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The OltEGON STATESMAN," Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning,Se?te:nber 18,
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Amazing Arms
Contract Eyed
uPont Reported Involved
Bat Agreement Broken
Next Day, Stated '
WASHINGTON. Sept. I7H
DeUils of what was characterized
as "a most amazing contract be
tween the Du Pont company and
an agent described as an Inter
national spy for the sale of mu
nitions to Germany, was dng out
today from one. of the Toluminoos
reports of the senate munitions
commitee.
The report said the contract,
signed February X. 1933. was de
stroyed the next day when "the
very questionable nature of some
of its provisions were realized."
but later the repnted spy was
paid $25,000 by the American
, munitions firm.
The committee disclosed the
- contract in reviewing the evidence
It collected on the re-arming ot
Germany in violation of the Ver
sailles treaty. - . American m uni
tions firms were said to have
known of the treaty violation as
early as 1924.
At Wilmington, officials of the
Du Pont company refused com
ment, saying their answer would
be found In the testimony of the
hearings.
The report outlined what It
described as "close relations" be
tween E. L Da Pont De Nemours
and company, largest powder
manufacturer on this continent,
and the dominant German chem
ical trust.
As a result of a patent-trading
agreement, the Remington Arms
company, a Du Pont subsidiary, :
paid royalties to a German "com-:
petitor" on sales made by the j
Remington firm to the United
States government, the repoTt i
said.
The report was the result of
more than two years of inquiry
by the senate committee, headed
by Senator Gerald P. Nye (R-ND).
It said the Pratt and Whitney
company sold 1272,000 worth of
airplane parti to Germany in
1933, and 11,455,000 worth dur
ing the first half of 1934.
Signed by Du Pont
The contract was signed Feb
ruary 1, 1933, the committee said,
by Felix Du Pont, Tice-presldent
of the firm, and "a Mr. Giera,
whose real name is alleged to be
Peter Brenner and who is re
puted to have been an interna
tional spy and an agent for thir
teen governments." ...:-
Later a second contract was
made, the committee added, but
it was cancelled April 14, 1933.
Giera was paid $25,000 by the
-Du Pont company, the commit
tee said, although it "actually
owed him nothing."
The committee reported that
the Du Pont firm held a $1,159.
904 investment in I. G. Farben
Iadustrie, far-flung German
chemical trust, and controlled
,7.98 per cent of the voting stock
of another reic!rte.Tposives manu-
" factoring company. Dynamit Ac-
. tien-Gesellscbaft. The latter block
of stock was valued at $892,671.
The same German concern had
a patent exchange contract with
the Remington Arms company,
which paid it $55,000 in royalties
in 1929, 1932. and 1933, the re
port stated.
The German company also re-
: ceived one-fourth of the royalty
paid by the United States govern
ment to Remington for a certain
type of cartridge a total of
$16,745 during the first' half of
1934.
"In other words." the commit
tee commented, "though the Ger
man munitions companies cannot
: sell abroad, American companies
can sell for them, and to our own
government at that."
Idaho Reduces Debt
BOISE; Idaho, Sept. 17. -(JP)-State
Treasurer Myrtle Enkings
said today Idaho would pay $0.
000 on its bonded indebtedness
October 1. reducing the debt to
$2,220,500. The figure was $7,
724,047 on October 1, 1930.
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2 0-month -old Harry Browe, Mrs. Robert Browe of I feared kidnaped while his two brothers, Charles
Detroit anxiously awaits news from searchers as and Edward, were wheeling him through the park.
One Dead; Million
Damage by Flood
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DonaldsonJ Sam Collier and An
gus Davis. They rode on high
land to the bridge, and made their
way across the bridge which is
being heavily battered by debris.
Three hundred residences were
swept int the river, water cov
ered another 200 houses, and a
swift current ranging from 12 to
25 feet deep was rushting through
part of the business section.
Houston Harte, publisher of the
San Angelo Standard Times, es
timated the damage at $1,000,000.
Water stood shoulder - deep in
the basement of a hospital whert
there were 125 patients.; They
were reported in no danger since
there was an emergency power
plan in operation and an ample
supply of food and water.
Refugees were h ou s e d in
churches and schools in elevated
parts of the city under Red Cross
direction. Robert Bridge, Ameri
can Red Cross field worker from
St. Louis, who was in charge, said
there was an adequate supply of
food, but warnings were issued
for residents to drink only-belled
water.
Green Sends Aide
To Strike Region
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SALINAS. Calif., Sept 17.P)
-William Green, president of the
American j federation of A labor,
took official cognizance of the
Salinas lettuce strike today by
notifying A. S. Doss, secretary
of the fruit and vegetable work
ers union j that he was ordering
Joseph Casey, San Francisco or
ganizer, here immediately.
Doss said he understood Casey
will arrive; here tonight or early
tomorrow, f Union leaders pre
viously had stated Casey was en
route east: to line up the team
sters and 1 other union members
in . an effort to stop delivery of
"hot" lettuce.
Keep Prisons Out '
Of Politics, Plea
. CHICAGO. Sept. 1 7 .--Leonard
D. White. U. S. civil service
commissioner, urged the Ameri
prison association congress to
night to start a "concerted and
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determined drive to wipe out pol
itical Interference la prison ad
ministration." Political selection of wardens,
guards and other prison personnel
was "dangerous In the highest
degree," he said.
He advocated civil service.
Says Prohibition
Party Should Win
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 17.-P)-Claude
A. Watson, Los An
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just a special invitation for you to visit your H 0 M E
GROWN, HOME-OWNED Market. You old timers will
recall how the name "MIDGET" was chosen and how ap
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steak from be'ef that has been aged, our cutters
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geles attorney, and the prohibi
tion party's candidate for the vice
presidency, told an audience here
today that prohibitionists would
be elected "if people would, vote
their convictions instead of their
prejudices."
Watson said "there are 13,
000,000 dry voters in the United
States but many of them are vot
ing their prejudices." He also
commented that "there are more
women of voting age who are
members of Protestant churches
than the total vote east for re
peal of prohibition."
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To Demo Backers
Campaign 'Goes far Beyond
Party Lines, Kansas
Candidate Avers'
TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. n.-(JP)
Saying the presidential campaign
"goes far beyond partisan lines,"
Gov. Alt M. Landoa personally
expressed appreciation today for
support given the Maine republi
can ttekst ay anti-New Deal dem
oorat Jamas A Reed and Jo
seph B, Ely. .
- He wrote Reed, former senator
from Missouri, that "millions of
American citizens are grateful for
the help you gave in the Maine
campaign preceding this .week'
elections."
Simultaneously, a letter to Ely,
former governor ot Massachu
setts, said "the ' expressions of
many Maine people whom X met
during my visit in that state last
week strengthened my own reali
zation of your great help in the
campaign there."
The republican presidential
nominee dispatched the letters as'
young republican leaders through
out the nation converged on To
peka to get acquainted personal
ly with the standard bearer and
hear him discuss 1936 campaign
issues.
Landon's letter to Reed said
that "if we are to enjoy once
more Just and efficient represen
tative government, the American
people as a whole must place the
country's welfare above partisan
interests."
"The people of Maine." the
Kansan added, "apparently un
derstanding the importance of
the referendum, hare done so."
To Speak Tonight
The city auditorium, seating
nearly 3,500 persons, was reserv
ed for the gathering which Lan
don will address tomorrow at 2
p. m., C.S.T. Fred A. Seaton.
Kansas Young Republican chair-
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"FLAVORIZED"
It taxes our capacity to keep up our supply of
these delicious hams. They are mild and sweet,:
with that real old time flavor. i -
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These facts about the "Midget"?
O Salem's only market handling inspected
meats exclusively. f
O Sanitary change system. Meat-cutters dofnot
handle money, which may he soiled land
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O Employ more experienced butchers than any
. market in Salem. I
1200 square feet
frigeration.
"We do our own
smoking.
Our constant aim is to supply you with the kind
of meat that will cause you to look fortvard to
your meal with pleasant anticipation. , f
This is a new department with us. We have estab
lished coast connections, which places us in a position-to
have the freshest of the different varieties
when in season.
See us about that
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Death Brings End to Romance
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Lsytoo Hessler
Death ended the romance of 16-year-old Dorothy Hubbard of Mon
roeville. N. JM when her sweetheart. Layton Hessler.; 23. was shot
to death by the girl's brother. Edward & Hubbard, who objected to
the attentions being paid his sister by Hessler Hubbard claimed he
shot Hessler when he believed the latter was about to draw a gun..
man, said. 100. representatives
from at least 47 states and the
District of Columbia will be in
cluded in the audience fin addi
tion to a delegation from each
of the 105 Kansas counties.
The Kansan spent much of his
time today at the executive man
sion where he entertained a
luncheon party including Gov.
Harold G. Hoffman of New Jer
sey and Mr! and Mrs. Henry Field
of Shenandoah, la.
Hoffman and a dozen aides ar
rived by plane on their way back
to Trenton, N. J from a trip to
the Texas centennial at Dallas.
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propriate it was. Our first market occupied less space
than our present beef cooler. We are still a "midget" in
prices. Our jeveryday offerings will prove every nice
thing we say about our meats, f A trial will convince you.
of floor space under, re-
slaughtering,
curing
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Dorothy Hubbard and father
War Supply Ship
Is At Cartagena
LONDON, Sept. 18.-(iip)-The
Spanish liner Magallanes, carry
ing a heavy cargo of war mate
rials for the Spanish government,
arrived at Cartagena on the east
ern coast of Spain. Lloyd's an
nounced today. !
(The ; Magallanes left Vera
Cruz, Mexico. August 23 with a
load reported to i have included
35,000 rifles, 5,t)00,000 cart
ridges, and a Quantity of hand
grenades.)
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Salinas' Army of
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was being enlarged by men re
cruited from nearby farms as well
as from the city itself.
Abbott declined to cay how
many citizens had been sworn la.
TheyVwere turned out through the
national guard armory, where
oaths were administered and riot
clubs issued. .
- For the first time since the
walkout started 13 days ago non
union lettuce packers worked un
molested In barricaded and guard
ed sheds. Lettuce moved in from
nearby fields under guard but
there was no attempt to stop it.
The strikers withdrew from the
city when A. S. Doss, secretary
of the striking fruit and vegetable
workers anion issued a pamphlet
saying "wholesale murder had
been plotted against the 3,200
union members. -
The Salinas building and allied
trades councils met to discuss the
situation. Labor leaders predicted
a general strike here In support
of the vegetable workers was un
likely because many of the unions
would have to obtain permission
from their international head
quarters to walk out.
About 700 delegates to the
state labor federation convention
In Sacramento marched around
the capitol building as a silent
protest against Governor Frank F.
Merriam's attitude in the strike.
A federation committee then
"conferred with the governor. A
spokesman later said Merriam was
"not only friendly but very re
ceptive" and made a suggestion
which might result In "something
of value." Details were not dis
closed. Abbott's deputized citizen army
first went Into action a few hours
after Its Inception yesterday, when
250 men formed a "flying wedge"
and cleared the streets of men and
women strikers who had figured
in two clashes with officers and
lettuce producers.
By noon today the deputized
body was unofficially reported at
1,000.. Informants said another
500 were added during the after
noon. -
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