The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 13, 1936, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text.1 . iAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning; August 13, 193t Sari Sebastian Attack Balked Modern Aviation Making Rapid Strides Storm Drains Refugees From Span ishl Revolt Heat Exceeds July Refeords 28 Deaths Reported in 3 States; Altus, Okla., High, 120 Degrees Nee Loyalists Will Follow Up Thaler From Higli School BaOding Will Cause Flooding, Feared - Advantage as Rebel Force in Retreat d Agitated :..... r - t (Continued from Page 1) tirun vu a' bitter blow to fascist i i force seeking a gateway to the ; sea. Insurgent artillery waa ae- f molished and three-fourths of the rebel militia was reported in re treat toward Pamplona where loy alists planned an immediate at- tack. The government at Madrid, as- : setting it controlled many provin I ces while fascists held only a lim ited number or provincial capitals, i. planned fierce offensives on Cor- r'doba and Granada. ;l' The objective waa to break up "fascist lines marching toward Ma :drid, force their surrender and ; bring an end to the almost month 1 long war. ' MADRID. Aug. 12.-P-Action ' by the American embassy, it was ' a&serted here tonight, has result- ' ed in an end to indiscriminate seizure of American properties? , More than 30 firms had applied -, to the embassy for protection and t a number reported their proper . : ties had been attached in degrees ' by unauthorized government-so- ciallst party committees. Commercial Attache Albert Nu ' fer has .issued certificates which ; hare been posted on the doors of American establishments request- ; lng - that the property be re spected. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-!P)- Without legal means to enforce : American neutrality, the adminls- , tratlon tonight depended upon its , "scrupulous n o n - intervention pronouncement to preserve a strictly "hands-off policy in the "United. States toward the Spanish revolt. . Official elaboration waa with held on the state department's an nouncement that this government v would maintain "a -completely im partial" attitude toward the dis- turbance. But well-informed sour . 1 ces ascribed the action to two out- standing motives: 1. -To prevent as far as poesl- ' ble. any material American aid from reaching either side in the Spanish hostilities lest it involve ; this country in possible compllca- . tior.s abroad. 2. To refrain from Interfering ; with the efforts of other nations to localize the Spanish civil war. ; The state department revealed jthat the French government in- formally was keeping Washington 'closely laformed of its effort to create an international neutrality bloc in the Spanish crisis. It was stated officially, however, that this government had not been In - Tited to cooperate in the under takings. - Ross Will Oppose ! Borah in Autumn . (Continued from Page 1) ! that I'll take Senator William E. ' Borah for a-cleaning when we - meet in the general election Nov ember 3." - Borah eschewed predictions. ( He turned an almost solemn face upon visitors In his small office. . 'I am grateful," he said. "It is apparent that I received a great many Townsend votes and under the circumstances I cannot be other than greatly pleased." - At least one friend thought .few more surprised than Borah- himself at the site of his lead over :Townsendite Defenbsch. E. C. Davis. Idaho Townsend manager, :had claimed 100,000 of the .state's 200,000 eligible voters ;were Townsend controlled. To-night he proclaimed: - 1 We will carry on. We expect ;to have our canddates in the field i,tor the November election, we sbelieTe that we will win." California Legion fi Chiefs Embattled l (Continued from Page 1) elected today to succeed Emmett ..a department commander. Delegates called upon Rlordan to tat-charge, bat he explain ed that he bad not yet been in stalled in the office. He was of ficially installed Immediately, The executive committee con vened aad Riordan re -appointed " Flak as state adjutant. The com '.mittee ratified his appointment. Then Riordan adjourned the con vention. . The Call Board GRAND Today Return engagement of Will Rogers in "State Fair." Saturday Warner Oland in "Charlie Cba at the Race Track." ELSIXORB Today Double bill. Ll- onei Barrymore in "Devil Doll." Doll" and "Love Begins at Twenty" with Patricia Ellis. Saturday -Ding Crosby In "Rhythm on the Range." CAMTOI Today- Double bill, "Heart of the West" with Bill Boyd and "Confiden tial" with Donald Cook. I ' HOLLYWOOD Today Gary Cooper in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." Friday Double bill. rThe Leathernecks Have land ed" with Lew Ayres and Wayne in "West of the Pecos." STATE Today Edward Arnold la "Sutter's Gold." Saturday only Gene Ray r . mond in "Seven Keys .to ' Baldpate." - ' - - ,4 I- " I L A J - 3iFirst mail plaae Earty prospect' of transatlantic airplane service marks one more advance- in the rapid progress made in commercial aviation in the past two years. Airlines in United States have been at the top in developing' speedier and more commodious ships, establishing service to new area, and perfecting safety devices to eliminate accidents. Since the Gas Station Fire t Is Basis For Suit Damages of 117.315 for person al injuries is asked by Basil Tuck er against L. C. and Mitchell in a complaint filed yesterday in cir cuit court. Tncker was burned at the Mitchell service station Octo ber 25, 1935, when a motorcycle which he was riding caught fire while being filled with gasoline. Tucker alleges that the negli gence ot the defendants in spill ing gasoline on his machine and himself was the cause of the fire. Hei declares that the Mitchell's failed to aid him in putting out the fire after It started and that as a result net received burns which will permanently disfigure and handicap him. He was burned around the legs, hips and back.lt is contended. " j The complaint states that $1050 was spent for medical attention, 1690 for hospitalization and 475 for care. He asks 110,000 general damages. f In a second cause of action Tucker alleges that the defend ants "wrongfully aad unlawfully assaulted and beat" him with some blunt object. He declares that he was hit upon the head and that his hearing has been affected by the blow. He asks $5000 dam ages for this injury. Deacon's Hearing Set Next Tuesday Harold Deacon, former city policeman, will receive his long postponed hearing before the Sa lem civil service commission next Tuesday night at the city hall, it was agreed between City At torney Paul . R. 1 Hendricks and Deacon's legal representatives yesterday. The hearing was de layed when Deacon successfully appealed to circuit court to have supplementary charges : against him thrown out J of the present case. ' . ; .1 i The charge against whifih Dea con must now defend himself is one of neglect of duty in per mitting the robbery of the R. C. Aiken. Inc., Jewelry tstore the night of February 2 and failure to discover that, a show window in the place had been broken. Twenty-one watches valued at $500 were reported missing from the window. Deacon was dis charged from the . police force February 4. Holdup Report Is Declared Untrue (Continued from page 1 gles of the robbery of which. Vin cent Tuttle, 20, 340 West Myers street, reported he was the vic tim at Bellevue cad Commercial streets at midnight Tuesday, Tut tle told officers he had been play ing cards in downtown resorts be fore the alleged robbery occurred. He had 70 cents in his possession when he reported the holdup, saying the robbers had told him they did not wish to take bis "last cent." He said the two robbers were well-dressed and wearing topcoats. J : - Trade Pact Signed OTTAWA, Aug j 1 2 - () - -A trade agreement between Canada and Uruguay was signed today in the office of Prime Minister Mac Kenzle King. It provides for a most-favored nation treatment In tariff matters. ; nn A Hon Ovitfd Theater P Last Times Tonight MATIXEE TODAY 3 T. M. anasskSBsasBVSssatsBssssiBBflBBS' FRIDAY & SATURDAY TWO BIO FEATURES , 15c ! "The Leathernecks i nave Landed!" with ; r Lew Ay re ! Isabel Jewell "King of . the Pecos" v.-. with John Wayne ; Modern airliner - n Strike Closes Up j Three Canneries MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 11.-IP About 250 persona lost their Jobs today when three fruit packing houses closed as a result' of' a strike. Officials of the plants said the strikers were California traa ients and 'that local employes did not Join In the walkoat. - The strikers asked six cents a box instead of five cents. Plants employing mostly local residents were not affacted. Seek Backing For Prosperity Money EDMONTON, Aug. 12.-(JP)-As registration for basic dividends and participation in the Alberta government's social credit schemes got under way there to day, Premier A berhart conferred with four of the party's mem bers of the House of Commons regarding plans for a canvass of manufacturers and processors in an effort to have . them sign "covenants" with the govern ment. Officials said polls were rush ed late today by citizens wishing to pick up their forms and de posit their registrations. Premier Aberhart was the first to tile registration papers here. Al though no check of the number of forms distributed tad been made, officials estimated about 27,000 sets of forms had been given out here. D. B. Mullen, Edmonton M. Lb A. in charge of the work here. said "well over 60 per cent of the total voters list" had been accounted for. The list here con tained 49,212 names. Rites Friday For j Native of Albany INDEPENDENCE. A n g. 12. I Ida May Phelps died at Independ ence Tuesday. She was born in Albany, April 15, 1869. She was united in marriage to Adna H. Phelps on April 17, 1887 at New. port. To this union seven children were born. s She was the widow of "Dad" Phelps, former city recorder who died April 2, 1935. She was a member of the Bap tist church. She is survived by one daugh ter and five sons, Mrs. Lillie- Aug usta Long, Portland; Tommy Erskln, Eugene; Harry Glen and Ernest Claude, Corvallls; Jesse Edwin, Valsetz; David. Lewis, Beaverton. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Emma Hodges, Roseburg; Mrs. "Ada Hanks, Scio; Mrs. Lulu Carter, Albany, Mrs. Rosa Davis. Portland: and a brother, John Lewis. Pendleton. Seventy-etx grandchildren and two great grandchildren also sur vive. ' ;. i Services will be held from the Keeney funeral home Friday at 2 p. m. Interment will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Car Reported Stolen Ah automobile belonging to Pearl Smith, route six, was stolen from its parking place In the 100 block. South Church street, be tween 9 and 11:15 p. m. last night, city police were "notified. The car, a sedan, bore Oregon li cense 8-232. ; II '. : :: : 4 A 1 TT r mmmm STARTING TODAY 1 T' AN EPIC OF AN ERA THAT VILL LIVE FOHEVER 7 ivithLEETnACY ;.:MkoW CirifHE DARHES A Universal L :,.:i-'.-u..-jt.L. ft -i Vi- mnrWr ulT IIS 1 .A i T?ritht brethera ahip 1808 Wright brothers made their historic flight, aviation has marched on with Increasing rapidity. Espe cially has this been true since the first mail service waa established approximately 10 years ago. Newest of the super-airliners carries more than 20 passengers and is built with sleeping' accomoda tions for night flying. - Nbrthvoods Fire Situation Is Bad ' (Continued from ' Page 1) - taroagb, the border forests north west of Grand Marais, Minn was closed to traffic . "'; . ': ',:,y Reports front International Falls, in an area "where another bad ' conflagration was 'raging, said - several . arrests . et persons accused of starting fixes bad been made.'- - - ,.- '-' SPOKANE. Wash,, Aug. 12.-(r-Roariag forest ' fires ate at the timberlands of north Idaho and extreme northwestern Mon tana, today. ? Winds fanned the Canyon and the Parker creek fires, while 800 men battled the flames along a 12-mile front. The two fires are burning at a tremendous speed, declared MaJ. Evan Kelley,: regional forest service chief. "One is north, of the Kanik.su forest and the-other at the head of the Yaak river, north of the Kootenai." A flying newspaperman report ed deep' valleys in the rugged country . choked with ' billowing smoke. Smoke penetrated the flier's nostrils at 4500 feet alti tude. Towiisendite Wins Florida Election JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 12. -(JPy-TloTl&a. democrats will place formerlJudge Charles O. Andrews of Orlando and Claude Pepper of Tallahassee-in the November gen eral election campaign against a yet unnamed republican candi dates for the state's two United States senate seats. ., Andrew, 59-year old advocate of the Townsend old age pension plan and of the Florida ship canal, was nominated over former Gov ernor Doyle E. Carlton of Tampa in yesterday's special primary for the unexpired term of the late Senator Park TrammelL Pepper, 36-year old attorney, was unopposed for the nomination to succeed the late Senator Dun can U. Fletcher, v Florida went for Herbert Hoov er in 1928, but Democratic nom ination for United States senator, congressman and any state office has been tantamount to election for years. Farley Attacked amilton ' Continued from page 1) Farley was talking through his Jiai when he charged the airplane companies 'with 'collusion; and fraud.-:',, . - ' "I say apparently on purpose. The report has never beenmade public, and, , therefore. I ' donl know and neither does anyone else outside of Farley's ring of friends. The fact that the govern ment has recently made a settle ment with four of, the airplane companies of a Total of $$01,511 damages caused by aanullment of their, contracts, at least' indicates that ft was Mr. Farley and not the airplane companies- that " Were guilty of error.- - --' ; Km PICTURES PERFECT SOUND 1 ,fv ilfN AUtU BvJohnH (Continued from page 1) Shelton ditch flood control pro ject on which the city overran its budget, was all he wanted. Since the sewage disposal plant plans bare been dropped and $400,000 worth of water bonds from the 92,500,000 issue remain nnsold, D and North Bummer street residents who want the new sewer declare there li no. reason why they should not have It' at least the section from the new high school to the emptying point, a trunk sewer at Fifth and D streets. The original D street sewer pro ject called for laying a new line from Fifth and D streets east to the Southern Pacific right-of-way, south to B street, east to Thomp son avenue, south and easterly to the law-lying area between the state penitentiary and state hos pital grounds. The proposed new line, accord ing to Rogers, would serve the only area in .the city which does not now have, adequate storm sewerage. He believes it would prevent the flooding ot basements which now occurs each winter throughout the east central sec tion of the city and westward on both sides of D street to a point west of Summer street. , Coughlin Group's Policy Undecided CLEVELAND. Aug." ll-VP)-Whether Dr. Francis E. Town send and the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith are to address the national union for social justice conven tion will be settled at a confer ence with Father Charles E. Coughlln. here tomorrow, Walter D. Davis, convention marshal, said today. Davis expressed disapproval af ter Sylvester V. McMahon. nation, al secretary ot the union, an nounced the old age pension movement founder and the share-the-wealth organization leader would be on the program. ? We'll settle that matter tomor row in Cleveland, Davis quoted Father Conghlin as saying over long distance telephone. McMahon claimed Father Coughlin personally Invited Town send to speak. ; Gold Sliifts May March on Capital EL PASO, Tex., Aug. It.-yfy-Thousands of gold shirts are pre pared to march on Mexico City and "dictate the course' Presi dent Lazaro Cardenas should fol low to "save Mexico from com munism, exiled General Nicholas Rodriguez said today. General Rodriguez, leader of the fascist group, was expelled from Mexico through, Juares yes terday. , . Claiming the president Is "sin cere in his efforts' but that' he is being victimized by advisors and executives under the pay of Russians, General Rodrlgues said his followers and sympathisers are ready to move on the capita when the signal Is given. Won't Prosecute For Rioting, View Convicts Involved in the recent rioting , at the Oregon state pen itentiary, probably will not re ceive any punishment, other than that provided by the prison reg ulations, . Governor Martin said Wednesday. It previously was reported that Frank Tilson, leader of the riot, and a few other prisoners, might be prosecuted in the courts. Tilaon and 20: other -prisoners are now confined in correction cells aad. la the Institution bull pen, i . Warden Lewis Indicated recent ly that several prisoners , would remain In solitary confinement for period .ranging from a fear to 18 months.--u."-.. Idaho Legion.EIects IDAHO FALLS. Idaho, Aug. 12. -WP-NeU Fitch, Payette, was el ected Idaho department command er at the closing session of " the American Legion convention here today, and Lewis ton waa chosen for the 1937 convention -city. E HEE5 through California on lovj nouriDTRXPS nasi?! - - -There's no catch in it! Southern Pacific takes you to Chicago, New York and most other east em dries through California for the same rail fare as a trip straight East and bade. This wtvyou can see Saa Francisco, Los Angeles; San Diego Exposition, the Texas Centennial at Dallas and many other thrilling sights. Completely air-cooled trams all the way. Low cost meal service. Real bargains in rummer round trips pr example: Chi cago and bade as low as $57.35; New York $95.75 A. F. Xoth, Ticket Agent 1 r . "" . . Pbone , i ! ., v ji ' i S"SSJh.. f - , , if : " ""v j '( - . - i X - , n - - 1 :-J .: v v I v' lsf ..::;.- v s i i f- ' - x m Raquel Bojas Among the Americans caught by the revolution In Spain was Raquel Rojas, 20-year-old Los Angeles dancer, leftj and Alice Beckett of Cheney. Kaa right. Miss Beckett and her sister. Lois, both teachers in Texas, were conducting a student j tour through Spain and were believed to have taken refuge in the Spanish embassy at Madrid. Mlaa Rojaa, known in private life as Janet Gaye, has been 'naccount f. d for since July la. j i- . ' Leech . Is Pastor For Brownsville Appointment of Dr. D. H. Leech, former district superinten dent of the Methodist Episcopal church, as pastor at Brownsville, was announced yesterday by Dr. Louis Magin, superintendent of the Salem district. i Dr. Leech has served as sup ply pastor of the Methodist eaurea at t Pratum during the past three years, . bat ' this year by his own preference was not assigned - a pastorate at confer ence time. Upon the urgent re quest of the district superinten dent he has consented to serve the church at Brownsville. He will begin his work at Browns ville August 23. This coming Sun day he will preach at Corvallls. - "He is one of the finest min isters in the conference," Dr. Magln said. "He always draws large crowds and has been suc cessful in every pastorate which he has held. Dr. Leech has held pastorates at Albany, Eugene and at Cor vallls, where he served nine years. Roosevelt Calls Two Conferences WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-)-President Roosevelt today sum moned chairmen of two powerful congressional committees .'to an early conference tomorrow before he leaves in mid-morning for a personal inspection of Pensylva- ia and New York flood areas. Chairman Harrison (D-Miss) of the senate finance committee hurried to Washington from Mis sissippi by airplane to Join Chair man Dough ton (D-NC) of the house ways and means committee at the parley. Purpose of the con ference was closely guarced. After a side trip to the Great Lakes exposition at Cleveland the president has scheduled for Fri day night what one of his aides has called a "fairly important address at Chautauqua, N. Y., on foreign affairs. Surveys of River Flow Near Close (Continued from Page 1) by coatings of asphalt. Hinlsh be lieves the use of asphalt will be found effective in preserving the gravel banks, which can be built up at much less cost than stone revetments. One of the experi mental asphalt-gravel banks is lo cated near Independence and the other near Harrisburg. The associate engineer and his crew hare made a "quarterboat.1 or large double deck houseboat. tied up below the West Salem auto park, their headquarters during the surrer. SOOUCHT SOCK. ..ST VOUS REQUEST cQ2tIE)s- lFW 4408 Beckett - Snowball Is Cold, Shirley Finds Out LI - 1 f i.RADlSE. .Mt. Rainier Na tional Park, Aug. lz.-)-Seven-yer-old Shirley Temple,, screen star, made her first snowball to day and 1 said "Ooh! But it's cold," She said it was much dif ferent from artificial snow she'd used on screen sets. phe liked the' experience of a sn6WTflghti the first In her life io: well jthat she may stay here until Friday although due home in Lbs Angeles from her vacation trip next week-end. fehirley led a party of other children to the snow fields, at a 8,000 foot elevation, waiting now an(i then for her "mom" who couldn't run as fast as Shirley's little legs carried her. After her snow battle. Shirley returned to the lodge here to feed pe nuts to squirrels. Food For Eskimos ReceivedBarrow 1 i i I ' 8ARROVE Alaska, Aug. 12.-()-After a race with the Arctic ice ! pack, the ! coast guard cutter Northland slipped into a mooring off Shore here today with food supplies rttshed here, from Nome for! &0Q or more Eskimos "near starvation'' at! points to the east ward. , i ' The supplies, flour, beans and sugar, were hastily unloaded in small boatjs and brought ashore. The; Northland then prepared to leate tonight for the south while ice conditions permit. Upon Frank Daugherty. gov ern inent reindeer supervisor, was left; the work of relaying the ship ments eastward in small boats and launches. Despite the need, several boat owners here from the! eastward asked $40 and 50 a1 toh for buch shipments. jAnce l ' -Nwf- " 2 SMASH - IV vi$Stm. 7i mmx fit 1 LLif y 3PWS HIEUIILIL KIEfalG I! KCPALCN8 CASSIDY SCORES 6 AINI PLUS MUSICAL COMEDY fit T PT.tTQ I, 3 I 3 (Continued from page 1) at Wellington" 117.S at Wlnfield. 117 at Salina. lit at Abilene and EUarado,- at Wichita, 10 9 at Topeka. The state had only one beat death lor this week, but several prostrations were reported Twenty-six counties were added to the drought area. Under cloudless, pitiless skies. Nebraska thermo meters Joined the upward parade, Orleans reporting - 110 degrees. Grand Island 109, Lincoln and Columbus 107, Omaha IOC. In Iowa Weatherman Charles D. Reed said dry heat had cut the corn crop estimate several mil lion bushels below the federal August 1 estimates, ot 185,300, 000, and that the drought was worse by every possible test" than those of 1858, 1894, and 1934. It was 102 at Des Moines, 100 at Sioux City. Near Brookfield, r Mo., which had a high ot 108, farmers report ed a "100 per cent" corn crop failure. Unlimited Wheat Planting Favored WASHINGTON, Aug. 12-(P)-A government "go ahead" signal for unlimited plantings ot wheat and corn for 1937 was discussed by AAA" officials today as the drought cut deeper Into the cur rent grain crop. r Definite assurance that wheat acreage will -be expanded came from officials after a preliminary conference headed by J. B. Hut son, the acting farm administra tor on next season's soil conser vation program. Some AAA leaders indicated privately, that no federal, pay ments for soil conservation next year would be conditioned on re straint jf either wheat or corn seedings. A definite announcement await ed WiPrd from Howard R. Tolley, the AAA administrator, who offi cials said is conducting a series ot field? conferences in which pro ducers "will determine for them selves" whether they want any control of grain acreage. Pioneers Praised As Pageant Opens WALLA WALLA. Aug. 12-02P) Tribute to the pioneers who en dured countless hardships to give the people of today "their great est pension on earth simply to live here in the great northwest" was paid by Gov. Clarence D. Mar tln in an address tonight preced ing the Whitman centenaial pa geant, "Wagons West. , "We must respect the tradi tions of our forefathers and work bard to achieve material success and to enjoy more fully the great heritage left by the hardy pio neers." the governor said ' Under clear skies, a capacity crowd of more than 7600 had gathered at the fairgrounds earl tonight for the opening of the pageant depicting the develop ment ot the Pacific northwest. TONITE FIU. SAT, FEDERAL MEN AMD CaCXETEE.S...! 600 BEATS 15c 1 . ' " PTNGSTORy THAT EXPOSES i I POUCV AND t V NUMBERS ! JUXETsf i X I 2iV r' A, St.