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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning-, March 16, 1937
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(Council
Authority for
$840,154 Job
Isn't Opposed
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"City's Share Less Than
$500,000 ; Saving in
Labor Cost Seen
J2th Street Line First;
" Employing Men Other
. Than WPA Possible
The-city council voted without
dissent last night to apply for an
1840.154 blanket WPA project
enabling the water department to
proceed with reconstructing and
adding to the distribution sys
tem in event the WPA approves.
The approval, in resolution form,
reserved the city's right to halt
the Improvement work at any
time as the water commission may
recommend.
Released for the first time last
night, the project application
shows the city's share in the ex
pense would be $492,564 of which
1455,694 would be the cost of pipe
and fittings and the balance large
ly labor and superintendence.
Ninety-six per cent of the $347,
69 0 W,PA share would go for la
bor. -
Having With WPA
Labor Is Forecast
. The resolution cited possible
ultimate savings of as much as
$400,000 through use of WPA
labor.
Mayor V. E. Kuhn in answer
ing a question byAlderman David
O'Hara. pointed out that It was
unlikely the whole program would
ever be completed under the WPA
setup hat he declared, -cwe real
ize that the 12 th street feeder
main must be completed." "
The blanket project, the mayor
said, would make It possible to
build j the 12th street line,
grade and landscape the grounds
around the sew Fairmount reser
voir and make many other 1m-
provements to the water system
at low cost.
"We can shift the men wher
, ever we want and Instead of wast
ing money on repairing bad mains,
for Instance, we can build new
pipelines in the- clty," Mayor
Kuhn added. : .
Other Workers May
Be Employed, Held
. Giving the revamping program
over to the WPA need not result
la exclusion of workmen Ineligi
ble for relief work, Frank Koeh-
. , ler, resident engineer for Stevens
Sr Kohn, told the council , in re
plying to a question by Alderman
Frank-Pfc-Marshall. -
The WPA would consent to non-
f WPA laborers working along with
relief-assigned crews if desired,
W. M. (Jack) Bartlett, district
- director of operations, advised the
council.
The revamping project would en
able the water department to rem
edy many weaknesses in the pres
ent distribution system, such as
wo -nout mains, mains of inade
quate size, and dead-end mains in
which the water tends to stag-
nate. . . ' - -
' Sale of not more than $300,000
worth of the 1400,000 ; in city
water bonds remaining available
is contemplated to finance the pro
I am. This would raise the-bonded
debt on the water system to
12,400,000.
Bank Robbery and
Slaying Admitted
- -
r SACRAMENTO, Calif.. March
1 5-CiP)-Of fleers Perry Gamble and
M. W. LInceum said tonight that
Stanley Knapp, 19, confessed he
participated in the robbery of a
Spokane, Wash., bank February
15 which resulted in the fatal
shooting of a patron.
Detective --. H. Bettinger of
Spokane said that Knapp implica
ted -his brother Leroy, 21, and
Herbert Allen, 21. The officer
quoted him as saying:
"I pulled the killin' of William
Walker, bank patron.
"We got $4,500 and beat It out
of Spokane. I got $1,300 for my
share. Then we split. I don't know
where the others are."
Officers disclosed that Knapp
dictated a 2,000-word confession
and admitted a series of crimes
In the northwest ranging over
several years. ,
Burglars Abandon Safe
On Downtown Sidewalk
PORTLAND, March lS.-iV
Follce found an unopened. 1400
pound safe on a downtown side
walk "today. They decided the
yeggs were frightened away or
were too weary to lug the safe
any farther. It was returned to a
xtearby restaurant.
Flavors
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HOXOLITLU, March 13 .(P-Fircmca pumped carbon dioxide into the number three hold of the Brit
ish motorship Silver-Larch today in an attempt to smother a fire that became so serious passengers
were transferred to a navy cruiser and brought here ahead of the crippled freighter. Escorted by the
roast guard cutter Roger P. Taney, the Silver-Larch arrived here at 7 a. m. (12:80 p. m., EST)- to
day. Her decks were uncomfortably hot, but there were no other signs of the blaze that has been
gnawing for five days at a cargo of old newspape rs. Firemen said they might wait until tomorrow
. before opening the hatches to see if the use of carbon dioxide was effective (International Illustra
ted News. Photos.) . j
Bootleg Milk Is
Hurting, Charged
Enforcement of City Law
And. State Crackdown
Needs, Co-Op Told
With alleged' -bootleg" milk
cutting into the business of legiti
mate B grade producers on the Sa
lem market one of two steps are
necessary immediately to straight
en the picture out for the produ
cer, W. W. Henry, Portland, man
ager of the .Oregon Daliy 'Cooper
ative association,; told members of
the Salem unit of the. Dairy co-op
at a meeting at the chamber of
commerce here last night.
Henry declared the first step
to straighten out the situation
must be a stricter enforcement of
the city ordinance.
Secondly, he advocated enforce
ment by the milk control board of
its resale price and butterfat stan
dards for the Salem area.
Most, of Seat intra t .
Against Ratae Here
- Producers present last jight
a comparatively small group
gave considerable time to a dis
cussion of whether or not the
price of milk to the consumer
should be raised here. The con
sensus of opinion was against a
move for a raise in the Salem
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Review of Labor
Cases Is Refused
WASHINGTON, March 15.-)
The supreme court, by refusing
today to review eight new . cases
Involving the Wagner labor rela
tions act, caused a new flurry of
discussion about the tribunal's
views on the legislation.
The tribunal's refusal tempor
arily left in effect . lower court
rulings for - the government . in
each of the eight cases: Supreme
court attaches pointed out, how
ever, that the action could not be
interpreted as reflecting the atti
tude of the justices toward the
Wagner measure.
It was said the court's opinion
on five pending cases, which may
be decided two weeks hence, may
decide all the points at Issue in
the new disputes. It would thus
be unnecessary to review.
After a brief session to read an
opinion and announce orders, the
court ad josrned until March 29.
LaGuardia Hits at Fuehrer
Again at Anti-Nazi Session
NEW ' YORK,! March 15
Before screaming thousands at
an antl-nazl meeting Mayor F.
H. LaGuardia, who recently pre
cipitated an international ex
change by . calling Adolf Hitler
"a brown shirted fanatic" to
night reiterated his denuncia
tion of the German reicb leader.
- LaGuardia appeared in the
great hail of Madison Square
Garden late In ' the proceedings
Jus at General Hugh 8. John
son, former NR A administrator,
was well started upon a vltrol'c
attack on Hitler.
The mayor, standing with out
thrust jaw before the micrl
phone, called out amid a great,
almost continuous roar from the
garden's twenty-odd thousand
seats: - ; "
"When-1 talk about a menace
to peace (he previously had re
ferred to Hitler as such) I don't
need amplification. (This was in
reference to the fact be had
started to speak: from a side sec-
I tion and the demonstrators had
WaHfr
Seek Examination
Of Food Handlers
People engaged In the handl
ing of other than packaged foods
would be required to undergo
physical examinations once a
year and carry certificates is
sued by the health department,
under an ordinance introdu ed
at the city council session last
night and referred to committee.
Persons found to have commun
icable infectious diseases would
be barred from employment such
as working in restaurants and
elsewhere where foodstuffs not
packaged are handled. t
The bill provides a maximum
penalty of $500 fine and six
months In Jail for its violation.
Grange to Oppose
Packing of Court
WASHINGTON, March 15-JP)
Spokesmen for national farm
organizations reported today that
powerful forces on both sides of
the supreme court controversy
are making a mighty effort to win
farm support.
One leader expressed belief pri
vately that mounting tension re
sulting, from this struggle might
split the united stand of farm
representatives on some pending
farm 'measures.
Leaders of the farmers' union
have spoken publicly on opposite
sides of the court Issue.
The spearhead in the opposi
tion is Louis J. Taber, master of
the national grange, which says
it has a membership of 800,000.
Taber and Fred J. Brenckman,
legislative representative, plan to
testify against the court legisla
tion at senate hearings.
Taber said today that a poll of
grange leaders and membership
on the president's proposal
showed the majority "solidly
against this program." He added
the grange was more nearly unit
ed against "packing the supreme
court" than on any other ques
tion In 25 years.
Rain Mars Vacation
WARM SPRINGS, Ga.. March
li-iP) An overnight downpour
that caused a sharp drop In tem
perature kept the president close
to his vacation cottage on Pine
mountain today and caused post
ponement of his plans to visit
nearby federal projects.
demanded he go to the micro
phone)." . ' ; 1
"This protest of mine the oth
er day was no novelty," he said,
adding that he had said similar
things about Hitler often before.
"And 1. expect to continue to
say the same thing and I hope
necessity (for saying it) will be
but a ahort time." I j
Fighting Word Is '
Employed by Mayor l
"Dont worry what Mr. Hiiler
may say. Pay no attention be
cause the opinion of the world Is
that Adolf Hitler Is not person
ally satisfaktioqsfahig."
, This German word, .which
many appeared not " to have
-caught, was said by several per
sons standing close , to the roe
trnm and able to speak tbo lan
guage " to mean Hitler was not
worth meeting on the field of
honor.
There was from the mayoi no
explanation of his meaning.
General Johnson shouted In
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Mains
Strip of Willson
Park Given State
No Protest; Goodenough'g
Light Payment Scheme
Fails of Support j
WHAT CITY COUNCIL
DID LAST NIGHT
Contributed a d d 1 1 lonal 99
feet oC Willson park to capltol
site. i
Rejected resolution arbitrar
ily reducing city's street light-,
tng bill, heard of new Portland
General Electric company pro
posal to provide additional
lights at no extra cost.
Changed bus loading zones.
Authorized manning of Floyd
B. McMullen first aid car.
Tha atita -r1tn1 ronf rnctlon
rntnnilialnn'i rpnii en t for an ad
ditional 99-foot strip of land in
Willson park drew no protests at
-
city council last night and an or-
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dinance conveying a aeea io me
state was promptly adopted. There
were no speakers for or against
the proposal, wnicn win maae
nnulhla trrHnr of the BTOundS
at the west end of the new cap
ltol.
The aldermen declined by a
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Deficiency limits
Sought By Pierce
WASHINGTON, March 15-(ff)-Rep.
Walter M. Pierce of La
Grande, Ore., ' after conference
with farm credit administration
officials, predicted today a favor
able agriculture department re
port on his bill to eliminate de
ficiency judgments.
, "I look to FCA to suggest some
modifications, but I feel sure they
will offer something . I .can ac
cept," said the former Oregon
governor. i
Pierce's measure would prohib
it deficiency judgments in excess
of the normal value of mortgaged
premises. Further, federal land
banks seeking to foreclose would
be required to bid the normal
value at the day of sale.
Pierce said Land Bank Commis
sioner A. S. Goss "Is sympathetic
with some sort of legislation to
solve this problem."
(Goss recently notified Oregon,
Idaho and North 'Dakota legisla
tures that attempts to outlaw de
ficiency judgments would result
in withdrawal of FCA lending.
North Dakota.' however, passed
such a measure.)
VANCOUVER, B. C. March
15 -iPf Behind the sparkling
goal pending of "Sad Sam" Tim
mlns and a tight defense, the
Spokane Clippers hung a 2-0 de
feat on the Vancouver Lions
bere tonight in the first game of
the three Pacific i Coast Hockey
league" semi-final championship
series. - - ;; .T ...x .... ,
! DENVER. March 15-(-Two
highly regarded-, college teams,
only seeded collegiate outfits in
the meet, drove Into the third
round of the National . A A.U.
basketball tournament with con
vincing triumphs tonight.
Long Island university daz
zled a crowd of 4,000 In beating
the extra-tall west Texas teach
ers, 38 to 30. - " . -
; Central Missouri teachers sent
another Texas team, Stepher F.
Austin teachers.' out Of basket
ball's headline show with a 50
24 victory.
Late Sports .
Prof
ect
Strikers Hold
Plant Despite
Caution Against Defying
Law- Is Expressed by
Governor Murphy
Vote on Abandonment Is
, Halted ; Officers of
Law Hold Parley
DETROIT, March lB.-WVFive
thousands sitdown strikers re
tained possession of Chrysler cor
poration automobile plants to
night after a long court evacua
tion order while Governor Frank
Murphy cautioned against "defi
ance of the law."
The sitdowners, ordered In an
injunction to vacate the plants by
9 a. m. (EST) Wednesday, aban
doned at union Instruction a plan
to vote on obeyance of the circuit
court decision issued this morn
ing. In a statement directing, that
the constitutional authority of the
courts must be respected," Gover
nor Murphy and bis conferees on
industrial problems said govern
ment agencies are "bound to take
proper steps" to preserve public
authority and "private property."
The statement pleaded for peace
conferences as against the "use of
force by any group."
Rally Won't Vote
But Strikers May
; Homer Martin, president of the
United Automobile Workers of
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Portland Strikes
Reported Settled
Two Bag Plants' Disputes
Near End But Lumber
Issue Is Crowing
PORTLAND, Ore., March H.
(JP) The reported settlement of
strikes at two bag manufacturing
plants, involving slightly more
than 200 employes, highlighted
the labor situation here today.
Bert W. Shelton, business agent
for the warehousemen's branch of
the International Longshoremen's
association, said the management
of the Ames Harris Neville Bag
company and striking union mem
bers had reached terms ending a
five months' dispute, and that
about 200 employes would return
this week.
The union official said the com
pany had agreed to recognize the
union, give preferential hiring, a
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Reduction Asked,
one Rates
- The public utilities commis
sioner was asked Monday to ex
tend the Salem ' telephone ex
change base rate area, reducing
residential and business service
rates In the district. '
The request was made by the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company. The change would,
principally, remove the mileage
charge varying -from 25 cents
per quarter mile to 50 cents per
quarter mile now imposed out
side the existing base rate area.
Charges in the territory ad
joining the proposed extended
area also would be reduced. Re
ductions totaling 1454.20 a year,
and affecting 88 subscribers,
would be accomplished. ' Fdur
patrons now having" private rur
al phones may pay $86 more.
King wood Heights near West
Salem, as well as Kay's and Ab
rams' additions in northeast Sa
lem, the state ' fairgrounds and
new addition between the Pacif
ic highway and Silverton road
would be affected as would the
property north of the city limits
from the Willamette river to the
Pacific highway.
Spaulding Papers
Approved By Fee
PORTLAND, Ore., March 1 5
(jP) Federal Judge - James Alger
Fee approved today instruments
to be executed in connection with
the reorganization of. the Charles
K. Spaulding Logging company of
Salem. : ' j - - - -
The action opens the way for
final steps in the organization,
which Involves the securing of a
$350,000 loan from the - reeon
structKm flnan corporation.
Court
Order
Teleph
Two of State
Parole Board
Members Quit
Dr, Utter and Treece to
End Service; System
Criticisms Seen
No Statements ; Irvine's
' 39-Year Education
Work Also Ended
J Dr. Floyd L. Utter of Salem
and W. H. Treece of Portland re
signed Monday as members of
the state parole board. The third
ma:-ber of the board is W. L.
Gosslln, secretary to the governor,
who holds office . ex-of ficio. The
resignations are, not effective for
a 90-day term. Governor Martin
made no comments on the resig
nations, merely stating he had not
yet accepted them.
Another position for the gov
ernor to fill is the vacancy on the
state board of higher education.
B. F. Irvine, editor of the Port
land Journal, whose terra' ex
pired March 2, notified the gov
ernor yesterday he would not ac
cept reappointment. Irvine has
served for 3 9 years on boards
dealing with the higher education
al institutions, seven years on the
present state board and prior to
that on . the board of regents of
Oregon State college.
Present System
Faalts Are Sees . .
The resignations of Utter and
Treece -are regarded as expres
sions of dissatisfaction with the
present parole organization and
failure to reorganize the system
along .lines embraced in three
bills which met defeat In the sen
ate last week after passing the
house. While both men gave inter
ference of parole board work with
personal business as reasons. Dr.
Utter is known to be keenly dis
appointed over the failure of the
parole legislation to pass. Ap
pointed shortly - after Governor
Martin took office Dr. Utter has
devoted a great deal of time to
parole board problems and feels
drastic reforms are needed.
The parole bills would have
given the parole board power to
determine the sentences of pris
oners, under the maximum terms
set by judges, and would have
made the chairman of the board
a full-Ume, salaried official.
Treece, in Portland, said his
resignation was submitted j inde
pendently without knowledge that
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Sheridan Span Is
Litigation Theme
McMINNVILLE, Ore., March 15
CP) An Injunction suit brought
by citizens in an effort to force
the construction of a new bridge,
halted repairs on the county span
over the South Yamhill river at
Sheridan today.
Circuit Judge Arlie J. Walker
signed a temporary order upon
petition of V. A. Para, E. M.
Huntley, T. R. Parsons and L.
R. Sackett. Judge W.'O. Powell
and Commissioners T. L. Bockes
and Frank Campbell are named
defendants. Arguments are set
for Tuesday.
The complaint alleges that ef
forts to repair the -bridge are a'
waste of public funds and that a
new structure or major repairs
to the extent of $10,000 are
needed. "
Radio Request Okehed
WASHINGTON, March 15.-(P)
A communication ' commission
commissioner recommended today
Harold M. Finlay and Eloise Fin
lay be authorized to construct a
radio station at LaGrande, Ore.
Compromise on Cbiirt Issue
Proposed byD
WASHINGTON, March 15.-JP)
Senator Robinson. (D-Ark), the
democratic leader, produced to
night the first compromise sug
gestion to emanate from the ad
ministration side of the turbulent
debate over President Roosevelt's
court reorganization bill. j
After predicting the passage of
the Roosevelt measure before the
session closes, he held out the
possibility that at the same time,
a constitutional amendment may
he proposed to the states, of a
nature still to be determined.
Some of Leaders - " i
Favorable, Report ; I
While Robinson would not dis
cuss its possible contents, it be
came evident that some adminis
tration leaders were favorably dis
posed toward an amendment of
fered today by Senator Norris
(Ind-Neb) to limit the terms, of
federal Judges, Including those
of the supreme court, to nine
years. .
Some administration backers of
the president's proposal to In
crease the supreme court to a
Resign Parole -1
Board Offices
Mi
I
V
Above, ;Dr. Floyd L. Utter of Sa
lem; below, W.l H. Treece of
Portland, whose resignations as
members of the state parole
board were announced simul
taneously Monday although
theyjjacted independently. They
will continue to serve until
'Jnnelt was Indicated.
Aniy Air Base at
Taboma Approved
I
WASHINGTON, March 15-flV
The army j high command dis
closed itoday its Intention to es
tablish; at I Tacoma, Wash., the
largest military air base on the
Pacific eoast to complete Its aer
ial defense in that area. .
An M eventual expenditure of
about 115.000,000 is contemplat
ed ovr a! period of years, to
provid maintenance facilities
for sufficient war planes and
personnel to meet any emergency.
If present plans are carried
out, officers said, the Tacoma
depot !1U be larger than Ham
ilton field, ' at San Francisco, and
March fj field .near San Diego,
which 'iare ! the army's only air
bases 'th the far west. .
Selection! of Tacoma as the
first stfe to be chosen under the
Wilcox;! bill j authorizing army fly
ing bases in strategic sections
was announced by Generay Malln
Craig,: :chlet of staff. k -
Organize at Klamath
i ; . -KLA3TATH
FALLS, Ore., March
1 5 itr- Union representatives
from Washington state laid the
groundwork for organization , of
local sawmill and timber -workers
at'ia series of meetings dur
ing thlf past week-end.
1 i t .
1i
ento
Robinson
maximum of 15 justices if Incum
bents, ejrer 70 years of age do not
retire expressed the thought that
the . Rcibinson suggestion for an
amendment; might increase the
support tne blte house
measure. ( . - ; ,
They; expressed hope it might
make ;a favorable impression
among , those senators roughly
a third ; of the senate who have
not, yet -committed themselves on
the issae and some of whom are
backing; constitutional amend
ments. ) i -
- ".Thejfe Is no inconsistency' In
the - president's proposal and in
certain amendments to the con
stitution that have been proposed,"
Robinson said in a statement care-,
fully dictated to reporters. -
I expect! the Plan of the nrest-
dent wfil be! approved by the con
gress, ft is by no means certain
that amendments will not also be
considered by the two houses of
congress for submission to the
states. If j . ' !
"Certain amendments that have
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"Mongokuowls
Latest Nation
OnWorldMap
Japanese; Influence Seen
According to Limited
Facts Known Now
Ten Wanjr Believed Head
With Tokyo Advisors
in Area Numerous
PEIPING, China, March lf-(Tuesday)-(p)-Unconfirmed
re
ports from the north reached
here today that a new nation
"similar to Manchoukuo bad
been carved out of Chinese ter
ritory and had proclaimed iu
independence.
. Reports from missionaries sta
tioned in the vast area to the
north of Kalgan declared the
Mongol hordes of northern Chi
na bad christened the new state
in northern Charar province
"Mongokuo."
The territory embraced by
Mongokuo,- according to these
unverified reports, was roughly
of the size of the state of Ohio,
bounded on the west by Suiyuan
province, on the north by outer
Mongolia, on the east , by Jehol
and on the south by the Great
WalL -
The capital of the area was re
ported to have been set up at
Chapser. ,
Leaders of the ' asserted inde
pendence movement were not yet
clearly known although the Mon
gol Prince Ten Wang, who the1
national government has charg
ed is under Japanese influence,
was believed to be playing a
prominent role.
Many Assistants
Work With Leader
Associated with him, the re
ports said, were some 100 as
sistants charged with carrying
out the administrative organisa
tion. " :.
Numerous Japanese advisors,
it was understood here, have
been " attached to the new re
gime. ,
A tariff schedule was said to
have already been prepared and
printed while the collection el.
customs was under way. AH
merchandise entering the area,
the reports said, was subject to
duty. .
What relation the reported re
cent departure of Japanese mil
itary advisors from Chahar pro
vince had with life reported es
tablishment of Mongokuo was
not clear,' but the opinion - was
widely expressed here they took
a prominent part In . getting the
movement under way and then
left the area just . before the
news was disclosed.
Purchase of New
Pumper Is Voted
Purchase of a new COO-galloa
fire pump truck to replace "Old
Chemical," the city's first piece
of motorized fire fighting ap
paratus, received preliminary ap
proval by the city council last
night. City Recorder A. Warren
Jones received instructions to call
for- bids for , the new truck, esti
mated to coat $8000. It would be
equipped with a pressure water
tank. Instead of a chemical tank.
'Old Chemical" as the sputter
ing old chemical and hose wagon
has become familiarly known was
bought by the city more than 20
years ago and has answered near
ly every fire alarm, save for some
minor, flue blazes, since that time.
It is now costing the city heavily
In repair bills and is in such con
dition that it endangers a fire
man's life on every run, Alder
man W. H. Dancy declared.
Draining of Mill Creek
To Aid Quest of Missing
Woman Asked of Council
Lloyd Hill and 42 other citi
zens petitioned the city council
to have Mill creek drained to fa
cilitate the search for the body
of Lena Gobley, who' the petition
says- is believed to have drowned
herself In the stream recently.
At the request of Councilwemaa
Gertrude F. Lobdell, the alder
men directed "the proper authori
ties' to Investigate the matter. -"
Manager Cuyler VanPatten ef
the water department said it
would be difficult to drain the
stream at this time of year.
A L L A D! E
of TO DA
' By R. a
When everything is running
swell and opposition's plainly
routed, the politician's prone to
tell the world just how he'll go
about it; no protests cause him
then to hearken, he booms
ahead with close-shut eyes,
but when his hopes of victory
darken, he willing then to com
promise. -
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