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.Crowing Salem Building, public and prt Tate, civic improvement pro jects are much la the 11m e " light In Salem. Keep in formed; read The States-. TLo 7ccilic? Occasional raiaa . today aad Wednesday, temperature .chanced; Max. Temp Monday 'S3, Min,- 42, river -3.7 feet; rain 1.10 Inch, oath wind. - FOUNDEP 16S1 EIGUTY-SIXTll YEAR galem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 8, 1936 Price Sc; Newsstands 6c No. 219 . J T. IDKOTUDS ,(0))(D. F f: 1 i 3mn 1 V v First mew. : ... , i Wallie's Move Doesn't Solve 1 British Crisis r Renunciation Only Makes Situation Tougher for i King, Is One View Baldwin Strategy Seems j Aimed at Gag Rule on Edward's Friends - LONDON, Dec. 8(Tuesday) 'Edward's determination to wed Wallis Warfield Simpson remained unshaken early today, intimates said, despite the Ameri can born divorcee's public offer to give np the monarch to save his throne.. . v . Although the "public renuncia tion of her claim to Edward's love roused ' a. wave of popular gym pathy; friends of both said the crisis of" Britain's empire was no nearer to solution. '' The monarch, in the privacy of the Fort Belvedere lodge, seized upon the additional . time won from ' Prime Minister Stanley 1 Baldwin to strive for some course of action' that would satisfy both his love and his duty to the throne of his fathers. " v, ' Baldwin's Speech Sheds More Light Even before the . king's favor ite issued her statement in Cannes offering to sacrifice, her love to Edward's empire, all England knew from Baldwin's speech that the kin- was resolved to marry her,; without, however, .making her England's : queen. ..v4 "Mrs. Simpson's statement' a high quarter said, "has not solved the crisis. Only action by the king himself now can terminate the situation. Mrs. Simpson told the world of her readiness to sacrifice her love purely on her own volition, a high sonrce in the realm said, and members of the king's staff at Belvedere professed ignorance of It until it was read to them by newspapermen-. This chapter in a romance en acted on the stage of empire won great public sympathy for the commoner whom the king would make his wif. Some of- Mrs.- Simpson's critics openly stated they believed her latest -act was deliberately calcu lated to make the king's position "most difficult" 'should he re nounce her by arousing public sympathy for her cause. - Abdication Held Only Solution Now r Because British law does not permit a so-called inorganic union which would make Mrs. Simpson the wife -of Edward but not his queen, and because Baldwin has asserted his refusal to Introduce legislation, making such a marri age possible, many followers of the romance felt ultimate abdica tion may be. Edward's only way out. ' J It' was believed the Duke of York, who" would be next in line .(Torn "to page 2, eoL 5) - s ScKool Census at" Albany New High : :-j : ; ' v ; f ALBANY,. Dec. ' 7. School dis trict. No. 5. which comprises the city of Albany, , has the highest census in its history this year, according to figures Just ' com piled by Dan Brenneman, clerk of the school district. The' tak ing of the census was completed over a week ago but the . re checking has just been finished. The total census this year Is 1651. Of this number 834 are girls and 817 boys. The city Is divided Into three parts, with 908 children east of Baker street, '427 between Baker and Vine streets, and 318 west of Vine street. - , Pastor's Home Looted While He's in Pulpit Taking advantage of church service hoars, a bar glar broke Into the home of Rev. A. S." Henderson, 1155 Mission street, between 0:45 and 8:43 pan. Sunday and stole more than . 30. Rev. Henderson and his family were . attending services at the . church of which he is pastor, the First Church of the -United Brethren la Christ. The burglar, entering by removing; a porch screen, took? $27.74 -from Rev. Henderson's - J study, . $2.15 from a bedroom and an un known amount i of : church collection funds. . 1 ranic Sticks To Giin0 On Royal Issue Renunciation Ijfote Issued by "Wallie" i. Situation Is Unhappy and j Untenable ; Willing" to Withdraw, Asserts CANNES, France, Decj 1-J?)-(By Trans-Atlantic telephone) -In a dramatic gesture of sacrifice, dark-eyed Wallis warfield Simp son tonight volunteered jto give up her love for Kingi Edward VIII so that he may retain his throne. The official statement, Offering an immediate solution to Britain's grave constitutional crisis, was signed by Mrs. Simpson 1 herself and given out after the ope-timo Baltimore belle had talked sever al ; times by trans-channel tele phone to King Edward. It was read by Lord Brdwnlow, gentleman-in-waiting to thje king, to an international coterie' of newspaper reporters summoned to the Majestic hotel In Cannes. "The following is an jofficial statement by Mrs. Simpson," he said, by way of prelude. Then he read the signed paper: "Mrs. Simpson, throughout the last few weeks, has invariably wished to avoid any action posal which might hurt or damage his majesty or the throne. rToday her attitude changed, and she is wilUng, if such action will solve the problem to withdraw forthwith from a sit uation that has become both un happy and untenable." Equipment Conies For Police Radio " Three large carefully ' backed boxes and nearly a dozen smaller ones containing equipment for the lOOOrjwatt state ; pollce-hflghway department radio station set up here were delivered yes terday to the highway sign shop building where the station will be located. The station pected to be ready for -use! ly after the first of the new year, f ' This station, located! room adjoining the" Salem state police patrol office and hot far from highway offices and the new state forestry and CCC group, will be the key unit in the state-wide network. 1000-watt stations will ud at 4 LaGrande and Klamath Falls - while several of 1 o w e r power will be located la other cities and two portable will be placed on highway de partment snowplows. J r : I v.- c ":-v-. : ' . t , - . tf:..;. i v- 4 f .1 STANLEY BALDWIN Council Ami Veterans in Plans The i city council last " night joined In the movement! to pre serve Salem's old pbstoflice building y -ordering - a special committee appointed to I cooper ate ' with Marlon post - Ko. 661, Veterans of Foreign Wart, which recently passed a resolution pro posing i the stone structure ' be moved -and kept as a ' Veterans' memorial hall and .. public meet ing, place. iVu; v -1 Mayor V. E. Kuhn appointed Gertrude F. Lobdell chairman and Aldermen W. H. Dancy and irrea A. wuiiams as other mem bers of the committee. May Buy for Half Appraised .Value In a letter to the council. L. B. Davis, chairman I of the i7 .mwmmoms -O - v O r - Marb oard Cn J - I MMaw-MMavaaMawaua-Maaaw. Plan i ails to Reach Council Center Street Is Voted Through Artery ; Lane Program Approved 30-Minute Parking Given Support, Ordinance Up Next Meetin 'JO I or WHAT CITY COUNCIL DTD LAST NIGHT Failed to receive marble board ordinance. Enacted first of traffic regu lation reforms. - Refused to repeal or modify ban on poultry dressing plants. Proponents of the - marble board backed down last night and withheld their legalizing-licensilng ordinance from the city council at a meeting which found the gal leries packed In large part by rep resentatives of opposing church and : similar ' organizations. The game's backers were unable to muster a majority vote In a pro meeting poll, it was understood. The council relented after once denying the citizens' delega tion the privilege of the floor and listened to brief statements in op position to permitting the return of the marble boards, made by Dr. B. Blatchford for the First Metho dist church men's Bible class. Rev. E. S. Hammond for the Salem Ministerial association and Rev. Dean Poindexter of the Les lie Methodist church. The state highway department's recommendations for untangling business district -traffic were adopted In general form by reso lution and thanks voted 'to Chief Engineer R. H. Baldock for his assistance. Four-Lane Traffic Resolution Passed Another resolution authorised the highway department to lay out a four-lane traffic system on downtown streets, change High and. State streets to parallel park ing and shift the angle of parking on other streets from 45 to 30 de grees.jaACenter street was made a through traffic artery at the High and Liberty street Intersection and the Court and Commercial In tersection was made a stop at the north and west sides pending in stallation of stop-and-go signals. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) - Blakely Relieved, Caretaker Duties Clarence Blakely's position as major domo, alias caretaker of the city's rest stations which had virtually become a tradition has been terminated by the auto mobile accident which recently resulted In a skull fracture for the 71-year old man. The city council at the be hest of Alderman Edwin C. Goodenough and tho public buildings committee voted to hire a full-time janitor to keep the city hall,' the High and State street and the Marion square rest - stations clean, Blakely, ' It was explained, Is How, unable to work .and p. E. Coxwiek, city hall Janitor, has resigned. E. J. "Jack" Tucker, former city hall janitor. Is slated to re ceive the new full-time 1105 a month job. ; No Property Tax 4fcr 1937 h Martin' Hope "It the next legislature follows my advice there will be no state property taxes after 1937", Gov ernor Charles H. Martin declared at a press conference Monday.: . The. governor said the 1937 state property levy had been reduced to a million dollars. ". to Utilise Old P.O. V. F. W. committee Interested, stated Senator Charles L. Mc Nary had advised Lester Jones, post commander, that a, political subdivision could obtain : the' old postoffice for one-half its ap praised value. Davis added that the city of Eugene had taken o T r the old federal building there "by payment of $1. '.. -It the" city desired to " move the' building to the. west end of Wlllson park at a cost estimated at 85000,.. it could be remodeled Into . a city hall to match t the architectural style and r beauty of the new postoffiee and capltol buildings," Davis suggested after the 'meeting. "Benefit of, PWA grants ' probably " could 1 be br Hotel De Minto Reopening Aim Of Mayor Kuhri A committee ' to reopen Hotel r de Minto, relief sta tion for transient s, was named last night after lay er V. E. Kuhn called upaa the city council to meet a pressing need as evidenced by increased "panhandling" on the 'streets. The commit tee will work with either the Salvation Army or some other j relief organisation on a sbare-and-share basis la operating the station. Alderman Frank. P. Mar . shall, named chairman of the special committee, im mediately issued a plea to church and other organiza tions to assist by. donating foodstuffs as soon as ar rangements to reopen the "hotel" are completed. Mar shall will be assisted by Al dermen E. B. Perrine and Edwin C. Goodenough. Relief Asked For Drought Refugees Increased Quotas and New Projects Favored at Tri-State Parley PORTLAND, Dec. 7.-(;P)-A plea for Immediate federal assistance for midwest drought refugees in Oregon, Washington and Idaho re ceived support today from relief officials of the three Pacific north west states. The problem of caring for 10, 000 rural families was described as a national rather than a state responsibility. . Heads of federal -agencies rec ommended Increase of WPA and direct relief . quotas, new work projects, I rehabilitation loans and grants, federal purchase" and sale of land to settlers on easy terms, development of new farms, expan sion of the reemployment service. Transportation Is Only Solution Kow Officials said' under existing conditions there was little to do but provide the dependent migrat ing families with transportation back to their home states. One hundred families have-' been loca ted on resettlement 'farm pro jects, but Walter A. Duffy, region al director, said the program could be carried on only on a lim ited scale. Relief -Directors Kenneth Tip ton, Idaho, Elmer Goudy, Oregon, and Charles Ernst, Washington, indicated approval of a program for each state to determine the desirability of (incoming families. Washington's population additions were estimated at 5,000, Idaho 3,000 and Oregon 2,000. Recommendations will be for warded to Eugene S. Leggett, head of the national emergency coun cil at Washington, D. C. Payment Is Sent For Shirt Taken i Many Years Ago Conrad E. Store, Ridgefield. Wash., has cleared his conscience of a wrong dating back 24 years SO. . Major-General George A. White, received 'a letter Monday contain ing aeheck for 3.50, which Sture said was in payment for an army shirt which he appropriated In 1912 while a member of the Ore gon National Guard at Rosebnrg. "I have been converted," Sture wrote, "and I desire to have a conscience void of offense against God and man'". White said he would return the money to Stureas there was no of ficial record that the shirt' had been taken. Nonsuit! Allowed Favoring Steele The trial of the case of Herman Stone ' against C. L. Steele i and others came to a quick ending In circuit court yesterday when Judge li. H. McMahan allowed a defense motion for nonsuit at the conclusion of the plaintiff's testi mony. :s . - r - -a The plaintiff was asking 5C0 he alleged to be due him on a real' estate transaction which he stated be handled for the defendants..: ; PORTLAND, Dec T-JP-"Bull-dog" Jackson hammerlocked his way to a maim event victory over Ernie Piluso, - Portland Italian here tonight- Jackson" won the first and third falls. - "Dllly" Davis lost to Jack Lfp scomp in the semi-wlndup. Walter Achlu defeated Jack Clay born and Don Sugal stopped Bob Cattle. -. v L-ate Sports Voted Strike Delays Pipeline Work; Notification Given City By Contractor; Plate , Can't Be Delivered Concrete Work Proceeds However; Reinforcing .Material Available f The delay In construction of Sa lem's water-supply pipeline which was forecast when the contract was let hau arrived, the city coun cil was advised last night. The American Concrete St. Steel Pipe company through its local general superintendent gave formal no tice that strikes had prevented the delivery of steel plate from eastern mills. : ' Jenkins called the council's at tention to a clause in his firm's contract which relieved it of the responsibility for delay occasion ed by labor troubles. ' Construction of the concrete section of the pipeline, 5.76 miles In length, will proceed, however, since the company arranged to re ceive shipments of reinforcing steel by rail from California. Hydrant Dispute CUmax is Averted The council without discussion approved payment of 112,209.81 In bills connected with the water projects and 1797 for right-of-way easements. Alderman Merrill D. O h 1 1 n g headed off another climax in the council-water commission dispute o.er payment by the city for stand by water service at fire hydrants. Fire Chief Harry Hutton, he said, had agreed to reassu me , responsi bility for inspecting and servicing the hydrants. As a result the com mission's proposal that It handle the servicing and receive in return for servlco and water rental $2 per hydrant was dropped. First Fall Storm Is Moving Inland Traffic Hampered by Snow in Klamath County and McKenzie Highway PORTLAND, Dec T.-iPV-The northwest's first major storm of the season, battering the coast and soaking the western section, was swinging inland tonight, scatter ing snow over the high plateau country.- Snow in northern Klamath county slowed traffic on major highways and marooned six per sons returning to Klamath Falls from 'Diamond lake. It required 13 hours for one motorist to tra vel 150 miles south of Bend. Four inches of snow was re ported on the McKenzie pass high way between Bend and Eugene, Nearly an inch and a quarter of rain melted snow in northeastern Oregon. . . ' The Greek steamer Mount Atlas was forced to seek safety at the mouth of the Columbia river when a gale shifted her deck cargo. Occupational Tax Voted in Astoria ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 7-6PAn occupational tax . governing virt ually every profession, trade and business was adopted by the Astoria city council unanimously tonight as an emergency measure to raise money for the police and fire department and to maintain the street, lighting system. . The tax -went into effect im mediately : under an ' emergency clause. It will range from $10 to $100. , . Licenses for plnball machines 'were increased and a tax was placed on punchboards. . Municipal representatives said the move was necessary to prevent cutting the police force to three officers, lopping three off the fire department and turning the lights out soon after midnight. Forest Closures Are All Removed Governor Charles H. Martin is sued ' a proclamation Monday terminating the closed fire season over the entire state The proc lamation ' was issued at ! the re quest of State Forester Ferguson. . All closure orders - which have been in effect are cancelled. - , '. Ferguson reported that - recent rains had ' been -general- through out the entire state and that for est tire hazards had. been elim- lnateov . : . . Lacking Break Near in MariQe Strilte SaysMcGriidy Radio Operators, Ship's ' Officers Will Resume Negotiations, Sta'.ed - 4---: - - i ' Progress in' Other ; Large t Labor Disputes i pted Throughout Nation ..::-:.:-.',:';:. (By The Associated Press) , Peace mores gained momentum In the nation's major strike cen ters yesterday. j . . ' At San Francisco Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady predicted a "break" in the 39-day maritime strikb on the west coast. Coastwise f freight operators resumed negotiations with radio telegraphists land ar ranged to confer with the ; mas ters, mates and pilots union. Developments tended 'to; ease the situation in the Atlantic sea board area. The marine engineers beneficial association and i the masters, mates and pilotji organ ization announced at Washington withdrawal . of their support of the strike of rank and file sail ors. The two unions, however, de cided to continue their own strikes. j At New York union longshore men unloaded the French liner Nortnandie after French dock workers resumed. unloading American ships. I Many of the -2,700 Employes walked out of the Sun sbipbuild lng yards at Chester. Pa.J In! sym- pathy with striking seamen,. Glass Workers and Employers Confer I Officials of the " Llbbey-Owens-Ford Glass company and i the fed (Turn to page 2. co . 8) i One Injured Wlien Anto, Truck Meet Bi Trailer Unit poppies But Driver Unscathed; Pedestrian Is Hurt A small sedan crashed Into and caused a heavy Silver Wheel freight truck and trailer combln atlon to overturn at the side of the Pacific highway one-half mile north of Woodburn at 9 last night, according to fctate po lice. . . I Jess P. Paschelle, 40, Portland, was taken to the Woodburn hos nital for dressing of severe lac eration about the head, face, arms and legs. The truck driver, Elmer R. ' Erb, Albany,: was unhurt. 1 The crash demolished the sedan and damaged the truck aad trailer heavily. -. : A pedestrian Identified only as Mr. Carlson, received a jknee in jury when he walked against the side of an automobile driven hy Paul Gronke, route three! at 9:30 a. m., yesterday, Gronke reported to police. He did not State the location of the accident. G. .Johnson, lies' South High street,- escaped unhurt at 12:10 a, m. Sunday when his automobile collided with a switch engine at Liberty and Trade streets.: Four automobiles, were involv ed in an accident .on the Pacific highway 12 miles from $alem at 2:10 a. m Sunday. After an auto driven by John E. Radosavlcb, Puyallup, Wash., had. been over turned in a collision with! another car, one machine driven by Ray Meuserabull, Albany and a fourth car struck the vehicle which had been upset. Police had no report of the accident or of anyj injuries 1 in connection with it. Rebel Qnstaiight is Expected A fter Terrific MADRID. Dec. 7.UPy-Ma- drid's defense officials prepared tonight for a fascist Onslaught expected to follow, anj artillery bombardment - which -rased ' huge blocks of apartment buildings. As refugees streamed from the western outskirts ot the! city, the tone of the most serious shell ing, ' government t officials , pre dicted an insurgent attack there. Fighting around Guadalajara, northeast of Madrid, Indicated the insurgents - were - seeking to smash their way , into (the . city from' that region- also. Twenty- three fascist planes bombed the area. - - t , l Finnish Envoy Is ' ! Held Scandalous" " i -The i ministry of state, dls- cfosed. meanwhile, that the gov ernment had asked immediate withdrawal -ot the! Finnish charge d'affaires In Mdrid be cause of '"scandalous' -abuse -of diplomatic, privilege." -: ' i The government, in a message to the Helslngfors administra tion, asserted the' Finnish offic Carried A many baa ayans 54 Towns Worst Disaster f in History of Isleo : Indicated; Few Bodies Found So Fair But Larcre Number Missinc Surge- of Water Strikes Without Any Warninffi No Word From District Beyond Ilagan; MANILA, Dec. 8. -(Tuesday)AP) Thousands wers) missing In northeast Luzon island today and many of them were feared drowned in' what authorities said may prove the most disastrous flood in the history of the Philippines; ! I ' Surging over the banks of the Cagayan river, the flood , a Ostrucki in the early hours of De Consolidate Two Pinball Disputes ! i i Campbell, Arnold Actions Being Heard, Circuit Court at Portland I PORTLAND, Dec. 7.-VP)-Con-solldation of suits involving pin ball machines was effected in cir cuit court here today, j The suits are brought by J. H. Campbell and N. J, Arnold of Marion county who seek to en join Sheriff A. C. Burk of Marion county. Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle and Assistant Attorney General Ralph Moody from seizing machines or interfering with their operation. :'-:--.. ' The plaintiffs contend their ma chines are games of skill rather than gambling devices, i The defendants said they - re garded the' plnball machines as games of chance and that their op eration is a violation of state laws Campbell and Arnold were ' (Turn to page z, col. 1 ) Neutrality Pact ! BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 7-CPV-A neutraUty pact to bind all the 21 American . republics together 4 against foreign aggression was proposed to the inter-American peace conference tonight by Peru.. ! It was submitted shortly, after the Chilean delegation presented an American arms litigation pro ject which neutral observers be lieved had little chance of approv al because of the threat seen by delegates In the European arma ment race. . - ( ! The Peruvian neutrality project provides that In case ot war be tween a country in the Western Hemisphere and one outside it, signatories of the agreement could aid in arming and supplying food to the American power but would suspend all traffic with the foreign nation. .: '!.. -' ' 1 . ' .- :- Kenny Allen Injured 1 i PORTLAND, Dec. ' 7.-P)-Ken-neth Allen, 27, formerly of Sa lem and now an orchestra leader here, received scalp .Injuries in an automobile accident. The for mer; University of Oregon singer was Involved In a collision. I Cyclist Fatally Injured t KLAMATH FALLS. Dec. T. CP)-Mary Rosener, 12, was fatal ly Injured here when her bicycle collided with an automobile. Bombardment ial threw hand-grenades from the windows of his .legation at government troops between Dec. 1 and Dec t; stored arms and ammunition In the building, and harbored fascists who ' were not "entitled to diplomatic refuge." ' Informed persons declared Foreign Minister Julio Alvarei Del Vayo will present new charges against ' Germany and Italy before the League of Na tions. - . 1 - : An air ministry announcement said three Insurgent planes which were brought ddwn yester day were Heinkel (German) pur suit ships, v. - - . . : The western ' edge t ot Madrid was becoming daily more and more - a city of the dead as ci vilians lugged their portable be longings into v Madrid and : left tor the south and east in trucks and automobiles. The ' defense administration's provisioning committee reported the problem of feeding the more than ,1,000,000 persons still in the capital, was n earing solution. Proposed Parley way Rise In undated Sea Takes Toll , cember 4, catching virtually all of thej inhabitants of the heavily populated region unawares, said a report from the .military com mander of leabela province. With the surly waters still seething toward the sea, 20 bod ies had been recovered today near the town of Cauayan, and the provincial commander ex pressed fear these merely pre saged m vastly greater death toll, that might be numbered in the hundreds or thousands. Atleast 64 towns and hamlets were" known to be Inundated, and many more, nearer the norm snore oi tiuxoo, woers communications were completely disrupted, were feared deluged. There was no word at all, the commander said, from towns north lot Ilagan, about 85 miles inland. "Thousands of persons," the commander reported, were car ried.' away ar-r the - flood waters swept toward' Aparrl and U4 sea." Aparrl is at the mouth ot the Cagayan. Towns Inundated Over Wide Region Traffic throughout the afflict ed area was disrupted as high ways were washed out. The flood inundated 12 barrios) (hamlets or towns) In the vicinity of Jones; 19 near Angadana; 11 near Cayayan; and six near Rtlna Mercedes.f j The rampaging Cagayan rivet passes northward through the provinces of Neuva Vlzcaya, Isa be la and Cagayan, richest tobaecd prouuemg region in tne nu'P pines., f : The river rose so rapidly peas pie had no opportunity to flee td higher ground, and many were carried toward the sea clinging t5 the tops of houses and other deb ris. , . People, OatUe And Housee Wash Away ' Reports from Tuguegarao lot Cagayan - province, where th4 river widens as it nears its oceai outlet, said humanr, cattle and (Turn to page 2, col. ) (tmtyl Order Is Signed Formal order for tha 1931 county tax levy was signed by the county court yesterday. The tag will raise a total of6C5,732 of which $73,500. for road purposes. Is assessed only outside the city of Salem. - This levy Is made up ot the fol lowing: General fund, 19t. 305.60; county school fund, $187,760; county school library fund, $1,875; old age pension fun, $60,000; state tax. element--ary teachers fund, $91,552 10; state tax, general, $52,929.21. The court also levied tares for those school districts which did not have their census rolls com pleted in time for the county school fund apportionment as fol lows: District 17. $322; 23, $37 C; 2, $223; 84. $169; 90. $28$; 97, $322; 98, $241; 105, $277. n n smo'ppimo up oays xwi rrXXf NCIT5 FOR f BROTHER 4s'1 4 'i '