamette river proper are not feasible, but that such dams can be easily constructed in trib utaries to hold back about 3,000, 000 acre feet of water. The engineer said that poten (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Mott on Steering Body For Pension WASHINGTON Jan. 20-i(P)- Formation of a new third politl cal party based on the Townsend old-age pension program was la beled "unwise" by the house "Townsend. steering committee" tonight. Representative Monaghan CD Mont) chairman of the committee, after a three-hour night meeting, issued the following statement: "At a meeting of the steering committee sponsoring passage of the McGroarty-Townsend national old-age pension bill, . . . formation of a Townsend third party was brought up for discussion and it was the consensus of the commit tee that any movement toward a Townsend party was unwise and against the best interests of the Townsend movement in congress." Dr. F. E. Townsend, sponsor ot the pension program, attended the meeting. Members of the steering com' mittee included Mott (R-Ore) and White (D-Ida). Blame Heart Attack PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 20.-P) -Investigators said today a heart attack apparently resulted In the fall which killed Frank Fisher, 76. whose body was found in his home here yesterday. . An Inch- long gash was discovered in his head. Sailor King" is Gone, Replaced by "Salesman;" Both are Popular I I - - - . v , 1 ' ' - " m" i 1 i , w - - , tr-t V - ' - ' V " It j l" , ' , , wmmmm ' v f - .. - 4 v 4 ' , ' ' ' 1 Zw - V,1'- tit i f 4 1 ; Hk v - Tfj ; - v f j V' , I ' f 1 " I V v in - I ' ! ! I i K Li 1.5 M 1 -- - - - -v - Above, King George V of England whose death late Monday- nigh Is being mourned by the British Empire; below, the erstwhile Prince of Wales who became king on the Instant of his father's death and tndjeated that he would take the name Edward VTH. Grief of Subjects Plainly Shown as Death Announced LONDON, Jan. 2 Tuesday )- (JP)-An anxious crowd waiting outside Buckingham, Palace heard its first word of the death of King George early today when a palace servant whispered almost inaudibly to persons In the front row, "his majesty is dead." "He's dead, he's dead," the That Lazy Spring Feeling t Prevails Spring? The therm ometer recorded springlike temperatures here yes terday. The atmosphere had that lazy feel. Birds sang lustily whereas a week ago they sought shelter and huddled under drooping wings. Reports of blooming outdoor flowers increased in number. No change in temperature was predicted for today by the weather bureau. Yesterday's maximum tempera ture, 57 degrees, was 19 points higher than on the same day a year ago, and the minimum, 34, was the same number of points higher than on January 20, 1935. A year ago last ; night The Statesman files show, a Chinook wind appeared, with its usual suddenness, ' from nowhere and drove away a cold snap that brought snow, ice and frozen radiators. A year ago today the maximum temperature was SO, the minimum 39 degrees. O news was murmured through the entire crowd even before the ser vant, who had come out to re move the bulletin board and pre pare It for posting the sad news from Sandringham, had complet ed his work. A notice identical with that an nouncing the monarch's Passing at sandringham was posted by the servant, almost overcome with emotion. Groan are Heard When News Comes Thousands jammed Piccadilly Jii?u8 the heart of London's theater district when the first newspaper extras arrived. Startled exclamations and pro longed groans arose from the massed throng. . A cockney woman, on her way home, uurnure d, "the poor dear." Hundreds of persons, forget ting their schedules, missed 'the last trains to their homes. When the news reached Lon don's east end, rabbis called their congregations together and an cient prayers - of mourning were recited la the synagogues. The drive In front of Bucking ham Palace was packed with waiting thousands when the bul letin" was posted. Occasionally a woman fainted and had to be. car ried away. A deep hush fell as news ef the monarch's death spread. Men bared tteir heads. For what seemed minutes, the crowd stood silently and then started moving oft to little groups going home. Death Sudden After Illness Of Four Days Comes as Shock to Wide Territory Ruled By British Royalty Monarch's Passing Ends 26 Year Reign During Eventful Period SANDRINGHAM. Eng.. Jan. 21 -CT")-King George V., died tonit just before midnight aftef a su4 den, four-day's illness. He was 7t years old. The Prince of Wales, 41-year- old bachelor who automatically be came ruler of the far-flung British empire, was present at the bed side, along with Queen Mary, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Death came at 11:55 p. m. (6:55 p. m. Eastern standard time). A bulletin by his three noted physicians said: "Death came peacefully to the King at 11:55 p. m. tonight in the presence of Her Majesty, th Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Princess RoyaF, the Duke and Duchess of Kent." Illness is Known Only Since Friday. It was only Friday afternoon that the public learned the King was confined to his room with a cold. A first bulletin issued on the King's condition that night disclosed he had suffered an at tack of bronchial catarrh, accom panied by heart weakness. His strength slowly ebbed and his heart action slowed down, Th King died peacefully without pain. Just before midnight the doe tors realized death was imminent and hurriedly summoned Queen Mary, The Prince of Wales and the other members of the Royal family. It was the 26 th year of George' reign through an eventful period of world history during which he won the love and respect of his 450,000,000 subjects. The king's last official act was the signature of a document transferring most of his author ity and duties to a council of state at a privy council held at 12: IS p. m. today. The queen, whose Iron self coa (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Old Site Must Be Used Says Moody Will So Advise Board at Meeting Today; Could Also Will Attend The new state capitol act lim its the construction of the new statehou8e to land bounded by the old site descriptions, Ralph E. Moody, deputy attorney gen eral, coined vesterdav alter re reading of the statute passed by the 1935 special session. Moody did not make his an nouncement in a formal opinion. He Bald he would. go over tlra matter this morning when " the state capitol commission meets in Portland, and Monday goes there to advise with that body. Mooay incucatea ne tnougni me language of the capitol act made it well-nigh Impossible for the commission to plan to erect the new structure except -on- ground within the old site. Mr. Moody pointed out that no citizen would have any basis for a suit were the capitol not rebuilt on the old site; some official of the state government might maintain a court action. Sleeting Earlier Than. Was Planned The commission ik. holding its meeting tin Portland two days earlier than It had planned when the capitol board met here a fortnight ago. At that time the gathering adjourned until Jan uary 23. Carl F. Gould, technical advisor, has been very busy on capitol commission planning since that time, and it is expected to day to be ready to .advise the commission exact procedure on Several members of the cap itol commission are' known tm favor planning a building to b erected on the old site with tn thought that another session ef the legislature might change thi location before actnal construc tion began. Dies Two Months After Hit-Run. Case Injuries :f BAKER. Ore., Jan. 20-flVMrs. & ti.M Pn.ta, SA.vesr-Alrl resident auuv v.vi , J of Baker, Ore., died today as a result of Injuries received when she was struck by a hit-run driver here November 23, 1935. She was visiting in Portland at the home of a brother at the time of the accident.