The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 16, 1937, Page 2, Image 2

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Willamette Is
Close to Peak
Dropping at Eugene, Is
i Word; Second Oregon
V- Death Is Reported
(Continued from Page 1)
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ertc&n fisheries freighter Mary
Di encountered a storm 850 miles
west of Cape Flattery- Theodore
Pprter, Bellingham, and Oscar
Johnson, Seattle, sailors on the
same ship, . were injured.
Even East Oregon
Has Its Troubles :
1 Storm , warnings on the coast
were taken down and clearing
weather was predicted throughout
the aorthwest.
- j East of. the Oregon Cascades
tne swollen crooked river left its
hanks and threatened the residen
tial district of West Prineville.
Crews were strengthening the
dam tonight to prevent the stream
from resuming its former channel
where a number of new houses
have been built. "
Several miles of the Crooked
river highway was under water
. . i &
ana nages were wmubb uu
Paulina district ranchers visiting
prineville today were unable to re
turn to their homes. Many ranches
were isolated.
Theriver was still rising.
Traffic Blocked at
JiarrttDura uosnen
I Traffic was blocked on the east
pacific highway at Harrisburg
and on the Willamette highway
between Goshen and Pleasant Hill.
The state highway department
said the Albany-Corvallls highway
probably would be closed before
morning.
The storm claimed its second
life in Oregon last night when
William Mehl, 31, was killed by a
falling snag at Clackamas.
Linn county lowlands were be
ing evacuated late today as the
Willamette river rose rapidly at
Corvallis. A crest of 8 or 9 feet
above flood stage was expected
tomorrow.
. Farmers were transporting live
stock to safety.
Labor Relations
Appeal Launched
(Continued from Page 1)
Wednesday, which delayed sailing
of the President Roosevelt, the
wireless operators went on strike
and announced they would co-op
erate with United Electrical and
Radio Workers of America In an
effort to organize all workers in
both operating and manufactur
ing divisions.
" On the west coast, Frank Sla
bey, head of the east San Fran
cisco bay local of the United Auto
mobile workers, said the Rich
mond Ford assembly plant had
greed to concessions he Interpret
ed as granting union recognition.
Available company - spokesmen
who did not comment directly on
the recognition claim, denied any
- written agreement had been
reached.
Fire Damage Is Slight
An over-heated cooking stove
at the home of Charles McNary,
411 North Front, was the cause of
a small fire which required the
attention of the Salem fire depart
ment last night. The fire was re
tricted to a woodbox and one
wall. It was under control when
firemen arrived.
Gttarftc Tomorrow .
50 GREAT STARS. IN A SINGY, 11
SWINGY, JOY JAMBOREE ! !
THE MADDEST, MERRIEST MUSICAL EXTRAVA
GANZA THAT EVER DAZZLED THE SCREEN! ! I
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Latest
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HURRY! HURRY! POSITIVELY ENDS TODAY
JEANETTE NELSON UTtf A VTTTiriTW
MacDONALD EDDY J1A YTJuVlE''
mCKEY MOUSE BIATII
Removal of Co-op
riant lilts onag,
' Woodburn Learns
WOODBURN, April 15 Be
cause a technicality ;- has made it
uncertain whethei-; or not the
North Pacific Nut Growers co
operative will more its main offices-
to Woodburn, the local com
mittee which is 'negotiating to
purchase site for a proposed nut
cracking plant will not complete
Its deal until after the co-ops
regular meeting onJApril tl.
The cooperative's attorney has
advised that under, the organisa
tion's constitution and by-laws,
the board of directors which vot
ed removal of the - headquarters
to Woodburn did not have the
authority to move the head of
fices. . , : I
An amendment to the co-op
by-laws will be presented at the
April 22 meeting, and" if this
passes the legal "hitch" to mov
ing the" plant here will be lron-
ea out. -
Meanwhile, contributors to
ward the fund for purchase of
the site for a cracking plant
have named H. M. Austin, E. J.
Allen and Fred Hecker trustees
for the Woodburn group. The
trustees will . take charge of the
$1300 raised for the plant site.
Controlled Court
Fatal Says Lowe
(Continued from page 1)
er dreamed of facing, and that
under the various isms which
have developed the successive
steps are putting i the clamp on
the church, strangling the schools
so teaching Is not frefe but based
upon political fallacy, strangling
the press and the judiciary.
In the early part of his ad
dress, the bishop said S n n d a y
school attendance in all churches.
including Roman Catholic and
Jewish schools of instruction, has
been dwindling, and this falling
off he laid to the adult members
-the fathers who go to play golf
and the mothers who spend the
Lord's day at the seashore or oth
erwise. . t -,-
He exhorted parents to take a
new heart and give their intelli
gence and assistance in helping
the church develop educational
progress and issued a challenge to
laity and ministers for the right
training of young people.
Bishop Lowe expressed his gra
tification at the newer emphasis
in religious education toward the
hour of personal committment to
GOd. . !; ,
Many Attend From
Distant Communities
Besides I delegations from En
gene and Corvallis, Portland sent
a large group and about 50 min
isters were present as well as lay
men from,-y alley points.
Dr. Sydney Hall, district super
intendent of the Cascade district
of the church, . presided at the
banquet last night. Dr. Louis Ma
gin, Salem district superinten
dent, presided at the morning ses
sion of the educational confer
ence and Dr. J. C. Harrison, Port
land district superintendent, at
the afternoon session. Dr. J. E.
Milllgan was host pastor.
Wants Caves Lighted
WASHINGTON, April 1$.-(JP)-Sen.
Charles L. McNary of Ore
gon proposed today an amend
ment of the 1938 interior depart
ment appropriation bill to pro
ride $9,700 for Improvement of
the lighting system at Oregon
Caves national monument in Ore
gon, j
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Rail Tie-UD OH
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Firemen, Trainmen Aver
Mediation Move Not ;
, to Be Accepted ;
(Continued from Pas 1)
a unique problem In the relative
ly short history of the new Tait
road labor actr which has been
credited with peacefully adjust
ing every dispute coming within
its scope. It was Invoked success
fully to settle 13 such controver
sies last year.
' Should the strike become ful
ly efective it would tie up the
Southern Pacific's lines from
Portland, Ore., to El Paso. Tex.
A member of the Emergency
Mediation board, . Stanleigh Arn
old, San Francisco attorney, de
clined to comment on the situa
tion. "I won't say anything' urftU the
board is completely organised,
he said. "It will meet here Tues
day at 10 a. m.
PORTLAND, April 15-V-Dr.
Dexter M. Keezer, president of
Reed , college, said today he had
accepted appointment by Presi
dent - Roosevelt as a member of
t,he Mediation board in the South
ern Pacific railroad company
labor dispute. He will meet with
the other two board members la
San Francisco early next week.
Governor Opposes
Walt Pierce Plan
(Continued from page 1)
tin while the latter Is In Washing
ton, D. c '
Franciscovich will remain at the
capital several days and then re
turn to Astoria and turn his at
tention to private duties. He will
go to Salem again the following
Monday.
Governor Martin's trip to Wash
ington in behalf of favorable
Bonneville dam legislation, is in
the interest of the entire state and
not any one group or organization,
he stressed at a press conference
Thursday before his departure.
"I am particularly Interested in
the farmers of Oregon in connec
tion with the Bonneville rates,
Governor Martin said.
Governor Martin said be would
appear before the rivers and har
bors committee of the house and
would insist that the Bonneville
project oe maintained: as a sep
arate unit and not be tied in with
other similar, developments.
Workers Over 65
Restored to WPA
(Continued from page 1)
federal projects until actual ben
efit payments are made.
Applications for reinstatement
on the WPA rolls will be received
Immediately. Reinstatement will
be contingent on the eligibility
or a person for direct relief and
on ability to work. Efforts will
be made to reassign all employ
able persons between 65 and 70
who were released because of age,
as soon as they are recertified on
rthe records.
Approvimately. 150 men were
removed from WPA crews in the
Salem district last fall under the
order which is now being rescind
ed.
Pelican to Blame,
Half County Dark
KLAMATH FALLS. Anril 15-
Mpy-A pelican, flying into a trans
mission line south of Chlloquln
caused a short circuit which dis
rupted power service for three
hours in all of northern Klam
ath county Wednesday. , ,
The bird measured seven feet
from tip to tip.
Florida House Committee
Rejects Labor Amendment
TALLAHASSEE. Fla.. April IE
-ifly-The constitutional ; amend
ments committee of the Florida
house voted 13 to 5 today against
rauiication or tne child labor
amendment to the federal consti
tution. Such action usually is
tantamount to defeat of a pro
posal.
Monlancz Bests Ran
NEW YORK. Anril 1S-WPV-
Pedro Montanez, bidding for a
light-weight title shot, flatten
ed Eddie Ra, of Portlad, in six
rounds of their windup bout, at
Star Casino tonight.
Today & Saturday
TWO BIG HITS!
Action Pins with
the X. Y. Police
StLO
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i CHARLES STARRETT In
"WESTBQCXP MAIL-
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,
Slim Lynch Takes
Job With Sheriff
SEATTLE, April 1 S-tSVFrank
Slim' Lynch. Seattla newspa
per photographer whose dis
charge figured in the Post-Intelligencer
strike last fall, was ap
pointed a King county sheriff's
deputy today.
The discharge of Lynch and
the late E. Armstrong by the
Hearst-owned Post Intelligencer
led to the strike called by the
Seattle chapter of the American
newspaper guild. A decision oi
the National Labor Relations
board ordering Lynch'a reinstate
ment was appealed by the news
paper management and la before
tha federal circuit court of ap
peals.
Change in Court
Bill Is Proposed
WASHINGTON. April
senator , Mccarran ID-Nev.) sug
gested a modified version of the
Roosevelt court bill today In the
hope that It might - provide an
avenue of compromise leading
out of the intense . dispute over
the supreme court.
Hitherto, uncommitted, ' and
thus holding a balance-of-power
position on the judiciary commit
tee, the Nevadan suggested that
the court's membership be in
creased from nine to eleven, with
no provision for the retirement
of present members.
He Introduced the proposal be
tween committee . sessions at
which the American Bar associa
tion presented testimony that a
pou or 70,48 lawyers, showed
four to one rote against the
Roosevelt bill as it relates to the
supreme court.
The bill would authorize the
appointment of a maximum of
six additional supreme court
Justices, unless Incumbents who
have passed the age of seventy
should retire voluntarily.
Control Project
Receives Backing
The county court yesterday
agreed to sponsor the Beaver
creek WPA flood control project
between Aumsrille and Shaw on
condition the county be held free
from damages and right of way
expense. The agreement was
granted after D. Arthur Lowe,
consulting engineer for the pro
ject sponsors, had brought in re
leases from all property owners
aliected.
Owners signing releases and
granting right of way Included
tTOny Steinkamp, F. A. Gorlle. S.
R. Barry, J. p. Towle, Andrew
Wunder, Robert S. Claxton, Ad
rian Kromwall, J. H. Simpson
Chris Amort, George C. White, V.
C. Peterson, Schindler brothers
by Ernest Schindler, S. M. Baker,
w. l. Mickenham, W. L. Rak
Hawkins ft Roberts and Pruden
tial Life Insurance company. The
Prudential company specified that
its tenants' crops should jiot be
damaged by heavy machinery
movements.
Mrs. H. F. Shaw Is
Victim of Crash
Mrs. Herbert F. Shaw, better
known in Salem as Gallapia Hum
phreys, died in a Los Angeles
hospital Wednesday as result of
an auto accident, relatives here
were advised yesterday. Burial
will be held in Los Angeles, prob
ably Saturday.
' Mrs. Shaw was born In Salem
May IS, 1893, and attended Salem
schools. She left here several
years ago.
Surviving are the widower, Her
bert F. Shaw; one son, Harry,
who is a radio operator on the
China Clipper due In San Fran
Cisco Saturday; her father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hum
phreys of Los Angeles; uncles
and aunts. Mr. and Mrs. Will H
Humphreys of Salem, Mr. and
Mrs. J. BAshby of Salem and
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Milne of Los
Angeles. Mrs. Cuyler Van Patton
of Salem and Fay B. Rice and
Glenn L. Rice, Salem, are cousins.
The Call Board
HOLLYWOOD
Today Double feature. The
Three Mesqulteers in
"Roaring Lead" and "Sev-.
en Sinners" with Edmund
Lowe and Constance Cum-
mingg.
CAPITOL
.Today Double bill, Pat
O'Brien in "Great O'Mal-
ley" and "Westbound Mall"
with Charles Starrett.
: ELSIXORE
T o d a y Jeanette McDonald
and Nelson Eddy in "May-
time."
Saturday "Top of the Town"
with 20 big stars.
GRAND
Today "Seventh Hea-
venth" with Simone Simon
and James Stewart.
STATE
Today Eastern circuit vaud-
eville plus "Night Waitress"
. with Margot Grahame.
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Oregon, Friday Morning. April
Townsend Tester
Has Orchard Joh
Fleming Avers Promise of
Continued Affluence
Not Kept by Lamb
CHELAN. Wash.. April 15.-(P)
-Ills "wealth" gone, C. C. Flem
ing grubbed in an orchard near
here today, plagued by dreams of
what might have been.
Fleming, yon will recall, is the
man who was lifted from obscure
poverty in a five-room frame cot
tage here to be the cynosure of
millions of aged when a Townsend
pension plan worker named him
the nation's first ' "pensioner" , a
few months ago. . ?
Fellow townsmen elected him
to test the plan, gave him $200 to
spend In SO days. He set out noon
what for him was a spending orgy
unequalled since his days as a
cotton planter In Texas. For two
weeks he spent, posed for news
paper and news reel photograph
ers, and got his pictures in mag'
asines and papers.
There was talk of a movie con
tract, stage appearances, of a con
tinuation of the $200 monthly
payment for. at least six months.
if not for life, or a Job that would
pay at least $$0 a week. Isom
Lamb, the Townsend organiser.
he said, promised all these things.
He talked about it today after
finishing a nine-hour day in the
orchard.
"Of course it is the same old
thing. he said, "but I tell yon
I'd rather be spending $200 a
month.
Hoped It Would Last
"Yon know I figured when
started I'd be getting $200
straight through for six months.
I think Lamb meant good; but
why don't he come back and make
good?"
Lamb, he said. "Is in Utah
some place working another test.
"I don t have no more Idea
than the man in the moon wheth
er he'll be coming back or not. My
groceries are all gone, but my
furniture Is still good. Ma's per
manent wave still looks pretty
good." (Ma is his wife.)
Mrs. Anna Pilsen, another chos
en for the test, spent a small part
of the $200 "pension" that was
doled out before Lamb got anoth
er call. She said she was disap
pointed.
"I thought I'd have finished
spending my money long ago,'
she said. "But now I don't know.'
Favorable Bids on
Mains Received
(Continued from page 1)
the dynamiting had broken win
dows of nearby residences.
"I knew nothing about it until
after it had happened," Dancy
said. "I investigated the day be
fore and decided there was no oc
casion for further action. The wa
ter was going by the bridge all
right."
Lear in answer to a question
from the mayor said there had
been no authorisation, for the
blasting.
A new franchise ordinance for
the Oregon Electric railway, ex
tending present rights for 25
years, was read and referred to
committee.
Contract recommendations for
traffic signals and a new fire
truck, on which bids have been
received, were left for the Mon
day meeting.
Endeavor Session
Starts, Corvallis
CORVALLIS, Ore.. April 15-
WT-An acute housing shortare
faced this city tonight as more
than 800 delegates were regis
tered for the 4th annual state
Christian Endeavor convention
and 200 more were expected to
morrow.
About one hundred of the vis
itors were sent to Albany for ac-
commoaations, the local commit
tee reported.
a pre-conrention prayer ser
vice at the First Methodist Epis
copal cnurcn preceded the open
ing session tonight, at which the
Rev. Chester P. Gates of Port
land was principal speaker.
The Willamette union, in clod
ing Linn and Benton counties.
was represented by 261 members.
Fun Program Is
Staged by Elks
The Salem Elks lodge staged a
"fun" night at the clubhouse
last night at which Fred Paulas
was initiated into an especially
created office of assistant inner
guard to James Byrd. Lyman
McDonald served as exalted ruler
in place of Clifton Mudd.
The program also included ma
sic by the Elks club German or
chestra and stunt ' music by a
group of Alpha si Delta frater
nity athletes.
: Speeding Is Charged
Ted Norman Lundsem, .Wood
burn, was booked by city police
last night for violation of the
basic speed rule. He posted $ 5
bail. Eddie Schiess, 264 North
Front, was booked for riding a
bicycle without a light.
Edmand
Lowe .
Constance
Camming
in
Sere
- -Sinners"
The
Three
afesqniteers
V In
"Roaring
Lead"
Our Gang; Comedy ,
Board, of Education .
News and Bock Jones Serial.
Phantom Rider
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16, 1937
Health Discussed
At Two Meetings
Public health work In Marion
county was the theme or a taix
given at the Y Breakfast ciud yes
terday morning by Mrs.. George
R. K. Moorhead, executive secre
tary of the Marlon County Public
Health association.
At the Salem Council of Wom
en's Organizations meeting yes
terday afternoon, Mrs. Moorhead
presented the health association
film. "Behind the Shadows." a
picture telling the story of tuber
culosis and the battle against It.
Rainfall Halts
All Farm Work
LIBERTY. April 14 The hea
vy rainfall has put a atop to all
farm work the first four days of
this week and even; should the
rains cease soon, the work will be
further delayed until the soil be
comes sufficiently dry tor plow
ing or planting.
Present Indications point to
further damage to roads, some of
which were already In need of re
pair since the heavy snow. Water
flooded tha roads in low areas.
Ditches are running full and many
yards are over run with water.
The cold rains have rather re
tarded the blossoms of the trees
which are at the stage where
few days of warm weather will
bring them out,
Work now waiting for good
weather Is plowing, planting of
field and garden stuff and of
strawberries. Some spraying for
pear thrip has been done.
Extra strawberry acreage is be
ing- planted here, mainly Mar-
ahalls. some Red Hearts and Gold
Dollar. -
Lumber Workers
Accept Proposal
(CopyrUkt. 19ST. hj Associate! Pra)
Acceptance of terms by lum
ber and sawmill workers at sev
eral logging centers, and the Se
attle Central Labor Council's an
nouncement of a heavy vote in
support of American Federation
of Labor policies featured the
labor situation In the Pacific
northwest tonight.
Major developments Included:
Portland Lumber and saw
mill workers' locals at Deep Riv
er, Wash., and Knappa, Ore., ac
cepted the Columbia Basin Log
gers association offer of a 10 per
cent wage boost, the minimum
increase being 7 cents an hour.
and continuation of state-operat
ed hiring halls.
Seattle Charles W. Doyle,
Labor Council secretary, an
nounced delegates voted 204 to
81 In favor of American Feder
ation of Labor policies.
Stock Barn Fund
Granted by WA
Allocation of $15,721 for the
construction of a stock exhibit
barn at the state fair grounds has
been made by the works progress
administration office, accord
ing to an Associated Press dis
patch.
The building Is to replace tire
old barns, four of which collapsed
under the weight of snow last
winter. The proposed barn, which
will be 175x200 feet, will provide
as much space as the old barns
and may be Increased in site by
the addition of units as needed.
R is for Rhino
Who's proud of his hide.
If s thick and it's Tough,
And it's wearproof beside'!
Now mix them both up.
And mix them up well
And there, sir, you have
The New Golden Shell!
RHINI-BEX
like two oils in one,
- It's Tough and ifs Fast,
It Cuts Starting Wear.
And how it does lastl
Starting causes More Engine Wear than all the running . ; .
New Golden Shell Motor Oil is Fast-Flowing to reduce this wear
. Tough sp
e
Violence Flares
Iii Ginnery War
STOCKTON, Calif., April 15-
(fly-Stockton's two-day-old labor
war- at the canneries suddenly
flared Into violence late this af
ternoon and 17 men were treated
at aliospltal for Injuries and tear
gas effects after two street
clashes, Sheriff Harvey Odell re
ported. :
Three other men. Identified by
the sheriff as union pickets, were
arrested and charged with battery.
Odell said the trouble started
at 5:80 p.m. when 30 men in a
truck left the gates of the Stock
ton Food Products Co., Inc.. and
were surrounded by pickets of the
cannery and agricultural workers'
union.
Ernest Hill, chief criminal depu
The Year's Finest Stage Show !
POSITIVELY
The Year's Bes
Stage
4 -HEADLINE ACTS
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The Musical Bentley
Featuring the World's Largest
McMahon and Adelaide
World's Champion
Alexander
Duo
- Topnotch
Novelties'
-viLtiij; I f I nrl
and
Vinton
Am fUCO
FOLKS t We Promise
Y6uThis U a Real
Big Program. The
Best Stage Shote
This Year. .
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is for Ibex a Fast-Stepping sport.
He kicks up his heels is off with a snort!
it stands the heat of steady driving. .
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The New Motor OH
ty- sheriff, who 'was in the truck,
pulled the pin from a tear gas
bomb." but was felled by a blow
over the head before he could hurl
it. Sheriff Odell reported.
The tear gas spread, and work
ers In the truck loosed more tear
gas. Fighting became generaL
The second, uproar, Odell said.
occurred outside the emergency
hospital, adjoining the jaiL After
a street fight, deputies seized A.
G. MacBeth. 38, John Hackett.
33, and Jacc Riley. S3, and
charged them with battery, the
sheriff announced. . .
Police Slayers Executed
CHICAGO, April lC.-(Friday)
-(jpy-Three paroled convicts died
in the electric chair early today
to expiate the murders of - two
Chicago policemen- They were Jo
seph Schuster, 30: Stanley Mur
awski. 37; and Frank "Doc"
White. 47. ,
TODAY &. SATURDAY
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