I ! f ! i' i i ft 2 I I 1 City Business Because of the hoar at which most meetings of city Official are held, the morn ing paper publishes their proceeding hoars ahead 1 1 (! IF? U 0 The Weather Fair today and Wednes day, somewhat cooler, ris ing; humidity; 3Iax. Temp. Monday 03.6, Mm. 63, river 2JL feet, northwest wind. ftJCkSS5" FOUMDOpi 1631 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 21, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstfhdi 5c' No. 1 Pi Q $f" jkldh 1111111(6(0 Mm mew. I - .''..!- i i t ' ! . i 1.1 r Warpri Noises Considered by Gty Aldermen ! - i - -v. Heavy Penalties Would . Be Imposed by Bill ; Just Introduced Uniform Closing Hours for Stores is Subject of One Ordinance , War on noise, be It the bark of a dog. the clatter of a steam shovel, or the toot of an automo bile horn would be declared by the city If an ordinance Intro-, duced at last night's city council meeting should be adopted. The council also received an ordin ance regulating the open hours of stores and a request for an ord inance prohibiting the shining of shoes on Sunday. . A maximum fine of $500 and jail sentence of op to six months' duration would be the penalty for violating the anti-noise ordinance, patterned after similar measures being tried in other cities. The bill is divided into half a dozen classifications as to time and loca tion of forbidden noises. It was Introduced by Alderman Van Wle der. Any unnecessary noise in a pub lic place would, be banned and the regulations would be more stringent near hospitals, schools and churches. Public address cars and blaring radios would come under the ban while peddlers' cries would be prohibited between 9 p. m. and 7 a. m. and on Sun days. Owners would be required to rid the city of habitually bark- ing, yelping or howling dogs, dup licating the present "banty roost er" ordinance. Contractors would not be permitted to operate steam shovels, concrete mixers or air hammers between 10 p. m. and 7 a. m. without first obtaining written permission of the mayor. Alderman Edwin C. Goode nough "by request" introduced the store closing ordinance, which was backed by a petition signed by C. S. Orwig and 39 oth er merchants. The bill is sponj ored by a committee consisting of Orwig, representing Independent market operators; Grant Pyatt, central Willamette valley market supervisor for Safeway stores, and James Preble, business agent for the meat cutters and butch er workers union. The bill would set store open ing hours at 8 a.m. and closing hours at C p.m. the first five days of the week and 7 p.m. on Satur days. Sunday dealings would be prohibited. Shoe Shining on Sunday Opposed Held to be representing all shoe shining shops, another petition iqrged that an ordinance be adopt ed making It "unlawful to rub. polish or shine shoes on Sunday." Still another petition, signed by 67 persons, protested the proposed removal of the city bus junction from the State and Commercial street intersection to a private loading and transfer terminal on Liberty street between. Court and Chemeketa streets. The ordinance granting the proposed change was not reported out of committee. The council did not act on the blanket sons change In Depot. J. Myers and Capitol Park additions which bad been recommended by the city planning and zoning com mission. Giving ear to a protest (Turn to Page 10. CoL ) . I - - More Sensations Mark Hamm Case ST. PAUL, July 20,-tf)-Two of his fellow members of the po lio kidnap detail in 1933 added further sensational testimony, to day to assertions by a government witness , last week that Tom Brown, former St. Paul police chief, disclosed police movements to the kidnapers of William Hamm, Jr. Thomas Dahlll, also a former police chief, on the witness stand for the government in the trial of John "Jack" Peifer as "finger man" for Hamm's abductors, tes tified be had instructed Brown the night after Hamm was freed following payment of a $100,000 ransom in June, 1933, to investi gate a house alleged to have been the gang's "hideout" here. "About a half hour later," Da hlll added, "he (Brown), told me that those people at 20 4 Vernon avenue in St. Paul had no con nection with the kidnaping." The testimony of Dahlll. who resigned from the police force tome time ago, was followed by a statement from the stand by Charles Tierney. now inspector of detectives, that the kidnapers -made a change in their plans for delivery of the ransom, allegedly, the government contends, as a result of a "tip-off"? of police plans. Townsendites Hear Lemke, Stick To Non-Endorsement Resolution i ' ' ' - ' . ' i i ' it K it? Representative William Lemke, Union party presidential nominee, la picture on the speakers stand in the Cleveland stadium Sunday addressing delegates at the conclusion of the Towssrad conven tion. The convention did not indorse any presidential candidate. Prune Co-op Will Choose Directors District Meeting Set For Thursday Night Here; Reports Planned Election ot directors and per fection of organization will be made by district groups of the Oregon Prune Control, Inc., A. M. Chapman, secretary, announced last night. The Salem meeting will be held in the chamber of commerce Thursday night, July 23. In addition to selecting offi cials, reports on the status ot the Sign-up of prune men to the con trol agreement will be made. The prune control group is an outgrowth of the organization perfected under the state mar keting agreement. After the act was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court, the board determined to go ahead with a voluntary organization. Since that time efforts have been concentrated i toward obtaining signatures to the voluntary agree ment.; ' At a meeting of' the prune men held several weeks ago it was definitely determined to go ahead with the organization even though sufficient signatures were lacking to be able to set mini mum prices on the prune crop. The Roseburg district has al ready elected Its committee. Meet ings will be: held at Newberg July 22. Salem July 23. Dallas July 24. Albany July 25 and Forest Grove "July 25. All prune growers are invited to attend the meeting. Chapman said. Sli owhijx on Road Necessity Slated 'Arrangements were completed by the Salem-Dayton committee at a meeting last night at the cham ber of commerce for the showing that Is to be made tonight before R. H. Baldock, state highway en gineer, on the Improvement nec essary on the Salem-Dayton road. The appearance before Baldock was originally scheduled for Wed nesday morning but was set ahead to tonight to accommodate mem bers of the committee. A general presentation, of facts regarding the highway will be made by the group.: ';'';"' ! -.r Army Officer, Salem Native, Plunges to Death, Shanghai SHANGHAI. J u 1 y 21.-(Tues-dayj-tPy-Orvllle M. Johnson, -51, a native of Salem, Ore., jumped or fell today from the fourth floor of the Palace hotel and was killed Instantly. Police said : a note addressed to his wife,- "Mrs. Orrille John son, San Juan Royal, Philippine Islands," said he planned to kill himself. i Officers asserted' the note end ed "forgive me for having brought this upon you." Johnson, whose American pass port issued in . Manila showed he was a lieutenant-colonel in the Philippine army, was scheduled to depart for the United States today aboard the steamer General Pershing. He registered at the hotel yesterday morning. MANILA. P. I . July 21.-(Tues-day)-VP)-LIeut. CoL OrviUe M. 'A Building Program Studied by Board Office Building, Library, Other Construction Is Considered Here . ; The state building program for the next biennium was a matter for consideration by the board of control Monday. The needs as re ported by Governor Martin in clude a $1,000,000 state office building, a $500,000 state library an addition to the hospital at Pen dleton, a psycopathic ward at the medical school in Portland. ' Other, needs reported are a unit for' the tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles to cost $167,000, a nurses' home addition there, $5000, physician's residence, $9000 and heating plant ' and laundry, $40,000. Proposals have been made for a plant for first offenders of an estimated cost of $800,000. C. C. Hockley, director of PWA for Oregon, urged the board to file applications promptly; for sharing of the cost with PWA. The building program must be ready by Sept. 1 to be included in the budget for the legislature. Got. Martin raised -the query at the board meeting as to where the money is to come from. (Turn to Page 10, CoL 1 Langston Dies in Courthouse Here On his way to the county treas urer's office from the county clerk's office to cash his claim check, Floyd Langston, 36, Route 7, ! box 58, county truck driver, collapsed and died on the stairs in the courthouse at S o'clock yes terday afternoon. Langston was prevented from tailing down the stairs by Adin Blakely who caught the sick man and held him until help came. , Artificial respiration and the city inhalator were used unsuc cessfully by city firemen in an at tempt to revive Langston. : Heart failure was given as the cause of the death by a physician who was called to" give aid. Langston had been employed by the county as a truck driver for four years. He Is survived by his v.ife, Mrs. Myrtle Langston, a son, Roger, his mother, and several brothers. . -- , Johnson, whose death in Shanghai was reported today told friends he might not return when he left Manila en route to the United States to visit his mother. : Johnson, 51, jumped or fell from the fourth floor of the Pal ace hotel. He entered the, Philippine con stabulary in 1901 and later served as superintendent of the Baguio military academy. He also was at one time provincial governor of Lanao. Johnson is survived by his wid ow, Mary, formerly of Virginia, who remained here. No one in Salem who recalled OrviUe M. Johnson could be found late Monday night after news ot his death in Shanghai was . re ceived here. An Orvllle Johnson lived here in 1917 but the middle I initial waa different. Priaulx Again Chairman For Oregon GOP Lars Bladine Secretary of Organization as ' Leaders Convene Harmony Within Party's ' Membership Asked at Portland Session PORTLAND, Ore., July 20.-jP) -Arthur W. Priaulx ot Chiloquln won re-election to the chairman ship of the ' Oregon republican state central committee today with exactly the number of rotes necessary 19. ' In the secret caucus preceding the organization meeting, the final rote, in addition to Priaulx, was: Charles Sprague, Salem, 6; James Rodman Eugene, 3; Dean Walker, Independence, 1 ; Wal ter Tooze, Portland. 2; i Henry McKinney, Baker, 1. Opponents ot the Chiloquln man failed to muster strength for any one man to" give Priaulx a race for G.O.P. honors despite opinions roiced from the floor that the chairmanship should go to someone residing nearer to Portland. Lars Bladine, McMinnrille, for mer Internal revenue collector for Iowa, was named secretary. Lloyd Smith, Portland, was re elected treasurer. Stewart Weiss, chairman of the Multnomah county republican central committee, voiced a plea for harmony and said attention of a county chairman should cen ter on the "whole party" and not on "just those who supported him." Visitors introduced Included State . Treasurer Rufus Hoi man, Attorney General " I. H. Van (Turn to Page 10, Col. 2) Twelve Selected For Budget Task Twelve appointments to the 15 man committee which will work with the city council in drafting the 1937 city budget were ap pointed by the aldermen last night. The remaining three ap pointments will be made by coun cilmen who were absent from last night's meeting. Those appointed and the offi cials naming them were as fol lows: j . Douglas McKay by Mayor Kuhn; T. C. Peerenboom by Al derman Goodman; Lee Unruh by Alderman Van ' Wieder; Frank Loose by Alderman dinger; Ar thur Welch by Alderman Evans; Arnold Krueger by Alderman Goodenough; L. M. Ramage by Alderman. Small; Dr. Frank Prime by Alderman Armpriest; J. A. Remington by Alderman Perrine;- L. L. Thornton by Al derman Dancy; R. D. Slater by Alderman Ohling, and W. H. Henderson by Alderman O'Hara. Blitz Squad Wins Baseball Tourney PORTLAND. July 20-4V Blitz. Welnhard. winner , of the consolation round in the Oregon state semi-pro baseball tourna ment, defeated Hop Gold 9 to 8 tonight to take the state title. I Hop Gold was undefeated in regular tourney play but lost to Blitz last night In the playoff and again tonight to take second hon ors. . : : Errors on the part of Hop Gold! and a three-run rally In the ninth frame gave the Rlits team the vic tory tonight. Five misplays were charged to the losers who outhlt Blitz but failed to come through in the pinches. Blits ..... . . ....... f 1 Hop Gold ...........8 13 6 ' Helm, Ault and Lepticb; Ro berts, Miller and Lemear. Resolution Shuts Off Netv Applications For Beer or Wine License No more applications, for beer or wine licenses, other than for established restaurants, will be considered by the city council under terms of a resolution adopt ed last night. , , The resolution, exempting pres ent licenses and two firms whose applications are pending, sets as a goal a limit of 40 retail beer licenses and three .exclusive ; wine licenses and provides that no more package wine permits shall be endorsed for establishments where beer Is sold for immediate consumption. This policy was sug gested recently by Alderman' Bra zier C SmalL ' State Chairman Of Republicans t J , f , I .jL . i ARTHUR W. PRIAULX Radio Squad Wins Again by Shutout Singer "Bears Down Every Time It's Necessary; Clothiers Victors Playing before a packed grand stand, Atwater Kent opened the second round of the softball sea son last night by defeating the Paper Mill 4 to 0. The winners, maintaining the balance in the field which won, for them the first half championship, were ably supported by the strong right arm of Henry Singer who came through in the pinches and hand ed the Paper Mill 11 strikeouts. Singer proved again his ability to stand jup under ' fire and it was only his tightening up in the pinch that-urerrented the Paper Mill from scoring in the fifth. Harrlman on first advanced to third on Keidatz' double error which put D'Arcy on second. Has kins, up next, was unable to get a hit, which ended the Paper Mill's drive. The Man's Shop handed the Artisans a 9 to 6 defeat in the first game. The teams were tied 4-all at the end of the fourth, hut Davis of the Artisans walked three men in the sixth and with bases full Meline swatted a two bagger bringing in Blum, Johns and : Schnuelle which gave the Man's Shop a lead Which the Artisans were never able to over come. Fallin, rangy center fleld (Tura to Page 10, Col. 1) Texas Centennial Plant Is Damaged DALLAS, July . 20-(43)-George Anderson, chief of operations, .to night estimated damage at the Texas centennial exposition to taled at least $100,000 as a result of the terrific wind and rain storm which struck here tonight. ; The centennial reported the Texas cavalcade stage : and scen ery were ruined and would require three days for repairs. To. flags alone, damage was set at $5000. Two-thirds of the ex pensive silk flags were saved be fore .the wind whipped them to shreds. : ' v Hundreds of persons at the fair sought the nearest shelter as the gale-like winds swept through the exposition. Lights on the midway went out. Several persons were taken to hospitals for minor In juries. . Officials said many of the big, transplanted trees at the big show were f; unrooted. Flag poles were snapped off. - , To Include AJarm In Signal System The street traffic signal system on which , the city council street committee will call for bids with in a few days will Include In its underground cable system wiring which i can later be used tor a fire alarm network. It was de cided last night at a conference of street and fire department com mittee; members. Chairman Van Wieder of the street 'committee said bids probably would be opened August 17. The - bid call will ask for pro posals Ion installing six overhead signals for central control from the police station, on Court and State streets at the intersections (-with High, Liberty and Commer cial streets and an independently operated signal at Center and CommerciaL The fire alarm wir ing will be included only in the State and Court street unit. - California neat Fatal LOS: AXGELES, July 20p) Two deaths in the Imperial val ley were blamed today to the heat .ware . that has plagued southern California for five days. j Mercury Hits 93.6, High For Year to Dat Swimming Pools Attrac - Crowds as Record in Temperature ' Set ' . Medford is Hot Spot ; o I Western Oregon; Fire Fighters are Busy Salem thermometers reached a new high yesterday, varying what had generally been regarded ai a . cool summer. The heat was more noticeable by contrast. Max-I Imam temperature for. .the day was 92.6 degrees, reached at 3:41 at the weather bureau at the Sa lem airport. The temperature rose a frac-j tlon over two degrees from the maximum for Sunday, which was 91.5 degrees, recorded at the! same time. This was a consider- able jump from the previous day's temperature of 85 degrees. M 1 Hourly temperatures yesterdajf afternoon, as recorded at the air-i port, were 12:41, 85; 1:41, 89 J 2:41 90; 3:41, 93.6; 4:41, 9li 5:41, 88; 6:41, 81. ! The record high temperature! Monday resulted also in , a record attendance at the Ollnger play- ground swimming: pool! During! the fire-hour open swimming per-! iod alone, 1026 people patronized the tank. Adding the 283 who at- tended "learn to swim" classes,! the day's total was 1309. Tom Drynan, in charge of the play- ground, reported a big increase; in registration for the evening! adult class. . The pool . at Leslie field was also crowded all day. (By the Associated Press) . High temperatures retained their grip on Oregon today, with little prospect for Immediate re lief. ' ; (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) ! . Solon Nominee Is 9 Killed, Cleveland CLEVELAND, July hit-run motorist fatally Injured John A. Bigger, Townsend dele gate from Oregon, while Bigger was crossing the street from his parked car to obtain a drink of water. He was dead on arrival at. a hospital. 1 Bigger, 61, was an automobile dealer of Marshfield, Ore., and was the republican nominee -for state senator from Coos - Curry counties. , :.': - The filling of the vacancy on the republican ticket created by the accidental death of John A. Bigger of Marshfield, candidate for state senator from the joint district of Coos and Curry coun ties will be a duty ot the republi can. central committee of the two counties. The committees will con vene at the call of the joint chair men to nominate a candidate. Ben R. Chandler of Marshfield ran second " in the primaries and Charles Doan of North Bend third. The democratic nominee is George H." Chaney of Coqnille. The seat to be filled is the one held by John D. Goes, who met his death In Salem during the special session last fall when struck by an inbound stage. Machinists Strike OAKLAND. Valif., July 20.-P) Machinists walked out of nearly 40 plants here today In a strike for pre-depression pay which un ion Officials .said involved 1000 men and may spread to other plants. Heat Wave Retes Farther j And Corn CroHbpes Revive CHICAGO, July ZO.HSVThe fading heat wave yielded addi tional ground today as the federal drought aid program was extend ed to another state, Colorado. While the corn belt rejoiced In more seasonable temperatures in the wake of weekend showers which revived hopes for its main crop in many sections, relief was sighted for parts of the still sweltering southwest. i In that section during the day fatalities ascribed to . the torrid wave continued to mount, but thundershowers dropped the mer cury 27 degrees in a half , hour at Pittsburg, Kas. from 112 and the forecaster predicted "not quite so warm" for sweltering central Oklahoma. Showers were sighted also for the eastern por tion of that state. Death List CJrowa Dnt Lea Rapidly Seventeen deaths there during the day brought its eight dayheat A nd l&evoliititini Keport From Frontier i Asserts 25,GQQ ivilled in righting as Madrid . I Government Turns on Power Mainland Rebels: I . it ! i jMorocco Objectors Are Sending Aid; Radio Changes Hands (By the Associated Press) NCIENT Spain remained jj. Monday night, with the I was 'completely dominating a rightist military re bey idn and outside sources describing continued revolt and bloodshed. Ij Sj I".. With police at Hendaf-e, France, on the Spanish fron tier, 'estimating 25,000 persons had been killed in fighting throughout Spain, it was certain, at least, the) Madrid gov ernment was using every resource in its power to crusn tne , resolution. -'fl : ' f Rebellious garrisons irij Madrid itself were smashed by; . , i 11 , , 1 i . . - .1 ? iaxfiiiery ana airplane Domparamem aunng me morning ; rO Lkridon Winds Up Work on Speech Acceptance ls ' Schedule r or Thursday; Won't Be Bitter Attack . 1 I - '-- TQPEKA, Kas., July 2 0.-VP-. Aioy. Air M. jLAnaon completed i 3.500 word acceptance speech to aax and planned two days, of re laxation with his family before tthursday's ceremonies formally designating him the republican 4 close' adviser, in discussisg e address in which Landon will pen his charges to oust the neM eal. said from 35 to 40 mln-l tte4 probably would be required tb J-ead Its 3,500 words. j j j Tpisi confidant said the address; would contain no bitter criticism bUt j would represent a pretty! cjmiprehensive treatment oi pres-i ejat-ilayi problems. Probably half: a dozen of these, he said, would tee 4iscussed in some detail, while; other problems of a more com-1 pliexj nature would be. left for de-i tailed treatment in the future. f Longer Than F. R.t " Sorter Than Cal's f TBy comparison, the Landon ad viser said President Roosevelt's acceptance speech in Philadelphia! fell just .short of 2,000 words, i while Calvin Coolidge accepted (Turn to Page 10, CoL 1) ' rt . -1 ;i eirsight Causes nell Long Walk PORTLAND, Ore . July 20.-P) HEa 1 SneU hereafter will look in al' car's trunk for tools and thereby) mayhap 'save himself a feurj-mile walk in a hot sun. The secretary of state confess ed .op his return here from east ern Oregon that he hiked that far jwhen a tire went flat. He also demanded an explanation f roir Ray Conway, manager of the Oregon Motor association, as td why the car, belonging to Con, wy, had no tools. i' j ICqnway . enlightened Oregon's administrator of automotive regu- Jaltlojis jby pointing to ; the rear trunk, which contained the arti stes fori. which SneU went walk-5 i lotaljto 49. Kansas' list of victims increased to 40 and Nebraska's o 68. The total for the country or lihe I period of intense heat feardd 4.680. , But the torrid weather was los ing out also in southern Califor nia. There ocean breezes routed' a five day hot spell which had elalmed five lives. 1 The extension of the WPA re lief program to Colorado added 4.000 needy farmers to the total df; 69,000 in western states who will get 'subsistence, labor. In ad dition 20,000 farmers in the South are being t given employ Aent by the government. I Washington weather bureau of ficials described the showers of the last few days as insufficient to j; break the corn belt states' drought but expressed the belief that the accompanying cooler temperatures would prove a boon. As another relief measure. (Turn to Page 10, Col. 4) Claim iJ 3 Declared Crushed; i a land of uncertain destiny leftist government insisting it ; hundreds or rebellious oincera were Imprisoned jand loyal au thorities eaid General Francisee Franco, the rebel leader from the Canary Islands, had called for a seaplane to flee Seville. From outside of Spais. in -France, there were reports th' city of Barcelona, in northeasters Spain, was being j bombarded by government planes after the re- , bels had seized control In fight ing which claimed 200 lives and ) wounded 3,000. i " ! The Madrid government, de- scribing the revolt as "fascist said during the afternoon the re bellion on the mainland was crushed except fori Valladolid and Zaragoza. r Monday night, British reports from Madrid said, a government radio broadcast described the re volt as "completely" smashed, , Although French sources heard the south of Spain and Barcelona were in rebel hands, the Seville radio station, which had beea broadcasting rebel communiques for two days, suddenly was heard to announce government dis patches. This was taken to Indicate Se ville might have fallen to the loy alists. Morocco Rebels Send Aid to Mainland r In Morocco, where the revolt started Friday, 1 1 e rebels an nounced they were sending rein forcements to the mainland. The government said invaders who landed In southern Spain Sunday had met vigorous opposition. A fleet of; seven warships, manned by loyal sailors whe bad imprisoned rebellious officers, lay off the International port of Tan- gier, ready to bombard rebel Mor occo ports. . , , , Already, said advices from Gib raltar, four Spanish warships were seen shelling Ceuta. A British tug evacuated 4i British citizens from the province (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) Ernest District Chief of 20-3D F. L. Ernest of Salem was elected district governor of the newly-created Pacific northwest district of 20-30 clubs Sunday at the convention held in Marsh field, members of the Salem dele gation reported on their return. The district, created out of two former divisions' in a general Re organization of territory, includes Oregon, Washington ; and north ern California. C. S. "Pat" Emmons was named secretary-treasurer of the district board of governors. Jack May, .'national secretary, from Sacramento, was the speak er. In addition to Ernest and Em mons, Salem men attending were R. K. Mapes, Ed K b y , John George, James Sehon and Wayne Smith. i The next district convention will be held at Roseburg in January. Trolling Fleet Tie-Up To End Soon, Forecast i ASTORIA, Ore., July 20.- 5-Word from Coos Bay, the bay branch of the Pacific Coast Fish eries approved acceptance of price offers made by Puget Sound buy ers brought expressions of optim ism today that the trolling fleet tieup will end soon. Prices offered Included: Large salmon 12 cents, email salmon S cents, silversides 6 cents.