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Sunday Features Four pages of comics and Btany other rpecial features re included in the Sunday Statesman, Salem's only Sunday newspaper. The Weather Fair today and Sunday, moderately warm, low ho mldity; Max. Temp. Friday 81, Min. 45, river -3-3 feet, north-northwest wind. FOUNDED 1631 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, September 19, 1930 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 151 46 Dead. Alt Mimic 9. ' .j, Teachers Oath Issue at Both Vets'Sessions Legion Asked to Oppose "Gag" Regulations as Convention Looms VFW Pass Up Customary Resolution ; Choose Kearney as Head CLEVELAND, Sept. li.-JJPy-The eighteenth national conten tion of the American Legion, opening Monday, received today through its resolutions committee a request from the American Fed eration of Teachers to condemn, compulsory loyalty oaths by teachers as "a threat to Ameri can liberties." Charles J. Hendley, president of New York; local No. 5 of the federation, urged the convention by letter to support Ray Murphy, national Legion commander, in his opposition to teachers' oaths. Murphy denounced them as "gag legislation" at the Portland. Ore., i meeting of the National Educa- tion association. Hendley claimed "subversive groups" sponsored such legisla tion to threaten "especially free dom of speech, press, pulpit and school and also the right of American working men and wo men to organize in labor unions and bargain collectively ." DENVER, Sept. 18. -(-Veterans of Foreign Wars elected a new commander today and adopt ed a resolution urging patriotic services be held daily in public schools, as they hastened tbeir 37th annual encampment toward ' adjournment. Bernard W Kearneybt Glov ersville, N. Y., senior vice, com mander, was elected commauier to succeed James E. Van Zaiidt of. Altoona, Pa., who declined suggestions of again seeking the office after three successive terms. Buffalo, N. Y., was selected ar the 1937 encampment city after Tampa, Fla., withdrew as a con tender. . W. B. Wynne of Akron, O., was elected Junior vice command er a post considered a "stepping stone" to the office of c o ru in and er For the. first time in the recent, history, of the VFW the delegates failed to recommend that all school teachers be required to take an oath of allegiance to the American flag and constitution. John : O. McNamara of Florida, chairman of the committee on Americanism, said the policy of , (Turn to page 2, col. 3) North Unit Hopes Gted by McNary BEND. Ore.. Sept. lg. - (Jp) Senator Charles McNary (R-Ore) told a group of central Oregon residents today "after 18 years we are back where we started but this time we are assured of the completion" of the proposed north unit irrigation project for SO, 000 acres of land near Ma dras. McNary, Reclamation Commis sioner John C. Page, Governor Charles L. Martin and Represen tative Walter Fierce comprised the party of officials touring the interior sector, -t"" Page' said a recent report In dicated the cost of lands for the north unit program was high but expressed willingness to receive proposals for reducing the expense.- McNary said, "It is up to the community to reduce the cost and I believe it can be done." Governor Martin cited the po tential wealth of the Interior and pledged his cooperation to de velop the area. Representative Pierce said "Ir rigation is the life of the west and without it the west would fade out." Ha said he beliered any government which could pay 150,000,000 for a battleship was able to assist in an irrigation project. Dickson Speaker At Demos' Rally Ashby C. Dickson,"1" former state senator, was the principal speak er at the political. rally held by the Marlon county demoncratic Society at the courthouse last night. He outlined the issues of the presidential campaign to the 60 democrats who were present. Before the talk br Dickson, democratic candidates from Mar lon county were introduced by President George Cusiter. FLIERS :"::-1;::;t:::::::?:S:-:::v::: Sarbed in overcoats and wreathed veteran pilot, ' are shown above, in the first photo to reach the United States from Musgrave Harbor, Newfoundland, where their plane made a forced landing following their successful flight across the Atlantic from England. Captain Eddie Rlcke nbacker is assisting them in getting their plane re paired so that they can continue on to New York, their original destination. This picture was flown from Newfoundland to Boston by chartered plan e and transmitted to Cleveland by Sonndphoto. International Illustrated News Sonndphoto. ; Trout 'Gets Away' But Credit Given .1 i Carter to Send Film Star Another; Publicity Is Gained for Oregon f Evidence that Fred MacMur- ray, movie star, is as good a sport as he appears to be in most of his pictures, is held by H. S. Carter, Salem route 4, but Mr. Carter is looking forward to more direct confirmation of this fact at some later date. Mr. Carter was leaving today for East lake in central Oregon to catch some more brook trout, one of which he plans to send to MacMurray to compensate for the one that "got away." Only in this case, MacMurray didn't lose the fish from his line. It spoiled after reaching its destination at Los Angeles, because MacMurray was away on location at the time and the package wasn't opened until he returned, when the fish was unfit for eating. But here's where the good sport part comes in MacMurray told the reporters about it and Carter as well as Oregon trout got some publicity in Los Angeles and in syndicated columns of na tional circulation. Carter sent the trout to Mac Murray in care of his cousin, who has directed MacMurray in sev eral of the star's pictures. Mac Murray in several of the star's pictures. MacMurray fished the McKenzie river last year but failed to make a catch. Carter in sending the fish to him suggested that the star might not be a good fisherman. MacMurray sent back word that on bis next fishing trip he would get Carter to take him to the proper place for catch ing the large ones. Protector Appointed CASTLE GANDOLFO. Italy, Sept. 18.-P-Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi received 1 appointment to day as protector of the Sisters of St. Mary in Oregon. The appoint ment was announced by Pope Pius XI of the j Roman Catholic church. Brite Brothers Mother Arranges Surrender SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 18 (JP)A strenuous manhunt shad ed with lynch talk ended drama tically today when John T. Brite and Coke Brite, brothers, were locked in Folsom prison for safe keeping after their gray haired mother had arranged their sur render on a triple murder charge. The mountaineer fugitives sub mitted to the custody of District Attorney James Davis and fa friend, Dr. Earl E. Harris, in the isolated . Horse ! Creek district while sheriff's possemen still were hunting for them, j No Handcuffs or Firearms Required Without the use of handcuffs or firearms, Davis and Dr. Har ris drove the brothers southward all night through northern Cali fornia to the prison near here. Reports from Horse Creek said public feeling boiled np again when word of the surrender be ARE ON THEIR WAY AGAIN y x- r v in smiles Harry Richman, left. New Delayed Aviators At Harbor Grace; Deny any Discord HARBOR GRACE, Nfld., Sept. 18.-(Canadian Press)-Dlck . Mer rill and Harry Richman flew here tonight in their ocean - crossing monoplane and quickly denied re ports there had been serious fric tion between them during their flight from England. "We love each other as broth ers,". Richman said, and Merrill added his denial of the report. They flew here from Musgrave Harbor, an isolated fishing vil-lage-125 miles away, where their plane, the Lady Peace, landed Monday after spanning' the At lantic from England to complete a round-trip crossing. Soon after Richman and Mer rill arrived another plane landed here from Musgrave Harbor, bearing Capt. Eddie Rickenback er, famous American war ace, and a group of pilots and mechanics who had gone to assist the two fliers in the isolated fishing vil lage. Two Families in Texas Marooned BROOKSMITH, Brown county, Tex., Sept. 18. -(iPJ-Flood waters of the Colorado river tonight cut off members of two families on ranches near here and fear was expressed for them. The water was rising rapidly. f Mrs. Edna Fitzgerald, telephone operator here, was informed at 11 p. m., that Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mouldin and .their grown son were marooned in their house about ten miles south of Winchell on the Colorado river. She said another rancher named McDowell was also ma rooned in his house and that ef forts to reach him had failed. Mrs. Fitzgerald said the report to her was that the current was so swift near the two homes that it defied efforts of rescuers in rowboats. No motorboat was available. in Folsom: came known. Neither Sheriff W. G. Chandler nor his possemen knew anything about 'it until the brothers were safely behind Fol som's walls -400 miles away. The Brites are charged with slaying Deputy Sheriff Martin Lange. Constable Joe Clark and Captain Fred Seaborn, a maritime pilot, in a battle August 30 grow ing out of the officers' attempt to arrest the brothers. ; Siskiyou county in which Horse Creek is situated, was the scene of the lynching more than a year ago of Clyde Johnson, a robber accused of slaying Police Chief F. R. Daw of Dnnsmnlr, Calif. The Brite brothers took to the hills and refused to surrender when talk of mob action spread after the triple killing. Relatives quoted the brothers as saying the Officers and Sea born approached their camp at night as if planning to attack them. , - , , I r . , ; York actor, and Dick Merrill, No Prisoners Now In Jail Affected Only One There Sentenced By McMahan, Order in Case Not Written The ruling made by Circuit Judge E. C. Latourette during the trial of Sheriff A. C. Burk, Thursday, which held that sen tences containing the provision "without limitation of time" are void, will not effect any of the 20 prisoners now held in the county jail, it was learned yes terday, i Of the 20 only two are there under circuit court sentences, the rest are either sentenced from justice courts or are being held for the grand jury. One of the two remaining, Gottfried Paulus, is in jail for contempt of court under an order handed down by Judge Arlie G. Walker. 1 The remaining prisoner, Rex I. Stevenson was sentenced to six months for larceny on June 26. Credit was given for time served but as the sentence has not yet been written by the clerk, at torneys stated that his sentence is valid. i Burk was found not guilty of negligently permitting a prisoner to escape, by a directed verdict after the state, through Joseph Hammersley, special prosecutor, failed to prove' that the man al leged to have escaped was actual ( Turn to page 2, col. 3) Gleason Satcmill Sold To Klamath Falls Men LEBANON, Ore., Sept. 1&.-JP) -Sewell & Wynn, Klamath Falls, took over the Gleason Lumber company's sawmill in one of the largest deals on record here. The mill has a capacity of 40,000 feet a day. It was understood it would be enlarged. Frank Gleason retained his In terest in logging operations. Late Sports CALDWELL, Idaho, Sept. 18.-(Jf)-The College of Idaho Coyotes handed Harhan "Pat" Page a 15 to 0 victory over Olblon (Idaho) normal's eleven tonight as the former University of Indiana head coach resumed a place In college football. i The Coyotes scored a touch down and a safety in the first quarter and added another touch down in the third. -i FRESNO, Calif.. Sept. 1S.(JP) Young Corbett of Fresno punched out a 10-round decision over Joe Bernal, San , Francisco, here to night in the middleweight cam paign he hopes will lead to a title bout with Champion Freddie Steele. ; I HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. Sept. 18. (JF) Baby Arizmendi, Mexico City boxing star, and Frankle "Kid" Covelli, Brooklyn Italian, fought 10 furious rounds to a draw, tonight In the main event at the American Legion stadium. Arizmendi weighed 133 and Col velli. 131. Alcazar Blast Kills Many of Its Defenders But Surrender Isn't Yet Effected; ''More Mines , May Be Set Off Syndicalists! of Madrid Seek More Reforms Against Fascism (By The Associated Press) , Explosion of gover n m e n t planted mines of TNT, which blew a great section of the old Alca zar fortress at Toledo to pieces. were believed Friday night to have killed or maimed more than half the 1700 men, women and children In the structure. Two mines which went off sim ultaneously crumbled the south west tower of the centuries-old stone fortress where fascist in surgents and their families had been holding out almost since the start of the civil war nine weeks ago. The government attackers, fall ing in an attempt to "mop np" the remaining defenders after the explosions, were ready to touch off two more mines if the fascist fighters did not take the oppor tunity of surrendering their wo men and children. The govern ment had vowed to give the men no quarter. In Madrid, meanwhile, the pow erful syndicalist group demands reforms to destroy fascism, and urged conscription of all able bodied men to fight the insurg ents. Socialization of Industry Favored The syndicali&ts proposed so cialization of banks, railroads. In dustries and church properties; cancellation of individual indebt edness within the country and a new government system under which workers would share di rectly in public administration." On the northern war front, said diplomatic dispatches reaching Saint Jean De Luz, France, the :' (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Reports Due Soon On Reorganization Two reports dealing with pro posed reorganization of the state government are nearing comple tion and will be ready for con sideration of the legislative in terim committee 6n this subject within the next week or 10 days. This was announced following a meeting of a sub-committee of the interim committee and a com mittee .of the state planning commission in the executive de partment Friday. All members were in attendance. One report will have to do with the proposed department of fi nance which will affect primarily the state banking department, state corporation commission and state Insurance division. It orig inally was proposed to place these departments under one head. Another report will deal with the method of making state pur chases and payment of bills. Other meetings of the sub-committee will be held prior to the 1937 legislative session. Dedicate Yaquina Bay Bridge Oct. 9 NEWPORT, Ore., Sept. 18.-(P) -City officials said today the dedi cation of the Taquina bay bridge, last of the five Oregon coast highway spans to be completed, will be held October 3 the date set tentatively several weeks ago. Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port land will be master of ceremonies. Governors of Oregon, Washing ton and California will be invited to attend. It was indicated a squadron of 12 seaplanes, two destroyers, a coastguard cutter and an infantry band from Van courer barracks probably will be on hand. 3 Violent Deaths -In Wasco County THE DALLES, Ore.. Sept. 18. (F) Wasco county officials in vestigated three deaths today, two by violence and one by drowning. The body of Harvey - Edward Erwb.41, Santa Ana, Calif., was foand in a gravel pit near Maupin. Coroner Callaway said evidence indicated Erwin shot himself. Silas Whltefoot, White Swan, Wash., fisherman, was killed by a train near Celilo. Willie George, 38, Celilo, drowned in the Celilo canal. The latter two were Indians. Schools Here to Open Monday With Of Record High School to. Have About 150 More and Others Expect Proportional Gain ; . Bush Buildin g v - Ready; Short Sessions on First Day VACATION days will encf for several thousand children of school age next Monda when the Salem public schools open their doors for registration for the 1936-1&37 school year- I ' ' . . V I : With an estimated increase in registration of around 150 expected at the high school and a general increase anti- Ruler if Fascists Win, Problem Now Franco Doesn't Want to Be Dictator; De Rivera; Favored if Alive I By ELMER W. PETERSON I BURGOS, Spain, Sept. 18.-yp-If the Spanish fascist-monarchist Insurgents should win the civil war, as they believe they now ire doing, the paramount question would.be who would emerge the ruler. ' Would he be General Francisco Franco, the supreme fascist war lord? Would he-be General Mar tinez Anido, veteran ' military leader? Or would he be Jose An tonio Primo de Rivera, son f of the late Gen. Miguel Primo fde Rivera, iron premier under the old monarchist regime? Gen. Franco, his adherents say, does not want to be dictator, but merely is lending his military ser vices to the cause against the incumbent Madrid socialist-communist-anarchist government. Gen. Anido, who was vice premier nnder de Rivera, the eld er, would be placed in the position of repudiating the son of his former Cihief should he accept the dictatorship. Some insurgent leaders insist, however, that Gen. Anido will be Spain's next dicta tor. He-is 70 years old, and for 15 years was in control of Barce lona (now in government hands. "We propose," was the reply, "to put the military in the bar racks and the priests in the churches. Today the military it re serving a great cause that of he freedom and the very life of Spain. But Spain has for too long had its military mixed with poli tics." I ""And your leader will be? "De Rivera," came the quick answer, ". . . if he is still alive." Workers Return j To Crown Mills PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1JB.-(Jfy-Two hundred men returned: to work at the Crown mills today! to terminate a week's strike. Bert Shelton, business1 agent for the weighers', warehousemen's and cereal workers' unions, said the settlement Included union recognition, wage increases, Va cations and work-week adjust ments. ' ; , f . Only development in the strike of 220 iron moulders was an An nouncement by Gust Anderson, secretaary of the Portland - labor council, that he had sent letters to operators of 16 foundries ask ing them to meet with the labor council Monday. . I The strike of 66 truck drivers at the Blumauer-Frank and Mc-Kesson-Pacif ic - wholesale d r n g companies continued unabated. A. Rosser, secretary of the truck drivers' union; branded as "false" reports that other nnlon drivers would be called oat if a settle ment . was reached. I Rumored Attack on Strikers' Meet Fails Jo Materialise SALINAS, Calif., Sept, 18-a Striking union lettuce workers met unmolested here tonight after appealing to State Attorney Gen eral U. S. WeJSb for protection. The .meeting, attended by seme 1.200 of the 3,000 strikers, cli maxed a day of wild rumors, which union leaders said Included reports it was to bring an fat tack on the strikers. 1 Sheriff Carl Abbott and two of his regular deputies sat on the outskirts of the crowd of strik ers, who were urged by tbeir lead ers to avoid violence and await the outcome of mediation efforts being made by Gov. Frank F. Mer riam, . : ' Governor to Confer I With Lettuce Men f James E. 'Hopkins, president of the California state federation, of labor, said at Sacramento that Governor Merriam plans to leave there at daybreak to confer with lettuce growers here. t The crowd was in a good humor Prospect Enrollment I Ocipated throughout the two Jun ior highs and the eight grade schools, school population will probably reach a new high, Preparations for school open ing are nearly complete. The new Bush school will b ready for occupancy and classrooms In the new additions at Leslie junior high are also ready. Work of moving equipment into the Bush school has been going on rapidly and Superintendent Silas Galser stated yesterday that it was al most certain that seating arrange ments would be complete by Mon day, i ' ! t- Today at 10 o'clock in, the high school auditorium all the teachers in the system will meet for their annual pre-school con ference and instructions from Su perintendent Galser.. Short Sessions to -. Be Held Monday Short sessions only; will be held Monday. Grade schbol children will report in the morning only long enough to register and re ceive lists of supplies. Text books are furnished in the lower grades. At the high school and junior highs an abbreviated, class sched ule will take the better part oT the morning. Theref will be no classes in the afternoon. Basing an estimate on a count made last spring it is expected over 400 students will go to the new Bush school. The children (Turn to page i, col. 8) McAlexander Is Called Suddenly "Rock of the Marne" Dies At 72; War Service Is Praised by Liggett t PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18.- Maj. Gen. Ulysses Grant McAlex ander, 72, who became known: as "the rock of the Marine" by stem ming a terrific German assault during the World war, died unex pectedly at his apartment home here today. j The retired officer became a military hero in June, 1918, when his regiment, the 38 th United States infantry, halted a German rush during thesecond battle of the Marne. j . This performance was described by Maj. Gen. Hunter1 Liggett as a "service the like of which I don't believe was ever done before." "The resistance of that regi ment to the enemy's attack was epic," Liggett said in a San Fan- (Turn to page 2, col. 2) . Refuse Shipment As Strike- Feared MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Sept. 18. -(P)-Lloyd Rippey, manager of the ocean dock here, said today no freight bound from San Fran cisco to Coos Bay would be ac cepted after Saturday due to the possibility of a strike affecting shipments. He said southbound freight would be accepted up to September 25. f and sone of the strikers even Joked among themselves about be ing "pushed off"! the Salinas streets. . .. ; v - - : ! JL" T As a result of the appeal Dep uty Attorney General Ralph Mar ron announced in San Francisco he had! telephoned Sheriff Carl Abbott here saying he would "ex pect local authorities to furnish the protection requested." L The asserted attack plan came to light amid the circulation of unconfirmed reports that steps were under way for negotiating a peaceful settlement of the strike. ! Asserted discovery of "com munistic literature" in the home of a union member was said to have precipitated the attack plan. ! Sheriff Abbott Issued a mobili sation call earlier in the day for his 1,500 deputized citizens but fears of further trouble failed to materialize and only 250 of the deputies remained on duty during the afternoon. New England's Coastline N o w In Wind's Path 42 Deaths Accounted for as Fishing Schooner Sinks Off N. J. Fury Abating; Warnings Still Fly Far North as Eastport, Me. Copyright. 1936. Kew York Tribun loft. NEW YORK, Sept. 1 9.-(6atur-day )-JFfA tropics - born hurri cane, leaving a . probable death toll of 46 in its wreckage strewn wake, lashed gales, rain and sav age tide upon the New England coast today. Twenty-one persons were miss ing. Veering off Long Island after deluging New York City, the storm tore down upon Connect!-, cut and Rhode Island. Residents of unprotected Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, nailed fast the shutters of their century-old cot tages. -' Shipping lanes off the nation's northeast coast for the most part remained clear. Vessels hugged New England harbors to ride out winds attaining a velocity of 75 miles an hour. The backlast of the hurricane, following a period of calm, again swept beaten coasts from Cape Hatteras, N. C, to New York with attendant high waves and gales threatening lives and property. Volunteer workmen, works progress administration employes and staffs of the American Red Cross set about the gigantic task of rehabilitating stricken areas. (Copyriehtd, 1936, bjr Associated PrsO NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-lSatui-day ) (JP) A tropical hurricane that had taken a toll of 43 dead, with 18 others missing, lashed with renewed fury at the South Jersey coastline early today and promised to jsweep - eastward to ward Nantucket, Mass., after, a midnight lull. u With scores of small coastal towns and villages cut off from communication, shipping disrupt ed all along the Atlantic seaboard and untold damage done to shore communitites in six states, the disturbance was 100 miles central off the North New Jersey coast and veering toward New Eng land's coastline with diminishing force. At Atlantic City new rains set in and the wind rose after a short calm.- Northward In the Asbury Park-North Shore section, a shift of the wind to the north just as feared high tides- piled up on the beaches improved conditions so that observers believed the storm would pass out to sea without causing the havoc to property that had been feared. Schooner Goes Down With Lose of 42 The sinking ofa fishing schoon er off Cape May, N. J., accounted for the loss of 42 lives. The find ing of more than 50 negro WPA workers aboard two barges at Ed enton, N. C, which earlier bad been feared swept away, reduced the list of missing. Storm warnings remained dis played north of the Virginia Capes to Eastport, Me., and 60 to 75 mile winds swept over wide areas. Winds which sometimes attain ed a velocity of 100 miles an hour beat along the coast from Capo Hatteras, across the Virginia Capes, and into Delaware, Mary (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Farmers Fleeing; Flood Record Set ROCKWOOD, Coleman county, Tex., Sept. 18.-yP-Hundreda of farmers and their families were fleeing from the Colorado river bottoms near here tonight a the river reached a flood stage of 70 feet, 17 feet higher than ever known. The steel highway bridge at Stacy and the one here went out this afternoon nnder the ham mering of heavy debris pounded against them by the turbulent flood. The Colorado, already on a rise from recent heavy rains upstream, reached Its highest stage this afternoon under the impetus of flood waters poured into it at Leady, north of here, from the Goncho river which wrought ap proximately $2,000,000 damage at San Angelo last night. Drift was accumulating tonight at the new concrete highway bridge here, endangering the structure. Mrs. Eva Champion PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18.- W)-Mrs. B. E. Eva defeated a fellow Portlander, Miss Char la Ilgner, and 5,. today to retain her championship of the Oregor Women's Golf association. 7