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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,
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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,
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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
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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
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City Warrants
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.