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C3 Pages 3 Sections - - - - - . j" . The Statesman presents av 4 ' ia-p4fo paper today, con .Calming the. . Oirltniaa kd ' ' nouneements of local firms In both mala sections. . - ; TLe 7ealier Fair today and - Monday . ' except occasional fogs, con tinned cold; Max. Temp. Sat nrday 49,'Mln,; 10, river -4.1 . feel, southerly wind. ' i ' , . : -J J . f FOUNDCP 1831 r EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR ; Salem', Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 29, 1936 Price Sc; Newsstands 5c No. 212 Rival: Pension Vf1 n 1; 1 InRun-Arbund . , - 1 - . ..- . mm ' " ' " ' ! ' " ... ' ' . - . .- r , , .- t . . U , .... 4 .... . .. , fc. . . Across Groups Figure 'Hi .j. v "1 f of Both Factions in Skirmishes Here Townsendiies Get First Laugh ; $60 Adyocates Organize Later On - A S60-a-month . pension meet ing announced : for the county courthouse yesterday j afternoon drew a large delegation of Town- ' send club members, who seek 1200 a month, and a game of "merry-go-round, the joke's on you," ensued. The Townsenders believed they gained the first laugh jwhifh their numbers forced the meeting sponsors to hire a hall, the Salem high" school ; auditorium. They thought they had the last laugh when after voting and shouting down a motlonendorsing the "get whatever pension we can" Idea they trooped out as the hat was passed to pay for the hall. - But they left behind a nucleus of 53 men and women who pro ceeded to effect an organisation intended eventually to be repre sented in each precinct of the county. Fifteen precincts were ac tively represented at the meeting. Nelson Keynoter For Xew Program Theodore G. Nelson. who gained local Townsendites' dis favor when he attended the na tional pension convention at Cleveland, O.. last summer and . was ousted for distributing un approved printed material, key noted yesterday's meeting. As near adequate pensions as pos sible by . next year was Nelson's main theme. To achieve this goal, he declared, "the pension-minded peor3 In every community in the country must be ready to com bine plans, work together." lie defined an "adequate pen sion as one "sufficient to provide " the ordinary requirements of liv ing" and asserted, with obvious reference to the Townsend f 200-a-month plan, that "wanting a law Is something quite different from getting it."V Kr ' Nelson recommended, f 1 r s t , that pension seekers! should or ganize by counties and send dele gates to a statewide conference to be held in Portland . early in January at which a1 program of larger pensions would be drafted for presentation at the impend ing State legislative session. Get What We Can' Is Nelson Advice A 60 a month pension ,for citizens CO years of age and older was suggested as a starting point but, he added, "let's get what we can immediately from the state It it's only $40 a month at the start.- j The next step. Nelson recom mended, would be nation-wide co-operation . among pension' advo cates to develop a plan that con (Turn to Page 8, Col. 1.) Clue o Fugitives Seen; Auto Found What Is believed to be the first definite clue as to the whereabouts of H. T. Smith and Arlie Hlxon, the remaining fugitives of the trio who escaped from the county jail last Saturday night came to light yes terday when the stolen automo bile of Desmond Daue was recov ered in Klamath FallsV Although It is not definitely known .that the car was taken by the boys, the car was stolen about It o'clock Saturday night after they had escaped. Both of the boys were being held for auto theft and Ilixon's home is in Klamath Falls. Officers expressed the belief that they may have gone into Califor nia: . 1 " Robert Perry, the other escaping prisoner returned to Salem from Eugene last Sunday; when bis mo ther urged him to come back. He said that he had made his way south on a freight train but did not know where the other boys had one. -.-.')'' . t---- " Parole Law Reform Certain r Issue for 1937 Legislature By C. A. SPRAGUE - The state parole board visited California recently and from their visit obtained many Ideas which they may adopt or use as the basis of nronoaed legislation. Most im portant Is the plan by which the parol board actually fixes the sen tence, six months after the pris , oner Is received on Indeterminate v sentence.. This sentence is based on the complete personal record of the Individual, his prison reo , ord. and his prospects for rehabll- i I tat ion. Then good time credits ap ;ply to all prisoners except habit . nal prisoner and those under "death sentence. " The California parole board . is on duty full time. The members emphasixe one point; the door of hope should noC be closed against any prisoner: and for that reason -they oppose life imprisonment for habitual criminals. Men are con stantly being paroled under con tinuing .supervision, and are not "-rereased-wntil.they can go right In to a Job. Th effort la for social sit OnlySHghtly Above Million State Cuts Direct Taxes Through Increase in Income Receipts -t - ;- ' " . ' ; , j V Higher Education, Bond Interest j Only; Funds , Under Old System v Property owners of Oregon are asked to contribute only $1, 032.323.86, principally for high er education, ( toward the support of the state government in 1937, under the tax levy announced Saturday by the state tax com mission. 1 This is a little more than one million dollars below the state levy on property for last year and is the largest reduction in prop erty taxes ever made by the state with the exception of in 1932 when the entire levy was abol ished for one year. The reduced property levy for state purposes was made in spite of increased ; appropriations for capitol construction and to meet institutional costs. The cut was made possible by increased in come taxes whichc, under the law. must be used as an offset against the property levy. Amount Inside Limt Entirely Abolished In the new levy for 193? the entire $884,640 levied laast year within the constitutional six Per cent limitation for general ex penses of government, is abol ished. Likewise, the amaount lev ied outside of the six per cent limitation has been reduced by leaving out the half million dol lars levied for the world war vet erans state alad commission. The state levy outside the six per cent limitation now includes only millage for higher education and Interest on Oregon irrigation district bonds. Besides the cost of maintain ing the customary state depart ments, the levy contains the sec (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Buenos Aires to Greet Roosevelt BUENOS AIR.ES. Nov.lS.fP) Buenos Aires put on a gala dress tonight for a tumultuous wel come to President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he arrives Mon day to open the inter - American peace conference. Fosters were plastered through out the city at the order of Mayor Mariano de Vedia, and every one of the city's "2,300,000 residents hwas asked to display Argentine flags Monday in salute. The posters praised the United States president not only because he Is "writing history In one of the most transcendant moments of modern life, but he comes to Buenos Aires to cement the per manent benefits of peace." Mr. Roosevelt wasV declared worthy of high honor as "chief of the ; nation which in every sense is the largest : of the con tinent," who has "just been rati fied by his people by a great ma jority." , ; : ' There were plans also for a ceremony unique to the Argen tine a tribute to feminine pro tagonists of ; peace who Intend to present a petition against war, bearing 2,000.000 signatures from the Americas, t . Body Is Identified PORT ANGELES, Nov. 28.- The body of a woman found near here Wednesday was dug up from a gsave today by King coun ty police and Identified as that of Mrs. Gertrude Rodger s. 38, of Portland. ; t j rehabilitation, the first essential of which Is self-support. .1 Prison legislation Is sure to come .up at the next legislature since the court has ruled against good time credits, which had been extended to j prisoners since . the 1860's. The planning board has been making a study of the sub ject. It may also come up In the report of the committee on reform In Judicial procedure, which holds another meeting in Portland next Saturday. ( : . :i- ; -V ' ; - h Sessions of the coming legisla ture will be held in the same places as the special session of 193S: house in the armory and senate In the dining room of the Marlon ho tel. The 1939 session can be. held In the new statehouse which, is due to be completed in 390 working days. " . - . Harry Boivln's gaining the speakership' of1 the lower house hinges, on the faithfulness of -the (Turn to" Fax X. Col. Si rropf yLevy CONTRACT 1" Ross IS. Hammond, contractor. Is shown in the act of signing the bond fof f 2,006,137 protecting the state In construction of the new! Oregon capitol, J nst preliminary to signing the contract Itself. Watch- lng him are, from left, E. 8. Thomas, C. O. Hockley, state PWA director, send Clarence D. Porter. Thorn, i as and Porter represented underwriters of the bond. Associated Press photo. .. ' : : o , O i ; Pomeroy Death Is Held Hit-Run Case Wife of Former Physician Here Found on Road;! Boy Is Witness VALLEJO, Calif., Nov. 28.-jP) While funeral services were held today for Mrs. Jean Pomeroy, wife of a navy officer, police con- tinned search for a hit-run auto mobile driver believed responsible for her death. - i Mrs. Pomeroy, 35, died' short ly after she was found injured on a highway near a night club early; Thursday. Sheriff Jack Thornton said he was convinced she was struck by an automobile. i - The sheriff said a Valleja boy.! whose name was withheld, claim ed to have seen a black sedan strike her and speed away, i - Mrs. Pomeroy, wife of Lieuten-j ant Commander R. E. A. Pom eroy, Medical Corps, U. S. M.. had' left the . night club, companions said, to get an article she had left In an automobile outsider Her husband la seriously 111 ; 1st the Mare Island navy hospital, j She was a native of Eugene, Ore., and, besides her widower; leaves a 10 -year -old daughter, Jean Louise: her parents, Mrs; Eugenia Cook of Portland, Ore., and Drew Griffin of Buffalo, N. Y., and a sister and brother, Mrs, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) j Cracker Factory Strike' Is Closed . f - in-1. SEATTLE, Nov. 28.-(5-The last of five major strikes; in Seattle within six months, ; ex cepting the maritime tie-up, end ed here tonight. i j The American Cracker com pany and the cracker and confec tionary workers union jointly an nounced they had settled their 23-day-old controversy and I 239 employes of the company would return to work Monday. I THRILLS PILE ON ONE ANOTHER; NEBRASKA SIGNED FOR NEW .CAPITOL Contract Entered Into For Building Of State Capitol PORTLAND, Not. 28.-(fl3)-The signing of a $2,006,137 bond, the largest in the state since Bonneville dam, complet ed preliminary arrangements to - the construction of Oregon's new statehouse at Salem. The bond was; signed by Ross B. Hammond, Portland contractor, and C. C. Hockley,--state public works, director; ;-! J- The action cleared' the way for Immediate attachment of signatures to the formal eon tract by Hockley, Hammond and J. A. McLean, chairman, of the capitol reconstruction com mission. ! Hammond said he expected to put the first crews at work within a few days. The new i building, replacing the historic Oregon capitol de stroyed by ; fire, will have a marble exterior. Hammond won the contract, ' submitting : the lowest bid among seven firms. Blaze Destroying Puyallup Sawmill PDYALLUP, Wash., Not. 28. (AFlameg out of control of 100 fire fighters tonight licked through the Drew Manufacturing Co., a $100,000 lumber mill in the heart of the business district here tonight- r - Police and volunteer tire fight ers from Puyallup ; and Sumner aided by men and equipment sent from ! Tacoma, fought the blaze unsuccessfully for. an hour . be tween 10 and 11 p. m. The lumber mill, a series of wooden structures, burned rapid ly illuminating the sky over the entire town. At 11 p. m., offi cials said the flames were not under control although apparent ly confined to the mill property. jit was wild, wide open game which University of Nebraska won 83-14 ; I . from Oregon State la Portland Saturday. In the photo San Francis, . Nebraska fallback. Is plunging over from the 1 ji-yard line for the , ic flnrahnas- tmwbdma Associated Press photo. ; ' n w 1 1 Fire Situation on Santiam Brighter Absence of High Wind and Increased Humidity Reduce Menace MLL CITY, Nov. 28. (Spe cial) Rising humidity and ab sence of, high winds today greatly alleviated the danger to this dis trict? from numerous small forest and logged land fires which buTst out fin all directions during the past week. ' The Only new fire reported since Friday was discovered early to night on the Short place north of Mill City. It was In valuable tim ber but was making little progress. Stats Fire Warden Gary Neal left here! to keep the blaze under ob servation. The high east winds which blew In this vicinity Wednesday and Thursday nights did not recur last nlghjL Exceptionally heavy frosts helped to lessen the fire danger. All . ranchers were reported as having their properties well pro tected. Friday they were busy building fire trails around houses and (barnyards. Forest officials at Detroit re ported the fire situation in that sector of the Willamette national forest "Tery quiet' with no new blazes breaking out. Fire fighters were being kept close at hand, however, for emergencies. Mollison Slates Capetown Flight LONDON, Nov. 28.-(P) -Capt. James A. Mollison announced to night he and Co -Pilot Edouard Corniglion Molinier would take off tomorrow morning on an at tempted one-stop flight to. Cape town, . South Africa, If weather permits. - . .. - Mollison said . they hoped to reach 'Cairo, Egypt, before night fall '.for theirs only halt. Cascadia iFire""' oint; Fogs i j Helpful Blaze Nears Community in Eastern -Linn But Danger Not Great 400 Acres are Covered There; Clatsop and Lincoln Watcned PORTLAND, Nov. ' 28-()-The fire-stricken northwest found no surcease In rain today but scatter ed fogs, a higher! humidity and lowering temperatures proved of material aid in trailing flames still crackling over thousands of acres of land. The dangerous east wind also had lost some of Its force. The danger pdlnt apparently was In Linn cosnty about 75 miles south of Portland where a 400-acre lire advanced wltnln a mile of the community of Casca dia before being checked. Barring high winds, forest officials said the town was safei There was noj principal fire zone, small blazes In widespread areas causing the chief worry. Many Fires Active, Mostly Controlled Fires still raged along the Ore gon coast from the Columbia riv er south nearly t0 the California line.-and also along the Columbia, river and northward into Wash ington, but most of them were re ported under control. The poten tial; hazard, however, continued due to prolonged jlacfe of rain. fV It was estimated roughly that about 20,000 acre$, mostly second growth of cut-over land, were burning In southwestern Washing ton and about; the same area 'In Oregon. if ; i The most serious fires reported under control or rapidly, nearlng that stage were In Clatsop coun ty, Lincoln , county on the central Oregon coast and In the Santiam district of the Willamette nation al forest In the west-central part of Oregon. . -"- . -: ... . Forest officials were non-committal on prospects of additional damage after reading weather re ports .which called for continued fair; weather. The current situa tion: so late in; the season is un precedented. ! ! (Turn to Page J, Col. 5) Five Black Legion Men Found Guilty DETROIT, Nov. 2S.-P)-FIve alleged member of the - Black Legion charged with the "thrill killing, of a : negro world war veteran were ; convicted I of first degree murder1 tonight by a jury In recorder's court. The manda tory penalty Is life Imprisonment. The seven women and five men jurors reported their ' verdict slightly less than seven hours after they started their delibera tions. ( v--. - "- Recorder's Jusdge Donald Van Zfle. who Instructed the jury it could, either find, the defendants guilty of murder In first degree or acquit them, said he would pro nounce the sentences Friday. Those convicted were Harvey Davis, Black. Legion colonel;" John Bannerman and. Ervin . D. Lee, already under life sentences for another Black Legion mur der, and James jRoy Lorance and Charles Rouse.!! ,, J WINS 3214 1 Danger ,P Japan Accused of Liaison To Embroil Nations Russia Points to 1700 Per Cent Navy i j Increase, as Sign of Readiness; Fighting in Spain Continues North Chinese Conflict Serious ..'and ! Cited in Moscow as Incident to i Threat; Tokyo Makes Djenial (By the Associated Press) TT70RLD powers rattled the sabres yesterday across two Wl continents. ' . : Russia charged Germany and Japan were joined in" se cret military alliance to start a war which would , spread to "all continents," and announced 1700 per cent increases in the soviet navy during the past three years. Japan, admittedly allied with Germany in an anti-communist pact, announced her navy, too, would be increased in size as soon as 1937-38 budget figures were approved by par liament. ' j Russian - Japanese - Manchoukuoan border clashes were linked by Russia with the alleged military alliance with Ger many. -j:r - - : i Great Britain, mindful most of her food is imported, set i 1 jup a food defense committee to ? T T 1 I rOff UnaDateU On O. Northern Coast 21 :Vessels Are Kept Out of Vancouver Harbor, j No Relief Sighted ' SEATTLE, , Nov. 28Vrhe weather man forecast a weekend of fog tonight as semi-darkness 'prevailed throughout the day In many parts of -the west coast dis rupting transportation from Alas ka to California. I Twenty-one deep sea vessels were waiting outside the Vancou ver, i B. C. harbor for fog to lift so ; they could take berths for loading and unloading. . All Rugby and football games In western British Columbia were postponed. -') ' ''.;,'v I - Canadian Pacific steamship officials announced their triangle run from Vancouver to Victoria find f Seattle had been restored after last night's sailings were Cancelled to give crews a rest after hours of continuous navi gation through fog... Hundreds of motorists were Stranded In Washington and Ore gon.: Cold weather and some snow (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Truck Backs and (Child Is Injured SILVERTON. Not. 28. Alice Joy Vearler, 7, daughter of Mr. ahd I Mrs. W. H. Vearler, ' St., (Kristine Overland), suffered a fracture of the thigh bone In an unusual accident here today. - Alice was playing on the steps at the front of the house where a truck was being loaded to take the family's effects to Valsetx. The ; brake on the truck was somehow released and the heavy machine b a c k e d, crushing the girl's leg between the rear of the truck and the step. Worsted Workers Promised Protection; PORTLAND, Not. 28.-MVPO- ltce ' protection i will pernvit the Foundation Worsted company, closed for. nearly a week by pick ets,;: to re-open Monday, Mayor Joseph K. Carson said today. ; -. T f At the same time Governor Charles H. Martin said he . would supply stale officers If necessary to give full protection to the 105 workers both at the plant and at their homes., , . j . I ;V 1 Officers on the united textile workers . union C here ' expressed Willingness - tonight to arbitrate the issues of the Oregon Worsted ahd agreed to send 40 S members back to work at the plant pend ing a decision by a neutral board. The announcement -was made by 31 E. Lee," secretary. Both state anad city executives said they blamed outside , Influ ence at. the Foundation .Worsted. They stated the majority of work ers ;were satisfied. ; ; i -' Arbitration Plea i-Z t Voiced by Carson . ' -; Mayor Carson conferred with officials of the Oregon Worsted company, neighboring Institution to the- Foundation Worsted, and striking employes- He urged both groups to submit to arbitration Iti an effort to settle a strike that has shut down the big firm for several weeks. - v - J i: i ----- ' - "'.;",.- - ' ' I assure a 12-months reserve sup- Ply the English coast were I blocked in time of war. France, through Premier Leon Blum, . warned her army was at sufficient strength to protect the nation' In event of war; Both France and Britain were represented as desiring to keep the Spanish civil war, more than four months old, from League of Nations - consideration lest new threats to International peace re-. suit. ;'..',;.'-.. . ' . .... ', The two nations wanted the European neutrality committee , to deal without league Interfer ence with the problems of the civil war. - . - In Madrid battle raged between fascists and socialist government defenders for possession of the capital. The Madrid (defenders drove back the insurgents In two sharp encounters,- but the city was in terror after a Friday night ( air raid. . j Fighting Renewed . .1 On French Border On the northern Franco-Spar.-t Ish border, dormant several weeks, new fighting broke out.. The socialist government announ ced a vigorous offensive a gains, t the fascist armies entrenched la the vicinity of Gijon, San Sebas tian and Irun. In north China, too, there was conflict. 1 ' . Kalgan dispatches reported Japanese and Mongol troops were massed for a drive against Sui- yuan province . defenders; alleg edly In an effort to extend Jap anese Influence over Inner Mon golia - and thereby i enhance Japan's position . In the north China region close to Siberia. Italy. In effect became at least a sympathetic member of the Ger man - Japanese , antl - communist pact with the announcement of Italian recognition of Nipponese sponsored ! Manchoukuo in ' ex change for recognition of the Italo-Ethiopian empire. -Recognition Seen As Anti-Red Move : Although Japanese sources de- , nled the Italo-Japanese recognl- j (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) i Peace Looming Speaking of conditions at the Foundation Worsted, Mayor Car son said: "I find no strike exists among these employes. They have a right to work and will be given pro tection." Mil tl3 WzZ!t SHOPPfG DAYS LEFT CJONT LIT Ave IT TO THE LAST MfNUTE. BUY ? c. 22 i -... f - - -