Football Contest If yon didn't save Tues day's paper, better hunt one Bp and get In on that prize winning contest In picking Saturday grid winners. " The Weather ; Fair today and Thursday, cooler Thursday; Max. Temp. Tuesday 82, Mln. 37, river -4 feet, clear, light northwesterly wind. FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, October 7, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 1C3 elk ABpaiireiitt - ie feme : i Marine Labor ."..! J -J ' Peac (Teachers Hold October's Pay Checks Wrong Half Month's Salary is Received, Should Be ! Full Month, Aver Question Placed Before Labor Council But No Action Taken Yet rose between Salem's public school . teachers and the school uuai jcoiviua; n ucu tut; mail uv- -tors recelred checks for two weeks' pay instead of for the- full month they claimed due them. A brief meeting of the Salem WW 1 T 1! . AW leacuera ussuciaiiuu ui iuc sen ior high school brought unani mous adoption of a motion de manding that the school board follow exactly the provisions of the salary contracts. M. J. Elle, association president, said the contracts called for monthly pay ments each amounting to one twelfth the annual salary speci fied. . Ihrough the Salem local of the American leacners ieaerauon, union labor affiliate, the salary question was placed before the Salem Trades and Labor council last night. The teachers' com plaint was discussed but no for mal action condoning 5 or con demning the school district's pol icy was taken. All Money Due is Paid Hays Cupper The. teachers hare received all the money due them, for the pres ent month and because thev -were notified last fall of the impend ing short pay checks should have no complaint. Percy A. Cupper, chairman and sole director mem- Der or tne school board s finance committee, declared last, night. "The' teachers should not want and I believe if they understand they will not want 12 y months' pay for 12 months' work," Cup per said. "I don't believe we have a teacher on the staff who will check up in his or her check book and then decide we are not being fair in this matter." On the other hand "Our con tract very specifically says we shall be paid 12 equal monthly installments, the first to be made October 1," the teacher's presi dent contended. "A lot of teach ers had made financial arrange ments that they can't! meet un der this move (issuance of the two-Jts pay checks.)" Elle maintained the contracts "are legal documents' and said he believed "they can be en- iorcea. Nine Months Basis Preferred by Some There was reported to be some sentiment among the teachers for requesting a return to a nine months' salary basis, such as pre vailed until last fall, if the board doea not change its mind regard ing the October checks. ' At the teachers' request the board on September 16, 1935, established the policy of spread ing salary payments over the full year. instead of nine months, Cup per pointed out "We paid one-half month's sal (Turn to page 2, col. 4) . Adventist Church Building Planned The Salem Seventh Day Adven tist church yesterday filed com pleted petitions with the city en gineer for permission by local op tion to build a new church struc ture at the southwest corner of Hood and Summer streets, now a restricted residential tone. The petition signatures must be check ed by the engineer - before the change is finally allowed. A $16,000 building is contem plated with construction expected to start by the first of the coming year, Rev. L. E. Niermeyer, pastor, revealed last night. As now con templated, it will be a rectangular, bungalow type frame structure one story high. The present Adventist church -is located at Fifth and Gaines street. Wool Mill Strike Settlement Made PORTLAND, Oct. 6.-;P)-Flve hundred employes of the Portland Woolen- mills today . voted to ac cept a wage increase offered by the management and return to work as soon as a working agree ment is completed. - The new weekly minimum was set at $18 for men, an Increase from $15.70, W. I Anderson, bus iness agent of the Portland textile union announced Mill workers will go back to their jobs as soon as a formal con tract is signed. Campaign Enlivens as ' Big Meeting Held and Others Are Scheduled Young Republicans from Rally Here; Minnesota Friday ; Jefferson STAFFORD KING, state auditor of Minnesota, will speak at the high school auditorium here Friday night at 7 o'clock under the auspices Of the Landon-Knox service league, it was indicated last night. Edward A. Hayes, for mer American Legion national commander, had been sched uled to speak here but Associated Press dispatches said ill- , , cne8S had forced his return to his T ft - TTl 1 m " I home at Decatur. 111., and that Lanuon r arm nan Lauded by Lowden Iowa Dairy Congress Told Maintaining American Plan Major- Issue ' S ; : ' WATERLOO, la.. Oct. 6 -JP-Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois praised the farm policies of Gov. Alt M.1 Landon before a farm belt audience here tonight. Introduced by C. A. Benson of Elkader, republican candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture ,as a man "born and raised in the state of Iowa and fully conversant with the Iowa farm problem," Lowden talked at the Waterloo dairy con gress hippodrome. Applause from the audienee in terrupted the former governor fre quently as he mentioned the name of the republican presidential nominee, assailed the administra tion's method of handling relief, and described the "supreme issue" in the campaign ; as maintenance "in substance as well as in form the American scheme of govern ment." Lowden said American recovery has "lagged behind" because the democratic administration "has delivered repeated blows at reviv ing confidence In the future." He raised his voice when, he spoke of the new, deal in tones of condemnation and when he quoted what he said were the "words of President Roosevelt" to stress his points, j Announce Leaders Of Baptist Group The Central Willamette Bap tist association last night closed an all-day meeting at the Cal vary Baptist church" attended by 126 delegates and visitors after hearing ; new appointments an nounced. The appointments were: Moderator, Rev. Elmer. A. Junker, Albany; vice-moderator, H. E. 'Nordeen, Corvallis; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Edgar H. Burns, N e w b e r g; association member ! of state- board. Rev. Frank Standard, Salem; rector of Christian education, Dr. C. S. Tunnell, Newberg; secretary di rector of women's work, Mrs. Lila Meeker, Salem. , The association decldejd to hold its next meeting at Independence with Rev. E. B. Hart, Corvallis, designated to preach the annual sermon. ,' Twenty - one churches were represented here yesterday. During the young pepole's hour last night in charge of Dr. T. H. Hagen talks were given by Tracy Manely, Portland, state president, and Ronald Adams, Salem, local president, of the young people's union; Dr. Elam J.' Anderson, president of Linfield college, and Rev. John Duran, Denver, Colo. Airs. Paranougian Head . MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 6.-(P)-The Methodist Women's Foreign Mis sionary society of the northwest elected Mrs. M." B. Paranougian, of Portland, .president, and chose Bellingham, Wash., for its 1937 convention, at the dosing session of its annual meeting here today. Civic Welcome is Planned For Invading ' With the entire Willamette stu dent body as a welcoming commit tee the University of Nevada foot ball team, which plays Willamette on Sweetland field Friday night, will arrive at the Southern Pacific station Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The Salem Cherrians in uniform and the Salem band will also take part in the welcome to Coach Doug Dashiell and his band of Nevada Wolves who are making their first trip to Oregon. : Willamette football players will escort the Nevada team to its ho tel, following ' a parade through downtown Salem. The Nevada team will work out under the lights' on Sweetland ---.-. - - -, ... All Parts of Valley, Hold Leader Will Speak Gathering Set King had replaced him I on the schedule of northwest meetings. The meeting has been sched uled for 7 o'clock to insure its adjournment before the Willamette-Nevada footbar! game. Doug las McKay who along with Carle Abrams is a member of the state executive committee of the lea gue, will preside at the meeting. Irl S. McSherry is local represen tative of the newly formed; re publican group. ! ! Thursday night the republicans are holding a mass meeting at the Masonic ball in Jefferson. Grant Murphy, county f central committee chairman, will preside. Attorney Martin, Portland, will give the principal speech of the evening. A musical program is to be presented by the Jefferson band. f , . ' i -i Last night 100 young repub (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Federal Help for Bandon Promised WPA to Proceed; Rilea on. Way East to Talk "with Washington Heads ; , PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 6.-P Approval at Washington of an ad equate WPA program to provide shelter for citizens of fire-swept Bandon was announced tonight by Robert H. Hinckley, western re gional director, and E. J. Grif fith, state administrator.? The plans were expected to re ceive the president's sanction to morrow. . ; ; Virtually assured of funds, Grif fith said "We will proceed im mediately without waiting for fur ther word from Washington." "Our purpose will be to erect the necessary structures to house homeless Bandon families and the units of -local "government. They will be temporary, but adequate for the winter. The permanent program of reconstruction will be worked out later," he continued. Brigadier-General T. E. Rilea, for the past week fh command of the Bandon "fire area, left by air plane Tuesday night for Wash ington where he will confer with Works Progress Administration officials relative to temporary re construction operations.? - Rilea was ordered to make the trip by Governor Martin with the concurrence of E. J. Griffth, Ore gon representative of the Works Progress Administration. Captain (Turn to page 2, col. 3) 109th New House Permit Recorded The city building department yesterday issued another permit for construction of a new house, the 109th this year. It will be a Vt story structure costing $3080, at 1595 Jefferson street, to be built- by the Engle Constrnctlon company, Portland. Permit for: $200 worth of re pairs to a house at' 1789 North Summer street was granted W. P. Anderson and Flossie M. Swind ell obtained permission to repair a woodshed at 2110 North Church at cost of $10. " ; , t , Nevada Eleven field Thursday night and possibly will go through a brief signal practice early Thursday afternoon. Official dedication of the new Sweetland field grandstand will take place preceding the game Fri day night. Earl Snell, secretary cf state, wiU represent the state, Mayor V. E. Kuhn, the city and Dr; Bruce Baxter, president of Willamette, the university In the brief : ceremonies preceding the game. - . f " ' I : Dr. Baxter, will ? Introduce i the coaches ; and captains r and the starting lineups of each team, fol lowing which Secretary Snell will flip a coin to determine which team kicks and the game will be on. . Lightning Hits Grid Team and Captain Killed :. - Ten Players and Squad's Coach are Injured m Unusual Accident Lined Up for Final Play of Scrimmage Just as Bolt Hits Gridiron CANTON, O., Oct. 6.-iiP)-LIght-ning crashed into a group of Leh man high school football players at practice late today, kiUing the team's co-captain and injuring 11 others, including two coaches. Don Correll, 1 8-year-old tackle, was killed. Coach Jimmy Robin son was in a serious condition with his left leg paralyzed. In the hospital suffering from burns and shock were: William Miller, 18, center; John Kline, 17, left tackle; William Atkinson, 15, substitute right guard. The remainder of those in jured, including Assistant Coach Wilbur Billings, were rushed to the hospital for treatment but later released. f Just One More Play Planned by Coach The players had been practicing under threatening skies. Two teams were engaged in scrimmage on the school's practice field. It started to rain but there had been no lightning. The coach called the boys into a huddle. He called for "just a couple - more plays." The team lined up. Then the flash crashed into the group. Players flew in all direc tions. : M, .. I Wallace Ferrell, an eyewitness. said "therp was a blinding flash and members of the team fell to the ground." Those who were able, put the injured in cars and took them to he hospital. Members of the squad, knocked down by the shock, said they did not know what had happened. "I thought I was 'clipped, (Turn to page 2, col. 8 ) Bjorkvall on Way But Not Countess NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-UP)- Somewhere . over the Atlantic the green and red monoplane of Kurt Bjorkvall, Swedish flier, drum med along tonight toward Stock holm on a non-stop flight at tempt. Late in the day there had been no report on his position. The ship, the Pacemaker, carried only a radio receiver. As the 31-year-old Bjorkvall thundered along in a solitary search for glory, a woman who unexpectedly , didn't get to go with him sat secluded in a club. near New York, not wanting, said an attendant, to talk to anyone. She was the Baroness Eva Von BUxen Finecke, who has motored alone in Africa and shot lions in its Jungles. It had been an nounced all along that she would share the controls " with Bjork vall, but she went to the air field today to be turned aside by the flier with an eloquent "No!" spo ken twice. " Precisely why, none learned, except it was said the Swedish newspaper which had been back ing the flight had withdrawn it support and Bjorkvall had bought the plane to make the trip on his own. . ... Defiant Negro on Smokestack Falls To Instant Death CARTERS VILLE, Ga., Oct. C. (JP) A brick ' tossing negro who perched all day atop a 102-foot smokestack shouting defiance at would-be rescuers fell to his death late tonight. , :: . Police and firemen who had kept vigil in an attempt to give him aid heard him cry-for help a moment before he dropped. - Playing their lights on the smokestack, they saw him hang ing by his fingers from the rim, striving vainly to draw himself back up to resume his seat on it. "I can't hang on much longer." he cried out as a j rescue party hurried forward, shouting encour agement, ? A moment later he plummeted earthward, landing , on his back on a stack of iron pipes. He died instantly. . ' In his pockets were found 28 cents but no marks of identifica Roosevelt ' -; U - ----- In Russian Fokker Claims en No Ships Sold J ' " Weight of Presidential Connection Counted On, is Statement Elliott Says War Plane . Sale j Never Proposed; Salesman Was Paid WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-(dP)- The senate munitions committee tonight made public what it said was a depositiono by Anthony H. G. Fokker, airplane manufactur er, stating Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, had been paid 5,000 cash under an unfulfilled contract for a 500,000 commis sion for sale of military planes to Russia. . The affidavit, which commit tee officials said was - released upon Instructions by Chairman Nye (Jl-ND), quoted Carter Tif fany, of New York, Fokker 's American business representative, as stating he had been informed by a third party that President Roosevelt had approved the con tract. I : President Roosevelt was repre sented by Tiffany, the deposition said,. objecting to his son trav eling abroad with Fokker' ia-sai effort o sell airplanes to various governments. Fokker, was quoted as saying he proposed this "count ing on the willingness of high for eign officials to receive Mr. Roos evelt" ! Russia Refuses to Boy Any Planes The affidavit which the com mittee said was taken by Stephen Raushenbush and Joel Earnest, committee investigators, quoted Fokker! as saying the price at which Elliott Roosevelt and his associates offered the planes was "so high that the Russians would have nothing to do with the whole business and had not boughtany of the planes." It quoted Fokker as saying fur ther, that although be considered the price "notably excessive," "he had been persuaded by Mr. Roose- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Hungry Girl Now Is Offered Work OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. .-UP)- Enghteen year old Mar na Hansen of Salem, Ore., was reported in re ceipts' of numerous offers of em ployment here today, as city au thorities .announced she was re covering, from lack of food. ' Miss Hansen, found in a hotel Monday , in a weakened condition, was taken "to the county detention home . after physicians at t h e county hospital announced her condition "satl8factory.' . Matron Florence Hill, in charge of the! case, said dozens of offers of aid, some including prospects of employment, had been received. Miss Hill said she was awaiting word from Miss Hansen's parents in Salem in reply to a 'request whether they wished their daugh ter to remain here, or be sent home. ' : - The Salem girl declared she was still determined to obtain work In San Francisco bay region despite her previous failure, v Teacher Added at McKinley School A second new teacher has been added to the McKinley grade school staff to relieve congestion occasioned by registration of CO riew pupils this year. Superintend ent Silas Gaiser announced yester day. She is Georgia Albe. who since 1929 has taught in the Woodburn school. She has been assigned to the, fifth grade. - Gaiser said he believed the ad ditional teaching position would satisfactorily remedy overcrowd ed conditions at McKinley. An ex tra teacher to handle a combina tion third-fourth grade room was employed the week after school opened.: -'.!-: .-'' '-' !: vV-;L V'-:; The school district has one less elementary instructor this fall than a year ago despite the two late additions to the McKinley faculty. tMade raym i . - Blame a-' jyepies Part in Airplane Peal ELLIOTT -ROOSEfELT - . Bandon Aid Fund Quota Surpassed . " A ' J Drive Discontinued After $1050 Received Many Districts Assist Salem and Marlon county had contributed 11060 for the Bandon relief fund at the check yesterday noon, and with the quota for this area more than cleared, W. C. Winslow, chairman of the Bandon relief fund for the Marlon county chapter of the Red Cross, closed the appeal for funds for the fire area emergency. , -if t Among the last contributions coming in was a S4$ donation from Woodbhrn, sent through Mrs. GeraldHSmith, director of the Red Cross from- the I Woodburn area. The Salem Lions fclub board of . directors yesterday? presented the Red Cross $25 for the Bandon relief fund; n.y.- .t :. -- ,. Marlon county's contributions to the. Bandon relief were - obtained 100 per cent through voluntary contributions and without per sonal solicitation, and in view of this chapter officers and members feel that the residents of the coun ty have made a quick and splen did showing of sympathy for the victims of the fire in Coos county. In many counties - over the state, the funds for - Red , Cross relief were raised through personal soli citations, j i - Employes of the Miller store raised $42.60 which was deposit ed in the bank for the credit of the Red Cross : fund for Bandon relief. .'--. ! " ' i Skill Element PinballMtase Closely following an; order from; Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling changing the venue of the pinbalj and marble board Injunction cases! of J. H. Campbell and N. J. Ar-j nold from Marion county to Mult nomah, Ralph Moody, assistant attorney general yesterday filed an answer In circuit court to the: injunction complaint of J. H4 Campbell. ; . . ! Moody, representing Sheriff AJ C. Burk and the attorney gener al's office. In his answer admitted practically all of the injunction complaint "except that games so played upon said boards involves an element of skill which the de fendants state, and I allege the fact to be that neither! "skill, dili reace. - observation, delicacy of touch nor accuracy of estimation, or any or all of these things com bined can be either attained or applied to produce either identity ' "T T 1 1TTTin IIIISWIIIS wi- III! ll . i) w Deal Webster Held Attempt to Take Car is Made Upon Day of His Release, Alleged Police Radio Gets Quick Result as California Fugitive Captured John Webster, 22, of Salem, was arrested by Tacoma, Wash., police yesterday, four days after he received a conditional pardon here from a penitentiary sentence for auto theft, city police report ed. Deputy Sheriff B. G. Honey cutt left for Tacoma last night to return Webster here to face a charge of attempting to commit a felony. He is specifically charged with attempted theft of an automobile last Friday night. One of the eight penitentiary prisoners whose sentences Gover nor Charles H. Martin had an nounced he would 'commute to county Jail terms, Webster was freed from the prison Friday be fore the commutation took effect, A condition of his pardon was that he should not leave Oregon. Webster was arrested in Rose burg August 6 on the auto theft -charge, retained here and sent to the penitentiary for a four months sentence August 12. I California Youth Is Captured Here A 15-year old fugitive from a detention home at Woodland, Calif., failed to bargain with po lice radio, when he headed south ward from Portland yesterday morning in a reportedly stolen, automobile.. Portland police radioed news' of the missing car at 11:47 a. m. (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Protest of Union Ouster Is Denied No Censure of Executive Board's Action Given By Local Council . Half an hour.' of warm debate over the industrial vs. craft union question resulted in a 2 to 1 vote of the Salem Trades and Labor could! last night which in effect refused to protest . recent action of . the American Federation of Labor executive board in punish ing John L. Lewis and unions af filiated with' his committee. : on Industrial organization. . -. . V . The council adopted a report by its organisation committee recommending that the various local unions take whatever action they may see fit upon a resolution containing this protest. Original ly Introduced by an individual delegate to the council, the reso lution last night drew the support of the painters locaL The American federation, dele gates opposing the resolution as serted, has neither approved nor disapproved of the , industrial as against the craft union. They pointed out that affiliated with (Turn to page 2, col. 6) is Denied as Venue Charged of operation or identity of results and that the games so played on said boards are games of chance. In his further and separate answer. Moody sets out in detail the description of the boards and states that the defendant is the owner of a large number of boards and that the daily return from them is a large sum of money. He denies that the plaintiff will be harmed by the enforcement of his closing orders to Sheriff Burk. Changing Boards Possible, Asserted : The answer avers that the legs of the boards can be varied, that pins can be moved to suit the operator and that the balls used to play the boards "can be con trolled by the plunger only to start the ball on its course but no control can be exercised after the ball is free of the plunger." ; -(Turn to page 2, coL 1) On Auto Theft Charges Again Federal Board Asked to Take Steps at Once Arbitration Asked Again' by Shipowners, Answer Isn't Encouraging One Group Claimed Neat? Agreement; -Nine Days Left for Parleys SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, An apparent deadlock developed today in new contract negotiation between employers and longshore men, while near agreement was re ported by spokesmen for a second union, and a third criticized ship owners for ending conferences. Employers again proposed arbi tration to settle Issues blocking new 'agreements .with the Interna tional Longshoremen's associa tion, officials of which Immedi ately replied nine days still exist for negotiations before expiration of a truce extending old contracts. All agreements between em ployers and coast maritime un ions, which would have expired at midnight last Wednesday, were extended until October 15 under the truce to allow further nego- tiattons. E. B. O'Grady. spokesman for the masters, mates and pilots. came from a conference with em ployers to declare "we are over 99 of our hurdles. "I believe an agreement can be reached," he added, without dis closing the nature of the discus sions. WASHINGTON, Oct. .-P)-The maritime commission was asked. by labor spokesmen today to do what it could to make west coast shipowners "quit stalling around" and negotiate . with - sea men and other unlicensed person nel for settlement of differences threatening a .maritime strike on the Pacific coast. . Coming from a two-hour ses sion with the commission, Harry Lundberg, secretary of the Sail ors' union of the Pacific, said he bad left that appeal with the com missioners and would repeat it again at another conference to- 6 morrow. ' "Seventeen' thousand sailors, cooks and stewards sent me here for the specific purpose," Lund berg said, "of seeing if the com mission could bring enough pres sure to bear to make the owners deal with us. They have -been f. stalling around long enough." Jury. Gives Capen j Verdict of $3331 DALLAS. Oct. . George W. Capen was awarded $8331.40 damages from William O. Churich by the jury which Monday heafd" testimony in the damage action Gapen brought . against Church. Gapen sued for $20,000 general damages and $331.40 special dam ages as result of injuries sus tained December 25, 1935, when a ear driven, by Church crashed into Gapen near the old Wallace bridge. According to the complaint, Gapen, a mechanic from Willa mina. had been called by John B. Ebinger.to repair a blowout o his car the night the accident oc curred. Gapen had completed the work and walked over to Ebtnger when the car -driven, allegedly recklessly, by Church came along, swerved and struck Gapen, crush ing and bruising his back, body hips and legs and otherwise la juring him. Gapen alleged perma nent injuries. J. J. Sechrist was foreman of the Jury. ; Enrollment Week AtY The Y.M.C.A. membership en rollment week will open tonight with a klckoff dinner at :15 o'clock to which all workers have been invited. Douglas McKay, chairman of enrollment week, will preside. Dr. Brace R. Baxter will address the meeting and A. - E. Larimer, director, will give in structions to the workers. President W. I. Staley vill give a talk on the program of the "Y". Douglas Chambers will re present the junior board. Mary Elizabeth Kells will sing, accom panied by Margaret Anne Kells. Mayor V. E. Kuhn,lJ. C. Plank inton. president of the Portland ' Y.M.C.A., J. C. Meehan, general secretary of the Portland Y.. and W. P. Walter, general secretary of the Eugene Y. will be special guests.