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trhlch The Statesman issued
to subscribers baa proven
to be wise Investment fof
number ef them.
V Weather - - -,
Fair today and Saturday
except partly unsettled to
day; lbx. Trap. Thursday -86,
Min. 89, river 21.2 feet,
rain .73 Inch; SW wind.
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, April 16, 1937
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No. 17
iver sit Mood.
mini
Stage;
Revised Plans
Of Courthouse
Are Presented
Ideal, Declares Hewlett
and Melson Also Eyes
Them With Favor
Enlarged Quarters Will
; Be Provided for All
- Agencies, Shown
Revised according to county
court recommendations, - floor
plans for the new Marion coun
ty courthouse were brought to
Salem yesterday by Architect Les
lie Howell of Portland. Cost es
timates may be ready for presen
tation along with the plans to
the building ' committee next
week, he indicated.
Commissioner Leroy Hewlett,
himself an architect, declared the
revised plans were ideal. Com
missioner Roy S. Melsoh also be
lieved they would work out welL
Judge J. C. Siegmtmd, busy with
probate matters, did not ; have
time to study the drawings in
detail.
Hewlett reported that financ
ing of the courthouse would be
aided by the tax foreclosures pro
gram. Proceeds, from sale of fore
closed properties, which he esti
mated at $35,000 over a five
yea'r period, can be used to pur
chase furnishings for a new
building, he explained.
Quarters Roomier
For All Of Ices
In addition to providing all
county offices with greatly en
larged quarters, the new plans
contain two unassigned rooms,
one 22 by 60 and the other 34
by 60 feet and a 37 by 45, foot
public assembly hall that may
be converted to office apace In
future years. .The assembly : hall
as planned - would hare a 13 by
'20 foot stage and U6 by 3 9
foot commltee room.
The latest floor plana should
provide amply for county offi
ces for at least 25 years, Hew
lett predicted, and the arrange
ments are such that. the size of
the building could be doubled
by the addition - of two wings
around a light well at some fu
ture 'date. ,
The location of the various
offices are virtually as decided
upon by the -court two weeks
ago. The groupings of major of
fices are as follows:
Ground floor - Relief and
health offices and old files stor
age. - First floor Sheriff, assessor,
tax collector, treasurer, school
superintendent, county agent and
a&embly hall.
Second floor Clerk, recorder,
county court, " engineer, survey
or and Juvenile officer.
Third floor Circuit courts,
Justice court, district attorney.
Judges and Jurors' rooms and
law library.
Fourth flooT Jail.
He's Legally Dead
So Cannot Appear
, OAKLAND ' Calif., April 15-P)
-John J. O'Neil, 36, who says he
is legally, dead, complicated his
arrlgnment n an- arson charge
today by contending he was not
present. , -
O'Neil, who disappeared from
his Stamford, Conn., home. In
1924 and subsequently was de
clared legally dead there, was
brought into the court of Police
Judge C. B. Fox on charges of
starting four small fires in a
hotel Tuesday.
"John J. Nell," the Judge
called out, and an officer led the
defendant up to the desk.
'That's my name, but I'm not
here." said O'Neil.
"What do you mean you're not
here?" asked Judge Cox.
"Well, maybe I am here, hut
1 am dead, so I fall to see what
yon can do to me. replied O'eil.
The Judge scratched his head
and ordered the case continued
until April 20.
Parent-Teachers
Of ficers Elected
PORTLAND, April lS--The
Oregon congress of parents and
teachers elected Mrs. C. W. Walls
of Portland president for the
coming two years at its session
bere today.
She , succeeds Mrs. William
Kletxer of Portland.
Sectional aides selected Include
Mrs. Otto Lance, ' Albany, west
central; Mrs. Frank Pattison and
Eugene, south central. -
Contributors to a panel dis
cussion on educational trends In
cluded Silas Galser. superintend
ent of Salem schools; C A. How
mrA atata aanerintendent. and
mas Harriet Long, state Ubrar-
ian.
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from three different viewpoints. The Pioneer, standing on a stump, has a buckskin robe over his
shoulder and holds an ax In his hand. Ulrlo EUerhnsea of New York Is the sculptor. Cut courtesy
: The Oregon Journal.
Governor Opposes
Walt Pierce Plan
Franciscovich is Acting
Chief Again; to Make
Trip Here Monday
PORTLAND. Ore., April lS-P)
-Governor Charles Martin ex
pressed opposition to Bonneville
dam legislation proposed by Rep
resentative Walter M. Pierce of
Oregon, providing for an adminis
trator for the project, as he de
parted for the, national capital to
night., ..j !
. The governor heads ev delega
tion from Oregon and Washington
to appear at a house rivers and
harbors committee hearing at
which a proposal for,, uniform
power rates for Bonneville and
Boulder dams will be discussed.
Others In the party are Mayor
Joseph K. Carson of Portland.
President Hamilton Corbett of the
Portland chamber of commerce
and W. C. Douglas, representing
the port of Camas-Washougal.
ASTORIA, I April 15-K-Pre-parlng
to. divide his time between
public and private business, Sena
tor Frank Franciscovich, president
of the senate, will go to Salem
Monday to take over duties of
acting governor during the' ab
sence of Governor Charles Mar
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Controlled Judiciary Fatal
To Religious Freedom, Held
:
Christians must insist upon a
Judiciary "that is not In the hands
of any political group which a na
tion may bring to the top for the
moment," Just as they must Insist
upon a free church, a free school
and a free press if the Anglo-Saxon
tradition of a religious free
dom is to be preserved, Bishop Ti
tus Lowe of Portland told more
than 350 Methodists assembled
here last night at First church for
a banquet meeting which closed a
day's educational program.
Addressing j himself especially
to the youth of the audience,
which included more than 100
students from Oregon State col
lege at Corvallis, University of
Oregon at Eugene and Willamette
university. Bishop Lowe declared:
"There is an open door for the
generation in the colleges today
and those of the late 20's and ear
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NEW YORK, April 10-P)-A
strike of seamea and wireless
operators which threatened to
tie np 17 ships, two of them
richly appointed trans-Atlantic
liners, was settled early today
at a conference attended by the
regional director of the nation
al labor relations hoard.
OCHAXDIANO, Spain, April
15. (DeUyed)-JP)-Gen. Emi
lia afota's northern insurgent
army etrack with renewed
force a the Basque .capital of
Bilbao today,, recapturing the
strategic mountain peak of Sal
hi and leaving its slopes litter
ed with the bodies of govern
ment dead.
Forensic Contest Open
Today on IF, U, Campus
High school students from
thirteen dlferent schools In the
state began arriving on the Wil
lamette campus last night i for
the annual Oregon high school
extempore ' speaking and inter
pretation contests which will be
held today and tomorrow. Pre
liminary events wUl be held to
day with .semi-finals and finals
on Saturday. ,
ly 30V to direct the sentiment of
community, state, nation and
world.
Racial Prejudice
Decried by Bishop
And in this direction he urged:
Emancipation from racial preju
dices, casting off of super-nation
alism and the : silly, silly doctrine
of the divine right of the white
race and a sense of tolerance to
ward other religions of the world.
"I do not believe any social pro
gram can become ultimately sue
cessful that does not have a spir
itual dynamic at Ita base." Bishop
Lowe- declared, adding the caution
to "be sure that the Christ you
worship and under whose law you
Ure Is an anemasculated and nn-
watered Christ, r
- The Bishop declared that dem
ocracy is facing enemies she nev
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Workers Over 65
Restored to WPA
If Under 70; Order Will
Affect 800 or More
in State, Claim
PORTLAND, AprU ImW
C. Albright, deputy WPA admin
istrator for Oregon, said today
all persons between the ages of
66 and 70 years dropped from
WPA work relief rolls late last
year will be immediately rein
stated. i Albright said between 300 and
1000 in Oregon, are effected by
the ruling. He made the - an-
noueement. after conferring by
long distance telephone with E.
J. Griffith, sUte administrator,
now In - Washington, D. C. .
i Those eligible for old age pen
sion benefits under the Social
Security program will not - be
dropped' from the WPA work
rolls, the deputy administrator
said, and persons who apply for
Social Security assistance will re
main eligible for employment on
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30-Minute Rule's
" Extension Asked
After hearing complaints over
the new 30-mlnute parking limit
effected last week, city council
men were somewhat startled last
night when they received a re
quest for establishment of such
a zone In a block where no restric
tions now exist. The request, for
30-mlnute parking, came from
the W. E. "Dan" Burns store at
High and Ferry streets.
T. R. Paulus. representing the
store, asked the council by letter
to slap this limit on High street
between Ferry and Trade streets
and on Ferry street as far east as
Church street.
Wright Democrat
For Over Century
PORTLAND. Ore., April
-The Willamette democratic soci
ety voted a life membership to
Dr. J. B. Wright, 102, today. "In
recognition of over 100 years ser
vice to the party..
; "I was born a democrat during
the presidential term of Jackson
and cast my first vote for Bu
chan an. Dr. Wright said.
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Rail Tie-up on
West Coast Is
oniglit
Firemen, Trainmen Aver
Mediation Move Not
to Be Accepted
Insist Their Quarrel Is
: With S. P. Though
Favoritism Cited
BAN FRANCISCO, April 1S-4P)
-In the face of President Roose
velt's move to forestall a strike,
officials of two railroad brother
hoods asserted tonight their call
for a walkout of 8,T00 Southern
Pacific employes would become
effective at p.m. tomorrow un
less the company meanwhile met
the workers' demands.
C. V. McLaughlin, vice presi
dent of the Brotherhood of loco
motive Firemen, said neither his
union nor the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen could accept
the presidential mediation - move
because It named the Brotherhood
of Engineers and Conductors as
parties to the dispute.
"Our grievance is against the
company and we are not Involved
In any controversy with the en
gineers and the conductors," said
McLaughlin. "Their presence In
the negotiations would only com
plicate matters.
Faoritism Shown
Other Unions, Held
In presenting their demands the
firemen and trainmen charged
the Southern Pacific "favored
the engineers nd the conductor
and refused to abide by media
tion board awards affecting In
dividuals." The situation presented
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By Lower Branch
WASHINGTON, AprU II (AA-
The house overrode bristling
southern opposition tonight to
pass 277 to 119 the Gavagan antl-
lynehing bill. It would authorize
the federal government to inter
vene In mob crimes to punish par
ticipants and negligent officers.
The bill now goes to the senate.
In general republicans joined
with northern democrats In sup
porting the bill.
The measure would subject an
officer who permitted a prisoner
to he taken from his custody and
injured or put to death, Co a fine
ranging up to 15.000 and to as
much as fire years in prison.
Participants would be subject
to from five to 28 years impris
onment. Opponents from the south
sought In vain to strike from the
blU provisions that would subject
counties in which a prisoner was
seised or put to death to damages
ranging from $2,000 to 310.000,
the money going to a victim's
family.
New Parking Rule
Declared Popular
Sentiment Is growing steadily
In - favor of Salem's 30-mlnute
parking limit, .Mayor V. E. Kuhn.
told the city councU last night.
He remarked the rural visitors
especially were commenting fav
orably on the availability of park
ing space under tbe new regula
tions. . At a meeting of the special
traffic committee later the mayor
urged that an efort be made to
Iron out Inequalities in special
business parking privileges. He
suggested a zoning plan design
ed to accommodate and regulate
parking of laundry and similar
vehicles and of automobile deal
ers' displays might be worked
out.
The committee after conferring
with Brazier. C. Small, attorney
for a group of automobile deal
ers, agreed to confer with rep
resentatives at a meeting next
Thursday night.
City Recorder A. Warren Jones
and City Attorney Paul H. Hen
dricks outlined a proposed 'res
olution settling up aU parking
time limits In one measure, leav
ing the 30-mlnute district un
changed but converting present
two-hour zones Into one-hour
zones. , .
Nurses9 Benefit Dance .
Given Special Permit
, The city council last night
granted Salem General hospital
nurses permission to extend a ben
efit dance at the armory 45a tur
day night one hour past tbe or
dinary . midnight ' deadline. The
dance, a letter from William
Gahlsdorf , hospital manager ex
plained. Is to raise funds for a
new nurses' home.
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iLiOwland Residents
Moving Out;
How Old Man River Looks at Flood
Stage Here; West Salem Gets Wet
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The Willamette river at flood stage. Both plctnres taken from West
Salem; top view, auto camp buildings inundated, Salem in back
ground. Below, ancient automobiles caught in flood hack of a ga
rage in West Salem; MeUow Moon dance hall surrounded by wa
ter; looking across river to paper mills and Salem, both pictures
revealing that despite high river hank on .east side, "flood stage
comes within a few feet of meaning actual flooding la the city
though that hasn't happened since the 00's. Statesman Staff
photos. :
Labor Relations
Appeal Launched
First Since Confirmation
of Wagner Act Relate
to Jurisdiction Row
(By the Associated Press)
Peace moves and an employer's
appeal to the national labor rela
tions board, the first since the
supreme court upheld the Wagner
act, were added to the labor pic
ture last night as new strikes
developed on both aides of the
Canadian border.
Workers quit their posts tn
automotive factories, g a r m e nt
shops and shipping ports, but
plans went on for a consolidated
drive by John 1 Lewis followers
to unionize all phases of the
communication. Industry. At
Picher. Okla., affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor
was announced by the trt-state
metal mine and smelter union.
As . strikes - in Canadian mass
production industries spread. Pre
mier ' Mitchell Hepburn asked
representatives of General Motors
of Canada, Ltd., and of the 2700
strikers at the company's Oshawa,
Ontario ' plant to meet him this
morning in a peace conference. -
At New York, the International
Mercantile Marine company called
on the labor relations board yes
terday to ascertain who are the
duly authorized -representatives
of Its employes in various ship de
partments. Following the strike of seamen
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Favorable Bids
Water Mains;
Unexpectedly favorable bids
were received by tbe city councU
last night for pipe and valves to
be used In constructing the 12th
street arterial water main. Totals
of the 22 proposals offered by It
bidders located on the coast and
in Alabama will not be cast by
the water department engineers
until today.
. R. E. Koon, consulting engin
eer who conducted the bid open
ing, declared the figures submit
ted appeared to be "very favor
able. . -
A combination contract award,
split among two or more bidders,
probably win be the recommen
dation the councU win be asked
to adopt at Its regular meeting
Monday night. A number of al
ternates In type of pipe and fit
tings were Included In the speci
Over Foot of Rain
Recorded, Valsetz
Mill Pond Water Lapping
at Doorsteps, Sawing
at Mill Delayed
VALSETZ, April 18 Other
parts of Oregon may be getting
April showers and Oregon mists
but in Valsetz it has been raining
this week. From Sunday evening,
when It started raining, tUl Wed
nesday evening, when it was still
raining, 12 U inches of rain had
fallen. .The greatest period ' of
precipitation was during a twelve
hour period Tuesday night when
3j4 inches accumulated.
, The mill pond has raised -a
couple of feet and is lapping at
the doorsteps of some of the
houses. It Is impossible to get
logs under the bridge to the mill
so operations have ceased untU
Old -Jape desists.
HAZEL GREEV April 15.
Pudding river is in the boat-house
and over the footbridge crossing
to the dressing rooms on the
north bank at the Hazel Green
park. No serious damage has re
sulted so far.
Krohn Funeral Today
PORTLAND, April lE-(ff)-Fin-al
rites will be held at the Port
land crematorium tomorrow at 3
p.m. for Robert H. Krohn. direc
tor of physical education in the
Portland pnbUe schools, who died
yesterday. . The ceremony wUl be
In charge of the Masonic bodies.
Received on
-
Blasts Probed
fications in order that the lowest
possible total cost of the material
could be obtained.
Repercussions from the dyna
miting of the sunken South 21st
street bridge over Shelton ditch
Wednesday developed at the eoun
cU's adjourned session and result
ed In Mayor V. - E. Kuhn's ' ap
pointing a special Investigating
committee consisting of D. O.
Lear, W. H. Daney and Van Wle
der, chairmen of the bridges,
drainage - and street - committees,
respectively.
Permit Not Gives
Mayor Contends
The mayor declared it was nec
essary to obtain a permit from
his office for any blasting, that
this had not been done by City
Engineer Hugh Rogers and that
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Rain Ends
Willamette at
21.2, Probably
Close to Peak
Dropping at Eugene, Is
Word; Second Oregon
Death Is Reported
Eight Feet Above Flood
Stage Is . Predicted
in Corvallis Area
The . Willamette river pasecd
the 20-foot Salem flood stage yes
terday afternoon, a day ahead of
weather bureau forecasts, and
continued rising during the early
part of the night.
At midnight the gauge read
21.2 feet, a level at which strong
currents begin" flowing across
downstream lowlands. The reed
ing was 20.9 feet at C:30 p
1S.S feet at 9 a.m.
The rate of rise last night was
slightly greater than on Wednes
day night. -
While the river had dropped a
foot early last night at Eugene,
residents of the mid-valley bot
tom lands were preparing for tbe
crest of the April freshet.
Across the river in West Salem
the Mellow Moon dance hall was
surrounded by water, which t ex
tended to the highway embank
ment and flooded campgreands
and used car lots. w
Mill Creek Dike '
Hear Prison Is Out
: The highway department had
staked the Salem-Dailas roadway
near the Carroll hopyard In prep
aration for high water bu the ear
ly state police patrol last night
reported no water encountered.
MU1 creek renewed Its threat
to southeast Salem briefly, yester
day afternoon when a dik a eaeit
distance below the penitesUary
annex started to wash out. Coun
ty Engineer N. C. Hubbs quickly
mustered a force of 20 eoanly
workmen and reinforced the levee
with earth -and sandbags. Two
hours' delay, he said, would have
meant a repetition of the flood
ing of lands along the Terser
road . and of "much of the lew
southeast section of the city.
A small slide temporarily im
paired traffic over the eoaaiy
road between Taylor's grove and
the old transient camp and the
north Salem-Sllverton road re
mained closed on account of over
flows from Pudding river.
(Coprrlsktci. 1937. ay Asaociatea Pmm)
Fair weather, with - poseiele
morning frost, was forecast by
the Seattle weather bureau to
day after Pacific northwest
storms killed two tailors, injur
ed two others and damaged reads
and crops.
Peter Johnson. Bellingham,
and John M. Moore, Seattle, lost'
their lives when the Pacific in
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Fighters Talked
LONDON. April lS-CD-Ruiwta
and Italy, by seemingly burying
the hatchet over Spain, paved the
way tonight for non-interventtra
committee deliberations on a plan
to withdraw all foreigners from
the Spanish civil war.
A subcommittee earlier had set
midnight of next Monday. April
19. for the start of an intern
tlonal land-end-sea blockade to
enforce the neutrality group's
edict barring additional men and
arms from Spain.
The measures are intended to
keep the Spanish strife from
spreading to the rest of Eurese
one to guard against new sources
of International discord, the ether
to remove threats because of for
eigners already involved.
Count Dlno Grand, Italian
member of the committee, and
Iran M. Maltky, the Soviet mem
ber, reconciled their differences
la an agreement to arbitrate the
foreign volunteer withdrawal
question.
A L L A D E
of TODAy
By R. C
How beautiful is the rain"
the poet sang, and veil agree:
twould be a barren, bleak ter
rain, no fit abode tor yon and
me If the heavens, now and
then, did not cloud up and de
their stuff, but at present
welL amen; well break down
and cry Enough!
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