Bargain Period The bargain period for mall subscribers wont con tinue much longer. It's $3 year, by , mall, to resl Aents of Central Talley coun ties. Th'tf 7ealier Fab today and Thursday, probably morning frosts; Max. Temp. Tuesday 62. Mln. 37.3, river -4.1 feet, partly cloudy, 8. W. wind. LI FOUWDCP EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning;, October 21, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 173 end Arams .L(D)jaMtt sua J- Ready Am to Indiana Atiemptlo Make Kef Protest Sent - a. To Roosevelt By Communist Federal Protection Plea Is Made; Rotten Eggs Hurled in Melee Browder to Await Ruling .Upon Court Move to Prevent Arrest TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 20 -GTV-A shower of rotten eggs, ist fights and a milling crowd of sev eral hundred persons prevented Earl Browder. communist candi date for president, from making a scheduled radio campaign speech here tonight. At least three persons were slightly injured In the fights which broke out as the candidate attempted to gain entrance to sta tion WBOW. Browder, arrested September 30 when he attempted to make a speech here, retreated to his ho tel after the disturbance at the radio station tonight and announc ed a short time later a protest was being sent to President Roose velt. He said the protest would say "Mobs are taking charge in In diana, and there is no chance for redress." ' The. injured are Harold Har vis of Louisville. Ky., an Associat ed Press photographer, struck several times-when be started to take a picture; Hartford Larri on, secretary of the workers' al liance of Indiana, and Esther Rip ple of Terre Haute. Several hundred persons block ed, both front and rear entrances to the radio station an hour be fore the time"- for Browder's speech, i During the melee Miss Sylvia Penner of Indianapolis, who said she was a "communist party worker," crowded her way Into the hall leading to the radio station and offered to make the speech for Browder. Station offi cials declined to allow her to give the address, however, on- advice of attorneys. Browder went to the station to give the speech a few hours after Superior Court Judge Albert Owens had decided to withhold Judgment until tomorrow on a pe tition for an injunction to prevent police interference with the speech." Browder eaid tonight he would remain in Terre Haute until to morrow in order to be present when the ruling is given in that case. ' Judge Owens withheld a "deci sion in the case on motion of Browder's attorneys after he bad indicated he could not grant the petition. -1 Browder called upon the Am erican people, in the speech he had prepared for radio delivery, to ''stamp out the tyranny which Hearstv the Liberty League and the republican party seeks to es tablish." He released the speech for pub lication after crowds which blocked Etudio entrances and hurled rotten eggs at him pre vented actual delivery over the air as scheduled. - Browder, -in the prepared ad dress, made several references to his arrest on his recent 'previous visit here. NEW YORK, Oct. 20P) Telegrems of protest against mob interference in Indiana which pre vented Earl Browder, communist presidential candidate from mak lug a radio speech tonight, were sent President Roosevelt and Gov ernor Paul V. McNutt by William Z. Foster, chairman of the com munist party. The telegram to President Roo sevelt read in part: "There seems to be no remedy In Indiana against mob rule. De mand "your immediate interven tion on behalf of safety of Brow der and his party." " - ! Utility District Measure Favored The Salem Trades and Labor council voted its approval last night of ' the ' Marion county people's utility district measure which will appear on the Novem ber election ballot and the five nominees for the district director ate. By resolution- the council joined the Grang'e and Farmers Union In supporting the measure. A suggestion by the Salem Union Label league that the coun cil meet weekly on Tuesday nights Instead of twice a month was tabled for action at the Novem ber a session. Mob Blocks Bm On Way to Become For Nation's Three carloads of squasu on tracfe at tne ltn street cannery of Ore gon Packing Corporation where squash and pumpkin are canned for the nation's pie trade. These squash come from the Santiam val ley around Lebanon. Local pumpkins are hauled In by truck. Statesman Staff Photo. Milk Price Issue Argued in Court i Will Mean Loss of Volume Say Some ; Retailers; Consumers Heard PORTLAND, Oct. 20H)-Ar-guments on the state milk con trol board's proposed increase of from one to three cents a quart were heard today at the opening of a circuit ; court trial to' pre vent the boost. Richard Trout, foreman of a dairy here, testified that there would be a decrease in sales in the- Portland arear if the pries increase Iwent into effect. He said his dairy was making a four cent profit on each quart of 4 per cent! milk sold at 11 cents, the present price to consumers. Eban kRay, Willamina dairy man, told the court a previous price jump had caused him to lose one-third of his customers. He favored a decrease rather than an increase in the scale. Consumer opposition to t b e (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Progress Claimed In Maritime Row WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-(J2P)-The federal maritime commission was advised late-today of pros pects for an early settlement of the Pacific coast maritime dis pute, j Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, com mission representative, told Chair man H. (A. Wiley in a telephone conversation from San Francisco he was making "satisfactory prog ress" in conferences with opera tors and union leaders and that he was "hopeful of an early and an amicable settlement." SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-) A day; of conferences between government representatives a'nd waterfront anions ended tonight with no outward sign of progress having been made toward settle ment of the coast maritime labor controversy, j Reports were circulated "that Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, federal maritime commission rep resentative, was seeking a basis for an extension of the current truce between unions and em ployers ! but that some of the unions were demanding immed iate concessions. ; Lemheand Toivnsend Frown On Rev. Sm ith; See Fascism NEW YORK, Oct. O.--The Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, former associate of the late Huey P. Long in a share-the-wealth movement, assailed the democratic adminis tration and its individual leaders tonight and announced plans for formation of a national organiza tion to fight comjnunism. Announcement of plans and program for the new organization, he said, will be made In detail within a month but are being withheld until after- the election "so it won't appear it was created for political purposes. Denies Intent. to Establish Fascism , He denied his aims were fascist and said "I am more of an Ameri can than the Roosevelts, the Du binskys and the Tugwells.. - (In Chicago tonight, both the union party of Rep. William Lem- Pumpkin Pie Holiday Dinners 1 IVW;. -Z I )! I, rr lw4 , Shop Building For New High Planned Two-Story Concrete Plant Proposed; Estimates Are Being Asked The Salem school board has ap proved plans for a two-story con crete shops building on the new high y school site and has sub mitted them to the Hoffman Con struction company for estimates. Superintendent Silas Gaiser an nounced yesterday. - Until an ad ditional PWA grant was allowed the district recently, It appeared ther woulde not , be sufficient funds available to construct the shop structure. As now contemplated, the building will be 99 feet long and 89 feet wide, two stories In height with a flat roof. The walls will be reinforced concrete covered with stucco and the in ner construction will be of heavy timber. The first floor will ; be of concrete slap as in the new high school building proper. The shops will be located 80 feet to the rear of the auditorium sec tion of the main building. Plans call for an agricultural shop and clossroom, machine and auto shops, wash and storage rooms on the first floor, and on the second floor, a woodwork ing shop and finishing room, me chanical drawing room and three class room s interconnected by folding doors. The finishing and drawing rooms will be 1 equipped with special skylights. Theft of Clover Seed Confessed Deputy Sheriff B. G. Honey cutt announced .last night that three youths, one from Salem and two from Jefferson, had confessed to the theft of 253 pounds of clover ; seed which was located here yesterday. He said they were Lawrence Hoppy, 18, Salem; Ray mond Hampton, 20, and Oliver Koklin, 17, Jefferson. : The trio was taken to Albany last night by Sheriff Herbert Shelton of Linn county. The seed was stolen last Thurs day from a barn on the Jerkeson place across the , Santiam river from Jefferson, Honeycutt said. It was sold in Salem for approxi mately 35. i ke and. the Townsend national re covery plan organization announ ced they were severing relations with Mt. Smith. Dr. Francis E. Townsend In a statement criti cized Mr. Smith's movement, say ing "nationalism and centraliza tion are both definite trends to ward fascist." t ; J - j (John Nystul, national . cam paign manager for the union par ty, said he could not "too strongly denounce, both Smith . and those back of him who are respon sible.") -. ?- Specifically criticizing new deal leaders. Smith said, in his address before an audience at the Hippodrome, that President Roosevelt had received a telegram directly from Premier Blum of France, when the recent interna tional gold agreement was under (Turn to page 7, col. 8) Mder's o Speech Big Apartment House to Rise In Salem Soon Reflects Housing Demand Here; J. M. Devers to Erect Structure Power Company to Build Garage; Construction Activity Quickens An Impending major addition to Salem's already booming resi dential construction activities was disclosed by J. M. Devers last night in an announcement that construction of a three - story apartment house would be started at the southwest corner of 15th and State streets in about three weeks. The estimated cost of the structure was not disclosed. The building will contain 32 apartments of two, three and four-room size, Mr. Devers said It will be a U-shaped structure and will be faced with brick. An old house now on the 80 by 1(0 foot site will be removed. Plans for this apartment 'house were first started by Devers over a year ago. The building is be ing designed by Clarence Smith, Salem architect. . Will Help Relieve Housing Shortage Devers expects his new rest dence building to answer in part what real estate agents have been reporting as a heavy demand Xor apartments to rent. This dematfd has not previously resulted in large building projects, but has ac counted for many of the smaller house alteration permits, con verting private residences Into apartments, on record at the city building Inspector's office. Building permits and private announcement y esterday also brought to light $9633.25 in other construction jobs here. The 11 permits issued at the city hall in clude one for the 116th new house (Turn to Page. 2, Col. 1) Lincoln Building Razing to Start The historic Lincoln grade school building will bow to time next week with the start of de molition operations. A WPA crew wlir begin the job next Monday. , Building materials and plumb ing equipment will be salvaged from the old school and used in construction of rest rooms on the city playgrounds, the school board plans. . The WPA project will Include filling the basement depression and cleaning up the grounds on which the old school stood. The school directors are still undecided as to the fate of the Tew. Park grade building, which along with Lincoln was replaced last night by the" Bush school. They have asked that the time limit of a bid made by Burt Picha to buy the Park building for 1 3 50 and half of the block on which it stands for S700 be extended. Fear 34 Drowned Oft Java's Coast (By the Associated Press) - A day, of thrilling rescues by small boats and seaplanes In the shark-infested waters off the north coast of Java ended last night with 34 persons, passengers of the ' capsized Dutch steamer. Van der Wijck apparently lost. , Among the unaccounted for pas sengers and crew members were 14 Europeans a'nd 20 natives. The disaster was one of three marine accidents during the day in which two ships were lost. Foundering , in high seas, the 4,843-ton Greek freighter Oke ania was abandoned by her crew about 28 miles from Vandvoort, The Netherlands, Lloyd's agents reported in London. The Cunard-White star liner Lancastria, carrying 454 cruise passengers, was refloated after being grounded in a gale In the Mersey river near Liverpool. ' Pioneer Miner Dies - r - , . ' ', GRASS VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 20.-(fl)-Fichard P. White, 72. pi oner mfner of Nevada, Oregon and California, died today after a long illness. - American Plan VTV- . ' . .... In Peril Avers LandonatL.A. 75,000 Hear Candidate's Attack upon New. Deal . In Big Coliseum Townsend Probe Is Made Target as Made for " Political Ends LOS ANGELES. Oct. 10 f!P Accusing the new deal of abusing government power at the expense of Individual "liberty and inde pendence." Gov. Alf Xf TjuKtnn called tonight for a "return to our constitution" through Presi dent Roosevelt's defeat. "If we' are to nrespnrn nnr American form fT rnnrnmmt " the republican presidential nomi nee saia, "tnis administration must be defeated." Landon delivered thia-riima-r t his west coast dash for Califor nia S 22 electoral votes in the huge Coliseum. He said adminis tration spokesmen had condemned the supreme court and that Mr. Roosevelt "joined In this under mining attack on men who were only doinir their H nt v men sworn to uphold the constitution. Large Americanism Cited by Candidate "Let us remember." the gover nor said, "there is a larger Ameri canism than the little, blueprints or a planned economy; -than the disciplined citizenry which this administration would like to foidt upon us. Its foundation is just government government that does not abuse its powers at the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Leaders Named by FarmBureau Here Ross H. Wood. Salem. wa elected president of the newly- organized Marlon county farm bureau at a meeting at the cham- Der of commerce last night. The new bureau, which was formed to "improve the economic condi tion or farmers and stockmen according to the constitution adopted last night, will be a unit oi the Oregon and the American farm bureau federation. Other permanent officers named were: First vice-president, George Tate, Sublimity; second vice-president, Mrs. H. L. Carl, Hubbard, and secretary- treasurer, F. E. Needham. Sa lem. Permanent directors Include John Ramage, Woodburn; David baucy. Salem: Georee Tate. Sub limity; George Clark, Aurora; Lloyd Lee, Salem: Cass Nichols. Salem; Mrs. H.' L. Carl, Hub- Dard; Albert Gerard, Gervais; Dr. W. H. Walker. Salem: Grant Tee ter, Salem; Albert Egan, Salem; Robert Shlnn, Salem; W, H. Wood. Salem: R. H. Clark. Sa lem; W. W. Rutherford, Salem; Arcn Deisner, Silverton ; Otto Wellman, . Mt Angel; Herman Coyle, St. - Paul; Arthur Jerman,. Salem; J. A. H a y e s, Brooks; Blain Brown. Brooks: William Dougherty, Salem; Joe Doerfler, Silverton; C. W. Paulus, Salem; Ross H. Wood. Salem : H. F. But- terfield, Woodburn; Jess Fikan, Woodburn; Joseph Serres. Wood- burn. Snowfall Comes To Seven States (By the Associated Press) f Wintry weather, with v snow. sleet and falling temperatures. swept over the northern Rocky I mountain and the north ' central ! plains states Tuesday night. , Four inches of snow were re corded at Marshall, in southwest ern Minnesota and at Lake Pres ton, S. D. Snow also fell in Colorado, Mon tana, Wyoming, western Nebraska and western Kansas. A blanket four inches deep covered the ground at Lander, Wyo. Temperatures fellM-a p 1 d 1 y. O'Neill, Neb., had a 31 degree reading. The temperature at Goodland, Kas., at 7 p.m. was 34 degrees. ,..'-. - ;. Crew Is Supplied And Oregon Sails PORTLAND, Oct. 20.-(ff)-The grain-laden steamer Oregon, tied ap by a labor dispute since last Saturday, sailed tonight for Col on, Panama Canal Zone. A crew was supplied after the sailors union voted to rescind a decision not to man the vessel. A representative of the local an nounced acceptance of the judg ment of two federal Inspectors that the. ship was both seaworthy and sanitarr. '.,.. Claim Spanish Premier Slay s Cabinet Member Who Favors Surrender Story Brought to Lisbon by Deserters; Women of Madrid Exhort Workers to Take Up Arms - In Defense of Beleaguered Capital LISBON, Oct. 20. (AP) The newspaper Darib Lisboa said today Spanish government ; deserters told officials at the insurgent headquarters that Premier Francisco Largo Casallero shot and killed Indalescio Prieto, minister of air. and navy. The report, without any confirmation whatsoever, said Company M Plans Reunion Saturday Banquet Arranged; 39 or More of Original' 150 , Expected to Meet War times and younger days as national guardsmen will be recounted here Saturday night H when members of the old M com pany, 162nd Infantry, hold their annual reunion banquet , at the Quelle at 7 p. m., Phil Ringle, banquet chairman, announced last night. Ringle predicted at least 39 of the 150 members of the old unit would return for the re union. Twenty five others are now dead and 25 are on the "whereabouts unknown" list. " The date, October 24, was se lceted as being the best meeting night nearest the date on which the M company guardsmen, mus tered into the army- for World war service, left Camp Clacka mas October 26, 1917, Ringle said. The former banquet date, December 12, celebrating the company's sailing overseas from New. York City, was abandoned because it conflicted with an an nual regimental reunion. . Company Quartet May Be Heard Again " Ferris Abbott, Portland, will be master of ceremonies Efforts are being made to have the old company quartet, consisting of Abbott, Victor Read of Seattle, Earl Headrick and Herman F. Mclnturff of Salem present. Other entertainment is being arranged by Ringle with the assistance of Roy S. "Spec" Keene and Theron Hoover. Ringle listed names of 38 com pany members who were expected (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Pipeline Program Helped by Ruling A ruling by Attorney General H. Van Winkle yesterday clear ed the way for the granting of a pipeline easement over state prop erty to the City of Salem for its Santiam gravity water line. Van Winkle ruled that the state board of control had authority to grant such an easement for a maximum period of 99 years- Terms of the easement aside from the time element are for the board of control to determine, the attorney general said.. The .Salem . water commission has been negotiating . with the board of control since mid-summer for. easements across state insti tution lands along Turner road. Members of the board at one time indicated they wished to place no obstacles In the pay of the city's water program. , The contract for construction of the Santiam line, let by the coun cil Monday night, probably will be signed late this week, Water Man ager Cuyler Van Patten said yes terday. He anticipated erection of concrete pipe manufacturing plant would be started in the near future by the successful bidder. American Concrete and Steel Pipe company of Tacoma, Wash. ' New Deal Isn't Say s Party's NEW YORK. Oct. 20.HP)-John W. Davis, democratic j candidate for president in 1924, said tonight in his first speech of the campaigS the record of the Roosevelt ad ministration "presents the most callous disregard of party prin ciples, platform promises and per sonal pledges in all the' history Of American politics He did not mention the name of Gov. Alfred M. Landon, the re publican presidential nominee, bat said the only course open to "a democrat "who still holds to the creed of : democratic liberalism" is to "stand np, speak up, and on election day take his judgment and his conscience with him into the polling place and make his protest good." -Doesn't Reconcile With Any Platform . , Speaking over a nation-wide hookup under -auspices of the National Jeffersqnian Democrats, Ol " snooting occurred because Prieto Insisted on the surrender of Madrid to the Spanish insurg ents. (By The Associated Press). Steady advance of the Spanish fascist army j pushing toward Madrid last night roused women of the capital to exhort their menfolk to baVlle. With the insurgent army's ad vance guard movijg up from El Escorial, aboutfZ4 miles from the capital, therumble of artil lery fire could be heard in the streets of Madrid. Roused by their women, the capital's civilian workers marched to join units of the regular mili (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Landon Socialist Is Ickes' Charge Recalls Public Ownership Proposals of Kansan; . Answer Is Prompt WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 "-(Secretary Ickes said tonight Gover. nor Landon last year was a "Btate socialist," Advocating state-owned telephone and natural gas distri bution systems. " In a nation-wide radio speech entitled "Is Landon Sincere?' Ickes read what he said was letter to him from Landon Feb ruary 7,-1935, suggesting loans to stafon for nnhlw state-wlrtA tola. 1 phone systems." A few months before that, Ickes said, Landon sent William Allen White to Washington with- a se cret proposal to spend 335,000,000 for construction of a natural gas pipe line as a state enterprise to "market that natural gas in 'com petition with private industry." , Asserting Landon was now t self.proclaimed "champion of pri vate initiative, Ickes asked: "How does it happen thaUthe state socialist of 1935 is the re- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4 ) State Police Will Have New Station . Reports that the Salem patrol office of the state police would be removed from the city hall in the , near future were confirmed yesterday by Superintendent Charles P. Pray of the trooper or ganization. The patrol office will be located in the new state high way shops building south of the penitentiary as soon as the com bination highway-state police ra dio station is Installed there. A combination of crowded con ditions at the city hall and of a desire to be close to the . radio station , led to the decision to re locate the patrol office. Pray stated. The radio station, to be available for, police or highway department use 24 hours a day, will be one of three 1000-watt stations to be set np throughout the state. It will operate on a frequency of 1706, kilocycles, a short distance below the broad cast band. : - The city will lose $25 a month rental when the state officers va cate the quarters In the city- hall which they have held since 1931. Democratic Ex-Ca h dida te Davis said it was Impossible to reconcile the occurrences under the new deal with any "platform the democratic party has ever adopted" or "with any previous conception of the American sys tem of government." . "It Is clearly unfair to social ists to describe the new deal as socialism," he continued, "in spite 'of the socialistic character of many of its policies and its bor rowings: from the socialist plat form. Socialism has a creed and a professed philosophy and a pro gram to fit It. k "In spite of its advocacy of the re-distribution of wealth, the new deal is not communism. Commun ists are not satisfied with half measures. In . spite of Its enor mous strides toward centraliza tion,. I do not think the new deal should be described as fascism. ? "But . whatever it is or is not, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Further Delay Will Be Fatal Soviet Argtjes Airplanes Will Be Rnshed To Assist Government Defending Madrid Neutrality Commission's Efforts Are Balked by " Failure of Replies MOSCOW. Oct. 21 --Soviet Russia, determined to force sun- ply of aid to beleaguered Spanish socialists, has decided only the immediate dispatch of munitions can save Madrid, informed sources said today. - Soviet commissars were repre sented as having taken a strong 6tand for rushing airplanes to the desperately-driven Spanish gov ernment forces. The Russian government, these sources said, has resolved not to yield an inch further in delaying counter-measures against alleged violations of Spanish neutrality by lascist powers. (Russia has charged Italy, Ger many and Portugal with sending assistance to Spanish insurgents). Soviet demands for "practical measures" to enforce the non-in- tervention accord signed by 27 na. tions nave been delayed by the neutrality committee In London. Officials did not hesitate to ex press privately the feeling that these are the "gravest" daya Europe has seen in many years. " They are determined, they said, to adopt a firm stand as the only way to preserve European peace. LONDON. Oct. 20 - (Jp) - The Spanish ambassador to London ac cused Germany and Italy anew today of meddling in the Spanish civil war to aid the fascists. His note - was handed to Lord Plymouth, British chairmen of the non - intervention committee, at Great Britain, harassed on two sides for swift action to avert a danger-laden crisis over neutral ity in Spain, struggled to arrange a meeting of the body. The Spanish note charged that a large number of tanks and 100 flame-throwers were landed at Cadiz, Spain, from Italy, October is. It charged also that a German ship, which the Spanish govern ment said it believed was a de stroyer, landed a cargo of war ma. terials at Algeciras, Spain. Gov ernment officials susDected the munitions were principally anti aircraft guns, the note said. Lord Plymouth prodded Italy. Germany and Portugal to answer Russian charges that they aided the Spanish insurgents with war materials made contraband by the Hands off Spain" accord. . Only If they responded, observ ers believed, could the committee be summoned to meet Russia's threat to bolt the pact unless prompt measures were taken to halt the alleged violations. Bitterness against the commit tee's inactivity grew at, home and abroad. "The murder In Spain contin ues, a Russian spokesman de clared, "wblle the committee idles." Youth Confesses Burglaries Here Lee Arlle Hlxson, alias Bob George who says he Is 17 years oia, .- confessed burglary of two houses near Salem yesterday dar ing the train ride from Klamath Falls to Salem with Deputy Sher iff B. G. ' Hoaeycutt, the officer reported upon arrival here last night. Hlxson; turned over to Honey- cutt a gold watch which he had concealed in his clothes and which officers in Klamath Falls over looked in' searching Hlxson. He said he gave a second watch stol en from another home to a young er brother, who lost it. Officers believe these are the only houses he entered. The youth, who ran away front the Indian school in this county, told Honeycutt he wants to waive grand jury hearing and go direct ly before the court with a plea of guilty. Negro Confesses 2 Hotel Slayings CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-C5VPoli?.e Capt. M. F. Lahart said tonight George Washington, 27-year-old negro," confessed In a disjointed statement that he had killed two women in hotel room slaying here but later retracted his state ment, i Officers discounted the mur der "confessions," but held Wash ington so .women victims of re cent attacks might view him. r