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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1936)
Bargain Near End Only two more days- The Statesman bargain of for of a year's subscription for 93 by mail will close Saturday night. Hurry! The 7eatlier Unsettled, probably show en today, Saturday cloudy cooler; Max. - Temp. Thurs day 63, Mia. 2.4, river -4.1 feet, light southwest wind. FOUNDEP 1691 - EIGHTV-SIXTH year Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, October 30, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 18S ID) Coast 44 aura Return of Old Grads Awaited At Willamette Annual Homecoming Will Draw Hundreds; Grid Game Highlight Carnival Follows; Alums Will Attend Banquet Saturday Night PROGRAM OP WILLAMETTE HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES . Friday 4-fl p. in. Registration and sandwich supper at Chresto cottage. O p. in. Judging of sign con test. " 8: 115 p. in. W ilia mette C. P. S. game, Sweetland field." 10:30 p. in. C arnival in gymnasiuui. Saturday 5:30 p. m. Alumni banquet at Fraternal temple. 8:15 p. m. H o in e c o nilftg play, "The Torch Bearers" at the high school. Hundreds of alumni are expect ed on the Willamette university campus today as they return to take part In the 15th annual home coming festivities today and Sat urday. Homecoming will be officially opened tonight when Willamette and College of Puget Sound stage their gridiron battle on Sweetland field at 8:15 o'clock. Over 300 graduates are expected to be in the reserve section of the grand stand singing old fight songs and rooting for the Bearcats. A special feature between halves will be the demonstration of the newly reorganized Salem drum and bugle corps directed by T. B. Tom" Hill and the Willamette university hand conducted by Ralph Nohlgren. There are over 45 pieces in the two bands com bined. The annual freshmen-sophomore "bag rush" will also take place at the half. . Plans are being made to an nounce the winner of the sign con test sometime during the game. A silver trophy will be awarded to the living organization having the best sign. -Prizes Arranged for Best Carnival Booth Directly . following the . game a carnival will be staged by the as sociated students of Willamette in the gymnasium. Various booths and sideshows will be exhibited by the organizations and clubs on the campus! Three prizes will be awarded for the best booths. Jud ges will be three faculty members. Prof. William C. Jones, Forrest Mills and Mrs. Gail Royer. Judg ing will be based on originality, popularity and appearance. The highlight on Saturday's program will be the annual alumni banquet to be held at the Frater nal temple at 5:30 p. m. Hugh Mc Gilvra, '28, president of the Wil lamette alumni association, will preside. . President Bruce Baxter will present the new faculty mem bers. Dr. Lyman White and Dr. Chester Luther. Dr. Baxter, Prof. .William C. Jones and C. M. In man, 01, will speak during the banquet telling of the progressive steps being taken at the tfniver sity. Reservations for the alumni banquet and game may be obtain ed from Lestle Sparks at the graduate manager's office at the gymnasium. 'Torch Bearers" to Be Concluding Event Climaxing the homecoming ac tivities will be the presentation of "The Torch Bearers" by Theta Al pha Phi, Saturday night at the Salem high school auditorium at 8:15 p. m. This play is an ex (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Campaign on the Air Today NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-P)-Po-litlcal broadcasts for Friday have been announced as including: (Time is eastern standard). Republican WEAF-NBC 4:30 p. m., Landon Radio clubs, "Cali fornia Day"; WABC-CBS 6, Got. A. M. Landon from Charles ton, W. Va., CBS 7 east, 11 west, William Hard comment; WEAF NBC 9, Herbert Hooter , from Denver; WJZ-N.Y. state 9, Judge W. F. Bleakley from Brooklyn; - WEAF - NBC : 9 : 4 5 Col. Frank Knox from Gary, Ind. Independent coalition WABC CBS 6:45 Catherine Emmett from Philadelphia. Jefferson democrats WJZ NBC 7, Edgar Allen Poe from New York (west repeat at 11); WJZ-NBC 10, Bainbridge Colby. Democratic WABC-CBS 10 (insert), Joseph E. Da vies from New York; WOR-N.Y. state 10:30, Got. Hr H. Lehman, from; Brooklyn; WJZ-NBC 10:30. Vice President Garner from Uvalde, Tex., and Jesse Jones from Dal las. .-':-:: Progresslve-WABC-CBS 10:30 John L. Lewis from Washington. Note: Above schedule subject to last-minute changes. Secret Loyalist Army Plots Rear Fascists Counter -j Of fensive Declared f of Several Key Towns Or 0 Britain Defend Starjp (By the Associated Press) BRITISH government leaders last night in the reassembled House of Commons briskly defended the international "hands-off Spain" agreement. Meanwhile in Spain, according to authoritative Spanish socialist sources in Paris, the centrated a secret army equipped with tanks and warplanes Fur Coat With Value of 350 Is Lifted Here I . ! : Going after a big prize, a shoplifted invaded the Do Bain f nr shop, on the second floor of the .Miller building at noon yesterday and stole a coat valued at $350, Emil DuRain, proprietor, report ed to city" police. The gar ment was made of 150 Si berian squirrel skins, one of the best coats he had in the shop, DuBain said. ' He believed the theft may have been committed by a fur stealing gang about which he received a warn ing circular from other fur riers recently. Boy Killed; Crash Is Blamed on Fog Delbert Hill, 16, Canby High Student Victim ; of Highway Smash Delbert Hill, 16, freshman in the Canby high school, died in the Deaconess hospital here Thursday afternoon as a result of injuries suffered early that morning in a head-on automobile collision near Barlow hill on the Pacific highway. The only per son in either car seriously hurt, he died of a fractured skull. Delbert. with his brothers Richard "and Louis, was on his way to school in their light car. They turned out to pass a school bus, and collided with the car driven by. Max Mack, from Marion ette, wis.,! a recent arrival who is planning to locate in Oregon. Heavy fog was blamed for the collision. It was claimed that the Hill boys j had their car lights turned on but there were conflict ing reports as to whether Mack's lights were burning. Mack's car was not badly damaged but the Hill boys': machine was virtually demolished- The injured boy was given first aid and then rushed to the. hospital here. The three Hill boys were or phans, living with their uncle, Joe Hill, of the Canby vicinity. Their parents' home was at Swan ton, Wis. j , Funeral: arrangements had not been announced Thursday night. False j Addresses ' Giveirby Voters, Republican Claim PORTLAND, Oct. 29-(F)-fitew-art Weiss, chairman of the Mult nomah county republican com mittee, said tonight he had in formation of registation Irregular ities for the November election. He said watchers would be plac ed at the polls to challenge pros pective voters. The republican charged that numerous registra tions had been made from ficti tious addresses. : Marble F acing Possible; Bid T. Chance for white marble for the new postoffice, to harmonize with the j new state capitol, was seen Thursday when the report from Washington came in on the bids. The lowest bid for marble faced building was $255,600 by L. H. Hoffman, Portland. Lowest for sandstone, such as the Wilke son sandstone 'used in the new. Portland federal courthouse, was $240,000 by 4he Wilkes Engineer ing company of Des Moines; la. The lowest bid for limestone, like Bedford limestone, -was Dougan Hammond Construction company of Portland. . The allocation for the post office building was $265,000. The allowance for engineering and architects' fees Is thought to be around $20,000? which would leave about $245,000 tor con struction. Since the allocation is made by the procurement division of the treasury out of a general public buildings; appropriation, Attack on Near "ipital vsful ; Capture Leaders in Commons ?-. t. FT Madrid government has con for a rear attack on the fascists besieging the capital. Prime .Minister Stanley Bald win told the British legislators the British government felt "some breaches" of the non-in tervention agreement had Occur red. "But they have not been any thing near of sufficient import ance to cause us to modify our policy in regard to non-interven tion." That policy, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden earlier told the (Turn to Page 16, Col. 6) Haircut Prices Up At Several Shops Join Union; Picket Placed at One Holdout Place No "Unfair" Sign The price of haircuts jumped from 35 to 50 cents in 14 Salem barber shops yesterday as they re turned to union status under an organization movement now in progress. At the Bame time a un ion picket appeared In front of one shop whose proprietor declin ed to meet the new price sched ule. : : " - - Barbers' local No. 629 began its organization drive Tuesday follow ing a general meeting at the Sen ator hotel Monday night. It was disclosed yesterday by 'Albert Halseth, secretary. Fifty barbers attended the meeting and the unionization of the 14 shops re sulted. Previously only six shops with 15 members had carried the union card and charged the 60 cent rate for haircuts. No -Unfair' Sign Carried by Picket Halseth said the picket assign ed to the one shop yesterday had been cautioned not to carry a (Turn to Page 16, Col. 2) ulletin LONDON, Oct. 80. - (Jp) - A stern ' Brit ish " warning, voiced ; by Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord ' of admiralty, today told the; Moscow-dominated "Comintern" i (communist international or ganization) not to interfere with affairs in London. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30. UP Inactivity spread over thoi Portland harbor this morning as the local union passed along word of the coast-wide mari time strike called at San Fran cisco. i Telegrams were dispatched to points of call along the Wil lamette and Columbia rivers Informing crews and dock workers of the midnight ac tion. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-)-A sit - down strike In sympathy with maritime workers on the Pacific 'coast was ordered into effect on all American ships in New York harbor at noon to day, Joseph Cnrran, chairman of the seamen's defense com mittee, announced.: N 1 for Postoffice Figures Given chamber of commerce officials who have. been following the post office job, hope that sufficient money. may be added to the or iginal allotment to make marble possible, since the difference over sandstone is only $15,600 and over limestone $32,600. Today the matter will be taken up with Sen ator McNary and Governor Mar tin, for their aid with tht treasury oiiiciais. ! . i Bids were received fronTeleven contractors, the alternates : for facing being light-colored sand stone or limestone, terra cotta or marble. The three lowest bidders in each material were: : Sandstone Wickes Engineer ing" and- Construction - Co., iDea Moines, la., $240,000; Dougan Hammond Construction Co. $243. 800. both of Portland. Limestone Dougan-Hammond Construction Co., $223,000? L. H. Hoffman, $224,000; Drake, Wy (Turn to Page 16, CoL t) B Landon Issues Challenge For. F. K. to Reply Insists Upon Statement of Roosevelt Stand on Constitution Nine-Point Creed of His Own Attitude Given at Last Talk in East NEW YORK, Oct. 29. UP) Got. Alf M. Landon presented a nine-point political creed to the nation tonight and then closed his eastern campaign with a per sonal "challenge" that President Roosevelt state within 48 hours 'his purposes and intentions" to ward the constitution "he swore to uphold." "The people of this country will not trust a man who does not trust them," the republican nominee told cheering thousands in Madison Square Garden. "If he trusts them he will answer the questions being asked from one end of the country to the other. "Does he favor reversing the principles of the national recov ery act? or does he favor the American system of free initia tive? "Does he favor reversing the principles of the agricultural ad justment act? or does he favor allowing the farmer to be lord on his own farm? "No One Can Bo Sure," Reiterates "Does he favor concentrating more and more power in the hands of the chief executive? or does he favor a return to the American form of government? "These three things are insep arable. ... TellaUus where you stand Mr. President. Tell us not in generalities but clearly so that no one can mistake your mean ing. And tell us Why -you have evaded the issue until the eve of the election. ... "By the words that you speak (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Pipeline Work at Island Completed The 124,309 steel pipe laying contract for the Salem gravity line above Stay ton was finished early this week and filling of the trenches begun bywater depart ment crews, water Juanager Cuy- ler Van Patten reported yesterday. All of the wood pipe contracted to be laid on Stayton island at cost of $16,857 has been constructed in the trenches but the task of applying steel reinforcing bands has not been finished. Approximately a mile and a half of pipe has been laid alto gether between Stayton and the center of Stayton island. Construc tion of a 14-foot square concrete structure to house control valves at the foot of. the Island Is a'bout one-half finished. . As soon as a small excavation job in the Masonic park at Stay ton is done, the power shovel be ing rented by the water depart ment will be moved back on to the island and development of the in filtration galleries from which the city's water supply will be ob tained will bo resumed. This part of the water program had to be stopped temporarily because so much water was being developed that it interfered with construc tionist the wood pipeline below. Municipal Water Twin Gties Plan NORTH BEND. Oct. 29-(ifV City councils of Marshfield and North Bend In session here took the first step toward a proposed municipal water system by voting to rue water claims on south coos river from Tidewater to "a point eight miles upstream. Officials of the Coos Bay Pulp corporation were quoted as say ing they would pay $30,000 more a year for sufficient water and would triple the capacity of their plant near Empire. The bay cities are served by the Oregon-Washington water service company. Find Dynamite in Church Jgasemeiit VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 29- OrV-Rev. A. L. Van Auken, pastor of the Church; of Christ at Wash cugal, today gave officers a half stick of dynamite ha laid ne found in the church basement. The minister, who has been here since September, - told Sher iff Leland Morrow that he had been the subject of a series of petty annoyances. He said a buck et of watetshad been emptied In the organ, steer shavings placed in his gasoline lank. and spikes driven in the tlreaj. ' Tie -Up Includes All Vessels Despite Previous Peace i . o- o '. 1 Strike Effect Will Be Noted Situation Not as Grave as Would Have Been One Month Ago Shipments of Industries Here May Be Halted; -Fuel is Problem Salem may not get to see the picket lines of the expected water front strike but should the tie-up continue for any length of time its effect will be felt here. Such is the opinion of business men who discussed the pending strike yesterday. The situation will not be as serious as It would have been had the strike been called Octo ber 1 when the working agree ments between the shipowners and employes expired. At that time canneries were running to full capacity and had a run of four or five weeks facing them. Now, practically all of the can neries have ended their packs and the only inconvenience they will experience will be in shipping canned goods to markets. When the packing season was underway the canners might have been handicapped by the loss of fuel oil to run their plants and by the lack of cans and sugar for the- canning. ' Industries First - ; To Feel Effects V Canneries and "paper mills will be the first of the major Indus tries to feel the effects of the strike locally. Following closely are the oil distributors and groc ery stores. The situation might have been worse if the prolonged waning of the possible strike had not been given. All of the industries have made all the shipments possible in contemplation of the strike and oil companies- and -grocers have filled their storage space to capacity in order to avoid the extra cost of shipping goods by rail. Fuel oil will be among the first of the commodities to raise in price should the strike prove lengtny. storage space for the oil Is not large and the cost of ship ping by rail will necessitate a raise in prices. The major portion of the ship ments of the two paper mills is made by water. Eastern and for- ( Turn to Page 16, Col. 4) , Cat Tootles Horn Here in Violation City Ordinance Walter Thompson, genial city policeman, went a-sleuth-ing for the source of a toot ing automobile horn hut little did he suspect what, the iden tity of the culprit would prove to be. Thompson hunted and hunt ed, his ear cocked to the" breezes, for that intermittent ly honking horn, which" came from somewhere in the vicinity of State, and High streets. He almost made the .mistake of ac cusing a woman, whom he no ticed sitting in a parked auto mobile. . - , Just as he was ; about to make this mistake, however, he spotted the offender and It was a cat. " . The tabby had been left In the car by her mistress and in seeking a vantage point from which to peer out of the car was pad - padding a raucous tune on the horn button. Milk Price Case Ruling Withheld PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 2f.--flP) -Judge Louis Hewitt" today took under advisement testimony of fered in the Portland milk price case.. V . .. " - . - . It was expected he would make a decision within the next few days on whether the state milk control board's proposal for a price jump will be placed in ef fect. The board was recently re strained from boosting the price from one to three cents a quart by the issuance of a temporary injunction. , Closing arguments were com pleted this afternoon. , mm r Bitter Tie-up of Two Years Ago Recalled as Marine Men Strike - , jt - a - ,. - :'' " 9- .- : ' J San Francisco ill V f General Li Above, a scene on the San Francisco waterfront, center of the marl , time difficulties; below, disorder which marked the conflict be ' tween longshoremen and shipowners at that time. Apple Men Oppose Unions Activities Will Drive Own Trucks if Necessary; No Trouble Noted in Portland HOOD RIVER, Oct. 29-65V Sixty Hood River apple growers met here today, criticizing alleged attempts of the Portland team sters union to organize truckers of farm produce. William Perkins, Portland, se cretary of the Oregon Growers and Shippers association, said an ef fort would be made to "fight back" by the use of public opin ion. The growers said they would stand as a body and see that their fruit is handled regardless of any emergency. They said they were prepared to truck their own ap ples to Portland and if necessary load them aboard outgoing steam ers. H. M. Dexter, president of the Hood River Traffic association, branded union activities in con nection with the apple trucking as "racketeering." . PORTLAND, Oct. 24-J)-The dispute between the. teamsters un ion and the apple producing in- (Turn to Page 16, Col. 2) Rain Is Forecast For This Weekend PORTLAND, Oct. 29-tiP)-With throngs converging upon Portland for the football classic between the Oregon Webfoots and the Washington Huskies, the weather forecasts indicated rain for west ern Oregon. The 37-degree reading this morning was the lowest since April. Producing eenters welcomed the possibility of moisture. Grid iron fans saw hope in the chance that a storm brewing at sea might pass to the north of Oregon. Bu ilding Supply Firm Buys Property Plans Expansion A Salem Industrial development which' ultimately will represent an Investment of $15,000 was an nounced yesterday by Keith Brown manager of the Building Supply company, in corroborating rumors his concern had purchased an 83V by 165 foot piece of un developed property- onNortn Front street. The purchase from Sarah E. Carrier, was 'made through W. H. Grabenhorst & Co.; Inc. Brown also confirmed reports' the Building Supply company was selling Its sash and door factory in West Salem to the Salem Box company. Inc., of which John S. Friesen Is president. While the deal was negotiated six weeks ago. water front IX V - , j - - JA strike of 19S4 Defeat All Bills, Advice of Martin Governor Hits Especially at Bank, Power Plans; Views Fire Scene NORTH BEND, Ore., Oct. 29. (-Governor Martin, speaking at an Informal banquet here to night, advised the people of Ore gon to "sharpen their pencils and vote 'no on all eight measures on the ballot next Tuesday." " ."These fool bills will only get the state into more trouble," be said. The governor referred partic ularly to the state bank bill and the state power bill. ' . The bank bill, he said, "takes up back to the old days. Why, the state bank idea was in the discard 50 years ago. The power bill would bond the state to build transmission lines which the fed eral government will build any how. And it places the water rights of the state under the con trol of three politicians who per- (Turn to Page 16, Col. 3) Democrats Slate Parade and Rally The last democratic . rally of the campaign will be held tonight. starting with a street torchlight parade ; led by the senior high school band. The parade will form on fUgh street, at the Senator hotel and march, at 7: 30. p. m., to State street, going west on State to Commercial, then south on Com mercial to Ferry and on to -the armory where the rally . will' be held, starting at S o clock. Sena tor Ashby C. Dickson of Portland will be the main speaker. All democratic county, candi dates will be on the platform and will be allowed to speak two minutes. it will not be fully in effect until about January 1. A permit tor the first unit of the ' Building Supply company's new storage yards to be developed on the new site, 285 North 'Front street, -was Issued at the city hall here Tuesday. Listed In permit records as costing $1,750, it will be ready for occupancy about November- 15. Already 63 per cent ahead of 1935, October building permit values this year will be at least the highest since 1930, and the second' Highest on record, a pre liminary check of records at the city , hall showed yesterday. To date this month permits for $10, 657. worth of repairs and alterations-and $48,105 worth of new construction have been Issued. Move 37,000 Marine Workers to Be Idle, Forecast, -' ' Committee Vote Without Dissent lAfter Failure of Last Negotiation McGrady Still" Works to Bring Peace; Loss to " Entire Coast Seen SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 30-fFrldavWAn-A strike of 37.066 maritime workers, threatening for days to paralyze coast marine commerce, was ordered into ef-1 feet early today. The strike call, announced through Assistant Labor Secre taryEdward F. McGrady, .was issued by F. M. Kelly, secretary of the Joint union negotiating committee, representing all the major marine unions. . Kelly said the committee voted unanimously to call the walkout after a meeting last night at which all angles -of the labor situation were niscussed. Randolph Meriwether, secre tary of the marine ens-ineera ben eficial association, said the Joint committee had received "hun dreds" of telegrams of support from unions all over the country. "The soup Is on." he declared. Proerees Previously Made Toward Peace Ironically, the strike call found nrorress beine made toward new workine agreements between going unions and coastwise freight operators, one of three employer groups in the complicated situa tion. - The offshore operators, headed by four major lines, ended a final conference with the sailors union of the Pacific in disagreement, however, and the third employer group, the eastern and foreign .lines, had received no replies to a separate peace offer made to the International Longshoremen' association. The strike call, delayed 24 hours for last minute negotiations by the coastwise employers, found at least 15 ships already tied up in coast ports by crew disputes. Nearly 2000 vessel, which bring cargoes whose Values run" Into hundreds of millions of dol lars annually, faced tie-up by tee walkout. -5: No estimates were Immediately available as to the cargoes fac ing delay on docks, but the pres ent season is a busy one for move ment of thousands of tons of canned goods and fresh fruits, valuable cargoes which bring as high as $60 per ton for handling. McGrady Continues Efforts to Settle McGrady, who has been here. for several days attempting to avert the walkout, said he would stay on the Job in efforts to bring speedy peace. "What has happened in this sit uation is sheer madness," he de clared. "We will leave no stone unturned in an effort to reach a speedy settlement. "This strike will be-MUIoss ro industry, to workers, and to th public of the entire Pacific coast." He said his first, step would be to call a meeting between the masters, mates and nilots. and th coastwise shippers. After that, be saia, ne would mo vet a bring tbe unions together with the off&hor. and eastern and foreign group. Employers said the offshore n- erators, headed by the Dollar, Mat- son, American - Hawaiian, and Swayne end Hovt lines, handle about 65 per cent of the coast's tonnage; tne eastern and foreign ITurn to Page 16, CoL 1) Wolves Nose Out Win Over Albany ALBANY. Ore.. Oct 2S-4JP)- The Oregon Normal school Wolves not only knocked at the door bat came, right in to score a 7 to 0 victory over Albany college her tonignt. . , .- : The victory-winning touchdown came Just before the close of the first half. Tounce snagged Bot., den's thirty-yard pass and stepped across the goal. Kelly's try for extra point struck the cross bar and -bounced over. The Wolves marched to within the Pirate ten. yard line three times in the' first period but were held back by a rugged goal-line defense. The teachers displayed attack ing power far superior to what the score would Indicate and were never In danger.