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' Service Regardless Your newsboy U some thing of a hero himself, ris ing before dawn on a morn ing like this so that yon get The Weather Cloudy today and Sunday, no change in temperature; Max. Temp. Friday 88, Min. 20, river S.S feet, northerly winds. the paper as usual. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, February 15, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 279 GangSlayings Brekk Out at Chicago Again Machine Gun Sounds; Out Death Message for Ex-Capone Aide Bearcats Seize Early 10-Point Lead but Go Down Before Whitman Clark of Missionaries Scores 23 Points hut Held Late in Game; Score Frequently Tied With 33-All Last "Deadlock; Versteeg Hot Peace Parleys Over Mongolia Flareup Asked Japanese Army However Talks Trouble, Says It's Quite Ready Cold Spell Most Severe Ever;., Mercury Sinks Again in Salem McGurn Slain in Bowling . Alley Early Today; Men. Get Away' . CHICAGO. Feb. 15.-i5-Ma-cbine Gun Jack McGurn, gang ster, was shot and killed in a bowling alley at 805 Milwaukee avenue early today. Tbe victim was Identified posi tively as McGurn by Sergeant Ky ran Pbelan of the detective bu reau. The scene of the shooting was on the near northwest stde. McGurn was allied with the forces of "Scarface Al" Capone, now serving time In a California prison for evasion of federal in come taxes. The slain gangster was reput edly one of Capone's gunners in the days of the prohibition era. when the Capone gang was one of the most powerful and bloody in the history of the city. McGurn'8 death came just sev en years and a day after the bloo dy St. Valentine's day massacre in which seven George "Bugs Mo ran gangsters were slain in a near northside garage. The Mor an gang was previously a rival of the Capone mobsters. First reports of the shooting (Turn to page 8, col. 4) Officer Is Freed Of Drunk Charge Physicians Disagree But One Records Opinion arid Other Doesn't John D. Kilgreen, arrested last month on a charge of driving while intoxicated,-was freed late yesterday after an all-day hearing before Justice of the Peace Hay ,den. The court held the. evidence was insufficient to prove the state's case. Kilgreen, a .-lieutenant with a CCC camp near Falls City, was al leged by George Wesley Tablerto have driven into the Pacific high way at Woodburn shortly after midnight, in an intoxicated condi tion, and to have struck the car Tabler was driving. Opinion of Woodburn Physician Ruled Out The state produced Dr. Paul Pemberton of Woodburn as a wit ness to prove Kilgreen was Intoxi cated. The court rejected the tes timony as expert when the defense proved that Pemberton's examina tion had not been recorded as a matter of record at the courthouse within 24 hours after the examin ation was made. The recording of such an examination it made compulsory und.r a 1935 amend ment to the Oregon traffic code. In putting on his case, Kilgreen summoned Dr. P, A. Toben of Falls City. The latter testified that he had examined Kilgreen at the Salem police station and had found him not to be intoxicated. Toben's examination report had been recorded. Justice Hay den ruled the state had not made a case which did not leave a reasonable doubt as to . Kilgreen's innocence. ; Bail of $250 had been put up for the defendant. His homer is near Oregon City. This winter he has been employed near Falls City. Fund For Defense In West Is Voted WASHINGTON, Feb. i.-P)-The largest army appropriation bill in peace-time history calling for $545,226,318 was passed; by the house today without a record vote and sent to the senate. It would appropriate $376,866, 333 outright for national defense purposes and $168,359,985 for ri vers and harbors and flood con trol work. Some of the big measure's steps toward tightening up land defens es included: Stipulation that the enlisted, army strength be brought to at least 15Q.000 by June 30, 1937. A total of $8, V 8,994 for sea coast defense on the west coast, in Hawaii and at tbe Panama canal. Jackson Tells Parley O f Im provements at - Chemaica Institution YAKIMA, Feb. 14.-4P-Faeni-ties of the Chemawa- Indian school in Oregon have been : in stalled to handle an enrollment increase from 250 to 300, Paul Jackson, head of the school, told agenta from seven northwest In dian reservations meeting here to day. Trade courses will be stress ed, he said. - -: - WALLA WALLA, Feb. 14. (AP) Whitman took the wildest basketball victory of the season here from Wil lamette tonight, 44 to 37, with a closing sensational spurt from a 33-33 deadlock. A brilliant one-man scoring performance by Frank Clark, Whitman guard, for 23 points brought the Missionaries the Rules Winter Sports Event Miss Ann Hopkins, daughter of President Ernest Hopkins of Dartmouth, was the attractive co-ed chosen to reign as queen of the 26th annual Dartmouth winter carnival at Hanover, X. H. Clackamas Cited, Planning Success SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 14.-(-Achievements of the Clacka mas county planning board were cited today by Oregon state and regional planning officials as the outstanding county work in the northwest states. County Commissioner Bernard Schoenburg, chairman, and L. C. Stoll, executive secretary, out lined the Oregon county's Pro gram to the county planning di vision of the regional planning conference. The two officials described a well-roundd program of three phases: Emergency employment projects, permanent public works and long-time planning. Stoll said the secret of the county board's success was in knowing when to say "no" to impractical projects. Schoenburg listed a total of $2,261,958 in projects for the county of 45,000 population. Dock Work Looms MARSHFIELD, Ore., Feb. 14.-()-Immediate construction of Marsh field's proposed WPA-city dock loomed today with the city's announcement of acceptance of tbe $16,783 bid entered by tbe Coos Bay Dredging company. r- Ij ' i h 'r ' i If s YWV '' ' i'J Democrats Will Seek Full Slate but Remain Neutral Visions of a complete democra-j tic victory for all county offices in the 1936 elections, and fears o! a return to a convention sys-! tern of picking candidates for par ty positions were expressed at the regular meeting of the Marlon County Democratic society held In the court house last night. The meeting, attended by more than 0 members, became in volved over a motion made by Avery Thompson to the effect that a committee be appointed to con sider the proposition of having a candidate for every office on the county ticket, to interview pos sible candidates, and report at the next meeting its recommendations for the positions. The motion came after the Sug gestion was made by Dan Fry. secretary of the etate board of con trol, that the club take steps to see thai there was a candidate for every office, pointing out that In previous elections there had often been no effort made by the demo crats to secure some of the posi tions. Fears Return to Convention System B. S. Martin opposed the motion on the grounds that it would be a step toward the return of the old convention system of picking candidates and was not' in line with democratic principles. "It would be unlawful and un first win in the two-game series and kept them atop the North west conference standings. Willamette leaped into an'early 10 to 0 lead tar stagger the high sailing Missionaries, undefeated in conference play, but Clark's sensational scoring spurt pulled Whitman to even terms at 18-18 and' to 25 to 21 halftime lead. The score was tied at 19-19 and 21-21 in frenzied battling. Clark scored 17 of his, points in the first half. Tied Up at 33 Before Final Spurt Mike Reser and Oscar Bierwag en came to his aid in the second half and quickly pulled Whitman into a 30 to 23 lead, but tbe Bearcats came back fighting to tie it at 33-33, with Weaver and Versteeg leading the attack. Three quick field goals put Whit man safely ahead again. Reser took second high scoring honors with 12. Versteeg was high for Willamette with 11. (Turn to Page 3, Col. 3)' Fishing Schooner Reported Sinking Distress at Sea General As Snow and Gales Create Havoc (By the Associated Press) Lashed by snow and gale, the North Atlantic churned up a saga of distress at sea Friday. An unidentified fishing schoon er was reported foundering off Nantucket lightship, Massachu setts, in a 7 5-mile-an-hour blow Two coast guard cutters were searching for her. The trawler Wlnthrop, with a crew of 15 aboard, reported her self 400 miles due east of Boston with her engines disabled and re quested a tow. The coast guard cutter Cayuga, 200 miles away, started for her. Aboard the Cayuga were 11 members of the crew of the fish ing schooner Gertrude M. Fauci, which sank Wednesday. They were picked up by the Canadian trawler Lemberg and were trans ferred to the Cayuga. Another coast guard craft tow ed the fishing boat Natalie Ham mond into Boston after it had collided with a freighter. A sea man aboard the Natalie Ham mond was injured. Dog Poisoner Is Busy Here on North Fifth; Strychnine Is in Use Evidence that a dog poisoner was at work in north Salem along Fifth street was reported to Salem police yesterday. Three homes within one block reported ex tremely sick dogs which appeared to have been given meat tinctured with strychnine. Police made an investigation in the district but were unable to report any definite clues on who had been doing the poisoning. In each instance, owners of the dog had used remedies which were expected to save the dog's life. democratic to endorse-any candl-i date." Martin said, "This is a free country and anybody has a right to run for office." Others felt that should the club endorse a candidate and then oth ers filed for tbe position at the primary, that ill feeling might be created. The question was finally solved when Thompson Withdrew his original motion and substltued a motion calling for a committee to report on the positions for which no democrats had filed at the next meeting and to make recommendations to fill the ticket but not to recommend any par ticular candidate. His motion passed. Appointed on the committee by President George Custer, were, Avery Thompson, John Marshal. Marvin Headrick, Oliver Brough er, H M. Potter, B. S. Martin, A. M. Dalrymple, A. J. Bell, E. G. Neal, G. W. Potts, Dan Fry, Dr. Paul Fehlen and L. R. Reed. Business Men for Offices Wells Plea Sam Wells was the speaker for the meeting. His subject was, "Our part in good government and prosperity." -r , Wells urged democrats to pick good men for office and r to get good business men In tbe respon sible positions. (Tarn to Page 3, Col. 4) Russia Willing to Talk Things Over; Feb. 12 Offer is Recalled TOKYO, Feb. 15.-(Saturday )-(yP)-Press dispatches from Man choukuo reported today the Jap anese army was "preparing to cope with the challenging attitude of Soviet Outer Mongolia." (Outer Mongolia is now an in dependent state, but Soviet Influ ence here Is generally admitted to be strong). The reports said the Japanese army in Manchoukuo feels that this "attitude" threatens the pres tige of the army and the safety of its "ward" Manchoukuo. High officials here, however, expressed confidence that the clashes on the frontier of Man choukuo within the past two weeks will be settled without be coming more serious or leading to war. MOSCOW, Feb. 15.-(Saturday) -(JFJ-The Soviet and Japanese governments have agreed in prin ciple to the appointment of a mixed commission to investigate clashes on the Soviet-Manchouku-oan border, an official commun ique said early today. Soviet Government , Pleased at Offer The offer of the Japanese gov ernment to enter into such an arrangement was communicated to the foreign office by Japanese Ambassador Tamekichi Ota. G. S. Stomoniakoff, Russian vice-commissar for foreign affairs, point ed out that the Soviet govern ment frequently has made similar proposals in the past. The Soviet government, Stom oniakoff said, "Learns with sat isfaction that the Japanese gov ernment, which until now has re jected all proposals by the Soviet government for an investigation into the border incidents by mix ed commissions, now considers it possible to accept the offer sug gested by the staff of the Soviet Far Eastern Army Feb. 12." On that date, the Far Eastern headquarters promised full Rus sian collaboration in the work of mixed commissions. Nomination Goes To Ruth Kellogg Ruth Kellogg received the high ect vote in a close election among Salem high school seniors yester day to become the candidate of Chemeketa chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, to rep resent Oregon on the Ruth Bryan Owen pilgrimage to Washington, D. C, and the D. A. R. continen tal congress in April. Miss Kellogg was one of three senior nominees selected by the school faculty vv ednesday. Names of 28 Oregon high school girls are expected, to be "in the hai' at 11 o'clock Tuesday morn ing when C. A. Howard, state sup erintendent of public instruction, presides over the drawing by which the Oregon girl delegate to the national capitol will be selec ted, according to Mrs. C. C. Geer, regent of Chemeketa chapter Competition was sponsored only in cities in which there were D. A. R chapters, she explained Mrs. Geer and other D. A, R. officers from over the state will be present at the drawing in Sup erintendent Howard s office Tues day. Van Vlack Enters Idaho Prison to Await Death; Appeal May Delay Fate BOISE. Ida.. Feb. 14.-;P)-In a cell that would provide standing room for DOsslblv 10 men. Doug las Van Vlack, convicted murder er of his former wife, Mildred Hook of Tacoma, tonight began serving a term in the state prison that is scheduled to end April 3 with death on the callows. The execution date probably will be delayed, however, as his attorneys,- Leo Teats of Tacoma and E. V. Larson of Twin Falls have announced they will appeal the case. Late Sports LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14-()- TJnlver8ity of Southern California basketballers vanquished the Unl rerslty of California at Los An geles 36 to 32 in a fierce battle to night and moved back into a tie for conference southern division leadership with Stanford. SAN FRANCISCO; Feb. 1 i-JPh Pbil Brubaker punched his way into the national heavyweight pic ture tonight with an impressive ten-round decision over King Lev insky, Chicago's best known fish I peddler. Season Record Likely; Flouts All Forecasts 35 Highest Temperature During Day; 21 is Midnight Mark Some Clouds, Continued Frigidity Expected During Weekend Laughing at forecasts of warm er days, Old Man Weather started a sudden descent last night to ward a new low record for the season and by midnight indica tions were ample that bis objec tive would be reached. A northeasterly wind and a clear sky 'added to the discom fort caused by the cold Yesterday's clear skies did not permit the mercury to rise above the 35-mark throughout the day. By 6 o'clock last night the ther mometer was falling rapidly, hav ing reached two degrees below freezing at that time. By mid night last night the mark was 21 degrees above zero. No Change Forecast For This District Official predictions from the United States weather reporting bureau at the airport were for partially cloudy skies today and Sunday with snow or rain in the extreme southern portion of the state. In the eastern and north western area of the state, includ ing the Willamette valley, no change in the cold weather was expected. Fresh east by north (Turn to Page 3. Col. 3) Prior Death Issue In Estate Matter In the murder-suicide of Mary T. Johnson George W. Johnsou on December 3, 1935, who died first? That question came to light yes terday when O. W. Emmons, ad ministrator of the dead woman's estate, filed probate papers claim ing that she outlived her husband and her estate thus is entitled to one-half of all his personal pro perty. Johnson, a paroled inmate of the Oregon state hospital for the insane, went berserk one night last December and attacked his wife near their home east of Sa lem. He then went Into the house and hanged himself. Emmons asserts that Johnson was actually dead before his wife. Property in the estate of John son includes 15 shares of stock in Hawkins & Roberts, stock in the Oregon Pulp & Paper sompany hereand stock in the Portland General Electric company. Emmons also served as guar dian of Johnson before the latter took his own life. Widening of WPA Eligibility Asked Senator Charles L. McNary yes terday advised Governor Martin by telegraph that he bad asked federal agencies to extend the re gistration date for employment on Works Progress projects in Ore gon from May 1 to November 1. The states of Idaho and Mon tana already have received this concession, Governor Martin said. Governor Martin recently tale- graphed Harry Hopkins, federal emergency relief administrator, that there were 3843 persons in Oregon who would be eligible for employment on Works Progress projects, provided the May 1 re gistration period was changed to November 1. "The state of Oregon 'Is now feeding these people," Governor Martin continued. Grading Project Will Be Started Work. Is to start shortly on a 4.6-mile grading project on the Pacific highway immediately south of Salem, the state highway department announced yesterday concurrently with release of word that Roy L. Houck of Indepen dence had received 'the contract for handling the grading of the project. The new route runs from Prln- gle creek to Taylor creek and leaves the present pared road to tte west, eliminates many curves and grades in. the present route. The cost of the grading project will be 195,931. In addition to tte grading, four timber culverts w ill be installed and 83 feet of treated timber trestle will be built. Heroism Not Lost Virtue ; Frigid Midwest Still Has Fearless Men I ' AT .r - Scene at Charlevoix, Mich., where coast guardsmen were taking des perate chances in an effort to save three men marooned! on an ke floe. Three had previously been rescued. One of those believed lost, Clayton Brown, 25, fisherman, crawled seven miles across rough ice to shore after his companions had frozen to death. In ternational Illustrated News photo. Highway Program Lined Up Rapidly Nine Millions Soon to Be Allocated ; Top Amount Since Early '20s Within a few more weeks, the entire state highway construction program for 1935-1936 will be under contract with allocations of state and federal funds running to 19,029,965. Whether more con tracts will be let by the state this summer and fall depends upon the amount of federal help re ceived for the 1936-1937 year. The total construction over the current 12-months' period will excel all marks back to the 1921 and 1922 period when the state was issuing its own bonds in large quantities and hurrying through a program of paved roads. In the past 12 months the fed eral government has authorized (Turn to page 8, col. 6) Miss Smart Third In Peace Oratory PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14.-UP) -Jesse Leonard of Oregon State college won first prize of $50 tonight in the state peace orator ical contest sponsored by the Ore gon State Forensic league. Second prize of $30 went to Charles Franch of Linfield col lege and third prize of $20 to Constance Smart of Willamette university. Host school was the University of Portland. Miss Smart's prize-winning top ic was "Peace: Positive." She was accompanied to Portland by Prof. Herbert Rahe, head of the speech department at Willamette university. Professional Class Neared By Philharmonic Orchestra By JESSIE STEELE The Salem Philharmonic orches tra justified last night the faith that its loyal supporters have shown for four years by turning in a semi-professional perform ance at the armory. Under the spirited baton of Jacques Gershkovitch, the young musicians showed great improve ment over the first concert last fall. There was more concentra tion on the themes and less on the score, more confidence in them selves and better teamwork all aronnd. The overture Fra Diavlo" by Anber demonstrated . clearly the advance made by the orchestra in transition frem one movement to another. There were no breaks or signs of hesitancy but instead a well-knit, capable rendition of this rolicking piece with roguish mel odies for the flutes. Jepsen's Ability Revealed In Solo The Mendelssohn concerto with Dalbert Jepsen, violinist, in the solo role, brought into the musical spotlight a young artist of great promise. The first movement .was most vigorous In theme, the sec ond or andante was tender and impassioned with difficult double stopping passages for the solo in strument, and the third, allegro 0 M - V. x S' 'i : - T "A1 A. 1 Soil Conservation Plan Awaits Vote Export Debenture Scheme Turned Down; Tariff Proposal Waits WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-GSV Bowllng over all major amend ments including the export de benture plan, the senate today es tablished a strong by-Partisan sup port for the administration's soil conservation-subsidy bill but post poned a final vote until tomorrow. Democratic leaders set tomor row's session an hour earlipr than customary in an effort to drive the AAA replacement legislation through to the house well before nightfall. Pending when a recess was taken late this afternoon were re publican substitutes calling for in creased tariffs and for huge acre age purchases by the government, and a minority move to recom mit the bill for public hearings. The export debenture plan, of fered by Senator Connally (D Tex.), was rejected 4 2 to 32 on the closest roll call of the day. It had carried twice in 1929 dur ing the Hoover administration, but both times failed in the house. Permit For High School Is Issued Salem building records for 1936 soared by more than half a million dollars yesterday when permits were issued for the senior high school construction and three small jobs. The high school cost was listed in the city permit at $575,818. Other permits yester day were as follows: Block Shoe store, alter store at 176 North Liberty street, $800; Hanna M. Turley, alter dwelling at 1025 Shipping, $300; Jack Hen nlngsen, erect garage at 1135 North 13th, $45. molto vivace, whimsical and gay. The tempo of the final movement sped both -orchestra and violinist to a whirlwind climax and finish. Mr. Jepsen has a full, warm tone and his technique is on a high plane of virtuosity and musician ship. Tbe second half of the program was built , around familiar, yes, popular numbers. There is always danger a swell as wisdom in giv ing an audience what it knows and loves. Having heard the music many times, tbe listener uncon sciously compares this rendition with others. Last night the com parison was favorable indeed, and the beloved compositions took on new meaning. Rubenstein Number Brings Out Power " The "Kamennoi Ostrow" by Ru benstein utilized the full orches tra with tuba, harp and brass sec tion claiming the spotlight. In the recapitulation, the 'cello sec tion distinguished itself in carry ing the melody and the trumpets rang out over the heads of the sec ond violins vita clear, piercing voice. i Bach's "Air for the G string" was smooth, measured and digni fied ag-in demonstrating the abil ity of tbe 'cellists. (Turn to Page S, Cot. J) 1 - Length Worst Feature, Says Federal ChM Some Records Shattered With -40 Lowest Yet f Officially Noted Rescue Expeditions Set Out for Snowbound Midwest Areas WASHINGTON, Feb. H-ifl The present cold spell was report- , ed today by the weather bureau to be the most severe in history in many places, and, possibly, the forerunner of more severe winters generally. J. B. Kincer, chief of the divi sion of climate and crop weather, said the current siege is remark able primarily because of its length rather than the severity ef the cold. Nevertheless, he sa.id. It has shattered records over the north ern part of the country and the end apparently is not in sight. Thus far in February the low est temperature officially recorded here was 40 degrees below aero at Devil's Lake, N. D., this morning. The same frigid mark was reach ed at Landor, Wyoming, on Feb ruary 8. CHICAGO. Feb. 1 4-P)-Rese expeditions prepared for new at tempts to reach snowbound com munities today as one of the se verest cold waves of the midwest's record breaking winter swept to ward the east. Hundreds of deaths from storms, cold, snow and fire were. counted throughout the northern hemisphere while concern over tn welfare of the residents of more than a dozen marooned South Da kota villages prompted formation of relief parties. Plane Kqnipped With Skiis For Survey An airplane was equipped with skiis at Belle Fourche, S. D., for an aerial survey of the isolated meade county settlements. A huge tractor and snow plow was wheel- (Turn to page 8, col. 6) Drivers in Fatal Accident Accused SILVERTON, Feb. 14 Russell Scott of Silverton was arrested oa a reckless driving charge today. following the head-on collission here last night in which rve Thornton Allen, ?4, was fatally injured. Allen died at 8 o'clock this morning. The complaint against Scott wat sieuerl bv Theodore Lamm of Mt. Angel. Scott signed a similar complaint against Lamm but nis arrest had not been reported early tonight. Bail f-r each was set at $600. The two drivers and Gordon Blem of Mt. Angel suf fered minor injuries. Funeral services for Allan will, be held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Eckman chapel here. He was born in Colorado, and was married in 1931 at Stevenson, WTasb., to Catherine LytelL She and a son, George, survive. Jones Will File For Same Office A. Warren Jones, who won the city recordership two years ago on a law enforcement and efficient administration platform, within the next two or three days will file notice of his lfilSntion to run for reelection, be said yesterday. He is expected to continue ander the old platform. Jones, former deputy county assessor, during the past year in his role as municipal judge has established somewhat of a reeord for this city, at least, in clearing h!& docket of drunken driving cases promptly, imposing uniform penalties and attempting to keep the bothersome parking tag situ ation cleaned up. Main State Roads Are in Use Again All main highways In Oregon were back In use yesterday as snow and ice blockades became less serious, the Oregon State Mo tor associatlonn announced here. The Columbia river highway, however, was reported "very Icy" and the Old Oregon Trail to th eastward still offered Urge quan tities of enow to impede motor traffic. The Dalles-California highway, little touched by recent blizzards, was open throughout Its length with only a slippery section over. Sams mountain near - Klamath agency reported. ,