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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1936)
4 t , . - , - - -. i - :i J, ' .i ' . . ' i' . MSfl n Am In n r Travel Insurance i When going on your vaca tion, lt' wise to take out travel insurance. The States man II policy offered t to subscribers is a good one. The Weather I Cloudy, unsettled with ' - scattered light showers to- day and Sunday; Max. Temp. Friday 82, MioJ 56, : yiver J foot, northerly wind. r. t. - I EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, Jane 13, -1936 t ! Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 67 I r 0 iwe " . hi ' - . ' . FOUNDED v . 1; r :A- 'f 'I.I i - ' " o:oJi o ImmecHiauely ,t 1 1 . . 1 j : . i i ; State Leaders ! Of Parties to Organize Soon New Chairmen Sought by Large Groups m iJoth is Indication! Here j ... Self - Starters at IWork, Dratt .Talk is Also' Heard at Capitol ; ! By CLAYTON V. BERNHABD -Associated Press SUff Writer , With one of the national poli- , tical conventions out of th WVf, Oregon j party leaders were turn ing their attention to the matter of state party chairmen selections to ba made at conventions to be called shortly. County republicans and demo cratic committee organizations are to be effected this month and they in turn will name delegates to the state conventions, dates for which have not yet been, set.! The major issue ol both will, be the selection of state leaders,! and names' 'are now coming to: the fore, either as suggested candi dates or as self-starters. i j Arthur Priaulx of Klamath county, republican state chairman the past two years, was reported as seeking reelection.: An organ ized oPDosition. however, was scanning the territory near i Port land for a ; candidate to defeat him,' due, leaders say. to Priaulx's home being too far from the; cen- ter of population and because: of his inability to be preseht at the . many meetings necessary. Editors Mentioned ! For O.O.P. Leadership ! J Prominently mentioned to i suc ceed him, If they can be drafted. were Charles Sprague. editor! of - the Oregon statesman at Salem; Claude Ingalls, editor of the Cor. vallis Gaietteyrimes; and Elbert Bede, : i who recently sold i ihis weekly i paper at Cottage Grove, " But their consent w a sr doubted and the search for available can didates was continued. An effort will be made by jthe - Priaulx opponents to obtain a - man outside of Portland, but still close- enough to" be available at all times, and one who can spend much of his time, in the organiza tion -work. The name! of Ben DorriS, defeated by Ralph 1 Wil liam for national committeeman, -who resides in Eugene, ; has been 'prominently mentioned. Dorris' experience in American Legion work : was cited aa an! excellent Qualification. i i (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Kiltied Detective PORTLAND, Ore., June! 12.- (jipy-Detective Al Hoare of i Van eouver, B. C. round his vaca tion Interrupted for a ; few min utes today when a -call of iVrob- ber" compelled him to action'. He and Deputy Sheriff I Till man standing on a corner,! saw two men dash down the street. Another was in pursuit, j j I . Kilty-clad Detective Hoare, nn hampered by regulation uniforms. ran one down in short I order Other officers apprehended- the second. Ten dollars In silver! was taken from the ' pair, Thomae fJrnnden and Jack HulL; Thev were bound over to the ! grand Jury on a charge of assault and robbery, entered by George I Hew itt who said they strong-armea him. ' ! I if Detective Hoare Is a member of the Royal Bagpipers'! i band. - here for the Rose f estiraL' Is Speedy Runner Vnicdmeral Legislature tq Be Sought . LEBANON, Ore.,-June 12.tr Delegatea to the Oregon! state grange convention voted 4oday to prepare an initiative petition call' ing for the establishment I of - a one-house legislature of CO mem bers, to become effective after the state is redistrlcted. 1 ill Action on the resolution fol lowed formal installation 'of offi cers and new members. ii Nearly 100 other recommendations I were to-be voted on before, adjourn ment. ' Officers installed - today i (nclud- ed: - state grange master,! : Ray Gill. Portland: overseer; Morton Tbmnklns. D a y t on j treasurer. R. M. Nedrow, Bend; Stewart Os car i Lundell, Willows; secretary. Bertha J. Beck, Albanyi i execu tive committeemen, Pete Zlmmer - man. Yamhill. George Aj: Falml- ter, Portland, and-Fred A.! Goff, Roseburg; chaplain, Edith 1 Toiler Weatherred. Aurora; i lady; assist ant steward, Dorothy Perkins, Ba ker: gatekeeper, Max Kligel, Bcr Martin WoulclRemcdy Overdraft Blit C. D. for Relief is Not Signed; Governor to See "Whole Case" Relief Machinery Caught s Short hy Ukase; Big Sum Already Out PEXDLETOX, Ore., Jnne 12. -P)-Govenior diaries Martin said tonight hehd refused to sipn aa application for 100, OOO, presented by the state re lief commission and rushed here today from Salem. ' He said he communicated with Arthur K. McMahon, chairman of the state liquor commission, however, and: or dered him to provide thei relief committee with enough money' to cover all outstanding checks. PENDLETON, Ore., June 12- (ip) Governor Charles Martin told the Associated Press tonight that the state will take care of its checks," but at the same time he commented that he would: "Insist that direct relief must be paid from Income." He denied a report from Port land that he had signed certifi cates of indebtedness to cover a reported overdraft of $13,454 for relief purposes, end said he had no intention of foing so "until they show me the whole case:" He said it was probable relief officials would meet with him here tomor row. : ' " ;"!'!', The governor was the object of a state-wme search oy state Treasurer Holman after a "stop payment" program was Instituted to prevent 'increase of the; over draft. Holman said at Salem that the; stop-payment action meant that ; the relief administration would be without funds for the remainder of the month of June, and that those dependent on re lief would face the possibility of going hungry because the state treasurer's office was powerless tO 'aCt.: :':il ,.! !-. ! Refusal of Governor Martin to endorse certificates of indebted ness clogged the machinery of the state treasury Friday when Treas urer Rufus Holman summarily stopped payment of relief checks previously drawn hy the relief ad ministration. Mi The former practice had been for certificates to be issued in anticipation of receipts, from the liquor revenues. Thursday Gover-i nor Martin declared the i depres sion was over and the state should live within its income, paying out money for relief only as the cash came in. , Before the stop payment: order came through, an - overaraxi oi $13,454 wai run up on the books, which. will be retired through fu- (Turn to page 2, col. 3) McMinnville Chosen, by Disabled Vets For '37 MEDFORD, Ore., June 12.-UP) -The annual election of officers and a grand ball will conclude sessions of the Oregon Disabled American Veterans of the World War here tomorrow. McMinnville was chosen as the site I for the 1937 convention. Delegates were guests at a banquet tonight. '- by State Grange Gustafson, North Bend; lecturer, Mrs. G. W. Thiessen, Milwaukle; Ceres, . Mary Knowles, McMinn ville; Ruth, Mildred Crow, ' Pen dleton; ; Pomona, Eleanor Rich, Cove Orchard. . A nkeny Grange Third In Drill Contest The $40 prize In the drill con test went to Harding grange, Clackamas county. Willamette grange. Benton county, won the second prize of $30 and the An keny grange, Marion county, took third prize of $20. Nearly 200 new members were initiated into the grange i last night. ' . ! George A. Sehlmeyer of Sacra men to, master of the California state grange, installed the new of ficers. ' In other resolutions passed to day, the: grange delegates con demned. "unnecessary s p e e 1 a state elections" and went on rec ord favoring gradual diversion to the counties of one third of the Then Pay Cash - ;-- .--i 1 1" . "." .;'- -.j-. L- s.' state gasoline tax. Still Commencement Speaker Today HENRY J. BERKOWITZ Reservoir Digging Nears Completion Finishing Touches on East Half to Wind Up Today; Rush Construction Finishing touches will be ap plied today to the east half of the rough excavation for Salem's 10,. 000,000 gallon reservoir and op erations under the construction contract are expected to start not later than next Tuesday. The city's contract with Kern & Kibbe provides that the $111,690 pro ject shall be completed in 100 working days. To speed the reservoir work along, Kern & Kibbe have tele graphed orders to have construc tion materials delivered by fast freight. While' copper for expan sion Joints, reinforcing steel and other materials are in transit, the general contractors win remove 2200 yards of soil in. the process of "fine grading" the site to ex act specifications. Should be Ready ' For Use in October If construction operations pro ceed without delay, the reservoir should be ready for use in Octo ber. Until the Stay ton island grav ity supply line is laid, the reser voir will be connected to the city water system through a perman ent 18-inch cast Iron main now being laid between the site and a dead-end feeder at Lincoln and John streets. The "fine grading" will take np more than a week. R. E. Koon, consulting engineer for the city, said yesterday that concrete pour- (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Delegates - o L I.',;,,.! ; ',,;.- Insistent Graduation at Willamette Is Set For Today Commencement Exercises at 4:30 in Elsinore; Alumni to Banquet v Two . Faculty Places May Be Filled at Trustee Meeting, Reported At 4:30 this afternoon at the Elsinore theatre, 80 Willamette university seniors will receive their diplomas from Dean F. M. Erickson as the 92nd annual com mencement comes to an end. Dr. Henry J. Berkowitz will deliver the address to the seniors. Mau. rice Dean will sing the parting song "Farewell, Willamette." Dr. Bruce Baxter, president, will an nounce the honor awards. The final day of the commence ment exercises will get started at 6 : 3 0 o'clock this morning with the senior class breakfast. Class day exercises will be held in the chapel at 1:30 o'clock this af ternoon. Two Faculty Places Due to Be Filled I. The annual meeting of the board of trustees will be held at Eaton hall at 9 o'clock. Reports of officers will be heard. The ex pectation is that the financial re port will show that the university has operated without a deficit for another year. 4 Recommendations will be made for a new professor of mathema tics, to succeed Prof. James T. Matthews who is retiring, and for I "(Turn to page 2, col. 3) Logging to Start If Issues Settled PORTLAND, Ore,, June 12.- (jF) Lewis Mills, chairman of the Columbia Basin Loggers' associa tion, said today logging camps in the western Columbia river area would reopen as soon as the current labor controversy is set tied. He denied that resumption of work would await end of the fire season, and said he . believed camps would start operations again around July 4. . A new vote on an agreement is to be presented W, 000 mem' bers of the Sawmill and Timber Workers' anion next Wednesday. The ballot taken last week was declared void when a box was found unsealed. About 30 logging camps closed down several weeks ago, five due to strikes and the remainder at the Instance i of .employers; who demanded that the current "ques tions Involving union recognition and higher wages be settled. Stampede When Landon Wins G. O. P. Nomination :HD TAH - V; RUSTS "V ;;:: 1 K ::: ' i ..!'. K ...: ::. ' ' :i:.- : ,: - '....".v.'..-:: ::) :;:..;::::. Iv:.;'-;:;:: . i ' n ( . - f ,: , . .m:A ' 'li:r'l'.:.. . ...... , j . j . s j - .- - . ' " "j '.-ii- i , I " I 1. . ' " - !:'.!'' i 1 t - I I i 'I ' Knox Selected ican Ticket Sharer Vice - Presidential ! Issue Decided Similarly to ' Landon Landslide Break Occurs Suddenly; Vandenberg Refusal Speeds Decision CLEVELAND, June 12.-(-A ticket of Landon and Knox, nom- inated ; unanimously, today was cast by the republican national convention against the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt ! In a mghty demonstration of surface harmony, the 21st nation al gathering of the party this aft ernoon decided without a single nay" upon the selection lot Col. Frank Knox. 6 2-year-old New Hampshire and Illinois publish er. Tonight a thousand delegates scattered to the four corners of the1 nation to throw themsplvM into the campaign. i Two interrogation marks were left behind by the tumultous con vention. One stood after the name of Senator Borah of Idaho. An other, and lesser one questioned whether any Irradlcable scars had been left by the proceedings here which on! the formal record had been marked only by unanimity. Long Negotiations Precede Decision In a final session curiously stilled as compared to the riotous gathering! that acclaimed Gov. Alf M, Landon of Kansas as its choice last night, the convention pulled itself together at the last! minute today v to i" prevent open discord over .completion of the ticket. . After a long night of negotia tion, at least part of the Landon legion opened full force a drive for the nomination of Sen. Ar thur ' Vandenberg of Michigan. But the drive misfired. Close upon the adjournment of a hotel-room conference after which Vandenberg said later he had beem asked to take the vice presidential nomination, a letter he had written earlier, withdraw ing his name, was read to the con vention. I Simultaneously, a m o n a the milling; delegates, three "old guard" members of the party- former Senator Moses of New Hampshire, Reed of Pennsylva nia, and Bingham of Connecticut launched a floor flank attack for Knoxj. Their move, took fire. At the result of hurried head-ga-therlnge by the various state del egations an lrresistable landslide developed for Knox of Illinois. Thus was launched the ticket that Willi be sounded from coast to coast a million times and more in coming months "Landon and Know." I In Washington, meanwhile, Borah, the "lion of Idaho," met with the press. Would he vote for Landon? I Even as in 1932, when the question of whether he would ballot for Herbert Hoover dinned in his ears throughout the cam paign he declined to say. - as nepuDii Get OH the Rocks with Landon v : . and Knok" Republican Slogan 'i : COLONEL FRANK KNOX Bonus Bonds Will Come Day Earlier - 1 ! i i i Tuesday; June 16, Will Be Big Day For Most War Veterans, Stated i June 16. one day earlier than was anticipated, Salem mail car riers will start delivery of the reg istered packages ; containing the veterans final bonus bonds, H. R. Crawford, postmaster, announced yesterday. All bonds that are re ceived that day will be delivered if the owner can be located.! Both Crawford and Arthur E. Gibbard, assistant postmaster warned that not all of the bonds might be in cluded in the first group, i This will be especially true if the vet eran has changed his address or sent his application In late. The registered letters must be signed for by the veteran. No oth er person can sign for them. In case the addressee Is not known to the mail man he must be iden tified by a man known to the car rier who will sign the receipt with the veteran. Postal officials re quest that men who are to re ceive the bonds who expect to be out of town or unable to receipt for them on June 16, Instruct the postman to hold them nntil called for. i . 1 Certifying stations for cashing the bonds will be set up in each of the three i Salem banks and the chamber of commerce on Wednes day, June 17. The bonds will draw Interest at 3 per cent until 1945 If (Turn to page 3, col. 4) Delegates to the G. O. P. conven tion In Cleveland are shown: as they stampeded through .con vention hall foUowlng the nom tnatioa. al Gov. Alfred M. Lan don of Kansas as the 1936 G. O. P. presidential nominee. 4 Demos of County To Elect Leaders Incumbents Running, Will Face Opposition When Committee Sleets : As an echo of the May . pri mary a. small battle of ballots will be held at the courthouse this afternoon at 2 o'clock when the newly elected Marlon county democratic precinct - committee men meet to perfect their county central organization. The repub licans will hold their organiza tion meeting next Saturday, June 20. Interest in today's meeting cen ters around the election of the county chairman and the state committeeman from Marion coun- (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Plenty of Water, Old Capitol Site While city firemen ran short of water In fighting the state eap. itol fire a year ago April 25, there was water in the ground no more than 15 feet below the basement floor level, test pit exvacations revealed yesterday. Five feet of water seeped Into the basement pit overnight Thursday, according to- City Engineer Hugh Rogers. ;Continuous , bailing was neces sary yesterday as city workmen dug to a depth 20 feet, 4 inches below the basement level. At that point, the crew abandoned this pit' and began digging two others along ' the center, line of the new capitol on the Court and i State streets sides of the grounds; i: ' Rogers had not decided yester day whether or not he : would move the city pile driver to the site, as he originally planned, for a further teBt of the foundation material. Honors Awarded as Seniors Of S. H. S. Handed Diplomas Twelve years of attending pub lic schools closed at the Elsinore theatre yesterday morning , for 374 Salem high school students. The class of '36, its girls wear ing summery dresses In varied pastel shades and its boys garb ed in dark coats and white, trous ers, sang and marched Its way to the presentation of diplomas by Superintendent Silas Galser I Outstanding honor was paid to ten members of the class. Win ners of annual prises,' announced by Principal Fred D. Wolf, were as follows: Albert prize Dorothy Kibbe. !- American Legion auxiliary prize Dean Ellis. Latin prizes Dayton Robert son and June Scouton. Science prize Earl Warren. Dual Valedictory Looks to Future Reminiscences and glances to ward the future were called out by, Margaret Upjohn and Alice Swift, tied for-scholastic honors, in valedictory" addresses. To Bur tls Preston fell the honor of sing ing the farewell " song. He was accompanied by, Flavia Downs, John Hamilton Quickly IJfamed National Head 1 ; i 5 i -1 - - - 1 ; - - , Landon Forces Thereh Gain Full 1 Control of Party's Machinery ; ' Immediate Move Asainst Enemy is Proposal of Kansas Governor i CLEVELAND, June U.-tfVA vigorous, hard campaign! to elect ' Gov. Alt M. Landon of Kansas te the presidency was pledged today by John Hamilton upon as stmt hag - the chairmanship of the repnbnV i can national committee. With his elevaUon to ! that of fice, requested by - Governor Lav : don, the forces of I the i Kansas ; completed i their capture lot t h t national party organization. More over, a subcommittee, appointed" by Hamilton, was authorized to name all other officers and sub committees. 1 1 : . The national ' committee mat. following its usual custom, a few hours after the conclusion of the party's national convention, and -was called to order by Ralph E. Williams of Oregon, its senior member. I . i "Our firBt order of busIness,M he said, "is the election of a new national chairman., i I talked hy , telephone today with Governor Landon and he requested the elec tion of John D. M.; Hamilton i Kansas." Charles D. Hilles, old line poH tical leader and member front New Tork, promptly placed Ham ilton's name in nomination. .Hamilton's was the only nam' proposed and he was elected un animously. TOPEKA, Kas., June lt.JPf Vigorous and outspoken. Gov. All M. Landon topped his first day aa the republican presidential nom- . nee by asserting tonight that T ' favor an immediate: move on th " enemy.' . . j J . Swiftly he dispatched a message of t confidence to the Cleveland convention; congratulated CeL Frank Knox, his running mate; outlined by telephone his choice of John D. M. Hamilton to head the national committee: and ar ranged to meet Knox and others, here Monday for a study Of strat-" -egy. i ( Casting aside the i retieenee which characterized his pre-eon-vention attitude, he said he and ' Knox, would meet with a subcom mittee of the republican national committee to "plan' for! the cant- 1 paign." , . t Asks Subcommittee 1 - ' To Visit at Topeka 1 , "Right now Is the right word," tne governor shot back when he (Turn to page 2, col. S) Plan Remodeling For Dress Store 4. .-J. y : I : 1 -.. -. -i .t-.-.- ' ' ' t .'Two thousand dollars will to spent by Otto F. Johnson, owner, in remodeling; the shop room ax 466 State street, formerly avdart game parlor, and modernizing the front, according to -a permit ts sued yesterday , by the city build ing department. The space will then be occupied by ' the Mode O Day dress shop for : women. The Mode O' Day company opera tee stores under the " same pane fn Portland - and Los Angeles.: G. A. Gibson, construction superintend ent for the company, will saper vise the remodeling Job. ' r pianist,' and Hume Downs, violin ist. Two ether 'seniors, Doris Schunke and Phil Barrett, played the ' organ music I for marching and accompaniment, to the stu dent choir. I The commencement speaker. Dr. Edward O. Sisson, professor of, philosophy at fRefled college, urged the audience' which throng ed' the large theatre, to observe in the American i public scbeel system "the greatest single em bodiment of the democratic ideal which history has sa far' pro duced." ; i - In the face of this democratic ideal, however, American schools 'have never educated for demo cracy," Dr. Sisson asserted. "Edu cation has been predominantly old world; we have set up . here In America a temple of universal and free education? and we have filled that temple with European gods." , ' ) j . j Caesar's Wars Get ! j ', Too Much Attention Caesar's conquests have been drilled into high school students while they have been , permitted (Turn to page 3, col. 5) , i ill t 4 i 1 1 , ing: assistant a t w a r d, Herjy ! r , i