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PAGE TTrO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salexa. Oregon, Saturday Morning, May S, 1937 Capt. Lelimann Death Is 33rd Eekener Lists Possible ' Explanations f Source of Spark Unknown (Continued from page 1) They were headed by Dr. Hugo Eckener, veteran designer of tep- pellns, woo wept waen n uwru the news. " As iUte, county and C overnment boards assembled around t&e tra ri horn iunTt that one was t stately ship of the air with 81 safe crossings of the north Atlantic trt it credit. It was agreed on all aides that the nte of hydrogen gas was the secondary cause oi ins disaster. The mystery lay In what ignited fcoddea Spark Near . dim Y'mrin La Til A A sadden spark somewhere near the stern as the gleaming air liner nosed toward Its mooring mn't tint nd of the season first Toyage from Frankfort, tam ed it Into a biasing torch before the eyes of horrified spectators, what oanaad thm anarkT . Dr. Eckener, hurrying, to catch the liner Europe at Cherbourg to morrow, advanced three possible explanations other than the sabot- Age theory, w&icn ne saw mo-i, t.a rnniitrd" in the licht of an onymous warnings received by the operating company, -mey wers; When the ship Is lowered anm hrdrocen usaallr is released TKia frc hrdroren In the air mirht nava been sufficiently con Milt rata to be lrnlted by light ning or a spark. Itwould not ne cessarily bare to be lgnttea oy rmt flash of llrhtninc: perhaps It wasn't seen by the observers. 1 z. wnen lancuag. in wwr ballast is released from t&e tanas. A stream of water, connecting with the earth, might have serred as an electrical conductor to bring a spark up from the ground. It Is ivtuihi an ainctrlc charre. so to speak, subbed the Hlndenburg from the earth. . "I. Someone aboard may bare made a fire; a spark, possibly from a cigarette lighter. I regard this also as unlikely, tor the con duct of the passengers ana crew is watched carefully." . As to the suggestion ot sabot age he said "only the firing of a burning bullet into the- bags could hare accomplished it. That seems highly unlikely, he added. . Moody to Confer On Capitol Group (Contined from page 1) lglnal grant from PWA which had to be curtailed $1,000,000 because the state cut Its appropriation down. : E. J. Griffith, state WPA ad ministrator, has certified to PWA thatf there are 270 building work mr era Oregon relief rolls. Includ ing 00 masons. 51 concrete work ers. Si carpenters, 30 plasterers. The capltol commission expects to meet next week to study the terms of the government grant; and to initiate negotationa for ac quiring property for the new buildings. Yesterday afternoon Robert W. Sawyer, commission member from Bend, accompanied by Berry Faulkner and, Frank Schwartz of New York, painters engaged to do interior decorating, stopped stopper briefly in Salem en route to Eugene. Competition Held Bad for Colleges J a PORTLAND. May 7.-tf-Urg-Ing that "cut-throat competition" between colleges be eliminated to further efforts along the line of common en dear or. President Elam J. Anderson of Llnfield col lege deplored failure to promote a common catalogue corering all Independent Oregon Institutions at the 30th conference of the as sociation of independent Oregon colleges meeting at Reed college. "Like business men. we smile and call each other by our first names." he said, "but, as in their case, it's a life and death business for us to make money and the derll take the hindmost. Making money for as. of coarse, means getting students." Dr. Charles A. Howard, retiring superintendent of state education, adrocated a definite agreement as to scholarship policies to avoid bidding for students, and an ar rangement whereby plana ot ris Itation would ;be submitted for the approral ot high school prin cipals. The Coll Board STATE Today Eastern circuit vaudeville, and Jane With- ers in "Holy Terror." ELSINORE . Today - Double bill. Bar bara Stanwyck in "Plough and the Stars" and Dick PurceU la "Nary Bluea, CAPITOL Today Double bill, "Sol- dier and the Lady" with an . all star eaat and Buck : Jones ia "Life Handed . Law." ' . KOLLYIVOOD Today Double bill, "Four Days Wonder" with Jeanne Dante and Kenneth How- oil and "Code ot the . Range" with Charles Star- . rate CPw-lXO i Tonight t:4S p. Will Roger la "David Ilarum." A. m Hindenburg Over New York Before Tragic Blast The rijrantlc nfiadenbur Zeppelin aengers lackJbaa; any Intimation WgingfCanips to Start up Monday (Continued; from page 1) A resulting g shortage grad aally forced tjse closing of vir- tnally all aawnf lis in the district not -already shfat'down by local walkouts, bringing the total num ber of idle employes to approxl mately lJ.OOO.fi i MARSHFIEli), May 7-(aV-Un dercurrents of labor unrest came to the surface Itoday and closed the Coos Bay luumber company. Actlrity on twi ships came to a halt while a tifird was forced to shift operation! to another dock. Sailors on tire steamer w. ; Jv. Chamberlln, 3t operating on a short charter fc& the lumber com pany, refused tf assist with load ing and pickets of the local unit of the International Longshore men's association i soon appeared at the entrance to the export dock. All gangs were ordered from two offshore Yesse!: by the union. Close observe s said dissatlsiac tion had been! apparent among Coos Bar lonssloremen since the termination ot & the taintlm strike, Tne lunjDer company nas loaded its own hartered ships in the coastwise tfi&de for 20 years, turning the export, vessels-over to the longshofemen. The 'dock workers clalmeqf they should have the Job rather f than sailors and sawmill workers. The seamen walked off th Job. apokesmen said, when icoiErlnced they were depriving longshoremen ot their Jobs. - I I The sawmill stopped operation because no rooim remained on the dock for a- treih. cut and It ap peared doubtful when the 12,- 000.000 board fet of lumber oc cupying the available space would be moved. The alll employs 700 men. Three hundreds men ;' will continue operations at nearby log ging camps. PORTLAND, bre.. May 7-MV A Jurisdictional flash between the International Longshoremen's as sociation and tf e teamsters' un ion brought thi picketing today of the Meier A Frank store and warehouse. , 1 . Bert- Sheltong business agent for the longshoremen who organ ized the picketing, aaid it result ed from the company's refusal to recognize the union of the em ployes' own choqpiag." He said the action was approved by the district convention of the I. L. A., now in fe salon at Seattle. A possibility that the team sters' union might supply the company with mn to replace the warehousemen oil strike was ex Dressed hr Al Rnsser. teamsters' anion business agent. "This is a Jfrisdictional dis pute," Roaser sAld. "We'll fight for our right to organize the ware housemen." I i Establish in r nev Labor Plan Urged (Contined fon page 1) While Miss Pirklns spoke, con gressional eomdlttees were pre paring for hear lags next week on proposed wage.f hour and child labor legislation! So far the ad ministration has? made no official pronouncement f.f Its views on the legislation la question. The honse latr committee win consider the E'leabogen bill to establish a "lite NRA" for the textile lndastry. jThe senate labor committee intents to call witness es on the bill b Senator Barkley ( D-Ky ) prohibliing inter a t a t shipment of gods produced ia factories employing children 1C, or, in certain industries, 18. y .. - White now Second in ' Booster jJSotcling List VANCOUVER B. C May T.-(ffi-On of th leaders in the Northwest International Bowling congress waa dethroned tonight when J. Minaali4 of Yakima shot SIS to go into Sirst place in the booster alaglesv replacing J. L White et SalemOr.. whose SIS holds good for second place. Drunls. Driv inj Charged Dan K. Plovfman, TOO North Summer, was arrested by icity police last nighs on a charge of driving a motor: vehicle while un der the influence ot intoxicating liquor. is shown peacefully soaring over New York City's skyscrapers. Its of the disaster which was to attend Carnival Founder Called by Death; Pioneer of State "Rosa L. Browning, who joint ly with her husband founded the traveling Browning Amusement company, passed away at her residence, 390 South lth street. yesterday at the age of 72. For 27 years her company has operated at various state and county fairs, rodeos, and similar events in the - northwest. The amusement concern waa founded in 1910 by Rosa L. ' and Fred Browning, her : husband, who died in 1921. Another amuse ment firm, the Browning Broth ers, comprised of their sons Ed ward and Fred, is at present also operating in this territory. This branch Is now at Victoria, B. C. Rosa L. Browning was bora In Flanagan, 111., in 1 8 6 4. She crossed the plains in a wagon train at an early age. Surviving are fire children, Fred. A. B., W. F. and Edward Browning, and Mrs. Dora Rupert, all of Sa lem, & sister, Mrs. Anna Dillon, also of Salem, tour grandchil dren and eight great grandchil dren. Funeral ' services have been announced for Tuesday, May 11, by the W. T. Rigdon company, in charge. Durbin Hokteins Bring Good Price (Continued from Page 1) Holsteins Is rated one ot the best on the Pacific coast, not many active buyers were on hand. Mr. Durbin, who Is retiring from the dairy business to devote full energies to his hop interests, was unable to be present at the sale. He suffered a sudden Ill ness Thursday and his condition is reported serious. His son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Durbin Jr., are here from California and assisted with the sale. Young Mr. Durbin was act ively Interested in the dairy farm operation until about 8 years ago when he moved to California. Col. J. W. Hughes of Forest Grove was auctioneer and E. A. Rhoten of Salem, sale manager. TaUc Financing of Courthouse Here (Continued from page 1) capltol and the new Salem federal Duiiaing. -xne grouna arrangement Is such that in some future year the structure can be easily added to without destroying its symme try. Curry Suggested Name for Bridge Chemeketa chanter. Daughters of the American Revolution. nrn ed the, state highway commission Friday to name the nronosed new bridge orer the Willamette river at WllsonvilU for George L. Curry, the lasrot Oregon's ter ritorial governors. Other chapters throughoutMhe state were expected to send sim ilar petitions to the highway commission. The new bridge would be located on the Aurora Portland cutoff. "CODE OP THE i HI RANGE ' and "FOUR DAYS WONDER News, Fopeye Cartoon , I it Conliasacs Scndayl Sll 2 to 11 P. tL UVJ set,'V ! sjsa--ssjL . Bl"Hs kvj a w v m t Gzf .IDG). ite attempted naoortag at Lake- Canal at Stdyton Island Is Planned : (Continued from page 1) of workmen on 'the ' island and had equipment In nse at low rent als. Postponed to a future date, the work might Interfere with the water supply while it waa In use, he said. The underground water collec tion system as it now stands con sists of 4500 feet of perforated steel pipe Including a main line and two laterals. It connects to a valve-controlled concrete collec tion chamber. From the chamber the water ia flowing through 4200 feet of , 42-inch wood pipe to a concrete building housing a sand trap, , control valves, j waste pipe leading to the river and the head of the Salem-Stayton supply Una. Seven Aillllons Is l Hammer Measurement : Engineer Koon said the 7,000- 000-gailon measurement waa ob tained with the river between 12 and 18 inches above low summer level. During the recent high wa ter, the underground system was producing more than the Salem Stayton pipeline would carry. Mayor V. E. Kuhn expressed confidence in the engineer and de clared the city "war ahead of the game already. ; I would rote for the canal If a vote were being taken," the mayor announced. "I draw that conclusion from the understand ing l hare h&4 from the Island plan from the beginning. I am confident we will get the elaas ot water that', we : understood we would get in the first place.? " Alderman Merrill D. Ohllng de clared "Mr. Koon la being honest In this. A private contractor, Ohllng a v e r r e d, might haye "blasted up the river bank, given us our .15,000,000 gallons of wa ter and taken his money, only to have it plug up later. We are all agreed as far as the committee Is concerned." Republican Club Board Will Meet The board of the Oregon repub lican clubs will hold a meeting In Eugene the afternoon of Sat urday, May 15, announced Lowell C. Paget, state president, who was Last Day Today PLUS - - On the Stairet 4 ACTS EASTERN Vaudeville Headlining -. Clark and Dexter and aleo in Tho Holy) Terror. . : j Starts Sunday Midnite Preview Tonite! The Biff Comedy Show f I I; i?l m CP Ct, ..... - a-)':" -' ,'B.ood. TfJiTt sport. VcL 1 Stage Attractions ' To Be .Exceptiorial iSingers and ; Dancert Are , Lined ; njjyi4Bill', : ... - for-Show JToday , . -V - -. - Plus excellent screen : attract tlona. -B1Utout Mickey Mouse, chief has outlined a program that -la hoped will be enjoyed as much aa last week's show. For example Kenny Cater is going to be back alnging "Never in a Million Years"; while on the other hand Harriet -Talmadge la going to do a little "Boo IIoo lng. Fresh from; Parrish high will come Frances Lilbura . to sing a lovely tune for the Mice. "Little Old Lady" which ia near the top on the Hit. Parade, will be sung by Iona Kelly. From Barbara Barnes comes Betty June Kelly doing; a noralty toe num ber, and a clerer line dance con-, slating of Betty Lou Brlnkley, Joanna Majek, BcTerley Kendall, Darlene Gortmaker and . Betty Schroder. i By DORfe HAROLD - .Whenever a new airmail route la established between two cities, the first bag of mail carried on the plane and postmarked on It is the most valuable. The letters carried are called first - flight corers. Canada has Just announced that new routes will be estab lished between Prince George and Takla Landing on May 22 and Prince George and Fort Graha me on May 29. Postage will cost cents per ounce. State which flight you - wish, and send self addressed eoTers with Canadian stamps, or enclose a money or der to Recelrer General of Ed monton, Canada. The first should be sent in by May 12 and the latter by May 19. Address your envelope containing your coTers to the District Suppt. of Postal Service, Edmonton, Canada. On old letters it is best not to remove the stamps from the en velope. However if you wish to remove the stamps, soak them on the paper in lukewarm salt water for a short time. The salt keeps them from, losing their col or. Tou can also place them on a wet blotter damp and then peel them off carefully, here from Portland Friday. Party plana and' problems will bo discussed. .. '. -.",,.. Courthouse Area Driveway Closed - Driveways on the county court house grounds were ordered closed to all persons save those having official business to transact. In at formal order the county court set up this regulation on the parking space, which haa been .increasing ly congested since the business district parking rulea have been consistently enforced. The court order cited the danger of a con gested driveway in ease of fire and need for tiro fighting equip ment to move close to the build ing. . - OPEN AY 6:43 .About Stamps U7 rterci nrraviAn l. " v vr.c ; I . " . Allltf air .J i u i WUf red O. Ilagedorn, Editor Salem, Oregon, Club Notes - Ho hum. this summer weather is surely getting me down, but seems to be O.K. for. my bosses, aa they are: shooting a pretty good, game of golf nowadays. . ' ", M.M.C. ' 1 J;f.. - ," . - i :i - ' By the way how did you Mice like Helen Hutchenson and the stooges doing their bit on the program last Saturday? Their number, "Lore Bug" was arrang ed by Eldon' Foster, who Is plen ty good at such things. . - M.M.C ' j : In the very near future yon Mice will have an , opportunity to see Laurel and Hardy In their latest screen hit,. ''War Out West." , , . ( ' i I i .-MlM.a" "; , . 1 Don't forget that I still want to recelre more letters, from you in regard to jour, stage showa and how we caniimprore them. Also lis, your favorite entertainer. Drop them In our contribution box. , " i j f ' Last Saturday the Mousers heard little Miss Lloyd Hlns, who is a star on KGW sing a ballad; Ellen Fisher, sing a new! tune; 'September In the Rain," was the song Jackie Williams did for the Mice: while three cute girls sang as the next selection, "Rain bow on the River." ' Eugene Richie and Lores Vos berg, two smiling boys were well received by the Mice when they did their "Fopeye" act. i Gloria Cottew, now! another Mouse club favorite sang a new hit that ev eryone enjoyed. j; . From Barbara Barnes - came Joan Thomas who did a song and dance number, and Renee Cap Ian who danced her way . into the Mousers; hearts. The Stooges, together with Helen Hutchenson aang 'Love Bug," with a : special arrangement ( by . Eldon 'Foster. This was another favorite, among last' week's alent. -M.M.C. - Two features for the price ot one is acrednled for 1 today with Barbara Stanwyck in "Plough and the Stars." . The . second 'at traction la a fast moving: comedy,' "Navy . Blue," ' also a i second chapter ot the new seriaL " See yon at one o'clock. . j "BILL.'" ' New Members on : Mouse Club Rolls . Boys and girls are still keeping our club i secretary, Jacque Thompson, busy filling out appli cation blanks to become Mickey Mouse members. . . : This : week I Merrilynn ; Boyd. Harry Lamb,! Kenneth Lamb, Mlr sel Mohr, Carolyn Hayes. Luclle Rodley, Carol Zwlcker and Eil len Tarpley were the onea to fill out blanks. ! ' . lUlJDCfij 5&t ? 7A if o i v J mm Dean Arehart, Manager May 8, 1937 Mouse Serial Is Proving Thriller . "Secret Agent X-" has coma to life In the mories! It Is being: shown at Mickey ".Mouse erery Saturday. ',.....;;--.:!:"- The crown - Jewels - are stolen while being - exb iblted in this country. International good will is threatened and the G-men step in to catch' the thieves. "Secret Agent X-9" trails the arch crook, discovers where - the gems are hidden and runs down the gang. Thrill follows thrill; drama mounts toward a tremendous cli max; finally the secret agent re covers the gems and captures the gang. . . . Rehearsal to Be At 4 o'Clock now As "Bill" mentioned last week, "Met" Draper, our nimble pian ist has Just received a Jolt ot summer fever, and therefore it is MLSQG ERnOfFLC CLAUDE nAIIIS 1IDIBY STEPHEHSGIl OARTC!! .lACLANI nAucnsTWins wCaiYABOSSY ADDED fTopeye" Cartoon Nwa NoTelty : 1 MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE TODAY 1P.1L chapt. a n. tr.M. bio stage new serial lwo g l?catnrc show LAST TIMES BARBARA 8TANWYCK PRESTON FOSTER la "PInnrli and tho TODAY Stars- (fiKiir'E SUNDAY AND IIOOTAY Korlojf Is Dock I t IfS MADE HIS ENEMIES BEG FOB MERCY! JAST "SOLDIER AND jnxY tie: LADV Ulianle scz -' Drop news items in contribution box. No. 24 suggested that those desiring to try . out tor Saturday's show be down to the Elslnora at 4 o'clock instead ot the usual time of 4:30. If any of you gang can sing. dancer or play an instrument come down, to the rehearsal, and if the Judges consider that you are all Tight "Bill" will put you on the stage show the following week. Don't forget the time 4 o'clock. Gum Bubbling Is Popular Contest Last week the Mice had great fun blowing bubbles out of gum on the stage. It took some time for the fellows to get the gum worked up to a period when it could be blown essily. but when the time was right, the contest ants surely could blow hubbies. The winners of ths contest In clude Bob Hinkle. Jimmy Baker and Junior Stoddard. The first prise winner was awarded a stamp book from Cooke's station ery store. Karmelkorn from the Karmelkorn shop was . given to the other winners. : MIDNITE MATINEE TONITE 11:30 o o THRILL TO THE MOST EXCITING ADVENTURE EVER LIVED OR DREAMED! MARK TWAIN'S FAMOUS NOVEL "NAVY BLUES" i MIDNITE 1 PREVUE TONITE 11:30 i J - . "LEFT UAflDU) LAV1 1 3 i