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Salem, Oregon, Friday Mornlnsr, February 23, 1937
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Lower Pension
Age Limit Has
House Support
Vote' Is 35-24 for Both
Minority Report and
Final Adoption
Goes to Senate, . Contest
Over Amendments Is
Possible Later .
Second round of the battle be
tween the bouse pension liberal
bloc and the 'ways and means -committee,
went to the liberals yes
terday when the house voted 35
to 24 to reduce the age limit for
pensioners to 65. First round was
won when the bloc frustrated ac
tion on appropriation bills and
forced the committee, to agree to
bring upon the floor of the house
a bill to reduce the age limit. ,
The decision to reduce the age
limit and set the minimum : for
pensions at $30 came upon a di
vided report from the committee.
The bill adopted also eliminated
the so-called pauper's oath. The
majority report of the committee
recommended that the age ; limit
be left at 70 and that the maxi
mum payments should be 330 a
month to pensioners. ' '
Third and Possibly
Fourth Rounds Ahead
Third round of the fight will
come In the senate. Should the
upper house refuse to adopt the
measure as it stands, then the
fourth and final conflict would
eome on the adoption of confer
ence reports. : Seven . other ; social
security bills were made a special
order for 11 o'clock -today.
. After the house had adopted
the minority report, the rules
were suspended and the bill
placed on final passage. The vote
on both the substitution of the
minority report for the majority
report and the final passage was
the same.
Fight for the adoption of the
minority report was led by Rep
resentatives Barnes, Bull and
Wagner.
i Characterizing . the bill as one
of the "most important pieces of
legislation in the history of the
state," Representative Baftes de
clared: "We may have to create
a deficit to pay this additional
amount, X don't know. Perhaps we
can raise the revenue, but it can
be paid."
Only Opposition is
On Lack of Money
Only objection came to the bill
on the grounds of finance and on
the complete reduction to 65 In
stead of graduating It down.
"In all this discussion I haven't
heard a method of financing the
reduction," Representative Frlede
said.
"I do not believe we should at
tempt to go the whole way at one
step but should approach the
problem gradually so we may con
tinue to stand on our own feet,
"No thought is given to cost
when the nation goes to war,'
Representative Wagner said, "We
always find ways and means for
that. Nor do we hesitate to spend
money on a building program. We
are facing a dangerous situation
and should adopt this minority
report to uphold, the morale of
our old people." - - ' '
Opportunists Hit
In Bennett's Talk
"I am not particularly Inter
ested In the political ambitions of
political opportunists who try to
climb Into favor with this kind of
legislation, Representative Ben
nett said. "I am interested in what
is best for all the people.
"No mention has been made of
the taxpayer who will have to pay
this bill.
"The eyes of the old people are
upon us," Representative Bevans
said, "Let us vote to giro a. few
days happiness to the aged." .
Representative O. Henry Oleen
declared that if it was good bus
iness to match federal funds for
highways and building- it. was
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Pinball Ban - Bill
Vetoed in Idaho
BOISE. Idaho. Feb. SS-itV-A
bill to outlaw pin. marble, dice,
wheel and similar ' games o t
chance was vetoed today by Gov
ernor Barxilla W. Clark.; The
senate sustained . his - veto by
a single vote.
Said Clark:
"When we accept without
Question the workings of the
atoek market, main street bet
ting hoards i on. the outcome of
elections and athletic games,
rarfles and bridge prises, we can
not expect to curb the gambling
Instinct by merely designating
pinball. marble games and dice,
as gambling. 1 - -
Anti-
Gambling
Debate Brief; Convicts
R e I e a s e Plan Extended
Allowance to Prisoners to Cover Future as Well
as j Men Now" Incarcerated ; Gin Marriage
Repeal Turned Down by Senators
THE senate Thursday passed H. B. 16 providing good-time
credits for prisoners, amending it to embrace future pris
oners as well as those now confined. It killed the repeal of
the "gin marriage' law; re-referred to committee H. B. 349,
substitute for S. B. 18, dealing with penalties for drunken
driving ; passed the Martin anti-slot machine bill ; made appro-
Borah's Proposal
Receives Support
States' i Rights Guarantee
Amendment Suggested;
Hit "Due Process" V
WASHINGTON, Feb.
states' rights constitutional
amendment tossed by Senator
Borah (R-Ida) into the argumen
tative free-for-all aroused by the
Roosevelt court . reorganization
proposals.1 attracted broad support
tonight among opponents of the
White. House program.
-Administration spokesmen were
quick, however, to dismiss the pro
posal Intended to give the states
unquestioned power to deal with
economic and social questions-r
an unacceptable alternatlfe.'Jbow-
ever desirable intrinsically .
; Borah's amendment would make
certain legal changes in the "due
process" clause of the constitu
tion, the rock on which the New
York women's minimum wage law
was ; wrecked ; a J year ago. The
Borah aim is to prevent such state
laws from being invalidated be
cause of this clause, which says no
state "shall deprive any person of
life, liberty or property without
due process of law."
' While giving the states freer
scope to pass social and economic
legislation, the Idahoan's amend
ment would relax 'none of the
present restraints on federal ac
tion. : i ! .
Soil Conservation
Payment Received
A second package of payment
checks for farmers who par
ticipated! In the 1936 soil con
servation program in Marion
county arrived yesterday at the
office of County Agent Harry L.
Riches. The agent announced
that to date 25 farmers had
received $26,765.02 for their
part in the program.
I Riches said farmers for whom
checks are received will be no
tified. The remainder of the
soli checks is expected to reach
Salem within a ; few weeks. -
Signup: meetings for farmers
who did not 'make out work
sheets last rear but wish to
participate in the 1937 program
are now 1 being held throughout
the county - at Shaw, Jefferson,
Stay ton. Sublimity, Silverton,
Waldo Hills. ML Angel, Monitor,
St. Paul, ; Buttevllle. Gervals.
Woodbum, Hubbard and . Don
ald, according to the schedule
announced recently by Riches.
Farmers ? who signed up last
year do not need to do so now.,
Loganberry Case May Close
Today, Verdict to Be Deferred
Possibility that the ''logan
berry case" which has already
occupied ! five full days before
Judge Arlie Walker, sitting in
equity department ' of circuit
court here for this trial, will
come to an end today was evi
dent yesterday as the :-. defense
cannery, Ray-Maling company of
Woodburn, t nearly completed its
presentation of witnesses. De
fense Attorney W. Q. Hare said
testimony for the cannery was
about all. In last night. Plaintiff
la the case la the Woodburn
Berry Growers association.
i However, there was some nlnt
yesterday that attorneys today
will ask that they be permitted
to submit briefs, which will mean
that some time will elapse before
the court can give a decision
upon tbe ease.'
Delivery Stopped
By AsHoclatlos Held
Bulk of the testimony yester
day built up the defense conten
tion that the deliveries of ber
ries by the association members
4 - : fm m m
v, mil it:
opnationa for the planning board
and for a mining board, t ;
- In the afternoon the old age
pension bill came over from 1 the
house, with its 34,000,000 appro
priation, and was referred to the
ways and means committee. It
may be brought to tbe floor to
day. The senate selected as members
of the interim committee to pass
on executive appointments, Dun
can, Dunn. Wheeler, Strayer, Pear
son and Walker.
After a talk by Carney explain
ing HB 159, the anti-slot machine
bill, Graham moved the previous
question, saying he wanted to get
home by the fourth of July and
had heard enough about slot ma
chines and pinball games. The
vote was:
Aye Angell, Best, Burke, Car
ney, Duncan. Dunn, Ellis, Graham,
Johnson, McCornack, McKay,
Pearson, Spauldlng, staples. Wal
ker, Wheeler, Tranclscovieb 17.
No Balentine, Bennett, Cha
ncy, Clark, Dickson, Eayrs. Kid
dle, Ross," " Stadelman, Steiwer.
Strayer. Stringer 1SY ' ' '
Those changing their votes from
the poll of Monday when the bill
lost were Ellis, Best, Walker to
"aye", Dickson to "no"; and Mc
Kay, who was absent Monday, vot
ed aye.
Gin-Marriage Law
Repeal Is Rejected
Marriage laws came in for ar
gument when the Leesard bill to
repeal the "gin ! marriage" law
(requiring three days interval be
tween application and issuance of
marriage license) came up.
Lessard declared the I present
law was a joke, with people, run
ning over to Vancouver s to get
quick service in matrimony. Sta
ples replied that marriage laws
should be strengthened Instead of
weakened because the institutions
were filled with feeble - minded
and insane many of whom were
the result of social diseases. Best
end Angell and Johnson joined
in opposition. The majority i re
port against the bill was adopted
and the bill killed.
More argument came up when
the bill, carrying a referendum
clause, which would prevent the
marriage of persons with enumer
ated diseases. Lessard condemned
it, and Balentine said the bill
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Controlled News
Held Losing Out
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. tS-iP)
Harrison Brown, British Jour
nalist, said propoganda was de
feating Its own purposes in Ger
many and Italy, as the public
become apthetic toward control
led news.
English law holding to the
principle "the greater the truth
the greater the libel," has re
sulted in English newspapers
having much less freedom than
those in America, he said. - -
to the cannery were stopped by
the boards of directors of the
association and not by the Ray
Maling cannery.
- Ray Glatt, secretary of -the as
sociation in June, 1934 the
period of the dispute, continued
on the stand yesterday morning
as defense witness and . said in
effect that it ' was his ; opinion
that under conditions that Jane,
it was best for growers to cease
delivering berries to " the ' can
nery, and that with this opinion
the association directors held.
i Called by the defense yester
day were W. J. Wilson, member
of the association board of direc
tors whose testimony bore out
that of Ray's on the "stop : de
livery order; Russell Stannard,
H. W. Ray of the McMlanvllle
of fleet' of the Ray-Maling cora
nany; "H. W. Mcintosh, public
accountant: Dean Ray, manager
of , the Woodburn cannery- in
Jun e, 1934; Carl Huber, assis
tant superintendent of the Wood
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400 Sit-Down
StriltereHeld
For Trespass
Leave Douglas Plant in
Custody; No Disorder "
Marks Evacuation
New Clash Upon Similar
Terms Started by 75
at Nearby Factory
SANTA MONICA, Calif., .Feb.
3 5-CiP-Sitdown strikers at the
Doug las Aircraft corporation
plant, world's largest airplane
factory, surrendered tonight to
some 300 peace officers armed
with grand Jury indictments,
clubs, , pistols, tear gas . bombs
and two machine guns.
For hours before the surren
der, and after they had been
indicted by the , Los Angeles
county grand Jury, the strikers
refused to budge from the plant.
Police quoted some as saying
they were "ready to die" before
giving up.
i The strikers' attorney, James
Carter, said they capitulated only
upon the assurance of a quick
hearing of their recently filed
complaint against the Douglas
company, set for March 5.
"The strike will go on until
we force Douglas to abide by the
law in recognizing our union
and granting our just demands,
Carter's statement on behalf of
the union said.
Conspiracy Charge
Is Faced by 400
Th 400 indictments which, "the
grand Jury ;voted this morning
accused 68 persons and 333 John
Does and Richard Does of con
spiring to violate California laws
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Suicide Is Windup
OfffidnapingCase
Idaho Girl Tells Story of
.Argument With Suitor
After Abduction
EMMETT, Idaho, Feb. 25.-(V-A
pretty choir ' girl, kidnaped by
a jealous suitor at the very door
of her church, told today of a
wild night ride and of hours of
terror on a country lane, climaxed
when her lover shot himself be
cause she jilted him.
While the girl, Gynell Soom,
20, denied herself even to friends,
Sheriff Boise Riggs said he was
convinced the death . of 22-year-old
Kenneth Crowther was sui
cide, and that only routine inves
tigation would be made.
Inside his closed small coupe,
a bullet frm a single-shot .22
calibre rifle in his temple, the
body of Crowther was found on a
side road 6 V miles south of town.
"I thought I had him quieted."
the brown-eyed Latter Day Saints
church worker sobbed to Sheriff
Riggs.
: "For four hours, I tried to per
suade him to take me home. He
said he would kill either me or
himself if I didn't go back to him.
Then later he kept saying for me
to get out and leave him."
They left the car together and
walked about 200 feet, said Sher
iff Riggs. and said goodbye.
Crowther then wen back to the
car. Miss Soom fled down, the
road. A little later she heard a
shot.
Argentina Kidnap
Ques Are Traced
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Feb. 25.-(A1-Wealthy and power
ful catUe barons of the endless
pampas urged hundreds of police
into a vast hunt tonight for two-year-old
Eugenio Pereyra Iraola,
feared kidnaped from his parents'
beauttf ul estanela.
- - Details of policemen beat the
countryside all day long, seeking
a trace of the blue-eyed baby, a
member of one of the oldest and
most prominent -families In the
land, or some sign of the rem
nants of a kidnap band once led
by the reckless "Pibe Cabeza"
("Baby Face.") '
"Pibe" himself was slain In a
battle with the police of Buenos
Aires less than three weeks ago,
but his brigands are known to
have robbed the missing baby's fa
ther, Simon Pereyra Iraola, last
November.
' Provincial police refused to con
firm. a report that kidnapers had
began negotiations with the
baby's family.
. -j COAST SITrDOWNERS . LEAVE
Evacuation of the sit-down strikers la the Douglas aircraft corporation plant at Santa Monica, Calif.,
" waa effected without disorder late yesterday. Above, a group of the strikers listening to a talk by
: strike organixer International Illustrated News photo. i .
Martha A. Carter
Dies at Age 102
Funeral Will Be Sunday;
'' Resident of Palestine
Vicinity Since '524
ALBANY, Feb. 25 Homes In
Benton and northern Linn coun
ties were saddened today at the
passing of Mrs. Martha Angelina
Carter,-102, at her home in the
Palestine community where she
had lived since 1862, when she
and-her husband, the late Sena
tor Tolbert Carter, took the place
as a donation land claim. Death
came to the aged woman at S
o'clock this morning following a
ten-day iUness due to bronchial
pneumonia, .
"Grandma" Carter, as she was
affectionately known, lived to the
last the "recipe" for a long life
which was publicized on her 99th
birthday: :
"I've always had a good time,
no matter what hardships came
my way; I've never worried over
things I ' couldn't change; I've
never longed for clothes, furni
ture or money ' that I could do
without nor coveted things other
people owned. And I've always
tried to help those less fortunate
than I."
She was born in Ray county,
Missouri, December 18, 1834. Her
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Accident Claimed
In Owen Slaying
THE DALLES, Ore.; Feb. 25-JPf-Testimony
tending to Indicate
the shooting of Owen Jones last
November 4 may have been acci
dental entered the first,, degree
murder trial of his brother, Dave
Jones, today. - "
Lieutenant Warren of the state
police told the court "Dave said
the shooting occurred . after a
quarrel. Dave told me he was hold
ing a rifle, cocked but lowered,
and that the gun went off while
Owen - was bending over a short
distance away. " , - -
Drr Frank Menne, ' of the Uni
versity of Oregon medical school,
testified Owen Jones' skull was
fractured by .heavy blows before
death-, occurred : and that - Owen
"might have lived" if his only
Injury had been the bullet wound.
Salem High Beats . ,
Corvallis, Debate
Salem high debate teams won
over Corvallis high debaters at
home and at Corvallis last night.
The Salem . negaUve team of
Virginia, Martin and Allan Smith
won a 3-0 decision here while the
affirmative team of Bill Collins
and Ruth Alice Grant won a 2-1
decision at Corvallis.
Snow Blocks Trail to
Missing Miner's Shock
GOLD BEACH, ; Ore., Feb 26-(P)-Deep
snow, - covering Nine
Mile mountall trail, concealed
the fate of Julius Borden. 40,
Mule Creek miner, missing since
starting; from his home at Maria
for Westfork two weeks ago. v
Bandit Gets 11
In Store Holdup;
F; Nelson Victim
Held up at the point of a
small black automatic brand
ished by , a masked robber,
Frank Nelson, proprietor et' a
small neighborhood ' grocery at
1699 Chemeketa - street, was
last night robbed of between
111 and 12.
' it was the third such holdup
of a place of business to occur
in Salem within the past two
months. - ,
The ' robber, masked with a
white handkerchief, , entered
the store about 7 o'clock and,
flourishing his gun. demanded
that Nelson and his wife keep
quiet. He opened the till and
stuffed its contents Into the
pocket of his coat, backed out
of the door and ran north on
Chemeketa street. -
The robbery was reported to
police just as the weekly po
lice school was getting under
way and effectively broke up
the class.
Capitol Program
Bill Introduced
A fresh bill for solving the
capitol building problem was
introduced in the senate yester
day by Franclscovich and Stray
er, - . . .
- It authorizes the state eapitol
reconstruction commission to buy
four blocks north ' on Court
street and makes , n appropria
tion of 3500,000; and empowers
the commission to construct a
building or buildings and equip
and 'furnish same,' with an' ap
propriation of $550,000 fori the
purpose. . ,
The authority Is made contin
gent on assistance from the. fed
eral, government of 45 per cent
on building, and 18 per cent on
land.; ':' . '. ' i ' v -
i The bill -was referred to the
ways and means committee. :
Axemen Vanquished as Salem
High Springs Another Upset
By PAUL HAUSER ,
: : Those crazy Salem high kids,
who win when least expected, did
it again last night as they dumped
Eugene's : highly-touted quint 23
to 17 to even their annual series
and make the state basketball sit
uation a fancy guessing game for
anybody." .
'i Fighting from the first tip-off
the Senators showed a well-organized
- attack in which good ball
handling figured highly but didn't
get going in high-flying style until
the second half. - -' '
Eugene was plainly baffled by
the brand new sone defense Sa
lem whipped out for this special
occasion and the system, new for
Salem this season, kept the scor
ing low in the first half. It was
Salem's best bet to meet the su
perior height of the Axemen and,
although Salem showed: lack of
experience in its use, proved ef
fective. ,
Play Their Best
Game Second Half
. Salem as usual played its best
game in the second half and for
PEACEABLY: ,
Third House Cains
Capacity Audience
Caricatures of ' Officials
and Legislators Mark
. . , Annual Fun Session . -.
'Jammed to capacity, the arm
ory. site of the floor battles of
the house of representatives, last
night became the . workshop of
the biennial one-night stand of
the "Third House." Legislators
and state officials enjoyed them
selves -as lobbyists, newsmen and
clerks poked fun at themselves
and officials with complete aban
don. Feature of the "session"
the address of the governor, ac
companied by bis staff and escort
ed by "General White" and his
army. Police broadcasts kept the
audience informed of the attempts
of police to round up legislative
members.
Bills were Introduced, debated
and passed over objectidns and
shouts of members under the
"Bolvin rules." Members of the
legislature and state officials,
satirized by the show, were among
those who enjoyed the show most,
laguhing as heartily at their own
characterizations as at those of
their fellow members. Caricatures
of W. L. Gosslln, the governor's
private secretary, 1 and Rep. O.
Henry Oleen were among tbe most
striking.
Musical numbers and entertain
ment interspersed the debate and
passage of a laws until the third
house adjourned sine die for an
other two years.
Farm Loan Directors to
, Meet Today at Corvallis
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Feb. 25-)
District officers and directors
of - the National Farm : Loan as
sociations will confer Friday and
Saturday at Oregon State col
lege. - -'
Farm credit administration of
ficials from Spokane are to be
on- the program, William A.
Schoenfeld, FCA board chairman,
announced. -
tunately didn't get behind in the
first half. The Senators led 9 to 8
at the conclusion of the low-scoring:
first half. Eugene took over
the; lead in the opening part of
the third period but Salem got
It back again, through a pair of
single-handed scoring . forays by
Tom Medley. - -
- Salem played a ball-hawking
game, kept possession of the ball
a good share of the Ume and man
aged to get its share of the tip
offs. The Senators were fired op
as they usually are against tough
opponents and Eugene .wasn't,
which was largely the difference.
-Stevenson tied it up with a free
throw as the third period opened
and then dropped in another to
give Eugene a 10-to-9 lead. Igoe
sank one from way out to make
it 12-9 but Medley looped one in
from the corner to make it 12-11.
Caven unleashed a" long one
for two more Eugene points and
again Medley. broke fast down the
floor to hole out and, fouled in
the act, dropped in the free throw
. (Turn to Page 9, Col. 4.)
Finest Hearing
tEver in Region
Robins Asserts'-
by Farmers, Timber
Owners of Area
Favorable Prospect for
Project Is Cited by
Federal Engineer
. Willamette valley farmers, civ
ic leaders and public otflcals del
uged the army engineers' hear
ing at the Salem chamber of com
merce yesterday with an imposing
mass of data supporting their Pleas
for an eventual 350,000,000 rivyr
development, program.
Their showing led Colonel
Thomas M. Robins, chairman to
declare that "this was the finest
hearing ever held in the Willam
ette valley."
1 As more than 75 valley citizens .
spoke in person and more than
150 organizations by written state
ment filed with the engineers,
tragic pictures of land, livestock
and other property damage con
trasted vividly with bright glances
at a future in which the valleys
rivers would stay where they be
long and serve to water growing
crops in dry seasons and transport
raw and finished manufacturing
materials to markets cheaply.
Saving of Millions ,
Seen by Speakers - 1
: The. p r o p o s e d development
would save farmers and timber op- .
erators alone millions of dollars,
speakers representing the the nine r
valley counties declared. Unani
mous support of the. program map- ' .
ped out by the army engineers for
immediate revetment construction
and channel realignments and for '
future dam building and power
devolpments was voted by the as
sembly, which at time during the
day-long hearing exceeded 409
persons. .
Recommendations b a s e d on -testimony
at the hearing probably
will reach congress in time for
action at the present session en a
32,400,000 appropriation for tbe
initial unit of the flood control
program. Colonel Robins predict
ed.; ' ---V'--. '-'.-V- -
Serious Floods of
Past May Recur
Key-noting .the hearing at the
opening - hour, Colonel Robins
warned that Willamette valley
residents should not feel secure
from recurrence "of record floods
such as those of 1861 and 1891.
He declared It was entirely pos
sible that similar high water con- -dltlons
might reoccur and that tbe
valley, with Its population greatly
increased and its property highly ,
developed, would sutler a loss of
as much as $10,000,000.
The first unit of the river de- .
velopment would go far to fore
stall such a loss and contemplate !
later construction of tributary
storage dams would make the
valley virtually safe from such
a castrophe. Colonel Robins said.
Governor Charles H. Martin, at-
tending the morning session, en
dorsed the project. Urging par
Ucularly that politics be kept out
of the development program, he
roused immediate rejoinder when
he specifically mentioned the Ore
gon state grange.
"Walt until yon have to bail
flood water off the kitchen floor."
retorted Morton Tompkins, granse
representative, "then you will be
as strong as we are -for flood eoa- .
trol." :
Tompkins own district, around
Dayton and Grand Island, la suf
fering heavily from annual flood
damage, would benefit greatly
from the river Improvement plan,
F. B. WHlard, Dayton chamber of
commerce, told the, engineers at
the afternoon session.
Freshets la Marion
And Polk Mentioned
Marion and Polk counties sim
ilarly see Willamette river and
tributary stream freshets denud
ing the land of top soil, merciless
ly euttlng sway "valuable farm
lands and. In West Salem, destroy
ing city property, the engineers
were told by Douglas McKay C.
E. Wilson, State Engineer Charles -E.
Strlcklln and WPA Director
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ALL A D C
of TOD A V
By R. C.
Up the broad Willamette
heaty laden boats - will steam
at every season of the year
and that's no idle dream; and
many fertile acres will be wat
ered from a dam. If the val
ley's monster project Is ap
proved by Uncle Sam.