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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1936)
Political News Primary elections' in m Bomber of state are enliv- "": ning the campaign. The morning newspaper is al ways first with election news. The Weather Fair today and Thursday, normal temperature; 3 lax. Temp. Tuesday 79, 3Iin. 44 Hrer -3.7 feet, northwest erly winds. FOUMDCP 1851 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning:, August 26, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 133 . 71 r rfhrm ti dir h ToiiuFBey will IXesicHi Tar Clouds in Europe Lower; Add to Armies Germany Builds Up Force and Scolds Russians; French Fearful Four Rebel Officers are Executed; Attacks on Cities Continued (By the" Associated Press) Europe worked last night to soften some of the grave potenti alities of the Spanish cItII war as France sought means to meet Ger many's new military challenge. French parliamentarians, ap prehensive lest Adolf Hitler's in crease In nazl fighting forces to more than 1,000,000 soldiers meant he was preparing for war, anxiously sought a way of in creasing the size of their own army. Ramifications of the struggle In Spain were apparent even In this, as French socialists sympa thetic to the Madrid loyalist gov ernment and fearful France might In some way become Involved, abandoned their objections to in creasing France's two year mili tary training period. Ttouib Made-Outside Of Spain, Charged The mesh of European poten tial entanglements in Spain's war fare was further s.iarled by the expressed "conviction of the Spanish premier Jose GIral Per eira that bombs dropped by rebel 1 . v ir. j.u . v touca uu iuo juiunu airpuri were made In some other Eurcpean country. The war between the rebel fas cists and government forces In Spain itself - yesterday centered around a government purge : of fascist sympathizers ..within Ma drid. ' i .,. Four rebel officers were put to death by the new "popular front tribunal for allegedly firing the Madrid jail In an attempted break. The aged Father Montana, erstwhile confessor to the Spanish royal family, was among those ar rested In the government's relent, less campaign to rid Madrid of enemies. On the northern Spanish front, incessant rebel bombardments of the Irun-San Sebastian sectors was believed to presage a new major offensive to capture the two cities from the government defenders. In France observers warned that Hitler's Increase of his standing army might split Eu rope into two camps one of fas cist s?path!zers and the other socialist or communist adherents. Ilnssi Excuse for German Arming Hitler, whose national - social ism regime- is more harmonious with fascist than with socialist or communism, might attract smaller nations in Europe to his banner In . the role of a protec tor, it was said in France. Thus, aligned against him and the nazls would be France and Russia the country whose bor der fortifications and huge army (Turn to Page 2. Col. 1 ) Execute Four For Fostering Revolt BARCELONA. Spain. Aug. 28. py-Four Spanish rebel officers were executed by a firing squad here today after eonvlction by court martial. - The four, convicted of foster ing rebellion against the socialist government, were Commander Lo pes Amor and Capts. Lopes Belua. Lopes Varela and Liwtada De La Roza. Th( Catalonlan government, contlntiifg Its- purge of fascist sympathizers, approved creation of a "People's Committee of Pub lic Safety," The government decided to abolish all existing lawyers' or ganizations a n d to commandeer short wave radio stations In Cata lonia. A correspondent of the French communist newspaper I'Humanite was brought here critiaclly wounded with a bullet through the lungs and a broken arm. Wisconsin Man Found Lying Gravely III on Parking; Receives Aid Theodore Bersette. Bad Rivers, Wisconsin, was found lying ill on the parking at the corner of Win ter and State streets at 11:30 o'clock last night. He was taken to the police sta tion. After a diagnosis there by Dr. Bird, city physician, he was taken to the Deaconess . hospital for observation. His condition was considered serious. Will Carry on Work oi Olson :" i V HJalmar Peterson, newspaper edi tor and native of Denmark, who waa sworn In aa governor of Minnesota Monday Succeeding Governor Floyd Olson who died last Saturday. Governor Peter son Is an enthusiastic Farmer Labor party worker and Is ex pected to carry on the policies of his predecessor. Tide Lake Floods Over Grain Land Loss Already $50,000 and 500 Men Working as Break Enlarged KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Aug. IS.-iffV-Water from the Tule lake sump was spreading rapidly over hundreds of acres of rich grain land tonight while 500 men worked frantically with 150 trucks to move sacked barley and wheat. ! Large quantities of standing grain have already been ruined with losses estimated at mora than $5d,000. The break in the sump dike oc curred at 4 p. m. today and wa ter emmldately began pouring through a 35-foot breach. The pressure on the dike has been In creasingly ! heavy as irrigation drainage water was poured Into the sump, but the break at this point was unexpected. Half Field Cut Bat Grain Still There Water immediately poured Into the 1100 acre wheat and barley field leased from the government (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Secretary of War Fighting For Life WASHINGTON, Aug. ll.-UPf- Secretary of War Dern was fight ing for his life in Walter Reed general hospital tonight after a serious setback In his long ill ness from influenza. War department officials said the 64-year-old secretary's condi tion was "alarming" with heart and. kidney complications. John Dern, the only member of the family not here, was called from Chicago to be at his father's bed side. " The White House disclosed that President Roosevelt, appre hensive over Dern's condition, was receiving .frequent reports from the hospital. The president visited Dern at the hospital two weeks ago before leaving on his survey of the Pennsylvania and New York flood areas. Republican Policies Appeal TolYouthB Dining accommodations at the Marion hotel were taxed Tuesday to care for the large crowd which wanted to hear J. Kenneth Brad ley, chairman of the national fed eration of republican clubs, and Miss Katbryn Ford, co-chairman. Mr. Bradley is senator in the Connecticut legislature, leader of the republican majority. Miss Ford resides at Oak Park, I1L Besides the Marion county , folk who gathered for the luncheon a number ct party leaders from Portland came to accompany Mr. Bradley and; Miss Ford. Harold Pruitt, secretary of the Marion county club, presided, and Lowell Paget, state president, introduced the speakers.. Miss Ford, the first speaker, directed her brief remarks par ticularly to women. She warned them that women's rights were immediately lost under dictator ship, and asserted that the ten dency in Washington toward as Later Ope nm School Board Delay - in Completion of Bush and . Leslie Work Cause for Change W-:; Closing to Be Same Time as Planned; E. Arnold Added to Faculty ; Salem school children are going to have a- week longer vacation than they planned. The school board, on recommendation of Su perintendent Silas Gaiser, at 1 1 a meeting last night voted to post pone the opening of school from September 14 to 21. .; The delay was caused by the inability of contractors to have the new Bush grade school build ing and the Leslie junior high school ready for occupancy by the earlier Tlate. ; The contractors were handi capped by a PWA ruling that car penters can work only 130 hours each month. Requests for exten sion to 160 hours for August were refused by officials. The rest of the work necessary In the two buildings will be done In Septem ber. - $ , Wants All Work to t-U'i Start Same Time V In making his recommendation that school opening be delayed a week, Superintendent : Gaiser pointed out that the two schools will accommodate 20 per cent of the school population and that It would be better to have the whole program running on the same schedule rather than to have such a large group a week behind the rest. - i. . The week's delay wiU still al low school to close June 4, Gaiser said. There will be a seven day holiday at Christmas, two days at Easter and Thanksgiving and one day for Armistice and Memorial day.' - vV-' ' The boardLlast night elected Es ther Arnold as physical education director at Leslie junior high for one year. She will fill the.Tlace of Eleanor Tossing who waa granted a year's leave of absence to take graduate work at the Uni versity of Oregon. Miss Arnold la a graduate of Willamette uni versity and has been In charge of swimming programs at the Salem , - (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Itch Case on File In Supreme Court WASHINGTON, Aug. The supreme court was asked to day for a ruling on whether the second mate of the vessel "Co vena" contracted' the itch from the ship's cook. The Hammond Lumber com pany, owner of the vessel which operates between Pacific' coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, appeal ed from a ruling by the Oregon supreme court awarding, Ralph Com p ton. the mate, SI 000. State courts held the ship own er should have made a physical examination of the crew before the vessel sailed to ascertain If anyone had a contagious disease. In its petition to the supreme court here, the lumber company asserted: ' "There was no evidence' that Compton had the itch; - j ;- "There was no evidence that Compton got it from the "cook; ; -"Or that, if the cook had the itch, the ship owner "knew of it before the ship left port so he could do anything about it" The court will announce in Oc tober whether It will review the controversy. ; sumption I of dictatorial powers was a threat which women should not Ignore. Her second point was that Inflation would destroy the chief measure of security for de pendent women and children their insurance policies. Most pol icies are written for- the protec tion of women and children, and Insurance policies would become valueless If Inflation comes, which Is a constant threat under free spending policies. Senator Bradley launched a vigorous criticism of .President Roosevelt as "not an idealist and not a man with a plan." He sup ported Landon as "an outstanding candidate," one whom the oppo sition has failed to find anything agafnst. Farley Tfcvup Is Fatal, Contended Roosevelt's idealism, .Bradley said, -failed because of his tie-up with Jim Farley and because of (Tnrn to Page 2, Col. 1) Date Voted by Seattle Mayor Lashes Hearst In Big Meeting SEATTLE, Aug. 25-( Addressing a wildly cheer ing crowd estimated by po lice at more than '2000 per. sons. Mayor John F. Dore tonight termed the strike of the Seattle chapter of the American newspaper guild at the-Post-Intelligencer a -at battle of aU wage earners of the community. ! "Whether the citizens of this city are going to run this town or whether Wil liam Randolph Hearst is go ing to run it is the main is sue at stake In the strike of the newsroom of the Post Intelligencer," Dore said. "As to radio reports of mob violence, there has been no mob violence since I be came mayor and there never will be," he said. The mayor said if "Hearst brings his gang of gorillas into Seattle we will make it hotter than hell for him. East Salem Drain Project Probable little Doubt of Approval Seen After Conference With WPA Official Prospects for the laying of a new sewer and drain pipe along D street were bright yesterday as a result of a conference between city representatives and WP A of ficials. Alderman Brazier Small, chairman of the sewer committee of the city council; Hugh Rogers, city engineer; J. E. Smith, WPA district director, and W. M. Bart lett WPA director of operations, discussed the possibility of mak ing the Improvement a WPA pro ject. Bartlett said that there was little doubt that the project would be approved for Immediate Install latlon. . The proposal to make the WPA application is to be submit ted to the council at its . n e x t meeting. , 11,000 Feet of Pipe, Project Estimate No definite estimate of the cost of the project has yet been com piled. The city will have to ob tain its share of the funds from the sale of $22,000 sewer bonds authorized by the voters of the city three years ago. There will be 11,000 feet of pipe laid if the project goes through. This Includes the main and lateral lines. Need for the enlargement of the drainage lines will be en hanced as soon as she new high school is connected to the line. residents of the section have de clared in asking that the Improve ment be made. The district served by the D street connection is one section of the city which still suf fers from flooded basements dur ing the wet seasons. The new im provement will alleviate this con dition and allow for the connec tion of the high school building with no damage to the district, engineers believe. ; Search Made For, Chief of 'Legion' COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 25.-4PV- The state highway patrol broad east a general alarm tonight for the arrest of Virgil F. Ef finger, named by. Prosecutor Duncan C. McRea of Detroit as national commander of the hooded Black Legion. : a The , broadcast followed by a few hours Effinger'a disappear ance from an apparently unfavor able extradition hearing just as Franklin county-(Columbus) dep uties sought to detain him for Michigan authorities, who have charged him with criminal syn dicalism and possession of bombs. PORTLAND, Aug. ll.-UPi- Former heavyweight champion Max Baer left the ring here to night' with a six round decision over Cecil Myart. Los Angeles, and 5000 Portland boxing fans left Multnomah stadium with a sour taste in their mouths. The Livermore larraper Jabbed and slapped at Myart almost at will during the entire fight, but failed to impress. Myart showed nothing. Baer w e-1 g h e d 219, Myart 216. Brother Buddy was equally un impressive, though he knocked out Bill Devere, San Francisco, after seven seconds of the second o u n d of their scheduled six round set-to. A right to the but ton did the work. Devere tipped the scales at 200, forty less than Buddy. -. Jack Curley, 132, Portland, de- cisioned Don Crowed 134, Port land; Gene O'Grady, 178, Ash land, Ore., took an easy decision from Ralph Norwood, 185, Oak land, and Kid Thornley, Silverton, came back, to win a nod over Harry Kinsey, Portland. I i- 1 Late Sports Townsendites Score Victory In California Eight OARP Candidates Leading There But Five Fall Behind Byrnes and Harrison Get Safe Margins Upon Early Figures SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25.- (Jp) Townsend - approved candi dates held leads over their op ponents in eight districts but were trallng in fire other Instan ces tonight on the face of in com plete returns from the state pri- 1 mary. ., Sheridan Downey, .attorney for Dr. F. E. Townsend, was running behind Representative Frank H. Buck for the democratic nomina Hon in the third district, where the pension plan membership waged & vigorous campaign. , Representative John S. Me- Groarty, who introduced the first Townsend's pension bill in con gress but who broke with the or ganization several months ago. held an 1 apparently comfortable lead for the democratic renomina tion. A. L Stewart, Townsend - en dorsed republican, was trailing turns. - Three Incumbents Lead Their Fields Rep. John H. Hoeppel, demo crat,- recently convicted of con spiring to veil a West Point ap pointment, was well behind W. R. Peeler, Townsendite, In first returns. There were 14 candi dates in the field for the repub lican and democratic honors. Reps. Harry L. Englebright, Richard J. Welsh, Albert E. Car ter and-B.W. Gearhart, repub licans "with Townsend endorse ments, led their fields..: Democratic Congressmen John ' (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Assessed Values In County Lower Two Million Drop Viewed Probable ; Complaints . Facing Board Few Marion county's total asfessed value this year will show a de creased value of upwards of $2, 000,000, Roscoe "Tad" Shelton, assessor, estimated yesterday as the conclusion of the annnal as sessment period for the year neared. The tax rolls are being written up by the assessor's of fice force and will be concluded within a fortnight. ' Principal single reason for the decline Is the elimination of the plant of the Oregon-Washington Water Service company in Salem from the rolls, resulting in a drop of nearly 1 50 0,000 Writing down markedly the values on prune lands, some reductions in agri cultural districts in the. connty and a scaling, down of assessment on some business property, de preciated by changes in business trends In Salem, accounts for a sizeable amount of the remain ing losses in assessed value.: Gain Next Year is Assessor's Forecast . Another year will see some up turn in assessed values for the first time since depression, start ed. Dr. Shelton opined. Residence construction In Salem, marked by the Issuance of the 84th permit for a new house in Salem this week, will be reflected in next year's assessments. The low mark has probably been reached in farm valuations, too, and further (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) i . ... Youth Snoozes in Theatre, Awakens Early in Morning The show was good and the seat was comfortable so George Parsons, Jr., 12, curled up to have a good time. He didn't realize what a good time he was having until he woke up at 12:30 Tuesday morning to find the show over, the audience gone and the theatre locked . up. At 12:38 o'clock police were notified that someone was in the Grand theatre. A ey was obtained and the Parsons boy released from his ' darkened prison.. Officers took him home to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George O. Parsons, 1057 Sag-.' inaw street. As the police were taking the boy home, his moth er, worried over his absence, passed them on the way to town to try to locate him. ; : Landon Is Greeted by Pioneer As He Revisits Old Home Town it During a brief visit to his boyhood ernor Airrea 31. jjanaon, republican presidential candidate, shakes hands and chats with a pioneer resident of the community, 96-year-old Mrs. John T. Klinginsmith. Japanese Answer Charges of Chin; Neighbor Too Suspicious Declared; No Territory Ambitions, Is Pledge YOSEMITE. Calif., Aug. 25.4 LTV-Counter charges that China was "unfriendly" and sometimes "violent," toward Japan marked a Japanese answer before the In-j stitute of pacific Relations today to repeated assertions that the! Tokyo government practiced "ag- gression." . - In an "emergency plenary sea-; slon requested by Japanese rep-! resentatives to reply to criticism of Japan's conduct in China. Ken kichi Yoshizawa, former Japanese minister to Nanking, asserted the only remedy for the situation was more conciliation on both sides. Yesterday the institute, an un official body of statesmen and economists, heard Dr. Hu Shih of the National university of Peip ing assert Japan was to blame for much of China's troubles and the Siinese were ready to fight for eir "existence". Hopes of Peace Are Reviewed by Talks The remarks of the usual pa clfistic Dr. Hu, on top of last week's discussion concerning Jap an's drive for a place in .the world's markets,' stirred Japanese representatives to ask for- the emergency" plenary meeting in which to reply. . . Toshizawa's speech combined with conciliatory Japanese ad- : (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Two Fires Fought In Woods of Coos MARSHFlELD. Ore , Aug. 25. (fl3) Fifty employes of the Moore Mill and Lumber company were battling a ' 50-acre fire in slash ings near Riverton today. A small amount of timber was- endangered by .the blaze, one of the worst In this region since the city of Powers was threatened last fall. . ' Forty men were fighting anoth er 100 acre fire four miles north of Coquille. -.. - New York Campaign Plans Engage Landon and Aides BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 25.H55) -Governor Alt M. Landon reached the final speaking stop of his eastern campaign swing today and plunged immediately, into con ferences on party strategy for winning New York's 47 electoral votes which Included a chat with Theodore Roosevelt, jr. In a crowded day, the presi dential nominee drove four miles through Buffalo streets waving greetings to . onlookers, lunched with Erie and Niagara county re publican officials, met numerous other party leaders, told a peace delegation that war Is "the great est threat to democracy," attend ed a reception of western repub lican women, and dined with friends at the home of Edward H. Butler, publisher of the Buff alo Evening News, before retiring there for the night. Between times, the K a n s a n took a last look at the speech on government finance he will de home at ConneautvlIIe, Paw Gov- Conference Hears Of Mission Tasks United Brethren Session Under Way; Shoop Is i Speaker First Day- Rev. C. W. Shoop, professor of religious education at Union The ological seminary at Canton, Chi na, addressing the 83rd anrltal conference of the United' Breth ren church, meeting at the Engle- wood church last night on "Our Task in China" emphasized the growth of Christian missions dur ing the last century. The speaker traced the history of Christian missions since Ro bert Morrison went to China in 1804. He told how it was Morri son's hope after he had received his first convert to Christianity that there would be 100 Chris tians inside of the following cen tury. A year ago the 100th annl (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) , Will Ask For Bids On Undercrossing j Mayor V. E. Kuhn, chairman of - the special water . construction committee of the city council, an nounced yesterday that the com mittee would meet tonight at the Salem water office to go over specifications and prepare a call for bids on underground cross ings for the new pipeline which will bring the mountain water supply to Salem. The. crossings are under the millrace above Tur ner. -. - ' The committee will also receive reports from R. E. Koon, engin eer in charge of the project, on the progress that has been made on the work. - Mayor Kuhn also announced that the delayed hearing on the different types of proposed pipe for the line will be held next week. The definite date for the meeting has not been set.. Repre sentatives of the various types of pipe considered practical for the nse on. the project will have an opportunity to present the merits of their products to the commit tee at the time, Kuhn said.. . liver tomorrow night. It will be the last of three major eastern talks. Young Roosevelt Praises Candidate j At West Middlesex, Pa., Satur day the candidate discussed "the American way of life:" At Chau tauqua. ff. Y., last night he dealt with "the dangers of free edu cation." - The meeting with young "T. R." took place in Landon'a hotel proom after postponement of : a conference originally scheduled at Topeka. "He is the trueet kind of lib eral," Roesevelt told newsmen after half an hour with the Kan San. ! "It is an amusing thing to me," Roosevelt continued, ; "to see Franklin Roosevelt posing as the logical legatee of the progressive policies and spirit of 1912 when I recall that he consistently op I (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Salem's Hopes Are Narrowed To One E Electricians Impr e s s i v e in Win Over Astoria . by 18-0 Runaway Radio Men: Fall; 2 Tilts" Tonight to Conclude Preliminary Tests Scores Last Night Bit. Angel 7, Atwater-Kent 2. - - Milwaukie 11, Lebanon 1. Hogg Broa. 18, Astoria 0. Games Tonight ' 7: SO Albany . vs. Toledo. 8: SO D alias vs. Rotary Bread (Portland). 0:80 Tillamook vs. M. Jk M. By PAUL HAUSER There was only one Salem team left in the race toward the state Softball championship when the fans went home from Sweet land field last night and that team waa Hogg Bros., victors over Astoria 18 to 0, for Atwater Kent had been the victims of the first big upset of the tourney in the opening game. Three teams, Astoria, Lebanon and Atwater-Kent, fell out of the basket last night and of these Atwater-Kent fell the hardest. The Salem city champions were among the teams favored to cop the trophy but they met a trim, smart team from Mt. Angel that upset their apple cart 7 to 2 and left them a woeful bunch of soft ball players. Hogg Bros., Milwaukie and ML Angel, winners in their first games, thus advanced to the Quarter-finals and will play again In Thursday night's program. . Atwater-Kent, never a slagging bunch, couldn't solve the blind ing delivery of May, Mt. Angel's towhead hurler, and just didn't get enough hits. That one of Mt. Angel's hits was a home run with bases loaded didn't help matters any for Atwater-Kent. It was tough luck for Lu and Henry Singer who have been try ing to pilot a team into the state championship for four years. Twice hard luck kept them out of the tournament and once, in the first state playoff, they lost out in the final game. Last Two Tuesday Games One-Sided The last two games were run away affairs as Milwaukie troun ced Lebanon 11 to 1 and Hogg Bros, gave Astoria its second con secutive Btate tournament shut out 18 to 0. Parks, Milwaukie's tournament veteran, pitched three-hit ball to send Lebanon kiting home. The last two first round games and the first game of the quarter-finals will be run off tonight. Albany will meet Toledo at 7:30 and R-otary Bread, defending state champion, play Dallas at 8:30 In the two remaining first round contests. Tillamook, first round victors over McMinnville, and the Port land titllBts, M & M Woodworkers wiH start off second round play in the final game. Last night's crowd of 2500 is- expected.to be equalled or bet tered tonight witha'huge Port land delegation down to see the two Rose City nines in action Astoria has been coming to the tournament for three years and (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) High School Shop Building Assured Construction of new shops at the new Salem high school is as sured, Lee S. Ron, school ac countant of the PWA work pro gram said yesterday. The new shops were made possible by the additional allotment of : PWA funds recently granted the school district. The new shop building will be 90 by 100 feet and will be two stories high. It will house the agricultural, w"erk, wood work, au tomobile and machine shops. The shops will be built under a change order arrangement, with bids to be asked on certain phases of the construction, Ross said. This method will simplify the record of construction and yet allow the board to get the work done on a competitive basis, he said. Construction of the. new build ing cannot start until the con demnation suit of the school dis trict against Clyde O. Stege has been settled, Ross stated. The ease was tried several weeks atro and a value of $5000 was set for the property. The case 13 now pending in circuit court on a mo tion for a new trial. .A part n the property in litigation Is to V" used as the site for the new shops. ntiy