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State Fair Complete coverage of the Ute fair, Its attractions J morning event and high- lights, will be found in The' Statesman daring the fair' week. 81 The 7eather - ' -c - Partly eloady today and Bnnday, normal: Max Temp Friday 81, Min. 52, river SJt feet, light northwest wind, partly j cloudy. FOUNDED 1631 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAH Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, September 5, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 139 1 axrwrn mm m Pipeline Material I .LDmc : i 1 - i '. .'. Vt7:.. l m uomanTiyiii Alone Across Stormy Ocean To Make History if She Reaches U. S. ; Other Fliejs Doubtful No Radio Along; Merrill and Richman Awaiting Better Conditions Copyrighted. 1936, lr Associated Pt) ABINGDON AIRDROME, Berk shire, Eng., Sept. 4 Mrg. Beryl Markham, 33-year-old mother, to ' night flew over the squally Atlan tic ocean in her attempt to be the first woman to fly from England to New York. -The attractive society woman left her seven-year-old son et home and took off from the royal alrforce airdrome here at 6:50 p.m. (12:50 p.m. eastern standard time) in the face of forecasts of a gusty ocean. . She said she hoped to be in . New York in 20 or 24 hours. She faced bad weather almost from the outset. Latest weather reports from Ireland" predicted showers and murky light during the long sum mer twilight which ordinarily would have aided her. "Will Mss Worst I'ortion of Storm The only reassuring word came from the air ministry "which re ported that although there would te head winds and rain squalls, a storm area ,600 miles offthe American coast was not on her projected course. " Her turquoise-blue plane, a stock model, carried 260 gallons o' fgasoline and no radio equip ment. Thus, the only news of her pro press over the ocean must come from ships at sea which might sight her plan marked "VP-KCC." . Her takeoff was unostentatius, with only a few friends on the field to bid her adieu on her haz ardous venture In her compara tively light ship named "The Messenger." In the ship's cabin was a jus? of black coffee, and a package of fruit and nuts- her only food and drink. Before she took off she told friends she expected to average about 156 miles an hour on the projected 3,450 mile flight. : Waited Four Days For Good Weather She waited for four days for favorable weather and then start ed In the face of adverse condi tions which Harry Richman, the singer, who with Dick Merrill flew from New York to Wales the day before, said "I shouldnMike to face, myself." "I don't thin kshe'll get far with a light ' plane," said Rich man, who, with Merrill. made their record-speed crossing In a ship that cost $100,000. "I wish she had talked to me before taking off because I had a report from the United States weather bureau about a hurricane ttt Bermuda." Richman and Merrill, said they would wait for more favorable ' weather before taking off on their projected return speed flight to j New York. Mrs. Markham tonight was es saying what no woman and few men have accomplished. Headed For Spam ROME, Sept. .-VReliable sources said tonight that , three 6,000-ton cruisers had sailed for Spain today in the wake of the 10,000-ton cruiser Pola heading for Barcelona. It was estimated that Italy now has 29 naval units in i or near Spanish waters, the majority of v. i .v. anTlllan irft hnvr . Willi;!! V7 AUA,A,w lng within fast cruising radius of bigger ships already stationed at Spanish ports. - With the Pola nearing Barce lona, an Italian prss: ministry spokesman said .the government 'hopes there .will be no need to intervene In Spain." Italy, he said, may have to take acliv. e steps to protect her nationals -if the Spanish authori ties are unable to do so and an other Italian death results from the Spanish civil war. The Pola was sent under forced draft to Barcelona after the kill ing of an Italian worker by Span ish - government forces was re ported Thursday. . . . . - Skelton Improves y. Hospital attendants said last night that the condition of Virl Ing K, Skelton, suffering from a bullet wound in the abdomen, had Improved yesterday but was still eriticaL Skelton. shot Mon day Bight by Dr. F. C. Jones. , . faces charges of burglary and at- tempted burglary. Is Flying Solo Over Atlantic .. s '- 1 BERYL MARKHAM Defendant Winner In Damage Action - Lulu Brown Loses Case in Circuit Court Over Accident Injury After ( considering evidence in the $30,800 damage case of Lulu Brown against George W. Ritte man for three and one-half hours, the circuit court jary which heard the case returned a "verdict at 6:30 o'clock last night in favor of the detendant. The Jury came in one time for clarification of in strctions of law by Judge L. G. Lewelling. The case arose out of an ac cident on the 12th street cut off November 24, 1935. The plaintiff contended that the accident was caused by the negligence of Ritte man In j failing to keep a. proper lookout while driving his car. She alleged tthat as a result of the ac cident she suffered permanent injuries. Further1 Instruction On Xegligonce Asked ' Ritteman claimed that Miss Brown contributed to the accident by walking on the wrong side of the road and in failing to keep a proper lookout for approaching cars. f ; ;The Jury sent in a question to the court asking, that if it should find that the plaintiff and. defend ant were both negligent, but that the defendant was more to blame for the accident than the plaintiff If thef should return a verdict for ! (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Mt. Angel Priest Injured Severely f 3 : r . MT. AXGBL, Sept. 4. Rev. Edward Spear, young priest at the Dominican abbey, suffered injuries that-may prove fatal when he fell 30 feet onto the floor of the new gymnasium to day,. Still conscious iw hen reach ed, he was rushed to the Silver ton hospital for examination, then taken to St. Vincent's hos pital in Portland for treatment. Examination revealed both hips fractured, one arm and wrist fractured In several places, skull apparently fractured, and inter nal injuries. Spear, who was or dained to priesthood last May, was working on beams up under the roof of the new gymnasium when he fell. City Salary Boost Feasible Witttin Lax Lira its, Learned 1 The city budget committee, which meets for the last time next Tuesday night, can cut the 1937 operating expense tax for the municipal government to within 44363 of the 1936 tax or, alternatively, easily grant sal aried employes n major depart ments six per cent Increases in pay, studies of the tentative bud get indicate. Evidences of senti ment for allowing limited salary increases were noted among some council members here during the last few days. Alderman David O'Hara, vet eran chairman of the ways and means committee, said yesterday he favored reasonable hosts in pay for the city's workers and understood there was "quite a bit of ; favorable sentiment to it in the committee." Raises Favored on Lowered Salary. Group O'Hara declared be believed it possible to raise the salary allow ances of, at least, city employes now receiving less thaa $110 per month, and vet fceeTtfn fne new Dedication of Flax Plant Is Slated Today Thousands are Expected at Mt. Angel; Formal Exercises Planned Ball Game on Schedule; State, Flax Leaders to Make Addresses MT. ANGEL, Sept. 4. Tomor row, the final and greatest day of the Oregon Flax Festival, is expected to brfng several thous and spectators into Mt. Angel Silverton alone expects to send over -about 1000 people for the game between the Salem Senators and the Silver Falls Timber company Saturday afternoon. The day will be crowded with events from 9:30 in the morning until 10:00 at night when a glorious fireworks display by the Shell Oil company is expected to finish a glorious day. . The program in full Is as fol lows: 9:30 a. m., official visit and dedication of flax plant. Rev. Father Alculn, master of cere monies. Governor Charles H. Mar tin, state board of control, state flax board, WPA representatives. Mayor Jacob Berchtold, visiting mayors, and : local officials will take part. . Parade in Morning, . Ball (iame at 1:30 10:30 a. m., historical flax par ade. Following parade : addresses will be given by the following: Mayor Berchtold of- Mt, Angel; president of ; Clackamas county flax growers; president of Eugene-Springfield flax s growers; president of Mt. Angel flax grow ers; G. J. Hyslop, president of state flax and linen board; Walter R. May, manager of j Portland chamber of commerce; Marshall Dana, chairman of regional plan ning board; Rufus Holman, state treasurer; Earl Snell, i secretary of state; Rt. Rev. Abbott Thomas, O.S.B; and Governor Charles H. Martin. s i 12:00 to 1:00 p. m.,;luncheon. Plat luncheon' served i in school dining rooms. The governor, queen an dher court, and visiting notables, guests of Business Men's (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Federal Credit Is High F. R. Claims SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. 4.-(JP)-A cheering throng in Illinois' capital heard an assertion by President Roosevelt today that federal credit was on a "sounder basis" than at any other time in the natiou's history. : The brief: statement, . made from the : rear platform of the presidential special, came just be fore Mr. Roosevelt plunged Into the semi-final conference of his inspection tour of 5,000 miles of sun-despoiled crop lands. Stepping to the platform of bis private car for the third time during the day, he remarked that he had just talked by telephone with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau at Washing ton. ' . "Modern science makes It eas ier for the president to be away from Washington," he said. "I have just been talking with the secretary of , the treasury : about federal financing. ; '' "I might add that the obliga tions of the government of the United States are on a sounder basis of credit than ever before in all history." i i budget within the six per i cent increase In tax permitted by state law. A : policy of giving a small increase In salary in ' the lower brackets to offset the higher cost of living was O'Hara's idea. He Indicated he would vote for such a move if the, rest of the budget committee was Inclined to ap prove ci it. ; Mayor V. E. Kuhn yesterday said he might vote to increase crty salaries if it were found possible. A study of the salary lists in the tentative budget; which were Inserted unchanged' from - the present year, shows that It would require $6638.40 to grant a six per cent pay Increase to all posi tions. Restricting the increase to salaries now falling : below the $150 a monthrate would: cost $5860.80. ..:. r ; Either of the two possible bud get actions, boosting salaries or reducing the proposed tax, would not necessitate a reduction In the expense allowances requested by any department. It would, how ( Continued on page 7, col. 7) Mitch - Hiker' . Bandit Suspi Two Arrested Brought Back Redmond Man Who Picks Them UpX)eprived of Footwear and Car Eugene Case; Also Traced to- Youths; Victim is Forced to Walk In A charge of highway rob bery will be filed this morn ing against the two youths who yesterday afternoon held up John Hagerty near Jefferson, Sheriff A. C. Bnrk announced at 1 a.m. today after he had lodged the pair in the county Jail here. I Two young . hitch-hikers who admitted having held up and rob bed John T. Hagerty, Redmond, Ore., motorist, near Jefferson at 1:30 yesterday afternoon were ar rested in Portland last night, Portland police announced. Sher iff A. C. Burk of Marion county Immediately left for Portland to bring the two youths back to Sa lem. They identified themselves as Don Curtis, 21. Portland, and George Corbin, 20, Dallas, Tex. After walking a mile along Ahe gravelled Ankeny Bottom road in his bare feet to reach a telephone at the Karl Steiwer farm home. Hagerty notified state police here at 2:15 that the two hftch-hikers whom he had picked up in Junc tion City at 11:45 a. m., had rob bed him of his shoes,. sox, $6 and his automobile. "We're going to take It from now on," Hagerty quoted the youths as Informing him as they left Jefferson headed northward. One of the youths, he said, shov ed a email, nickel plated revolver against his side. They later directed him 4o turn west on the Ankeny Bottom road, had him turn around after going about two miles, and then a mile from the highway forced him to get out of the car. The pair then drove away in the direction of the highway. State police brought Hagerty to Salem. He went to the sheriff's office In search of a pair of shoes which he might borrow and then said he would spend the night with friends here. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 4- -Sergeant John H. Schum 'of the Portland police department said tonight two youths Identifying (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Warning to Japan Issued in Moscow MOSCOW, Sept. 4.-P)-Amid suddenly-Increased tension over the far eastern situation, Russia tonight warned Japan that border incidents were endangering the cause of peace. The Russian government fol lowed up by instructing its Tokyo embassy to protest immediately new alleged ' violations of the Soviet frontier by Japanese-Man-churians. The situation on .the frontier, Russia sternly warned was becom ing "intolerable." The reasons for the sudden out cropping of the new border "inci dents" remained unexplained In Moscow. Since early last April the border tension had been more or less eased. It had been hoped, official quarters In Moscow said, that the Mongolian-Manchurian agreement to reopen border dispute negotia tions September 25 migt be fol lowed by a similar agreement be tween the Soviets and Japanese Manchurians. Girl Missing Four Days Says Father Police aid was requested Fri day by Frank McKennon of the state department of garlculture In an effort to locate his daugh ter, Frances Eva McKennon, 24, who has been missing since Mon day. The young woman, who teaches school at Oakland. Ore., left Eugene Monday to visit friends at Albany : and has not since been seen, her father said. : The last Information of the woman's whereabouts was given by Mrs. George Butke, a friend with whom she visited late last week .and until noon Monday, i McKennon began investigating when he returned to his home here Wednesday and found his daugh ter had not returned. Admit Holdup; CANDIDATES' Ml President Franklin D. Roosevelt 14 x , y Vv ' - i , V Y X ly:XX,. v..:vY" , t ' St " . S ' .. v.. , 9", I i this International Illustrated Mews sound pnot o wben they met at the j Des Moines. Iowa, state bouse, 'where the drought problem was discstssed with governors and legislators from snn-baked pralrio. states. This picture was made just before the drought conference. At left, Governor Lan don; center, Governor R. L. Cochran of Nebraska; and, at fight, seated, President Roosevelt.; Iruri Is Shambles Fighting Practically Over and Troops Celebrate While City Burns By ELMER W. PETERSON (Copyrighted,! 1936, by Associated Presi) -WITH SPANISH REBELS ON OUTSKIRTS OF IRUN, Sept. 4. Victorious fascist rebels, forced out Of the city they captured by flames which made it a gigantic bonfire, danced and shouted on the edge of Irun tonight In cele bration of their success. - Fighting; in Irun which had held out against the Insurgents persistent attacks for more than six weeks had practically ended. There was an occasional burst ing shell In the middle of the flaming city, fired from guns at Fort Guadalupe, still held by gov ernment forces. One shell landed and burst only 6 0 j yards away as I came down a i road with, a group of rebel officers. Behobia 'Appears Hit by Hurricane When I passed through Beho bia, i scene ; of heavy fighting in recent days, the little town look ed as If it had been hit by a hur ricane. The last government mili tiamen had been killed or had fled across the international bridge into France. Most houses in Behobia con tained not a single unbroken win dow. Some of the walls had been blown out into the streets. I walked into a cafe and found ' (Turn to page 2, col. 4) WPA Project For Approval of a $4242 WPA pro ject for inventorying, reclassify, ing, repairing and recatologuing of books in the Salem public li brary was given by the library board at a special meeting held last Jnight. This ; was the first meeting of the board since James TBubey assumed the position of librarian. The WPA project was outlined and recommended by him. The cost to the board will be !$ 18 5. The project which will employ 11 people will last for sev emjloy 11 people will last for sev en months and wil start November 1, If aproved. The board heard reports and recommendations of Rubey for Improving library service to the city. - - , ' The board named assistants to Rubey last night. Mrs. Ruth Strat ton was appointed assistant li brarian, Helen Baird Is to be children's librarian, Dorothy Cole will serve as reference librarian and Mrs. Frederick Deckebaeh will act as assistant reference librarian. As Rebels Occupy Library Approved MEETING UNPRECEDENTED and Gov. Alfred M. Landon, candidates for presidency, aire pictnred In Labor Movement j Dichotomy to Bfe In Effect Todliy ,: i j I -!- WASHINGTON; Sept 4 The American labor ; movement was split Into two bitter factions tonight when suspension fronr the American Federation ' of Labor was calmly accepted by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, on behalf oti his own and nine other "rebel"! un ions. - ; - ; 1 : The suspension, for J'insufrec tion' and "rebellion" "was ordered to take effect tomorrow. Whether suspension will ead to formation of a new labor move ment, rival to the A.F. of L.,was a question on the tongues of labor men throughout the country.! Lewis said: 5 ) I "If a group of citizens are driv en out of & city, and the fates are locked, it is logical to assume that they will band together to protect themselves from the Iwlld beasts of the forest." 1 Pope Urges Prayer a Moment of Great Pieed CASTEL GANDOLFO, Sep. 4, JP)-Pope Pius besought the world to pray today "at a mo ment In which the world has iheed of the mercy of God." i I Speaking to a group off 200 Italian pilgrims, members of the Franciscan Tertiary orders,! the pope urged a crusade of prayer for the world's ills especially In strife-torn Spain, j - Large WPA frojects W f 11 Be Started Soon, District More than a quarter mjllion dollars worth of i WPA projects will be undertaken in and .near Salem within the next i two months. G. R. Boatwright, dis trict supervisor of operation, an nounced here yesterday. An 'addi tional $14,000 project Irf this county and one to cost $l,560 in Polk county have been applied for and a $22,101 road project for Yamhill county has been ap proved. I The largest of the Salem! pro jects will be a blanket road al lotment of $221,600 in federal funds to be "matched with $26, 115 by the county court tof pro Tide employment within a radius of 20 miles of the city. Th set up calls for general road im provement and operation of frock crushers to supply surfacing ma terlals. Improving Airport To Employ 80 Men Boatwright said, the task or im proving the Salem alrport ap proved recently by the city jboun- sets Prune Advertising Proposal j Studied Plea For Getting Oregon's j I Product Before Nation Heard at Meeting Because there were only 20 prune growers from Marion and Polk county present, no action was taken at a meeting of prune growers held last night on a sug gested) plan for advertising Ore gon prunes in eastern markets. The plan has received the approv al of growers inj Clark county, Washington, and Douglas county. A meeting of Newberg growers is to be held Wednesday night. An other meeting is to be called here after prune harvest is completed. W, Frank Crawford presided at the meeting, held ast night. Un animous approval fof an advertis ing plan was voted by the grow ers present. j " John F. Whit4, manager of Northwest Fruit Exchange, told the growers that ipiey were being penalized because! people la the nation had not heard of Oregon prunes and thougat they were of inferior quality. White explained that the funds lor advertising were to be raised by an assess ment j on the growers on the ba sis of $1.50 a ton! for prunes 50 60 and larger anH $1 a ton on 60-70s and smaller. Keep (Control of I . Program, Urged 1 "Sme growers have suggested that the packers should do the advertising," White said, "but ul (Turn to page 2, col. 4) cil, 'would beglnf September 26 with! a crew of 30) men. The pro gram includes griding . and gra veling runways, j removing ob structions from the landing fields and leveling it where needed. The WPA will pay $14,175 of the project's cost while the $2,290 remainder will be borne by Lee U. Eyerly, who has the port un der lease from the city. A j smaller WP A crew will be gin 'grading nd landscaping grounds around tfew buildings at the state tuberculosis hospital and j laying drain tile and water mains. The project is estimated to cost $5968 of fwhich the state will: pay $2002. The hospital ad ministration also .has applied for a $14,000 project; for remodeling old buildings, improving the heat ing plant and stock barns, paint ing land reroofingi Big! Yamhill Road Project Included I The big YamhifT county project is set up to provide money ana (Turn to page 2, col. 3 CaugM Proponents of Various Types Giv en Hearing -. - . . . --j Committee Hears Merits of Wood, Concrete, Steel for Plant Lumber Interests Admit Use May Be Limited; - Urge Industry Aid The city council will receive a recommendation in the near fu-f ture as jto whether or ' not. it should call for bids on all types of pipe for construction of the Salem-Stayton water-system pipe line as a result of a formal hear ing conducted by the water con struction committee at the water offices last night. Members of the committed said the recommenda tion. whiCh will signal a gather ing of momentum in the water supply program, might be made at the council session next Tues day night. The committee last night car ried out I its announced intention of making the hearing a formal, non-controversial affair. Repre- sentatives , of concrete, wood and steel pipe manufacturers and of . labor interests were listened to in succession and all statements and questions preserved in steno graphic notes. i - Time Limit Is Not ; Rigidly Enforced J Although the committee at the opening Of the meeting ruled that statements must be limited to 30 minutes for each kind of pipe, the members relented in view of the large number ot wood pipe and permitted them to speak for salesmanj an '.engineers present nearly ah hour. After the pipe men had made their talks, N. M. Jones, who said he represented the Sawmill and Timber AVorkers union, read an ' address nrging the committee to decide in favor of wood pipe, a decision jwhich he termed "a de cision for Ihe people of Oregon." Under questioning, he explained that his j organization was speak ing for wood pipe, as against pipe made by laborers in other unions, because tof "inroads by other ma terials" jwhich he held menaced the lumber Industry. "Do you contend that the new statehouse here should be built ot c wood for the seme reasons?" ask ed Alderman Brazier C. Small, af ter Jones had pleaded for "pro tection of home industry and busi. ness.". ' ' "I dor t care t ogo into that be cause it would be foolish," Jones replied. Admit Best Should Be Selected Here "Don't you think it behooves us," inquired Mayor V. E. Kuhn, "to usel the very best materials that will pay back to the people dividends they deserve for their investment?" Jones! answered in the affirma tive end added, when the mayor asked why pressure in favor of wood pipe was being brought to bear on! the committee, that "I'm (Tarn to page 2, coL 1) (Tim to T'-- Arizonian Dies at 108;? Held Oldest PRESCOTT, Ariz., Sept. 4-UP)-Edward McGInley, who claimed to be '108 year old and attributed his longevity to his daily "nip'' ot hard liquor, died peacefully to day at he Arizona pioneers home. He Was known as the-oldest liv ing white man in Arizona. An hour and half before death, McGinley pulled on h 1 s clothes and went for a little walk, a daily habit. When he returned to his bed, he ' calmly announced tC those about him: "Well. I'm going." ' A few minutes later he was dead. J - From the time he picked slate out of coal piles In the mines of Mauch I Chunk, Pa., for seven cents d day, to the time he en tered the Pioneers home at the age of 99. McGinley led the rough and tutnble existence of a team ster on railroad and levee build ing projects. Chadtcick Lease Hotel At Grant Pass, Word GRANTS PASS. Ore., Sept. 4-(JP)-C. jH, Demaray owner of the RedwoOds hotel, said today the hostelry had been leased to W. M. Chadwick of Salem, operator of the Senator and Marion hotels in Salem, I the, Jackson in Medford and the. Oregon in Eugene. The ueawooas 011 vv .rooms. AO i