TKd T7eatKei
, Pair today and Friday,
fcooler with higher humid
lty; Max. Temp. Wednesday
81, 5lln. 88.8, river -3.9 feet,
northwest wndi, clear.
Football Contest ? ;
' If' yon didn't save Tries
Cay's paper, better bunt one
up and get la on that prise
winning contest in picking
Saturday grid winners. .
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EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Blorning, October 8, 1936
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Swedish
Trawler Finds
BjorkvaUOff
Ireland Coast
Forced Down in Atlantic
1000 Miles from Goal
But Unhurt, Word
Concern Felt for Hours
. Before Message from
Vessel's Skipper
VALENTIA. Ireland, Oct. 7.-()-Forced
down In the Atlantic
on an'attempted direct flight from
New York to Stockholm, Kurt
Bjorkvall was rescued tonight by
the trawler Imbrl-i off the west
ernmost point of Ireland. --'
The first word from the long
overdue Swedish airman, who had
not been reported since he took
of" from Floyd Bennett field" at
7:35 a. m., E.S.T., Tuesday, came
in a wireless message from the
trawier. L ,
"Bjorkvall sauve it saved)," it
said.
The 31 year old flier, the trawl
er's skipper said, was "minding
his apparatus."
"Will attempt take in to Val
entia tomorrow," added the mes
sage received here, j Valentia is
an Island on the western coast of
southern Ireland.
About 10OO Miles
Short of His Goal
(Bjorkvall's flight
ended, it was
estimated, about 2375 miles from
New York and approximately 1000
miles short of Stockholm, hi s
goal. .
(In the Swedish cltya huge re
ception had been planned for the
aviator, who, said before he. left
New York he carried with him pic
tares of 16 year old Maud Dick
son, a Stockholm girl, and hoped
to announce their engagement.
(She was waitiftg with his wi
dowed mother, Mrs. Hanna Bjork
vall, In Stockholm. Both had had
to repress their emotions during
the long hours when no word came
from him.
(Miss Dickson declared she had
not "heard of any engagement,
but her friends winked know
ingly.) .
Von Starhemberg
Challenged, Duel
VIENNA, Oct. l.-iJPi-MAi. Emil
Fey, fiery "ousted' 'leader of -the
Vienna heimwehr, tonight chal
lenged Prince Ernest Von Star
hemberg to a duel.
Stung by Starhemberg's public
charge that his conduct, at the
time of the assassination of Chan
cellor Engelbert Dollfuss, was
'never satisfactorily explained,"
Fey sent his second to his arch
rival demanding an opportunity
to vindicate his honor. - .
"I want a settlement In .keep
ing with the tradition of the Aus
trian army," Fey said.
(When Dollfuss was assassina
ted July 25, 1934, during a nail
putsch on the Vienna chancellory,
Fey himself was seized and held
prisoner, He negotiated for the
putsehlsta with government forces
surrounding the chancellory for
their safe conduct to the frontier.
Later he Insisted he only did so
at pistol-point.)
Prospects of a duel between
the two political leaders, both of
whom have served as vice-chancellor
of Austria, were considered
alight.
Bandon Officials
Backed by Public
BANDON, Oct 7.-WP)-Bandon
. citizens announced today they will
follow old city leaders In the task
of rebuilding the community.
Mayor Edward Capps, Recorder
William Legore and Councilman
Ralph Moore, O. C. Shindler and
Clay Garoutte received a vote of
confidence. ?
School work opened with only
30 of the 150 students absent
from the high school. Football
practice was resumed.
State Librarian Long arrived
with 600 volumes for the city II
- brary.
Drunken Driving Charge
Faced by Motorist Here
City police announced early this
morning they had arrested a man
giving the name of Eddie Budnek,
formerly of Detroit, Mich., on a
charge of drunken driving as the
result of an accident at Fair
grounds road and Capitol street.
Budnek's automobile collided with
a car driven by Jack Hall, 446
Union street. Damage to hoth
machines was negligible.
Flier is
Public Invited
To View Job at
ton Island
The Salem water depart
ment will) welcome visitors
interested I in seeing wood
and steel pipe in the process
of being laid at Stay ton is
land. Manager Cuyler Van
Patten announced yester
day.. Approximately 1200
feet of each kind of pipe is
now in the trenches above
and below the island.
The scene of operations
may be reached by turning
east from ' Stayton's main
street onto Marion street,
driving through the Masonic
park at the edge of the town
and following the gravel
roadway built by the water
department. Work is now
in progress less than three
quarters of a mile from
the park.
Many Will Bid on
Pipeline Project
28 Firms Obtain Plans and
Specifications, Some
In Other States
Prospect of extensive bidding
on Salem's gravity pipeline pro
ject, before the city council Tues
day night, was indicated yester
day in an announcement from the
city water department that 28
firms had obtained copies of the
plans and specifications.
. Planholders dot the Pacific
coast from San Diego to Seattle
and extend eastward to Boise,
Ira., andsTulsoj Okla.
Included in the list of Interest
ed contracting companies were
several manufacturers each of the
three kinds of pipe which will be
considered steel, wood and con
crete.' . "
Cities from which requests for
plans have been received and the
(Turn to page 7, coL .1)
Two Drowned in
River Near Salem
Ralph Pendergraf, 6, and his
brother, Charles, 12, were drown
ed in the Willamette river shortly
after noon ; yesterday when the
younger of the two fell into the
stream while fishing at the Burk
camp ground in West Salem.
Charles, witnesses said, was
drowned in an attempt to rescue
his brother.! The Salem fire de
partment inhalator squad made an
unsuccessful effort to resuscitate
the pair. I
, The boys had come to West Sa
lem recently from Kansas with
their parents. The family has been
living in a tent at the Burk camp.
Their auto trailer recently was
nearly destroyed by fire. The fa
ther is employed in Salem and the
mother is working at a local can
nery. j
The bodies were taken to the
Henkle and Bollman mortuary,
Dallas. j
:
Allay Opposition
To Campus Board
CORVALLIS. Oct. T.--First
indications of student discontent
with the new general activities
board at Oregon State college ap
peared allayed tonight. .
At a special board meeting the
photography contract for the
Beaver annual was let on a com
promise basis upon agreement be
tween the board, editor and man
ager. The work will be 'divided
between two photography firms.
Previously the publi e a 1 1 o n a
board recommended letting the
contract to the same firm which
handled the work three years ago.
The general board failed to ratify
the plan, t .
The Daily Barometer, stndent
newspaper today charged that
"students have lost faith in the
central education activities board"
because of Its refusal to follow the
suggestion j of the publication
committee.!
Store at Dallas Robbed
By Ostensible Customer;
Loot Estimated at $50
DALLAS, Oct. 7. While pre
tending to look at raincoats, an
unidentified man robbed the till
of P. A. Finseth store of about 950
while clerks were out of the room.
After ringing up the cash regis
ter for that amount, he dropped a
five dollar bill in his haste to get
away. The robbery occurred about
4:30 this afternoon. Clerks were
unable to Identify him other than
as a young man in light trousers.
Sheriff Tom Hooker this eve
ning was holding a man for-questioning.
Rescued
No Action Due
Over
ane
Deal Says Nye
Elliott Roosevelt Found
: in Clear- Since Sale
5 ' Was Never Made I -
Salesman Backs Up Word
of President's Son ;
as to Payments I
WASHINGTON, OeL 7.VP)
Chariman Nye (R-ND) of the sen
ate munitions committee, who
yesterday ordered publication of
deposition saying President
Roosevelt's son Elliott had con
tracted in 193 4 to sell military
planes to Russia for a 1500,000
commission, today declared the
incident closed.
"Since no sales, were made, t
is obvious that the president's son
did nothing illegal, and so far as
the munitions committee is con
cerned the incident Is closed," ha
told a press conference.
Nye asserted that the deposi
tion, made by Anthony H. G. Fok
ker, former Dutch airplane manu
facturer, would not have been re
leased without a public hearing
had it not been for an intimation
by an aviation magazine that the
committee had concealed evidence
and facts.
Previously, he said, members
of the munitions committee, were
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H. G. Keeney Drops
Dead, Office Here
Independence Mortician Is
Heart Attack Victim;
Native of Oregon j
i, , ' i
Harry G. Keeney, 54, proprie
tor of the Keeney Funeral home
at Independence, died suddenly
here early yesterday afternoon In
the office of the Merchants Credit
bureau in the Ladd and Bush
bank building. Coroner L. E. Bar
rick said death was due to a heart
attack.
A client of the bureau, Keeney
died in the arms of Stanley P.
Freeman, manager, with whom he
was arranging to obtain a note he
wished to use as evidence in a
court case.
" Born In Lane county October
20,91881, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Keeney, Harry Keeney
spent h,is boyhood in that vic
inity. He married Delia Tibbetts
(Turn to page 7,-col. 4)
All Things Come
Home to Soloist
FARGO, N. D., Oct. 7-()-As
Margery Maxwell, opera singer,
phrased the words "all things
come home to rest." In Delreigo's
son?, "Homing," In a concert here
tonight, she stopped, waved fran
tically to the orchestra conductor
and gasped, "I've swallowed
fly." :
Amid thunderous applause she
left the stage, got rid of the fly
and returned to complete her
number. She Is - soloist on tour
with Bohumir Keyl's symphony
orchestra.
Airpl
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MAY STEP INTO COAST LABOR PICTURE
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The newly created federal maritime commission which may take a hand in the Pacific coast maritime la
- bor controversy if present negotiations fafL From left, George Landlck, ir.j Bear Admiral Henry A.
Wiley, chairman; Rear Admiral
International Illustrated Aew
Teachers Will
Receive Month
Pay, Indicated
Board Majority Reported
in Full Accord With
Faculty's Claims
No Overpayment Made in
Change -Over to New
System, Declared
Salem school teachers probably
will not have to go to court to
enforce their salary contracts un
der which they claim they should
have received a full month's pay
Monday, it was evident last night
after members of the school board
had been polled. The directors
were understood to be contem
plating an order at their regular
meeting Tuesday night for Im
mediate payment of the half
month's salary which was held
back when the checks were issued
last Tuesday.
The teachers Tuesday afternoon
met and voted a demand that the
terms of their contracts be fol
lowed by the board. Director Per
scy A. Cupper, finance commit
teeman, immediately declared the
teachers had had advance notice
that the October pay checks would
be for one-half month only and
averred they had no valid com
plaint. Complaint Appears I
Just, Statement j
Members of the board did not
want to be quoted individually but
a spokesman declared the teach
ers had "reason to object to the
part payment and the salary sums
they claimed due probably would
be ordered paid next week.
A compilation of typical salary
payments made during the year
ended September 15, prepared at
the superintendent's office yes
terday at the request of board
members, showed that the teach
ers on that date had received ex
actly, the amount of annual re
muneration specified in their con
tracts, despite a change in the
method of payment effected at
their request last November 5.
Payment of salaries this week
for a full month would, in effect,
have constituted payment a few
days In. advance-of approximately
one-third the monthly sums pro
vided for by the contracts. While
the teachers pointed to their con
tracts in supporting their claim
for payment of one-twelfth of
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 4)
Diagonal Highway
Sought, Portland
PORTLAND, Oct. 7-i)-West-side
business property owners to
day opened a drive for the con
struction of a diagonal highway
from southwest Front avenue to
southwest Tenth avenue.
The purpose of the. proposal,
which will be presented to the
Oregon highway commission, will
be to divert traffic via the ten
avenues leading- from the sug
gested diagonal to the business
district and provide a fast-traffic
interconnection between Ross Is
land bridge, Barbur boulevard,
Linn ton and the Canyon Road,
which will soon lead to the Wil
son river and Wolf Creek routes
to the sea. -
The commission will be asked
to purchase a right-of-way with
the aid of federal funds. The cost
was estimated at $200,000.
Final cost of the Ross Island
bridge connection was tentatively
set at two and one-half million
I dollars. 1 !
Montgomery Taylor. The last two
photo.
Witch Charges
Source Learned
Sirs. Theresa Czinkota, above, was
ac cased of "witchcraft" by
neighbors la Woodbridge. N. J.,
whom she bad arrested for
' persecuting her. Later It was
. learned that a rival herb doctor
had circulated the "witch"
stories in an attempt to elim
inate -competition.
Nevada Wolves to
Be Greeted Today
Will Arrive at 1:50 for
Friday Night Contest
With Willamette
Due to a change in depart
ure time from Reno, the Un
iversity of Nevada football
team which plays Willamette
tomorrow night on Sweetland
field in Salem's biggest inter
sejptlonal game :in history, will
arrive here today -at 1:50 p. xn.,
not ld:80 aV m., as previously
announced. - - -i
Nevada's - invading Wolfpack,
led by Coach Doug Dashiell and
his 'assistants, will arrive at the
Southern Pacific station at 1:50
o'clock this afternoon to be greet
ed by the Willamette student
body, football team and band as
well as a delegation from the
Salem Cherrians.
The Wolves, who meet Willam
ette university's Bearcats Friday
night on Sweetland, field, will be
escorted to their hotel by mem
bers of the Willamette football
team.
It will be the first time the
Nevada school, located in Reno,
has ever sent an athletic team
Into Oregon. The Wolves will
work out on Sweetland field to
night to loosen up muscles tight
ened by the 700 mile train ride
from Reno. ;
Accompanying Read, Coach
Douglas Dashiell are expected to
be James W. Coleman, assistant
coach, I. E. Martle, athletic di
rector, and Lief McManus, trainer.
Pinchot to Speak
; Soon in Portland
PORTLAND, Oct. . T.-iP)-Gif-ford
Pinchot, former governor of
Pennsylvania, will speak in Port
land "Saturday under the sponsor
ship of the Multnomah Republican
Central committee.
Senators McNary and.Stelwer,
Congressman William A. Ekwall.
and National Committeeman
Ralph Williams have been Invited
to -occupy the stage at 1 Lincoln
high school with the noted pro-,
gresslve. : -v.
named are retired naval officers.-
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Townsend Out
For Landon
in
His Own State
LemkeVName Won'tj Get
on California Ballot,
. , Write-in Opposecj U -
i" i
Founder of Movement is
Against Enemy F.H.;
Wunder Criticizes
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct,
-Edward J. Margett, California
state Townsend director, said he
had received a telegram j today
from Dr. Francis E. Townsend,
calling upon the California Town
send organization to support Gov.
Alt M. Landon in the presidential
election. :
Margett said the message was
dispatched after Dr. Townsend
had been advised a statewide
membership vote disclosed 42 per
cent of the Townsendites favor
Landon. .'
Townsend's message, in part,
stated:
"Not being permitted tJ vote
for Mr. Lemke (the union party
candidate) as my choice for the
presidency, I shall cast mf tote
for an untried man -Mr. Landon,
in the hope that he may prove of
greater value to the natiod than
the gentleman who has occupied
the White House for the last four
years." j j
Lemke's name will not appear
on the California ballot because
of the Inability of organizers to
obtain the necessary number of
Qualified signatures to a petition
circulation for that purpose, i
Futile to Write in 1 j
Electors, Declares f I I'
Townsend's message said he
had learned there was a "violent
effort" being made in California
to have Lemke written in pn the
ballot.
"This would be an utterly fu
tile and foolish thing for j us to
do since to ask the voters to
(Turn to page 7V col. t)
1
Alness Fatal to
Mrs. Lena Olcott
Wife of Former Governor
Native of Salem Rites
Friday in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct.7.H1P)
Mrs. Lena Hutton Olcott,; 64,
wife of Ben W. Olcott,. former
governor of Oregon, died here
tonight following a long illness.
She is survived by the Widow
er and three sons, Chet, fa stu
dent at Stanford university; dor
don, student at Oregon State col
lege, and Richard, student! at the
University of Oregon. . ... f . ;
Her mother, Mrs. Owen X. Hut
ton, and a brother, Harry, re
side at Salem. A sister, Mrs. Os
wald West, lives in Portland.
Mrs. Olcott was born In Sa
lem, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. D. Hutton, who alio were
born here. She attended the old
East school. In 1912 she became
the wife of the former governor
while he was secretary of state.
She was a member of Epis
copal church. I
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a. m. Friday at th Port
land Crematorium, 6705 iSouth
east 14th. - 1
Steamer Aground
Near Golden Gate
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7-flP)
-The steamer Ohioan, wtlh a crew
of 42, ran aground just fmtside
the golden' gate shortly before
last midaight while groping
through a 'heavy fog. t
Coast guardsmen front Fort
Point station put out in 4 cabin
cruiser to rive aid as soon! as the
distress call was received! while
the coast guard cutter Shoshone
and three.' other boats raced to
the side of? the stricken ship.
Capt. I M. Read messaged that
the vessel an American-Hawaiian
line freighter north bound from
San Pedro, Calif.; was in no im
mediate danger and that he" hoped
to be able to float it at high tide.
- The Ohioan is of 5,154 gross
tonnage. Its home port Is New
York. - . ' I
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Silver Falls Company
Slashings Being Burned
SILVERTON, Oct. 7 D ense
smoke to the east has caused con
slderable worry at Silverton the
past few days until it was learned
the smoke arose from Slashing
fire set by the Silver Falls Tim
ber company in Its logged-otf
; area. The fire has not been out
of control and a fire-tightlng crew
is on hand to keep it in check, mill
officials said Wednesday night.
I . r- -
Improving Section
Near- Gates, Offer
Of Federal Agency
Cooperation of County - and Highway
Department Being Sought; Civic
Organizations Are Assisting
Engineering, Rental of Machinery tp!:
Be Only Requirements; Road Camp
For Relief Crew Proposed
A possible means of eliminating one of the two major gaps
remaining in development of the North Santiam highway
to standard road specifications opened yesterday with the
announcement of District Director J. E. Smith that the WPA
stands ready to take over improvement of the present tortuous
four-mile section between Gates and Niagara.
I All expenses aside from those for: engineering and rent
al of heavy road machinery would be met by the WPA under
Smith's proposal. He said W. M. Bartlett, his district engin
eer planned to confer with state works program officials ir
Portland today concerning the Santiam project.
If civic organizations and the county court can convince
" -othe state highway commission
Meat Men Agree,
Wages and Hours
8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Will Be
Uniform ; . Increase in
j Pay Is Announced
Shorter business hours and in
creased wages for employes have
gone into effect this week in a
majority of Salem's meat markets,
it was announced last night by
members of the Salem Retail Meat
Dealers association, which was or
ganized three weeks ago. The
butchers, association members
said, are cooperating with the
newly-formed local of the Amal
gamated Meat Cutters union in the
new hours and wages.
Under the j agreement with the
union, the meat markets will open
at 8 a. m. daily and close at
p. m. excepting Saturdays when
the closing hour will be 7" p. m.
The agreement forbids Sunday op
eration. The association represen
tatives said all of the larger mar
kets as well as most of the smaller
ones had joined in establishing the
new business hours, which late in
the summer were the subject of
an ordinance: which the city coun
cil1 failed to adopt.
Wage increases ranging from
14 to 21 per cent also are provid
ed, in the agreement. Typical ad
vances, the market owners said,
were from S15 to $17.50 a week
for first year apprentices and
127.50 to $35 for Journeymen
meat cutters.
to
Be Ready Earlier
Pacific ' highway traffic north
ward from Salem will be returned
to Its normal route about .January
1, it appeared yesterday. The un
dercrossing being built beneath
the Southern Pacific tracks at the
north city limits will be completed
by that time, or three months
ahead of schedule, it was announ
ced by R. HJ Baldpck, state high
way engineer. - -
The Salemj undercrossing is one
of the largest projects of Its kind
among the many now under way
throughout the state. The build
ers. Kern & Klbbe, also are con
structing the new city reservoir on
Fairmount hilL
The undercrossing s t r u cture
will hare a 44-foot roadway and
five-foot sidewalks on either side.
tent
Needs Announced
PORTLAND. Oct. 7 .--Specifications
for truck equipment nec
essary for the use of Oregon Li
quor Control commission - In its
proposal to take over delivery of
its own shipments have been sent
to aU members; it was announced
here today. i
-j The cost figures were not made
available. , When the plan Is ap
proved it will be forwarded to the
state purchasing agent who will
call for bids.
J The commission recently said It
would do Its own hauling if a
satisfactory cut in rates could
not be obtained.
Hunters Admit Guilt
ROSEBURG. Oct. 7.-6!p)-Elmo
Locker, Clyde Larson, Orville
Weaver and Harold Edes, aU of
Myrtle Creei. pleaded guilty to
day to hunting deer with a spot
light. Each was fined $5 in jus
tice court. .
Undercrossing
IruckLquipm
that the project should be under-
taken, the WPA will get the work
under way within a month, G. R.
Boatwright, district supervisor of
Operations, said. The WPA pro
poses to establish a work camp
with a crew of 150 to 200 men in
the old transient camp near Gates
for this project.
The news from Smith was re
ceived enthusiastically by O. D.
"Frosty" Olson, president of tho
Salem chamber of commerce. It
will bolster the case the. chamber
will present to the highway com
mission late this month at a. one
hour hearing urging completion
of the North Santiam route, Ol
son declared.
Court Undecided
On Participation
Members of the county court
have already been approached by
Smith in regard. to the project
but have not decided whether or
not the county can bear its rela
tively small share in the cost of
the work. The North Santiam
route outside the Willamette na
tional forest is now a secondary
state. highway.
The highway department
been requested to estimate
(Turn to page 7, col. 2)
has
the
Labor Federation
Council to Meet
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7-JP)lta
family quarrel still unsettled, the
council of the American federa
tion of labor will meet here to
morrow to prepare its annua re
port to the national federation
convention next month at Tampa,
Florida.
Tho controversy that resulted in
suspension of ten unions for par
ticipation in John L. Lewis com
mittee for industrial organization,
is to be reviewed in the annual
report, officials said. i
William Green, federation presi
dent, has predicted the council
probably will make no recommen
dations regarding the suspended
unions but will present facts tor
judgment by the convention.
Whether the suspended unions
will attend the. federation conven
tion still is in doubt, Lewis added.
The matter may be decided by his
committee at a pre-conventioa
meeting. .
Forget-Me-N6ts
Go on Sale Soon
Salem's Forget-me-not days are
Friday and Saturday, October 9
10, when the disabled veterans of
the World war will sponsor th
sale of the small blue flowers in
thi business district. The emb
lems are made by disabled vet
erans and, sold by organizations
over the country, to provide funds'
for the support of D. A. V. activi
ties. Besides supplementing the al
lowances received by war veter
ans whose compensation may not
be adequate, the money Is used
to aid veterans to qualify to ob
tain veteran aid, as well as emer
gency relief and a special advo
cate, to secure suitable employ
ment for them.
Humorous Magazine Li fe
'". Sold, Will Discontinue
NEW YORK. Oct. 7-()-'Life,
52-year-old humorous magazine,
has been sold to the magazine
"Time at an unannounced price,
it-was revealed today at the for
mers office. It was said "Life"
would cease publication next
week. -
Editors of "Time declined to
say whether the two magazines'
would be combined.