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Newspaper Page TextlUtar New Breaks ; - TTeather '-r ; Unsettled .with shower today, Thursday, cloudy I Max. Temp. Tuesday 01, . Mln. 41, rlrer 11.1 feet, southwest wind, cloudy. fiearaM ef Its lata m fconr. The Statesman is able to serve its readers with fcews found fa AO other snowing paper la Oregon ' POUNDDD EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, April 21, 1937 Price 3e; Newsstands 5c No. 21 I I means jldcdf eace V (MM- POUNDDD 1651 and Agree F TO) try (Dili icy 7T V Mountain Water by Pip eline Work Of Contractor 1000 Feet Daily May Be Laid After Crews Get Beyond City Limit Machine Digging Started On Rural ; Care Taken To Preserve Trees Salem citizens will hare cold, clear water from the new Stay ton Island source to drink - by next Labor day if the plans of the Sa le m-Stay ton pipeline contractor don't go wrong. This was the word yesterday of F. F. Jenkins, superintendent for the American Concrete & Steel Pipe company's J 6 47.985 contract here. "We are going to try to have water for you by Labor day," Jenkins told a reporter. "We hope to be laying 1000. feet of steel pipe a day as soon as we get out side the city limits. The concrete part of the line will be done long before the steel section is finish ed." Irevious Estimate Bets Date Later Previous estimates had placed the date for completion of the 17 mile pipeline at late In the fall or possibly early next winter because of d 1 a y s in steel shipments caused by the maritime strike. Machine digging was started late yesterday for the steel line on Rural avenue near Fairmount reservoir. Forty-five 32-foot long sections of 27-inch and 30-inch steel pipe had ; been delivered at the reservoir for laying as soon as the trenches can be dug At least one resident of Rural avenue who had feared walnut trees in the parking in front of his home would be removed to make way for the pipeline found hope yesterday that the valuable trees would be preserved. Expert Advises On Preserving Trees - L. V, Benson, 1995 East Nob Hill street, reported last night that the pipe company appeared "to be doing lis best to save the trees." He Bald he understood a tree expert had been engaged to advise the diggers how best to proceed. Hand labor is being em ployed to excavate in the park ings where trees stand in the way. The pipeline trench across the city on Rural avenue will be four feet wide and from six to nine feet deep, Jenkins said. The big sections of pipe will be lowered to blocks set in the trenches and there Joints will be electrically welded before the pipe is let down to the bottom of the excavation. The pipe In place will be three feet below the ground surface. Jenkins declared his firm would "do everything possible to avoid doing damage in the parkings." Tarzan Truants' Must Face Court MEDFORD, Ore., April 20P) The "Tarzan truants" of Dark Hollow were back in civilization today but not In school. Captured after 13 days of roam ing the woods to avoid classroom confinement, Edward and Roy Harris, aged 14 and 10 respec tively, will be taken before the juvenile court tomorrow. District Attorney Frank J. Newman said. . The brothers told Sheriff Syd I. Brown they left home because they would "rather be in the open than In school." Carrying blankets, a frying pan, -coffee pot and small caliber rifle, they lired "off the country" so effectively that they declined an offer of food when brought to the county Jail here. They were captured late Mon day night as they sat beside their campfire on & mountain side. 20 Cents Per Minute Is Overtime Parking Cost Louis E. Bechtei gave the city an Itemized statement of his ac count when he paid a SI fine tor overtime parking yesterday. At the top of the check he wrote: "For orertlme parking, five min utes." To Double Operation? PORTLAND, April 20--W. C. Cowling, sales director for the Ford Motor company, said today the company's operations here will be doubled Monday, with the completion of new parts de partment and Increase in the force from 15 to 59 men. Speeded Word Match .Gnawed By Mice Cause Of Blaze Here i ; ..'' ' Match-eating mice were blamed for a fire which last night broke out in a kitchen cupboard of the home of A. J. Prtne,; 1320 Lee street, and destroyed the kitchen and part of another room before firemen extinguished it. -: , " . : The Prines, who had re tired to bed, discovered the fire after Mrs. Prine awak ened and swelled smoke in their bedroom. When they investigated they found the cupboard in full blaze and immediately phoned the fire department! from a neigh bor's, j - The blaze was reported at 10:13 and was extinguished by' 10:45. The roof of the kitchen was bornt through and furniture in an adjoin ing room was damaged. The house was a one-story structure of three rooms. A biasing overstuffed chair in the borne of John H. - Callaghan, 1315 South High, was extinguished by the South Salem hose com pany last night. Firemen said the chair "apparently caught fire j from a dropped cigarette. Heavy Taxes Are Faced in Britain Take One-Third Business Profits, 25 Per Cent Individual Incomes LONDON, April 20.-(-The British government proposed to day to collect up to one-third of a businessman's new profits '.this year and to levy a 25 per cent tax on individual Income. The taxes are necessary to meet part of projected 17,500,000,000 expenditures for rearmament and defense. Chancellor of the Ex chequer Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons. He pre sented 1937-38 budget estimates. .Labor opposition developed at once. Maj. Clement R. Attlee charged the budget was a "war budget" which the labor party would fight because "we are marching straight into another war" and because the budget "is an expression of the foreign pol icy which is ruining the world." Chamberlain estimated the na tion's 1937-38 revenue at 863, 100,000 pounds sterling and ex penditures at 863,848,000 pounds sterling, which would provide a 252,000 pound surplus. (In dol lars:, revenue $4,315,500,000; ex penditures 84,314,240,000 sur plus $1,260,000). Clackamas Girl Wins High Honor OREGON CITY, April 20-iiP)-One of the highest honors for young farmers, the national 4-H Holstein championship, went to Rose Lena Anderegg of Clack amas, Edwin Keltner, county leader,' was ; informed today by the Holstein Fresian association of America. I She has twice won the state championship in seven years of club work. Her herd of eeven pure-breds won five firsts In com petition at county and state fairs and the Pacific International live stock exposition. Dairy Council to Meet PORTL4ND,! April J0-)-The Oregon Dairy council will hold its sixth annual ) conference here April 23. Scheduled speakers are Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port land and Mrs. Ada XL Mayne, manager. Clark Gable Takes Stand to 1 Deny Englishwoman Story LOS ANGELES, April 20-5V Maklng his debut- as a court wit ness, Clark Gable today categor ically denied paternity of 13-year-old Gwendoline Norton. - The burly, dark-haired screen Idol was a calm, unperturbed witness for the government in the mail fraud and conspiracy trial of Mrs. Violet Wells Nor ton, 47. i " Mrs. Norton is accused of hav ing demanded money from Gable for the support of Gwendoline, who she said .was the daughter of the actor, i Most of Testimony ; Repetition of "No" .. Gable's testimony- consisted mainly of "no.'! : - On direct examination, he said he was never In England, cer tainly not in the early 20's when, Mrs. Norton argued, she carried Labor i " " 'i - Bri' "a. T ' i . Vessel EAs Bilbao witii aiiDDiies Starving City Helped By Last Ship Permitted To Pass Blockade j Others Will Be Searched For Troops or Arms; Capture Reported LONDON, April SI -JPr Th British steamer Seven Seas Spray ran the insurgent blockade of besieged Bilbao today, bearing 4,000 tons of food supplies, to the starring city, as 27 nations ringed Spain with an embargo to halt arms and men hound for the civil war. Jubilant Basques cheered the ship's arrival in Bilbao and has tened to unload the food cargo, valued at between $125,00 and $150,000 which was expected to last the city a week. Other food ships are waiting at St. Jean De Lux, France, from which the- Seven Seas Spray sail ed. Basque authorities Interpreted the freighter's arrival as evidence of Ineffectiveness of the insur gent blockade. Last Admitted Sans Notice to Patrol The Seven Seas Spray was the last ship to enter Bilbao without being required to give notice to the non-intervention patrol seek ing to control munitions and vol unteer shipments to Spain. War ships of foun nations Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy took tip posts at midnight last .night to intercept all craft and determine whether they are complying with neutrality com mittee regulations. ". .. ? British warships escorted th Seven Seas Spray to a point ten miles from Bilbao. , First to comply with neutral ity rules was Capt, J. "Potato" (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Fund For Capitol Program Is Topic WASHINGTON, April 2Q-(JPf-Gov. Charles H. Martin and Sen. Charles McNary of Oregon con ferred today with Secretary Ickes in an attempt to obtain $450,000 from the public works adminis tration for construction of a li brary and highway building ad jacent to the state capitol in Sa lem. McNary said he and the gov ernor presented Ickes with fig ures showing labor directly and Indirectly affected by the pro posed project. These were turned over to As sistant Administrator Horatio B. Hackett preliminary to a report to President Roosevelt. The proposed highway and li brary buildings will cost approx imately $1,000,000, Martin said, and the state Is prepared to put up 55 per cent of the cost. Townsend Coming To Oregon in May PORTLAND, April 20-(-Dr. Francis E. Townsend, founder of the pension movement bearing hU name, will speak here Sunday. May 2. John A. Jeffrey, district Townsend leader, said today. It will be his only appearance in Oregon on a' nation-wide tour to explain his plan to raise $5,000, 000 to further 'the Townsend act now before congress, Jeffrey said. on an Illicit romance , with one "Frank Billings." "Billings." said the defendant, was years later recognized by her as Gable. During the years in question, said Gable, he was working in Oregon, at various labor Jobs. : "Hare you ever seen Mrs. Nor ton before coming to this court room?" asked John Powell, gov ernment prosecutor. : Gable said he had not, nor had he ever laid eyes upon Gwen doline. ; ; ' "Are you ; Gwendoline's fa ther?" was the next question. ."No," said Gamble. - r Morris La Vine, defense attor ney, sought by his cross-examination of the actor to show that his client had " not fraudulently tried to establish Gable's rela (Turn to page 7, coL C) ! She Figures In Detroit Strike ' :wm- - " JL J ". j - - "" :,7 . f ... , IV f ' ' V - . 1 Marvel Teachke, shop stewardess, : one of the sit-down strikers evicted from the Vale St Towne company plant in Detroit. Beer Sellers May FightlMonM.ve Small Parlors Unable to ': Comply With Demand, Leader Contends PORTLAND, Ore., April 20-(py-Protesting the unionization of small beer parlors, beer tavern and restaurant operators will hold a mass meeting Wednesday afternoon, called by the Oregon Food and Beverage Dispensers, Inc. Ernest H. Aebi, president, said the organization hoped to weld the tavern and restaurant oper ators into a united front and then negotiate with the unions on some reasonable compromise basis." While most of the establish ments are operating on a union basis, many of the smaller places run by the proprietor and mem bers of his family, would have to close if forced to comply with un ion regulations, he said. Metal trades unionists engag ed In repairing the damaged Ital ian motorship Feltre who left (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Breier Stories Go ! At Creditor Sale BOISE. April 20-(P)-A chain of mercantile establishments founded three decades ago by C. J. : Breier,' Sr., of Lew Is ton, Ida., was sold in federal district court here today for $82,250. The buyers were Irving Goi- lober, Perc Bacharach and Jer- rold H. Baer. all of San Fran cisco. - Assets were estimated by Frank Morris of Lewiston, trus tee, at $194,802, and liabilities at $165,000. A year ago the company pe titioned the court to permit It to reorganize ; permisst o.n wai granted; its financial plans rail ed and creditors, represented to day by William Sullivan, Boise attorney, asked for appointment of a trustee and , liquidation ol the corporation's assets. Brand to Testify Upon Court Issue ROSEBURG. April 20(JP-CIt-cuit Judge James T. Brand of Marshfield will leave Portland by plane tonight to appear at a sen ate committee hearing on the president's proposed court reor ganization plan. Judge Brand has been actively opposing the court proposal. : Judge Carl WImberly of Rose burg win conduct court in Coos and Curry counties during his ab sence. , ., Unitarians Convene PORTLAND. April 20yp)-Eu-gene, Salem and a number of Washington cities were represent ed at the triennial conference of the northwest Unitarian churches here today. . ' " Back Economy Aims Of Roosevelt McNary and Robinson to Support President in Move to Cut Cost Criticism on Each Side Of Relief Reduction Noted in Congress WASHINGTON, April 2H&- President Roosevelt told congress today that latest figures indicated the government will go $418,000, 000 into the red in the 1938 fis cal year1 the eighth successive year of federal deficits. However, he called for econ omy, said he would use "every means at .my command" to wipe out the threatened deficit, and indicated that new taxes may be sought In the' next session of con gress to close the gap between In' come and outgo. The president laid the figures before legislators in a message which called for $1,500,000,000 for work relief in the 1938 fiscal year which begins next July 1. Liquidating Some Bureaus Proposed Two "definite steps wUl be taken, the chief executive said, to narrow the spread between rev enue and expenditures: 1. An effort will be made to save "a substantial percentage of appropriations and 2. The flow of cash Into the treasury will be Increased by li quidating assets of certain emer gency bureaus. At a press conference-late this afternoon, the president elaborat ed on point jo. a, sayiug; congress probably would be asked to pass a law giving him specific author ity to withhold from federal de partments any appropriations he believes unnecessary. For the remainder of this fiscal (Turn to Page 2. Col. S) Parents Support Student Strikers BATTLE GROUND, Wash.. April 20 (P) A meeting attended by 250 parents and students of the Battle Ground school district voted unanimously in favor of the retention of Principal A. C. Zillar tonight. More than 200 of the 235 sen ior high school students remained away from classes for the second day today In a protest against Zillar's dismissal. In the face of warnings by County Superintendent Norris-E. Wilson and District Attorney Eu gene Cashing that their "stay away" strike was illegal and cost ly to the district, James Curtain, student body president, reaffirm ed the strikers decision not to return to school until Zillar is re hired. A committee of five was chosen to appear before the board tomor row and present the wishes of the patrons. Courtlrouse'Meet Set For Thursday The Marion county courthouse bunding committee will meet in the county court room at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night to discuss financing measures for the pro ject, Commissioner Leroy Hew lett announced last night, "The plans are about right now so there is little to change there, Hewlett said, "but there are a lot of other details that must be worked out." v Lay members of the committee will obtain their first view of the revised floor plans at this meet ing. It is also possible the archi tects by that time may have defin ite cost estimates to submit. Wheatland Ferrv Is Still Tied Up The Buena Vista and Indepen dence ferries have been returned to Willamette river - crossing ser vice but the Wheatland ferry is still tied up on account, of high water. County Engineer Hubbs said yesterday afternoon 'upon his return from a survey of roads in the southern part of 'the county. Low approaches to the Wheatland ferry make its operation especial ly subject to river conditions. Despite the amount of water that flowed across or stood - on roads in the south end of the county last week, no serious washouts occurred, the engineer reported. T - - . ; ' Leaders 24-Hour Truce Averts Crisis, Canneries Row Catastrophe" Is Threat In Stockton as Firms Propose to Resume Delay Agreed Upon When Governor Refuses to Send Troops There STOCKTON, Calif.. April 20-(ff-A 24-hour truce tonight fore stalled what state oinciais termea a threatened "catastrophe" in Stockton, where 700 or more dep utized citizens and hundreds or union men appeared on the verge of battle over a cannery strike crisis. Union, employer and peace of ficer representatives agreed to the truce, after Gov. Frank F. Mer riam rejected county authorities' request for troops. At the same time the state leg islature rushed through a resolu tion declaring an emergency in Stockton and approving a propos al that Merriam appoint a media tion commission. The peace moves cleared away; for the time being at least, a po tential Industrial conflict threat ening to envelop the whole com munity. Posse Recruited to Protect Reopening Sheriff Harvey Odell, who through Dist. Atty. F. C. Clowds ley, vainly petitioned the governor to call out the national guard, had recruited a huge "law and order posse" of citizens, armed with pick handles, to guard the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) G-Men's Tactics Face New Attack Lives Endangered, Topeka Paper Claims; Hoover Defends Strategy KANSAS CITY, April tO-(JPh- The federal bureau of investiga tion, through Director J. Edgar Hoover and his administrative as slstant, vigorously upheld the bu reau's manhuntlng tactics today against Topeka, Kas., ' criticism of an arrest attempt there which cost a young federal agent his life. ' At a press conference here. In spector W. H. Drane Lester, Hoov er's assistant, reviewed in detail the gun battle last Friday in which Agent WImberly W. Baker was slain and commented: "We make plenty of mistakes. We're human beings. But I don't think we made any mistakes in this case. At Washington, Hoover an swered criticisms that his agents needlessly endangered lives of private citizens by promiscuous shooting with the assertion that 2,000 fugitives have been appre- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Honor Ranking Is Given to Clarion Honor rating of second class was given the Salem high Clarion, bi-weekly student newspaper, by the NaUonal Scholastic Press as sociation in its annual contest for high school papers. Judging was on news values and sources, newswriting and editing, headlines, typography and make np and department pages and spe cial features. The Clarion was giv en a score of 580 out of a possible 1000. Wilfred C. Hagedorn Is editor of the Clarion. Picturesque Canyon City is Destroyed; Plan Rebuilding CANYON CITY, April 20.-G1P- Picturesque, historic Canyon City, boom town of tho old gold mining days where Joaquin Miller,, fa mous poet, once presided as coun ty judge, lay in ashes today for the third time in Its history. Estimates In the damage in last night's blaze, which rased 15 buildings, all but three in the business s e t i o n, ranged from $75,000 to 1160,000. Buster Cresop, who lived on the second floor of the old Elk horn hotel gave the alarm shortly before 7 p. m. Monday when he saw smoke - billowing from the hotel attic. The hotel's 25 guests escaped to the street. The flames raced northward, sweeping ev erything in their path. Telephone Operator' -Sticks to Her Post Volunteers rallied to fight the fire, augmented by crews from five nearby communities. Fire equipment from John Day, Prairie Collective Bargain Contracts to B indl Both Parties, View Wagner Act Accepted as "Law of the Land" by Employers; Betterment Move Will-Fit Into Program Negotiations Resume at Oshawa After First Offer Rejected; Court in Maine Enjoins C I. O. Union (By the Associated Press) EADERS of capital and JLi an agreement to consider "sacred and binding:." Meeting: in Washington at the invitation of Secretary Perkins, 27 industrialists and unionists sought a formula under the national labor relations act for avoiding; strikes and lockouts. The employers accepted the Wagner act "as the law of the land," Miss Perkins said, in view of the supreme court opinion holding- it constitutional, and both "sides agreed to ob -o serve collective bargaining as ' Tongue Point Row Getting Attention a- - Rep. Magnuson to Oppose Oregon View, Demand Sand Point Work WASHINGTON, April 20-VPj- Rep. Warren G. Magnuson of Se attle said today he would oppose a bill calling for the development of a 11,500.000 naval air base at Tongue Point, Ore. . " The house naval affairs com mittee has scheduled hearings Thursday on the measure, intro duced by. Rep. James Mott, Sa lem, Ore. Magnuson supports the conten tion of the navy department that the air base would be of little val ue in time of war. "We have an air base at Sand Point, Wash.;" Magnuson said. ''This base is in need of develop ment. If the government under takes to develop two bases, neith er will be of high standard. It will be far better for the government to continue the program at Sand Point and have one good base rather than two mediocre plants." Several Oregon officials now In (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4 ) m show Exhibit Entries to Close Ten o'clock tonight Is the clos ing hour for entry of exhibits for the county-wide 4-H club spring show which will open at the state fairgrounds Thursday. The show program calls for Judging, with the public not admitted, all day Thursday, and on Friday and Sat urday public demonstrations and exhibits. In each division of each 4-H jjroject ribbons will be awarded to 10 places. Each exhibitor in addition will receive a special rib bon. Money available for awards will be prorated according to the number of exhibits in the show. Show Judges will Include Mrs. C. T. Harrington, Mrs. George R. K. Moorhead, Dr. E. E. Berg, A. N. Fulkerson and Lynn F. Crone- miller of Salem, Mrs. L. A. Hum phreys of Portland and Helen Cowgill, assistant state club lead er of Corvallis. Wayne D. Harding, Marlon county club leader, Is In charge of the show. City and TJ. S. forest service was rushed here. I Hilda Oalade, operator at the local plant of the Pacific . Tele phone and Telegraph company, stayed heroically at her switch board as the building caught fire, leaving her post only when forced away by the enveloping flames. ' 'Flames shooting high in the night sky were risible at Seneca 25 miles away. A constantly 'growing crowd thronged the fire sone. - : Five hose lines and a deter mined fight by the volunteer fire men finally halted the blaze be fore it reached the residence sec tion. v The former home of Joaquin Miller was saved, but many re minders of the town's glamorous past fell to the flames. Among them was the old stone building which' once housed the Guern- j seys saloon. ! (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) labor joined hands yesterday in collective bargaining; contracts sacred and binding." They also agreed, she said, that labor's suc cess in bettering itself by collect ive bargaining should be "fitted into the pattern of success for in dustry." . Chieftains of the rival labor groups now engaged In corapet-" ltive membership campaigns Chairman John L. Lewis of the committee for industrial , organ ization and President William Green of the American federation of labor attended the meeting'. Injunction Given ' Against Strikers C.I.O. methods were criticised by State .Supreme Court Justice Harry Manser when he - granted Lewiston and Auburn (Me.) shoe manufacturers a temporary in junction against a strike sponsor ed by the C.I.O.-affiliated Ua.'ted Shoe Workers of America. "The union came here and un dertook to institute itself as a bargaining agency before it wan a duly constituted agent," said the justice. "What has been done is a direct violation of that (Warner) act.! Leaders of the strike, involving 6,400 workers and 19 plants, have predicted ?the union would never permit its strike to be broken by. an Illegal injunction."- Officials of General Motors of Canada agreed to resume peace negotiations with representatives of their 3,700 striking employes in Oshawa, Ont. The parley was asked by Pres. C. H. Millard of . the Oshawa. unit of the United Automobile Workers of America, a C.I.O. ally, less than 12 hours after the strikers had voted down a proposal for higher wages and shorter hours without union rec ognition. - School Man Fined For Using Paddle PORTLAND. Ore., April 2 0-P) -District Judge Fred L. Olson fined Earl E. Rinebart, principal of the Holbrook school. Hi en a charge of assault and battery on Delbert Fox, 11, a pupil. The fine was suspended. Deputy District Attorney Maur ice Tarshis presented evidence to show the principal used a paddle with, such force as to show black and blue marks, and claimed the punishment excessive. The Judge warned the youth t behave in the classroom and heed his teacher and his parents in the future. Salmon Cannery Wag . Question Put to Vote ASTORIA, Ore., Aprfl 20-a-. Salmon cannery workers will vote Wednesday on an offer by sal mon packers of a ten per cent wage increase, an eight hour day and time and a half overtime. Union cannery workers bad de- . manded a 25 per cent Increase. ALL AD E of TOD Ay . By R. C Kfcarlv all recent strikes. whether sitdown or walkout, were caused by, it seems, the deplorable fact that employers and . labor neglected to talk out their duties and rights under Wagner's new act; this over sight mainly was due to a feel ing It might not be hailed as the law of the land; now that that doubt is ended the pub lic's appealing for labor and bosses to work hand In hand.