1'
i - Little Merchants
. Tptd S7eatu"ei -f.
' Fair today and Friday x
,'cept for fogs; slightly warm
cr; Mas. Temp. Wednesday -40,
Mln. 41, rlrer -4.1 feet,
rain .04 inch. .
I ., Tour Statesman carrier ii
i ' m business man; be pays -
. the paper he deliver.
Prompt ; payment of sab
criptlonsberps him ncceed.
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EIGHTY-SlXTU YEAR
Satan, Oregon, Thursday Monsr, November 19, 1338
ik Price 3c; Neirsztsads 5e
No. 2C3
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Trade
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FlaxCropfor
1936 Exceeds;
'uota
Payment to Growers May
Run. Slightly Under
. " Proposed . Amount
Industry Outlook Bright
-. -' Says I Laws.; as Season
Results Scanned ; -.
! Although ; thai -i Willamette . Tal-
. ley. nax crop .did not come up o
omit 'of the predictions ' made
. early in the summer, still it was
bo: large that the allotment made
for . the federal 1 subsidy ---of SS la
O 1
auDsittvti
.IV
"" ton will;j .-from -i present -appear-.
ances,", not be sufficient to watte
-full payment on j the gcrop. ThV
subsidy was granted on 606 S tons,
-"" based ; on a five-year -productidn
average, but the! crop this year
was S1S3 tons fj with the resujlt
,V that : the growers ' WO! probably
only receive$4.S8 a ton from the
gorernment. - i
iL.L. Laws, who Is In charge of
i the flaxplan at the state peniteu
' tiary, is now compiling the ac
counts of the growers to-be foT
. warded to the gorernment or eejr
: tif lcation. payment will ! be made
jwnen therecord - Is completed.
The arerage yield on 2463 acrj--s
! that were planted: in flax j this yer
was 2.1 tons per tacre. It was in
timated early i In the season that
the crop would ran around three
tons to the acre but Ioes from un
favorable weather! just before har
vest eut down the yield.
Industry Prospect ; '
Declared Bright
I With the prospect that the gov
ernment subsidy! will be contin
ued and with 1 three " new flax
plants located at Mt. Angel. Cam
by and Eugene, prospects for the
development of the industry are
bright. Law said 77 . I '
f . Asked If there I was not a pos
sibility : of over-production I-aws ,
pointed out that the It wo' Salejm
linen mills will probably use cloise
to 350 tons of flax fiber this year
andi production Willi - only ?5e
aronnd 145 tons. The balance
will have to be Imported.
! 1 The flax fiber amounts to oifly
about 10 per cent of the flax crop
after It has been! processed. The
current year's crop doe not go
into production until the follow
ing I season. Last year's flax erbp
was short so tbe.fiber this season
will fall below normal.
Laws also pointed out that ap
proximately 5000 tons of filler
are' imported each year into the
United States and that inquiries
are being- received on Oregcrn flax
from ' eastern ; dealers, j Dealers
would rather." buy Oregon flax
than the Imported fiber becausef of
Its better quality; be said, j
The Willamette" valley fiber
compares well With the. best fjax
I in the world, which Is produced
In Belgium, is as good as the Hol
land fiber and far excels the Rus
sian crop which ! Is short, dirty
and generally j of poor quality.
But, because Russia produces al
most 80 per cent of the flaxf of
the world, the largest portion! of
importations come from that na
tion. ' "'I .!
"It is estimated that we eduld
plant between 60,000 and 60.000
acres of flax" in jthe Willamette
valley,! Laws satd. "This isfon
thebasls of a I five year ; rotation
plan. I think tbatj it" will be qhite
m while before! we r each j the jsat
uration point.! . , : : !
Flax does not take any nfor
out of the ground than 'any other
grain. Laws said.! The trouni1 is
damaged only because nothing Is
not back. This: comes because; the
flax is pulled instead of cut. .tFor
this reason it has; been found I ad
visable to rotate the-crop and to
fertilize the off-year over rP
rather than the flax itself. f
That flax growing does pay the
farmers well is shown "by a (tab
ulation of xosts and returns made
op from reports! received fom
Xlax i rrowrera In I the Willamette
CTurf to pag 2, col. )
Fog Is Blamed in
Serious Accident
The first serious- - aatomebile
accident blamed j on foggy road
conditions which set in Monday
aent Chester P. Smith. 37. of; Jef
ferson route one,' to Salem Deac
oness hospital early last night
for treatment of internal and aP
injuries. The full extent ana ser
tnniinesa of his inluries hadf not
been tally determined at. a
hour. " -! i ' - '" '
Smith tnld atata nolice he
late
sud-
denly : came upon a wood track
Arin Viv flporre Doran. Salem
route three, on th Paclfle high
way fonr miles sontn oi saiem r .
C:1B p. m. and attempted to void
m niHlnn bv.awervlnr to, the
right.-The left side of his heavy
coupe, however, ; cangnt on
... ti. niV and was virtual
ly ripped off and Smith was drag
ged out of the ear along wun w
-wreckage. . .. I ' : i.. -
Doran wss not hurt and -his
truck but slightly damaged
BRAIN TRUSTS ? NO. 1 QUITS HIS JOB
Rex ford Tngwell, resettlement administrator, quizzically strokes his chin as be and President Roosevelt
- inspect the Greenbelt community built by the resettlement administration near Berwrn. Aid. Perhaps
Prof. Tugwell was thinking at the
election was over. Announcement or him resignauon was made yesterday after being rumored the pre
- Tious day. ; . : I - i j
i f o ; i
Quits to
Take Privae Job
Molasses Executive Task
Awaits; Delays Word
: During Campaign;
WASHINGTON, Nov, UjP)
Annonncement today that Rex
ford j G. Tugwell soon will; step
out of the Roosevelt administra
tion to become a molasses i com
pany executive stirred widespread
speculation in the capital today
on its possible significance, j
Reasons for: the retirement of
the young Tbraln 1 truster jfrom
his dual post as undersecretary
of agriculture and resettlement
adminlstratlonawere1 hidden J in a
carefully phrased exchange of let-.
ters given j out by the white
House. :
Tugwell's ; letterof .resignation
only
to "reasons which have been dis
cussed between us more, than
once. ' Tbe president's repiy aa
dressed to "Dear Rex" saikl "I
fully understand the reasons
make you feel you should for a
time at least return to piftvate
life for a few. months."
President Expects
T9-Call Him Back
But the president praised
TUg
fully back
well's service nd said "I
expect to ask you to come
to render additional service.
(Turn to page 2, col. 41
Geese Arrive for
WUd LifeTariey
CORVALLIS. Nov. lS.Ujf)-
Having heard the wild life" confer
ence called by Governor Martin is
open Go all Interested, two Can
ada gjee stopped off today on
their southward flight Apparent
ly they expect to attend. I
The geese alighted near the
poultry 'building on the Oregon
State college campus. They jwere
welcomed by Arthur S. Eintersen
of the U. S. biological survey who
is stationed at O. S. C.
The- wrild life conference! .will
open tomorrow under .the direc
tion of Ed F. Averill of 4he Oregon
wild life council. f
Governor Martin will bei the
speaker at the banquet tomorrow
night.
Dr. W, I Fialfty, noted Oregon
naturalist, will show several freels
of action pictures tt birds, fish and
wild animals in their native
haunts. . J - - '
Tugwell
Schumann-Heink Fiineral Set
Friday; Visit
HOLLYWOOD. Calif., No
Cor. 18. i
-JFy-A funeral with full military
honors . will - be - conducted! for
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Friday morning, members of the
diva's family said tonight, j
Services will be directed by the
American i Legion, post ' 43. , of
Hollywood : and by the Hollywood
post of the Disabled Veterans of
tha World; War. Father Patrick
Keating : will deliver the ealogy
and Willard Stewart, post
lain, the prayer. :
Following the rites, her
body
will he taken to San Diego, where
she ' made i her home, for - inter
ment at Greenwood cemetery.
The world-renowned a 1 n g er
died Tuesday night after a linger-'
Ing illness caused by a blood! dis
order! Four of the , six : living;
members of her family were pres
ent when tbs end came. Today
Walter Schumann of Chicago ar
rived. Mme. Schumann - Heink's
sixth child, Mrs. Charlotte Grief
Heink, of Letpxig, Germany,! wilt
be the only one not present-at
the funeral. '
A huge wreath of flowers, was
W "Mi
fx
time of just how he'd tell his boss
Federal Prison
Term Faced by
Two Salem Men
TACOJdA, Not. 18P)
Dlscovering slot, machines
cannot he beaten even with
counterfeit money, Ernest
White-, 24, and Dexter EL
Boies, 20, both of Salem,
Ore., faced 13-months sen
tences in McNeil Island fed
eral penitentiary today.
The pair pleaded guilty
in United States district
court here to charges of po
sessing and passing a quan
tity of counterfeit nickels.
The Information asserted
White-and Boies attempted
to pass the coins by play
ing slot machines In stores
and taverns. - "
Having played for soma
time, they assertedly ap
proached the operators ask
ing for change for handfals
of counterfeit nickels they
claimed - the machines bad
paid off."
Both were arrested In
Longview, Wash., last week.
Martin to Oppose
New Fisciil Ideas
ALBANY, Ore., Nov. 18.-(ffr-Governor
Charles Martin, speak
ingbefore the Albany chamber
of commerce tonight, asked mem
bers of the state legislature to
refrain from interfering with the
state fiscal program.
He recommended that they also
keep "hands oft" tbe gasoline
tax.
"Hope you'll let the good old
ship stay on an even keel,' he
said. "I'm not going to try to
change a Bingle thing and hope
you won't either.
He said he was opposed to new
taxes and bonds.
Tillamook Mills
! Continue to Saw!
j TltEkMOOK; Nov. lS-(ff)'
While mills and logging compan
ies inether sections of the North
west have 'been seriously handi
capped by the maritime strike pro
duction has pot been curtailed;
here. All operators in this terri
tory ship their output by raiL f S
" Mill representatives said .pro
duction ; was moving at capacity
with an Increasing number of or
ders. - " ; ?
Here Recalled
scheduled' to reach Hollywood by
airplane tonight, sent by the Er
nestine Schumann-Heink, chapter
of the -Disabled Veterans of the
World War in Kansas City. An
American Legion guard of honor
was prepared to meet the' plane.
Messages of condolence preach
ed the . family If bm an" parts "of
the world today. J
Friends recalled today one -of
her last conscious expressions, as
she looked at the flowers heap
ed in her bedroomt i ,
.- "If they would only take the
money they spend en this and do
some good with It- . -. ? ; j :
In her'heydey she earned up
wards of 116,000 a year, spending
it lavishly on Fee family and above
all on the world war veterans who
regarded her as "mother." ;
Typical of her benefactions was
the deeding of her $230,000 home,
"Grossmont, hear San Diego, to
disabled soldiers. - i
The great contralto died at 7:21
last nignt. xnree sons ana . a
daughter were at the bedside. The
75-year-old artist was about to be
'(Tarn to page 2, coL ) i
he was quitting Just as soon aa thq
Fund Provided to
Complete Survey
j i
$15,000 Allotment Allows
Final Work on River
Study,; Announced
WASHIN3TON. Not. 18.-WV
Tbe war: department announced
today on; additional allotment of
$15,000 had been made to com
plete the water1 conservation, sur
vey in -the . Willamette valley,
Oregon, i
The $15,000 appropriation au
thorized by the war department
for tha Willamette river survey
is an addition to $300,000 al
ready used by . the . war ; depart-'
ment for the work. More than
200 men have been working on
the project for : over a year. The
work Is being done under the di
rection of Thomas M. Robins, di
vision engineer.
If approved, the flood control
and irrigation project contemp
lates a. total expenditure in ex
cess of $50,000,000. Seven dams
are to be constructed on the tri
butaries of the Willamette with
water flow to be controlled by
the reservoirs created.
The survey has been supported
and publicised by the Greater
Willamette valley project com
mittee.. Senator Douglas McKay is
chairman of the group. The re-
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
Fruit Industry Is
Harmed by Strike
PORTLAND, Nov. l.-(iP)-Fig-
ures released today , by the Port
land chamber of commerce reveal
ed mounting losses in the fruit in
dustry as a result of the maritime
strike. x . ! j
Increased shipping costs in re
routing fruit. tto Canadian ports
hare cut the Hood River apple
growers' returns by about $10,'
000, the chamber said, and Med
ford pear shippers are out of pock
et to the extent of $15,000. '
The North Pacific cooperative
prune exchange ; told chamber of
ficials 70 per cent of the. north
west crop was still tied up. The
value of the unmoved fruit was
set at $1,575,000. The Inability to
deliver has cut down orders, the
cooperative said, and warehons-
fing and insurance costs have been
high.- . ! ;. .
Exhibit of Stamp
bociety!on Today
PORTLAND. Ore.. NovJ l8.WiPk
-Last frames were put into place
tonignt in preparation for the
opening of the fifth annual ex
hibit of the I Oregon' Stamn so-
cieiy, wnicn opens tomorrow.
A . mm m 1
The dlsDlavs
will he open to
the public from!
10 a. m., until
11 P. m.. in the Georalan room
of the Heathman hoteL
Salem exhibitors Include J. C.
Fonnick and H. C Schott.
Market Invaded by -
Burglars, Police Told
.-Burglars who broke Into
Zwickers cash, market, 1120 S.
12th street, j sometime -Tuesday
night stole a large quantity of
lunch ' meats, I tobacco and other
goods. Fred ZwlcVer, proprietor,
last night said he had not yet
estimated the extent of his loss.
- Bandon Streets Lighted j
, BANDON, Not. 18.-ff)-Bandon
has street light service tor the
first time since the disastrous fire
of September 20. Repairs - were
completed to the system this week
and tbe lights turned on last night.
Heaw Bonibing
Is Resumed at
Fascist Planes Fly Low
End Loose Death Upon
Fleeing Populace,
any, Italy Announce
Recognition of . New
" Regime in Spain 7
1 MADRID. Nov. 18. Thursday
(Pj-r-Faclst aviators, in an early
morning raid, dropped at least
twelve bombs in the center of the
city 'today, t . -
l One of the bombs landed uear
the telephone building highest
structure in Madrid shattering
many windows. . ;.
: I Men, women and children from
nearby houses rushed into base
ments. .
" Firemen dashed through .the
strets in automobiles as smoke
and flames rose from several
buildings. .'
I The raiders flew very low, end
tha planes could be heard zoom
ing overhead. -
As the city's lights were dark
ened at the first warning of the
attack, details of the bombing
could not be learned immediately.
It was reported, however, that
bombs fell on the building of the
Leftist newspaper El Liberal, on
Anton Martin square and on
Fuencarrai street.
J Men were summoned from the
telephone building to give aid to
Injured persons.
(By the Associated Press)
Nazi Germany and faseisist
Italy formally approved the fas
cist cau&a. of the Insurgent gen
feral Francisco Franco of Spain
yesterday.
t By Joint action the two nations
recognized Franco's provisional
Junta as the legal Spanish govern-
rent. - ...-!-The
action was not unexpected
lv Tura to page 2. col. 7) -
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Hungarian Faces
9 Duels Monday
BUDAPEST, Nov. 18.-UP)-Dr.
rant Sarras spent a strenuous
twelve hours today getting ready
for his nine duels scheduled for
Monday.
I The strict Hungarian dueling
4ode, because of the unprecedent
ed number of simultaneous chal
lenges, was broken in his case to
allow postponement of the duels,
originally 1 scheduled for today,
until Monday.
f After taking care of legal mat
ters which might arise if he
should lose. Dr. Sarras spent sev
eral perspiring hours practicing
In his club for the duels. ;
t He was helped by a score of
his friends, including a number
of army officers who gave him
all sorts of hints on what to do
with the eight-pound cavalry sab
ers to be used, i ; I ,
Dr. Sarras' challenges were
made against newspapermen, civil
Servants and a bank manager
Who, he charged, Insinuated he
had married his beautiful wife
for money. ,
i . 1 .
Linfidd Member
Of iT Select Group
r . -
j McMINNVILLE, Ore., Not. 18.
"-(JP)-Dt; Elam J. Anderson, pres
ident of-Linfield college, said to-
iday he received ' word that the
college had been accepted as a
member of the 1 American Asso
ciation of Universities.
Other member; schools In Ore
gon Include the University of
Oregon, Oregon ) State college,
Willamette university and Reed
college.
Dr. Anderson, in terming the
accredatlon the most important
event in the college's history, said
Linfield graduates now Could en
roll in all universities without
entrance examinations.
Flax Shed . Planned by
' Canby-Molalla Company
CANBY, Nor. 18.ff)-The Canby-Molalla
Flax company has an
nounced plans' for the erection
of a flax shed at the plant south
of Canby. George Clinton, for
merly manager of the state flax
plant, has been employee! as fore
man. ' - .
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Late Sports
OAKLAND, Calif.;? Not. 18v-(JP)-Perf
ecto - Lopes of Los An
geles knocked out young Mickey
Walker of Kansas City In the sec
ond round of their scheduled 10
roundr fight here tonight, 1
PORTLAND, Ore.,, Not. lSP)
-The ' Red Shadow,, mysterious
figure of tbe mat arena, con
tinued his winning ways tonight
by stopping Bull Martin, Boston,
in two straight falls. : ' .
MadridTodav
l-i'--:. -L-'':
BcitiesiSuppiptsdBulli -
Speak
er
Klamath Man's Early -Victory Claims, Taken With
7ram oi oait, iummoman ernos uooi to xxnu;
Candidates Swarm ; G.O J. Holds Balance -
By JOHN
i
N an apparent effort to stop
xuamain r aus,' to jne gpeaKersmp. oi wie nouse vi repre
sentatives of the next session
Barnes. Multnomah candidate f or the position, .announced to
Marion legislators that he had thrown his'support to Vernon
Bull,! Union county, and 'withdrawn from ; the racer. Barnes
was one of "the first candidates
to.announce himself. Barnes and
Bull are now on a trip over the
state contacting members for sup
port of Bull. ' i
However, the support .of
Barnes .for the eastern Oregon
man," ,even ' carrying with it the
apparent tacit support of How
ard " Latourette, state democratic
committee chairman, does not as
sure his election. Boivin has an
nounced that he has a; minimum
of 33 rotes and that he is pro
ceeding with the organization of J
committees. Only 31 are needed
to elect. This move is ; taken by
political; observers to mean not
final assurance of Boivin's selec
tion but. rather an attempt to get
(Turn, to page 2, col. 2)
Rare Scout Honor
Handed to Nelson
W. U. Student Given Rank
Of Quartermaster at
Court Held Here
A Boy 8cout award which is
j so rara that only 830 have been
presented inrougnout me nation
was given -last night to Robert
S. Nelson, Willamette university
student and former, scoutmaster
of troop 34 at Halsey, at the
monthly cdufx of honor held In
the chamber of .commerce, audi
torium. Nelson becaane the 836th
young man to receive the quarter
master ranking. Ho earned It as
a member of the SeasCout "ship"
Columbia of Portland.'
Sixty three other awards were
presented last night by baiem bus
iness and professional men serv
ing with Judge H. H, Belt, pre
siding officer, as the court of hon
or. Four boys, Harold Blakely,
Ted Cochran. James' McKnight
and James O'Brien, all of troop
14, were i given the ; life scout
award and five others, all of
troop Sv Richard Barton, Lyle
Brown, Robert East, Arthur Fall
en and Glen Robinson received the
star rating.
presentations were made by
(Turn to page 2, coL S)
Bank at Junction
City
Now Branch
. EUGENE, Not. IS-iPf-6"
quisition of the First National
bank of Junction City, a pioneer
financial firm of Lane county, by
the United States National bank
interests of Portland was made
known here today.-
The announcement said W ,C.
Washburne, president;, for many
years, would retire. He will be
succeeded - by Claude B. Wash
burne, now. cashier. 1 " A ':
Deposits at the Junction City
bank were listed at approximately
S7&o.ooo. : r
It was organized in 1893 as the
farmers and Merchants hank.
Strike Effects
HeavyLossl
.Although the creeping tentacles
of the maritime strike are spread
ing slowly vnd may eventually ex
tend practically all of the United
States, effect of the tie-up on the
Willamette valley has not yet be
come serious and there appears a
good possibility that it may not.
One of the generally used com
modities, a shortage of which
would effect all of the people of
tha district, is being shipped' on
boats working under; a separate
agreement from the general marl
time contract. That is gasoline.
In tha :1S4 strike it was nec
essary to ship gasoline by rail
road before tha strike was over
at increased cost to the motorists,
bnt to data tankers delivering the
gasoline and fuel oils are still
coming into port and being allow
ed to unload. ;
Inconvenience Is ' - ,
Already Apparent
On the other hand, though there
appears, no immediate possibility
of heavy loss from i tha tie-up
there is and will be immediate in
convenience. Cannefs are .holding
all eastern Shipments and are
making coast deliveries' by ran.
Tha paper mfua are delivering
Race
Livelier
I- s i
m il
INTO.
thej election of -Harry Boiyin,
of the state'legisiaturei Ellis
O - -
Fay Webb Vallee
Career Is
Die's Due to Complications
After Operation ; Ru dy "
Lays Down' Baton -
I SANTA MONICA, Calif.. Nov.
l&.-Ufl'r-Fay . Webb,; former wife
of Rudy Vallee, radio crooner and
orchestra leader, i diedat a hos
pital here tonight of complications
following a surgical operation.
I The end came at 8:40 p. m. aft
er she had lain In a coma for 41
hours. Her father. Police Captain
Clarence E. Webb, and her uncle,
petty Webb, were at her bedside.
. Peritonitis followed a major op
eration performed last week and
she! had been kept alive for sev-
T- al hours by the use of oxygen.
The tall, exotic appearing young
?omanswas 27 years of age.'
After playing small parts in mo
tion pictures, she married Rudy
yallee, - the orchestra leader and
Singer, July 6, 1931, in East
Orange, . N. J., beginning a tu
multous relationship that ended
May 20, 1936, when she .won a
divorce in Los Angeles. .
I NEW YORK, Not. 18-PHRudy
Vallee, Informed of the death of
his former wife, Fay Webb Vallee
; !(Turn to page 2, coL 4)
I II , : ,. ...... ,.. . .
Quadruple Slayer
Quickly Convicted
; ELKO, . NerJ Not. li-(JFy-Luther
Jones, 32-year-old former
Indiana and Montana convict, was
convicted of first degree murder
here tonight. The Ju Ty of 10
ranchers and two government em
ployes fixed the penalty at death
after, deliberating only 35 min
utes. ; . -. '
Jones was charged specifically
with shooting Walter Godecke,
29.1 He was also accused of kill
ing! Otto Heitman, Manuel Arras
cada and an elderly, itinerant in.
the tatter's cabin just outside
Elko last October 16.
- District Judge James Dysart
'did; not immediately announce the
time: tor passing of sentence, but
under terms of the verdict a death
sentence Is mandatory. Execution
would be by lethal gas at the state
penitentiary near Carson City. '
' Defense Attorney C. B- Taps
eott based the plea for his client
ibis grounds Jones was mentally
unbalanced and suffered a lapse
Pf
memory.
Roadside Group Meets
PORTLAND, Not. 1 8rVThe
roadside - beautiflcatlon commit
tee Jot the Oregon planning com
mission will meet here tomorrow
afternoon. Chairman Robert Saw
yer of Bend will preside. , &
Ifielt Here,
1
i
local shipments by rail and are
storing foreign and eastern cargo
.for, future delivery. As long as
storage space holds out no curtail
ment will be necessary; however,
most of the storage space In Sa
lem is now gone and the supplies
are being tracked Into Portland
for storage there. : -
i The farmers ara feeling the at
: f eets .of the strike. Onion ship
ments to the islands and Orient
have come to a - complete stop.
Prune sales are' stopped because
fth fruit.
1 No definite estimate on tbe
number of men that have been
laid oft locally because of t h a
strike has been made . but that
quite a few workers, particularly
in , the warehouses and shipping
departments of the canneries have
lost work is known.-
j Notices to the consignees and
consignors of goods being held on
the ships have been sent out by
tha shipping companies advising
that the shipments are being held
up by the strike.! The notices
state, We regret our inability to.
at Ithis time, advise future pos
sibilities but wish to inform you
present status."
USaRailrond
Operate
Ships, Alaska
Roosevelt Autlibrity for
Prevention of Flood
' Shortage Given
Law Similar to . Federal !
Railway Act Favored
Jir.'td Avoid "Strikes
- SAN FRANCISCO. Not. ig
C-CItifi and ' business groups
moved in several directions today
to reopen strike-clogged indus
trial" channels -for emerency op
erations, while assistant secretary ";
or la Dor tu. i . Mcuraay went pa- ;
tiently on with his efforts to set-. 1
tie the - maritime waikout. . !
President Roosevelt authorized I
ther; government-owned 'Alaska !
railroad -... to -Operate government '.
and private ships for transports
tion ! .of necessities to Alaska,
where a food shortage was threat
ened." The city governments of Oak
land and Berkely announced ihey
would take over the operation of
strike-affected milk distributing
plants in view of the owners' de- ;
cislon to close them at midnight. :
A committee of the San Fran- :
cisco Industrial association began j
preparations to unload 300. car
loads of merchandise destined for
firms not involve! In the loeal
warehousemen's strike but which
is tied up because of tha stop
page of work. .
Arbritation Board
Appeal Is Planned
In Los Angeles 100 represent
atives or business and consumers
organizations, went on record in
favor of an appeal to President
Roosevelt for appointment of an
arbritation board to settle the
maritime strike.
Besides the ship walkout involving-
37,000 coast maritime
workers, the Pacific seaboard had
a doien.or.more other strikes in
progress, including : 0O " ware
housemen, 6,000 shipyard work
ers, 450 milk wagon drivers and
about 150 textile workers.
Relief for most of 700 passen
gers stranded in Hawaii appeared
when the Matson Navigation com
pany agreed to move them to tha
mainland next week aboard tha
liner Monterey, which will anchor
offshore. ' f
The Matson company agreed to
take over ticket contracts of the
Dollar Line, many passengers of
which are among those marooned,
and said it would convey tha
travelers out to the Monterey by
barge. Should the liner dock. Its
crew probably would Join tha
strike.
McGrady, who brought seagoing ;
unions and shipowners together
yesterday for the first time sihea
the walkout started October .30.
sought an agreement from tha
Organised ships officers and radio
operators to meet the employers.
They asked him to wait until to
morrow for an answer. Tha con
ference yesterday was unproduct
ive" as far as peace negotiations
were concerned.
- The assistant labor secretary
also conferred with union repre
sentatives on the Alaska railroad
situation.
Unsuccessful in a move to .bring
about arbitration of the maritime
walkout, the United States con
ference of mayors in Washington
asked . extension of t h e federal
railway labor act to embrace aTI
means of transportation In Inter
state and foreign commerce. They
pointed out- there had been no in
terruption of railroad transporta
tion since the act was put into
effect. "' --..i . -
WPA Lists to Be
Pruned, Planned
PORTLAND, Nov. 1 8 (JP
The state relief .committee -was
asked today to certify the rettaC
lists to determine the eligibility
of WPA workers. The WPA f
flee here said it was necessary e
clear the rolls to bring them with
in . the curtailed quota outlined
under a new national plan of re
distribution. Officials said the redlstribatio
was a result of emergency aid
given drought victims.
The WPA stated persona over
85 would ba released.
In clearing the lists Jobs for
persons returning from seasonal
employment will , he considered.
Pioneer of 53 Dies
PORT ORFORD. Not. tt.-p
Mrs. Mary Holt, who crossed, the
plains to Oregon by ox team in
1853. died at Myrtle Point. She
was 85. -.
Paper Dividend Voted ;
SAN FRANCISCO. Nor. 18,-
(JPl Crown' Willamette P a o e r
company declared -a dividend ta-
oay or si.7 a snare, applying
on arrearage of unpaid dividends.
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