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, . . At Silverton Silverton's host to Oregon Eagles lodgemen this week, m big undertaking for a mall city. Convention news f Interest - dally In The Statesman. ' The .Weather fair today and Friday, no- temperature c h a n g e; Max. Temp. Wednesday, 80, Mia. 51; river -.3 , foot, clear, light northerly winds. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, June 25, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 77 Platform M (tor As akeirs Straggle o xeemenll apitoi nans Changes Given Board's Okeh McLean Heads Off Move ? of Executive Group to Give Up Jobs Marquees and East-West Doors are Provided; Cost Limit Set PORTLAND. Ore., June U-fJPl -T h e Oregon capitol reconstrue lion commission approved archi tectural plana for the new state house, today after concurring in incorporating several sweeping changes In the interior. " "The "principal 'changes from the designs which won the recent architectural competition . wore placing entrances on the east and west ends of the building, exten sion of the previous deadeCd first floor corridor to these entrances, elimination of several stairways and elevators mnd rearrangement of offices and outside l'ghting. Other incidentals but not struc tural changes are to be made by the commission from time to time. . . Palton Announces Committee Resigning The old bugaboo over the pow ers and duties of the executive cor" -iit tee cropped up when Dr L ?. Dalton, St. Helens, said the members were resigning. How ever, Chairman J. A. McLean sped the meeting to other matters be fore the commission acted upon the resignations. Other changes In the floor plans were made by the architects after conferring with state offic ials and department heads; Two main elevator spaced about 18 feet apart, will face the main entrance and serve the gen eral public, Two other elevators will be in the rear corners of the wings and will be handy to out side entrances.. Legislators and tatehouse employes will make most use of these. The governor will hare a private automatic ele vator. Glass marquees over rear'wlng entrances will permit persons stepping from automobiles on a rear driveway to enter the state honse without exposure to rain. The front entrance wall will be moved northward two feet to broaden the adjacent corridor to 12 feet. The motor vehicle and opera tors divisions now in-the state office building will be brought under the new roof and placed on the first and ground floors near the office of the secretary of state, who has control over them. Control Board All on One Floor This will necessitate moving the tax commission to the state office building. It was agreed the board of con trol offices will be all on the first floor Instead of split between the first and second floors. The budget division and prop erty comptroller offices w i 1 1 be nearby, within easy reach of the secretary of state and the treas urer's offices. The governor's of--fice. directly above; was -.rearranged but dimensions were un changed. ; Directly across -from the treas urer's office in the east wing will be the state land board. The press room will be on the first floor. A large hearing room ; was shifted from the first to the ground floor which also was re , arranged to accommodate motor vehicle and store rooms. To eliminate odors the cafe teria was shifted from nnder the ' rotunda to a space .farther for ward. Ground floor space was set aside for a postal sub-station It the government approves one. Provision was made for future (Turn to Page 8, Col. 8) Boom Bomb's . Bad Medicine Troopers Say Standing by for action becomes - f oolhardinesa in stead of bravery .when a big black bomb with long, staling ; fuse confronts a man, three Salem state po licemen agreed yesterday. Catwinks couldn't equal the speed with which lien tenant Ma Alford and Ser geants Powell Clayton and Robert Phillips fled their office tn the city hall when just sach a bomb planked down onto their desk. Mad the "boom! that failed to ensue -. ttkea place the troopers " would have been well out of range. The bomb proved lo be a combination April . Fool July i4 - one, tossed across the troopers counter by Newell Williams, special officer. Eagles Assemble Today Spy Plot Held Revealed, Jury es Nippon Naval Officer and Ex - American" Sailor Under Indictment Charge American Gained and Sold Blueprints, Monthly Salary LOS ANGELES. June Zt.-(jpy-The federal grand jury today in dicted two men, one of them iden tified as a Japanese naval officer, the other a former( LVS. naval of ficer, non-commissioned, on char ges they violated the espionage act in conspiring to furnish the Japanese government with U. S. navy information. The indictment named Toshio Miyazaki and Harry Thomas Thompson, ex-petty officer in the U. S. navy who is serving a sen tence in the county jail for illegal wearing of a navy uniform. Miyazaki, the indictment said, is a lieutenant-Commander in the imperial Japanese nary and a for mer honor student at L e 1 a n d Stanford university. Miyazaki and Thompson, the (Turn to Page 8, Col. 6) Japanese Warship Threat Is Hinted Squadron 'May Retaliate For Chinese Firing on Smugglers TIENTSIN, June 24.-(P)-In-dignant Japanese hinted tonight a warship squadron would be the answer to Chinese marine attacks on suspected smugglers. ' A spokesman at the Japanese consulate indicated a squadron of destroyers was being sent from Port Arthur to patrol the Gulf of Chihli, North China's vast harbor. The Japanese hinted, too, they might demand complete with drawal of Chinese customs patrol vessels from northern waters un less "the situation is amelio rated." HONGKONG, June U.-P)-Threats of civil war in China re vived today when troops of Kwangsl province (of the Canton southwest regime) were reported to have made a bloodless advance deeper into Hunan province. which Is under the protection of the national (central) government at Nanking. Halting Garment Project Studied 10 Study of the advisability of closing the Salem WPA tewing project during the summer will be made today by Mary Jane Spur ling, Portland, head of women's activities for the WPA.X This an nouncement was made last night by J. E. Smith, district 'director here. Governor Martin yesterday ad vocated abandonment of the pro ject during the seasonal demand for workers to harvest crops. Mayor Kuhn announced that he would probably sign a WPA appli cation for a new sewing project for Salem today. The project calls for the expenditure of 1176,000 federal funds with a contribution of 81900 from the city. Governor Raps uT :' : "T ' . . "a -:" In Los Ansel "Farmers Begging for Help "I don't give a damn which po- litlcal party advocates the dole, i It is wrong when workers are in demand and the farmers are cry ing for help to save their crops." This was the statement made by Governor Charles H. Martin yesterday in discussing the relief situation. "I was informed, Governor Martin saidy "that only three per sons responded to a call for 150 cherry pickers here Tuesday. This is a deplorable situation. The sooner loafers and chlselers are eliminated from the relief rolls the better it will be for all con cerned. 1 i Lands Action : Of Marion County ' - v A report from the Marion conn ty relief committee indicated that more than 40 persons were elim inated from the relief rolls. "That's the way to do busi ness,". Governor Martin said. Reports Tonight U pon Convention ! : r 'I I - , . 1 LOWELL Republicans Meet Here For Dinner Derby, Weiss and Paget to Give First Hand View of j Parley Lowell C. Paget, Stewart Weiss and Frank N. Derby will give per sonal reports to Marion county republicans tonight on the Repub lican national convention as they saw it. They will be the speakers at the Marion county republican banquet at the Quelle cafe tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Admission will be 60 cents per plate. No advance sales are being made. Tickets may be purchased at the restaurant Paget and. Derby were mem bers of the Oregon delegation to the convention. Weiss, retiring president of the Multnomah re publican club, was an Interested onlooker. Paget served as a mem ber of the platform committee and Derby Is to help notify Governor Landon of his nomination. In addition to hearing the three speakers tonight, the Marion county club will elect officers and lay plans for the coming cam paign. Ralph Emmons is president of the club. Artillery Makes Ready, Big Show FORT STEVENS, June 24. (Via Amateur Radio) General cleanup and preparation for the review of the Oregon National Guard to be held on Saturday at Camp Clatsop was in order at Fort Stevens today. Early this morning a convoy of officers and men of Battalions D and E left Fort Stevens for Fort Canby, Wash., to fire at service practice with six inch rifles. Men of the 249th Coast Artil lery are starting to get the fever for the parade ot be held Satur day at Camp Clatsop. The feel ing between the two camps runs very high, especially since each outfit tries to outdrill the other. Sergeant Frank Jirak today re ported that this is to be his last camp, due to retirement. Ser geant Jirak is the regular army instructor assigned to the 249th Cojast Artillery and Is the back bone of the regiment. Ocean Flier to Wed FORT FAIRFIELD, Me., June 24.-(iiP-Clarence D. Chamberlain, transatlantic flier, announced to night he and Miss Louise Ashby, 29, of Fort Fairfield, would be married in New York Saturday. Relief When 99 understand that these men were not entitled to r e 1 1 e f and had been offered Jobs in the berry fields." v Governor Martin suggested closing all sewing rooms now op erated by the relief committees until seasonal work is suspended. The governor said that $3,800 000 had been expended by Oregon taxpayers for relier. Insists ReUef Fund Not Be Ovedrawn "That is a lot of money," Gov ernor Martin continued. "I will insist that the state relief com mittee keep its expenditures with in its available revenues." Governor Martin said the audit or the relief committee's hooka and accounts was in progress and probably would be completed to- aay. Governor Martin made it nlain that he tfavored doing everything nrwsihl fnr ih a relief tit nii.m. ployables. C PAGET Meet Opening " Today; Grand Officer Comes Siren Blast Sounded to Welcome Mehrmans to State Conclave Housing. Arranged; Extra Police Sworn in to Haridle Crowds By LILLIE L. MADSEN SILVERTON, June 24. A long blast of the city siren welcomed Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Mehrmans to Silverton Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. Mehrmann, grand worthy vice-p resident of the Eagles lodge, and Mrs. Mehr mann, came to Silverton to attend the state convention which offi cially opens here Thursday morn ing.. D. D. Hale, state organizer and A. Warren Jones, state vice-president and secretary of the Salem aerie, were among the visitors who accompanied the noted Eagles to town. All returned to Salem Wednesday night for the rally staged there. Dr. and Mrs. Mehrmann were presented with a large basket of flowers upon their arrival. Registration Headquarters Are Established Parzy Rose, chairman of 'the registration committee, had head quarters at the old Eastman (Turn to Page 8, Col. 6) Methodists Move For Younger Men Dr. Baxter Accepted Into Conference; Milligan on Committee CORVALLI3, Ore., June 24. (AThe Oregon Methodist con ference took action today to place younger men on the important claiments, stewards and minister ial training boards and on the conference relations and minister ial qualifications' committees. A resolution providing that ministers will be removed auto matically from these five groups when they reach the age limita tion was passed. The pastor-delegates today for mally accepted Into the Oregon conference Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, president of Willamette univer sity. Unification Topic Friday Morning The question of churcn uniiica- tion was made a special order of business for Friday morning. Three men were chosen for the (Turn to Page 8, Col. 8) Lodgeinen Greet Visiting Officer Dr. H. B. Mehrmann, vice-pres ident' of-the grand lodge, F.O.E., spoke before a - pre - convention rally crowd of 300 Eagles at the Fraternal temple last nignt. Mayor V. E. Kuhn spoke briefly last night and Dr. P. O. Riley represented Earl Snell, secretary of state, at the meeting which was attended by representatives of 10 aeries of the lodge. Dr. Mehrmann arrived yester day afternoon and was greeted at the Southern Pacific station by city, state and lodge officials. The Silverton 4-H and played and the visitor was escorted downtown by the Willamette drill team. Ivy Hughes Is Organizer For Oregon P.E.O. Now; , Portland Woman Elected ASHLAND, Ore., June ti.-Vf)-The Oregon order of the P.E.O. chose Prineville as the 1337 con vention city today at concluding sessions of their silver annivers ary conference here. M s. Emily J. WellW, Port land, was chosen state president; Mrs. Katherlne Alnsworth, Hood River, first vice-president; Mrs. Mary McFadden, Portland, second vice-president, and Mrsr I t j V. Hughes, Salem, organizer. f - Rescue ,Try Fatal ST. HELENS. Ore., Jue 24.-(P)-Thoma8 T Elgar's attempt to rescue a 14-year . old foster son from a swimming hole cost him his life here. He died as a result of shock. Ivan . Wilcox was drowned. Fresh Drought fc Burning Up Midwest Crops Crop Expert Says Rain is Less Than Recorded in 1934 Disaster Year Commodity Markets Soar; Flour Sales Gaining; Railways Give Aid CHICAGO, June 24. - p) - A June drought which burned Into middle west crop prospects with an intensity approaching that of 1934 added additional losses to its mounting millions of dollars today. . From the eastern -slopes of the Rockies to the foothills of the Alleghanies the moisture defi ciency continued. High tempera tures and drying winds in parts of the Dakotas added their dam age and Gov. Elmer Holt of Mon tana reported conditions were "growing worse hourly" in south eastern . Montana. "Only the fact that It has been cooler generally has given this month a better showing than June, 1934," said Nat C. Murray, widely known Chicago crop ob server. "In many areas the preci pitation has been less than it was in the drought disaster of '34." Theeweather bureau offered lit tle encouragement of a change for the better. Commodity markets continued to reflecthe seriousness of the situation. Batter Quoted S120 Higher Per Carload Butter quotations mounted $ 20 a carload to a new seasonal high and a six-year June i top of 31 cents a pound, compared to 31 yesterday. " Flour sales expanded hugely. HELENA, Mont.. June 2i.-JP -Montana railroads cleared the tracks today for a speedy emer gency mass movement of drought stricken cattle from burning ran ges to the east to green pastures in the west. Platform Reports Scheduled Tonight Resolutions Committee to Deliver Report After Rules .Decided On PHILADELPHIA, June J4.-() -Tomorrow's democratic national convention program: 11 o'clock (eastern daylight time) convention called to order! by Senator Joseph Robinson, per manent chairman. Invocation by Dr. Emerson Barnes, moderator of t h e Phila delphia Presbytery. 1 p. m., rules committee re port, 8 p. m., convention called to order. Invocation by the Rev. Ernest G. Richardson, bishop of the Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal church. 8:30, platform and resolutions committee report. Adjournment. State Radiq Bids Due on Saturday Bids for. construction of 24 ra dio stations, to be used by the state police, highway department and forestry division, will be op ened in Portland Saturday, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, announced yesterday. The largest stations will he located in Salem, Klamath Falls and LaGrande. The cost was es timated at 155,000. t WASHINGTON. June 24. -()-The state of. Oregon received per mission from the communications commission today to construct a system of 24 police and highway department radio stations. Ban on O-C Timber Sales Would Hini er Operation, ' Lumber Mills, Says Cox EUGENE, Ore., June 24.-iff)-A permanent ban on the sale of Ore gon and Calif ornia land grant tim ber would make continued opera tions of lumber camps and mills economically difficult, H. J. Cox, secretary of the Willamette Val ley Lumbermen association, said. He said lumbermen were am ious concerning the . interior de partment's ruling that no timber would be sold pending congres sional action. Farm Plank Offered;' Building Fertility of Soil Suggested Pledge Cooperation With ' States - in Agricultural Program " Expansion of Domestic Farm Outlet, Balance . in Production; is Wallace Proposal " '' PHILADELPHIA, June 24. (AP)-The Philadelphia Rec ord said today that the following farm plank, worked out by Secretary Wallace Chester C. Davis, the former AAA administrator, and Senator r Wagner was. before the resolu tions subcommittee : - . V pledge a continuation of the administration's ef forts to obtain equality for agri culture through 'cooperation with the states in measures designed to buUd soil fertility. ; r I "We pledge to work for ex pansion of the domestic outlet for farm products through Increases In consumer purchasing power by providing for reemployment and used wages in Industry that will permit a higher standard of liv ing. "We pledge assistance within federal powers in balancing pro duction with prospective demands of American consumers on a ba sis of abundance and with avail able foreign markets taken Into consideration." Delzell Declares Oarp Not Favored Says Oregon's Delegates, Excepting.Two, Would . Vote No on Plan PHILADELPHIA, June ,24.-ff) -William A. Delzell ot Portland, chairman of the Oregon delega tion, said today no attempt would be made to' determine the senti ment of the group on the Town send eld age pension issue unless it Is .brought up on the floor of the democratic convention. He said he could count on eight ot the delegates voting against a Townsend plank. He classed the remaining two, Representative Walter M. Pierce of La Grande, and George Wilbur of Hood River, as sympathetic toward old age pensions but doubtful with re spect to the Townsend plan. Pierce and Wilbur, alternates, were named voting delegates after D. Amhart of Newberg, and Sam F. Smith of Gresham, elected delegates on a Townsend plat form, reported they would be un able to attend the convention. Heppe Recalls His 'Newsy' Days Here i Ralph H. Heppe, field repre sentative of the Associated Press, visited Salem Wednesday., Heppe lived in Salm as a boy and attend ed the city grade schools and Wil lamette university nren school. His father. Dr. William H. Heppe, was pastor of the First Methodist church, leaving here in 1904 for Portland where he served pastor ates In Centenary and Grace churches. 1 As a lad . Heppe sold news papers. He recalled how he used to go down to the boat dock to sell papers when the boat came In or departed. He is accompan ied on his trip north by his wife and son. French Sailors Win ; PARIS, June 24.-67)-StrikIng French sailors in the harbor of Marseille, who advertised their stand by floating red flags from the halyards, tonight won their demands. Salem Has Only CCC Camp Set Up Within City Limits The former Salem municipal auto park grounds on south Win ter street are the home at present of the only CCC. camp In the na tion which Is located within the city limits of an incorporated town. Since last March, when the city granted the use of the old auto park to the government, 3? men have , occupied the cabins there while they build a new state CCC headquarters near the state high way shops. $40,000 Expenditure " ' Being Made Here - , ' Four buildings headquarters office, shops, warehouse and bar racksare being constructed ; on the triangular strip of ground be tween the state highway shops and Mill creek near the peniten tiary at a cost of $40,000 to the federal government, according to J. E. Strong, who is in charge of the crew. Of the 37 men stationed, in Sa lem, about a third are from the veterans' camp formerly . located Calls Democrats To 1936 Combat V ii ( 7 SENATOR ROBINSON Carolina SoWs Irked Over Negro Senator Quits Hall After Negro Preacher Says Opening Prayer PHILADELPHIA, June 24.-P) An assertion that he . was "through with the democratic national convention and "sick of the whole damn thing" was voiced angrily tonight by Senator Ellison D. Smith fo South Carolina after he had walked out of the poli tical conclave in protest against the presence ot negroes. While a negro minister the Rev. Marshall Sheppard, pastor of Philadelphia's Mt. Olivet Baptist church was opening the after noon session with prayer, Senator Smith, followed by a few other South Carolina delegates, left the convention hall. . , '. Officials said that was the first time prayer had been offered at a democratic convention by a negro. It was followed immediately by the playing of "Dixie". Explaining that he had de parted because of the presence of the negro clergyman and of about 30 negro 'delegates. Smith as serted he was "going home" and would "do some talking". . Governor to Speak Today, Silverton and Portland Governor Martin will go to Sil verton early today where he will address the Eagles annual state convention. He then will go to Portland to attend a meeting of the state relief committee. ' Late In the afternoon he will speak before a group oi Portland business men on the flax situation."'-;' ' y-i v-: above Mill City, and the remain der, youths from Rhode Island and Connecticut!. Strong said he expected work on the new plant to be sufficiently completed In a month's time for his crew to occupy quarters at the site of their work. He was un certain as to where they would be stationed w h . n construction was finished here.- v -- After completion, the plant wil: serve as a reconditioning head quarters tor CCC , equipment, as well as an administrative .head quarters for the state's conserva tion -corps work. ' , . . Return Tourists : . Being Turned Away Remarking on their present lo cation at the auto park. Strong commented on the number of tourists turned away from the former - municipal accommoda tions. "Almost every day three or four seem disappointed when they can't stay here. The park must have been a very popular place." Court Scored -By Robinson; Call Sounded Dissension 'Delays Report From Vital Conferees;. Seat Tiff Ended . Speculation Follows Talk Against High Court; Echo Expected , '. By. JOHN. F.jiCHESTER CONVENTION HALL. PhUadel- phia, June 24.-iff)-PoQnding ont new and caustic criticism at the supreme court, hut terming its de cisions final 'until reverse.' Senator Robinson of Arkansas to night sounded a Roosevelt battle call before a democratic national convention increasingly trouMd from within. Conflict over the party's put- . form and hitter dissension that delayed action by two of the con vention's vital committee raf fled the surface increasingly, al though a stubborn delegate con test apparently was settled y compromise. Money, Constitution and Monopoly Are Posers Throughout the nignt a rait ing committee struggled tar a -platform agreement, but only meager word of progress e a at e from the guarded conference room. , - It appeared that mey, monopoly and constitutional is sues were making most ot the trouble. Still unsettled, too, was the dis pute whether to abandon the eld rule requiring two-thirds of a-national convention to nominate. Southern opposition to the change had - developed unexpected strength and bitterness, - A com mittee vote was postponed until ' tomorrow. Senator Robinson's speech. '- de livered to a packed house after the doors had been thrown epen to the public, occupied nearly aH of the night session although there w a some more parading and cheering before the recess un til 11 a. m., eastern daylight time, tomorrow. Lashing at Landon and others of the republican leadership, and pouring oat high praise of the generalship of Roosevelt. Robin son nevertheless saved some of his heaviest fire for the supreme court. Asserts Court Held Up Recovery As had Senator Barkley of Ken tucky, the keynoter before aim.' the wide - shouldered majerky leader of the senate mixed with sarcasm an assertion that the highest legal tribunal had been "slowing up national recovery. xne continued flings it lbs court by the convention's chief speakers stirred wide speculation. Some here felt these words were certain to echo in the presidential campaign to come. And even as ' Robinson talked, the platforea drafters were debating how and whether the constitutional Issna should be touched in that, docu ment.- . : Silverton Girl Missing F rom' Home kince Monday Is Sought by Officers SILVERTON, June 24. Local Genevieve Thurston, 17-year old aaugnter or Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Thurston who live at 60S Whit- tier, street. Miss Thurston has been em ployed at the A. K. Conner home at 317 South Water street. Ska left here Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock and has not been see a since. : - Intersections Blocked; City Dads Scolded With Commercial street partly - blocked because af Southern Pacific track inu provements and with lib erty street I partly blocked by a carnival, the city dads were getting a panning yes terday. They hastened to explain,' however, that the carnival permit was issued before it was known the railroad was 7ing to tear np its roadway at the same time. -' - ' - ; The carnival i the Browning . outfit ' which ' makes Salem its home head quarters, it - is operating 'Tinder the ; sponsorship of the Lions club which will use the proceeds to beautify. . the eampns of the . school for the blind's new dormi tory. The carnival will close Saturday night a n d the street wiU be cleared fce- s fore Sunday,