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' 6 Laughs a Day -' The Statesman's fire com ae, strips and the ."Style Smiles' unre this news paper's readers of at least six chuckles each morning " STeather ; Fair today, . Sunday wu Settled, possibly rain; -Max. Temp. Friday 69, Min. 36, river 22.4 feet, rain .23 in, southwest .wind, cloudy. POUNDQD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH .YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 17, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 18 Zero Fife iteo i ivef Molds Steady for 22.4 Feet Apparent SI Aver TAT R Crest Receding N ear Albany, Roads ! StiU Are Wet Silverton's North Route Still Closed; Varied Conditions Noted Truck Gets to Island in Nick of Time, Bridge Falls Soon After : The Willamette river last night appeared to have, spent its best efforts toward flooding Its valley and receding waters were In im mediate prospect. At midnight the river stood at the 22.4-foot level, unchanged since 6 p. m. and only four-tenths foot above the 8 a. m. reading. The weather bureau reported the Willamette had reached its crest; at Albany, would touch the Salem peak last night and start falling today. At 5 p. m. the river was surging slightly, varying in level between the 22.3- and 22.5 foot marks. Fair weather was predicted for today and probably rain in north western Oregon for tomorrow. In Marion county the north Salem-Silverton road remained closed, County Engineer N. C. Ilubbs reported, but traveling conditions elsewhere were gener ally clear. The nearest to major damage reported to his office was the washing out of a metal cul vert on a road branching off from the Jefferson-Talbot road. Borne West Salem Knittings Beached Waterfront building basements In West Salem were under water yesterday but the water had not reached the floor of the Mellow Moon dance hall or of the city hall pumping station. From Stayton last night .came delayed news of the narrow es cape of three Salem water depart ment workmen In crossing the Santlam river to Stayton island Tuesday morning. When the river began to threat en the temporary wooden bridge the water department had built cross the river last summer, the workmen, names unknown, drove a truck across to the island for nse in case the bridge went out. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Salem Is Fourth In State Typing Evenly Corvallis CORVALLIS, A p r 1 1 16-(V Tigard high school for the third time In four years holds the state typing championship winning the 15th annual contest at Oregon State college. After relinquishing the title to Ashland last year. Franklin high of Portland regained first place for accuracy. L-oii Murphy of Franklin won the gold medal for individual accuracy. Results Included: Championship division: Tigard first. Dallas second. Franklin third, Salem honorable mention. Most accurate teams: Franklin first with 85.04 per cent, Rose burg second with 91.76 per cent, Newberg honorable mention. (Based on highest percentage for live minutes writing, f Novice for first year: Kelley Clifford, Franklin, first; Eunice Virginia Johnson, Salem, "-second; Nina Ruth Pleasant. Dallas, third: Dorothy Mamie Kisor, Philomath, honorable mention. Decision on Rickey-Auburn Boundary Issue Is Deferred With remonstrations heard from both districts, the district boundary board yesterday took under advisement, a requested changa in the line between the Auburn and Rickey districts In tended to permit children living around the Four Corners to at tend the former schooL Auburn Woman Who Played Poker Read about her in the 'Sage of Salem's" column Sunday. It's one of those hu man interest miniatures that help gild the day. And the Mistress Marys, Ured of answering ques tions on how does your garden do? this late spring, will take heart again when they .read Miss Madsen's Garden Column. ' The Sunday Statesman Is delivered regularly by car rier on order, or may be purchased at newsstands, 8c. FourpL Complies With Wagner Act Dec&es Leader; Strom v. Now Is Not Company Union, Ruegnitz . rts; Contends Labor Strife Unnecessary, Conforms With All State and Federal Laws, Announces PORTLAND, April 16 (AP) W. C. Ruegnitz, president, defined the position of the Four-L under the Wagner labor act today as "stronger than ever before." "The Four-L organization under the act since its approval by President Roosevelt on July 5, 1935 the president said, "but it has, since its.estab- Hurlimann Chosen Orchestra Leader Philharmonic Board Picks Noted Portland Alan to Fill (Vacancy Edouard Hurlimann, assistant conductor and concertmaster of the Portland Symphony orches tra, was chosen conductor of the Philharmonic; Symphony orches tra of Salem at a meeting of the board of directors last night. Mr. Hurlimann will succeed Jacques Gershkovitch,! who retired at the end of the 1936-37 season. A native of Switzerland, Mr. Hurlimann studied in Berne con servatory, at the state conserva tory in Prague, Czecho-Slovakla, at . Cologne, j Germany and in Paris, He came in America In 1S25. f Mr. Hurlimann is conductor of the Reed college chorus at the present time.1 He has conducted the Portland symphony in the ab sence of Wlllem Van Hoogstralen and will conduct that organization when It gives a broadcast In the Standard symphony series on May 6 f; t His work with the Salem or chestra will not start until tall. Court Scheme Hit At C Conclave CORVALLIS, April 16-(JP)-Voiclng strong opposition to President Roosevelt's court reor ganization plan. Dr. George E. Raiguel of Philadelphia predicted a compromise would be ultimately adopted, in an address before the Christian Endeavor convention here. - "The president always asks for more than he wants, like a dip lomat in a foreign parley," Dr. Raiguel said. P. T. Chlplero, In an address this afternoon, urged the youth of the nation to stand firm in their principles and convictions. Students of Northwestern Christian coUege put on a play, directed by Conley Sildby. With more than 1,000 from Oregon and ! northern California already present, delegates who were delayed by the storm con tinued to arrive. Science Meeting Set PORTLAND. April la--Rep-resentatlves from nine Oregon colleges will attend, the third an nual Willamette valley student science conference to be held at St. Helens Hall Junior coUege April 24. school Is 1.1 miles from the corners and Rickey 1.9 miles. Several proposals were made to the board for solution of the problem but that of annexing part of the i present Rickey dis trict to the Auburn district seem ed most in favor. The board was forced, by the size of the crowd which appeared at the court house, to conduct its hearing in the large circuit court room. District Bnllt Up Rapidly, Observed ; . Since the two schools were built, 66 new families have set tled .near Four Corners la the Rickey district and eight on the Auburn' side of - the line. Both school buildings are in the phys ical but not the population cen ters of their respective districts. ' Those remonstrating from, the Rickey district pointed out that their building was ancrowded while the proposed boundary change would remove approx imately 350 aeres of land having an assessed valuation of $90, 000 from the district, now assess ed at $319,094. Auburn protes (Turn to Page J, Col. 41 has not only been workings iisnmeni in isn, woriea o achieve the objectives of the act in the lumber industry. "The four-It has much broader purposes than merely negotiating hours, wages and : working con ditions. It holds that strikes, walkouts and lockouts are j un necessary; that those directly concerned In the Industry are the proper persons to solve its prob lems; and that industrial peace and prosperity are to be attained only through mutual understand ing and cooperation." Ruegnits said a similar state ment has been distributed to the membership through the four-L lumber news. He asserted that the four-L was not outlawed by the supreme (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Oshawa Strike Is Reported Settled Agreement Is Revealed by Homer Martin; Ford Is Next UAWA Target (By the Associated Press) An agreement to settle Can ada's troublesome automotive strike at Oshawa, Ont., held out prospects last night for an end of the controversy which involved provincial politics and threatened hard-won peace in this nation's motor Industry. Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers of America, made a belated ! an nouncement of the agreement, reached Thursday at Detroit. Martin went to Oshawa, where the pact, calling for negotiation of union demands, was presented to the 3,700 striking employes of General Motors of Canada for rat ification. Indications were the plant would be reopened Monday. Detroit, the automobile "cap ital," continued to buss with union activity. A U.A.W.A. official announced that "open mass meetings of Ford (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) To Select Oregon Art PORTLAND, April 16 -()-Mrs. F. R. Hunter, state chair man of the American Artists' Pro fessional league, said five easel paintings and one piece of sculp ture will be chosen to represent the work of Oregon artists at an exhibition in New York June 16 to July .21. LEADERS OF Dave Beck (left) versus niv RHdirM fritv Tt.v U rS crrT A F. of L. banner recently opened fight with Bridges and his maritime followers, Who swung definitely Into the left wins; group to line p with the GLO. Beck recently went to San Francisco on a peaceful mission and stepped into a hostile Jurisdictional dispute between the LLA. sad Alameda county Teamsters Union, Local TO. Beck called a mass meeting to demand that team aerso through LL A. picket lines. Shortly after Beck arrived in San Francisco the American Ra- 7 .e8Tp ' Amb- anember of Bridges' powerful Maritime Federation of the Pacific, form ell Joined force with the O. L O. International Illustrated News photo. All-Cast Iron Mains System Gets Approval Cost of $72,340 la Well Below Estimate Madq Before Bids Eyed Put Up to Council; New Hydrants Included in 12th Street Plans The Salem Water commission last night adopted recommenda tions from R. E. Koon, Its con sulting engineer, favoring an All cast iron pipeline at cost of $72. 240.45 tor the 12th street arter ial water main to be laid as WPA project from Rural avenue on the south to the highway un dercrosslng on the north. The recommendation was di rected to the special water eon struction committee of the city council which in turn will advise the aldermen at their regular meeting Monday night. The $72,340.45 recommended contract amount la in,a. below engineering estimates made Thursday before the bids were onened. After norlnr over the intri cate maze of bids, blocked off into 16 schedules for pipe, valves. fittings and fire hydrants, Engi neer Koon said he found the rec ommended combination of pro posals incorporating an all-cast iron pipeline the best. He based his recommendation, he said, on the fact that cast iron pipe de liveries can be had In 60 days as against 120 days for steel cipe and on. the longer lite of cast iron, as well as on-the pri- a noted. .: - - Lowest Combination Calls For Stej 1 The lowest bid combination calling for steel pipe in the lar (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Film Dialogue Is Ordered Deleted NEW YORK, April 16-(ff)-The March of Time, an organization which presents a monthly film feature, said today the Kansas state board of review had order ed stricken from a current film dialogue of Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont) on the su preme court controversy, in which the senator referred to a patron age question. . The film was described as a survey of the controversy over the supreme court plan. The deleted dialogue, said the March of Time, was aa follows: "You can say that privilege of appointing postmasters will not be accorded me. You can say that 111 get no more projects for my state. You can say what yon please, but X say to you and Mr. Farley, (Postmaster - General James A. Farley) to everybody else, that I will vote against this proposition because it Is morally wrong; It Is morally unsound; It Is a dangerous proceeding." RIVAL UNIONS Latest Target, Extortion Note M sr 1 Ginger Rigers, film star, who re ceived the letter demanding $5000, authorship of which is charged to John Bazas, 18, Chicago garage helper who said he had an "urge to destroy." International Illustrated News photo. Spanish Blockade To Start Monday To Be Established Before Withdrawing Foreign " Troops Discussed LONDON, April 16-(flP-Flnal aetaus were arranged today for the international naval blockade of Spain upon which hang Eu rope's hopes of Isolating the civil war. When the vessels of Great Brit ain, France, Italy and Germany start their patrol at midnight, Monday. April 19, they will seek to prevent further foreign arms and men entering Spain. Proposals for the recall of vol nnteers already in action in Spain. informed sources said, will not be brought before the full non-inter vention committee until the ef fectiveness of' the blockade has been proved. Vessels flying the TJ. S. flag. as well as ships of all other non member nations, will be subject to examination, and their govern ments will be notified. Member nations are bound to bar arms and men, which the committee has (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Pinball Test Prepared PORTLAND. April H-iPMu nlclpal Judge Julius Conn today paved the way for a supreme court ruling on whether pinball ma chines violate . city ordinances against gambling when he fined Dominick Carlasico $25 for pos session or a gambling device a pinball machine. SQUARE OFF - i '; it ;h i 'v X i Topeka Bandit Pair Captured In Long Chase Nebraska Sheriff Takes Them As They Halt to Get Their Bearings One Federal Agent Hurt in Gun Battle Inside Kansas Postoffice PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., April 16-(P-Cass County Sheriff Ho mer Sylvester said he and his brother, Sheriff's Deputy Casa-1 Sylvester, captured the two men who had shot' their way out of a G-man trop at Topeka, Kas., today. The sheriff said the capture occurred at the edge of Platts mouth after he and his brother had trailed the car on highway 75 eight miles into Plattsmouth. The sheriff said the men ad mitted they were the pair sought in the Topeka shooting. He and his brother surprised the men when they stopped tneir car, apparently to get their bear ings, and disarmed them, the sheriff said. He said the men each -had a loaded .38 caliber automatic pistol. Sylvester said the men gave their names as Robert Suhay, 26, and Alfred Powers. 45. The wounded federal agent was Wayne W. Baker. TOPEKA, Kas., April l-(JPr- The Kansas state highway patrol late today reported two men who shot their way out of a G-man trap In the Topeka postoffice. critically wounding an agent. forced a doctor 'Ko treat wounds for one of them At a farmhouse near the Nebraska line. Frank Stone, jr., assistant di- (Turn to Page Z, Col. S) Visit to Parents Here Is Disputed SEATTLE, April 16-UPH3U perior Judge Roger J. Meakim today postponed until Friday a decision between the divorced parents of three-year-old Marilyn White on the Issue of a proposed visit for Marilyn to her mother's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bar tells of Salem, Ore. Marilyn's mother, Mrs. Ella Mae White, who obtained an Interloc utory decree March 20 giving her the child's custody, asked it be modified to permit her to take Marilyn on the two-months' visit. The girl's father, William J. White, opposed the request, his counsel expressing fear the moth er might not return to the court's Jurisdiction. Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO, April 16- CffV-San Francisco's Missions won a 7 to 5 victory over the Seattle Indians in a coast league game tonight despite a 5-run scoring spree by the Indians in the sev enth Inning. -" Seattle ..5 13 2 Missions ........7 12 0 Ulricn, Home and Fernandes: Lamanskl, Bolen, Beck and Oa ten. OAKLAND, Calif., April 16-p) Pounding out 16 hits oft of Manuel Salvo and Manager Frank Shellenback, the Oakland Oaks defeated the San Diego Padres 7 to 2 here tonight. San Diego .......2 8 t Oakland 7 16 1 Salvo, Shellenback and Detore; Bonham and Raimondl. CORVALLIS, April 16 CPV- Oregon State college tennis squadmen drew first blood this season with a 5 to 4 victory over the leader team of Portland. The Orangemen took four singles and one double match. They will play Willamette here tomorrow. MONMOUTH, Ore., April 16- (-A traditional seventh inning rally gave the Oregon Normal Wolves an 1 to 7 victory over Reed college here today. - Cliff Baxter headed the1 Nor mal hitters, with three safeties in four times up. Two hits in three tries for Rosenborg was the best for the Reed players. Oregon Normal ... 8 8 t Reed ...........7 5 4 EUGENE. Ore., April 16-V- Unlversity - of Oregon batters hammered In seven runs in the first inning in drubbing Llnfield college 12 to 2 for the Waj foota third straight diamond victory this year. Firem en, Train Agr ee to Federal Officials Announce Walkout Delayed Less Than Two Hours Before It's Scheduled to Go Into Effect No Discrimination If Any Stay Away Because Uninformed; Interest of Public Cited as One Factor SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 (AP) Two railroad brother hoods late today postponed at the last minute a projected strike of 8500 employes on the Southern Pacific system. With the 6 p. m. strike deadline less than two hours away, C. Y. McLaughlin and C. H. Smith, vice presidents, respectively, of the railroad firemen and the railroad train men, announced they had deferred the walkout pending- ac tion by an emergency board appointed by President Roosevelt. They said the postponement was decided upon "in view of the public interest and advices from Washington as well as the urgent request" of A. D. McDonald, president of the Southern Pacific company, who was quoted as saying he Speaking Contest Is Launched Here Salem and Franklin Lead With Four Each Placed in Semi-Final Round . ' 1 Salem high and Franklin high of Portland each placed four en tries in the semi-finals of the an nual Oregon high school extem pore speaking and interpretation contest being held on the Willam ette university campus this week end. Dallas and Gresham high schools will have three contest ants in the semi-finals. Beaver ton, Eugene, Parkrose, Sheridan, St. Helens and Albany will be represented by one or two con testanta each. Those placing in the extem pore speeches are Virginia Mar tin, Salem; Dale Blrdsell Beaver ton; Don Barker and Bernard Shevack, Franklin; Jeanne Hart man, Dallas; Jack Strong, Gresh am, and Charles Porter, Eugene. Those reaching the ' semi-finals In the serious interpretation con tests are Bettie Irvine and Jew ell Turner, Salem; Omar Haley, Parkrose; Lynn Lady, Sheridan; Frances Pickard, Franklin; Paul Sams, Dallas; Hopo Ballagh, St. Helens, and Lois Sherk, Albany. ' In the humorous interpretation (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Paper Mill Shuts Down, High Water High water and excess silt In the mill ditch caused the Oregon Pulp A Paper company plant to shut down here yesterday morn ing. The sulphite mill was sched uled to resume operations Mon day morning and the papermak lng machines Monday- night or Tuesday. v Rain Festival Early in June; New Venture It's a touchy subject right now. what with farmers delayed sev eral weeks In their spring work and the Willamette river at flood stage due to April's record down pour, but nevertheless, Salem is going to have a Rain Festival. What's more, civic club leaders chose this inauspicious date to an nounce it- . - . - The Rain Festival is scheduled for June 2, 4 and 5. and it makes little difference whether any rain falls then or not.' The purpose is not to encourage rain. Rain needs little encouragement here. The idea Is to glorify rain and the ben efits it literally showers upon the Willamette valley. Board of Directors Chosen at Meeting S. L. Stevens is general chair man and Miss Josephine Forney. formerly an active worker for the Portland Rose" festival, will be director. An elaborate three-day program will be arranged. Decision to stage the Rain Festival was reached Friday night at a meeting of 60 representatives of e I r i c organisations at the Quelle. A board of directors com posed of Mayor V. E. Kuhn. Harry Collins, Douglas McKay, Dr. Bruce Baxter. W. L. Phillips and men Wait for M o wo urn see mat tne two complain ing unions were "treated fairly Brotherhood head Quarters rushed telegrams to concerned local unions along the Pacific coast, in the southwest and aa far east as Ogden, Utah. McLaughlin said McDonald had. agreed there would no discrimina tion against any brotherhood man who remained away, from work tonight through failure to receive notification that the strike. wa off. " . No Discrimination Promised, Announced Southern Paeiflc offices also said McDonald had assured him there would be no discrimination against anyone involved' in the strike movement. , McLaughlin declined to ear, -what the "advices from Wash' ington" were. - The brotherhood offices said the postponement would defer the strike at least 60 days, giving the emergency board 30 days in which to report findings-and another J days for acceptance or rejection of the board's conclusions. The board, composed of Dr Dexter Keezer of Portland, Ore., Stanleigh Arnold of San Fran Cisco and Charles .Kerr of Wash, ington, D. C, is to meet here ei Tuesday. County Research, Plan j PORTLAND, April 16-3-'ra executive committee of the asscc latlon of Oregon counties voted today to apply to the Spellman fund of New York for a grant ef 65400 for establishment and maintenance of an office at the University of Oregon, to conduct research and s t u d y of county, problems. Port District Proposed CASCADE LOCKS, April 1 6-(-Business men are circulating! petitions here asking the county court to call a special election to authorize establishment of a yert district for Cascade Locks. Is Scheduled Dr. Henry Morris was elected. Various suggestions . for fea tures, all aimed at emphasising the boon yhich generous rain i in the Willamette valley, were made at the meeting and others will be worked out. The original proposal was made by the late Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, and was revived recently by the Salem Ad clnb. The festival will be financed through the sale of buttons which will admit the purchaser to many of the attractions of the three-day show. Miss Forney, the director, is executive secretary of the Port land Advertising club. B ALL AD E ofTODAy By R. C Tn unite of storm or snow or flood the trains keep running day and night, they never beg down in the mud or suffer any luckless, plight, and 'though disputes sometimes arise, they are always gently ironed ut a model that some other guy will sometime take to heart, no doubt. ' - ediatioii