Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1936)
1 i ! T 1 eUJl illU. - wi - ---e- , - , V (, I j ' . . " ' i jMardiists in iiiaunu naive i Exact Meaning': of Trend In Troubled Nation Is not Apparent (Continued from Page 1) ; disorganized and on the verge of Collapse. - ; .- .(From the northern border of Fpain. ; however, came reports that General 1'mlleo Mola command lag -thonaands : of rebel soldiers, '.was moving victoriously through 'the north with fire provinces al ; ready giving him Allegiance. . (In' the south, the rebel 'forces ; were said to be gaining more re-' -irruits rapidly, many of them com ling from Spanish. Morocco by air plane.) L, ' Barcelona, one of the centers of the rebel uprising last Friday, was said officially -to have been taken t over by loyal forces i through bitter street fighting, in ;V-hIch 500 were killed and 3,000 'wounded. i:: : ! : : Indiana Governor Attacks Nominee INDIANAPOLIS,- July tl.-(JPt Hfiov. Paul V. McNutt of Indiana tonight pictured a brother gov ernor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, republican presidential nominee as "an individual particularly susceptible to the influences of stronger minds and more ruthless wills."- - - . v Acting for the democratic na tional committee Gov.. McNutt de livered, one of the first radio ad dresses '- planned by the party leaders. "It was broadcast coast-to-coast. , Attacking what he termed "the sinister forces at work to hamper and destroy the accomplishments of President Roosevelt's admin istration in behalf of the whole people.f Gov. McNutt said: "It Is Important also to know the con cealed motives actuating the Ill omened elements of our society who are principal sponsors for the opposition's candidate for presi dent." ; Trouble Reported m liumner striKe BOISE. Idaho, July 21. -UPV-A dozen heavily armed state police. aped north to Clearwater county tonight to keep peace during a lumbermen's strike, but reports from t,he scene said the only vio lence so far was "a fist fight". . With the state patrolmen was Captain H. H. Abendroth of the national guard, whom Governor C Ben: Ross dispatched "to make an investigation." The .machine gun armed police were ordered Into the strike area by ' Emmitt Pfost, state law en forcement commissioner at the re quest of Sheriff Joel Wilson of Clearwater county. A storekeeper at Pierce said he had heard of no trouble ex cent "a flat fight on the streets Saturday night," and the office of the Clearwater Timber Protective association at headquarters re-. ported the situation vy no more critical than it had been for sev eral weeks. Mahoney Says Pension Forces to Elect Many I Congressmen This Year j - PORTLAND. Julv 21.-UPV-WH- Us Mahoney. mayor of Klamath Falls and chairman of .the reso lutions committee at the national Townsend convention at Cleve land, said tonight he believed the pension ; group ''would elect enough members to congress to make a strong showing." .- Mahoney returned by airplane late today and left shortly after by train for Klamath Falls. -Enrollment Gains ASHLAND, July 21.-65VDT. 1 Walter Redford. president of the ! Southern Oregon Normal school, ! said today the enrollment at the i 931 summer session, nearly 100, ;-"was a 100 per cent Increase over V fast year's registration. A - . L JOPsLYVQCs! J r 1 i - Held Over Tonight & Thursday Family Nights Mom, Pop and Un- jA married Kkls . JUC Single Admission 15c J Matinee Each Day 2 P. M SE-uDELILEY -TEMPLE f at a tiny sea-going salt in 4 sou'wester and sticker Screen Lover? in ' y . ' " i " ; . Clark Gable as "Blackle" Norton and Jeanerte ilacDonald as Mary Blake who are teamed in the sensational hit "San Francisco" which is proving an outstanding attraction at the Klsinore this week. Miss MacDonald's . glorious voice pins the magnetic charm of Gable coupled with the dynamic dramatic force makes "San Francisco one of the year's outstanding pictures. . l! Recent Settlers Having Troubles PORTLAND, Julyx21-(JP)-Wal-tre A. Duffy, regional director of the resettlement- administration, said today many of the 9,000 fam ilies moving to the northwest in the past. -five years "have made an unfortunate start and are now a burden to local tax rolls." The families i came west from the central states. Duffy said many of them were "ignorant of land values and often were unable tov obtain unbiased and - expert advice on good land areas." i , He said "an ! imperative need exists in every county for authen tic Information regarding soils, marketing facilities, utilities and other related sources for guiding new settlers. i : j Two U. S. Vessels Ordered to Spain (Continued from page 1) - told vefa bloody battle yester day between government and re bel forces In front of the Ameri can consulate at Vigo; of the hoisting of American flags over United States buildings in Ma drid as a safety measure; and of British war t vessels standing by at two Spanish ports to aid British and American nationals if necessary. It was noted also that some town at ' -which Americans are residing had not j yet been heard from in diplomatic dis patches. Death Is Blamed On Heedless Act MEDFORD, Ore., July 21.-P)-The Klamath county coroner and Crater lake park officials held to day that the death of Warren Bowdea. 19, Portsmouth, Va.. was due to "disregard for park regu lations and personal safety." The youth slipped and fell sev eral hundred feet yesterday in at tempting to descend the precip itous rocky rim of the lake. The body was lowered to the shore of the lake and taken to Klamath Falls. Friends said it would be sent to Portsmouth for burial. The Call Board ELSIXORE Today Clark Gable In "San Francisco." I Thursday Charlie Ruggles In -Early to Bed." Saturday Joe E. Brown In "Earthworm Tractors." ' ' ' ' ' i 1 : GRAND Today Shirley Temple la "Poor Little Rich GirL" CAPITOL Today Double bilL "Speed." and "Motive for Revenge." T h u r s d a y Double .bill, "Dracula's Daughter" with all star cast rnd Dick Powell In "Colleen." j HOLLYWOOD Today Shirley Temple la "Captain January."" ' j Friday First ran. Ken May nard la "Heir to Trouble." " STATE Today Double bill. Wheeler and Woolsey in "Silly Billies" and "The Outlaw Deputy" with Tim McCoy." Thursday- Gary Cooper In "Desire." J ; Saturday Zane Grey west ern. "Desert Gold." j NOW PLAYING THE PICTURE THE WHOLE TOWN Sensational Hit James Innocent, Counsel Asserts LOS ANGELES. Calif.. July 21 -iJP) Counsel for Roberts. James, oft-married barber, plead- ed today : with a superior court jury to accept James' story that he had ' nothing to do with the death of his seventh wife, Mary. "You must believe James story that he had & hand in the death' of his wife," It. E. Parsons de-i clared In his summation. "There Is no other explanation of his complete grief when ' her body was found in the fishpond." Golden-haired Mary James was found dead in the pond last Aug ust 5. The state charges James murdered her for insurance, drowning her in a bathtub after forcing her to submit to rattle snake torture, then tossing her body among the lily pads. Parson referred to his client as "Bob" a man who may have "had a way" with women. "It's lucky for a lot-of men that hanging is not the punish ment for liking the ladies." he said, chuckling. Several jurors smiled. i Nine in Race for " Bar's Governors PORTLAND. July 21-3)-NIne candidates, three from each of the state's congressional districts, sought places on the Oregon Bar association's board of governors today. Three terms on the board expire each year. Balloting will be doone by maail up to Aug. 17. Nominations closed last week. Candidates: First District: Oscar Hayter. Dallas, incumbent; William Ham mond.. Oregon City; ; Barney S. Martin, Salem. S Second district: Allan A. Smith, Baker, Incumbent; Blaine Hallock, Baker; Reese Winguard, Klamath Falls. T h 1 rd district: Arthur M. Geary, Incumbent; Omar C. Spen cer and Delzell Geil, all of Port land. ' t Ex-Rebel Claims Revolt Is Halted BARCELONA, Spain, July 21. -(-President Luis Companys of the semi-tutonomous province of Catalonia, himself a rebel leader In 1934, announced tonight the government Is in full control of the situation in Barcelona. The rebel leaders have been captured, he said, after four days of furious' fighting. Civilian followers of the pop ular front fought in the streets by the side of loyal civil guard and assault guards against rebel infantry and artillery units: Many buildings held by rebels; Includ ing the Hotel Colon, were bom barded by government planes. Aurora Woman Slightly . Hurt When Car Plunges OREGON CITY, July 21. OP) Mrs. William C. Gooding, Aurora, escaped with a minor hip injury when a train carried her car 150 feet after the machine. stalled on the ..track. i , Injury Not Serious Francis Dunn of Salem suffered a cut over one eye in an accident near Newberg late Tuesday ana was treated at the Wilcox hospital there but was released later to re turn to Salem. The exact nature of the accident was not reported. Japan Is Aquatic Threat, Olympics -'--".-'' ' -. Former Winners Wouldn't Rate But Promising New Crop Seen . ' ; By CHARLES GRUMICH " i New York The iapanes hTe Uncle Sam's swimmers " on the well-known spot again: and they have a good chance to repeat at Berlin the Oriental conquest : of the Americans that was scored in the Olympic games at Los Angeles you will recall that the little men of Nippon defeated the U. 8. mer men, 87-71. In the 1932 Olympic Games' by finishing out with a 3 ply slam in the backstroke and placing one-two in both the breast stroke and 1,500-meter freestyle. . And the only individual win ner for the-U. s at Los Angeles, Buster Crab be in the 400-meter freestyle, since has followed the path of his natatorial predecessors; into the Tarzan business for the movie, people. . . The U. S. divers swept their events in 1932. with Mickey Ril ey Galitzen, Harold Smith and Dick Regner, placing one-two-' three as springboard cut-ups; and Smith, Galitzen and Frank Kurts doing the same off the high plat form.. Of these only one seems to be available now Dick Degner. -. A new crop of U. S. Olympic swim mers will be selected at the final American tryouts for men at Pro vidence, R. I., July 10-12, while the Japanese already are on the Olympic scene in Berlin, testing the water and the diving para phernalia. ; i j New Japanese Talent It is likely that none of the Japanese can match strokes with our best freestyle sprinter Pet er Fie of New York, world rec ord holder; Jack Medica of the Washington A. C-, Seattle, who owns numerous world marks,1 is specialising in the 400-meter with an eye also on the 1.500-meter and the 200-meter distance, with the idea of winning a relay assign ment. We have Ralph Flanagan, the Florida sensation, in the 1.S0 Adolph Kief er, Chicago's great backstroker, and such divers "as Degner and Wayne Marshall, of Coral Gables, Fla., who defeated Degner in the recent nationals at Dea Moines. " i There are others on our aide who 'have good chances against the Nipponese, but Japan is a dis tinct threat to repeat in the Olym pic swims. Japan has a half dosen swim mers hitherto unknown to inter national fame for the Berlin com petition. They emerged in the trials at Tokyo just before the team left for Germany. ' If Japan had only her veterans America almost certainly could recapture the Olympic champion ship which, always was ours until 1932. But there happen to be strong new re-enforcements in the 22-member team that .left Tokyo early enough to allow six weeks of training and acclimatization in Berlin. - v Sixty Seven Boys I Going to -Y. Camp l Sixty - seven Salem boys will leave here at " S o'clock Thurs day morning for an eight - day outing at the Salem Y.M.C.A. camp at Oceanskle. Camp lead ers said last night that boys plan ning to go Thursday must de liver their baggage at the Y building: tonight. ' The eightmay period will con clude the season's program j at Camp Oeeanside. Boys who have been in' camp the past eight days and do not plan to remain over for the next period will return home Thursday night. ' Hop Vine Thirty Feet High Is Reported Here i The "highest hop vine in Ore gon" is the claim of Clive Scott, city police radio operator, for a vine growing In his back yard at 14X7 North Church street. Scott said yesterday the vine had climbed his radio pole to a height of 30 feet and was still growing.; , Output to Increase . ' BAKER, July Zl.HD-Offlclals of the Oregon Lumber company said today better markets and im proved manufacturing ' facilities probably would increase' the firm's 1938 cut of lumber by about 40 per cent as compared with last year. Approximately 3,400.000 feet ere being cut each month. ; LAST TIMES "SPEED" with TODAY Wendy Barrie SPECIAL TOMTE III m - r: THURS. - FRI. - & - SAT, I ffwo GmaGd FcatttsircG HER UEAUTY SPELLED DOOM V Monster Balloon Here Sunday , " . . .. r ,!-. y , -v i J i ' When the MDeath Doduera perform here Sunday at the airport, this "Free balloon, replica of the one in which man first conquered the; air in 1783, will be one of the attractions. Movie stunt men will perform .seemingly Impossible stunt with airplanes, automo biles and motorcycles. o - ' Thrill Slaying of Negro Is Charged (Continued from page 1) x The prosecutor made public a statement he attributed to Lor ance. It said. , , "I was at the cottage at Straw berry lake (near PInckney) with Bannerman and Lee when Davis came out on Saturday afternoon and said a negro would be brought out later. Dean came out later with the negro and Davis told us to get our guns. He said it was to be a one way ride." Then, the statement said, the men took the negro to a swamp and killed him. "I saw: the shooting,' the state ment said, "but I took no part In it. , The gun I had was regis tered, and Davis advised me not to shoot for fear the bullets could be traced." ; . Warrants charging the five men with kidnaping and murder were issued late today. The prosecutor said they would be arraigned to morrow- Astoria Minister i . . . , Kiwanis Speaker Dr.! D. J. Ferguaoon. Presby terian pastor at Astoria, addressed the Kiwanis club yesterday on "Tbo World Today," giving a comprehensive survey of world conditions at the present time as conotrasted to the range of events that have served as a fonndaion for the civilization of today. He was introduced by Dr. P. O. Riley. "The human mind reached its highest order when Beethoven wrote? his 'Twelfth Symphoony " the speaker said, using this spe cific example as an illustration to explain his idea that music was the ultimate of man's existence. after" describing the influence in poetry and literature lent by Sha kespeare, Dante, Milton and others. He also concerned! him self with the mysteries of the cosmic universe and the progress ot science and invention in the world. j. 1 DAint Double Bill V, WHEELER mnd fcv w ools e y . Plus J ,r "The Outlaw Tim McCoy Deputy" Cooled By Pure Washed Air "MOTIVE FOR REVENGE" ana ; ' S O ).L . . ,i - --;. five brand rJy " Y . "-"i ) I ' AV- " I ONE WEEK STARTING TODAY! Stunt Show Set Sunday ort Styling themselves "Death Dod gers," a group of stunt men who have performed for the movies will present a unique entertain ment at the Salem airport this coming Sunday. A. highlight Is the ascension of the "Free" balloon, said to be an exact duplicate of the one In which man first conquered the air in 1783, and also claimed to be the only one of its type on the Pacific coast. - The balloon is 40 feet in diameter and 60 feet- high. according to the advance agent for the "Death Dodgers." Other attractions will be the Fordyce brothers, nationally known daredevils who do numer ous stunt riding events, among them the crashing ot a speeding motorcycle through a plate glass barrier, and X similar crash through a solid board wall three inches thick and seven feet square. One of the biggest thrills comes when "Lucky" Fordyce Jumps backward from an automobile speeding at a mlle-a-mlnute clip. Another is the motorcycle ski Jump. The show has been featured in several newsreels and screen shorts. A small charge for admis sion will be made. The show will start at 1:30 p. m. Airp . f - t . 1 4 1 1 1 1 " ' ' I '"v Iwf fc.-, W UT W . W.4 a. jt . Vl uS K . t' III : 1 . . . " r. -I 1 Droudif Equal to 11934 Is Estimated ASjllNGTON, July 2l.-(tfV The! drought, spreading from the Rockies! to the Atlantic, was des cribed y the agriculture depart ment today as being "about as severe"! as the great drought of 194-ahd 'much - more- serious" thin any previous one. i The department's crop report lngf boai-d made Its special' report Just I as I AAA officials turned di rectly tSo Secretary Wallace for ad flee ion their proposed 'cattle purchase program intended to aid farmers whose pastures and gras in lands have been seared by the sunj;- - ----1. - . ' . .s Excei! t for some scattered areas which recently have had rain, the boird kald severe to extreme draught,- conditions prevailed; over practically the entire area from the) ! Rockies in Montana to the Hudson, valley in New York' and southward over western Pennsyl vania, central Maryland, the Ohio vatley, he northwestern corner of Arkans&a and most of Oklahoma, i The special report was, based onj fhe Effect of the drought on paitnres which it said provided one of tTie best possible measures ofithe effect of heat and lack of rain on frlant growth generally. Dozen Industrial Burned f WOT. O.. July 21v-6W-Flre threatened the entire industrial section I of Troy late today and burned ja dosen buildings includ ing la, factory which covered an entire block. ' Flying embers were reported as! far as Yandalia,. 10" miles . - 1" ' ! ITroy Is 17 miles north of Day tokf i-. : 4 ! Fre departments of PIquo, Co vington j and Tippicanoe City aid ed; Trojr firemen ' In bringing the tlnies Sunder control. 1 Tbe laze started from a grass filej It destroyed seven building of the j defunct Troy Trailer c Wagon company, covering an en tire blofck.- JOjtheij buildings burned Includ ed the! American Express com pany, tpe William Gaier grocery building, Troy Gravel company, plant, prater i towers ot the Big Four and B. & O. railroads. e Will Mean WPA End, Warned :1! J i lyANCOCTER, Wash., July 21. -dpJ-Ancll f Poundstone, Long view, district WPA administra tor. Isai4 tonight any further WPA strikes Sa Clark county "will auto matically be cause for closing all Cu4ty projects." 1 iPounfstone ordered work on thVeei projects halted today "for the protection of workers and trucks fcndr operators." He said about 100 of the county's 600 WP. workers had walked out. S Strikers demanded a wage equal tp that prevailing among employed labor in the county, or about CP cents an hour. fFirst fisticuffs came today but no injuries were reported and no arrests were made. Buildings ! I H- Sirii f f ' . ' - r"r- "'I l ; ( I Shirley, ' 1 Jack and Million Dollars Worth Of Timber Is Destroyed SAN JOSE, Calif., July 21.-(;p) -William Slier, chief dispatcher of the Alma fire suppression sta tion, today estimated one thous and acres of virgin timber, con servatively valued at $1,000,000, was burned over In the Loma Prieta forest fire this week. Slier reported the. fire definite ly under control today. ft a tp nn 1M a. EYERLY AIRPORT SUMDAV Afternoon July 26th gHMHaaaaaaasMMHaaMi CHILD ADULT AIRPLANE MOTORCYCLE BALLOON AUTOIVIOBILE STUHTS 3 1 c m ism i ail4. a T-w-t-e t TX-VVTTlt Always 500 Good Seats ill Mtiu ui ntir P J it i ' -s , SLIM s::.:::eville ;qTs . juni tAN 3 - - ; with Spencer Tracy Jack nolt - Ted Healy 1 MM (Tvrrv i 1 j e iwai.- .UleU' JtH' "B" ' ""I " . 1 . - I,, - 'i :r:.-,. -.l-;-- ; r-; v-'. v " " ' V. ! i I