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Drncy Diesat
Spokane After
tecent
End Comes Unexpectedly
After Release From
Hospital, Report
A
Served as Alderman for
J Long Period; Veteran
Teleph one Worker
W. H. (Jack) Dancy died Fri
day in Spokane, a victim of cere
bral hemmorrhage while be lay
in his bed in tbe Dessert hotel
Mr. Dancy bad gone to Spokane
to at'e6d tbe conference of Rotary
International. On a trip out to
Tiew Coulee - dam tbe car in
which he was riding crashed into
the car ahead when the latter
stopped suddenly in tbe road. -He
suffered a badly fractured nose
and wais taken back to the hospi
tal in Spokane. He had been dis
charged) from the hospital and
was resting in hia hotel until com
ing on .home. Word of bis death
came td Brown E. SIsson, presi
dent of the Rotary club, from the
Spokane) club. The body will be
brought to Salem to Clouglr-Bar-
rick's; and funeral arrangements
will be innounced later.
Came Prpm England
While Still Infant
Willia n H. Dancy was born in
London, England, January 8,
1868. V hen he was a babe of
six months the family emigrated
to this country, settling in Linn
county, ind soon thereafter com
ing to fcalem. He attended the
public schools, and at the age of
1C went to work in a planing mill.
Then h was employed by the
Willame te Electric company in
Portland and the Northwestern
Electric company. Among jobs on
which' hi i worked was wiring the
Oregon state hospital and tbe
state capitoi. Then he entered the
employ df
pany, a
gineer. En
if the Salem Electric com-
lvnp-trimmer and en-
the early days of the
electric Industry of Salem.
. The developing telephone in
dustry attracted him and in 1892
he went to work for the old Ore
gon Telephone and Telegraph
company as "pole-climber" (line
man). Drl R. E. Lee Steiner was
a stockholder in this company,
which was a predecessor locally
of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph! company. Mr. Dancy
worked onlstringing the long dis
tance ltaes between Salem and
Portland, and resided Jn Portland
for a time, Returning here in 190S
as Marion (county manager. He
was named district commercial
manager hire in 1910 and con
tinued In this position until 1927
when he be:ame commercial rep
resentative, a post he held until
his retlreme it in November, 1930;
Actlve WHIii Early "
Volunteer Foremen
Civic responsibilities and in
terests claimed much of Mr.
Dancy's timei As a young- man he
was a member of old Tiger com
pany of volunteer firemen, and
devoted more J time to fire protec
tion and fighting than any other
citizen. He nerved on the city
council for ISi years, most. of that
time on the ire committee. He
was long a member of the Salem
Rotary club artd its president in
1930-1931. He was long a member
of the board ot the Salem general
hospital and wjiB president at the
time of. his deditb. His fraternal
affiliations werejj with the Masonic
and Elks lodges. He was a past
vice president 4? the Telephone
Pioneers of America. L
On September 15, 1898 Mr.
Dancy was united in marriage to
Miss Mollie Creikhton who passed
away in June, 1934. He is sur
vived by one lister, Mrs. A. M.
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Court Is Fickle
Says Jblm Lewis
WAsnirtuiu.), aiay i ft
John L. Lewis', laid tonight the
supreme court 1st "unstable, vari
able, fickle.'
Organised labor, Lewis declar
ed in a radio speech, expects con
gress to adopt President Roose
velt's court reorganization plan.
Working people, he said, do
not desire that rights vital to their
"very life" should be at the
"whim" of one jor two Justices
pf the court. '
."This Is a democratic and. self
governing "republic." he added.
"Why then should we set up
over ourselves a. tyrannical and
oligarchical tribunal, which arro
gates to itself even the power of
defying the wishes of the people
of the United States? v
I need not . recount . to yon
the history or the supreme court
during the last lour years. One
after another. In slow and deadly
procession, it hae struck down
those acta which were designed
by the president sd the congress
to alleviate the frightful economic
and social misery Of the American
Injury
people-
TRANSPORT OLD AND fl'
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Approaching; Hong Kong after a OOOO mile trans-Pacific flight, the huge China Clipper is pictured as
it soared over a pictorexque Chinese river boat, or Junk. The flight now links the American and
, Asiatic mainland with through six-day service. International Dlnstratedl News photo. '
May Revise Some
Of Parking Rules
Merchants Heard Protest
Regulations but Truck
Men Support Them
The city council special traffic
committee indicated following a
hearing attended by five people
last night that consideration
might be given to limited revis
ion of the business district traf
fic regulations recently instituted.
The hearing developed the pos
sibility in particular that estab
lishment of narrow traffic lanes on
.State and High streets to make
possible a return to head-in park
ing would be given serious
thought. -
Echoing the wording of protest
petitions submitted at the last
council meeting, four of the five
speakers last night pleaded for a
return to one-hour parking as
against the present 30-minute
limit with provision that the
broadened restriction be enforced.
"The customers coming into
furniture and music stores and the
like can hardly buy anything in
half an hour," H. L. tlff, furn
iture dealer; said. "It is aggravat
ing to a customer to h a v e to
hurry. If we Just had one hour
parking and enforced it I think
that would be wonderful."
B. E. Slsson, department store
manager, declared his 60 em
ployes had reported receiving
nothing but complaints from
customers regarding the shortened
parking time. Estimating 40 per
cent of his business was done with
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High) Official Will Address
WiV.Seniors;
Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, president
of Willamette university, baa an
nounced that Dr. James F. T.
O'Connor, comptroller of the na
tional currency, Washington, D.
C, will be the principal speaker
for the 9 5th annual commence
ment exercises of the university
to be held Saturday afternoon,
June 12, at the Elsinore theatre.
Dr. O'Connor was secured as
speaker for the exercises due to
his friendship with Dr. Baxter and
the fact that be will b on the
coast to attend a 'bankers' con
vention in San Francisco In June.
Dr. O'Connor received hia A.B.,
LL.D. and LL.B. degrees from the
University of North Dakota, his
LL.D. from , Southern Methodist
university and LL.B. from. Tale.
He was on the Tale university
faculty from 1909 to 1912 and
the law school faculty of the Uni
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Deal for Eugene
Paper Announced
OLYMPIA, May Ai-iJPf-Tr
F. Chitty, general manager of the
Daily Olympian and president of
Allied Daily Newspapers of Wash
ington, announced today he had
purchased controlling interest of
the Eugene Daily News.
Chitty has been with-the Olym
pian for the past 14 years, six
years as' general manager. His
successor has not . been named.
" He wiU assume active manage
ment of the Eugene paper next
week.
Prisoners Escape
From Texas Jail
LONOVIEW, Tex., May U.-VF)
-Sheriffs Deputy D. R. Hays to
night said five dangerous prison
ers, one of them a life-termer,
broke from the Gregg county jail,
engaged officers in a brief gun
fight and escaped in a car belong
ing to the sheriff's department.
He said the men were armedy
One of them, he said, was La
velle Stephens, under a life term
recently kssessed as an habitual
criminal. Three of his compan
ions. Hays said, were Goldie Hair
ston, Norwood McCall and Tom
mle Lewis. He said he didn't
know the name of the fifth fugi
tive. : .. ; '
Longvlew officers immediately
broadcast radio appeals for aid
in beading off the men. The pris
oners. Hays said, had headed
eastward in the sheriff's automo
bile. ' i
Program Out
versity of North Dakota from 1918
to 1924. In 1925 he formed a law
partnership with Senator William
GIbbs McAdoo until 1930. He was
appointed comptroller of the cur
rency In 1923, ,
Dr. O'Connor has held a1 num
ber of prominent positions. He
has served on the board of gover
nors of the federal reserve sys
tem, a member of the North Da
kota house of representatives, and
director of the federal depart
ment of Insurance corporation.
He was a member of the Tale
university debate team and won
the Palmer diamond medal for
debate.. ;
The commencement week pro
gram for the Willamette univer
sity graduating class has been an
nounced. The senior chapel, the
last one which the seniors - will
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-IN CHINA
t -
Industrial Union
For Closed Shop
Resolution of Silverton
Group to Be Presented
at Portland Meet
SILVERTON, May 14 A reso
lution favoring a closed shop poli
cy for sawmilling and lumbering
operations in which the Industrial
Employes Union, Inc., is designat
ed as the bargaining agency, was
passed at the meeting here to
night at which this new organiza
tion superseded the old Loyal Le
gion of Loggers and Lumbermen,
The resolution will be present
ed at the meeting of the north
west organization in Portland next
Monday by Robert Scott who was
designated as the local group's
official delegate. It urges a closed
shop provision in the general
agreement to be drawn up at the
Portland sessions.
Advisory delegates who will
have no vote but will unofficially
represent the local, are Robert
Bowen, William Neal, Quentln Is
ley, Omar Halvorson, J. C. Ay
cock, R. B. Bonney, A. O. Peter
son, Del Barrett, George Hove,
C. E. Higenbotham, Merritt Barth
and Tom Barker, j
At tonight's meeting: which was
well attended and amicable, It
was voted that half of the profits
of the Four-L club be turned over
to the boys' band. '
Work on Yaquina
Jetty Is Favored
TOLEDO, May 14-(P-A tele
gram from Senator Frederick
Steiwer today aaid the United
States board of army engineers
passed an appropriation for Im
provement of Yaquina bay Jetty
and that the recommendation will
go immediately to the congres
sional committee on rivers and
harbors for approval. - . , -
The recommendation calls I for
the expenditure of 1535.000 i for
extension of - the : north jetty a
distance of 1.000 feet and $12,
060 annual maintenance.
The news was received with re
joicing - by Lincoln county lum
bermen who contended the pres
ent jetty did not give sufficient
harbor protection to allow ves
sels to load lumber at local docks.
Woman Is Administratrix .
For Two Husbands, Twins
OREGON CITY, Ore., May 14.
tVMrm. . Myrta May Stahlnecker
today was appointed administra
trix of the estates of her two late
husbands. Rnfus J. and Robert T.
Stahlnecker, twin brothers.
Free
Agents, Word
Of Chancellor
No Control Over Outside
.Activities -- Planned,
Hunter Declares
Labor Leader Hits Back
at Governor on His
Views on Unions
EUGENE, May 14 -iff)- Chan
cellor Frederick M. . Hunter as
sured employes of the state ys
tem of higher education of com
plete political freedom in a state
ment issued here today.
- No direct reference was made
to the case ' of S. Stephenson
Smith, professor at the Univer
sity of Oregon, but Hunter's
statement closely following a
published report that a letter
signed by W.' L. Gosslin,- eecre
tary to Governor Martin, had
called attention to Smith con
nection as president of the Ore
gon Commonwealth federation
which wag critical of the gover
nor's policies.;
In a similar letter to Superin
tendent Charles A. Rice of Port
land, referring to participation
of a Portland high school teach
er in the Commonwealth conven
tion, Gosslin referred to the or
ganization as being of commu
nistic tendencies.
WU1 Not Interfere
In Outside Intercuts
"It Is the policy of the Chan
cellor's office not to interfere
with the political, religious and
civic beliefs i and activities of
members of the staffs, in so far
as these do not in any way im
pair the quality of service re
quired of staff members,' Hunt
er's statement said.
7rrhe" regulation s-ofV the state
board of higher education , " re
quire tbe observance of the con
stitutional and statutory provi
sions of tbe state of Oregon and
the recognition of the reasonable
directions of the.' administrative
authorities of the state In mat
ters which Involve the relation
ship of staff members to outside
issues and ' problems. Insofar as
I can forsee the future, we will
continue to observe this policy."
PORTLAND. May 14-(irp)-Ben
T. Osborne, executive secretary of
the Oregon State Federation of
Labor, charged Governor Charles
Martin with "fighting windmills
again," In the governor's state
ment Thursday that the state
would not bargain collectively
with labor onions. ; f .
In an answering statement to
day, Osborne : said the. governor
was either "drawing upon his im
agination" or "deliberately try
ing, to mislead the public as to
the organization . of public em
ployes." . i: .
"Under the pretense of declar
ing a policy of assurance that
public employes will not be forc
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"... Republicans to Meet
PORTLAND, May 14-(P)-The
executive committee of the re
publican state central committee
will meet at Eugene Saturday af
ternoon, coincident with a meet
ing of the executive committee of
the Oregon: Republican clubs
called by Lowell C. Paget, pre
sident. - r ) ' ,. ... r -:
Late Sports
NEW YORK, May 14-(ff)-John
Henry Lewis, light heavyweight
champion, found Patsy Perron!,
rugged Cleveland heavy, an easy,
victim In their ten round Over
weight scrap in Madison Square
Garden tonight.
EUGENE, May 14-P)-Eugene
high school won tbe annual dis
trict four track meet here-today
and qualified seven men and its
half-mile relay team for the state
tournament next week-end.
The Axemen scored 57 points to
best Springfield with 32; Cottage
Grove, 29; Roseburg, 2; Uni
versity high; 8 and Monroe, 1.
PORTLAND, May 14 - (flJ -George
Sweet, sophomore sprint
star, led the Pilots of the Univer
sity of Portland to a 79 to 5C
victory In a dual track meet with
Linfield college here this afternoon.'-
SACRAMENTO, May 14(ff)-A
bouncing single in the ninth In
ning with two down and two oo
gave Sacramento a 4 to 3 victory
here tonight over San Diego in
a hotly contested game. - Cap
Clark delivered the blow off Re
lief Pitcher Dick Ward, scoring
Cullop from second. '
San Diego ...,,., .2 C 1
Sacramento .......... .4 15 1
, Hebert, Ward and Starr; New
some and Cooper. . . , .
WESTERN IXTL. LEAGUE
Vancouver. T. Lewiston 2,
Tacoma 11, Yakima 4.
Wenatchee 7, Spokane 2.
Faculty
Revolt Within Rebels
Ranks l Hinted; Basque
Defense Lines Holding
Insurgents Bottled up in Madrid Suburb Seek to
Surrender,! Indicated; Mt. Jata Is Center:'
" of Fierce Fighting, Bilbao Sector
' ' , i ' ' . , ' " J: (By The Associated Press) . .
REVOLT appeared to have broken out last night within
the ranks of insurgents bottfed up by government troops
- , for i weeks in University City, northwest Madrid suburb.
Gen. Jose Miaja, Madrid defense commander, said de
termined members of the garrison besieged within the siege
of Madrid opened fire on a group in Santa Cristina hospital,
i which apparently had decided to
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nooa niver rruu
Workers llnionize
Cannery Iocal Is Formed;
Employes of -Portland
Plant Ask Charter
HOOD RIVER. Ore., May 14-(ff)-One
hundred and fifty work
ers of the new Hood River local
of the fruit, cannery and agri
cultural workers accepted a char
ter and elected officers here to
night, j.
The group endorsed principles
of the Northwest Council of Can
nery, Agricultural and Packing
house workers in accepting its
charter. Organization followed
monthfof dickering between lab
or leaders nere.
Ben Osborne,' excutive secre
tary of i the Oregon I State Feder
ation of Labor and Phil Brady,
president of the Portland Cen
tral Labor council were present
PORTLAND, May 14-5J)-The
dispute between longshoremen s
and teamsters' unions over jur
isdiction Oyrr Inland warehouse
men . continued without violence
today s union leaders and police
redoubled their vigilance to pre
vent repetition of Thursday's
brawling.-'' - (
" O. M. Jacobson, Tacoma, coast
representative of the Motion Pic
ture and Stage Hands Interna
tional union, said 100 usherettes,
doormen and cashiers of Port
land theatres had applied tor an
American Federation of Labor
charter, ' ... : - ) J
. Cannery workers of the Libby,
McNeill and Libby and other
Portland canneries also applied
for a ! charter. Gust Anderson,
secretary of the Central Labor
council, reported. Ill
Fairbanks I Flood
Menace Crowing
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 14
-P)-Flood waters, I rising an inch
an hour, spread fresh damage
through Fairbanks tonight and
covered three-fourth of the town
to a depth of from a few inches
to several feet." .)
Believing the Ice-choked Tan
ana and Chena rivers might go
even higher than yesterday, ad
ditional persons evacuated their
homes and took refuse in hotels,
public j buildings or private res
idences in dry areas. A survey
by tbe News-Miner; tonight show
ed at least one-half of the town's
2,100 residents had been driven
from their homes, ft!
The waters began rising again
late today after subsiding ear
lier. The rise was less 'rapid than
yesterday when the Chena, swell
ed by the Tanana, rose rapidly to
an all-time record of 13 feet two
Inches i above summer normal.
The previous high mark was 12
feet six inches on Sept 1, 1930.
Twelve members of the Repub
lic Pictures Corp. Of Hollywood,
Including Director Norman Dawn,
were returned here by motor boat
from an island on which they
were marooned two days.
Many residents turned to boil
ing drinking water, though tbe
mayor asserted he believed , the
supply was safe. -J.
Two Steel Strikes Settled
Union Will Press Advantage
(By the Associated Press)
Cheered by quick settlement of
two strikes yesterday,, union lead
ers prepared to push demands for
sole bargaining rights against ma
jor independents in the steel ln-
dustry; c . -'--".V"
Tentative agreements were
reached to end the walkouts which
kept Idle 27,000 employes of the
Jones ; and Laughlin Steel, and
more than 6000 'Pittsburgh Steel
Co., workers.;- i U:
Philip Murray, chairman of the
Steel workers organizing com
mittee, called his aidsinto con
ference today (Saturday) to dis
cuss the drive against other Inde
pendent steel producers, with ex
clusive collective bargaining
rights as a new goal. In earlier
contracts ut bwui; asaea lor re
I surrender.
Heavy exchange of. fire fol
lowed. Government forces turned
back further attempts to take sup
plies to the'3000 men. ' -'
Fighting on the -Basque front
in northern Spain, centered about
Mt. Jata, point from which the
Nervion river,. Bilbao's outlet to
the sea, might be controlled. In
surgents said they advanced to
ward the Jata slope. Italy's "Black
Arrow" legion, cited for action
at Bermeo, Biscay an port,
marched with Gen. Emilio Mola's
men. V
, Basque reports said their troops
threw back assaults on the moun
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First Round Trip
Of Atlantic Made
Merrill and Lambie Wind
up Jaunt Without any
Mishap; Applauded
NEW YORK, May 14--The
first fliers ever to complete - a
round' trip- airplane crossing of
the north 'Atlantic without mis
hap, Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie
set their twin-motored monoplane
down at Floyd Bennett field late
today after 24 hours of flying
through rain and fog.
Several thousand, rain-drenched
spectators, excited by reports that
the veteran transport pilots were
nnable to find an opening in the
low-hanging clouds, saw the big
plane suddenly appear out of tbe
mist at 3 : 32 p.m., eastern stand
ard time. ; . :
Without circling the field, the
silver ship tobogganned down
toward a long concrete runway
completing a flight from South
port, England, In the total elapsed
time of 24 hoursr 22 minutes. .
. A thunderous cheer rose from
the bedraggled crowd as the two
fliers climbed : down out : of the
cabin; They, were . long overdue,
having been forced to make a 22
minute stopover at the Squantum
naval air base in Massachusetts to
recheck their j bearing and fuel
supply. 'Z .
"The weather was bad," said
MerrtU. "we didn't see anything
at all the way back but fog and
rain." .;
He appeared tired f r o m the
strain of his second round trip
crossing of the Atlantic within a
year, the first ending in a crack
up in Newfoundland but declar
ed he was ready to return to his
regular J o b on the New York
Miami, run of Eastern Air lines.
Courthouse Meet;
Set Next Tuesday
One of the most Important
meetings of the county courthouse
building committee to" date was
set yesterday for 7:30 p in, Tues
day. At that time the final prelim
inary plans will be presented to
the' whole committee for the first
time. .-'."?; . : v v'.-.-:
County court members hOpe at
this session to see definite action
taken regarding application for a
federal cash grant and plans for
mulated for calling a special elec
tion at which the people's choice
as to the old or a new courthouse
may be determined.
cognition only as representing Its
membership. -
A similar Idea tor the automo
bile Industry was Indicated by Ho
mer Martin, president of. the
United Automobile workers, as
two of the three strikes in Gen
eral Motors : Corp. plants were
ended. ':-.' " :J'
Martin, who flew to Saginaw,
Mich., to try to hasten settlement
of a dispute keeping 7000 General
Motors workers idle. Indicated the
UAWA would attempt to revise
its agreement with the corporation
to provide a closed shop. . " .
Differences were Ironed out in
the Fisher Body plant strike at
Cleveland, which began Thursday,
and 300 workers prepared to re
sume their jobs Tuesday. A truce
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Robinson Sees
Giance to Win
On Close Vote
Officials Hold Extended
Parleys WiUiteadery
Back From South
Economy and -Relief. Are
Other Topics-; Picks
up Capital Trend
WASHINGTON, M a y 14-(P)-Presldent
Roosevelt banned com
promise on his court reorganiza
tion bill tonight after receiving
from Senator Robinson, the maj
ority leader, a report that the vote
of passage. ' , , -
At the same time, he told house
leaders; the government cannot
get by with less than $1,500,
000)000 for relief for the next fis
cal year. There have been demands
. a a. I m a a
in , congress inai in is i u n a oe
slashed to 11.000,000.000.
.'As for ; conflict over proposals
to make blanket reductions in
various non-relief appropriations,
the president indicated congress
must work this problem out Itself.
President Given
First Hand Data
Just back, refreshed and tan
ned, after a fortnight's fishing la
the Gulf of Mexico, the president
devoted the day to receiving in
timate and up-to-the-minute in
formation nn what haA hopn li a ri
pening in Washington.
Vice President, Garner, Senator
Robinson, Speaker Bankhead and
Representative Rayburn, the dem
ocratic floor leader, engaged In
successive conferences with him.
Robinson and tbe president talked
almost exclusively of the court
situation.
Aiierwara rtooinon, xne scni
majority leader, said;
- "we nave gone into tne matter
in some detail. I see no prospect
now of an adjustment and I ex
pect that the battle will go on."
"By 'adjustment' do you mean
compromise?" a reporter asked.
"res," the senator replied,
"that means exactly what I said."'
' Ha resumed hia statement:
"The voje in tbe senate will be
close, with a fair prospect of pas
sage of the bill. As to the time
when the vote will be reached. I
am nnable to make a forecast at
this juncture, but no reason sug
gests Itself for an unduly pro
longed delay.
Committee's Vote "
Expected Tuesday
Most legislators , predict the
senate Judiciary committee will
vote on Tuesday, by at least. 10
to 8, to recommend to the senate
that the bill be defeated.
Some I administration advisers
have hoped that the president
would accept a compromise and
Whereby avoid such a reversal.
Vice President Garner had 20
minutes alone with the chief ex
ecutive and was understood to
have gone, extensively Into the.
court v and economy situations.
Leaving the White House, how
ever, he would not comment be
yond saying:
ain't heT"
Movie Industry's
Peace Move Fails
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 14-(P)-Leaders
of the striking Fed
eration Motion Picture Crafts un
expectedly rejected a verbal peace
proposal from film producers to
day and declared that every actor
who passes through studio picket
lines will be classed as a "strike
breaker. The rejection was announced In
a statement from F.M.P.C. head
quarters after a series of confer
ences of the various onions Involv
ed. .Optimistic remarks earlier from
Individual spokesmen indicated
possible Immediate settlement of
the strike.
The statement from 35 mem
bers of the F.M.P.C. executive
committee, representing some
(000 workers, declared, however,
the producers' offer was merely a
maneuver to break the strike and
split anion ranks.
ALL A DE
of TODAVf
When man goes on a fish
ing trip he has a lot of time for
thought, on many issues gets
a grip, decides them right at
least he ought so now that
Roosevelt Is back from gaffing
tarpon, far off shore, watch out
for some new, startling tack
within tbe next few days or
more.