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KT""k. 'Ill" ' 'SS f.. 't, I m r r .7r tr WKJT ' III II' I' I Sinclair Lewis. America's bet known writer of social criticism In novel form, presents "It Can't Happen Here" In The Statesman soon. ' . The Weather Fair today and Saturday, no change In temperature ; Max. Temp. Thursday 74, Uln. S7, river -3.7 feet, northwesterly winds. FOUNDED IS3I i EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, September 11, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5r No. 144 TOW slmeHedk E Major - : " Attendance Is Still Leading 1935 Figures Livestock Parade is Put Over to Today; 4-H Selections Loom Cavalry Horses to Have Own Race; Farmers' Day is Observed STATE FAIR PROGRAM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Farm Organizations and Veterans Day t 7:00 a. in. Gates open. v 8:30 a. m. I II demonstra tions continue. 10:30 a. m Lives tock pa- rade. 1 :SO p. m. J" adglng 4-H style revne. 1 :80 p. m. Parl-Mutuel rac ing starts. 2:00 pm.- Concert by Wil lamette University school f of music at a r t depart ment. 4:00 p. nw Music' concert by Broer ensemble, art de partment. " - 1 6: SO p. m. Free show and t amateur contest at grand stand. 8:00 p. m. Special -4-H aw ards, club parade and style revue at grandstand. 8:0O p. m Xi'ght b.orse show. I ; , 10:OO p. m. Free state fair dance. ; - It's now nip-and-tuck between the 1936 Jubilee Oregon state fair and the 74th exhibition, last year, for attendance records but as Portland day closed last night, the 75th show of the state's ag ricultural pride had. a little the edge. f ' ' a- Portland visitors 'helped swell the day's paid admissions to 12. 822, which lekthe 1936 fair ap proximately "jjOO ahead of 1935, Auditor Glenn Hoare said. There remain farmers' and veterans' day today, editors' and Journal Jun iors day Saturday with fair crowds in prospect, and a busy closing, all-Oregon day Sunday when special afternoon entertain ment features with free grand stand will be provided. Champion livestock, the 11th infantry cavalry and '4-H c 1 u b boys and girls will rule at the fairgrounds today. The parade of livestock champions, postponed yesterday when Judges were un able, to finish their work, will be staged In front of the grandstand at 10:30 o'clock this morning. Cavalrymen Will Have Own Race A horse race upon which ad vance "dope" and Jockey maneuv ering will be absent, according to Lone Oak track officials, will be run by the cavalrymen riding their own mounts. It will be one of the eight races on the after noon's card. Four-H club members "through out the state will be awaiting the announcement tonight of the 1936 selections of the outstanding boys and girls, two each, in the state, and of the champion and other three division winners in the girls' style revue. These announce ments, following the final style parade, and presentation of 12 special awards, will be made be fore, a grandstand audience at 8 o'clock tonight. , Last night's free grandstand show audience liked two of the amateur contest entrants so well it couldn't decide between them In its applause and as a result Monte Brooks, master of -ceremonies, ruled It a tie between Anne Hildebrand, 16, Dallas gui tarist and singer, and Eva Hal ctad. 12 - year - old Oregon City acrobatic dancer. Both contest ants will therefore be- permitted to compete in the finals for the 50 pvrte Sunday afternoon. Brooks said. Nightly admirers of the Kel logg farms ' Arabian horses which perform a colorful drill in the stadium show heard with regret yesterday that Herky, one of the eight registered animals in the unit, bad died.- The animal, held valued at $1000, contracted ship ping fever en route to Salem. The drill was continued last night by the other seven horses. Want Tented City Left Unchanged --, Tented city still belongs to the campers, who come to the fair' each year and the state fair board is going to receive an urg ent request that it be left un disturbed for their use, the camp ers association decided at its an nual meeting In the Tooxler cot tage last night. The association voted to ask the board to im prove the grounds and not -to make inroads upon them for Turn to page 2, col. 4) ' - . i .. 1 I QUALITY AND LINEAGE GET RECOGNITION --,' its- tri-rh-' f-TsasVlftra' t Zell Trophy Will Be Given Tonight Stadium Packed Again For Horse Show ; Applause Given I Favorites By JESSIE STEELE The Zell perpetual trophy for exhibition six-horse teams will be awarded tonight at the horse show. Interest In this event is running high and each night fa vorites garner m o r e applause. A. C Ruby, L. S. Shattuck and D. F. Burge have entries. Last night's' show was replete with thrills and another full house. Tonight, "Carnation Chief" is on again and the Eleventh Cav alry platoon will make two ap pearances. ! Winners Thursday night follow; Jumpers, touch and go. . . Ne touche owned i by Harry Kerron,' first; Queen of Hearts owned by the Highland i Riding club, sec ond; Hebe owned by Flora Jane McBride, third; Semper Fidelis owned by Drl Julius H. Held, fourth. i Hunters, ladies Lila Clark from the Highland Riding club, first; Hebe owned by Flora Jane McBride, second; Netouche own ed by Harry Kerron, . third; and Cyrus owned by the U. S. army, fourth. ) Walk trot, ladle s Mohawk Chief owned by M E. Robertson, first; Mother Machree -owned by the U. S. army, second; Fox from the Highland Riding club, third; Bourbon's Rambler owned by. Mrs. J. E. Haywood, fourth. j Five gaited 1 s a d d I e horses Happy Go Lucky owned by Isaac D. Hunt, first; Daisy Dear owned by Lewis K. Banks, second; Hin du owned by C. Roy Hunt, third; Court Orloff owned by Rufus Van Delnse, fourth. Loggers; at Work; Plan Arbitration FOREST GROVE, Ore., Sept. 10. - jP) Union loggers returned to work today on the Connach er, Consolidated and Interstate operations. The 500 men, on strike since August 25, voted last week to resume work, pending outcome of arbitration proceedings. Ten men, drawn equally from the Colum bia River District council of the union and the Columbia Basin Loggers' association, - will sit on the arbitration board. ; -, : Livestock Judging Closes; Many Last judging of open class live stock at the state fair yesterday showed many winners from Sa lem. Silverton-, Turner, Lebanon, Brooks, Independence, Mon mouth, Lebanon, Aurora and Al bany. Only 4-H- stock remained to pass in review before judges today. I i : Quality of entries In the Uer-J sey cattle show was so high that selection of winners was unusu ally difficult, the Jersey Judge, D. L, Forti of Moscow, Ida., de clared. High quality ran down the list of entries 10 to 15 places in some classes and throughout the list . in others, he said. Awards for Jersey and Brown Swiss cattle, all swine and Clydes dale draft j horses were as fol lows: j Swine: Chester Whites - All champ ions, Cass Ai Nichols, Salem. Duroc Jerseys Senior champ ion boar, senior champion ow, grand champion sow and boar, A. N. Doerfler, Silverton; junior champion boar, M. Averoff, Leba non; junior champion sow, Edwin C. Rldder, Sherwood. Hampshires Senior champ ion boar, senior, junior and grand champion sow, Hayes : Labish Scheduled x . : .i V.J ' i - i i v . ' k I rf , J- w Above, left, 2400 pounds of bovine quality; the grand. champion bull shown by F. W. Durbin, Salem. Top, right, grand champion bird of the poultry show, a Rhode Island Red pullet owned by JT. B. Bastlan, Grants Pass. Below, best five male birds in the poultry show, light Brahmas owned by Edward Shearer & Sons, Estacada. Salem Girl Is Healthiek in 4- H Contests The ' healthiest 4-H club girl at the state fair is Bar bara Sargeant, who lives on Salem route one, and the healthiest boy. Glen Chas tain, .of .Manpin, .Wasco county. The growth and health contest with 12;glrls and 11 boys competing' was judged by Dr. E. E. Berg, Marion county health offi cer, and directed by Lucy A. Case, Oregon State college nutrition specialist. Other standings ' In the contest were: Girls Carolyn Kaufman, Silverton, second; Lucille Dablgren, Warren, third; Virginia Bays, Lakeview, fourth ; Lorraine Huxley,' Portland, fifth. Boys John McCornack, Florence, second; Bob Wright, Portland, third; Harold Dove, Rainier, fourth ; Jesse Strunk, Al bany, fifth. DeMassey Caught, Admits Safe Job PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 10.-ZP) Frans DeMassey, sought by po lice in connection with a ' Tilla mook safe robbery, was arrested early today in downtown Portland by local police. . The weary 21-year-old fugitive admitted participating in the crime. ' His companion, - Robert Russell, was killed by police t Seaside 10 days ago while j at tempting to escape. 1- DeMassey said he had spent several nights In the brush be tween Seaside and Portland. He had been here several days in a St. Johns lodging house. Winners in This Area farms. Brooks; junior -and grand champion boar, L. S. Berry,' sil verton. j; : Spotted Poland Chinas Junior champion boar, Emil Schumacher, Turner; all other champions, Ar thur Franke and Sons, Salem. ; Berkshlres Senior and grand champion boar, Eugene f W. Freese, Albany; junior champion boar, junior and grand champion sow. Oregon State college; sen ior champion sow, Wilmer W, Av erhoff, Albany. . Poland Chinas -Junior champ ion bow to Arthur Franke and Sons; all others to J. M. Nichols and Son. Large Yorkshires Senior and Junior champion boar, A. C. Over land, Oswego; senior and grand champion sow, H. K. Stockwell. Salem; junior champion sow, El mer Stangel, Wilsonville; grand champion boar, A. C. Overland. ' . Cattle: r j ; -y Jerseys Junior champion bull, Gribble farms, Clackamas; senior champion bull, Frank Clark, Au rora, who repeated his 1935 suc cess; grand champion bull, Frank Clark; junior champion cow, Mrs. Estell A. Fenne, Portland; grand and senior .champion -eew, Ernest (Turn to page 11, coL 4) Fair at is" Quiet Prevails in All of Hopyards Pickers Now; Satisfied at ' Price, Report From Two Large Yards - Quiet reigned in all hop yards yesterday with indications that the two strikes of Tuesday and Wednesday would not be repeat ed. The walkout of pickers in the Wigrlch yard was ended when agitators among the pickers were removed and price for picking raised from fl.50 a hundred to $1.75. The strikers had demanded 1 2 a hundred. Frank W. Durbin, one of the managers of the yard, reported last night that all the pickers back at work were satisfied with the settlement and that new pick ers had filled the gap caused by the removal of the strike leaders. At the McLaughlin yard pickers, were back at work yesterday morning after a slight uprising Wednesday afternoon. Louis Lachmund, owner of the yard, said that contrary to first reports only two sections out of nine units of pickers had quit Wednes day. Investigation, revealed that the attempted strike had been fostered by two of the yard men. The men were discharged and the pickers went back to work with no change In picking prices. Hop Sales Active, Old and New Crop : Hop sales of both old and new hops continued active yesterday with each class bringing the top price in its. field. There were 250 bales of 1936 clusters sold at 40 cents, 119 bales of 1936 fuggles brought 42 cents to the growers and 50 bales of 1935 clusters went to the buyer at 30 cents. As more yards complete the harvest of the new crop, market activity is expected to pick up still more, although buying of the holdover crops has continued through the picking of the 1936 yield. Buying usually slackens during harvesting. Former Resident Of Eugene Killed HOQUIAM. Wash., Sept. 10.- (A-Mrs. Herman Hobi, about 30, wife of a widely known airport operator in Aberdeen and in Eu gene, Ore., was killed instantly and her four-year-old son, Rob ert, was seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Olympic highway about 30 miles north of here. - ' ? Mrs. Hobl, the former Esther Taylor of Eugene,' Ore., and her son were en route to Lake Quin ault when their 'machine crashed with one driven by Irving Stern of Seattle. , - i Extent of Stern's injuries are as yet unknown. . ! Chilly in Morning PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 10.-P) Portland temperature slid to 48 degrees this morning, the coldest since May 20. Today Capitol Work Begun; Slirubs Being Moved Care Taken to Preserve All Possible Trees on Building Site Excavation and Erecting of Fence Loom; Court Protest Not Filed Oregon historians will record that September 10, 1936, was the date upon which actual construc tion of the state's $2,600,000 capitol was begun. There was, "however, nothing spectacular about the commenc ing of work on the capitol site Thursday. It was, instead, marked by evidence that promises of the capitol reconstruction commission to save all possible trees and shrubbery in Willson park, would be fulfilled. , The first crew on the Scene was that of Doty and Doerner, nurs erymen, under the direction of Paul E. Doty, which began dig ging up shrubs and carefully spading around the trees that can be transplanted.. These will be removed to a , 'heeling" plant where they will" be tended until new locations . are designated after the building is constructed. Seven-foot Fence Win Enclose Site ' The present work is under the general : direction of Roy L. Houek, "contractor, who will also have charge of building a seven- foot fence around the entire site, erecting temporary buildings for the use of crews which will later build the capitol, and the excava tion which will go down an aver age of seven, feet, the material to be used in filling in the hole where the old capitol stood, and in building up the terrace on the new site. . Houck said the preliminary work would require approximately 45 days. Ground breaking ceremonies were conducted some months ago prior to the sinking of test holes, and there was no ceremony Thurs day morning although a number of -Interested citizens watched proceedings. " No Sign of Court Protest to Date . - The contract for the super structure probably will be award ed early In November, the archi tects announced. The plans and specifications are now being com pleted in New York City and were expected to arrive In Portland not later than September 20. Recent press reports from As toria indicated that -A. W. Nor blad, ex-governor and attorney there, bad been retained by a group of unidentified Marion county citizens to file the injunc tion proceeding. , The complaint had not.reached the county'clerk here today. "Sponsors of the suit alleged that the legislature intended that the new capitol building should be constructed on the site' of the old structure. Under an agree ment with the city of Salem part of Willson park recently was granted to the state for capitol purposes. Miner Found Dead Atop Freight Car . His skull presumably fractured when his head hit an undercross lng at Tualatin as the freight car on which he was riding passed through it, Fred Sommerfield, 69. Portland, was found dead atop an Oregon Electric freight ear at the foot of Miller street early yes terday morning. : ' That he was still on top of the car when the body was discovered and the nature of the head wound made police believe at first that the man had been murdered but a trip made by Deputy District At torney Lyle J. Page and George Edwards of the Salem police to Tualatin bore out the accident theory. Traces of blood were found along the right of way at Tualatin and bits of hair match ing Sommerfield's were found on the timbers of the undercrossing. A cap was also found there. 1 Papers found on the body iden tified the man and indicated that he was a miner. Among the pap. era were found fire permits usu ally issued in connection with mining operations. Papers gave his address as 606 Greeley avenue, Portland. Coroner L. E. Barrick attempt ed to get in touch with any rela tives or acquaintances of the de ceased but had not succeeded In finding any last night. Death of Hall Held Up Until Mother Comes Execution for Sextuple Murder Delayed Until 2 d'Clbck in Morn- Final Pleas Unavailing ; Prisoner Denies All Guilt, Still Calm WALLA WALL A, Wash., Sept. 11.- (JF) Warden J. M. McOanley of the state peniten tiary announced at 1:20 a. m., today the execution of Leo Ber nard Hall, ' 34, convicted of murder on Eiiands Point, would be postponed until 11 p. tn., to permit his mother to .visit him. OLTMPIA, Sept. 10-JP-Got-ernor Martin assured Mrs. Eliza beth Hall, mother of Leo Hall, condemned to die tonight in con nection with the Erland's Point sextuple slaying, that his hang ing would be delayed as late at 2 a.m. Friday morning, in order that Mrs. Hall could reach her son before be died. Mrs. Hall, Andrew L. TJlvestad, a Seattle attorney, and two others whose names were not learned, left here at 11:05 p.m. by plane for Walla Walla. They were flown here from Seattle and spent an hour with Governor Martin In an effort to have him grant a S 0-day stay of execution for the condemn ed man. Governor Martin declined to order the stay. I 1 When Mrs. Hall left -the gov ernor's chamber, she was half sob bing. She turned toward the door to the" governor's inner office when she left and half shouted, half sobbed: . . "The blood of an Innocent man. my son. Is on the hands of Gov ernor Martin! Oh, my God!" WAIXA WALLA, Sept. 10-(P) The hanging of Leo Hall, con demned Erlands Point sextuple (Turn to page 11, col. 7) Rates Reduced by Mountain States Residential Schedules Are Chiefly Affected But ; Others Profit Too The ' Mountain States . Power company, with Oregon headquar ters in Albany, filed rate reduc tions Thursday with Frank C. McColloch, state utility commis sioner, aggregating a saving of 675,000 to electric consumers. The principal scheduled affect ed are the residential and com mercial lighting rates with an average reduction of 12 H per cent. While the principal reduc tions are-made In the top steps of the schedules, the larger con sumers also will be benefited by. a reduction of the present three cent rate for over 150 kilowatt hours per month to two cents. This reduction, together with a change which permits farm customers to install 74 horse power motors instead of the pres ent restricted three horse-power,' (Turn to page 2, col. 6) ! Dick Powell and Joan . Blondell to Wed Soon HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 10. (fPy Dick Powell and Joan Blon dell, who were scenario sweet hearts for several years and real romancers for several months, will become husband and w 1 f e within a few days. The movie pair made the announcement to day. Foundries Still With Strike PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 10.-r (-Thirteen Portland, foundries remained closed down today as striking moulders tightened their picket lines. About 220 men are on strike. Only foundries operating were three which accepted the Mould ers' union's demands for a boost in wages. Other operators were firm In refusal to meet the de mands. . W. F. Doane, financial secre tary of the local union. said the strike was part of an attempt to stabilize" the industry in the northwest- E. W. Bird, business agent, predicted Seattle workers would walk out soon. Deny Governor Had Hand In Settlement Another development on the Portland labor front was settle ment by the local " Teamsters' union and truck 'operators of a U noffieial Truce is lRn!fiiin.? .jfitvw'7er?5c Conditions Defenders Fight j as iAnarcliists' Threat to Fire Town fleets With Resistance i 1 1 - a Thousands of Refugees Scramble For t Ws' I,' I : " Wl - ' mwrr jriaees on r oreisn Warslnns: Peaceful End Hoped For i i 55- - ! (Copyrigjit, 1936, by 3- twopyngni, isae, py me SAN SEBASTIAN;-Spain, (By I France )-fSept. 10. A heavy il -:-t.l. !! 11 JO 1 L night Shattered; the 48-hour unofficial truce on the Ran Sebastian frontier.! : I Rebelj war lords, it was understood, insisted on uncondi tional surrender of? the city, and when this was refused re newed their, bombardment. ! Previous truci. negotiations had failed on the same point the demands of the government defenders that they b4 granted -amnesty if tliey surrender. , Withhli the citv the defenders fnno-hf i 1 . selves and in open clash was Slayenof Six I Faces Ghllows 7 U:?W!Tbsjs LEO HALL Depression Ended Roosevelt! Avers Corner Rounded, Crowd at Green Pastures Rally in South Advised V CHARLOTTE, N. C, Sept. -10 (p)-A cheering, sopping wet audi ence from the heart of the south land heard President .Roosevelt assert today that the nation has rounded the corner ftoward pros perity, but that individual liber ties have hot been, removed and inherent rights of the sovereign states hate not been invaded along' the way. j The : president, himself soaked by a heavy downpour, spoke to thousands of persons assembled from seven states ai the "Green Pastures" rally in Charlotte's mu nicipal stadium. I I A cloudburst earlier in the af ternoon had delayed the president nearjy an hour ehroute from Ashville. I 1 1 I Through the deluge here the president fsat In bis open car. without even a raincoat for pro- j ' CTu'rnj to page 1, col. 4) Shut Down Spread likely dispute oyer hauling drugs from the Bmmauer - Frank company. where teamsters are on strike. The union; agreed not to interfere with common carried operations, ij Al , Rosser, secretary of " the teamsters'! local, said Governor Martin's threat to freroke state licenses of common carrier oper-. ators refusing to handle drugs on the unfairl list had nothing to do with the decision tof lift the em bargo. j ' j ; Rosser also questioned the gov ernor's authority to jtake such ac tion.'", j -.' : jj "J. think I can say I know something; about tbjat," be said. "Refusal jot the men to handle unfair goods is nothing operators can prevent. i Operators a 1 s o asserted the matter was amicably settled prior to the governor's statement. :: 1 Refused Among Themselves - w - t 1. " the Associated Press) Warship to Saint de Luz, artillery bombardment to vqw - V W f 4Vlil ' feared if anarchists attempted io nre ine town as - they said they would do rather than sur render the city. ' San Sebastian banks sent all cash and securities including foreigners holdings to Bilbao. Consular officers protested this action to Municipal Governor An tonio Ortego, declaring the act was lUegal and discriminatory. ' Government tankers began transferring gas and oil supplies to Bilbao. Anarchists attempted to fire the tanks but they were prevented by the less militant Basque nationalists. A Government defenders fled from Hernanl, two miles and a half from San Sebastian, after rebel shells killed ' four persons and wounded eight. Thousands Seeking Places on Warships ; Mass evacuation of San Sebas tian Increased with thousands of refugees Jamming docks and scrambling for places aboard for eign warships and Spanish freighters in the Bay of Biscay. T h e French ambassador, M. Herbette, nearly got into a fist fight with a commani8t guard who sought to prevent him from embarking on the French torpedo boat Alcyon. I Despite the apparent break down of truce negotiations, for eign consulate officers declared that they were confident San Se bastian would surrender before rebel troops entered Its streets. Basque nationalists determined to save the city from destruction. There were "strong indlca- , tions" that the rebels also would agree' to terms rather than wreck the famous summer resort. The Basque nationalists, who wrested control of the city from the more militant anarchists, ap parently were speeding evacuation in preparation lor an early sur render. . Landon on Swing Into East, Alaine TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 10.-tfV Gov. Alt M. Landon drove , his presidential campaign eastwarl toward Maine tonight on a politi cal swing embracing more than a score of personal talks in naif a dozen important states. Through Indiana, Connecticut. Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Illinois, the republican nom inee planned 22 - rear . platform speeches. The Kansas boarded his special train with a speech prepared for the climax of his jonrney an ad dress at Portland, Maine, Satur day night, just two days befor the state election. Aides said it was complete except for final pol ishing and would deal with the subject of "government and bus iness." Clyde Aitchison Weds PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept 10. -JP -Clyde B. Aitchison, Portland and Washington, D. C. member of Jthe Interstate Commerce com mission, and Hss Ada Chenoweth McCown, formerly of Portland, were married here today at t h e Unitarian church. Late Sports LOS -ANGELES, Sept. 10.-ffy-Los Angeles' Angels lost a 12-in-ning baseball game to the Mission team here tonight, 8 to 7. Mission .....S 17 1 Los Angeles .........7 14 -3 Osbormand Frankovitch; Out. eh Struss, Joyce and Bottarlnl.