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If I .Don't Bliss III Off the prem Friday The Oregon Statesman's Willamette Valley Progress edition, replete with photos of Salem honm, Industrie. The 7eatlier Unsettled today and Thursday with rains, colder Thursday; max. temp. Tues day S9.8, win. 82.3, river A foot, cloudy, aonth winds. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Horning, December 30, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands. 5c No. 238. Pajraeiri inmroeimcli amis ! FOUNDED i 1831 v . .Friend Say M A' S - I H if V Artists Given Assignment by Capitol Heads Four Easterners Picked; Identity Is Withheld Pending Contracts 2 Sculptors and 2 Mural Painters to Outline State's History PORTLAND, Dec. 2-A)-The , eapitol reconstruction, commis sion today approved selection of two sculptors and two mural painters . to complete decor a tire designs at the r.ew statehouse at Salem. The Identities of the artists will be made known when negotia tion tnr th XI CK flan nrntact in .concluded. .The commission said an were eastern men. .'The commission approred the report of - Robert W. Sawyer, Bend, and Dr. E. C. Dalton, St. Helens, members of the commis sion, who returned from an east ern trip to consult prominent ar chitects and artists. . r Concrete Pouring; -tarta Thursday Rosa B. Hammond, reneral contractor, agreed to a transfer . .Or Ann m . i. V ov,vvv irum iae gvuersi con , tract figure. This will be matched by other funds available for dec orative work. Hammond said first concrete would be poured at Salem Thursday. : . The largest of the murals will be on the rotunda walls, measur ing 10 by 28 feet. The report pro posed as subjects the Lewis and Clark expedition at Celilo Falls, Robert Gray entering the Colum bia river. Dr. John McLougblin at Fort Vancouver and the great wa gon train of 1843 on the Oregon fan. . .,, Four murals flanking the stair- ways would represent major Ore gon Industries. Two at the en trances to the legislative halls would depict formation- of the provisional government at- Cham Poeg and the ceremony marking admission of the state into the anion. The -report v called for exterior statues of a covered wagon fam ily preparing a meal and Lewis and Clark with Sacajawea, the In dian woman who guided the expe dition, t . Sawyer said Secretary Harold Ickes. PWA dministrator, waived requirement for competitive se lection of artists. Olunart Succeeds Lamkin as Clerk v Announcement- of the resigna tion of Walter Lamkin, deputy county clerk since 1925. and cir cuit court deputy for the last six years, was made at the office of the county .clerk yesterday. Lam kin is to engage in the private practice of law. He is opening of Xices in the Oregon building shortly after January 1, U. O. Boyer, county clerk, an nounced that Harlan Judd; at present, in charge of the Issuance f marriage licenses in the office. . will take over the work of the circuit court clerk and that Lee V. Oh mart, for two years deputy in the tax collection department, had been appointed to fill Judd's position. Lamkin is agradnate of the Salem high1 school and was ad mitted to the Oregon Bar in 1935, after studying law in connection with his work, at the office. He said that during the coming leg islative session he would act as secretary to Senator Charles K. Spaulding but he would keep his office open during the time'. r Surprise Witness In Oakland Trial OAKLAND, Calif.. Dec. 29.-(rPh-A "surprise" witnesg today identified George Wallace, con fessed defendant In the Point Lobos ship-board murder trial, as a man he saw Just outside the cabin of C h 1 e f Engineer George Alberts the day the of ficer was killed. Frank Corrlgan, assistant en gineer of the ship, who was called as a witness by counsel for three other defendants, said . Wallace stood with his hand against the door of the death cabin. - ... ; Drunkenness Charged to ' Two Menf Autoist Booked Frank "R. Thomas, Leonard ho tel, was arrested by city police last night on a charge of being drunk and a vagrant. Joe L Blogan, transient, was arrested on a charge of being drank. Jack Roach, 875 North 1 6 th. was arrested on a charge of fail tag to stop at a stop street. Young Shipper anil Wife e With 10 Others in Airlir jAccident " ) ' . rV - ;v - .. . " " . ma ward T. Ford, Jr., son of president of Grace Lines steamship I company, and his wife, who died In transport plane crash near I Sangva, Calif.; their bodies along with 10 others were retrieved 1 from mountainside wreckage and takfjt to Saogns by horseback yesterday. ; - Senator Wallace eat BlcColIoch Resigns From Commissionership to Resume Law Work Frank C. McCollouh, Baker lawyer, will relinquish the state public utilities commissionership effective Friday and N. O. Wal lace, Bend state senator, will take Ma place, Governor Charles O. Martin announced yesterday., Mc Collough, the executive stated. has resigned in order to resume active law practice in Baker. Offers Service aa Private Citizen t "I will still serve you as a pri vate citizen whenever the occas ion demands," McColough wrote governor Martin. I TL'allaCA was hnrn near Shirl- an, Arkansas, March 27, 1875, and was admitted to the bar in 1901. He located at Prinevllle in 1913. From 1917 to 1925 he served as county. Judge of Crook county. In 1934 he was elected State senator of Deschutes coun ty to fill the vacancy caused by tpe resignation of Jay H. Upton. I Governor Martin' said Wallace f as now in Washington, D. C, where he is looking after irriga tion matters. m McCoIousb, who' has served as public utility commissioner since early in the Martin administra tion, was praised by the governor for bis service to the state. Blizzard Maroons Indians, Desert GALLUP, N. M.v Dec. 29-tiP)-A sudden, fierce' blixzard, sweeping over the red rocks of eastern Ari zona's painted desert, marooned 3fl0 Navajo Indian men, women and children today In an isolated valley west of here. I Officials of the vast Navaio res ervation expressed fear of serious consequences if Indian s ervice trucks fail to break more than 25 miles of snow-covered road from Ginado trading post and reach the stf-anded red men tonight. the close of on of the Navaloa most colorful healing ceremonies. the "mountain chant." The In dians had gathered near Wide Ruin for the nlne-dav ceremonv. which was climaxed bv the "fire dance." Old NewUtilityH Age Pensioners Warned To Report A Recipients of old age assistance grants who change their address should notify, the county relief committee as soon as they more, Glenn C. Niles, secretary of the cojmittee warned yesterday, or they may find they have no assis tance checks at the first of the month. I ; I A numbers of pensioners who had changed their addresses with out notifying the committee found tsemselvea In that situation at the first of the month when the state relief committee conducted at statewide check up to determ ine -tne present location of old age grantees.; All , envelopes bear ing old age assistance checks sent out from the state relief committee headquarters In Port land December 1 bore the legend, "If addressee not available at ad dress, given, return to senders. I More than 10 persons, this method revealed, had moved since applying for old age assistance. asM. leaving-, forwarding addn P. H. Holmes Will Head Businessmen Simon Retires as Leader of League; Goebel Is New Vice-Presidejit Phillip H. Holmes of the Cross Market was elected president of the Business Men's league at the annual meeting held last night at the chamber of commerce.' John W. Goebel of Rice & Goebel was elected vice-president and C. E. Wilson, of the chamber, secretary. Directors chosen were Dr. Hes4 ry E. Morris, Reynolds Allen, Ed ward Schunke, J. L. Cooke and Eugene Legg. Advocate Increasing Peddler License Fee The league went on record to prevent as far as possible ped dlers, doorbell ringing, and to ask the city council to raise the amount required for a city license. Fake advertising .will be opposed through co-operation with merch ants and professional men, as well as the selling of tickets by tele phone. The league favored o'clock closing for retail stores Saturday nights. The new president was authorised to appoint a legislative committee of five to keep in con tact with bills that may come be fore the legislature of special in terest to the retail business. Monthly meetings will be held and speakers invited to talk on such subjects as the Patman bill, the co-operative store laws and other matters of Interest to Salem merchants and professional men. Lawrence N. Simon, retiring president, presided and in his final message, urged the league espe cially to study the matter of Sat urday night closing and also "the door bell ringing nuisance." Last Day for New Licenses Nearing Vehicle owners have only two days time in which to obtain their 1937 license plates for cars to be operated on the highways after December 31. State police have announced that the drive Against delinquent vehicle owners would begin Fri day morning,' January 1. Records show that approxi mately 125,000 sets of 1937 license plates were Issued up to last night. There are yet more than 200, 000 vehicles to be licensed, Sec retary of SUte Snell estimated yesterday. ddresk Changes es. were receiving their checks regular There was one case of a pensioner who had moved into another slate and wa8 still re ceiving assistance from an Ore gon county. Infrequent Checkups Make Duplication Possible It Is possible for this condition to exist because old age pension ers are contacted only once in ev ery three months, making It pos sible that five or six months may pass before a eheck on the where abouts of a pensioner may, . be made. . ,i . .'.(! One .case was found recently of an elderly person who, while still receiving assistance checks from the county he had left, had been approved as eligible tor1 as sistance by . the county to which he had moved. Since" all- checks are made out by the State Relief committee in, Portland, after ap proval by the county -courts, the error was detected when dapli (Turn to Page 2, Cri. 1), Safer Airways Projected as Crash Sequel Inquest to Be Held Next Week Over Latest of Accident Series Commerce-.! Bureau Told Safety Facilities Need of Changes in WASHINGTON, Dec. iS-VP)" Far-reaching plans for making the airways safer were projected by the commerce department tonight after a series of December crashes brought to 60 the year's death toll on scheduled airlines. After receiving suggestions for improving safety facilities from Colonel Eddie V. Rlckenbacker, the denartment called for a con ference between ariline operators and government technicians "to prevent another series" of acci dents. 24-Hour Compass Service Recommended Air transports should be equipped with radio compasses using antennas shielded against rain, sleet and snow static, Rick enbacker said, and the commerce department should provide 24- hour service with radio direction finders. - The latter could be trained on a lost ship to give its exact loca tion. BURBANK, CALIF. Dec. 29-(JPy-An inquest will beheld some time next week to ; determine whether there was negligence" in connection with the Sunday night air transport crash that killed 12 persons. Coroner Frank Nance said today. Bodies of the . victims were brought out today by pack horse and old-fashioned buckbonrds froujk-the -almost v Inaccessible mountain . canyon 2tfjnltes north of here where "Tie plane crashed in a storm. ThV nine passengers and three crew members were found dead In the liner's cabin late yesterday, nearly six hours after the wreckage was , sighted Questions Failure to Land at Bakersfield 1 In calling the inquest, Coroner Nance said: "I believe it is the usual pro cedure to land passengers at Bak ersfield in case of storms over the Tehachapi ridge." Nance also said he was consid ering subpoenaing officials of United Airlines to produce the log of radio conversations. Two other inquiries are under way, one by United Airlines, the other by the United States depart ment of commerce. Portlanders See Steady Snowfall Portland! Dec. 29-tf)-A steady snowfall, the first of the winter, descended on Portland tonight. It clung to the hilly sec tions but melted quickly in the downtown district. The motor association reported snow as far east as Cascade Locks, at Medford and on the Sis kiyou section of the Pacific high way. Light flurries drifted down at McMinnrille but melted as they touched the ground. At Klamath Falls where the temperature slipped to 12 degrees above zero, a light snow covered streets and highways. Estacada in Clackamas county, where water levels dropped to re cord lows last autumn, saw Its wells overflow with the rains of the past few days. Roseburg Home to Be Placed in Use Roseburg, Dec. 29 (Senator Charles McNary advised Roseburg officials today the former Oregon State soldiers home will be con verted to the use of the United States veterans administration. Existing veterans' facilities here will be turned over to neuro psychiatry purposes. The senator said the move met approval of General Frank T. Hines, veterans' bureau adminis trator. The decision to use the state home for domiciliary and medical accommodations for veterans fol lowed numerous protests -over the reeent announcement the national home would be devoted, to the neuro-psyehlatrlc work. ! Fall Kills Crag Rat HOOD RIVER, ORE., - Dec 19 -(P-Vlctor Howell, 20, youngest member of the Crag; Rats, an out door organization, met Instant death this afternoon when he fell down a steep slope and crashed against a tree stump. Howell grad uated from Hood River high school last year. He was president of the student body and a star football player. - Round-Robin Ducks Given Cycle Rides , ' The story of the round-robin ducks they want round and round but ended up where they came from can out now because the joking is at an end. Before they arrived there however, they cost State' Trooper Farley Mogan 25 cents, Homer H. Smith, jr.. 10 cents and Trooper Sergeant Powell Clayton 50 cents. It all began two months ago when Mogan jestingy dumped two ducks, worthless coots, in the pa trol office . waste basket, and tailed to heed Clayton's warning to get rid of them. That night a telegraph messenger delivered a package two ducks to Mogan in West Salem and collected 40 cents for his services. Mogan sent 'em on to Smith in Salem, cost 10 cents. Smith, the canny fellow, put 'em in 'cold storage until Christmas, then .'re turned them to Mogan decked out in a big box and a red bow as a supposed Vule gift. That made Mogan the butt of a laughing group of relatives. , Business was yet to come once more to tne messengers however Mogan and Smith hauled hhn and the re-packaged ducks to Cay- ton's house on Moringside hill and Mrs. Clayton paid 50 cents for them before her sergeant hus band realized the ducks were com lng home, c. o. d. Clayton thought of giving the docks one more bicycle ride but, on second thought, put them where theysjbquld have gone in the f irst-v SW - r Educator Assails Farley Job Deal Prostitutes Idea, Career if. .. . Men,' Speaker Asserts at Portland Meet a1 PORTLAND, , Dec " 2 9-flV-The Oregon State Teachers' association turned from the conference room today to hear nationally-known educators discuss leading issues in the profession. . i Dr. 'Henry Hodges, associate professor of social science at the J University of Cincinnati, assailed ames Farley, postmaster general and chairman of the Democratic national committee, for what he termed evils in the civil service system. "Jim Farley has done more to. prostitute the idea of career men in public service than any other man I have known In 25 years of political observations," he said. Advocates Manager Type of Government ' Dr. Hodges urged civics teach ers to instruct their students in municipal government by going to council meetings and actually ger system of city government and taking part. He advocated a mana ernment Jobs. tion th a "frnlta of science are specially-trainel workers for gov- Dr. Paul Kirkpatrlck of Stan ford university, told the associa- sour ' when men use chemical knowledge to make armaments or permit malnutrition to exist. Farmer Creamery Co-op Rise Told McMINNVILLE, Dec. 29-GFr More than 1000 persons heard of the rapid four-year growth of the Farmers Union cooperative cream ery at the annual meetin gin Sher idan today. Speakers reported the group in creased its membership from 65 to 725 manufactured 727.000 pounds of butter, 218,000 pounds of cheese and 609.000 pounds of dry milk. The sales volume to talled $340,000. Farmers and guests registered from Yamhill. Polk, Lincoln, Ben ton and Tillamook ' counties. Clyde Smith, board chairman, pre sided. Speakers Included P. M. Brandt of Oregon State college, Roy R. HMewitt. Salem and Steen John son of Sheridan. Quashing of Bank Suit Is Refused OREGON CITY. Dec. i9-VPl- Judge Earl C. Latourette denied the defendant's motion for dis missal today in the State Sav ings and Loan association's suit against the First Ntlonal bank of Salem. The association seeks $30,000 in connection with its lease on the Guardian building at Salem.' The plaintiff completed its case today. -.. r-. ....v :. ,-:..' Late Sports PORTLAND, Dec "29-OP)-Tne Oregon Normal school Wolves de feated the Mantle club of Port land tonight, SI to 40. The Teach ers rallied after trailing IS to IT at the half. Duce Advises Hitler Not to Act in Spain Mussolini Is Represented as Washing Hands of General Franco Nazi Warships Threaten Retaliation for Act of Seizure BERLIN, Dec 80 (Wednes day) Py-Chancellor Adolph Hitler has been advised by Premier Mussolini of. Italy, informed quarters in close touch with Rome said today, to withdraw graciously from Spain as soon as possible. 11 Duce was represented as hav ing decided to wash his hands ot Gen. Francisco Franco and the Spanish insurgents and to have suggested that Hitler follow suit. Mussolini's future policy toward Spanish fascism was expected in informed circles to hare real weight in any decision Hitler and his nazi lieutenants reach on the Franco-British demands for a strict non-intervention in the Spanish civil war. BERLIN. Dec. 2 STitfNazi warships pointed toward tne northern Spanish coast tonight to force surrender of a passenger and cargo of the German freighter Palos, released today by socialist Bilbao. The freighter, seized by Basque authorities at Bilbao last week, was released "upon demand of the cruiser Koenigsberg," a curt for eign office announcement said. But the cargo, . which the Basques said was munitions de spite denial, and one Spanish pas senger, were held. They now must be surrendered or Nazi warships may . retaliate by searching ships of any or all nations heading for Bilbao, Germany .warned. The cruiser Koeln and a 'tor pedo-boat were dispatched to the bay, of Biscay sector to force the Bilbao authorities to free the Pa los' passenger and 'its sequestered cargo. Torpedo Boat Convoys In Effect Torpedo boat convoys for Ger man vessels were ordered earlier, and tonight this order still stood, a foreign office spokesman said. While the Palos incident and the, apparent readiness of Berlin p-tb - invoke reprisals if necessary aroused the rest of Europe, Ber lin newspapers devoted attention to the munitions sale by a United States firm to the Valencie-Madrid Spanish government. Stayt T 1 1 . W on isiana Bridge Damaged High 'water on the North Sant- iain river this week undermined one crib pier of the temporary bridge from the mainland to Stay ton island but construction of Sa lem's underground water supply Intake will not be delayed by the mishap, .Engineer R. E. Koon said yesterday after Inspecting the pro ject. Workmen were expected to have repaired the bridge by this morning. Because of the faulty bridge, it was necessary yesterday to pull a truckload of perforated steel pipe across the river through the wat er, Koon said. Approximately 1(00 feet of the porous water-collecting pipe has been laid deep in the Island grav els. Although Koon estimated a total of 5000 feet would be re quired, he said the amount needed would not be known definitely until farther trench excavation and pipe-laying had been completed. High Court Holds Peaceful Picketing The state supreme court yester day upheld the light of organised labor to picket peacefully regard less of whether or not a strike la in effect ' at the place picketed. The court reversed Multnomah county circuit judges in two cases on approximately the same issue. In one opinion the court re versed Judge James W. ; Crawford of Multnomah county in a suit brought by the George B. Wallace company. A. B. Chevrolet and Wentworth & Irwin, to restrain Mt. Hood lodge, Local No. 1005, auto mechanics, and others from picketing ' the plaintiffs proper ties. - . ,' :V.".,,-" . . ' The other opinion reversed Judge Hall 8. Lusk of Multnomah eounty in a smiliar suit brought by L. L. Starr, doing business as the Portland Cleaning ; Works, against the Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers Local Union No. 101. - : In both cases the lower courts issued orders restraining; picket ing operations.. . '. j.-r The opinion in the wauaee case Deal for Return of Abducted Lad Said D Mattson Fam 1 May Be Paid Within 12 Hours; Aid Offered From Many Sources Truce Called by GJVIen Opens Way For Negotiation, Holds; Want Ad in Seattle Paper Is Eyed i - TACOMA, Dec. 29 (AP) famHy revealed tonight Charles Mattson, 10, are "definitely under way ' and pay ment' of the $28,000 ransom will likely be made within 12 hours. : The friend refused to allow his name to be used. He .said the "truce" called by department of justice agents searching for the boy stolen from his home Sunday hight had opened the -way for ly and the abductor. Dr. W. W. Mattson. father of Gharles, was reported eady to pay the $28,000 ransom demand "in his own way? after refusing dozens of offers friend said Dr. Mattson lacked any such amount' of cash when t" - "O Charles was stolen but had man r HI. T Jr. ll I iw-iTiaii ljcaua isucu life to Get Man Nabs Counterfeiter After Posing as Candidate, Fireman, Gambler MIAMI. Fla.. Dec. 29-tfPr-A se- Art aervice agent who worked in the, fire department by day and Operated a gambling game by iMght climaxed a year of under cover sleuthing today by bringing 4 1 suspected counterfeiter into clourf. Agent George Newmien's dual existence was disclosed at a hearing for a man booked as Roc ck de Franco, 48, ot New York, on d charge of possessing $21,000 on biogus $20 notes. De Franco was held to the federal grand Jury in $25,000 ball, t Bans For Office, Nabs Suspect Newman, who found time to rim for a political office during his months of nndercover work, testified he posed as a dealer in spurious money after arranging a meeting with a man through an "underworld contact." The agent said De Franco off ered to sell him $20,000 in bogus bills for $5000. De Franco plead ed Innocent without making a statement. j From July, 1935, until last night Newman was employed as a tire extinguisher fUler for the Mi ami beach fire department, carry ing 60-pound extinguishers in and out of apartment houses and ho tels. George McArthur, operator of the Hawaiian -Hut, a resort, said Newman operated a gambling de vice at his bar last winter. ', r lLast June Newman ran for dem ocratic committeeman of the 83 rd precinct In South Miami Beach, bttt lost by some 40 votes. - Cooa Loss Not Great IMARSHFIELD. Dec. 19-UPi- AUbough i the autumn fl r e s brought enormous property losses, little damage occured In merch antable timber, the Coos fire pa trol reported to State Forester W. J. Ferguson today. Timber lost in I the patrol's area amounted to 133460. La wful A ctivity was written by Justice Belt with Justice Rand dissenting.. Justice Kelly wrote the opinion in the Starr case. -v . Picketing Law Held Constitutional Constitutionality of the Oregon picketing law was .upheld by Jus tice Kelly In the suit involving the Portland Cleaning Works. Commenting on the Wallace ease. Justice Belt said: '. ' - fin our opinion the defendants hate 'direct or indirect' Interests in the terms and conditions of em ployment regardless of whether or noti they stand in the proximate relation of e m p 1 o y e r and employee.- j . tBr reason of the difference be tween the standards .maintained by the plaintiffs and those fixed by the defendants, a 'labor dis pute, within the meaning of the statute exists. It is not for this court to say who is right in this Industrial controversy." Plaintiffs in the Wallace; case had alleged that the unions had ex- (Turn to Page X, CoL 1) ' If' A friend of the W. W. Mattson, negotiations for ; the return of negotiations between the f airi of financial aid. The family ed to obtain It since Sunday. The family friend's statements followed by only a few hours as surance from another spokesman that "none of us connected with the case expects any developments' of any kind tonight. Offers of Cash , Aid Four In . ' , During the day, numeraus of fers of cash; poured into the Matt son home, "i "- ... . . Mr., and Mrs. Charles Fletcher, grandparents of the child, led the group of offers by asserting in aa interview they would give their small home and all the remainder of a once large fortune to obtain Charles' release. The offers were revealed as an advertisement w h 1c h soma thought to be the first move in paying the $28,000 ransom de manded appeared in The Seattle Times want-ad section. ' The advertisement, under the "personal" column, read: "Mabel: Please give ns your address. Ann." Mountain Woman V JACKSON. KY., Dec ti-J(yK mountain , woman avenged the slaying of her son in Breathitt county courtroom today in a burst of fire that killed the ac cused slayer an wounded two spectators. ' The pistol shots came at the opening of court where in the old days many men were tried tor feud killings. The shots fatally wounded Johnny Shepherd, charged with the Christmas eve shooting ot 17-year-old Harvey Gabbard, and sent some 150 spec tators pell mell for safety. ' . Mrs. Viola Wickline was the 35-year-old. maddened mother from whom a deputy sheriff snatched a pistol a few moments too late. She leaped to- her feet and fired four times, according to County Attor ney, Alfred M. Russell, with no warning other than "shouting a vile name 'at . Shepherd." In Jail she refused to discuss the shoot ing. ; 1. Tanker Cafirying Trotxky Directed to Drop Hint at Tampico, Mexico, Report HONEFOSS. Norway, Dec. 30. (Wednesday) (")-The n e w s -paper Ringerikesblad today re ported the tanker Ruth on which Leon Trotsky sailed tor Mexico " was taking the Russian . exile to Tampico, Mexico. It said the vessel was orig inally scheduled to go to Texas but. the owners acceded to the Norwegian . government's request, that the tanker call Instead at Tampico." A payment of $2,000 was made for. altering the route, the paper reported. 300,000 Acres in Oregon Designated by Roosevelt ' . -'As R.efuge for Antelope WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-A-Nearly, a million acres ot Uncle Sam's public domain in Oregon, and Nevada, ' have been : , turned over to the antelopes. . More than $00,000 acres of land in Nevada have been set aside and -upwards of 300,000 acres of southeastern Oregon land hare been designated by executive or der tor the exclusive use of mi gratory birds and wild life in the Hart Mountain, Antelope refuge. There are some 4000 antelope around Hart Mountain. Avenge Slaying - f . : i . . . t;-