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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1937)
VTcslIicr - Fair today and Thursday, wanner with light variable winds; Max. Temp. Tuesday 65, Kin. 49, river 8.1 feet, nia .91 Inch, S-SW wind. i Alert correspondents 1st all coaitneaities ef tin eee tral WUUraette valley pro vUe The! guteimai with tall " news' coverage la Its territory. I PCUNDUD 165 J H1GIITY-SEXNTII YEAR Bilen, Orescn, Thursday Mornins, May 13, 1S37 Price 3c; Newsstesda 5c No. a quo Urike Q.Q. OB si -1 - - I TD.n n 0 Revelry Dying As Coronation Crowds: Leave I - Princess Margaret Adds Human Touch I Yawns at Colorful Ceremony int, llv 7000 Faint o Killed in London's Greatest Crowd in History (By The Associated Press) LONDON. May llt-(Thursday) .-Coronation day passed Into his tory today , with a rowned mint and queen dedicated by ancient ritual and broadcast pledge to The Service of Others." Hardy revelers tarried their celebrations on toward another diwn after the sovereign and his consort last before midnight war ed a final goodnight from Buck ingham palace to CO.O 00 hoarse but dauntless subjects. They were the fast steadfast band from the massed millions who cheered the glittering spec tacle of London's "pay of Days." In hallowed Westminster Ab bey, Kins George VI and Queen Elizabeth were consecrated yes terday with time-mellowed cere monial to their task of rulershlp. And In a broadcast from hla palace, folio wing the spectacu lar, triumphal procession In his rich regalia, the sovereign af firmed: ' "This Is indeed, ja grare and constant responsibility Solemnly he stated - that "the highest of distinct! Is the ser vice of others' and (pledged that tally discbarge ' our trust. Ko Direct Mention Of Absent Edward And of the comm" on wealth he spoke of "how much our friend ship with each other and with all of the nations on earth can help the cause of peace and pro gress. I There was so mention la Lon don of the postponement, of the wedding of the Duke; of Windsor, who gare George Tfl the king ship to marry Mrs. iiWallls War field, while the royal family and the government sought to recon cile differences. ij But Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, In his Introduction to the new king's broadcast, made what was Interpreted asa thrust at 'the royal exile. I "In the Abbey," if he said. "I saw our. young klp.g and his o ueen dedicating their lives -to the service of their! people and, as I said only the other night In the house of commons, a service that can only be ended by death." Piccadilly circus Was the hub of revelry early this I morning as thron&'B eddied and fsurged. But, (Turn to Page ;e 1, CoL 1.) Kant of ! it.' Lews Defi Federation- Move ATLANTIC CITl, N. J., May 12-;P-John L. Lewis demand ed complete surrender from the American Federation of Labor as the price of peace with his own committee for Industrial organi sation today and declared he did sot want peace. j Addressing a meeting of the econd largest of bis C.I.O. on ions the International ladles gar ment workers Lewis said: "It the federation wants peace, let It Issue some statement that it Is willing to concede the prin ciples on which the C.I.O. was founded." I ; But then he referred to the automobile workers! he organised and shouted: 1 l "Yon can take my word lor It. they do not want peace with the A.F.L. and neither do L" U v , lie accused William Green, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, of committing "treason against his own organ isation. j "Not merely treason, he said, but "moral turpitude. by seeking to prevent a, settlement of the C.I.O. automobile strikes. i Register lour Parking Views Do Yon Like Salem's SO Mia- ate Parking? Yes !. Ho . Would yon rather bare ese hour parking? Yes I ! Ko Please tZl and rctsurm to The Oregon Etateamaawi . . ; f Part Radio Audience Didn't Crown Jewels Worth 25 $ ions (( m t X ' ; T YY--V f ; f ... .,!' ! S. : B - S : 4 Coronation crown f 7 ;j I' ? ;s . ; ' ' " , 1 1 1 . . . ...... " ' imn. u S r . ' H '-.v.- - - , I ' . (V ,. : J - 'cO"''' I ' ' I ' - I -s, I t ;Sr I y ' ' I f , SJJi'TT--- J - - I ' I . - " j 'u f Its - - I . "O iBoyal scepter! Graphic as was the description broadcast of the British coronation early Wednesday morning and clearly heard by many In Salem and Vicinity, the narrator couldn't show his distant audience these In signia which played an Important part. Jewels adorning them are said to be worth 925,009,000, the most prised being the Black Prince ruby, for poseeaslon of which two kings died, and the Star of Africa Slft-carat diamond. larKest in the world. Courthouse Cost Estimate Slated Committee Will Listen to Hoffman; Meeting Next Week Is Proposed When the county courthouse building committee holds Its next meeting, L. H. Hoffman of the Hoffman Construction company will present estimates of the cost of the project with and without federal' grant. Commissioner Le- roy Hewlett announced yesterday. Hoffman, yesterday obtained a set of plans from the architectural offices In Portland upon which he Will base his estimates. - The committee probably will be called into session early next week with two matters to attend to, that of applying for a PWA grant and that of arranging for a spe cial election to be held next August. i ' Hewlett said he had asked Hoff man to present the cost compari sons in order that the committee might decide ! whether It were more economical to obtain federal aid or to carry on the construc tion program entirely with county funds. The Hoffman firm has held numerous PWA building con tracts, among them 'that for Sa lem's new $700,000 high school. second largest PWA project in the state last year. All three members of the coun ty court expressed themselves as well pleased with the floor plans lor tne new building, of which first Ink drawings have just been received. The proposed structure would have I four floors and a basement which would contain of fice, record storage and heating facilities. t W. Salem Legion Plans Clubhouse West Salem " American Legion post will hare Its own home, an attractive ICxiO foot building with fall basement, finished within SO days. . ; The building will hare meeting rooms for both the post and aux iliary, a huge fireplace In the larger meeting room, and dining room: and kitchen in the base ment. The exterior finish is shin gles and the interior finish will be veneer board. 1. ? 'V.;. Bob Forrester Is the contrac tor and: post officials in charge of the project are Floyd White, eofhmander, and Carl Mobley, ad jutant. The West Salem post meets each first . and third Thursday, with sessions at present being held in the city hall. is 1 Royal orb Traffic Lights to , Deinstalled Soon Contract Signed, Rosier Plans Early Start on Placing of System " The city's contract for a 19 9 SO traffic signal Installation went into effect last night when It was signed by the successful bidder, Harley A. Bosler, of the Bosler Electric company. ; Mayor V. E. Kuhn had affixed : his signature before he left for Los Angeles early yesterday to attend yie na tional mayors' conference. Bosler announced he would re Quest the city street department to start work within a week or sooner digging shallow trenches In which iron pipe conduit will be laid along streets In which no telephone company conduit space is available. 1 Three cuts will also be made across the six street In tersections at which signals : are to be located. The longer excava tions will follow close to the curb line and will be deep enough only to permit the setting of the pipe (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.) CCC Permanence Denied by House WASHINGTON. May 12-P-The senate became President Roosevelt's last recourse today for a permanent CCC when the house stubbornly clung to its po sition that the life of the $350, 000,000 administration ''pet" should be extended only two years. ; The two-year extension was formally voted, 38S to 7, despite strong administration desires the relief unit be made permanent. r Shortly after the senate re ceived the house bill, Its own. la bor committee favorably report ed a measure giving the CCC per manent status. 1 It, like the house measure, pro vided for a maximum enrollment of 315,000. The house rote, confirming a standing vote of 234 to 34 taken yesterday, was the greatest show of Independence in that chamber since the revolt In 193S against the "death sentence in the utili ty holding company bill. Private ly, some legislators said the "re Tolt" was not actuated so much by a desire to economize as by the fact that members of congreo are In better position to obtain camps and camp patronage with CCC In a temporary status. Before passing the legislation, the house approved an amend ment knocking out a provision to put technical and non-technical foremen under civil service. Dodd Remarks Draw Fire of Congressmen Amplifies Warning With Statement Defeat of i F. R. Plan "Peril' Recall Ambassador From Abroad, Demand Name of Plotter, Move BERLIN. May tlH-Ambas-sador William I. Dodd today amplified . bis warning against dangers of fascist dictatorship in the United States, disclosed yes terday, with another warning against perils which would follow defeat of President Roosevelt's recovery program. ' "'.Li . In a prepared statement the former University Chicago history professor cited outstanding fail ures of great presidential plans those of Presidents Jefferson, Lin coln, Cleveland, Theodore Roose velt and Wilson. I ; I He listed "Judicial vetoes" unong the causes for such defeats and said, "In every case the will of the people was defeated." The present situation, he asserted. In volved "a similar and even more Important series of popular de cisions." - . i . : t : He reiterated his warning of activities of persons of groat wealth In the U. 8. looking toward fascist rule but disclosed no ident ities. Yesterday he referred to "an American billionaire;'! today it was "certain great millionaires." Calling this the most critical moment in American history since the civil war,, the ambassador predicted another great! depression if there is another world war or "If speculation is let loose.' Today's warnings were contain ed in a statement explaining the letter the ambassador disclosed yesterday he had written March 1 to Sen, Robert 3. Bulkey (D-O), with copies to Sen. Carter Glass (D-Va) and other members of the senate. In which he said an American billionaire was ready to support "and of course control" a fascist dictatorship In the U. S. WASHINGTON. I May , 12-(jrfV Senator Borah of Idaho called Am bassador William E. Dodd a "dis grace" and a "scandal monger today after the i envoy to Berlin suggested that If the Roosevelt recovery program is defeated a fascist dictatorship, financed by a "billionaire" may rule In the United States. f i ' The diplomat had cited Borah's 1919 fight against the league of nations as an Instance of "anti democratic" morements defeating the will of the people. I (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4.) Young Democrats Will Greet Chief Elaborate plans for greeting Frank Wlckham Of South Dakota, national president of the Young Democrats of America, were an nounced by George McLeod, presi dent of the Marlon county organ ization, last night. I Wlckham nill iarrire In Salem late next Wednesday after a luncheon at Eugene. A banquet will be held here that night at f :30 o'clock at the Marion hoteL Committee chairmen Include: Entertainment, Elise Schroeder; tickets, Stanley s Price ; i dance, Marvin Headrick irabliclty, John Greden; s p e tlerr s. Dr. Estill Brunk; dinner: arrangements. Mary Ellisdn; reception; Margaret Lanan; hostesses, Doris Koch. New Industrial Union To Be Target of Timber Workers PORTLAND. Ore., May 12.-(tf) -An inter-employe battle loomed in the lumber. Industry here while another, at the Willamette-Hyster plant, ended in a compromise to day. -.;i.v-i I--:--v Harold Prltchett of Vancou ver, B. C, president of the Fed eration of Woodworkers, revealed plans for a membership: campaign in the Willamette valley and the western pine belt, strongholds of the old 4-L, a rival labor organiz ation. . ; . i - i Four American Federation of Labor organizers have been called into the field and two imore will Join the campaign within IS days, Pritehett said. i ' i - He asserted . that the 4-L, re cently re-organized under the name of Industrial Employes Un ion, Inc.; to eliminate i employer participation, still "violates the principles", of the Wagner labor act, and that A. F. of L. unions would "go after" the L E. U. membership. : r ' ' The strike at the Willamette Hyster Co. plant attracted atten Two Heiresses Figure in News N, 3 Barbara Field i: Barbara Field, daughter of Mar shall Field, Chicago banker and sportsman, announced her en gagement to Anthony Bliss grandson of Cornelius Bliss who was In President McKln ley's cabinet. Mrs. Joseph Hick- tngbothem ! and her husband have just finished round-the- world honeymoon cruise. She Is the former Diana Dollar, daugh ter of the. shipping magnate. Blanche Jones to Head Arts League Officers for Coming Year Elected at Last Meet for This Season Officers chosen by the Salem Arts league Wednesday night at the closing session of the present season, held in the auditorium of the Salem Women's club, are as follows: president, Mrs. : Blanche Jones: first vice-president, Mrs. John Clifford; second vice-president, Mrs. S. B. Laughlln; finan cial secretary. Mrs. Donald Mc Leod; treasurer, Mrs. W. F. Far go; recording secretary, Mrs. Ju lia Lytle; art director, , Miss Con stance Fowler; publicity director. Perry Relgebnan. Preceding the program, Mrs. J osephlne Albert Spalding, vocal ist, gave the following group of songs: "Mountains," by Rasbart; "Verborgenhelt," by Hugo Wolf; and "The Time for Making Songs Has Come," by Rogers. She was accompanied by Miss Dorothy Pearce. Mrs. Spalding responded to the appreciation of the audi ence by an encore. "Romance of Forgotten Towns of Oregon" was the specific sub ject that Mrs." Claire Warner Churchill, Portland, employed by the Federal Writer's Project, talked on as the main event on the league's closing program. She pointed out that early towns of Oregon disappeared because of so- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.) ; - tion last month when a commit tee of non-union workers, claim ing to represent ' a majority of employes, asked a court order to restrain the metal , trades unions from picketing the plant. The complaint said the non-union, men did not want to Join a union and picketing, if continued, would damage their Incomes and their chances - of obtaining em ployment elsewhere. Austin Fleece, attorney, an nouncing settlement, of the strike called by union employes April 16, said the strikers agreed to re turn to work Monday, and the company would recognize the met al trades unions as bargaining agencies for union employes. - - Two developments marked the dispute at Marshfield between the International Longshoremen's as sociation and the Coos Bay Lum ber company,! which has thrown 700 employes of the company's big plant out of work. William Fischer, head of the Maritime Federation of the Pa (Turn to Page 2, CoL . . I DUtna Mlcklngbothcm ) Bullet Theory Latest, Probe Ofllindenburg Plans Hit Recently Says Chamberlain ; Board's , 4 Hearing Continues ' Propeller Blade Is new Topic; Break Possible Cause of Explosion SPARTANBURG, SiC, May It --Clarence Chamberlain, avi ator who flew the Atlantic, said tonight two planes have landed at Teeter boro (N.J.) airport In recent weeks with ballet holes through the wing or fuselage and expressed the opinion thai "something of the sort might ex plain' the HIndenburg disaster. Chamberlain pointed out that the Teeter boro airport is only a few miles from Lakehurst, where the HIndenburg burned. Enroute from Florida to New York, he said that one plane which landed at Teeterboro had a bullet hole through a wlirg and another had a bullet hole through the fuselage and a tube had been so Badly cut by the bullet that It had to be replaced. He said an investigation by airport author ities Is under way but that the pilots did not know! when the shots were fired, i j LAKEHURST, N. J., May 12 () The theory that i a - whirling propeller blade may have broken and pierced the fabric covering of the dirigible HIndenburg, thus starting a hydrogen explosion, was considered tonight by a com merce department board investi gating the cause of the disaster in which 35 persons died. , : Inspecting the airship's wreck age at the close of the day's bear ing, members of the board found pieces of a wooden , propeller blade and announced they 'would caU a weed expert In an attempt to put them together and deter mine which of the? Zeppelin's . 16 blades they were from. Discovery of the wooden frag ments followed questioning today by which the board sought to learn whether a "cracking" sound before the explosion might have been caused by a piece of. wood hurled through the ship's frame. The : board Indicated that it would Main view photographs In an effort to learn whether all the propellers were Intact before the dirigible struck the ground. Pieces Are Found :' Within Wreckage , The pieces of blade, little charred by fire, were found with (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4.) Insurgents Claim Great Slaughter TOLEDO, Spain, May 12.-P)-Heavy government attacks against historic, Insurgent-held Tdledo de veloped today Into a mass offen sive in which. Insurgents said, the attackers suffered "unprecedent ed slaughter.".,,- 1; Government prisoners estima ted their dead in the campaign at more than 8,000, with total, cas ualties not calculated, insurgent reports said. 1; Waves of government Infantry charged insurgent positions south of the Taj o river, as a climax to four days of fighting. 1 BILBAO, Spain, May 12. -JPy- Insurgent airplanes dumped more than 100 bombs into the suburbs of harassed Bilbao today but did not fulfill Gen. Emlllo Mola's threat to blast the Basque capital to bits.": iy: i . Terror-s t r I e k en inhabitants. mindful of the insurgent northern commander's 'warning: he would bombard the city "without mercy" If it did not surrender by today, ducked for cover three times as nine 4 bombing planes ; and seven pursuit planes roared over Bil bao, i Several gasoline tanks were set afire and nearby buildings were destroyed. Clouds of dark smoke billowed over the city. No. 1 G-Man Loses Hat; Stolen; General Belief 1; LOUISVILLE, Ky., May li-VPl It became known today that the nation's No. 1 G-man. John Ed gar Hoover, lost a hat Saturday at Churchill Downs during the running of the Kentucky derby. The police supposition Is that it was stolen. Rumor Unconfirmed State i police were i unable to find any confirmation of reports that the body of a Japanese boy was found on the I Horst hop ranch In Polk county, they re ported after an investigation Wednesday. Pi Vk MarsL Ag am Is Refused-AssetiZ Lewis U niori Hea$Q Jones & Laughlin Officials Say Tiicy Offered Contract, Insisted That ' Non-Union Men Receive Also ) Picket Lines Formed; Showdown ' Seen After "Unholy Alliance" Charge Hurled at Independent Firms WJITTSBURGH, May 12 JAP)- 1 workers picketed the giant lin Steet Corp. tonight in John L. Lewis began his drive to organize the nation's mill men into one Jbig union. . The strike went into effect promptly at 11 p. m. the initial move in the campaign of the steel workers' organizinsr committee to obtain written Jit- il. l-; i a. j. Willi me uig wuepeuueni sieet piuuuteia ui. me cuuimjr, vm nlovinor armroximatelv 202.000men. - , Cheers? from the picket lines greeted union members of the early night shifts who walked from the mills, in Pitts- ., , 1 ' i-QDurgn ana nearoy Aiiqnippa, i'a.. Backfilling Begun On Pipeline Ditch Rural Avenue Soon to Be Cleared; 12th Street at Weekend, Plan ' 1 Backfilling of the Rural ave nue city water pipe line , trench was under way yesterday. "At the water den art men t ' it was. an nounced .the- street probably would be cleared . within two weeksr-;-iy:rti . The trenches -will be filled to a depth : of approximately two feet, 1 then flooded to settle the soil before the remainder of the excavation - material is put back In place. The 27 to. 36-inch steel pipe will be In place as f ar as . 1 2th street by the end of the present week, it is expected, and welding of the joints will then be rushed to completion. From 12th and Rural avenue the pipeline-: will proceed a block eastward to an alley, then south ward to the Falrvlew home road. It will follow the road for, much of the way toward the peniten tiary annex, skirting the hill sec tion, will cross under Mill creek on the other side- of the annex and be laidundera- Southern. Pacific trestle at a nearby point. The line will continue over the hill, north of Turner and on in a -direct line toward Stayton to meet - the end of the five-mile concrete section of pipeline, which will hare been finished by the end of next month. .: Wolves Defeated By Oregon State MONMOUTH, May 1 2-)-The Oregon Normal Wolves failed to maintain an early one-run lead and were defeated, S to 3, In t baseball game with Oregon State college here .today. The Wolves scored all theii runs in the fourth, gaining an edge which the Beavers over came in the fifth with three tai lies. Kappell of O.S.C. paced 1 his teammates - at the plate with three hits, one a hbmerun. ; Mohler for the Wolves allow ed 10 hits against 8 for Kalibak of the Beavers. Late Sports OAKLAND, Calif., May It-OPj -Dominie DIMagglo, young broth er of Joe DIMagglo of the New York Yankees," was the whole show tonight as the San Fran cisco Seals won 8 to 7, over the Oakland Oaks in a Paclflo Coast league baseball game. DIMagglo; besides playing a great game In center field for the Seals, collected four hits, in cluding a home run with two men on base, in the fifth. - San Francisco . . . . , . .8 14 1 Oakland 7 10 2 Lillard, Ballon : and Woodall; Bonham, Servant! and Baker. ' SACRAMENTO. May lt-UPr' Tony Freltas got the best of a pitching duel with Dick Ward here tonight as the colons scor ed their second straight victory over. San Diego. The score was 3 to 2. San. Diego ........ ....2 S O Sacramento ......... .3 1 Ward and Detore; Freltas and Franks. WESTERN INTL. LEAGUE Yakima 2, Spokane 1. ' Tacoma 7, Lewiston 1. reement Thousands of union steel plants of the Jones & Laugh the first major steel strike since collective bargaining contracts 1 1 u in answer to the strike order of Chairman Philip Murray of the steel workers' committee. Murray ordered the walkout after a two-hour conference with Chairman 11. E. Lewis ot the cor poration failed to effect an agree ment on the union's demand for s signed collective bargaining con tract, f v; The corporation in a formal an- . nouncement stated It had offered to sign a contract providing an identical contract could be grant ed to non-union workers among its 27,000 employes, . - ' - The company also announced it had offered, so grant a sole col- lective bargaining contract to the group- obtaining a majority vote at an employes' . election eucer vised by the national labor rcla tlons board. - It termed the Walkout "an for tunate." j Murray declined to comment on the company's statement. He said the mills' .would be shut down tight but announced a fur ther conference would be held with the company tomorrow. Without disorder, the union men prevented non-union work ers from entering the mill gates. American Flags Are . j Held Across Entrance They held, two American flags across the main entrance a the Allqulppa works. The throng was Increased by. the night shift -members who fell into line, clasped arms with one another, and paraded In front of the gates. ? ' A light rain before midnight sent many of the women and chil dren families i of the strikers to their homes, but the men re mained in the .lines. Union workers had voted San tlst? 4 war a 1 1r m4it $$ 4ha AStwMwtaMW failed to sign a contract. : Murray Issued the strike call desnite efforts of Federal nenart. ment of Labor Conciliator James and to prevent- it spreading to (Turn to t'age 2, Col. S.) Interior Alaskan Streams Flooding FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 13 HpfP)-Near flood conditions pre vailed In Interior Alaska today a melting snows and ice jams sent the Chena river and Its tributary les overflowing their banks. Residents In' the outlying dis trict of Fairbanks were forced te nse boats to get to work. . The Richardson highway near here was covered with water Several mining and lumber camps were abandoned. Numerous slides and , washouts were reported oa the Alaskan railroad line. ' About 95 per cent of the 30, 000 predictions, In the famed an nual Tanana river Ice breakup? guessing contest were passed bb today, as the river Ice heli firm despite spring weather. The person guessing . nearest the : time the lee breaks p on the river will get about fSO.Ost this year. 73) A L L A D C O) of TOD Af By R. C. Oh to be a gardener In merry. gladsome days of spring; to spade, and! hoe and rake "and sweat and hear the tuneful robins slag. A robin followed me around thought I, "He must admire my hair" bat everytime I turned the grcuml, an angleworm he'd cspturs-there.