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. Circulation Average Dally , and Snnday for February; 1037 ; A Distribution 9268 " Net Paid 8765 , ".MEMBER A. B. C." i "V iO VC ; Max. Temp Thursday . - ' ' I- j ' ' " ' POUNDBD'. 1651 x j j ! - - f .- EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR L i; "! -v I Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, Blarch 5, 1937 j Price 3c: Newsstands 5c - No. 293 ' Ji FISOIl ,; (DCDCil Mm UM(R AlUBeSWPS 3F5 ilecl - . : - .&-.. . li. 01. : T-f ; - I' WMP""1 ' " " """ "' ' II Millie I I I I II I ! g 1 ! W Ml P I 1 MMMMWMM,MjJ . I t President Hits At High Court, Victory D inner Economic Beliefs Ruling Judicial Opinion Is I F. R. "Accusation Third Term Aspirations Denied ; Early Action Need Is Stressed WASHINGTON, March 4.-(JP)-President Rooserelt celebrated his election triumph tonight with a 'new call to -battle, a rigorous ap peal for passage of his court re organization bill to give the na tion a clear "knowledge of what powers It has to serre Its own cit . liens." i-'. While a big hotel-'b allroom packed with top-rankiqgr demo crats applauded every thrust, he turned the rapier of . his famed eloqnence upon the -supreme court and called for immediate action to end the deadlock be tween his administration and the judiciary. . Answers Criticism, Denies Dictator Aim He accused the court's conser Tatire wing of letting-its econom ic beliefs govern its judicial opin ions and asserted that by denying both state and federal govern ments' authority to deal with so cial problems it had produced a "no man's land of final futility." Obviously replying to frequent ly voiced criticisms of his court proposals the dictatorship and constitutional amendment argu ments he disclaimed any Inten tion of seeking a third term and repeatedly asserted that the prob lems his administration would solve call for action "now." v "In this-fight, as the lawyers themselves say, time is of the es sence," he said. " . . . Every delay creates risks of intervening events which make more and more difficult an intelligent, spee dy and democratic solution of our difficulties." Vn willing to Take - Issue to Nation r "As chief executive and as head of the! democratic party, I am; un willing to take that risk to the country and to the party of post poning one movement beyond ab solute necessity the tjme when we can free from , legal doubt those policies which offer a progressive solution of our problems." The occasion was the fourth an niversary of the president's first Inauguration, chosen as the cele bration date for his victory of last (Turn to page 15, col. 6) Four Permits For New Houses Given Four permits issued yesterday for the erection of new dwellings brought the total permits Issued this year for that' type of con struction to 26. W. A. Cladek was issued per mits for the erection of 1 story houses at 1690 and, 1470 North 18th street at cost of $2600 each. A. J. Flint took out a per mit to build a one-story dwelling at '259 Strand at a cost of $1622 and Ernest Steuer took out a per mit to build a one-storr dwelling at 2270 North Commercial at s cost of $942. Other permits Issued yesterday: Mrs. M. M. Fake, to re roof a private garage at 842 South 12th, $25; Neal Bliss, to repair a one etory dwelling at 1304 North Lib erty, $40; Homer Harrison, to re roof a two-story apartment house at 1240 Center, $75; A. H. Schmidt, to alter a one-story pri vate garage at "2047 McCoy, $40. Tinsel K ite String ! Half of City Half I of Salem, its state in stitutions and a' large rural area eouth and east of the city were thrown Into darkness at 8:45 o'clock last night when a boy's tinsel kite string dropped across an 11,000 volt power line at 13 th and Hoyt street. The re sulting short circuit burned the threvvires of the circuit In two. East and southeast Salem were without electricity for from 20 to- 55 minutes and the rural districts did not regain full ser Tice until around midnight. 3aves String Tied To Stake, Indicated Investigation indicated the kite flier had tied the string to a stake and gone away, leaving the kite in the air, W M. Hamilton, district manager for the Portland General : Electric company, an nounced. The string dropped across the power wires when the wind died down.. Repair men who were hur riedly called out restored city service by opening switches at cither end ot the broken line section and closing; switches lead Lumber 'Workers Strike and Spread Is Feared i i ' -yr - 4 i - -... . . . n " i i a r -1 . : . . - ; . - - - i lint At Seattle as Demands Made Minimum Wages of. $5.20 Asked ; Walkout Seen ." as Region V : 4 "Wedge" Negotiation Plans Made at Portland, Tacoma; No Requests Yet SEATTLE, March 4-)-But 500-of Seattle's 1,500 lumber and sawmill 'workers were on the job today, after unionists walked out on six .major Seattle plant, de manding a $5.20 daily minimum and new working agreements. Five, mills continued to operate, under temporary agreements with the union. ! j ' The shingleweavers union an nounced it also would seek to negotiate new contracts with the 12 Seattle mills, which employ about 400 men, and that its mem bers were refusing to pass through picket lines in the one strike bound Seattle mill which also manufactures shingles. Five Mills Work On Temporary Pact Mills operating under tempor ary agreements, pending settle ment of the' controversy for the entire industry! here, were two mills of the Seattle Export Lum ber company; and one each of the Seaboard, Seattle - Renton and Lake Washington Lumber companies.- j i - j j : ' Negotiations i broke down late yesterday, after: the operators had refused to go a bove a $ 5 daily (Turn to page 2, coL , Traction Company Offers Short Dav ! , .P J PORTLAND. Ore., March 4-tfJ) -The Portland Traction company proposed a longer work week, fewer full-time regular employes and a reduced hourly wage today as an alternative to a demand by streetcar and! bus operators for higher pay. J I , Franklin T. Griffith, president of. the firm. Bald the alternative plan would result in the employ ment of more extras and an In crease of about 10 per cent in the income of regulars. It would provide. for extending tha.Vork week; from SS to 42 hoars, aid reducing the scale from 72 to 68 eats an hour. Under the plan, he said, the 72 cent scale would be restored when the extra list could be .brought to normal, j bringing the income in crease to 17 per cent. Hayesville Go Station Entered, Nothing Taken HAYESVILLE. Mar. 4-Burglars broke ai pane of glass from the window of Woelkie's gas station on the highway some time Wed nesday night,! but as far as could be ascertained nothing was mlss ing. j . - j i : - 1 ' ; : Dinners Clear Deficit WASHINGTON, March 4-VPh Charles IMIchelson, publicity di rector for the democratic nation al committee, estimated tonight that the democratic ''victory din ners" raised at least $400,000 to ward paying off the party's $420, 000 deficit. I A Into Darkness ing to other feeders, Hamilton said. The voltage available for the rural lines, however, was so low that in many . sections elec tric lights were reduced to a dull glow.: J T Institutions affected; included the penitentiary, state' hospital, tuberculosis hospital and prison annex. Hamilton - reiterated previous warnings ! to their children parents to stop from using metal- ttreaded string in flying Kites. He pointed out that, last night's was the second ' short .circuit of a high tension line in three weeks to be caused by contact with tinsel kite string. "There Is liable to be a eklld killed here if boys and girls continue to fly kites with tinsel s t r i n g," Ham Iiton declared. " These short 1 circuits are not alone a loss to the company but also a threat jto children's lives and an Inconvenience to the people. Children should not fly kites near power lines but It they do, they! certainly should not use this lhonsandy Throw Dave 7 Is L Coij? and V Get Life THE DALLES, Ore., March 4 (JP) Dave Jones, Tygh Ridge rancher, was convicted today of the first degree murder of his broth er, Owen Jones. A Wasco county . circuit court Jury, which brought in its verdict at 4:00 a.in recommended life imprisonment. Judge Fred Wilson will pronounce sentence later. ; The body of Owen Jones, who met death Not. 4 last, was found in the ruins of barn which had been de stroyed by fire, s The state contended Jones wounded his. brother and attempted to destroy th body by setting fire to the barn. -; 'I Jones counsel based the defense on a temporary insanity. Industrial Battle Lines Are Formed Federation of Labor Hits New Groups; Lebanon Steel Men Strike (By the Associated Press) Opponents of the committee for Industrial organization's drive to unionise all industrial workers drew their battle lines yesterday. The antagonism became most manifest In "big steel" and Am erican federation of labor circles in another eventful day. Defenders of the so-called "com pany unions" in the Carnegie Illlnsis Steel Corp., rallied their forces against the C.I.O. Their spokesmen "conferred with Presi dent B.'F. Fairlees and were as sured his recognition of a C.I.O. union would not preclude collect Ive bargaining with other repre sentatives of bis employes. ' A.F.O.L. units were advised in a letter from President William Green it would brook no support of the C.I.O. by Its members and was ready to act to protect its in terests. The cleavage In labor's (Turn to page 16. col. 6) Stimson Workers Turn Down Union PORTLAND, Ore., March 4-(") Charles W. Hope, regional di- rector of the national labor rela tions board, said tonight employes ot the Stimson, mill near Forest Grove, Ore., had rejected by a vote of 109 to 4 6, the proposal that the lumber and sawmill workers union represent em ployes in collective argaJning. Five other votes were chal lenged, he said. The Stimson mill figured prom inently in the lumber strike of 1935. It was reopened during the controversy, and at on time state police dispersed 400 union sym pathisers from a nearby road. RAWER AND MUNI WIN HIGHEST FILMDOM ?r it i l1i I - ". v 1 :',;-. I - I - - - . . I . s " , N I f V R L I 1 , ' il - f I Spencer Tracy Lnise Ranier for her work in "The Great Zlegfeld and Paul Muni for his showing; in "The Story of Loais Pasteur' won the high acting awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, One of Marine Unions Agrees To lift Picket Sailors to Withdraw as Employers Threaten to ; Suspend Relations Direct Confirmation Is Not Given; Longshore Work May Resume SAN FRANCISCO, March 4-fP) -Threatened disruption of rela tions between employers and longshoremen appeared averted tonight by announcement that the sailors union would withdraw pickets from the Canadian steam er Rochelie, thus permitting stevedores to resume work to morrow. : The announcement came from Henry Schmidt, president of the local of the International Long shoremen's association. Officials of the soilors could not be con tacted for confirmation. The Waterfront Employers' as sociation here announced yester day it would suspend relations Saturday with the local of the In ternational Longshoremen's asso ciation unless men were furnished to work the cargo on the Roche lie, picketed since j February 23 in a Jurisdictional dispute. Employers Assert Agreement Broken : Longshoremen quit work on the ship because of the picket lines, and employers charged this was a breach of the agreement of Feb ruary 4 which settled the 98-day Pacific coast maritime strike. - ' In announcing withdrawal of pickets, the sailors' ! union said .lt was observing a previous request (Turn to page 16, col. () i i i Late Sports ASTORIA, Ore., March 4-P)-Astoria defeated Vernonia 47 to 13 and St. Helens won from Scap poose 41 to 18 in the double elimination district hoop tourna ment here tonight. The winners will meet tomorrow. PORTLAND, Ore.-, March 4-P) Willamette will play Southern Oregon normal and the Univer sity of Portland will meet Ore gon normal in the semi-finals ot tho collegiate AvA. U. basketball tournament tomorrow as a result of 'first-round victories here to night. In the third game of the eve ning, Pacific ran up 8 points be fore Oregon normal broke into the scoring column but the Nor- malltes finally came to life, end- ea the half on the long end of a 19-to-10 count, and went on to win 54 to 21. In the finale, the University of Portland Pilots built up a 26-to-6 halftlme lead over Linfield college and came out with a 37- to-20 victory. j. William Powell Paul ' . t " ' - - ....... ... ....... , . ............. U ndercrossing For Tra Week; Cleanup and Testing of Concrete Only Work Left to Be Done; Detour in Use More Thau Year; : 1 Total Cost to Date Set at $277,895 THE steel and concrete tube which will eliminate the Pacific highway grade crossing at Salem's north city limits " will be opened to motor traffic next Thursday, highway officials predicted yesterday. Oily cleanup work and testing of concrete samples remained to be done. Opening of the undercrossing will eliminate the cir- Germany Charges Insult to Hitler Chamber of Horrors Idea of LaGuardia Resented But Mayor Repeats WASHINGTON. March 4-flV Germany complained to the United States today that. Mayor Fiorefto H. La Gurdla of New York had Insulted Adolf Hitler. A representative of the Ger man embassy lodged a vigorous protest at the state department. Secretary Hull voiced an in formal expressfon of regret. Speaking yesterday to the wo men's division of the American Jewish cqngress, Mayor La Guar dla suggested a "chamber of horrors" at the. 1939 New York world fair, to contain a "figure of that brown-shlrted fanatic who is now menacing the peace of the "world." . La Guardia said today of the protest: "They ought to protest. For I know of no artist or -de signer who can adequately paint or carve anything that will ade quately depict either the perso nalities of the nasi government. Hitler himself, or the type of government he Is giving;" Secretary promised an immed iate investigation. He ' Indicated a format expression oi regret would be conveyed after pub lished accounts of the address are officially verified. Express Truck on Joy Ride Missing PORTLAND, Ore., March 4- W) A 16-year-old youth, two automobiles and nn expreesi truck combined to give Portland police quite a problem today esneciallv since the. express truck has not yet been located. Officers said the boy took a sedan here, drove it to Centralla, then climbed aboard an express truck Jid brought it to Port land. The next day, police said, he took a coupe, partially wreck ed a filling station north of Van couver with it, and was picked up later in Chehalis. Both cars were returned to their owners. Muni Uaxy Cooper announced last night in Hollywood. Others of the galaxy of stars pic tured above were nominated along with the winners for these honors. Opening Is Slated Task Ended Ocuitous highway detour which has been in use since February, 1936, when construction of the big grade separation project was begun by Kern it Klbbe, contractors. Workmen yesterday were apply ing grey-white cement paint to the tunnel s interior walls, finish ing concrete railings at the north end of the structure and prepar ing to lay remaining sections of sidewalk on either side. At least one of the pedestrian walks will be completed by the opening date, A. A. Bern!, the contractors' con struction superintendent, -said. The Salem undercrossing is one of the two largest grade separa tions constructed in Oregon under the federal aid program. Its cost has reached 3277,895, approxi mately that of the Union avenue crossing in Portland. , Fourteen hundred feet long, the undercrossing 'has a useable road width of 42 feet and verti cal clearance of IS feet through the tunnel section, two railing protected walkways for pedestri ans and a massive concrete-roofed steel overstructnre to support two sets of railway tracks. i ., Trains have been running reg- (Turnto page 15, coL 5) 1 i Neutrality Move Questions Raised LONDON,- March" 4P-Indef- nme postponement or the deadline for an international naval and land patrol of. Spain raised the question tonight whether diplo mats would be able to Isolate pos sibly graver dangers to peace else where In Europe. j. Uppermost in many minds was Czechoslovakia, where persistent reports say the German minority. possibly with the help of Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler, is planning an insurrection. , . The International neutrality committee announced the work of recruiting agents to guard the Hispano-Portugnese borders, and Ironing out details of the plan to embargo arms and men to the Spanish combatants, necessitated abandoning the Saturday midnight deadline. An attempt, it was said, would be made to establish the patrol March 20. ( AWARDS f Walter Hostoa " ' 1 ....... .. S " . " . Flood Control JProiect Here To Be Sought .! : -'-. -Y": Oregon Delegation Puts IProgram ' in Motion ; Asks $2,400,000 Legislature's Action . Is nabler Says Mott as Prospects Viewed Washington. March 4-op)- TMe Oregon congressional dele gation moved today to obtain $r.400,090-or more if the army engineers recommend it for flood control in the verdant Willam ette valley south ot Portland. : IRepresentative James W. Mott ofi Salem. Ore., said the way nqw is cleared' for action. Re cent state legislation .brought Oiegon statutes Into conformity fch federal aliocatioa require ments. HT h e state has authorized (Turn to page 16, coL 5) Dallas Debaters i , i Lose First Time Balem high debaters gave Dal las ills first defeat of the season last night but also lost to Wood bivVn earlier In the day to virtual ly! ruin any hopes of a district chVmpionsbip for Salem. kn what Judges said was one of th best high school debates they had! eveH heird Salem's; affirm ative team ot , Bill Thomas and Ruth Alice Grant won a z 10 i decision over'the Dallas negative team of Marguerite Hsrtman and Helen Brailey. Dallas has two de bales left on Its schedule against Saiem's one but It is unlikely the Polk county school will drop an other. gUlen Smith and Virginia Mar tlniiSalemj negative team, lost to WeOdburnj at Woodburn yester day jafternpon. Seek 1 lore Bodies In Tenement Fire NEW YORK. March iP-Jn thq tragic (ashes of two squalid 5 stdry tenements where, at least thee persons had. died In a spee taqular fire men poked about to night In search of more bodies. As firemen expressed fear that the jdead might number several m p r e. Deputy Tenement House Commissioner. Harry M. Prince, sating there was evidence of fall arf jto comply with safety regula tions -In the buildings, asked an investigation. fleven firemen and at least fotirjof the slum-dwellers were in jured. ( i r CdrraUid Aviator Cadet , drdered to Active Duty I I I ! - --Washington; March 4-vp)- The jnavy "department announced today the following aviation ca dets have been designated as naval aviators and ordered to active duty with aircraft squadrons, leavinr Pensacola. Kla.. dnrtnr thef tnonth 1 John P. Jones,. Cor- vail is. Ore:; R Button- Wash. Robert L. Stewart, Salem and Portland Ruil Hi h ft Bills Receive FAvnr nf Hn Bills ' calling for the construc tion of two new state bnildings met approval in the honse yester day! afternoon. One would provide for l the construction of a 500, 00ft Office buildinr bv the state highway department In Salem, rwhen and if funds become avail able."; The other would allow for tho! construction or purchase of a $ TO 0.0 00 sUt buUdlnc In Port land, i ' I s - - - - Ths bills passed and were sent to thai senate as senate measures calling for the construction of a library and 'office building In Sa lem' were referred to the wars and! means committee. Portland Member Is Chief Opponent - - Representative Phil Brady op posed ths Portland building. I understand,"! he said, "that thefe is to be an attempt to sad dle the old Elks temple off on the state. I most certainly-oppose sucn a measure. ' I jam also opposed to the proposition of taking the funds of ths state industrial accident commission j for the purpose of building or buying this struc- J turt Bili Is Passed In Form Which Is Acceptable Emergency Clause Taker Out, So Governor May Stagger Releases I'enal Reform "Measure Pass House With Not Much Opposition House bill 16. introduced earrj in the legislative session to enable the state to make good on v its promises to convicts of goodtlmo crediu st the prison, badly batter td after consideration and recorw nideration in house and senate, is committees and by the governor. was still able to stand more curg cry yesterday. It was recalled from the governor's office, where it has ieen a bad smell for tho governor for days; and the house removed the emergency clause to accomo date the governor who didnt want to turn loose 200 men as i- rionvicts all at once. The senate balked on the altera (Jon of the bill, Strayer and Fran aiscovich objecting .to the proced ure. Balentine protested the gov ernor's meddling. Staples however favored the change; and the sen ate finally acquiesced with a wry grimace.' j If the governor permits tho . bill to become law then it will be come effective, in 94) days after tine session ends. In the interval, it is said, he will release prisoners 4 few at a tme under his pardon ing power. -Reform Bills Meet : Little Opposition Long delayed, the parol hoard's penal reform measures ere approved by the lower houso - Tith little opposition. The three p a role measures -would create a full time chairman of the parole board and provide ftr field supervision. Except for crimes of violence, sentences would be set by the Judge hearing the case at the maximum. It would then become the duty of the parole board to set the def inite sentence after a six month -period during which they had studied the. case and the prison er's record. Representative French led tho opposition to the- measures. H (Turn to page 16, col. 4) ' Great Ziegfeld" Selected as Top Movie, Past Year HOLLYWOOD. Calif- March 4H?5) Lnise Rainer tonight re ef ived .the award of the Acad emy of Motion Picture Arts and Silences for the best performnc by an actress in. 1936, for her wjork in 'The Great Ziegteld. j Paul Muni was voted the award for the best performance by an actor, for his portrayal of the title .role In "Ths Story of Louis Pasteur. Awards for the best supporting tress and actor went to Gail Scndergard Jor her work in "An thony Adverse, and to Walter Bfennan for his performances in "Come and Get It." The best production was voted to) have been "The Great Zlegfeld.- " . . Frank Capro won tbo best di rection award for his "Mr. Deeds Gbes tq Town. - , Sherman Gibney and Pierre Callings wefe double winners, taking awards Jointly for the best original screen - story an tho best screen nlar. "Thm strv H ixjuis asteur." Brady's move to have v the bill re4referred failed. (Other members maintained that the three per cent interest rate In the bill was too low and that the commission was making over four per cent on its present investments. . . - f ttto that Portland should hare a buUding.-Represenutiv Hosch said. Vbnt they should ret j (Turn to page a. coL ) AX UDE of TOD Ay By R. a The sunshine's e h e e r f warmth . descends outside; there men- pursue their wonted w;ays, enjoying spring's un equaled -days while legislators saidly gaze outside. They yearn for golf and useful work out side; those dull debates they'd like to shirk, their paylesa dut ies each would shirk; they'll rush pell-mell when session ends outside. , , .... i A