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A - jp r a t V; li IJHJIITY -SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday, llornin?, September 27, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 158 7 ,' o e- . . . . . 1 1 Help-. isShfrEiom :' Heine andPortland; State Officials A id The Kalem flredepartmeat at 3:80 o!cleck this afternooa me-nt tbe BOO-gallon pomp truck from the south Salem fire sta tion to North Bend after tbe mayor of that city bad requested Ire f ightlng equipment from Salem and Portland. ; Mayor V. E. Kahn and Alderman Merrill D. Ohling of the council fire com mittee immediately ordered the pump truck make ready (or the 220 mile trip, which was estimated to require five hours driving time. ! - Captain William Hunt and Hoseman Sol Taylor took the truck southward. It carried 1800 feet of fire hose, chemical fire extinguishers, an 80-gallon water tank and 250 feet of small hose. ; ! " - .. At 3:30 p. m. General Rilea telephoned to Governor-Martin that he w f unable to get through by plane to Marshfield and that the road connection was broken by a burned bridge south of Winchester bay. .1 The state forester's office at 3:45 p. m. had a report from tbe forester's office at Marshfield that the Rooster valley fire was completely out of control, and is crowning the timber on the old Coos wagon road. Efforts are now being confined to rescuing the settlers and stock. Rooster valley lies between Sitkun and Dora. 1 WHAT OregoifV chief executive termed the most disas trous fire in the history of the state did not find Gov ernor Charles H. Martin lacking in ; resources as he r swung into action today to relieve suffering and to place the power of the state and national government behind the at tempt to check the inferno. , j - i , ; Governor Martin, a retired major-general, informed early today of the fire, immediately dispatch ed Brigadier General Thomas E. Rilea, of the Oregon national guard to take charge of the situa tion at Marshfield,", concentrate relief efforts and to, represent him in the entire matter. .-. , ; Then he attempted to locate Major-General George S. Simonds, Ninth corps area commander, who was en route from San Francisco to Fort Lewis; to request" federal relief supplies and to prepare the 'way for calling out troops if ne cessary. This' he accomplished. ' locating the commanding t officer, at Tenino, Wash. and reuiu. ' were obtained. " V'-s""?. Governor Watches " f From Office Here , Aided by his executive secre tary. Wallace S. Wharton, tbo governor spent the, entire day at his office, dispatching orders and receiving reports from all sources : of the entire situation. .Tirelessly he took command of the relief sit uation, and left nothing unturned to effect results. . The log of-kis day's work, which started at 7:30 a.m. gives a re sume of the work of the execu tive. Brifely, It is: . . 8 a. m. Contacted Red Cross, state police, national guard and other agencies to mobilize aid. 1 8:15 a. m. Red Cross head quarters at San Francisco in structed to send aid and officer reported enroute by plane. Na tional guard at Marshfield order ed to stand by. State police, dis patched 20 men to the area from western points, with more to fol low. Radio operators organized i for reports after communications' shut off. State Forester Fergu (Turn to page 8, col. 2) Communist Talk Allowed, Church . CHICAGO, . Sept. 29.-(JP)-A , communist campaign speech scheduled in the home of commun ism's ,foe the church tonight I ruffled the sabbath eve calm of suburban Oak Park, the world's largest village.; The pastor of the First Congre tional church and the young folk of his flock were arrayed together on tbe side of "free discussion of political, issues. " Against them was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Martin H. Mc- . Grath, and her friends in the con gregation., firm in the belief that a communistic ' speech would be ; "desecration. . Samuel T. Hammersmark, com munist nominee for governor of Illmol8. was due to talk at the . church tomorrow night. He. was Invited by the young people's or ganization, the Colliquim. Bush School Will Operate Full Day , Bush grade school will open Monday ' morning ; on a full-day schedule after . having been run : on half-day time last week to per mit completion of interior paint ing and plumbing. Superintendent Silas Gaiser announced last night. Children living on River road and In the area bounded by Lincoln, Saginaw and Mission streets and the river will -be transported to the school by bus. " : : " The bus route will be from Riverside drive east on Miller to Fir street, south on Fir to Lef fel le. east to Saginaw, north to Mis sion and east to the school. Child ren along this route will be picked op at intersections i about 8:30 . m., Gaiser said.- -; Those living en the east side of Saginaw have teen Included' in the transporta tion area. .... : i ; . j Local Fires Now Controlled, Word New Blaze; Flares West of New Grand - Ronde To day; Coor Road Closed - "A slashing fire which broke . out' of control a short distance southeast of Brooks - early this room In -5 was threatening nearby fire died ; down - considerably" but still menaced nearby tlm her and farm property, it was on the WillUunsoa ranch. : " j: .. - r "' ' ,-The Niagara; Detroit 'and. Blac'k Rock i forest fires 'were, believed under control "today but a fresh blase had' broken out near Mid way, west of ! New, Grand -Ronde, it was announced at the state for ester's office at 2 p. m. Extent of the new fire had not been "re ported. . , CCC men had been withdrawn from the 'fire ; between Niagara and Gates and employes of Fred Ritner, near whose logging camp the blaze broke . loose Friday night, had taken full charge of the fire lines.! j Lacking reports on the Black Rock tire which started Saturday, the forester's office assumed it was under control by. CCC crews encamped nearby. ; I . Keeping In hourly contact by telephone with the forest .fire dis patcher at Marshfiled, the forest er's office here was advised that the old Coos Bay wagon road was closed by flames above the town of Dora and the fire was crowning rapidly through green timber. A 28-mile east I wind was blowing and the humidity was 14 points. Railroad Hearing Set, Grants Pass State Utility Commissioner Mc Colloch will j leave tonight for Grants Pass j where he ?wlll at tend a hearing on the application for extension of the Oregon and Southern railroad from there to Crescent City, Calif. , The hearing will be conducted by the Interstate commerce com mission and probably will require two or three days. The proposed railroad . would be approximately 9 0 ' miles in length. ; ; ' The Oregon Transportation league, organized here this week, went on record favoring extension of the line. ' l - i Soviet Attack on Currency ; Checkmated by U S. Action (By the Associated Press) ' Some of the U. S. treasury's $2,000,060,000 stabilization fund was used In the- foreign exchange markets yesterday, as P r e m I e r Blum's government ra Parts whip ped Into shape its plan to slice per haps as mueh as a third from the value ot the French currency, v Secretary Morgenthau disclosed that no sooner, had the gentle men's agreement been reached be tween France, England and -the United- States, - to . preserve ex change equilibrium during the re adjustment of the franc than the bank of Russia stepped . Into for eign exchange markets and offer ed 1,000,090 pounds sterling fat any price." J - .,. .- - .. : Since declines in the pound in terms of the dollar have frequent ly had a depressing effect upon the West Wins Uniqiuie Loyalist Ships Steam Toward Blocked Forts Naval Battle is Likely; Insurgents Ready ior Attack on Toledo Madrid Victory Claim is Refuted; Deny Azana '. Planning to Flee LISBON, rortngal, Sept. 27- Sunday )-(P)-Tbe Porta ruese radio dub announced early to day It had received Information a , Spanish fascist column had entered Toledo and rescued the Insurgents and their families la the old Alcazar fortress. The radio club said it learned Toledo, which Is about 43 miles sowth of Madrid, had been at tacked by foar columns march Ing along the roads from Had ' riil. Torrljos and M Oregon and that south of tbe Tagus river. ? (By The Associated Press) ' The first naval battle of the Spanish civil war appeared Immi nent Sunday as naval authorities In bomb-battered Bilbao reported five government warships were steaming at full speed toward ports blockaded by fascist vessels along Spain's northern Bay of Els shore. '." " " ' "' ' '' t ' Meanwhile the Insurgent station at Corunna claimed j cist troops had succeeded In ". re lieving the beleaguered A '-axar This report conflicted, flowsier, with a "government announcement in Madrid that rebel forces were being "slowly but surely" forced hack from Toledo, - i r ' 'i't Correspondents ' from the Tole do' front said trained fascist le gions prepared to launch dawn attack - Sunday , oh government-, held- Toledo.-1 :" --r',- Buenos Aires, reports said- an Argentine warship was standing by to take off Spanish President (Turn to page 8, col. 1)? : : ; . . : ' : I Menace of Flood r In Texas Recedes - SAN ANGELO, Tel., Sept, 1 -4JPI The menacing threats of floods along the Rio Grande and in West Texas dissipated" some what Saturday night as high wat ers began sinking toward normal levels. San Angelo, In the midst of re habilitating itself from the effects of a 15,000.000 flood of a week ago, breathed easier as the North Concho river descended rapidly from the 35-to-37-foot level it reached In mid-afternoon Fears of further inundation in. the Presidio section in the Big Bend country lessened as moun tain streams lost their high water marks as they coursed eight miles eastward, and into the : Rio Grande. Clear skies augured well for the future. '; The cotton crop In the Presidio valley was about ten per cent lost. Freshman Registration At O.S.C1 Sett Record CORVALLIS, Ore.. Sept. 2?.- (P)-Fir8t week freshman 1- regis tration figures hit an all time peak this year, E. B. Lemon, reg istrar, announced today." J - - The total was 1,181 compared 1,095 in 1927, the previous high year. Gain over last year was 27 per cent. - ; - j American-price level. Morgenthau qaiekly bought the sterling offer ed, and the British currency, which had been declining- in unof ficial dealings recovered. New' York Stocks ' ; .' I ' Climb aa Result 1 ' ' i Prices on the - New York stock exchange closed higher. While Premier Blum hopes for speedy acceptance of the devalua tion plan, to be submitted to an extraordinary session of parlia ment tomorrow, extreme right and left wings of French politics were quick to condem it. and the man in the street, perplexed, wondered if the cost of living would rjge French officials hoped disorder would be avoided." " v tC . Exchange - dealings were " tem porarily suspended in the world's , (Turn to page 8 edl. 5) .. ' First Naval Battle of Spanish , War Looms; Loyal Ships on Vay The first r-er.l t. , I ! , ..ent toay f..o I above, t-;z: t " i ;, t!,crn elcra tl t... i -1 hoto. " .". To Slart cCtolM5r 12 but Practice 'Sessiori r- to" . " 5 Ce2ui;TVrnbrrow -rTheElaelubintrteVtd'nclr bridge players of Salem and necr by .communities to a ; great -bis bridge party. It's in the form of a bridge tournament, to begin Mon day,. October 12 - and wilt extend through the following seven Moq days.. - - ; -. " v , r"' . Mrs. Max Gunter, the Elks club tournament' director' sdid: . "W want to Impress bridge players that non-members are Just as jwel- coma as mcin urin, tyjo wiu ivn of players,: that : makes. it -mpre 'Two preliminary, evenings are planned for tomorrow and 4 next Monday so players win pe' primed for the contest.' These' evenings however have, nothing. to do with the ' tournament, - but are' merely to stimulate interest In the com- aasg cuuicob, , (Turn to page ft, coli 4) Fire Situation in California Is Bad SAN FRANCISCO, Sept; -Forest and brush. : tire t cagt a black pall - of destruction over northern California tonight ' as the state recruited emergency forces to battle the spreading flames in a dozen counties. Fears of possible loss of life In creased with reports frpm out lying districts of desperate strug gles to save property and hopeless flights from burning homes. Women "and children joined their men at some places In the Sierra foothills in efforts to check the worst fires In several years. ; The pioneer settlement of Ore gon House. - former stage station on the MarysviHo-Comptonville road, was .wiped out. A hotel. post office, store and eight homes went un In flames. Thirty head of cattle perished in Placer county as flames swept the historic Whitney estate ranch. Other livestock was bjelng hastily driven from the danger area. ' The flames, lashed by a 40-mile wind, destroyed ranch buildings in Tuba and Sontma counties and threatened a -number of small communities. : t Ignoring Police v ; "Order Is Charge i William Harold McFarland,' 27, Gervais, landed in the county Jail yesterday ' afternoon because he failed to heed a state policeman's command, at Brooks, not to move an automobile. McFarland drove away In an automobile from which trooper had removed Willard McKay, Gervais, on a charge of drunken driving. Arrested later on a technical charge of. operating a earwlthout a muffler, McFarland was taken before justice of the Peace Overton at Woodburn and the fudge Tevoked his parole.from a 50-dar Jail sentence.'-- Both men were " brought to the county jail hero, : . " i'VJ 'o .77 J Federal Trouble Shooter OnA Job Tempbnrj r TTruce Discussed -c I l i 4--: - - 1 -' 'i 1 1 f - --w-cV-y SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. .-UP) -The government'e ace i 'trouble shoeter" stepped toalght into, the t r o n b led waterfront situation while ; shipowners ' and maritime unions still were seeking to avert a threatened tieup October -1. -. -. . The trouble-shooter. Assistant Secretary of Labor-E. F., MeGra- dy, arrived by a i r pi a n e .from Washington. , - - t .;McGrady4 who, was instrumental in bringing About a -truce- In the bloody 19 maritime strike, eon-; f erred with government labor con ciliators-. E. P, Marsh, and -E4 H. Kitsgerald. Jn .the jaitial -move to ward averting tbe new crisis; After- the . conferences McGradr said - the situation .had. been- out lined to him and that his first step would probably ; be an- effort to- ' , . . J . A t l 'A f A. nigui iq joojLact me. coasi. cuuiuiji- tee for waterrront- ana snip em ployers. :r Waterfront employers " and . the district executive board of the In ternational Longshoremen's .union made various proposals to each other for a temporary continuance of l work' after expiration .of their regular .agreements next Wednes day., -r . :v; : Pursuant , to. Its .decision- last night, the ILA proposed a 15-day extension of the present agree- 1 (Turn to page 8, col. 2) .... Highway: Blocked Following Crash Pacific' highway traffic was partly blocked for four hours be ginning at 4:45 p. m. yesterday when a - truck driven by F. C. Brown, 1080 Madison street, over turned on the pavement near Sun nyside, five miles south of Salem. Brown escaped" injury; State police said sacks of fish meal , from Brown's - truck were scattered ' along the highway, for an eighth of a mile. The truck and debris were not fully cleared from the road until nearly 9 p. m. A head-on collision on the same highway two miles north of Jeffer? son at 9; 10 p. m. sent T. B. Tuck er, Olympia. Wash., to an Albany hospital .for treatment of severe cuts about the face and head. John G. Wagoner, - Centralia, Wash., who was riding , In Tucker's light coach, received minor scratches. Both the coach and a truck load ed with-Roseburg cantaloupe were heavily damaged In the crash.' The truck driver; Clifford White, Rose burg, was not Injured. - Williams Named Head of ; County Bar : Association The Marlon county bar associa tion elected Fred A. Williams president at its '-meeting at' the Marion hotel yesterday noon. Wil liam Pi Ellis was named vjce-p res ident iAd William J.- Lin foot sec retary," -The attorneys were . ad dressed by I. H. VanWinkle, state attorney-general; -. ...... . r- " V - Eight Elevens Battle Slage Colorful Show Score is 22-14, Gridrhen of West Linn Making Deciding Points Canby Rooters Adjudged Best; Silverton and ,Woodburn Tally T By PAUL HAUSER West Linn's snappy green and lemon football team slnglehand edly stood off a pack of four teams, from the eastern side of the Willamette river last night as the west, with West Linn scoring 20 of its points, defeated the east 22 to 14 in the Willamette valley inter scholastic league's . unique opener on Sweetland field. - rs'-l. Crown's snappy club from Y.'Eit' Lisa scored three times r--:r..-t Ilolalla In Its allotted 15 : :.; to give the west a victory t iter .!verton and Woodburn had i oih scored for the east in the i.:'t two Quarters. Hz" i Hag a safety scored by In-J-T-.Ii"ce in tho first friod no f t Trestern team scored. -( "7 Ij' Awarded l i for llooting - Lnry color in ' a spectrum " ? . seen In Sve And as eight (' arrayed -I- right new J er rs, -took to V field two at a i :e in the r- . unusual football tacle een .ln tv north t. ,f " ; r" ' - rt- 4,a... alia o nau iiW't h tng sections from each tf the eight high schools - kept a continuous wave- of sound Issuing from- the field front the moment the festiv ities- started with a colorful par ade of all eight; teams. . - Canby high . school won .the trophy .for having the best rooting section. - . Silverton and Independence drew the right to open the game in which each - team was to play 15 minutes. - , Silverton . lost Utile time , In chalking up first blood .for the ( Turn Jo page 8,.col...3 - Prisoner Shot by V Medford's Jailer ; MEDFORD; Ore., Sept. IS.-CA1) -Harold 'Foughtjr, 20, of Long view, Wash., was shot In the ab domen by Jailer Harry Ihgling In a battle In the county 'Jail this morning.: Dr. C. L Drummond said -Foughty, "even if he Jived, faced the possibility of paralysis. The shooting occurred after Foughty and Buff Marshall, also of Longview, had assaulted Ing- ling and a trustee, Albert Cowan of Jacksonville, when the latter two entered the men's cell to get a mop: pall. : v ' ", Foughty and Marshall were awaiting sentence for a series of robberies at Phoenix near, here which - Brown said they had con fessed to.' Government Get Out, Banking PORTLAND,. Ore., Sept. 26.- (ry-Henry Verdelin, president of the American Institute of Bank ing, told Portland members of the institute he felt the time had come, in view of Improved busi ness conditions, for the federal government "to cease It competi tion with banks and retire its various -agencies.: - - - Verdelin said control .of bank ing assets In. one ..centralised source was the first step toward socialization. ... v . Eight in Prisoi Bach toMtrifi(MuntJ . .. O ? 1 1 ' J Governor Martin Issued an or der Saturday- commuting the sen tences of eight prisoners serving terms of less ' than one year In the state penitentiary, and tend ing them b a e k to the . Marion county JaiL . -Z"" The aherlffs office was noti fied yesterday that the eight men will be brought to the county Jail Monday morning. The eight additional prisoners will make a total of 29 men being held by the county. Sheriff A. C. Burk said. " This action by the governor establishes a new policy on. the-. na'rt of the executive department and state parole board "in hand- Una' these penitentiary cases, tho order 'was-made primarily to re lieve crowded conditions -in the Mam Between y S:4S p.m The latest report from Coquille is that while ' i some houses have been destroyed it will be possible to save the ! : city wales citiaewa get panicky.' This word was received by the state forester's of flee direct from Morshfield. MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept 27 (AP) Flames in tinder dry forests of southwestern Oregon swept out of con f trol today, virtually destroyed the town of Bandon on the coast, led to hurried preparations to evacuate Coquille 1$ miles inland, and left toll of at least seven dead. An un esimated number were injured. ! j Fire swept through tree-tops from the northeast last Right and left Bandon in ruins early today, v ;i The charred bones of a woman were found in a razed house in Bandon and . the body of an elderly man was taken to Coquille. As close a check as possible indicated five others had lost their lives and still more, were missing. ' , 11 -'. j -o To the south of Coos county. 13ylSetin 'l The Portland Beavers. leading 0 to 2 tn the eighth la sing in the third game of the "Coast leagne final playoff, in Portland late - Sunday after- oon.-:V - - m . - - - j ' . Oalis Arc Routed: n In Second Tussle Score 10-O hh Five - Hit 'j. Pitching Turned in f - by Bill Posedel jl PORTLAND, Ore.. SepC 2 -rehli l t .e brilliant fliaging of ' bailor- Biir'Posedel, the bat tering -Portland Beavers nummel ed Oakland's Acorns 10 to 0 to night - to climb one step closer to the 293-Pacific Coast league pennant,' Portland now leads two games to none in the champion ship series. flFor six innings the game was a tight pitching duel between Posedel and Jimmy Tobin but in the 7th Tobin and his successor, Hal Haid. went completely to pieces to allow Portland to score fiv runs on only two hits. st With one down, Bongy singled to start the fireworks. Tdbin then walked Lee and Sweeney, filling the bags. Haid was called in at this point and after he had walk ed Fredelrck and hit Clabaugh to force in two runs, Earl Bruck er doubled to deep center, clean ing the bags. Floyd Olds retired the side. - (Turn to page 8, col. 4 ) , ' 5 Salem Troopers 4 Sent, Fire Zone .t ' - - .Five, state policemen stationed In Salem .were sent to the Marsh field fire zone at 18 a. m. today and remaining officers received orders to! stand by at the city hail patrol, office ia case thelrf services also were required In the south. Of ficers sent in the first squad were Seargeant Powell Clayton, In com mand, and Patrolmen Loren Spauldlng, Glenn MacDonald, Far ley Mogan and Thomas Williams. Three others were! to join the squad at Eugene. - lilcVey Boy Found; in Bar n li ; iHeaded homeward, with his dog In; his arms, 12-year-old Kenneth McVey, West Salem, was found walking along the Salem-Dallas highway near Rlckreall at 7 a.m. yesterday, J5-hour after he left his home and 10 hours after he had been reported to police as missing. The lad said he spent the night in a barn at RickrealL to be Sent prison. Governor Martin said. The' population of the institution now approximates 1000. 1 ' 1. -' v Good Time Allowed -.."; To First Offenders .p . - : - .' ' . Previous offenders will serve their entire sentences while first offenders were allowed five days a month good time credit. Nine prisoners under 21 years off age previously were-transferred from the penitentiary to the state . training school for boys. This order also was made to ro ller e congested conditions at the pHson. : .-, ! There are no prisoners In the penitentiary from other " Oregon counties 'serving : terms of less than one year. . -l. -iPrisoners to-be returned to s-jf-; (Turn to page 8,-coL tB); . Men; Battling ies on ffighway ;. Two Cities In Curry county, two forest con flagrations raged over 10,000 acres. More than 1000 men were rushed to Curry county by the forest service in an attempt to keep the flames from getting too great a start in the Siskiyou na tional forest. - The small town of Prosper across the Coquille river from Bandon - was destroyed. - The coast guard cutter Pulaski was standing . by offshore awaiting high tide, to come Into the Ban don - harbor with supplies and water for the stricken city. Only enough water to last out the day was -on hand. An emergency telephone line went into service to Bandon this afternoon. " ' Highways were closed except to emergency traffic such as forest officials,- CCC men , and national guard officers. ' - ' (Bandon was town of approxi mately 1500 persons St - miles southwest' of -Marshfield by road. Coqutlla Is IS miles south of Marshfield, with a population of 3000). ' In Curry county, sonth of Coos, several , tires were known to be raging and the hamlet of Lang lots, 'eight miles south of' Bandon, was menaced but lack of com Inundations made it Impossible to ascertain damage. . v . An emergency. relief heeaqnor ters was set up in Bandon imme diately. Marshfield national guardsmen were ordered to stand by. Thirty state policemen rush ed to scene. Hundreds of Bandon residents (Turn to page 8, col. 1) Fasnachts Flee Bandon Flames Their home at .Bandon razed by forest , flames. City Manager and , Mrs. John Fasnacht and their . three children yesterday afternoon : were . driving north ward to Salem to stay with Mrs. Fasnacht's father, Edward Ros teln. Fasnacht, who expected to reach. Salem -by p. m. tonight. planned Immediately to return to . Bandon. to assist In rescue and, restoration .work. The Fasnachts managed to flee from Bandon-In their automobile as flames last night enveloped the - town, Rostein said, after talking - with his son-in-law by long distance telephone from Marshfield. "We're wiped out," he quoted Fasnacht as saying. Fasnacht was a star athlete at Willamette university several, years ago. He later became super- Intendent of schools at Bandon and about two years ago was re quested by city officials to serve as i city manager. ; Fireman Here Goes To Aid Relatives Charles M. Charlton, Salem firemen, and Mrs. Charlton left Salem hurriedly at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon after receiving word that home and store proper ties owned by Mrs. Charlton's" parents at Bandon had been de stroyed by fire, f They believed Mrs. Charlton's -family had es caped from Bandon ahead of the flames. ; - " 4 Service Bureau : For. Women .The. Women's Department of , The Statesman An pre pared to serve UHrVomew of the romnmnity in a - va riety of ways. 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