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joining unsettled and cooler
fconday; Max. Temp. Friday
TO, Mln- 41, river -4 feet.
tartly cloudy, northerly
ind.
Football Contest
The Statesman's football
contest la growing In inter
est, with scores more pre
dictions this week than last.
Watch for results Tuesday.
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, October 17, 1936
EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Price 3e; Newsstands 5c
No. 175
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Two of Unions
Now Opposing
Strike Ballot
But Firemen Already are
Voting; Central Body
May Take Action
New. Truce in Effect on
Coast; Commission's
Stand is Awaited
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.
(JP) Maritime unions reaffirm
ed their "solkl front" relation
Ship tonight and began voting
on whether to authorize a
coastwide strike to be called
October 28 unless shipowners
meet their basic demands in
the meantime.
Harry Lundeberg, secretary
of the Sailors union, who an
nounced ' last night his group
would postpone the vote and
give the federal maritime com
mission "absolute and unre
stricted cooperation, said to
night the sailors' had decided
to vote on whether they shook!
take a strike referendum. .
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.-JP)
(JP) - Maritime union representa
tives met today to "take action"
on the decision of two of their
units to postpone voting on a
strike proposal growing out of
the long simmering waterfront
labor controversy.
One union, the marine firemen,
announced its members already
had begun balloting on whether
to authorize the central group of
negotiators to call a coastwide
strike October 28 unless peace
agreements are reached with the
shipowners in the meantime..
The Sailors' union which de
cided, yesterday to defer ballot
ing and to give the federal mari
time commission "absolute and
unrestricted cooperation in Its
projected investigation of the dis
pute, reputedly picked up another
follower today.
Harry Bridges, district long
shoremen's union president, said
the central committee would
take action" on the position of
both-the Sailors' union and the
marine cooks and stewards.
.... "The rank and file of these
two organizations," said Bridges,
"have Indicated to us that they
will follow the maritime federa
tion program 100 per cent as out
lined by the joint negotiating
committee. -
"The statements that there is
a break in the United front of
the federation is spread by ship-
pers agents in the ranks of the
maritime unions." y.
Limit Placed on
Truce by Unions
These developments came whila'
the new truce effected by the fed
eral maritime commission "went
into effect. .
The commission repeatedly
asked for an unconditional truce
pending Investigation of the whole
controversy. Employers agreed to
an indefinite truce but the, unions
committed themselves only until
October 26.
When the maritime commission
repeated its call upon the unions
for an indefinite truce the joint
negotiating committee asked the
union membership to vote on the
strike proposal.
Sailors union officials empha
sized their postponement of the
strike vote did not constitute a
deviation from the workers'
"united front" but said they
wished to comply with the fed
eral agency's request that nothing
be done to complicate the situa
tion pending an investigation.
' The firemen's union said pub
lished reports that is was opposed
to an immediate strike referen
dum were "unauthorized and In
correct.' ' "We felt," said a union state
ment, "that if no agreement has
been reached by October 28 the
unions will have no other alterna
tive but to take decisive action."
N. Carolina Flood
Covers Wide Area
ASHEVILLE, N. C, Oct. 16.-(Jf)-One
community was isolated
and another threatened with in
undation as flood waters swept
over a wide region in western
North Carolina, cutting highways,
.disrupting communications and
'halting business in some areas.''
Heavy rains in the watersheds
continued. , -.-y.
The community of Woodrow,
in Haywood county, was Isolated
when waters of the Pigeon river
blocked two highways.
CCC Enrollment
Period Extended
CCC enrollment In Marion
county has been extended to Oc
tober 31, Glenn C. Nlles, county
relief administrator, announced
yesterday. An insufficient num
ber of applicants to fill the quota
of 25 which was due to end Thurs
day reported at the relief offices.
No , specific new quota has been
given. the county.
The same scarcity of. new CCC
Jarolleea is prevailing In, many
reroa counties
Ekins Is 5587
Miles to Good
In World Race
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HONOLULU. T. II., Oct.
1&-JP)-H R. Ekins, globe
circling newspaperman, ar
rived here at 14:18 p.m.
(0:48 pan. EST) today
aboard the: flying boat Ha.
wall Clipper, and said he
expected to eat breakfast
Monday In New Tork.
Meanwhile, in: Manila,
SO 7 miles behind Ekins.
were Dorothy Kgallen and
Leo Kieran, two other re
porters, awaiting arrival of
the China j Clipper to bear
them eastward over the Pa
cific.' '
Kkins arrived here Just
one hour short of 16 days
since the trio left New York
the night of September 30
aboard the Graf Von Hln
denburg for Frankfort, Ger
many. ; I I ;
Ungrateful Hiker
Story lis Revived
Wilbur Robinson, Illinois,
Arrested on Complaint
of Motorist Here
The story of the ! in grate hitch
hiker popped up again yesterday
when Raymond Washburn, who is
staying at the Sunnyside auto
camp, notified city j police at 3:15
yesterday afternoon ; that he be
lieved a man whom he hid
brought here from Woodburn was
responsible for the! disappearance
of a suitcase, jacket and shaving
kit from his automobile.
A .search by city and state pol'.ce
and Washburn ended at 5:30
when Washington found the hitch
hiker he had aided' walking along
the Pacific highway at the south
end of the 1 2th j street cutoff.
Washburn took him into custody
and called for state police.
The hiker.! who gave his name
as Wilbur Robison, 44, of Doa-
ough county, Illinois, admitted
the theft and was placed in the
county jail pending filing of a lar
ceny charge against him.
Robison apparently made away
with the suitcase and other arti
cles while Washburn left his car
parked in the 200 block, South
Commercial street,! for five min
utes, police said. Discovering th-e
theft. Woodburn .hunted for and
spotted Robison running into
brush cover along the O r e g o n
Electric tracks at the foot of Mis
sion street. He eluded searchers
until Washburn found him along
the highway; I ,
Sons Take to Air
To Tie Rook Team
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct.
16. (JP) The Southern Oregon
Normal school, throwing ' desper
ate passes jin the final period,
scored two touchdowns and came
up with a 13 to 13 tie against
the Oregon State Rooks here to
night. : I
The Rooks pushed over two
touchdowns in the third period. .
Cliff Collins, Rook quarterback,
smashed his way 43 yards up Mo
doc field in five plays to make
the first touchdown. He scored
the second from the five yard
line and added the extra point
from a placement.
A 20 yard pass, Agers to Lea-
rvens, brought the Sons their first
score. Vandiver : converted. After
Cornett's pass to Ager tied the
score, the t Ashland team missed
a chance for victory when the
try for the extra point went wide.
Permits Out For
Two New Houses
New houses No. 112 and -113
for the year will be started in
Salem under two permits issued
by the city building department
yesterday. They
bring the city's
total value of
residential con
struction as shown by permit rec
ords to $246,012 for 1936.
A. J. Arehart
sion to erect a
obtained permls
1 y story frame
house costing $2200 at 960 Gar
net street. The other permit went
to Tom Marshall for a one story
frame house at
costing $1000.
380 South 17th
Federal Funds Provided for J
Rasing Old School Buildings
!
Nearly $10,000 in federal funds
were made available by the WPA
yesterday i to assist the Salem
school board in demolishing the
vacant Lincoln and Yew Park
school buildings which the new
Bush building' supplants. ' The
board, however had "not yet de
cided when the work would be
started, i
Mrs. David. Wright, chairman
of the building and grounds com
mittee, said the board was virtu
ally decided ort either selling or
razing the two buildings although
no start-work order had been giv
en. The razing project is listed
in the WPA application to cost
the school district $1420 and the
WPA $9929. j
May Use Timbers
To Replace Bridge
The Park building will be sold
if a high enough . price can be
obtained for it; Mrs. Wright said.
Two bids were rejected by the
I boar Tuesday; night ai too loir.
Bearcats Pile
Up47-0 Score
In Idab Game
WeisgerlV rd Make
3 Tour 48 Each in
Org o ed Game
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Utley Also Scores; W. U.
Territory is B a r e l y ;
Touched by Coyote
CALDWELL, Idaho, Oct. 16.-(JP)-A
charging Willamette uni
versity football machine rolled
over the College of Idaho eleven
tonight to mark up a 47 to 0
victory. - ' ' y -
Pat Page's Coyotes put up a
stubborn defense against the Ore
gonians, allowing but one touch
down in each quarter.
, However, Willamette power
plays soon wore down the gamo
Idaho line and the last half re
sembled" a track meet.
Weisgerber, 210-pound full
back, and" Beard, quarter, lugged
the ball across the Idaho goal line
three times each,' and Utley, a
substitute back, completed - the
scoring for the Oregonlans. i
The Coyotes failed to advance
into Willamette territory during
the first half. In the final perioJ,
they did push to the Willamette
48, .but soon were back defending
their goal.
Willamette used straight foot
ball, resorting only occasionally
to the air.
The lineups: ' 5 i
Willamette College of Idaho
McAdam . . . . ..LB Dossett
Vagt LT. . . McManimie
Becken ...... XG Smylie
Urell C . ,
Hogensen .... .RG . .
. . . Hansen
Kyle
. . Selders
Schweibert
. Hayman
. . . Geissel
. . Bischoff
. .. Weber
Newhouse .... RT. .
Versteeg . . . . ..RE. ,
Beard Q. ,
Shaffer LH. .
Hogg .RH. .
Weisgerber . . . . F. .
Score by periods:
Willamette ....7 7 14 15 47
Idaho ......... 0 0 0 00
100 Delegates at
C. Es County Meet
17 Chapters Represented;
Nomination, Report Is
Delayed to Today '
Seventeen chapters had 120
registered delegates at last night's
opening session of , the Marion
county Christian Endeavor con
vention at the First Christian
church here. The convention will
carry through today and close
Sunday afternoon late.
Rev. Guy Drill, pastor of the
host church, gave the opening
address on the convention theme,
"Forward With Christ."
I believe this is the greatest
period the world has ever known,
the greatest period the church
has ever known and more parti
cularly I .think there are more
opportunities now for young peo
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South California
LOS ANGELES, Oct. ! 1 .-)-Winter
presented Southern Cal
ifornia with a preview today, of
fering its complete complement
of snow, rain and high winds.
Snow up to six inches fell In
the San Bernardino mountains,
with a slight covering in the Si
erre Madre and San Jacinto
peaks.''- .
The heaviest rainfall since the
floods of 1916 struck Escondido,
4.77 inches descending within 14
hours. Lightning which accom
panied the rain destroyed a barn
in the vicinity. The bolt stunned
Mrs. Robert Payne and she re
quired hospital treatment.
In Los Angeles, .02 of an inch
of rain fell, wind reaching a vel
ocity of 40 miles an hour at San
Pedro harbor prompted the hoist
ing of storm warnings, y , ;
Timbers from the old buildings
may be used to construct a new
foot bridge across Mill creek from
12 th and Union streets to Olinger
field. Since the old bridge was
removed, complaints have grown
steadily from citizens and the
Southern Pacific company at the
number of children using the rail
road trestle to reach the play
field. The seriousness of the prob
lem will be heightened when the
new high school building at 14th
and D streets Is occupied.
Lavatory equipment in the old
schools tentatively has been set
aside for nse when rest rooms are
constructed on Olinger and Leslie
playgrounds and other salvage
t ble materials will be stored until
needed, y - -
As well as get rid of the old
buildings, the board would like to
provide employment in the form
of the WPA project, Mrs. Wright
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Decidedly
Wintry
.kree Die
Albany Downs
Vildng Eleven
By 21-7 Score
Salem High Puta on One
Brilliant Drive But
Fumbles Chances
Blocking Lesson Handed
Out by Bulldogs Who
Show Real Power
By PAUL HAUSER
-ALBANY. Oct. 16. (Special)
Albany high's football team
gave the Salem Vikings a lesson
in blocking here tonight and when
the lesson was over Albany's
speedy backs had sped to .two
touchdowns and recovered a
blocked kick for another.
Misner, Putnam and Sitton were
the trio of backs who demoralized
Salem as, with the Bulldog line
opening gaping holes for them,
they ran wild to count up 14 first
downs to Salem's five and 193
yards from scrimmage to Salem's
93.
Carl Ellingsen's Bulldogs out
played the Vikings from the first
four minutes when they marched
62 yards down the field for a score
with the first nine plays.
Fumbles Fatal to
Vikings Chances
The Vikings fumbled away
their chances and the Bulldogs
were Johnny-on-the-spot to take
advantage of any breaks that
came their way. The Vikings
were pretty free with the breaks.
A blocked kick brought one of
the Albany touchdowns and a fum
bled punt started the Bulldogs on
their way to another.
Both-team's demonstrated their
offensive in the first quarter
which ended with each holding a
touchdown.
Misner cut through left tackle
to gallop . 13 -yardsifor Alley's
first score after he and Kennell,
fullback, had taken turns pack
ing the ball from the Albany 38
yard line, a drive of C2 yards.
Pass Scores After m -
54-Yard Advance
Chapman passed three yards
right down the alley to Hill for
Salem's one and only touchdown
after a 54 yard drive in whi-.h
Chapman and Cottew did most of
the ball-packing and Chapman
tosed one 16 yard pass to Hill.
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Co-op Commission
Disagrees, Report
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-(jpy-Sharp
disagreement among mem
bers of President Roosevelt's
commission to study European
consumer cooperatives was said
today to have seriously minimized
the likelihood of a unanimous re
port to the White House.
"There will be some kind of
a report some time, even if it is
no more than a letter to the pres
ident, said Robin Hood, secretary-treasurer
of the national co
operative council, "but a sharp
disagreement between members of
the commission makes unanimous
action almost Impossible."
Although the commission fin
ished its work in September, no
official announcement has been
made on the progress of its re
port. One Defendant Awarded
Verdict in Nelson Case
Trial of the suit brought by
Nelson Brothers, Inc., against
Claude C. Thompson and C. D.
Thompson for $532 alleged due
for goods, resulted in a Jury ver
dict last night for the defendant
C. D. Thompson. Claude C.
Thompson, to whom the original
complaint alleged the goods were
sold, was not considered in the
verdict, inasmuch as he had not
been served with summons. He is
the son of C. D. Thompson.
Salem Girl Sentenced
Ear Part in Robberies
HUNTDMGTON, Ind., Oct. 16.-(iiPF-Joyce
Miller, 18, who said she
was from Salem, Ore., was sen
tenced to a prison term of from
one to ten years here today. She
was arrested in company with
three young men . and accused
along with them of robbing a
number of northern Indiana fill
ing stations. They were captured
after their car collided with a
truck -near Peru.
Grass Fire on Kinguood
Causes Many Inquiries
What was reported to be it
grass tire In the hills back of
West Salem early last night gave
rise to many inquiries here as to
a big fire on Kingwood Heights.
The only fire In the vicinity that
William L LaDne, West Salem
fire chief, had heard of, he said,
Waf tie fratj blaze, " ;
Officer Thumbs
Ride; Views It i
As Lesser Evil i
It's against the " law to
hitch bike and every state
policeman knows it; but a
court appointment is a court
appointment one to be
,kept.: y-'y""'-''
go when Trooper Howard
Benningbof rs patrol ear
balked at Jefferson yester
day afternoon, the officer
joined the thumbers' union,
nailed a passing truck and
arrived in Albany in time to
take bis scheduled part in a
court case there. y
Fellow officers, however,
wondered ! if the union
wouldn't picket the depart
ment as unfair: Those nat
ty state police uniforms are
so much more effective than
a mere thumb, -i
Munitions Plants
by France
Federal Operation Will Be
Established; Lull
Crisis Indicated
in
(By the Associated Press)
Europe's great powers seized
upon a "lull" in the internation
al crisis last night to speed vari
ous internal; measures, closely al-
lied with war defense, while
Spanish government forces re
treated with their backs less than
20 miles from the walls of Ma
drid. I
France inaugurated the first of
a series of sweeping measures to
take arms and munitions manu
facturing . under government j con
troland, incidentally, wipe out
private profit in war. Air Minis
ter Pierre Cot announced the Im
mediate nationalization of all fac
tories producing airplanes I and
accessories Jfor national defense.
Paris iiselt was plunged into
war-time conditions with an eer
ily realistle1 air raid "rehearsal."
Police summoned 458 persons
who failed to extinguish lights
during the "raid." I
Mark Devaluation
Talked in Berlin j
Germany, increasingly anxious
over her staggering foreign debt
of $4,000,000,000, was represent
ed in informed circles as seeking
a ' way out rearing aevaiua-
tlon of the mark may be neces
sary if German exports should
suffer further as the result of
currency devaluation by other na
tions. I
In London, British laborites
Joined Soviet Russia in demand
ing that the Spanish non-intervention
committee should act on
concrete proposals designed to
half alleged foreign aid to the
Spanish insurgents. Clement R.
Attlee, leader of "His Majesty's
opposition" in the House of Com
mons, conferred with Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden and re
portedly demanded clarification'
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Principals Attend
Convention Dinner
.Problems confronting the Ore
gon land-board and the state un
employment commission were out
lined' by State Treasurer Rufus
Holman and Otto Hartwig, repre
sentative of the commission-at
the annual banquet of the Oregon
High School Principals associa
tion at the Marion hotel last night-
Other speakers included State
Superintendent C A. Howard and
Principals John ii Gary of West
Linn, Edgar Means of Redmond,
Walter Snyder of LaGrande and
Lloyd Emery of Klamath Falls.
Charles Fry of Roosevelt high
school, Portland, served as toast-
master.' ! i '
The principals will -hold final
business sessions and elect offi
cers at the Elks temple this morn
ing. They were greeted yesterday
by Governor Charles IL Martin.
Hutcheson Quits
As Labor Leader
WASHINGTON, D. C Oct. 16.
-(fl3)-William Hutcheson, presi
dent of the Carpenters' union, re
signed today as an American Fed
eration of Labor vice president
William Green,- Federation
president, denied rumors that
Hutcheson's resignation was con
nected with the forthcoming pub
lication of the A. F. of Ls "non
partisan" report on the presiden
tial campaign. -
Hutcheson Is chairman of the
Republican national committee's
labor division. The report, to be
made public tomorrow, is to sum
marize the labor records of Pres
ident Roosevelt and Governor Alf
M. Landon and the labor planks
pf the democratic and republican
platforms, v
; Green, who Is supporting Pres
ident Roosevelt,- said that any
working man who read it would
clearly understand, foj whom he
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Tl -ft f " O II NO
9 (LaMoFinsi IF
New Deal Has
Juggled Funds
Hoover Claims
Fiscal Reports Mislead,
Says Ex-President
in
Philadelphia Talk
Ordinary Expenses Have
Been Boosted, Facts
Hidden, Charged
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.-C)
-Former President Herbert Hoov
er tonight accused the Roosevelt
administration of "juggling" fis
cal reports of the government to
make "expenditures look less
than they are."
Addressing a republican rally,
the former president scored what
he described as "an entirely new
system of double bookkeeping"
introduced by the New Deal to
keep "emergency" expenditures
separate from 'ordinary" or "rou
tine" expenditures.
"Such double book-keeping nev
er has been used for honest pur
poses by governments," he assert
ed. "Its very motive Is Intellec
tual dishonesty. That "is perni
cious deceit'.
"Mr. Roosevelt in his 1936
Pittsburgh speech implies that his
gigantic increase in expenditures
during the past four years has
been necessitated by relief in some
form.
Ordinary Expenses
Greatly Increased
"You may, however, be surpris
ed to know that a large part of
the burden the people have wil
lingly assumed for relief was
used in hundreds of millions of
reckless increases of ordinary
routine expenses of government.
"This waste has been bad
enough. But morally worse has
been -a continuous juggling with
this double bookkeeping to cover
this up. But the New Deal has
a great sorrow to hide. You re
member Mr. Roosevelt promised
that he would reduce expendi
tures 25 per cent. The skeleton
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TVA Loses First
Sldrmish, Courts
NASHVILLE, Ten., Oct. U.-(JP)
-The Tennessee valley authority
lost today its first skirmish with
private utility interests seeking
to halt its power program on con
stitutional grounds.
A motion bv the government
agency to dismiss a suit brought
by 19 electric power companies
was overruled by U. S. District
Judge John J. Gore.
The court held that apparent
statutory limitations against su
ing the TVA except in its legal
domicile, the northern district of
Alabama, did not apply in tms
case because of charges of un
lawful acts made in the bill filed
by the utilities.
"I think .tne averments, u
. . mm m . M
proven, strip tne aeienaams oi
their official character and con
stitute . them private citizens in
that regard." the court said, "and
when such conditions exist, they
are subject to suit in any court
of competent, jurisdiction where
they are committing said illegal
and unconstitutional acts,' and
where process can be served."
Third Death Occurs
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1 6.
Grace Inglis, 50, was struck and
killed by an automobile here to
night as she was walking toward
the home of a sister. Hers was
the third traffic death in the
Portland area today.
Landon Plans
Coast; Will
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 16.(ff)
Details of a final campaign tour
striking the Pacific coast and
spanning the continent were
charted by Gov. Alf M. Landon
today as Union partylsts announc
ed a writein Kansas campaign for:
their presidential candidate, Wil
liam Lemke.
' With the same unexpectedness
of his surprise dash to Portland,!
Me., Landon announced upon his
return from a Lake-States cam
paign swing that he would leave
Sunday night to 'go first to Los
Angeles on 4 two-weeks trip em
bracing at least half a dozen ma
jor addresses and including a
long planned appearance Jn New
York's Madison Square Garden, j
Immediately, the republican
nominee began preparations for
winding up his contest against
the New Deal. After an eight
day drfre through Illinois, Indi
ana, Michigan and Ohio, the gov
ernor spent the afternoonr work
ing on speeches at home. ? I
Some advisers foresaw possi
bilities of a conference before
Landon heads westward Sunday
between the governor and his
running mate, CoL Frank Knbx
Two Towns Periled
M nd Residents ft lee
A
s Flames A dvance
Standard City and
Saved After Some Damage; 5000
Acres Covered by Blaze -
Sonora Now in Path; Child and Two
Older Persons Burn to Death;
Coos Situation Dangerous
S
AN FRANCISCO, Oct 16.
through tinder-dry brush
f. i iorma tonignt, leaving tnree persona ! dead, two towns
scorched, extensive property damage and hundreds of fight
ters struggling to control them. '
I Flames threatened Standard City and Soulsbyville in
thie Sierra of Tuolumne county but were reported to have
veered away after destroying several outlying buildings.
1 1 Residents of both towns fled as the fires seemed about
tq encircle Standard City and began eating into the residen
tial area of Soulsbyville.
I j Observers later reported, the flames had turned toward
Sonora, to the west, after destroying 17 shacks at Standard
City.
: '' O Soulsbyville escaped, except tot
Roosevelt Swats
Business Leaders
Wall Street's Propapanda
Against New Deal Is
Widespread, Says
ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN
ENROUTE TO NIAGARA FALLS,
Dct. 16.-(P-President -Roosevelt
Old a Cleveland audience tonight
he "great financial district of
Stew York" is "flooding" sftOck
and bond holders with literature
warning" them against return
itg the new deal to office.
Speaking to thousands of "per
sons Jammed around his campaign
train on Cleveland's lakefront, the
president wound up a rapid-fire
campaign through Ohio with an
assertion that stockholders' mon
ey was being wasted on anti-administration
literature and that
the "waste" was "being perpetra
ted" by those who in depression
days "brought business as a whole
to its knees."
If He pounded away on a theme
that had run through his informal
address all the! way across the
state t hat the administration
had brought recovery.
If "I repeat here," h& said, "that
the record shows that no admin
istration In the history of the
United States had done so much
to encouragethe business of the
nation. . . ." j,
i Back In 1933, he contended In
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Vandenberg Goes
On Radio Tonight
United States . senator Arthur
Vandenberg . of Michigan will
broadcast one of the most impor
tant speeches "of the campaign
over KOIN between 5:30 and C
o'clock tonight. -
Senator Vandenberg Is a . bril
liant, convincing orator and out
standing member of the upper
house of congress. He was strong
ly considered prior to and at the
republican national convention in
Cleveland as a candidate for the
presidency.
Dash to West
Depart Sunday
of Chicago. Knox was scheduled
to spend a weekend in Kansas
City.
The Union party move was an
nounced by William Lemke, Jr.,
son of the North Dakota represen
tative, who said orders had been
placed for printing 100,000 circu
lars containing names of presir
dential electors pledged to the
candidate wha has been support
ed by Father Charles E. Cough
Hn and Dr. F. E. Townsend.
Attorney General Clarence V.
Beck told reporters write-in bal
lots would be .counted under the
Kansas law. Y
Townsend recently advised sup
porters to vote for 'Landon in
states where Lemke's name did
not appear on ballots.
"I thfnk Dr. Townsend will
change his mind when he sees
what we are doing," young Lem
ke said, adding that a similar
campaign was planned in Okla
homa." .'
. Landon definitely scheduled
speeches at Los Angeles, Okla
homa City, Indianapolis, . Phila
delphia, Pittsburgh, New Tork
and St. Louie
we
Soulsbvville Ard
CAP) -Scores of fires burned
and forests in northern Cali-
the loss of a few small build
lngs, when the flames Jumped
the town proper and roared otf
through the forest. Residents bad
soaked roofs of their homes to '
save them. 4
These flames originated at
Tuolumne, where they destroyed
10,000,000 feet of lumber.
Several hundred' men fought
the flames which soon covered
&.000 acres. Limbs broken frona
trees by a high wind hampered
the fighters. . :
Flames sweeping through Me
morial park at Grass- Valley took:
the life of Richard Smith. T9n
month-old son of J. D. Smith, aj
tent dweller, when the tent caught
fire. Smith led his little, son, hiy
wife and his daughter out of the
flames but the boy died. The llttlp
daughter was severely burned.
Mrs. Amy Gertrude Richey, 50
died in the flaming ruins of her.
home at Grimes, Colusa county. -
Peter Waldeck, 69, was fatally
burned at his cabin near Kelsey, f
El Dorado county.
Fires burned through timbef
and brush near Raekerby an4
Comptonville in Yuba county an4
motorists reported wild game flee
ing across highway from the en
dangered areas. '
A blaze sweeping down Pedro '
mountain on the San Mateo eeun
ty coast was reported endangering
buildings at Rockaway beach.
Fires in Marin county, which
swept up the southwest slope el
ML. Tamalpals and endangered
the town of Bolinas, were report
ed "Under control. - .
) MARSHFIELD, Oct. 16.-Ly
Dry winds, falling humidity, ar-e
f allure of' the promised rains td
materialize, was rapidly. Incre.s -ing
the fire hazard in this area to
day and keeping a full force of
men on the fire lines to be ready
for emergencies.
Fire Warden Keith Young pre
pared to make an Immediate aer
ial survey while the skies were
clear to plan further precaution
ary checks on the timbered areaa
The possibilities of new forest
fires menacing the cities of south
western Oregon were greatly" re
duced as forest service crews put
the finishing touches on barrier
around Marshfield, North Bend
and Empire.
Double trenches already hare .
been constructed east of Coquillsv
Flames continued to a p r e a
slowly on Sandy creek in the east
ern section of. Coos county: The
fire at Pink creek, not far front
Coquille, was under control.
All fires in Curry county havs
been checked. -r
Eastman Answers
Shadduck !AttacIoj
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 t.-(Py-Th9
J'civil war" in the ranks of Port,
land Townsendism raged on to
day with Elbert Eastman launch
ing a counter attack against Dr.
I. R. Shadduck, state club man
ager.
Shadduck, claiming Rev. Ger
ald L. K. Smith came to Oregon,
without the sponsorship of the
national movement, had criticised
-Eastman for introducing the fol
lowers of the late Huey P. Long,
as "right-hand bower' to Dr.
Townsend.
Eastman declared that Shad
duck recently introduced Gomer
Smith of Oklahoma to Oregon
Townsend members despite thm
fact Smith had been "kicked out"
ct the organization. He al
charged Shadduck nominated ar
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