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(0) ni ti (Sfeii siffii rf Valley Newt . 7eatlier Cloudy with shower to- day- and Wednesday, -slight. - li warmer; Max. Temp. Mon. day 53. Mia. 47. river 4-1 : feet, rala SO Inch,- S-8W wind. . Alert correspondent: fa all communities of the cen tral Willamette valley faro Tide .The Statesman frith full news ; coverage. lk lt territory. . ; . f - -t fr: J EIGHTY-SEVENTIl YEAH Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 11, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 33 Silverton Mill Ickes Backing Pierce Policy Over- Business Man v Dies Suddenly e m rUmn s For new Union :0h Bonneville ! VM X I J .4. N. FCUND2D '. 1651 V nr7777 - - im ' i (Celebration Employes Vote Preceding Great B K -. at ' '.(horonaUoiJZ . t 4 4 : .. -T V' v Advisory Ballot ReveaH "- Majority Favors Plan of Succeedin g 4-L Work Resumed in Almost all Columbia. Mills; Coos Row Goes on . SILVERTON, May 10 A ma . Jority of the employe! of the 81& ver Fall Timber company plant hero favor affiliation with the In dustrtal Employes' union, organi sation which will succeed the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lnmbertnen. an Informal advisory vote taken at a meeting here toy Bight. Indicated. 1 There were 28 2 rote for this .organization and 26 for the Saw mill and Timber Workers union cast In the "straw" vote. Therf were 317 ballots In all bnt several were faulty. The plant employ 417 men-.: . , ; 1 1 , A committee to carry oat the majority'' wishes was named; consisting of J. J. McCullough Delbert Bowen, Henry . Storllai . Arthur Nelson, Walter Morgan! R. P. Bonney and Davtd Chllberg, The old Four-L organization, of which William Neal lr chair man, will hold a meeting Flida: night to discuss the new pro gram and to vote upon acceptanci of the plan for abandoning th Four-L and affiliating with tbi -Industrial Employes' nnion In ac eordance with the action takei by the Four-L at a recent meet !ng In Portland. i The meeting tonight was heli In the Eugene Field auditorium. PORTLAND. May lOHiTV-Thi majority of the 13,000 loggini; and sawmill employes In the Co lumbia river district returned tn their jobs today as a seven-mai . arbitration board held its firs' meeting. - I Father George . Thompson o - Madeleine parish presided as neu tral arbiter. Union representative! were A. F. Hartung, president o ' the district council; Worth Low ery of Jewell, and Charles Vai Deren of Forest Grove. Logftinj operators were represented b: Lewis II. Mills of the Tidewatei .Timber company.jOrvlll R. Mil ler of the Koster Products com pany and F. L. Thompson of thi Big Creek Logging company. I The board has 30 days in whlct to arrive at an agreement oi wages and working conditions. The managements of two bi : mills at Bend announced tod a their agreement to comply with i request of the regional wage boar (Turn to page 2, column 1) Insurgents Drive Closer to Bilbao DURANGO. Northern Spain May 10--Under a pall of smoke rising from burning Basque towns and forests, the insurgents drove their lines closer to Bilbao todaf from the northeast and southeast One of insurgent Gen. Emlllrt Mola's columns, composed of Carf lt and fascist troops, hammeref the Basque lines just outside AnV rebleta while "black arrow" bat talions and legionnaires swinging downward from the coastal sector advanced on Munguia. Amorebteta, on the Durang Bilbao road, is about seven mile southeast of the Basque capital; Munguia Is about" the same dis tance northeast of Bilbao. Both columns moved, under smoke clouds covering many square miles. Observers with the Insurgents asserted Amoreblete and Munguia were set aflame and abandoned by the Basques al though they bad built formidably ' trench systems about both. ! Burning pine forests fired fcf air bombardments added morA columns of smoke to the cloud! hanging over the Blscargl hills northeast of Bilbao. Steiwer Proposes National Primary WASHINGTON. May 10-P)f Congress received a proposal to day that candidates for president and rice president be selected through primaries In the state . Senator Steiwer (R,, Ore. key aoter at the it 31 republican con rention, submitted the proposal In the form of a constitution aj amendment. i Federal primaries . would be keld la each state on the third Friday of May during presidential years. Voters .would mark their preferences . for. candidates nn4 choose convention' delegates. Tb4 delegates would be bound by the; primary .results. I . Steiwer said bis plan would en 4. "the absolute control by politlf clans' over selection of the twd chtet candidates. lie declared voters tn a primary election would not be "Influenced, by enthusiasm engendered by c brass band or by a woman la green waving a flag. - "A . multitude of evils . and abuses bar been repeated ovef and over again,. In national con . V - ..14 -- -J WALLACE W. MOORE I Wallace W. Moore FuneraHliursday Death Comes Suddenly for Business Man, Former Furniture Dealer Wallace W. Moore, prominent Salem business man,! died Monday noon at his home, 635 North Church street Coronary thrombo sis was assigned as the cause of his death. He bad returned Fri day night from a trip with Mrs Moore to the Rotary . convention in Spokane. At Olympia he, felt somewhat indisposed; and after reaching home complained of be ing tired.! Early Monday morning he awoke and was i In some dis tress. At! 7:30 medical aid was summoned, but he grew rapidly worse, expiring at 12:25 p. m. He was conscious until near the end. It was ! just four months pre vious that his : daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Long, and her husband Merle Long, were killed la an automobile accident! near Brooks. Mr. Moore grieved deeply over the loss, t ' K. . (Turn to page 10, column 2 ' Insanity Claimed In Editor Slaying ALTURAS, Calif., May A dual plea of Innocent and In nocent by reason of Insanity was entered in superior court here to day for Harry French, charged with first degree murder tor the shooting of Claude L. McCracken. Alturas newspaper publisher. Superior Judge F. M. Jamison ordered French to trial on Mon day, June 14. French ! ! a 1 son of Bard French, rjablisher of a weekly paper here which waa a rival of McCracken's daily. McCracken was shot1 to death! In his home the evening of March 25 as he sat at dinner. Courthouse Plans May! Arrive Today Final preliminary plans for the new Marion .county courthouse have been completed and may be brought to Salem today. Arch itect Leslie D. Howell of Port land advised County Commission er Leroy Hewlett yesterday. How ell has also been working out coat breakdowns and will bring a report 1 from this angle along with the plans. . As soon as the court has In spected the plans and bst data a meeting of the building com mlttee will be called to outline a course of action toward seeking a PWA grant and calling a spe cial election to obtain the cit lxens' approval of the project. Actors9 Demands Are Met, Studio Workers Remain Out HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. May 10-(p)-War and peace reigned side by f side In the halls of Holly wood's two billion dollar motion picture Industry today. The actors, having wrung con cessions from their employers, went to work. . . The 'craftsmen, i disappointed but not discouraged by this de velopment, dug in for a protract ed struggle with the producers, augmenting picket lines around the studios and carrying the bat tle to major theaters In Holly wood and Los Angeles. One instance of violence devel oped. Police at 20th Century-Fox studios said an unidentified group of men halted a wardrobe truck as it waa leaving the studio, hauled the driver out and over turned the vehicle. The driver was not injured. - i In a riotously Jubilant mass meeting Sunday sight, members of the powerful screen actors' guild, were told by their officers that producers had agreed to de mands for a "guild shop," a mini mum of 150 a week salary for a . Opposes Army' - ntrol of Plant; M' .akes.. Hand ini'ojble s Interior Department Is . not Proper Bureau to Rule Power, Avers WASHINGTON, May 10-jP)-A difference of opinion . over who should control Bonneville power generation and distribution em broiled house rivers and harbors committee bearings today , on three proposed administrative measures. Secretary Ickea served notice he would oppose any attempt to place control of the Columbia riv er project's power plant and dis tribution lines in the hands of army engineers. Ickes endorsed a bill by Rep. Walter M. Pierce of Oregon which would give an interior depart ment-appointed administrator su pervision of the power house and transmission lines and the respon sibility tor rate fixing, subject to the approval of the power, com mission, i -i The secretary said the bill was acceptable because It "would give one administrator effective con trol over an unpartitioned inte grated power development. ' He said bills by Rep. Martin Smith of Washington and a group of northwest congressmen were unacceptable because they would divide control of the power facili ties. . 8ee Inefficiency la Dual Control ' The Smith bill originally placed all the physical properties, ex cept shiplocks, under the adminis trator, but Smith agreed to an amendment which would give the war department control of the dam, fish ladders and power house. The northwest group's bill gives the administrator control of power distribution only. "To sever control of the power house at the dam from the con trol of the transmission lines would lead to Inefficiency," Ickes said. "The power policy committee has. recommended that the ad ministrator should have the au thority to establish uniform rate, or rates uniform throughout pre scribed transmission areas. It was suggested, there should be nothing in the act which should require the administrator to .sell power at the switchboard at a price which should exclude an transmission cost. A switch board rate, he assert ed, would impose an undue cost upon distant consumers ; and would narrowly restrict the market- - ! . . ' Rep. James Mott. of Oregon (Turn to page 10, column 1) Main-Laying Task Will Start Today WPA crews will go to work to day on the initial units; of the Salem water department's 1830, 840 mam-laying and grounds im provement project, Frank H. Koehler, engineer in charge, an nounced last night. He expected at least 40 men to report. Three units of work will - be undertaken at once. The largest will be digging a 600-foot tun nel from the Fairmount reser voir eastward for the Salem Stayton pipeline, carrying it un der a hump in Rural avenue. Next will be grading and land scaping the grounds around the new reservoir and the new steel water tower. The third will con sist of laying two-inch . water mains to serve groups of new houses. The major unit, construction of an arterial mala the length of North and South 12 th streets, will not go Into full swing until after mid-June when first deliv eries of east Iron pipe are expec ted. stock players, a 15.50 per day minimum tor extra players, and an Increase of from 115 to $25 per day for "bit" players. - The - audience composed of most of the high-salaried stars In the business, including Mae West, Robert Montgomery, Joan Craw ford, Warren William, Gary Coo per, Otto Kruger, Fred MacMur ray, Chester Morris, William Pow ell, Jean Harlow and many others staged a wild victory oraUon at the news. . It meant that they would sot be called out on strike. . . Today, a producers' represents. Uve announced that seven major studios hare accepted agreement. They were R. K. O.-Radlo, Para mount. M-O-M. Universal, Colum bia. 20 th Century-Fox and Hal Reach. Formal contracts with all studios, said Guild Secretary Au brey Blair, will be signed this week. "If sot. he added, "the guild will call its members away from that particular studio." The actors' action drew eoa (Turn to page 2, column 3) School PoKcry Reversal may Occur Tonight Married Teacher Ban up for Consideration at . Special Meeting Report on -Mrs. Gregory Retention Due When Directors Confer The Salem school board will meet tonight.' with the prospect of revoking 1 the anti-married teacher policy to which much lip service has been paid In the last six years. - f i; If no hitches develop In a nrosnective decision to be made by the directors before an anticipatea large audience of Grant school pa trons, the policy will, be tossed overboard and. colncldentally, the position of Cecil Wiegand Greg ory at Grant made secure. The directors ! resorted to a special session last night to thresh out the personnel selection, prob lems which were thrust. into the unwilling hands, of the employ ment committee at tnir April 27 meeting. The committee, consisting of Chairman Frank Neer. Director E. A .Bradfleld and Superinten dent Silas Galser, ' was asked at that time to consider and report on the Issue as to whether or not Mrs. Gregory I should be retained and allowed to go under tenure. on a similar Question relating to another woman j Instructor over whom no public agitation had been stirred, and on the general list of teachers due for school year 1937-38 contracts. The married teacher question was discussed, Increasingly before and bv the school board begin ning In 1830 as employment began slackening. , The result was the policy, sever put Into writing, of hiring only single women instruc tors and of attempting to forbid (Tarn to page 10, column 1) Charge Is Hurled WASHINGTON, M a y 10-rf- Senate and ouse heard charges today that a "spy ring" is operat ing in the United States in behalf of the Spanish Insurgents. Senator Nye (R-ND) and Rep resentative Bernard (Fl-Mlnn) both named Former Ambassador Juan Francisco de : Cardenas and other one-time officials of the Spanish embassy as Involved. ' Nye told reporters he would in troduce a resolution for a sen atorial inquiry Into "all subvers ive influences." fM The chairman of the old muni tions Investigation committee ex pressed belief that "strong senti ment" existed for such an Inquiry. To bolster his charges of "act ivities which violate and threaten American neutrality," Nye filed with the senate translations of letters be said were written by members of a New York shipping firm to various persons In Spain, Mexico France and Cuba. Many dealt with shipments of arms and supplies to the Spanish loyalists. Waterfront Fire Damage Is Heavy SAN FRANCISCO. May lQ.-m -Damage estimated at $200,006 was caused and eight firemen were Injured today when a four- alarm fire broke out on the water front. It endangered the freighter Delaroff, and burned for three hours before It was controlled by 350 firemen, 42 engines and four flreboats. - - ; t Fire Chief Charles J. Brennan, who estimated the damage, said the cause of the fire had not been determined. The flames were confined to pier 50A and apparently broke out among the heavily creosoted piling under the structure, leased by the State Steamship company. :. The Delaroff, operated by the Alaska Packers' association, was tied at the wharf, but was cut loose and towed out Into the bay. The freighter . escaped with but alight damage. . . White Marble Here for Exterior of Pottoffice White marble for the exterior Of the postoffice has started to arrive from - Vermont. Shipment was made by rail. The marble will rise above the granite base, most of which is in place. The surface of the marble slabs is smooth but not polished. - Spanish Spy Ring THEY FIGURE IN CORONATION TOMORROW ' ' . ' :- .' ' - t f-. . .' .-. a . v "v, y.- ? . , "": ; ' - :. ' - . . . . . s v. -.., '- . ' . ". ' , . V" -. : ':'$ - ; !.-.- i (''' ji ' ' ! lPr,) Dowager Queea Maryf r Qoeea ruixabeth King Ceorre"vir ' ; - Om one of hi last official appearance before being; crowned Una;, the Brltbth monarch, George VI, officiated at the opening of the National Maritime Museum tn Greenwich, England. Seated behind the kins; are, left to right. Crown Princess Elizabeth, Queen Consort Elizabeth and Dowager Queen llary. This is one of the f ew new phptos of the four together. 1 Capitol Float for Festival Assured Funds Sufficient; Replica of new Statehouse to De Built, Planned With sufficient funds contri buted by the business and profes ioaai man of Salem for the build ing of a float to be entered at the Rose Festival floral parade, the Cherrians at their meeting last sight voted to enter a float. an exact replica of the new capi- tol building. W. M. Hamilton, general chair man of the committee named to solicit float funds, reported the fullest cooperation from those so licited and unusual Interest In the proposed state capitol floral float. Fred B. Moxley, chairman of the float committee, reported spe- (Turn to page 10, column 3) Gable's Accuser Sentenced, Year LOS ANGELES, May 10-P)-Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, who claimed that Clark Gable, film star, was the father of her Il legitimate : child, was sentenced today to serve one year In jail, having been convicted of mall fraud. --. - Asst. V. S. Dlst Atty Jack Pow ell said she probably would be de ported to Canada when she had served her term. The government charged that Mrs. Nortonwrote letters to Clark Gable, Mae West and other movie colony figures, asserting Gable was the father of her 13-year-old daughter, Gwendoline. . Frentriss Hill's Visit Is Delayed Word as to the possible re opening of the Spaulding sawmill here has been further delayed due to postponement of a scheduled visit here by Frentriss Hill. Port land, company director . and one of the voting trustees, it was learned yesterday. Hill, now in California, Is expected to return in about 10 days and stop off here.--4-. ' " , : - ." ' ; Local persons Interested con sider that the way Is virtually clear for resumption of sawing, which has been down for six years, jalnce arrangement for a $350,000 re construction finance corporation loan have been completed. Late Sports PORTLAND. May 10-6Pi-Dor- ryDetton. Its, of Salt Lake City, won the first and third falls and the match from Scotty McDougall, 174, ot Glasgow,' Scotland, in the main event of the Ice coliseum wrestling card tonight. The Dark Secret, 170-pound ne gro, won in i straight falls from Noel Fra!in, 110, Portland, Marshall Carter, 1C0, Detroit, grappled 30 minutes to a draw with Otis Clingman, IIS, of Okla homa and Mickey McGuIre, 110, Salem; and 'Tommy Tassas,' 115, Chicago, went to a no-fall draw In the curtala raiser. O . i!l Coronation wm Be Broadcast by Oregon Stations ; - h PORTLAND, May! 10.-JF)-R-dio stations, KGW and KEX. will remain on the air all night Tues day night to give a complete broadcast of coronation cere monies In London. I Beginning at 1 a. m., local time, the ceremony will open with a description of Queen Mary leav ing the Marlborough ' house, fol lowed by the departure of King George and Queen Elizabeth from Buckingham palace for Westmin ster Abbey. - - rj . The actual coronation ceremony will begin at 2: IS a. m. Some short-wave joperators are planning to listen in on London to hear the direct broadcast. NEW YORK, May 10.-(ffy-The three coast-to-coast radio net works in this country, NBC, CBS and MBS, will broadcast the torn plete ceremonies of the coronation in London Wednesday. Broadcasting of the coronation will start around 1 a. m.. Pacific standard time, Wednesday. Trans mission will be divided into three parts; the actual ceremonies and procession, the empire's homage, and the address of the new king. all originated by (Turn to page 2, the British column 2) Storms Continue On Oregon Coast PORTLAND, May 10-(ff)-Hlgh winds swept the Oregon coast to night as storm conditions which prevailed throughout the day con tinued. ' , - U , --. Heavy seas at Till am ook brought predications of the worst storm of the year tonight, and a nine and a half foot tide, heaviest this year, was expected at midnight.- "!;!"."-.- ; - A 50-mlle gale was recorded at North Bend . this afternoon, the coast guard reporting indications of a hurricane centering offshore. Court Change Protest Meet lis Held in Spite of Arrests : PHILADELPHIA May 10HT) -The arrest of two officers of the Defenders. Inc.. on charges of sol iciting funds without a permit, failed to Interfere with the or ganization's mass meeting In the academy, of m u s I c tonight, at which four, democratic senators spoke in opposlUonj to President Roosevelt's court reorganization plan." - i L. M. Bailey, national director of. the Defenders, and J. B. Car rlgan, vice president, both of New York, were released shortly after their arrest a few hours before the meeting by detectives who said the men would receive hear ings tomorrow on charges of vio lating the state solicitations act. Dot. Sgt. James A. Kelly and Det. Joseph Kraudhaar said they made the arrests on complaints made by the state department of welfare and the office of Atty. Cen. Charles J. MargiottL At Pittsburgh, MarglotU said O - Jiirisdiction Row Violence Occurs Two Longshoremen Facing Chargef as big Store Employes Injured PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar 10-OPl -Violence entered the Jurisdic tional squabble between the In ternational Longshoremen's asso ciation and the Teamsters' un ion 'here today, resulting in the arrest of two longshoremen on assault and battery charges, They were , charged with at tacking two .employes of : the Meier and Frank company ware house where a strike is in pro : (Turn to page 10, column 4) Three Bound Oyer By Justice Nelson '.: - i. i ;. . . Judge Alf O. Nelson presided over three cases . In Silverton justice ; court yesterday that or dinarily would have been sent through the Salem justice court. Judge Miller B. Hayden of the local court Is on vacation. ! After a preliminary hearing Rose Frelbert, 45. of Salem, was bound over to the grand jury for investigation of a charge of lar ceny - preferred I against her by Walter: SUIter, 411 North Front street. She failed to furnish $250 bail and waa returned to the county jail. Stalter charged -the woman with larceny of $40 from his person Thursday night. : George Holeman and "Elmer Dick, both charged with burglary. were also bound over . to the grand Jury. Holeman was held in lieu of $250 ball and Dick was freed on his own recognisance. While delivering his prisoners to the "Silverton court. Deputy Sheriff B. -Q.-IIoneycutt arrested Clarence Slevers. route three, Sil verton, 'oa -a charge of driving while under the Influence of In toxicating liquor. Honeyeutt said he arrested the man after his car had collided with a truck on a downtown Silverton street. . The arrests are outrageous. II anyone In the attorney general s office requested such action it was without my knowledge or ap proval . ; . . It sounds to me more like someone attempting to em barrass the administration . , v. Certainly the state of Pennsyl vania Is against any attempt to suppress freedom of speech..-' The attorney general added that he was ."so notifying, the police department of Philadelphia and expressing the wish that those for whom warrants have been Is sued be released at once. Bailey said the arrests were an obvious last-minute effort on the part of state officials friend ly, to this (court reorganization) plan to try to prevent the people of Philadelphia from exercising their right to public meeting and free. speech. . t . : , . ... : . Bailey said a warrant also had been Issued for O'weh Wister, ' (Turn to page 10, column 6) ' Bus Strike no Barrier; King uetHcSi Streetcar Men Threat cd ;.to Join in Walkout; . Traffic Snarled Carnival Spirit General in London; 450 Dine i V With George VI LONDON. May 10.-CAVH C crowds estimated at, more than 1,000,000 people swept into the full tide of gay, dazzling . pre ' eoronatlon celebrations tonight while King George VI played host at a brilliant state banquet la Buckingham palace. Jamming streets and hotel. breaking through police cordons and trudging gaily where they could not ride London's busmen are still on strike the coronation visitors j swarmed around . tfaa palace. K They roared "we want, the king" for hours while Inside the monarch entertained at the first great banquet since the 1011 coro nation festivities of his father. the late George V. Hundreds of cars circled the palace,- some with roofs loaded with gay. singing passengers. Strike of Busmen Due to Continue The walkout of 25,500 bueaaea. tying up 5,000 busses and throw ing London's traffic Into' an al most hopeless jam, gave every indication of continuing through) Wednesday, coronation day. But those who came and are still coming by the thousands from all parts of the world showed ! little concern, even though 12,000 street car em ployes appeared eager to join the busmen. Some busmen's groups called for strikes of other publle service employes. . " ' The carnival spirit held all er London. Throngs wearing colored caps and tooting horns swarmed through the gaily decorated streets. Restaurants were jammed with revelers. The king and queen, visiting Westminster Abbey in a last minute rehearsal' of the corona tion ceremonies, later entertained 450 guests including many mem bers of foreign royalty at the big? Buckingham palace dinner. The guests, amid a setting of multi-million-dollar splendor. dined off the famous Garter China service and gazed at the palace gold plater King George presided at a head central table In the white and gold ballroom. Queea Elizabeth was hostess in the blue supper room. Liveried footmen, passing through the state dining room with Its buff-colored walls, its crimson carpets and hangings, its priceless art treasures, carried (Turn to page 2, column i) Letter hy Gosslin Ignored by Board PORTLAND, May lOHyPhTbe Portland school board declined tonight to take action on a let ter from the office of Governor Charles Martin to Superintendent Charles A. Rice calling attention to alleged participation by a Portland high school teacher ta activity of the Oregon -Commonwealth federation. ! The board held it had no con trol over "alleged or actual" po litlcar faiths of teachers. The 'letter, written by Xf. 8. Gosslin, the governor's secretary, asserted that Miss Ruth Etene, teacher in Franklin high school, was one of the endorsers of. the "Convention for Progressive Po litical Actios." called by the fed eration, which was described la the letter as a branch of the commnnist party, -v The letter cited a criticism of the governor contained in the original meeting call Issued by the federation and asked for Rice's opinion of "the propriety of public school teachers pub licly attacking the executive bead of the state." y xJIIss Stone, who 1 attended to night's meeting of the board, de nied communistic leaning', say ing her only speech at the con. rention was In support of a more conservative peace plank. f7 A L L A D C By Pw C w TMa land w call th best CO earth boasts not of royalty nor peerage,' in fact some folks cf greatest worth arrived from Europe via steerage: and yet when Mother England cheers her new King George in cele bration, Americans perk tip their ears and hearken to U coronation Bana