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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1936)
The Veather Mostly fair, partly over cast today .and Tburlayf temperature is unchanged; Max. Temp. Tuesday 67, Min. 37, river -4.1 feet, north wind. Bargain Near End Only four more days The Statesman bargain or fer of a year's subscription for $3 by mail will close Saturday night. Hurry! FOUND EP 1651 alem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 29, 1936 No. 185 EIGHTY -SIXTH YEAR Price 3c; Newsstands 5c Coastwise SMppers May A vok I Gty Contract On Pipeline Is Now in Effect Nearly All Jobs Will Go To Local Labor Says Head of Company Mayor and Dunkle Place Signatures; Work to Be Started Soon The way was cleared for con struction of Salem's new water supply line to StaytSn when the contract with the city was signed here late yesterday by D. A. Dunkle of Tacoma, vice-president and manager of the American Concrete and Steel Pipe company, for the contractor and by Mayor V. E. Kuhn for the city. A. War ren Jones, city recorder, signed the document before leaving on a business trip earlier In the day. Pleased at obtaining the Salem contract, Dunkle said he would give the project considerable per sonal supervision. He will place Mason Benjamin of the Tacoma firm in charge as project" manager and Fred Jenkins as field super intendent. With the exception of a few key positions, all jobs will be given to local labor in accordance with the city's specifications, the executive assured. lie was not prepared to state the number of Workmen required. Will Build riant Here in November Actual construction operations will start about November 15 when erection of a plajit to manu facture the 3 4,000 feet of 36-inch diameter concrete pipe In the contract will get under M-ay. Pos sible sites for the plant wilt be Investigated by Dunkle today. The location, he said, will be "some where very near Salem." At this plant workmen will weld the reinforcing steel cages which will serve nw core-for the pipe sections and the concrete will literally be spun about this strengthening network. Dunkle cleared up a construc tion point, over which there has been some conjecture among Sa lem citizens when he stated that the concrete pipe would not have a steel cylinder core. Such a core will be unnecessary because of the low pressure under which the concrete section of the line will operate. But an average of 30 pounds of reinforcing steel to the foot will be built into the pipe. Buy Material Here For Concrete Pipe All sand and gravel going into the making of the pipe will be bought locally and the cement will be Oregon made, Dunkle said. The only commitment which has been made to date, however, is with the Steel Pipe and Tank com pany of Portland for manufacture of the 51,000 feet of steel pipe which will be laid from Salem eastward. Into construction of the concrete section alone will go ap proximately 550 tons of steely 8000 barrels or cement and 3500 cubicayirds each of rock and sand. T . 1 The Tentative construction schedule calls for starting fabri cation of concrete pipe about De cember 10 and beginning laying operations toward the end of the same month. F i r s t sections of steel pipe will not be ready be fore mid-January, trying of both kinds of pipe wittbe carried on simultaneously. i Approximate cost of the two sections .of the pipeline will be: Concrete, J242.000; steel, $105, 000. - Testimony Ended, Milk Price Probe PORTLAND, Oct. 28-(P)-Test-raony was completed today in the injunction proceedings against the state milk control board's propos ed price increase for this area and the case was expected to go to the jury tomorrow. George H. Ohen, pool super visor for the board, testified there was' a shortage in the Portland milk supply. The shortage has been advanced by the board as a reason for the increase on the grounds it-is nec essar to make the market more attractive to producers. Closing arguments started this afternoon will be resumed in the morning. Father George Chabot Dies; Formerly Pastor Of Old St. Paul Church PORTt AN D, Oct. 28-(tfV Fatber George C. Chabot, 81, who retired In 1934 after 22 years as pastor of the St. Paul Catholic thurch at St. Panl. Ore., died here today. He formerly was at Rose burg and Tillamook. He was born at St. Larare. Que. . , Downtown Deal Two Buildings Taken Over by Court Street Structures Wijli 42-Foot Front Involved in Sale Reflects Faith in Salem Growth; More Houses Shown in Permits Further proof of upturning faith In the value of Salem busi ness property as an Investment was reflected yesterday by the disclosure of the transfer of two Court street' buildings at a con sideration understood to be ap prximately $32,000. Henry W. Meyers, the purchas er, confirmed report of the deal, which was handled through the W. H. Grabenhorst & Co., Inc., realty firm. 1 The two 'buildings are located at 337 and 347 Court Btreet. The former was sold to Meyers by Dr. Glenn E. Prime and the latter by the Eoff Electric company. Both are two-story structures and to gether they have a 42 frontage. No immediate improvements are contemplaed, Meyers said, but he may do some modernizing be fore next spring. He- made the purchase, he explained, "as a good investment, believing in the future of Salem as I have In the past." The Eoff I building is now oc cupied on the first floor by the Court Street Dairy Lunch and on the second by the Salem Credit (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Homecoming Will Draw Many Crads i. W: U. Event Opens Friday, Puget Sound Grid Game Is Central Event Over 1500 invitations have been sent to Willamette university alumni for ( the fifteenth annual homecoming to begin tomorrow for a two-day celebration. ' Friday at 4 p. m., registration will open in Chresto cottage. As a first welcoming gesture to the grads, a sandwich supper will be held in conjunction with registra tion at Chresto. Miss Lillian Gra ham, vice-president of the student body, inaugurated the idea and hopes to have it made a yearly event. . j Judging in the slogan contest will begin at 6 o'clock. This year's slogan is "Trim the Timbermen" suggested by "Bill" Anton, and will be Willamette's war-cry (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Mollisbn Finishes First! Leg of Hop t HARBOR GRACE, Nfld., Oct. 2S.-iP)-Captain James A. Molli son . veteran British trans Atlantic flier, landed here this afternoon, j completing the first leg of his projected New York London flight. He decided to remain In Har bor Grace overnight and continue his flight if weather conditions prove favorable. He piloted his monoplant from New York to Harbor Grace In six hours and 41 minutes, about an hour more' than he had planned. Mollison said he hoped to com plete his New York-London flight in a flying time of 17 and one half hours, Henry Meyers Self Styled Deserter Gives j Himself Up to Obtain Bonus Facing a charge of fleeing from a military prison is preferable to going without a World war bonus payment, William Warren Crapo, 43-year old clarinet player, told state and city officers here yester day as he gave himself up at the city hall police station. He con sented to being held in the county jail pending notification of army officials that he was ready to re turn and finish out a sentence for desertion, j "I asked at several places about getting my bonus and they all said the only way was to reveal my true identity," Crapo said. "So here I am. It was white of them not to turn me Ib." Somebody fiave Him Drink, So He Left Crapo told police he walked away from the army prison at Fort Winfield Scott. Presidio of San Liberty Essay i Wins Her Trip r '-" -; - ' - r 8 - v " I W fcv ' - .. $ v ' y J " "-wjW " v Essay on ? fiftieth anniversary of Statue of Liberty written by Edna Falk (above), 17, Pueblo, Colo., high school student, has won her a trophy and m Euro pean tour. Liberty Topic of Roosevelt's Talk Peace Also Stressed When 50-Year Ceremony Is Held at Statue NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-(JF-Franklin D. Roosevelt stood today in the shadow of the statue of lib erty and, as president instead of as candidate, rededicated the na tion "to carry forward American freedom and American peace." ; - . . l Soon afterward, speaking to thousands who live In the crowd ed lower east side of Manhattan, he picked up the political banner which he had dropped for the mo ment and promised a "sound housing policy" if the new deal is returned to office. From a tremendous moraing ovation on a motor tour of three New York burroughs, the presi dent rode by ferry to tiny Bed loe's Island in New Yprk harbor to speak during ceremonies com memorating the 50th anniversary of the towering goddess of lib erty. . ; French President Is Heard on Radio They were Franco-America cer emonies because half a century ago the people of France gave the world-renowned statue to Amer ica as a symbol of international friendship and good will. President Lebrun of France par ticipated by short wave radio while his ambassador to Washing ton, Andre de Labonlaye, , repre sented France in person. The stat ue was the vision originally of the ambassador's grandfather, i Today, Mr. Roosevelt said, the symbolism of liberty enlightening the world should be broadened. (Turn to page 7, coL 2) Worker Is Loser Steiwer Charges ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 2S.-(JP) U. S. Senator Frederick Steiwer (R-Ore.) said tonight that "the man chiefly hurt by the new deal is the laborer who has been kept out of employment by new deal policies policies which have been operated to postpone the recovery to which he is entitled." "Our country Is not yet ready," Sen. Steiwer declared In an ad dress prepared for delivery before a republican rally, "to permit the czar of the new dispensation to impose upon this nation, a diluted communism which denies every fundamental principle." Francisco, October 18, 1935, while he was at liberty as a parole pris oner. Asked why he became a fugi tive when he had but five months longer to serve at the prison, he said "a man gave me a drink and I Just walked away." Since enlisting in the 14th cav alry at Walla Walla, Wash., in 1908, Crapo said be bad served in the Philippine islands, on the Mexican border and overseas in the World war. He was 'gassed during his front line service In France but recovered and contin ued In the army "practically all the time since," he said. A bandsman In the regular army, Crapo has plied the carpen ter's trade, during the past year up and down the coast. He is a mild appearing man, five feet, six inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has blue eyes and graying hair. He has no family, he said. is Made Portugal and Italy Geared Of Aid Charge Russia's Vote Alone m Dissent from Finding Of Neutrality Body Proposal of Blockade on Spanish Ports to Be Acted Upon Soon (By the Associated Press) Italy and Portugal were cleared last night by the International "hands-off Spain" committee of charges of sending arms and mu nitions to Spanish fascists. . Three rotes were taken, with Russia the lone dissenter in each case. A proposal by Lord Plymouth, chairman of - the committee, for control of Spanish ports and fron tiers to see that the non-intervention agreement was observed will be referred back by the various diplomats on the committee to their governments. The proposal was made before the 27-nation non-intervention committee by its chairman, Lorff" Plymouth. The committee, which will meet again next Wednesday after a subcommittee meeting Monday, agreed to discuss the pa trol suggestion. Italy Files More Counts Against Russia Fresh Italian charges against Russia, detailing 20 alleged in stances of Russian aid to Spanish socialists, were laid "before the committee by Dino Gandi, Italian ambassador to London. In Spain, 35.000 additional civ ilians were mobilized in Madrid to strengthen the lines against the fascists and food was rationed for the refugee-swelled population of 1,500,000. Fascist armies were within 10 miles of the capital at two points on the south and a fleet of 200 "baby" armored cars and tanks was being- saved for the "final as sault." In London, political fireworks were expected to be touched off on the Spanish situation by the Brit ish government's opposition when parliament meets today to wind up the present session. Labor leaders met Tuesday and drafted a demand for restoration of Madrid's Jght to buy arms from foreign powers. Tentative Budget To Be Ready Soon The state budget which is un der preparation by Wallace S. Wharton, executive secretary, will be-jeady for ihe printer on No vember 10, Wharton said Wednes day. His office is not yet through "examination of the estimates of departmentsThe requests ran to over $20,000,000 which brought a brusque declaration from Gov. Martin that the state' would have to live within its income. The matter of a new state li brary Is under study by the state planning board. The governor plans to submit Its report to the legislature without recommenda tion, leaving to the legislature the problem for solution. No other building for the slate capitol group Is being studied at present, although the need for a state of fice building Is recognized. Chancellor F. M. Hunter of Eu gene, E. C. Sammons of Portland and C. A. Brand of Roseburg, members of the state board of higher education, and C. D. Byrne of Eugene, secretary, called on Governor Martin Wednesday to discuss budgetary matters for the higher institutions. The board is asking a restoration of appropria tions which for four years have been diverted to the state general fund. Enrollment at the state in stitutions is now reported as high est in the state's history. Poisoning Is Diagnosis Of Case, Hospital Here Ludwlg Swenwold, route one, box 354, was received at Salem Deaconess hospital at 10 o'clock last night for treatment of an ail ment diagnosed as strychnine poisoning. Hospital attendants could give no other Information other than that they understood Swenwold had been ill for some time. Fourteen Sheep Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver ALBANY, Oct. 28. - W5) - John Glaser. Tangent, said today a hit run driver who made no attempt to avoid striking a flock of sheep killed 14 of the animals as they l were being driven across a bridge. Ships Tied Up In Advance by Strike Threat Paralysis of Transport On Coast Apparent; Few Boats Sail No Attempts to Operate With Non-Union Men Planned, Portland PORTLAND, OrcOct. 29 (JPj Longshoremen went back to work early this morning, when orders for the threatened strike failed to arrive from Sari Francisco. Three fchips were being work ed. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.-(P) Shipowners watching the ap proach of the zero hour for a projected maritime strike tonight notified the unions individually that further negotiations would be "useless." - The "employers sent letters to the various unions detailing what they said took place In "final" peace meetings during the day. The shipowners rejected not only the conditions proposed by the unions but also refused to consider the workers "solid front" demands which prevented any union from accepting peace terms until the others had been satisfied. i Paralysis b e gla. nLipreading along the waterfronts. Police in San Francisco, Los Angeles and other coast cities prepared for extra duty in the event of trouble. With the midnight deadline only a few hours away, seven ships were reported tied up by "crew action." Ship movements decreased sharply, mail was trans ferred to foreign vessels. PORTLAND, Ocl. 28.-(;P)-The Christenson - Hammond steamer Watson vllle, scheduled to sail this afternoon, was still in the Portland harbor tonight follow ing refusal of the crew to go aboard. The men asked transportation from Eureka, where the vessel was to make a stop, to Los An geles in the event of a tieup at the northern California port. Company representatives said transportation would be furnished if a lockout occurred but not if a strike was called. Fourteen ships and three tank ers were in port tonight. K. c. Conyers. president of the Portland waterfront employers, said no effort would be made by steamship operators to move either ships or cargo if a strike takes place. Loyalists Claim Notable Victory MADRID, Oct. 28-(P)-The so cialist government tonight claimed "the most marked triumph" since the Spanish civil war began with the bombing of the insurgent air ports at Seville, Granada, and Ca ceres. Official reports said a govern ment squadron loosed a deadly rain of 225-pound bombs on Tab alada airfield, Seville, destroying five junkers bombers on the land ing ground and nearby hangars where "planes were being repaired and where those recently deliver ed from foreign countries were being assembled." Sakdal Uprising Philippines Fear -MANILA, P. I., Oct. 28.-(Thursday)-(p)-A plot by Sakdal extremists to forcefully seize the government of Pangasinan prov ince was revealed today, authori ties said, with the arrest 'of 10S persons and confiscation of bombs and other weapons. The' arrests were made in the Pangasianan district, bringing to 141 the total of alleged Sakdals now in jails in the province. Officials said the plot contem plated seizure of local govern ments of the province, and com pared the plan with that which, they claim, was unsuccessfully undertaken in Manila last Octo ber 3 when night-time bombings resulted In a $500,000 fire. Federal Grant Assists Portland Dock Project PORTLAND, Oct. 2S.-(iP)-The federal government granted 1391,040 toward the $88.378 project calling for the partial re construction and enlarging of Portland . Municipal Terminal No. 1 and the construction of a ware house, C. C. Hockley, state PWA administrator, said today. Plans and specifications were called (or. Ag reemerils R eached Unions by Newspaper Strike Solution Offered P-I Accepts But Guild Is Dissatisfied; Labor Council Ponders SEATTLE, Oct. 28.-(iip)-The Seattle labor council tonight re ferred to committees a Post Intelligencer newsroom strike settlement "formula" proposed by the executive commfttee of the American federation of labor at the same t rm e the newspaper, management accepted the plan. With brief discussion, the council sent the executive com mittee's proposal to a guild ad visory committee of the labor council and a committee of the striking Seattle chapter of the American-Newspaper Guild. H. Richard Seller, president of the guild, and the guild strike committee, objected to the terms of the suggested settlement. The terms designed by the ex ecutive committee provided for reinstatement of all strikers, re moval of the newspaper from the Seattle central labor body's ''un fair list," removal of pickets at the newspaper plant, speedy re sumption of publication, and, "for the purpose of settling any dis pute concerning conditions of em ployment of the .employes being reinstated, the central labor coun cil shall appoint a committed in cooperation with President Wil liam Green to confer with -Abe management of the Post-Intelligencer. It specified "no action is re quired of the council" in the cases of Frank M. "Slim" Lynch, news room photographer, and. Phillip Everhardt ArrastTpAg. dramatic critic, because HfeirJtscharges by the Post-Intelligencer "have been placed before the -"national labor relations board whose decision upon the cases Jias not yet been made." - Veterans Choose Jones as Leader Participation in the Armistice day parade and celebration was voted Wednesday night by Marion post No. 661, Veterans of Foreign Wars at a meeting at which offi cers for the coming year were also elected. They include: Commander, Lester Jones: senior vice-commander, Ward W. Wolf; Junior vice-commander, J. D. Stirnaman; quartermaster, WUbur Cavender; post advocate, Miller B. Hayden; post surgeon. Dr. George Lewis; chaplain, Kirk Simpson; trustees for one year, Russell Mudd and Frank Millet. The Silverton post was Invited to join with the Salem post in the Armistice day observance, a Thanksgiving turkey shoot was planned but no definite date set, and a committee was appointed to investigate feasibility of or ganizing a juvenile rifle team. Plans for a joint installation of officers with the ladies' auxiliary were launched. No Rain Yet in Sight PORTLAND, Oct. 28.-(JP)-A continuation of October's bright blue weather . was predicted for Thursday in the daily report of the federal weather bureau. The month already is the driest since 1925. Apple Hauling Protection at PORTLAND, J Oct. 28-(P)-A threatened cessation of shipping activities scheduled for midnight added to the grower-labor apple controversy in portions of Oregon and Washington tonight. Apple growers hurried to lay down their produce on piers be fore the "midnight deadline." City police, escorted growers unload ing in Portland. Salem headquarters of the Ore gon state police received orders from Gov. Charles H. Martin to "take special precaution to pro tect farmers in shipment of their produce by any and all means of transportation they may see fit to use." No disturbance of any kind was reported to police in either state. Tracks Escorted by State, City Police Eight trucks of produce were escorted to the Portland city lim its by city and state police. Three of the tracks were manned by non-union drivers and unloaded at the dock without interference. The Portland teamsters' union objected to a truck operated by Paul Erb of Hood River but lie Minor Owner Group is Once Abandoned Steam Schooner Trade in Accord With Sailors and Firemen; Reopening 1 of General Parley Sought Deep Sea Operators Announce Effort Is Useless, But New Development Results in Plea For Meeting SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29. (AP) While a joint union committee empowered to call a strike of 37,000 maritime workers remained silent, breaks appeared early today in a tense labor situation when tentatlvcagreements were reach ed between two unions and one shipping; group. Midnight, the hour for calling the strike unless basic un ion demands were met, passed with no announcement from the union negotiating committee, which apparently was7 await ing outcome of conferences between marine cooks and stew ards and the Shipowners' association of the Pacific. , Previously, the Sailors union of the Pacific and the Ma rine Firemen announced tentative agreements of new jear- Bonneville Credit Denied toMcNary Martin Had Nothing to Do With It Either Claims Watkins in Speech Elton Watkins,. P'o r 1 1 a n d. brought cheers from his-200 lis teners when he charged , in his speech' at the democratic rally held at the high school last night that "Oregon's seniof senator hadT nothing to do with obtaining BonT nevtiie aam ior Oregon, watkins was speaking for the candidacy of President -Boosevelt. , "Neither did Governor Martin, though he is a good friend of mine, have .anything to do with it," Watkiffs said. "Oregon got Bonneville because Franklin Roosevelt gave it., to us." "Senator McNary hasn't power enough in congress to get 81 ap propriated for. Tongue point," Watkins shouted, 'and at the same time the senators of Wash ington ana! California are getting large appropriations for naval and army improvements in those states." Claims Bonneville Would Be Dropped Watkins-charged that should a republican administration be el ected, Bonneville would not be developed. He pointed to Muscle shoals as a foundation for his as sertion. ' The whole Issue of the cam paign is whether human rights are to be put above property rights, Watkins charged. He asked republican . leaders to answer (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Russian Shipping Bombarded, Word LISBON, Oct. 28.-;p)-A Span ish fascist radio broadcast heard in Lisbon today asserted insur gent airplanes had bombed Barcelona and seriously damaged several Russian ships which the broadcaster said were discharg ing cargoes of war materials. The broadcaster added that the military barracks in the socialist held city were also bombed. Speeded With Martin Order unloaded his truck without in cident. Police stood by. Al RosseV, secretary of the teamsters' union, said only trucks to which the union objected were those of trucking companies op erated by non-union drivers. Prompt action was taken by Governor Martin to prevent any interference with delivery of ap ples by Hood River orchardists to Portland docks. Hearing reports that members of the teamsters' union had attempted a blockade on apple trucks driven by non union drivers, Gov. Martin wrote Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police, as follows: "I do not propose that the un fortunate situation existing in Se attle with regard to the entrance of farmers' products into the city shaU be tolerated in Portland or any other Oregon city. ."I desire you to take special precaution to protect the farmers in the shipment of their produce by any and all means of trans portation they may see fit to use. "You will therefore suppress any such interference with trans portation with the use of such force as li necessary." With Two O long contracts had ibeen reached with the shipowners association, 32 companies wTdch operated coast wide freighters, the so-called steam schooner trade. - - Negotiating committees of the firemen and sailors then asked Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady" to arrange an "im mediate" conference with the coast committee for shipowners, a group largely of offshore op-, erators. This latter group, headed by T. G. Plant, last night informed individual .marine unions that further negotiations would be Vuseless." Plant announced members of his committee were scattered for the night, but if he could not get them together, immediately,, he wouWarrange the conference as cjrly as possible today. Observers said they believed any action by the joint union committee toward a strike call probably would be delayed for some hours. '.f. No details were, divulged con cerning what i the two union groups wished to discuss, but ob servers said it probably had to do with the general marine labor crisis. Operators of eastern and for- -eign lines, third employer group in the picture, retired without any answer from the international longshoremen's association to pro posals tor a separate agreement. The whole situation was cloud ed by a previous union "solid front" stand which prevented sep arate peace terms until all other groups had been satisfied. Under the tentative agreement between the shipowners' associa tion and the two unions, wages ef sailors and firemen would be rais ed 810 to $80 per month a slight increase in overtime pay would be granted, and union members given preference in hiring. '-The 37,000 union maritime workers, meanwhile, awaited for calling the strike that threatened to paralyze Pacific coast marine commerce and affect movement of nearly 100 vessels: Campaign on the "Air Today NEW YORK. Oct. 28-(P)-The political schedule on the broad casting networks Thursday in cludes: (Time is eastern standard) Democratic WJZ-XBC 12:15 p. m. "Women of '36," Lillian Gish; WEAF-NBC 8:30, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson from Arkansas City, Ark. r WJZ-XBC 9:30, Sec retary of State Cordell Hull from Cleveland; W'OR-NY Estate 9:30, Gov. H. H. Lehman from New York City; WJZ-SC 10, Secre tary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal lace from Des Moines. The "Com mittee of One" broadcast sched uled for WJZ-NBC at 2:15 was cancelled. Republican WEAF-NBC 4:3, Landon Radio clubs, Dan Wal lace; WEAF-NBC 5:45, Gov. A. M. Landon from New York; CBS 7. East, 11 West William Hard Comment; WJA-NY state 9, Judge W. F. Bleakley from New York; WABC-CBS 9:30, Gov. A. M. Landon f rom-New York. Independent Coalition WABC CBS 5:45 (insert), Edna Wool man hase and Sophie Kerr. Jeffersonlan democrats WJZ NBC 8, Joseph B. Ely from Syra cuse, N. Y.; WJZ-NBC 10:30 (in sert), James A. Reed from Toledo. Association of tax equality WJZ-NBC 830, former Governor William. H. Murray from Tulso. Okla. Additional WOR-MBS 10, Rev.. Charles E. Coughlln from New York. - (Note: .Above schedule sub ject to last-minute change.)