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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1936)
Bargain Near End - Only a little more than a week remains for mall sub scribers to take advantage of the S3 per year bargaa offer of The Statesman. The Weather MOd, partly overcast to day and Monday; Max Temp. Saturday 65, Mliu 85. liver -4.1 fet, clear light northerly winds. FOUMDEP 1651 EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem; Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 25, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands' 6c No. 1S2 .Refelsi BomB Madhrk to bmurte; A aK ear 1 I I I I I 1 JTS lui II r I Vlfllllllll - V- ilk .1 I I To Dedicate O.N. So Buildings . . Exercises Set ll progW ff at normal school marked : Exercises Set In Afternoon; Officials Aid Higher Education Board, Chancellor Hunter Will Take Part - Physical Education and Administration Plant Recently Finished k MONMOUTH, Oct. 84. T he dedeication of two new buildings completed this year on the Ore gon Normal school campus, will be held Monday, Oct 26, In con unction with the October meet ing of the state board of higher education. The public Is Invited to attend the dedeciation exer cises,' ; " Exercise? beginning at 2 p. m. will be featured by addresses by Chancellor Frederic M. Hunter of the Oregon slate system of high er education; President Willard L. Marks, Albany; B. F. Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal, Portland; and F. E. Callister, Al bany, members of the state board of higher education. Special mu sic will be provided by Mrs. Bruce Spaulding, Dallas, and Mark Dan iele, Portland, vocalists; and Michael Arenstein, Portland, cel list. - Preceding the dedication, the faculty of the Oregon Normal school will entertain at luncheon at Jessica Todd hall. Guests will be members of the state board and the executive council, and other state system officials. Physical Education w , Building Completed There are two buildings to be dedicated, the $50,000 health and physical education unit and the $100,000 administration building which "faces the old structure across North Monmouth avenue. The former was completed last March and the latter was ready, with-exception of the third floor, for school opening last month. Both new buildings are of cast stone and brick exterior harmon izing with other campus struc tures. The new physical educatin building contains a large gym nasium with standard basketball court and seating for 1000 spec tators, offices for faculty mem bers, classrooms, quarters and equipment tor boxing, wrestling, aesthetic dancing, corrective phy sical training, two handball courts and ample space for social -dancing. Following the dedication exer cises the buildings will be opened to public Inspection. . This event will mark another which always has been a school town. The history of Oregon Normal school may be said to reach back fully 85 years, to a time when, In Monmouth, 111., a group of pioneers, anxious to m a a on to Oreaon'a frontier. grouped themselves into a body with a definite objective; to estab lish in the Oregon country a heme of learning 'where men and women alike may become schooled In the science of living and In the fundamental principles of re ligion." , The name of the seven partici pants are beginning to be forgot ten except by the remaining few (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Maxwell Injured, Hunting Accident BAKER. Oct. 24-;P)-Another casualty of the deer hunting sea son in -Oregon was recorded here when ' Dewey Maxwell. 39, of Haines was accidentally shot through the right arm. Maxwell and Scotty Murdock, also of Haines, were riding the same horse when the accident oc curred; What caused the rifle Murdock was carrying to dis charge could not be determined. Maxwell's arm was so badly shattered it may have to be am putated. Dewey Maxwell formerly lived in Yamhill county. Several mem bers of the Maxwell family have attended Llnfield college. - Walters Head of Bourbon Electors NEW YORK, Oct. 2i-(JP-HoT-ace Walters of Salem was nam ed local chairman for the nation., "al council of Roosevelt electors, James A. Farley, democratic na tional committee chairman, an nounced today. Other appointments included Martin Fitgerald. La Grande; G. O. Gordon, Baker; Mrs, LelajRa venscroft, Pendleton; Carl Hous tln. Corvallis. V to to' T J4 3 ":i'?7rl -aVrx V5 Zyr i 1 ' is - J, 1 iii" 'f. : r v ? Top: Health and physical edncation mg. iwin win dc qeaicaieq wonmy wiernuoo. e ; s ' , Stephens Meeting Highlight of Week Former Governor, Member of Congress Talks at G.O.P. Event Here The political highlight of the republican campaign for the clos ing week before election will be the address of Governor William D. Stephens of California, ex-governor and ex-congressman, who will speak at the senior high school auditrium Tuesday night at 8 'clockj A big rally is planned by the local republican organiza tions. Musical numbers will be used to start the program. Secre tary Fred D. Tooze is In charge of arrangements. Secretary Tooze ' announces a full week of meetings, over the county, I except . Monday night. Wednesday night a republican mass meeting is announced for Gervals . at the high school audi torium. Governor Stephens will be the speaker there. A Scotch pro gram will be given by Wm. Mc Gllchrist, sr., and Robert Hutch- eon. ! . Thursday night at the Union Hill grange hall Governor Steph ens' will give another address, at the hour of 8 o'clock. An Important meeting for wom en has been arranged by Mrs. R. I. Wright, chairwoman of the Marion county republican central committee. The date is Wednes day, October 28 at 2:30 p.m. The place of meeting Is Room 225. Marion hotel. Mrs. Elizabeth Pessinger, chair woman j of the republican state central committee will give an ad- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Unions Propose Compromise But Strike Threat Remains SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2 4 --JF) Maritime unions prepared to night what they said wag a com promise proposal for peace on the waterfront, but the threat of a strike or tieup overhung Pacific coast shipping. The unions informed Rear Ad miral Harry G. Hamlet, federal maritime commission representa tive, that the proposal embraced terms "'under which a cessation of work on the waterfront can be avoided' Hamlet to Present , It to Shipowners Hamlet was asked to put the proposal before the shipowners. He declined to comment but ob servers said the prospects for Its acceptance did not appear encour aging because the employers al ready had waived their demands for modification of old agree ments and probably would stick to their previous stand, that the unions should do likewise. An eleventh-hour proposal of ifgniniinf building at Oregon State Normal; Dormitory to Be " Dedicated Today Air Blind School Dedication of the new dormi tory at the state blind school, which has been named Irvine hall In honor of B. F. Irvine, blind editor of the Oregon Journal, will take place at the dormitory on Mission 'street this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Participating In the dedi cation will be members of the state board of control, headed by Governor Charles H. Martin, Mr. Irvine, Supt. Dry and staff and pupils of the school, and mem bers of the Lions club which haa made the blind school one of Its special objects of service. Fol lowing the dedicatoryji exercises the dormitory will be open for inspection by the public until 4 o'clock. Supt. Dry will hold dem onstration classes with- pupils. Members of the Lions ' club will act as escorts. Lions from many parts of Oregon will attend. Wallace H. Bonesteeie, chair man of the Lion committee which has arranged the: program, will preside. Dean D. H. Schulze, pres ident of the club will give an ad dress of welcome. Distinguished guests . will speak. Including the governor and Mr. Irvine. Flames ? Destroy . Old Mining Town NEVADA CITY, Calif., Oct. 24. -P)-Fire destroyed most of the old mining town of Forest City, 4 0 miles northeast of here, to day. ; ' ; - , .r Fourteen buildings, including the Belmont - hotel, a landmark of the mining boom days, were swept away. L ' J foreign and eastern shipowners to Increase longshoremen's wages also faced a doubtful outlook. The maritime commission re peated Its request that the un ions advise it immediately wheth er they would call a strike next Wednesday. j " i j v The proposal called for a con tinuation of the preferential hir ing of union men; cash payments for Overtime to seagoing union members; a basic 8-hour, day for licensed ship's personnel and cooks and stewards, and assurance that the conditions would be ret roactive. , . The unions contended this was a compromise offer because no specific wage increases were men tioned and no -specific requests for alterations of old agreements were involved. With the result of a strike vote due tomorrow, it was said Admir al Hamlet would present the pro posal to shipowners as soon as nossible. ' "tJ- '.Hp Tpwap" Bottom:. Administration build- ' ' ' ' . " ' - "y . Al Smith Renews New Deal Attack U. S. Competition Against Private Business Hit in Pittsburgh Talk PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24.-(iP)-Alfred E. Smith, former demo cratic candidate for president, to night assailed the .new deal for "competition with private busi ness." ' He declared the Roosevelt ad ministration had "thrown tile platform plank on business out the window" and had "retarded recovery" by Its regulations. He also struck at the NRA, de- claring that according to the rul ing of the supreme court voiding NRA, "this democratic adminls (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Review of Wagner Act Held Possible WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-ff-Belief the supreme court agreed today whether 'to pass upon con stitutionality of the Wagner la bor relations act-was expressed tonight by government attorneys. Challenges of the legislation by the Associated Press and by ; the Washington, Virginia and Mary land Coach company were before the Justices.! j ' If a decision was reached at their regular Saturday afternoon conference, It will be announced at the noon session Monday; In event the court agreed to review the controversy, it will hear argu ments within a few weeks and later announce a final decision. If a review Is refused, the! de cisions of lower courts sustaining the act will' remain in effect - Through Solicitor General Stan ley Reed, the government Joined In both requests for a "review. Emma J. Simmons Rites on Monday WOODBURN, Oct. 24. Emma Jones Simmons passed away Fri day evening at her residence at 1205 E. Lincoln. She was born January 22, 1856, near Gervals. Her parents were pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. S. W, R. Jones, came to Oregon In 1853. who Mrs. Simmons is survived by her widower, A. C Simmons of Woodburn; one daughter. Alpha Gernandt of Clay, Texas; ten grandchildren; .brothers, M. L. Jones and Scott of Gervais;! sis ter, Mrs. C. S. Clark of Portland. Funeral services will be held from" the Rlngo chapel at Wood burn, Monday at 2 p. m., with interment at Pioneer cemetery. Monday Cougar Scores Cougar Scores Field Goal to Beat Webfoot Dougherty's' Boot from 13 - Yard Line Only ! Score, Eugene Oregon Defense Strong, Aided by Some Breaks But Attack Fails HAYWARD FIELD. Eugene. Ore., Oct. 24. UP) Washington State aimed one sure shot in an aerial battle of punts and passes today and sent the pigskin flying through the uprights for a field goal and a 3 to 0 victory over the University of Oregon. The Cougars,' who fought the vaunted. University of Southern California eleven to a 0 to 0 tie last week, cashed in from the 17-yard line via Fullback Roger Dougherty's-, toe midway through the second period. It was the first defeat in eight years the Webfoots have suffer ed on home grounds and a crowd of more than 10,000 saw the slowly - developing Oregon behe moths take another licking in the Pacific Coast conference race, although the Webfoots' closest one. : One Touchdown is Thrown Away Twice The Cougars threw one other score away when Llttlefield, right halfback, .went over from the nine-yard line In the first period only to have the play called back because a Washington State line man was offside. Quarterback Bayne passed to the goal line cn the next play but Terry, left end, dropped the ball. Still flirting with the idea of a score, the Cougars continued to shoot at the goal line. Bent ley, Oregon quarter, knocked down a second pass and on fourth down, with 15 yards to go, Dougherty tried his first field goal but it was wide and Oregon momentarily saved its eight-year-old record. The victory was a costly one for - the Cougars. Bob Fletcher, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Torvend Head of Luther Leaguers SILVERTON, Oct. 24. Pal mer Torvend of Silverton was el ected president of the Oregon Cir cuit Luther league convention here late today. Kathryn McCall of Portland was elected vice-president, Ruth Thompso nof Silver ton secretary, Richard Melvurn of Canby treasurer,. Clarissa Brager of Silverton was chosen as adviser to the Jun ior intermediate elgaue, and Rev. N. J. Adland of Canby, director of the annual bible conference at Celton. A ..large crowd attended; the convention banquet tonight. - The principal sessions of the conven tion, beign held in Trinity church, are scheduled for Sunday. Split-Period Pay For Relief Work Isn't Authorized The WPA here received no au thorization yesterday to issue split-period pay checks to women on the Salem sewing project. Re plying to a request for such au thority, officers at state WPA headquarters in Portland wired they would advise local officials what to do next week. WPA reg ulations provide, they pointed out, that such extra payrolls may not be made up except when it is done in connection with a change in pay periods. Early payment of half the wa ges . due about November 4 was asked Friday by representatives of the '-- sewing room force who claimed the recent 10-day shut down and consequent shortage In pay checks had left them desti tute.' : r Lightless Bicycle Drive Is Continued Police continued to crack down on bicycles with no lights last night when they turned In three arrests for lack . of lights. They were: Marion Brown, 548 North 21st street; Byron Eric ksen, 144 South 13th street; and Roy Vick, 2090 Ferry street. W. H. Olden, route 4, was ar rested for violation of the basic rule by speedlnr. hi r 4 tes Small Splash, National Pool Candidates and Parties Higher Command Pass ; It Up; Funds Low Several Local Races on Ballot But Receiving Scant Attention Oregon Is the forgotten land so far as both big political parties are concerned. Republicans and democrats have passed it up as a heavy campaign ground and con centrated their ammunition, vocal and financial. In other and more populous centers. After all Ore gon's electoral vote is only five. But in a close election five would decide. Neither state committee ' is flush with campaign funds. Both have had difficulty shaking down GHQ for much money. Each has had to get most of its money by hat-passing. The democrats with the federal offices have put on the squeeze, clear down to the staff workers in WPA offices, though not, so far as is known, to the reliefers themselves. Repub licans have called on party friends anxious to save the nation, with 12500 about the biggest lump in the pot. Oregon has been 'Slighted in the oratory, too. Neither Roose velt nor Landon visited the state. Col. Knox came and made two addresses. Gifford Pinchot made one speech in Portland. Generally the campaigners have been stars of second or third magnitude. The state committees ave had to rely a lot on home talent, with Port land lawyers being called into ser vice for the party. Less Radio Oration, More. Rain Wanted 5 . Radio being what it is, the ora tors do not need to travel at all (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) 11 Convicted of Illegal Surgery LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24.-(ff)-A superior court Jury today convict ed 11 of 13 defendants who have been on trial for a month charged with conducting a coastwise ille gal surgery ring. - The Jurors, after seven hours of actual deliberation, agreed on 117 separate verdicts, covering all counts charged to the defend ants. Court attaches said this was the largest total ever record ed in a criminal trial in Los An geles county. R. L. Rankin, who the prose cution contended was the busi ness head of the operations ring, was convicted of conspiracy and complicity. Joseph Shinn and John Creeth, were convicted of conspiracy, as was William Byrne, former state medical board inves tigator. Doctors Valentine St. J o h n, Jesse C. Ross and George E. Watts and Miss Grace Moore and Miss Lillian Wilson were found guil ty of conspiracy. . Byrne, Dr, James Beggs, Doc tor Ross,-Miss Moore, Miss Wil son and Violette Pellegrini were found guilty of complicity In an operation. The jury al3o convict- ed Miss Pellegrini of conspiracy. Two Broadcasts Today , " NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-fl)-Two network political broadcasts have been scheduled for Sunday, both republican. One is for WEAF NBC at 1:30 p. m., and the oth er for WJZ-NBC at 3:30, with the speaker in each-instance to be .announced. Time is eastern standard. Uregoniyial Mussolini Peace Message is Heard in War-Minded Europe (By the Associated Press) "Peace in work and work In peace!" -.. Thus proclaimed Italy's fiery dictator Mussolini the man who defied the League of Nations and conquered Ethiopia. While Spanish fascist aerial warriors strafed socialist Madrid; while socialist Spain and fascist Portugal struck at each other in Europe' neutrality committee sessions, n Duce shouted: "I desire to launch a message which should go beyond the moun tains and seas. It is a message of peace, peace In work and work in peace." He spoke at Bologna, where ten years ago he escaped an asses sin's bullet and promulgated his credo flive dangerously." His message of peace was the sole bright spot in a tense Eu rope. The breach between fascist inclined nations : and socialist minded state grew steadily wider. Lines Consolidated For Final Assault; Surrender Fief used Fascist Fliers Report All Airports of Defenders Are Abandoned, Counter - Attack Lacking BlackHirds of Death Will Drop Bombs on City if Demands Are Spurned; "Death Before Slavery" Reply ON MADRID BATTLEFRONTS, Oct. 24. (AP) A scor of fascist warplanes tonight bombed the suburbs of Ma drid. . : , The exuberant pilots on landing at their bases said the Getafe and Cuatro Vientos airports near Madrid apparently had been abandoned. - No government planes took the air against them, the insurgent airmen said, and from this they deduced the gov ernment aviators had revolted, or that all government planes were being used to convoy fleeing officials out of Madrid. The besieged and terrified citizens of Madrid prepared to combat death from the air. Filling Larder No Problem if You Know How If you want some gro ceries all yon have to do is walk in and get them. Such seemed to be the reasoning of an unidentified man who. carried out over $25 worth of groceries from Caplan's grocery, 137 South Com mercial street, at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The man was dressed in deliverynian's clothes and had a car or pick-up truck which he left parked in front of the store. lie boldly walked through the store into the back room and pick ed np several boxes of gro ceries that had been set aside for customers. None of the clerks paid any attention to him. After he had made a cou ple of trips and was carry ing a box of milk and sack of flour out the front door, Mrs. David Caplan told offi cers that she asked hfm where he was taking the goods. The man replied that he would get the slip and show her. That was the last that was seen of the man or the groceries. No description of the car was obtained. Real Peace Policy Backed By Landon Outlines Program, Claims Roosevelt Endangers U. S.'Neutrality : INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. H.-iJP)- oov. Alf M. Landon advocated re liance upon neutral rights as "one of the great hopes" for keeping America out of foreign war to nirht in nresentinr a dual pro gram designed to avert conflict and bolster world peace. Rimnltaneoniilv. tha reDnbllcan nominee asserted that President Roosevelt "attempted to put the United States in the forefront of the sanctionist powers against lt- Anrinr h Rthionian conflict and thereby made it probable that if war had come we wouia nave been involved." (Turn to Page 2, Col. '2) . Fascist Portugal broke off dip lomatic relations with socialist Madrid. , Claim Portuguese Kill Spanish Sailors The Madrid government replied with - charges . Portuguese forces killed 40 Spanish sailors In naval battle off the African coast and' alleged 15 German sub marines came to the aid of Span ish fascists; also that "German youths arrived at Seville in au open boat with 12 anti-aircraft guns" October 8. Russia renewed her demand the Spanish non-intervention commit tee authorise a blockade of Port uguese ports to halt alleged fas cist aid to the Spanish insurgent. Moscow observers predicted Russia would offer technical aid to the Spanish socialists as the first development of her declara tion to follow whatever course she chooses in the civil war. Later, it was believed, Moscow might I (Turn to Page 2. Col. 4) Anti-aircraft guns were man ned in 24-hour shifts and cellars were cleared as an anxious popu lace scanned the skies. The Madrid newspapers issued warnings, and the Claridad, a bold type asserted "an onslaught on Madrid is imminent." , Fascist warplanes the dread "blackbirds of death" might soon attempt to bomb Madrid into submission if surrender of fers, continued to be spurned by the city's defenders it was feared. The insurgents captured Zar zalejo. Just three miles from their objective. El Escorlal, 30 miles west of Madrid. The three - pronged lnsurgeat advance on Madrid tonight was pushed forward appreciably. One column was near in g Mos toles, 10 miles southwest of Mad rid; another was at Illecas, 13 miles south of the capital, while the third was driving on El E corial. El Escorlal Capture To Complete Setup With El Escorial , taken, the Insurgent high command said, the attack could be webbed together by cavalry units, and the final assault on Madrid's gates begun. As the frightened inhabitants of Madrid prepared to defend the city, the government ordered mo bilization of all republican party members between the ages ef 29 and 35. , Laborers, organized Into pla-, toons, attempted to raise the aplr. Its of the people by parading with picks and shovels. "All stand together we caoot death before slavery!" they cried. Mail Order Romeo Handed Five Years SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.-iff) A federal Judge regretted today the law permitted him to sentence Samuel Frank, the mall order Romeo whom 13,000 women wanted to marry, to" a prison term of only five years for mail fraud. "My only regret is that I can't ; send him for 10 years," declared Jndge A. F. St Sure. "He is a menace to society." . . The maximum fine of $1,69 permitted under the statutes vu added for good measure to tl man who sent out form letter to women, . borrowing money m the r representation he would. marry them. ; - - ' f Tower Materials Shipment Coming Notice that a freight shipment to be used in erecting the new water tower on Fairmount hill Was enroute to Salvia was received at the city water department yes terday. A donkey engine andotb er equipment was in transit trm Seattle for the Seattle Boiler Works, firm which won the con tract to fabricate and put up tbe new steel tank. The task of erecting the 100, 000 gallon tower is expected to get under way before the end of this week. ' : "A Drunk 'Driving Charged ' Following Auto Crash Virgil James Shlpman. 651 Rosemont, West Salem, was ar rested last night by city police on a charge of driving while in toxicated. . ; Shlpman was arrested follow ing a collision with a car drivrn by Raymond John Kuebler, 1190 State street, at the corner -of Court and Commercial streets at 12 o'clock. T