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1 1 aA. Softball Tourney . . " Complete, colorful ac counts of the. state softball tournament will he found In Tlie Statesman each morn ing f the coming week. The Weather Cloudy today, Monday fair, temperature normal; Max. ' Temp. S:turday 77, Min. 51, river sjjfS ft., south westerly wind,' cloudy. M TU U m s r w. m - r FOUNLDnp 1851 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 23, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 123 H 0 rs. , 7 ,N - ' TT (.7 on -A i n Huge Crossing Project Going Ahead Rapidly Placing of Girders Will Start Next Week; Job May End March 1 Materials Extensive; 40 Men on Average are Being Employed Enough concrete to pare 42 Sa lem residential blocks and nearly enough steel to build four reser voirs such as is being constructed on Fairmonnt hill are going into the Southern Pacific highway un dercrossing at the. north city lim its, a project scarcely four blocks in length. .... The 258.000 motor vehicle tunnel and approaches will be finished by next March 1 if wea ther conditions are favorable, Al bert Bern!, superintendent for .Kern A Kibbe, contractors, said "yesterday. ' -' -i Were the huge blocks of con crete already poured for the rail way bridge sectiou of the project standing on ground level, they would appear of monumental pro portions. The tunnel under the railroad tracks will be 393 feet long with a 15-foot clearance for motor traffic. Immense Girders To Be Placed Soon Immense steel girders each one weighs 37 tans were being unloaded at the site last week. Bern! said the difficult task of lowering them into place across the tunnel, to support the con crete roof and tracks, would start In about one week. Sixteen such girders wilj. span the 44-foot road way and provide sufficient strength to support a doable track railway. T" Forty men on the average are employed on the project, accord ing to Bernl. Contrary to a pre vailing belief, they are not neces sarily from the work relief rolls but rather are hired in much the same manner as laborers on oth er highway jobs, through the state employment office. While motorists will continue to ply the Sllverton road detour, railway traffic will shift back from the present temporary, or shoo-fly line to the old location in the next two months, Bernl predicted. Construction operations are being centered on the tunnel in order that the railroad may be moved out of the way of workers building the highway approaches. Each approach, concrete paved and flanked by retaining walls, will .be nearly &00 feet long. The roadway will dip to a point 14 feet below the original high way level. Eight feet above, on either side of the tunnel, there will be pedestrian walks five feet wide. Drainage Problem Is BeUeved Solved To circumvent the drainage problem created by depressing the roadway throng the tun nel, the contractors have- laid 1500 feet - of 18-lnch concrete pipe westward to a gulch back of the- Valley Packing company property. The drain line. It is hoped, will eliminate the neces sity of equipping the tunnel. with automatic pumps to carry away winter rains. . . The tunnel proper will be com- . pleted . around December 1 and work on the approaches will then be rushed ahead. If construction schedules can be maintained, the . big project wfll be completed one year and one month after it was started, last February. Only one sideroad loop will -lead from the nndercrossing ap proaches. Bern! said, explaining away current reports to the con trary. A 50-foot half circle will -be paved from the west side of the south approach to lead down a 20-foot sideroad to the Valley 'Packing plant, the MeLauchlan machine shops and residences. No change In the route of SIl- ,verton road will be required since 'the south nndercrossing approach .will start three blocks north of the Sllverton and Portland road junction. Into the nndercrossing project will go 7000 cubic yards of con crete, 350 tons of reinforcing steel and: (00 tons of structural steeL Americans Urged , To Leave Quickly MADRID, Aug. 22.-VA fresh admonition to all Americans to evacuate Spain, as soon as possi ble was posted tonight at the United States embassy, following receipt of a cable from Washing ton. "Every day of additional delay means the possibility of being cut off entirely from the only method of evacuation," the note said. Pedestrian is Injured Fatally on Downtown Street; Auto Strikes Clarence McKenzie j 24, Victim When He Attempts to Cross Street; Slips and Falls on Seeing Oncoming Machine Which Stops Quickly CLARENCE McKENZIE, died last night as the result of injuries received when he was struck by a car North 15th street. The accident occurred" at the alley cross ing on Court street between High and Church streets. McKenzie was rushed to the Salem General hospital - O where he died of a broken neck IMnntnH llAfAnA,l UlcUllUll: JJC1CUICU In Texas Election Concedes Loss; . Telegram Assert edly by Farley Cause of Furor DALLAS, Tex-. Aug. tt.-JPy-Thomas L. Blanton, fiery veteran of many a congressional struggle, was defeated today in his race for renomlnatlon against Clyde L. Garrett, Eastland county judge. and tonight conceded his oppon ent's victory. The unofficial vote at midnight was Blanton $15 649; Garrett 28.309. j The vote included tabulations from 11 of the 12 counties in the 17th district, with eight com plete. Blanton failed to carry his home county, Taylor, where com plete returns save him 3,958 votes to 4.401 for Garrett. "I am disappointed, but am neither disgruntled nor dis mayed.". ! ; The primary was enlivened by the details which flew around a telegram bearing the name of James A. Farley and urging an other congressional term for Blan ton. Max Bentley, managing editor of the Abilene (Tex.) Reporter News, said his newspapers receiv ed from Washington last night this telegram which was publish ed widely: - ''Congressman Tom Blanton should be. returned. He has con tributed much legislative progress and the people of his district should recognize his worth. (Signed) Hon. James A. Far ley.- J Bantley said the telegraph com pany told ; him it was a govern ment message' filed in Washing ton. - ' i James A. Farley, chairman of the democratic national commit tee, quickly denied authoring the message la New York today. Blaze) Spreading At! Seven Devils SPOKANE, WaBh., Aug. 22.- W)-Three hundred fire fighters were rushed today against flames which spread -rapidly over. .1 00 acres In the rugged Seven Devils mountain region of the Nes Perce national forest In central Idaho. . Smoke rolled over the peaks In great cloud as a wind whipped the fire through y e 1 1 o w pine, lodge pole pine and Douglas fir. The area is west of Rigglns, Ida ho, between the Salmon river and the grand canyon of the Snake. - McNary Feted at Ml Angel; Flax Outlook - Held Bright MT. ANGEL, Aug. 22. -ThU now thoroughly flax minded com munity, through the Mt- Angel Basiness Men's club, was host to day to senior United States Sen ator Charles L. McNary, who was. hailed as a true friend and bene factor of what was described as the coming permanently greatest industry en the land and In the cities and towns of the Willam ette valley. Under the general direction of Father Alcu in, O.S.B., and the special leadership of Fred. J. Schwab, the new retting and scutching plant of the Mt. Angel community was shown to visitors who had come from several sec tions of the state. The plant has its two large storage sheds full of the harvested crop. The threshing or deseed ing is going on, and the six con crete retting tanks are about filled for: the first time with threshed straw. Their capacity la "nine tons each, or 54 tons to the one change of water, which is warmed by a plant Just installed. ' Then, shortly, will cofne the first "wlgwamlng" or drying in the field in shocks of the retted straw; then its restoring. After that will come the scutch ing, which may go forward as long as the air is sufficiently humid, , or the whole year with humidi 24, 570 North Liberty street, driven by F. C. Robinson, 235 d fractured skull. The accident occurred just at 11 o'clock. Witnesses said that McKenxie came from between two cara on the south side of Court street, and started across the street. They said he looked to the left but did not look to the right. Robinson was traveling west on Court. ' McKenzie attempted to stop as he saw the car. slipped and fell beneath the wheels of Robinson's car, witnesses stated. Police said that Robinson stopped within 22 feet after striking Mc Kenzie. McKenzie was the son of Mrs. Ora McKenzie who is now visit ing in Spokane. He had been em ployed -for three years as cashier of the Fred Meyer store. William H. Trlndle, district at torney, investigated the case and reported there would be no ar rest. He said that in his opin ion it was an unavoidable acci dent and that; Robinson was not to blame, ' Strike of Lumber. Workers Is Ended I.W.W. Claim Duress; End of; Martial Rule Is Ordered by Ross i SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 22.-UPy-Hurling a final charge of "military duress." I. W. W. lead ers officially called an end to night to the eight-week North Ida ho lumber strika which brought martial law to Clearwater county. James Whalen, chairman of the central strike committee, and P. E. Stover, chairman of the or ganization committee, released this statement: "The vote by the strikers In Pierce to go back to work was taken under military duress. For this reason the strikers in other places doubt, that the outcome of the Tote is a valid expression of the strikers rear opinion. How ever, they have agreed to gd back to work pending future develop ments. With the return ballots from all camps la favor of going back to work, the strike was offi cially ended." With. the strike ended, the re vocation of martial law in the county was ordered by Governor C. Ben "Ross. - '. v -; C. L. Billings, general manager of the Potlatch Forests, Inc., in a statement last, night, said "if the men want to go back to work", some of the camps would be re opened "as soon as the troops are removed." fiers., as at the Oregon prison. , Fred. J. Schwab is manager of the plant. He is hoping for many late summer and fall days of sun shine, so that a large proportion' of the harvested crop may be worked into marketable products, fibers and seed. . . - -; . , When rains shut down the dry ing in the field, the balance of the harvested crop will have to go over until sunshiny days of 137. .' After the tour through the plant, guests gathered at the Mt Angel school basement rooms, where a noon banquet was served. AU available tables were filled by guests and members of the club. '- - ; " - ' U: Father Alcuin had charge of the banquet. He called upon Mayor Jacob Berchtold of Mt. Angel for welcoming words to the. chief guest. Senator McNary, and other guests. L. L. Laws. Salem, responded as secretary of the state flax board, promising every help from the prison plant, anl general co operation with the hi. Angel flax growers and their just inaugurat ed processing plant. Frank Chambers, representing the state board and Eugene's new plant, responded happily from the flax minded city up the valley. Mr. Belton responded for - the (Turn to page 8, coL IX .', Three Wanted Here Reported Held in South Two Suspected of Series of Apartment House, Thefts in Salem Woman Who Escaped Jail in Corvallis, Sought . on Check Charges Two men and a woman be lieved wanted for crimes In or near Salem were under arrest in California cities yesterday, city and state police were notified. The men were believed by Chief of Po lice Frank A. Minto to have been responsible for series of apart ment house burglaries here July 4. The woman, according to state police, was sought here In 1932 in connection with bad check cases. The men were Lester Darby and Harold Lowry, police w e r e ad vised. One of them had in his possession a 1932 Salem high school class pin. Chief Minto said he had sent Oakland authorities a list of arti cles, mostly old gold Jewelry, stolen from more than a dozen apartments and two offices here early In July. Mrs. Nona White, county probation officer, was one of the victims of the apartment prowlers. r Woman Got Away From CorvaUia Jail The woman, known here as Mrs. Clara Larson, now 35, was sought by police here late in 1932 and early in 1933 but never ap prehended. She finally was ar rested in Benton county and held in jail at Corvallis until she es caped January 12, 1933, police records show. She used at least 30 aliases including Mrs. Minnie Perry Gould, Mrs. R. W. Stevens, Carolyn C. Stevens. Clara C. Bra (Turn to page 8, coL 1) Orders Hoover to Curb Radio Noise SPRINGFIELD, Ore.. Aug. 22.-C-A big automobile drew up in front of a jewelry store here and two women stepped out, leaving two men behind. One of them turned on the au tomobile radio. In the stillness of the village, it could be heard some distance, so a customer in the store stepped to the curb and instructed the men "to tune it down." They did. " Aa if to Impress the visitors, he remarked that the automobile was parked In front of a city councilman's store. Walking down the street later, a friend said to him: - "Do you know who that Is in that t big e a r? That'e Herbert Hoover." . A staunch republican n d en admirer of Hoover, the business man completed hia walk with a very red face. Heavy Rain Gomes To Parched Areas CHICAGO. Aug. 22. - () -Drenching rain weakened - the drought's grip on much of the farm belt today. As much as 2 to 3 inches of water refreshed parts of North Dakota and Minnesota sun blackened spots in the drought re gionAnd II. K. Wilson. Minne sota agronomist said the end of the long arid period was appar ent - . , 4 . Wilson said the rain would per mit fall plowing which otherwise would "have been Impossible in the two states, would prepare the earth for sowing of winter grain, and bring pastures back to life.' Farmers hailed the overnight rains for what comfort they brought In North Dakota, grain men predicted fair crops In some parts of the state despite the summer long parching. Healthful Drinks Flow After Crash PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 22.-(jp) -Boys and girls in an outlying residential district of Portland had a free feast of bottled milk and orange juice today. The flow of beverages occurred when a - Fairview farm truck struck a telephone pole and over turned. ' . Dank Dividend Due. , ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 22.-33)-Mark Skinner, state superinten dent of banks, said today that 827,000 dividend would be paid Albany state bank' commercial de- .positors August 26. It wllll be the I fifth ten per cent dividend. Head of Young G.OJ.toTalk J. KENNETH "BRADLEY Republican Set Tuesday Noon National Head of Younger Party Group to Talk Officials Coming Marion county republicans will hold a pre-campaign luncheon at the Marion hotel Tuesday at 12 o'clock. J. Kenneth Bradley, pres lident of the national federation of Young Republicans, and Kath ryn Ford, woman's director of the Young Republicans , will be the speakers at the meeting. Both are on 'a ; tour under the auspices of the national republican head quarters.! :' The rally is being given under the sponsorship of the Marion county central committee, the Pro America league and the Ma rion, county '.republican club. Low ell t7 Paget,' president of the Ore gon f republican club - will bring the speakers from Portland. Har old Pruitt, secretary of the Ma rion Club will serve as chairman of the meeting. ' Tickets for the luncheon are reported to be selling well and one of the largest meetings - of the group held in Marion county is expected to result. The pro gram will be limited and will be over by 1 o'clock. .. . Jeffrey Selected To Oppose Ekwpll PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. ti.-ijf) -Portland . supporters of the Townsend pension plan selected John A. Jeffrey, veteran Oregon campaigner, today as their inde pendent candidate for "congress from the third Oregon district. ' He will oppose William A. E It wall, republican incumbent, and Mrs. Nanny Wood Honeyman, both outspoken critics of the Townsend plan. The Townsend nominee lost the democratic senatorial nomination to Willis Mahoney of - Klamath Falls. In the primary jelectloa this June and has twice, before run for congress, both times unsuc cessfully. . -: Jeffrey's selection came at the end of a stormy session,' during which he charged Dr. Ralph Shad duck, area manager, with: having gone back on his word not to be a candidate for the nomination.. Dr. Shadduck denied the charge and withdrew after the compli mentary ballot, in which he re ceived 303 votes to Jeffrey'a 135. " The final vote was Jeffrey, 314; C. C. Patterson. 75; "A. . M. Sil verman, 48; Gilbert E. Hamaker, 39, and Dr. Shadduck. 32. Trains Crash But Damage Is Slight PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 22.-(Jfy-A. collision between two freight trains about 25 miles east of La Grande was reported here today by Union Pacific officials. , One train was stopped and the other barely moving when the two locomotives trashed head-on. No one was injured and no cars were derailed. Officials said traffic would be delayed only slightly.. The cause of the accident had not been de termined. . Southwest Ohio Suffer Severe Wind, Rain Storm HAMILTON, O.. Aug. 22,-iS5)-Severe wind and rain storms rip ped through at least three coun ties in southwestern Ohio tonight. Inflicting damage estimated by police at 875,000 to 8100,000 in Hamilton and causing widespread loss in nearby areas. Houses were unroofed here, parts of the brick walla of two factories were blown down, and trees and high tension lines felled. Rally Neutral Move Helped out by Si Madrid Government Will "" . - - -J Settle German Ship ' j Incident, Pledge - . ; Rebels Push On, Nearing Madrid; : Final Drive Will Start Soon - (By The Associated Press), The door to united European neutrality In the Spanish civil warf was opened tonight with the promise of the Madrid government! that it would settle speedily thej .... . a. ... . . . i ' ii.amerun - inciaeni proiesieu; twice by the nasi government of Germany. .... Through its minister of state, AugustoBarcla, the Madrid -government declared it was discus sing "with all the care required by their Importance" the German demands for apologies for the re ported search of the German ves sel Kamerun by Spanish govern ment armef seamen. The German government also demanded assurances that such an "incident" wbuld not recur, and; insisted on return of a German; plane reported to be 'sequestered; in Spain. Of this latter demand there was nothing said officially In Madrid, but it was authorita tively stated in London that Great; Britain exerted, strong pressure on Madrid to smooth out this dispute! as well as the Kamerun Incident! If the "affronts" charged by the German government were dis posed of satisfactorily, European observers felt, the most difficult; si-umoung diock 10 me proposed, French neutrality pact would be; removed. ' . Rebels at Toledo. Plan Final Drive ! Within war-torn Spain herself fascist-rebel forces pushed on to ward Madrid fighting; their lead-! ers said, to capture the govern-; ment capital "within a short time." I The Insurgent forces tonight were consolidating newly won po sitions on the outskirts of Toledo, only 30 miles south of Madrid, preparatory to launching a final assault which they hopeu would carry the government defenders of j Toledo before them leaving a vir tually unimpeded route to Mad rid. The rebel warship Espana late In the day resumed its bombard ment of the Irun-San Sebastian! sector. Ah aerial battle1 between gov ernment and rebel planes ; over Huesca was reported, with no cas ualties. The government planes. it was reported, chased the rebel airmen back toward Zaragosa. The United States reaffirmed officially Its policy of stringent neutrality with a -"moral arms embargo. Leader of Black Legion Is Sought DETROIT, Aug! 22.-MPV-Mlch- igan authorities demanded ' to-! night that Lima, O., police detain; Virgil F. Bert). Ef finger, indict-i ed with 21 others on criminal syn-i dicalism charges in . an alleged; black legion plot to seize the ted-; eral government, pending a hearn ing on two warrants for his ex-j tradition., Effinger, an electrical contract- or who was once an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff In Lima, was! described In the affidavit . on! which the syndicalism charge was based as the "national command er" of the . terroristic band of night riders, and as the leader in a proposed armed uprising to seize arsenals and federal buildings.- Danish Heads Better Standard of Living Forecast imLandon Speech WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa., Aug 22. UP) A promise of a better standard of living in this coun4 fry "through a frontier of nevf wants," and encouragement of ffree enterprise" waa projected, today by Gov. Alt M. Landon la a campaign address at his vll tare birthplace. j ' "Let us not abandon our det termination to win security anq abundance without sacrificing an ef our precious heritage of freer dom and opportunity," Landou told an outdoor throng. : Applause broke out when the republican presidential nominee said "the American way of life is being threatened,' and pledgr ed himself "so far as it lies withj In my power to protect for Amer ica our heritage of freedom and opportunity. , j. i "The choice now before . our country, the Kansan said, "is the choice between the pig in the Notable Figure in ; ; Ranks of 'Liber ah Victim Faces Death Bravely, Admitting Near t. End His Case Hopeless; Praise Accorded hy Roosevelt Minnesota Mourns; Party Now Has No Candidate ior Senate, Several . Nominees Are Considered ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 22. (AP) Floyd Bl Olson, farmer-labor governor of Minnesota and long prominent in state and national political circles, died at 8:29 p. m. tonight. He was 44 years old. With him at the time of death were Mrs. Olson, hia daughter, Patricia; Maurice Rose, the chief executive's per sonal aide; Drs. Hunter - Sheldon and Carl Nygaard, and; three nurses, 'Miss Lunetta Judd, Miss Irma Sasson and Misa Elizabeth Hogan. Barred from the hospital, a crowd waited on the street outside the building, awaiting the final outcome. Just prior to word of the governor's death, cries of grief JTT -T . Owere heard In the hospital by the I I Cnil C linOCCni Holds Same Views Hjarmar Peterson Native of Denmark; Believer in Co-op Principle ST. PAUL, Aug. 22.-0TV.HJal-mar Petersen, a naturalised Dane, who ascended to the governor ship upon the death tonight of Gov. Floyd B.' Olson, brought to the Chief executive post the same liberal convictions and principles for which, his predecessor stood. Petersen, a newspaper publish er who was born in Denmark and reared on a Minnesota farm, re ceived his training, as he says, "in the school of experience. He Is 41 years old. a staunch advocate of public ownership, co operation and personal Initiative, all of which he espoused during his terms in the Minnesota legis lature and as lieutenant governor under Olson. ' (Turn to page 8, col. 2) , Unique Baseball Program Offered PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. tl.-VPi -Old-time baseball players wUl return to action Sunday night at the Vaughn street park when two teams of veteran players will com pete in a three-inning game. Such : notables as Billy Sulli van, one-time Chicago White Sox idol;. Charley High, former Port land Beaver star, and Carson Big- bee, ex-Pittsburg ace will be in cluded in the line-ups. A regulation nine-Inning game between all-star semi-pro teams from Portland down-state teams will follow. "Frisco" Edwards of Salem will manage the out-of- Portland team and - players will include Delbert Wilson and How ard Maple-of Salem and Phil Sal- strom of Woodburn. 45th Fatality Occurs PORTLAND, Ore., Aug 22.- (tfJ-Portland's H3 traffic toll reached 4 5 today with the death of Sig Freudensteln. He was in jured in an automobile accident earlier, in the week. poke policies of the present ad ministration and these American institutions under which we have enjoyed more liberty and attain ed a higher standard of living than any other- people la the world. - "The frontier of new wants points the way to a better stan dard of living in this country." Bareheaded, in a blue summer suit," Landon stood on a flag and sun-flower decked ' platform on the Tam O'Shanter golf course to deliver the first major east ern address of his campaign to out the new deaL Wool gathering, grown out of the depression, he continued In a speech entitled "The Ameri can Way of Life. had shaken confidence. This "doubt-and dis trust,' he continued, "is foster- edby unstable men to whom it is always dangerous to give poli tical power. of Mine persons on the street He -had suffered with an ulcer of the stomach for some time and though urged by friends and associates to take time oft from his duties as governor, and place himself under medical treatment, Olson never quite found time. Last December, however, hie -condition grew, worse and he con sulted the Mayo clinic. An ex ploratory operation followed. - The chief executive's condition, became extremely critical late to day, and he lapsed into a coma at :30 p. m. : ; Just prior to lapsing Into un consciousness. Gov. Olson told Maurice Rose, his personal aidef "This thing has got us licked.' But don't worry or feel sad, be cause it must be for the best. Just four days prior to hi death. Gov. Olson had endorsed the presidential candidacy of President Roosevelt He voiced! respect Tor Rev. Charles E, Coughlln and the union party can didate, William M. Lemke. but said the liberal vote must not be divided. HYDE PARK. N. Y.. An. 22., 0P)-President Roosevelt, notified tonight of the death of Governor Olson of Minnesota, said the ca tion had lost "a personality of singular force and courage." His statement follows: "The nation has lost a wr&on. ality of singular force and cour age ln the death of Governor Ol son. Year by year since he as sumed -the governorship ' of . a great commonwealth he had be come a - more massive figure in our national life. He has unbound ed faith In the wisdom and the honesty of the common man. As a public official he never shirked the ' responsibilities of office nor compromised with the truth as he saw it" ; : - ST. PAUL, Aug. 22-Cipy-Th farmer-labor party of Minnesota, which has dominated state affaire for six years; was without a sen atorial candidate upon the death. Of Gov. Floyd B. Olson tonight, but there were several possible nominees available. Two of these most prominently mentioned were Rep. Ernest Lun- deen. Minneapolis, and Atty. Gen. Harry H. Peterson. The ee lectio a, unaer Minnesota law, will bm made by the farmer-labor state central committee. Three Suspected In Melon Episode MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. tZ.-iT) -Gilbert P. Dickinson. 19; Lloyd S. Seabury. 21, and Lloyd IZ, Bongee, 20, all of PIaJavlew, Neb., are held in the county Jail here by the state police as "defi nite suspects" In the watermelon rind hurling episode on the- Pa cific highway near Talent la I Thursday night that resulted U Mrs. Joe N. Marsh of this city sustaining a seriously slash 1 throat - Mrs. Marsh, in an Ashland hos pital, , was reported as showing improvement today. Seabury and Bongee entered pleas of guilty" in Justice' court this afternoon to disorderly con duct, admitting shooting a watr pistol at passing autos. ' Dickinson, owner of the euta in which the trio were touring, waa sentenced to ten days in 3 county Jail for possession of tx Illegal out-of-state license rlat?. , All three vigorously deny ary part in the watermelon throwir