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; Recipe Service ; Friday's . Statesman al ways contains a special food page la which recipes sug gested by housewives of Sa lem aad vicinity ere feat nr. ed. . The Weather Fair today and Saturday . but overcast la mornings; Mai. Temp. Thursday 7,' Min. SS, riTer -3.4 feet, XX wind, partly cloudy. - FOUNDOD 1851 EIGUTY-SIXTI1 YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Horning, August 14, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 123 Higher Budget Requests Seen For Next Year Committee Faces Job of Trimming' as Total is', j Over Legal Limit j - 'i Salary Items Account in Most Cases for Boost; Meeting is Monday That the city budget committee1 will hare an arduous task facing It when It meets for the first time Monday night was shown yester day when tabulation of depart mental requests for 1937 appro priations was completed at the tity recorder's office. The pro posed operating expense budget Is $260,274.60. or 936,744.08 more than appropriated for 1936 and 117,112.35 more than Is per missable by state law for the coming year. Including charter levies for bond principal and Interest, the tentative 1937 budget total is $375,179.81 as against $365. 207.04 for 1936. Neither figure Includes the special street repair and fire department taxes, which are not estimated in the new bud get compilation. - Salary Increases -. Principal Items 1 The requests for added funds were chiefly to grant salary In creases to city officials and em ployes. The departmental salary budgets accounted for $18,923.88 of the increase. By departments, salary requests were raised In the following amounts: ' Fire, $6602; police, $3691.88; street cleaning. $2520; building inspection. $1840; engineering. $1800; city atorney's office, $740; recorder's office, $690; treasurers' office, $600; health department. $340; sanitary in spector, $100. Absent from the budget for-the first time in several years' is an appropriation, which totaled $3000 for 1936., for warrant in terest. The city now has a cash surplus. The fire department, which seeks the . largest advance in its salary fund, is the only major city department which asks a smaller amount for operation expense In 1937. Foreclosure Costa" Estimated Higher ' Notable Increases aside from salaries are traffic signals, from $1426.(0 to $5000 tax and lien (Turn to Page 11. Col. 6) Northwest Fires Are All Corraled SPOKANEpWash., Aug. 13.-(Jpy-AU fires in north Idaho and western Montana. Including the Parker creek fire in the extreme north Idaho panhandle, were re ported under control today by U. S. forest service officials. After breaking through control lines under fanning by a stiff breeze, the 8500 -acre Parker creek fire was checked by an army of more than 800 fighters. Two miles of control lines lost last night were established by mid-morning. The snowy top mountain or upper Priest river fire,' was check ed by some 250 fighters after it had burned over less than 1000 acres. Early tonight the . blaze was completely encircled by fire lines, and hope of holding, there was expressed. A strong wind could send it out of control again. It was explained. No Shirt Parties Wanted, Declared ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 13. -ay-Three hundred pickets pre Tented William Dudley Pelley,' sllvershlrt leader and christian party presidential candidate, from holding a meeting here tonight. Trf pickets, most of them from the local longshoremen's- union and commonwealth federation, were protesting the organization of a party they claim is modeled after Hitler's brown shirts. Although the pickets made no attempt to prevent people from entering the hall where Pelley was to speak, no listeners ap peared and the meeting was called ofr. One picket leader said, "We don't need a European style party here. Either Roosevelt or Landon Is good enough for us." Police Tear Down Browder Notices PORTLAND, Aug. 13.-(ff)-Whether or not there Is any law prohibiting the printing of other emblems above the American flag was th problem bothering local police, city attorneys, and United States attorneys today. The question arose when post ers advertising an address by Earl Browder. communist candidate for president', appeared on tele phone poles bearing a reproduc tion of the hammer and (sickle flag above the stars and stripes. The police settled the matter by f lulling down the posters as vlo aing the city ordinance against posting D1US OU iciryuuue yum. i . - They Knew Him When; Neighbors of Landon's Childhood Await Return t . t When Gov. Alf M. Ldindon of Kansas, republican presidential nominee, visits his birthplace. West Middlesex, Pa., on August 22, to deliver a campaign address, two of those who will be honored at the home coming are Mrs. A. A. Young, left, a neighbor, and Mary Reed Baird, right, who was Landon's nurse. State's Financial Setup Is Scanned Purchase, Tax Collection System Changes Talked at Gathering Here Proposed changes in the state's financial ; administration setup were discussed by sub-committees of the legislative interim committee on government reor ganization ' and the state planning board at a meeting .in S a 1 e m Thursday, t 1 These changes dealt particular ly with the method of submitting and approving requisitions and vouchers Involving state jpurchas es and tax collections. At a prev ious meeting the board discussed consolidation of the corporation, insurance 1 and banking, depart ments. The suggestion was made at that time that these three div isions be merged into one depart ment of finance. No definite ac tion was taken. A number of state department heads appeared before the sub committees Thursday.' These in cluded Wallace Wharton, state budget director; George Plagg, deputy secretary of state, and Dan Fry, state purchasing agent, Progress .Report ' Is Xot Released. ; . A progress report covering 69 type-written pages was prepared prior to the meeting but was not released. The committee indicated that another repor. including def inite reeormmendations, would be filed with Governor Martin within the next few weeks. This report will be confined to state finances. "We are proceeding slowly and conservatively," Herman Kehrll, director of the bureau of munic ipal research at the University of Oregon, announced. Other meetings will be held later and the final legislative re (Turn to Page 11, Col. 4) Hubbard Regains Fire Station by Paying Up Taxes Hubbard Is going to get its fire department building back. A sur vey of property , bought by the county for delinquent taxes being made by William Thlelsen showed that the lot upon which the build ing stands was taken over by the county on tax foreclosure. Taxes for 1924, 1925 and 192C were de linquent on the property before the city bought the lot. Testerday city officials made arrangements to pay the taxes, less penalties. Interest and city as sessments. They will get the build, ing back for $33. Ttvo Railroads Agree, Lower Hay Rate East From Oregon The campaign of Congressman James W. Mott and state officials to get emergency rail rates for hay shipments to the drought area from the Willamette valley made progress yesterday when officials of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads agreed to ex tension of the rates to Oregon points. The Oregon Electric would be Included - among the roads granting the low rates. Although the two roads have agreed to the extension of the rates to Oregon, the reduction has yet to meet official sanction. They must be submitted to the rate bureau In Chicago and after be ing posted will then go before the interstate commerce commission forfinal decision. ICO Has Final r Jurisdiction, Stated In a telegram to Congressman Mott, Chairman Tapp of the V : ? 4 i S Parley on Traffic Control Arranged Philhrick to Confer With Highway Engineer on Requirements, F. B. Philbrlck, who is pre paring specifications for Salem's automatic traffic signal system, will confer with John Beakey, traffic engineer for the state highway department, regarding requirements the department will make for lights operated on high way routes through the city, Mayor V. E. Kubn said yester day. A letter notifying the city that the state ; highway depart ment was required by law to su pervise signal and sign installa tions . along highway routes through cities awaited the mayor when he returned yesterday af ternoon from attending the XI wanis district convention at Se attle. Philbrlck, engineer for the Gamewell Equipment company who volunteered to assist the city council street committee' in drawing the signal plans, will attempt to make specifications which will meet with the approval of the state highway commission, the mayor said. The plans-will be studied at a meeting of the (Turn to Page 11, Col. 8) , Storm Drain Plan Viewed Favorably District WPA officials yester day favorably eyed the proposal of D street residents that the planned but unconsiructed storm sewer be laid. This project, which would supplement a combination sanitary and storm sewer which often , overflows during winter rainstorms would cost approxi mately $70,000. J. E. Smith, district WPA ad ministrator, yesterday visited City Engineer Hugh M. Rogers and urged that he plan to construct the sewer as a work relief pro ject. Smith said he was highly de sidous of having a large work pro ject started In Salem this fall to obviate In part the necessity of transporting -workmen to road jobs several-miles from the city. The WPA probably would as sume all labor and workmen's compensation costs for the sewer project, G. R. Boatwright, die trict projects supervisor, stated, while D. G. Metcalf, district la bor Inventory officer, estimated 600 Salem men would be needing work on relief projects during the coming winter. He predicted 100 men could be given employment on the seer project. o -- drought committee advised that neither the commission nor. the department of agriculture had mandatory powers to reduce rates. He said that he was urging roads to make the reduction. Governor Martin was advised by Charles Donnelly, president of the Great Northern railroad that he had requested the Southern Paci fic to join in the low rates for Oregon. . . , t - Under, the emergency order, rates on hay shipments were re duced from $13.50 a ton to $8. Washington and other northwest points were 'granted the lower rates but Oregon was excluded in the original order. Hay buyers es timate that SO, 000 tons of hay could be shipped from the Wil lamette valley at. a net return to the grower of $8.50 a ton If the (Turn to Page 11, CoL 5) Legion Biggest Pacifist Group Leader States Service Program Outline Given at Roseburg as Convention Opens 40 et 8 Offices Won by Several Valley Men ; "p Steeves Delegate ROSEBURG, Ore., Aug. 13. -UF -Ray Murphy of Ida Grove, la., national commander of the Amer ican Legion told delegates at the state Legion convention today mat tne iegio "is tne truly great pacifist organization" in the nation. He said "we only ask that America, keeping In mind the natural defense afford ed by the vast seas, maintain a sufficient pace to discourage any attack upon our land or posses sions." - Strict neutrality, adequate na tional defense and universal ser vice were advocated. Murphy also spoke In defense of the payment of the bonus, cit ing that only part of the bonds had been cashed, and said now that the question of compensa tion was out of the way his or ganization is turning with in creasing rigor to "the greatest Americanization program In th history of the Legion." Sons of Legion to Oppose Communism He referred to the 500,000 Sons of Legionnaires as the "great answers" to communism and told delegates the Legion is sponsoring 3,200 Boy Seont troops and will award 7,000 merit placques and prizes to school children this year. The Oregon state convention opened today and will close Sat urday. r The national commander, who practiced law In Metolius, Ore., 23 years ago, was presented with a paper weight, made of a petri fied juniper tree root, by George H. Brewster of Redmond, on be half of Legionnaires of central Oregon. Committee chairmen named for the convention included: King (Turn to Page IX, Col. 8) aix topper Mine Employes Killed Gas Blamed as Bodies Are Found by Men Going in For Later Shift , June Barr, 43, one of the six men killed in the Nevada mine disaster, was a resident of Mon mouth, dispatches received earw ly this morning said. Only two of the bodies had been recov ered at that time but whether Barr's was one of them was not learned here. MOUNTAIN CITT, Nev., Aug. 13.-(P)-SIx men were killed late today in the workings of the Mountain City Copper company mine. Superintendent A. P. Lofkrist, blamed gas. The dead: John Sheppard, William Burns, Lawrence Willis, June Barr, Al bert Atel and Frank Telxigra. Lofkrist said the men were overcome In a wlne on the $00 foot level. Their- bodies were found by comrades going onto the late shift. The mine superintendent said an Investigation showed lethal fumes apparently had been re leased from a crevice by blasting. The accident was the first ma jor disaster In the booming north ern Nevada mining camp. Grain Elevators Destroyed, Fire LEWISTON,-Ida., Aug. 13- -Flames believed to have started in the engine room of the elevator of the Lewiston Grain Growers, Inc., at Sweetwater, 17 miles from Lewiston, tonight destroyed a string of elevators and ware houses and 16 freight cars of the Camas Prairie railroad, entailing an estimated loss of between $150,000 and $200,000. Gram was being delivered In large quantities dally by farmers during the threshing season and much of the wheat was still own ed by the growers, hence the to tal loss was uncertain tonight. It was believed that' around 100,000 bushels of wheat were lost. Wedel Gets Tuo Years, Parole, Seaside Riots ASTORIA, Ore , Aug. li.-Hft-William Wedel, Portland, secre tary of the Portland area sawmill and timberworkers union, was sentenced to two years In the state penitentiary and paroled here late Wednesday by Judge Peters of Hlllsboro for his part in the Seaside logger riots of last March. He waa the last of 35 defendants. TED No New Taxes raws Quick Replies Means j Inflation, States G. O. P. Headquarters; Hamilton Comments Repeal of Some Nuisance Levies is Favored by Treasury Chieftain CHICAGO, Aug. l$.-(ff-Har-rison E. . Spangler, vice chair man of the republican national committee, said in a statement issued from republican headquar ters tonight that "Inflation" was the answer to the White House conference on taxation. BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13.-W) -John Hamilton, republican na tional chairman, laughed here to night when he heard that Secre tary of the Treasury Henry Mor genthau had announced in Wash ington, after a White House con ference, that no new taxes will be proposed at the next session of congress. ? Explaining his laughs Hamilton said, "I don't know how you're going to transmit a laugh. "However, I will answer in the words of Senator Walsh of Mas sachuetts 'there may not be any (Turn to Page 11, CoL 8) Russians Delayed; Plane Is Aground Hop to Siberia Prevented at Last Moment; Pair at Safety Lagoon i NOME,--Alaska. AuaV13-MEV Ruanlng 'aground on a sand bar while taking off for Siberia, the Moscow-bound Russian airplane flown by Sigisinund Levanevsky and Victor Levchenko, was stall ed at Safety Lagoon tonight un til a launch could reach there to free it. When the launch arrived, an inspection ; of the plane showed it could not bo pulled off until high tide and that the takeoff probably would be delayed until morning. , Information received at Nome from Safety Lagoon, 20 miles east, where the pontoon-equipped plane landed this afternoon, made no mention of the plane being damaged or of injury to either of the fliers. ! ' '- Levanevsky and Levchenko, on a projected 10.000 mile flight from San Pedro, Calif., to Mos cow, were "taking off for Whalen Cape, Siberia, across the Bering sea, when the accident occurred. (Turn to Page 11, CoL 4) Hoover, Hamilton Unite in Attacks SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 13.-UP) Herbert Hoover termed the re publican presidential campaign a fight to "turn destructive change into constructive progress." and National Chairman John Hamil ton described Washington "royal economists" as enemies of Amer ica in addresses prepared for a campaign rally here tonight. The former president, who ap peared to Introduce Hamilton, said "tireless effort and unity of action", was necessary to elect republican . candidates In a cam paign which has become "a de bate of the fundamentals in gov ernment the greatest In three generations," - . Hamilton directed verbal fire at the administration by declar ing "royal economists" in Wash ington and not "economic royal ists" were enemies of the nation. The national chairman said be brought to ; California what Mr. Hoover had termed a "holy cru sade for liberty. - Coquille Strike Conference Held OOOUILLE. Ore.. Auav 13.-(ffi -Conferences began today in the office of ' Mayor J. Arthur uerg In an attempt to settle the strike which closed the Smith Wood Products here. Cmrni - lTltt. mill manarer. nlil his firm would arree to hire workers on merit and without dis crimination against union, mem bers and that the same working conditions as prevail on Coos Bay would be placed into effect, pro viding rot overtime pay- ior wora . excess of 44 hours a wees: ana minimum wage of $3.14 for women " employes. ; v . - - The 'mill employs 400 men ana women. Pledge D Seattle News Unable to Guild Mepibers Strike Only 22 Newsroom Workers jQuit But Typographic Employes Refuse to Pass Through Picket Lines; Firing of Two Men Causes Walkout SEATTLE, Aug. 13. (AP)pAnj executive of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer announced atj 11 p. m., there would be no edition of the newspaper toniorrow because of a strike called by the Seattle chapter Guild. Pickets swarmed around Salina Is Hottest Snot in New Wave 118 There; Several Morri Deaths -Are Reported in Southwest - (By the Associated Press) The heat wave rolled on overt middle western plains states yes terday pushing the sizzling mer cury toward new high marks and increasing the need for relief to drought stricken farmers. The hottest spot in the middle! west was Salina, Kas., with a re-1 cording of 118 degrees. Kansas generally sweltered in above 100-t degree weather. Oklahoma re-J ported three heat deaths to bring Its total for this week to 22 and! 110 during the, past month. Missouri and Arkansas reported! one heat fatality each. BartiesJ vllle, Okla., had a spattering off rain and more than an inch fell In! parts of Minnesota, but elsewhere! over the region, skies were cloud-j less and the sun pitiless. Among yesterday's high tem-l peratures were; : i Salina, Kas., 118; Manhattan, Kas.. 116; Topeka, Wellington, Bnrlingame, Emporia, Kas., 113; Wichita, Lawrence and Leaven worth, Kas., 110; Eld Dorado, Kas., 112; Fort Scott and Pitts burgh, Kas., 109; Little Rock, Ark., $4; Fort Smith, Ark., 104; Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo., 110; Sedalia, Mo., 105; Joplin and Columbia, Mo., 104; Nevada, Mo., 102; Springfield, Mo., 100; I St. Louis 101. In Oklahoma tem-f peratures Tanged from 100 to; 109. Texas reported a high of; 117 and Falls City Neb., had 110. Portland Center Of Rehabilitation Work, Northwest PORTLAND. Aug. 13.-tf)- Technieal , functions and admin istrative details of rural rehabili tation work In Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho wUl be centralized in Portland after September 1, Walter A. Duffy, regional direc tor of the resettlement adminis tration, said today. Duffy said that the move would enable state rehabilitation offices to devote full time to direction and supervision of field work. No changes are contemplated in the land use adjustment and resettle ment programs. Car Step Is Long Way Dotcn9 Smith Decides; Suffers 15-Foot Drop COLFAX. Wash., Aug. -John A. Smith. 74. thought that train coach step was a long way ;! off the ground when he stepped off It, It was. When he picked him-; self up after a 15-foot fall, he found the car had stopped on cv trestle. Several ribs were fractur ed and his head lacerated. He was brought to a hospital here from Garfield, where he telL Coughliri Keens Gpup Aloof From Alliance JFith Parties CLEVELAND. An r. 1 3 -(JP-4 ThA Rev. Charles E. Couchlin! charted today a course clear of! political entanglements for hia. national union of social justice,! opening its first national convene tlon here tomorrow. . , j "I'll sten out." said the RovaE Oak, Mich., priest,, "If the union does not retain its own identity J There is absolutely no chance for! an alliance with other groups." - it a .1 He said a resolution wouia nef offered to endorse Rep. William! Lemke of North Dakota,, the! tin inn nartv's candidate for Dresi-I dent, but that It would carry noj endorsement of . tne union partyj Lemke is scheduled to address the delegates Sunday afternooni -Father Coughlin said he would not make a stumping tour with Dr. Francis E. Townsend, the o t TO IS Publish as of the American Newspaper the Outside of the Post-Intelli- Ogencer building, stopping all per sons who tried to enter. The refusal of union mechani cal department employes to pass the picket lines paralyzed the newspaper, t With the backing of the Se attle! central labor council, the guild called the strike today in protest against the discharge of two employes whose dismissal the guild attributed to their activi ties in : its organization. Police guarded the entrances of the building. The street at the main west entrance, leading (Turn to Page 11, Col. 1) Deadline Tonight On Pinball Games Moody Hopes For Decision Speedily on Any Test Cases Coming Up Midnight tonight Is the dead line for removal of marble boards, pinball machines and similar de vices! and the cessation of theatre bank nights in Marion county. Special f Prosecutor Ralph Moody declared' yesterday. His five-day grace period began at 12:01 a.m. last Monday he indicated.' "I'im enforcing the law," Moody explained. "That is all." Any test cases that may arise will be pushed through the courts rapidly as far as the prosecutor is concerned, he added. He wishes to get away for a brief vacation. I Hints were heard yesterday that some owners of marble boards would anticipate approach of the deadline by today seeking a re straining order, against its en forcement. Most of the marble board own ers who have received the close down notice from Sheriff A. C. Burk have Indicated they would follow the special prosecutor's di rections,: Burk reported yesterday. A few, however, contemplate lay ing themselves open to arrest in (Turn to Page 11, CoL 5) Handcar and Boys Lead Merry Chase PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 14- iP) i-Deputy Sheriffs Wills and Pratt told the story of a handcar and three smair boys today with a lot )ess heat than that with which they viewed the incident at its height. - The boys ''borrowed" the hand car from the Portland Electric Power company sheds several miles least of Portland at Gresh am "Just to get home," the de puties; said. The officers went from station to station, received assurance that the vehicle 4b a d f Just gone by like lightning? and finally abandoned their automo bile in favor of an interirban which; followed the handcar into Portland. ! Near the city limits, the officers spied three small boys racing from the track right-of-way Into i store, j- Tearful confessions fol lowed. The car was found hid den in nearby brush and the boys were : taken to their respective homes. ! - . Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, aide of the late Huey P. Long, or Lemke in behalf of Lemke'a candidacy, i ; He added, that he would make several joint appearances w it h Lemke - and his running mate, Thomas C. O'Brien of Boston. Will Hear Townsend After j Business) Over . j A disagreement over whether delegates should hear Dr. Town send, founder of the old age pen sion movement bearing his name, was settled by Father Coughlin upon his arrival by boat from De troit, j Coughlin announced Town tend and other "outside" speak ers would appear Saturday after conclusion of the business ses sions.! 4 ' The program laid down by Father Coughlin for his union (Turn to Page 9, CoL ff) naver Rebel Planes Rain Death on lan On!. .-Will u r;i. av aaaova TV lis Vj A .J But Hostages to Die If It Does, Word Northern Front is Most Active; Neutrality Efforts Failing LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 14-(Fridayl-ifln-Vlolation of Portu guese territory by Spanish gov- .um.u wvvra vuai&cu call today in a broadcast by Capt. Bo- telho Moniz, director of the Por tuguese radio club. , He" declared a group of 30 -"communists" crossed the frontier at Campos Maior, seized a Span ish lieutenant colonel who had fair An rpf n Co rm a Pnrtnriipo es tate and shot him dead. The alleged Invaders, Captain Moniz asserted, pointed-guns at Portuguese farm laborers. They were ordered from the property but continued brandishing pistols as they returned to Spain carry ing the officer's body with them, he added (By the Associated Press) The Spanish civil war last night eentf Tfti nn th nnrthorn tmrtt. within earshot of France, as rebel planes bombarded San Sebastian and Irun and threatened attack from the sea. Eight persons were reported killed in San Sebastian as bombs dropped into the streets. The air ial attack on loyalists San Sebas tian resulted In minor damage. -But a new and desperate bat tle impended. The fascist cruiser Almirante Cervera - anchored in the Bay Of Biscay off San Sebas tian ready to shell the eity. Loyal ists replied with the ultimatum that TOO fascist hostages would be executed If the cruiser opened fire. Government forces were or dered to attack southern rebel (Turn to Page 9, Col. 7) North Minnesota Tnnmc ITiromiof-iifl . JL J V T XlhJ JU v UlslCllVla ST. PAUL, Aug. 13-pV-Eva-. cuation of several northern Min nesota border settlers before an advancing Canadian forest fire came simultaneously tonight with a state command ordering sher iffs of nine counties to close all secondary roads to regular traf fic Ranger Dick Willems of War- road, Minn., notified the state forestry department that settlers north of the village, in the. path of a major Canadian blaze, fled their homes down a narrow road that provides the sole access to the region. Grorer Conzet, state forester. dispatched telegrams to sheriffs of nine northern counties advis ing them to "post guards closing -all side or secondary roads to traffic where these roads lead, in to large or threatening forest fires." i Three arrests were made today at International Falls where Ray Palmer, attorney, and Victor par son were charged with burning without a permit. Virgil Parson' was acussed of failure to report a fire on his premises. ' Both of Senators Join Walnut Tour NEWBERG, Ore., Aug. 13,-UPi Can a -k fYm 1 a T . M aVa w-tm a n J ucuaiui vuovi ico iuviteii j ewxtt Frederick Steiwer (R.-Ore.J joined 100 farmers on a tour of western Oregon walnut and filbert ranches today and spoke briefly regarding the government's at titude toward the industry. Paul Kelty, editor of the Oregonian. E. A. Wright, nut code adminis trator, ana several omer .visitors also spoke. . The brief program was held at the home of Senator W. E. Burke near Sprlngbrook, formerly the home of A. C. Gibbs, Oregon's second governor. Put Boas in Bed, Divorce Grounds LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. CP Mrs.- Emma Egan testified in a divorce hearing today that her husband, George, when he.was drinking, brought home baby boa constrictors, and put them In her bed. Egan, she explained, works for a wholesale banana distributing firm, and rot the snakes from banana crates. The snakes," Mrs. Egan said, frightened her, although they are non-poisonous. She was granted a decree. dan debast