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PA(if. '- : .;, Sport Newt " American league and Pa cific Coast league races are exceptionally - close. Tour saornlag newspaper bring you complete sport new first. Westher ' - Fair today and Monday, little change la tempera tares Max. Temp. Saturday 7. ilia. 47, river 4.1 feet, northerly wind, partly cloudy. . ; ...... i 1 PCUNDHD 1651 EltJ 11 TY -SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Orejron, Sunday Morning, May 23, 1937 Price 3e; Newsstands 5f .71 SS i-j rifi : mi i f , 1 I I I f I I I I & w Ajt (Crop F OFgSL! ." ... - o " Local Welfare Agencies Back Idea of Chest Scouts, Salvation Army and Y W. Are Behind One-Drive Scheme Orderly Campaign to Be Beneficial, . View of Numerous Leaders Three t the four charitable and - character building organiza tions which would bead the bud set list or the proposed Salem Community Cheat association yes terday endorsed, through their lay leaders, tbe one-drive idea which will be enlarged upon at a mass meeting of business and professional men and women at the chamber of commerce at 8 o'clock Tuesday night. The tourtb has appointed an Investigating committee. W. J. Braun, secretary of the sponsoring JClwanJs club com mittee, announced last night that definite operating plans for a lo cal community chest would be ready, for presentation at Tues day night s meeting. It is plan ned to outline the workings of the chest idea and to elect tem porary officers and directors. I readers la Scout Movement Favorable Local backers of the Bey Scout movement will rally behind the community chest plan of elimin ating all but one financial drive because it would mean relieving volunteer solicitors of the dupli cated work of several drives and contributors of being called on repeatedly to subscribe, Willis Clark. vice-president of Cascade area scout council, declared. . A. C. Haas, who was ' four times head of the scout '- council and la now Cherry City district finance chairman, said he had al ways felt "the community chest Is the only thing." "It will - eliminate duplicate drives which always take a lot ot time," Haag added. "When I go out on one drive, I might Just as well go out for the commun ity chest instead or waiting till the next week and going out on another.- ana so on." The chest - proposal has never come officially before the board of directors of the Salem Y.M.C. A., present largest recipient or character building organization subscriptions, but a committee has been appointed to study the plan, W. I. Staley, president,' re ported. C. A. Sprague, chairman of the committee, said (he Y.M. C.A. would send representative (Turn to page 8. col. 4) Nickerson, Once Of Lebanon, Dies CHEWELAH, May 22-(;p)-F. A. Nickerson, 76, a native of Leb anon, Ore., died at his farm home near here today. He came here from Lebanon 20 years ago. His widow, the former Emma Roberts, a native of Junction City, Ore., survives with three children Mrs. Irene de Minck and M. A. Nickerson, both of Portland, and Mrs. F. O. Russell, Chewelah. Little Gone From MclIinnvilie Jail McMINNVlLLE. May 22.-(yP-Sherift George Manning said Ar lie Little, 37, Salem, who had served 15 of a S 0-day sentence for reckless driving, escaped un notice today while working on Manning said Little was pa roled from the state penitentiary recently after serving six of an 1 8-months sentence - for chicken theft. Aquatic Carnival Swept By btcimmers of Salem PORTLAND. May 12.-)-Sa-lem placed Its acquatlc stars first In every event to win the T. M. C. A. swimming carnival here to day. The Portland northwest branch of the "T" won the Softball title. while Portland Central piled up ICR ix ttntnti tn take tha" three vent title. Sheridan Wins Meet MeMJJJNVILLE, May Sheridan won the Yamhill county B school track meet today with 40 points. Amity scored 25, Day ton f . WUlamlna , Yamhill Orange Oarsmen Win PORTLAND. May 21-iT)-The Oregon State college eight-oared crew won the mythical state title i today with an eight-foot ' victory ver the University mt Portland. Gosslin out of Present Office r Soon, Forecast Declaration that W. L. Gosslin, private secretary to Governor Charles H. Martin will either resign or be transferred to another po sition in the state govern meat within the next month or six weeks was made Sat urday by person closely in touch with affairs in the executive of fice. ; Goisslin's position will be left vacant and his duties taken over by Mrs. Margaret Langs n, chief stenographer In the executive department. It was explained. Mrs. Lan gan served as stenographer for Governor Martin daring tbe time be was in congress and was ' said to be well qualified to take over the secretarial duties fn tbe governor's office. . , , . . , ' Gosslin was i appointed secretary to Governor Mar tin at the time - tbe latter assumed his executive du ties. ...)., i Recent newspaper attacks on Gosslin were said to have deterred the governor from making tbe change previ ously, j Lewston Breaks String of Losses Town Goes Wild as Maple Leafs Lose; Manager to Be Made Chief LEWI3TON. Ida., May 22JFf Lewiston Indians, who have smashed modern professional baseball records for consecutive games lost, crashed another rec ord tonight at Bengal field after dropping 23; in a row when they nosed out Vancouver Maple Leafs 7- and took .their first victory (Turn to. page 8, col. I) - - . Elderly Chinese Tortured by-Two PORTLAND, Ore., May 22JPf Desplte his pleas that he had no money. Chin Soo, 89-year-old pat riarch of Portland's Chinese col ony, was tortured today with a hammer and a blazing candle by two unidentified white men. Chin told detectives the men ac costed him while he was seeking scraps ot old boxes which he sells as kindling,! the pair demanding to- know where Chin kept hie cash box. J After the; men "roughed his face with a hammer, they took off a shoe apply.ng heat with a candle. 1 Chin finally gave In and reveal ed the location of the box con taining only, a thin dime. Hobbling to the street in front of his home,' Chin was taken to a hospital where he was treated for burns on the foot and severe facial contusions. t He said his assailants were be tween 30 and 40 years old. Big Crowds Turn Out, Circus Here Little Johnny and Mary . are sleepy this morning but, oh, boy! was that a j swell circus yester day! j Here again and gone again, the Al G. Barnes-Sells Floto com bined spectlcle played to full tents yesterday afternoon and ev ening. From clowns' tiny per forming dogs to those mammouth elephants and docile balancing seals to snarling Hons and tigers the program ran, with thrilling feats of horsemanship, trapeze and wire walking performances thrown In. j Legion - Statesman Baseball j School Set; Maple at Head Want to learn Inside baseball, boys? Do you want to learn how they, play the national game in the big leagues where every run counts? If you do and are be tween the ages of 12 and 17 yon Will have the opportunity when The Oregon Statesman and the American Legion cooperate In offering- tor the second year a three-weeks free course In base ball training under the leadership of Howard Maple, former big leagues player and present fresh man coach at Oregon State col lege, . :"-' Tbe Statesman-Legion baseball school, which was attended by over 100 boys last year, will open June 7, Just a few short days af ter school Is out with an able staff ot assistants, all men who know baseball, assisting Howard Maple in teaching the tine points of the game. . What Is necessary to become a member ot the Statesman-Legion school? Nothlna- except ownership Madrid Targe Of new Attack ByHeavy A. 7 Fr .Village Raked by gent Plane Fire, -que Surprise Attack Turns Back Rebels to South of Bilbao (By the Associated Press) Thirty persons were killed and more than 100 wounded yester day In Madrid as Insurgent can noneers bombarded the Spanish capital for three hours. Shells dropped Into all sections ot the city, causing extensive damage. An insurgent plane raked the French village, of Cerabere, border town across the Franco-Spanish frontier from Portbou, with machine gun bullets. The only casualty was a French boy, injured by a rock thrown up by one of the bullets. Villagers demanded b e t t!e r protection from the frontier war fare and French army officers started an investigation to deter mine whether the bullets were meant for Portbou Instead. Planes Forced Down ' Allowed to Proceed Fifteen Spanish government airplanes, forced down Monday in the French territory by bad weather, were allowed to proceed to the defense of beseiged Bilbao, on the north Spanish coast. : Ten miles southeast of the pro vincial capital, Basques In a sur prise attack turned back one in surgent drive la that sector while In a counter Offensive In the north east' they --reported -they forced the. Insurgents to abandon Gon dramento. ;. , , Insurgent Gen. Emlliooo Mola's troops pushed a big encircling drive from the east and south of Bilbao, sweeping around moun tains to the southeast ot the capi tal and forcing Basques to : flee from hills. Insurgents occupied the . village of Dlma, 11 miles southwest of Bilbao. - Basques were reported to have (Turn to page 7, coL 1 ) Ryan Held Guilty Of Jackson Death CHEHALIS, May 22 Defense counsel moved for a new trial late today after a superior court jury convicted Claud H. Ryan of the first degree murder of Sher iff's Deputy Seth R, Jackson and recommended the death penalty. Warren Hardy of Seattle, de fense attorney, said he would ap peal if the new trial motion Is de nied. : 1 . Jackson was shot last April 7 during a gunflght with two men he and another officer sought to question regarding a robbery. Ryan's alleged accomplice, Wal ter Seelert, whom he blamed tor tbe shooting, Is a fugitive. Pioneer of State Dies at Age 100 SOUTH PASADENA. Calif- May 22 (JPy-Alonxo Brown, 100 years old and an Oregon pioneer, died at his home here today af ter a brief illness. A native of New Hampshire, he went to Oregon In 1859. He had a part in the founding of Roseburg and of Oakland, Ore. Brown came here 30 years ago. A son, C. H. Brown, of Fossil, Ore., is among his surriTors. of a baseball mitt or glove and willingness to attend the thrice weekly sessions of the school. The school will be run for three weeks, between 10 to 12 o'clock, on each Monday, Wed nesday and Friday at either Olinger or Sweetland field. Def inite announcement of which field will be used will be made later. Tbe dates are June 7. S, 11, 14, IS, 18, 21, 23 and 25. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, be tween the days for instruction, teams will be organised tor play. Last year a league was organized In tbe playgrounds from members of the school after the conclusion ot the school itself and play ground officials have promised to cooperate in the same scheme this Tear. All Boys Between : 12 and 17 Eligible Here are the simple rules for the baseball school: - : 1. Any boy, 12 to 17 years in . (Turn to page S, coL ) : Neville VhamberlainSlated for Premiership Succeeding Baldwin Siaslej C&Uwia JNo. 10 Dowmlnr Street The Chamberlains have often held aow Neville, son of Joseph Chamberlain who was a power In Eng lish government tn the Victorian era, is slated to succeed Stanley Baldwin, present premier, as "head man" at No, 10 Downing street. Insurance Frauds Traced by C-Men Physicians and Attorneys Engaged in Illegal Schemes Caught NEW YORK, May 22-tPV-Twin multi-million-dollar rackets In surance frauds and fake accident claims - were - under ! the legal gunfire of federal and local au thorities tonight. Fifteen arrests In two days- including a - physician - and two lawyers several confessions and ominous threats ot reprisal consti tuted the Initial results of a sev en-months undercover campaign. The arrest of scores of others, officers said, awaited only the completion of - preparations for handling the prisoners. Adding Impetus to the govern (Turn to page 8, col. T) Bonneville's High Gate Work Looms BONNEVILLE, Ore. May 22- (P)-Contr actors will start work Monday on the 102-foot high downstream gate of the naviga tion lock at Bonneville dam, the highest lock gate ever made, Capt. Colby M. Myers, resident army engineer at the . project, said today. Riveting on one-half Of the upstream gate Is under way. and riveting on the other half will start within a few days. . Work on the spillway dam is continuing although " Colombia river waters " are rising rapidly toward flood - stage. The river rose today to .300.000 cubic feet per second, about 70,000 feel more than the figure two days ago. The stage a year ago at this time was 500,000 cubic feet.' Excavation of the upper end of the Washington flshladder Is nearly completed, and concrete will be poured soon on the re mainder of the flshladder, which will carry salmon over the dam to their spawning grounds. - Rival Unions Will Wait Council Act PORTLAND. May 22.-6TV Portland's labor front was Quiet today, longshoremen ' and team sters awaiting Monday night'a central labor council meeting at which the council may vote whe ther to expel warehousemen af filiated with the International Longshoremen's association. Teamsters sought votes today from the conservative A. F. L. un ions, while longshoremen, sym pathetic with the committee for industrial organisation, will de pend largely on their allies, the lumber and sawmill workers, tor support. The L L. A. continued picket ing of the Meier c Frank com pany in defiance of labor council order to desist on penalty of ex pulsion. The teamsters and longshore men are engaged In a Jurisdic tional dispute ever Inland ware housemen. Including those at Me ier Frank. " . - '- Neville Chamberlain the spotlight in Great Britain and Salem Glee Gub Wins, Convention Business and Professional 'Women Elect Officers; Meet Ends Today . IU9KNK, May 22-4P-The three day convention of the Ore gon Federation of Business and Professional . Women's clubs, at tended by more than 300, will close here Sunday noon. '. ' As a highlight of the annual formal banquet tonight the fol lowing officers for 138 were an nounced following balloting late this afternoon : Mrs. Zola F. Morgan ot Hills boro, reelected president; Leona Bryant of . Coquille, first vice president; Roselle Richardson ot McMinnvIlle, second rice presi dent; Hilda Swenson of Eugene, recording secretary; Elaine Cald well of Hlllsboro, corresponding secretary; Hilda Chambers of the Coos Bay club as treasurer. Ruth Moore of Salem was elected pub licity relations officer. : Both McMinnvIlle . and Salem Invited the 1938 convention. De cision for the next meeting place will be decided by the executive council Sunday morning. Trophies were awarded as fol lows: For the largest delegation coming- the most miles. Hood River; for the class A glee club (Turn to page 7, col 6) Governor Denies He'll Bolt Party MILTON - FREEWATER, May 2 2.-(ff)-GoTernor Martin denied today rumors he would stay out of the gubernatorial primary next year and enter the finals as an in dependent. "There's nothing to it," he said. You don't desert the party that yon were with when you got into office." ; The rumors b e c a m e current when It was pointed out that re publican supporters of the goT ernor could not support him In the primary, being compelled to rote a straight ticket. in an address on the city hall lawn here . today, the governor pleaded for ' development ot in dustry, asserting the state ."had too- many eggs In one basket" when 70 per cent of its income was from agriculture. MILTON, Ore., May 22.-JP)-Miiitantly assailing ilMown strikes, Gor. Charles H. Martin ot Oregon today declared "no man has a right to eome onto your property and sit down with out your permission." - He addressed a huge crowd at Milton's - second annual pea fes tival here this afternoon. Bank Auditors Convene PORTLAND. Orel,-May t-JP) -One hundred twenty-five dele gates from all parts ot the north west attended the eighth annual regional convention here today of the northwest conference ot hank auditors and comptrollers. - - - Four Russians Are to Remain At North Pole Permanent Air Base for Nation There Is Plan; Ownership Claimed Byrd Predicts They Will ; Have to Move South at Some Seasons MOSCOW, May ,22-6P)-Eleven Soviet Russians waited tonight on an Ice floe near the North Pole for the equipment that will enable four of them to spend the summer and winter at the top of the world. Three planes were awaiting a signal at Rodolf island, S60 miles from the pole, to take provisions and a warmly-lined easily-carried house to the party which flew over the pole yesterday and made camp on the ice 13 miles away. : Seven will be brought .back to Rudolf Island. Four men and a dog will establish the first per manent North Pole air base as the Initial step In a plan for air plane flights between Russia and the United States across the top of the earth. . MOSCOW newspapers indicated Soviet Russia intends to claim ownership of the Polar region as a, result of the flight. . even though no land exists there. United States Not Claimant. Stated (In Washington, state depart ment officials said earlier the fact that , Admiral Robert E. Peary planted tfee American flag In that region in 1909 does not mean , the United Statea claims It.) ' ' t- ., - In the first detailed report ot the expedition's activities. Dr, Otto J. Schmidt, the black beard ed leader,-said late today: 'Everything is excellent. The men spent their first day on the Ice , erecting fire tents, and put ting the radio antennae In opera tion. "The weather Is comparatively warm 10.4 degrees above sero, (Tarn to page 8, coL 4) Part of Mountain Falls Into River LIVINGSTON, Mont, May 22-(iP)-Huge chunks of earth rolled into the swift Yellowstone river here tonight from a moving moun tain. Clouds of dust arose from the base ot 8,600-foot Mount Living ston - as It renewed movement started Tuesday. Thousands of tons of earth and rock have slid toward the large river since a rumbling roar signalized the first activity. The Yellowstone carried off to night's deposits, hut fears grew that vast portion of the countain would break away, dam the river and flood adjoining ands. The sliding mountain Is one halt mile south of Livingston. It Is part of the Absaroka range. Grant High Girl Rose Show Queen . PORTLAND, Ore., May 22-JP) -Brown-haired Dorothy Hardin, a native ot Yakima, Wash.; was chosen tonight to ' be queen of PorUand's rose festival June 9 13. ' ' Four thousand persons assem bled in a public auditorium cheered the selection of the judges. The eight defeated can didates will be princesses In her court. - She Is president of the . Grant high school student body,, and has lived here since she was four years old. Labor Program of Roosevelt To Be Presented on Monday WASHINGTON. May lts-VPf Capitol Hill heard with Interest today that on Monday President Roosevelt will toss his long-await ed recommendations for labor legislation Into a congress seeth ing with controversy over his court reorganisation bilL He was quoted as telling con gressional leaders today that he would propose the establishment of a board ot three to impose a flexible working week of 3 S to 40 hours, a minimum weekly wage ot 18 and a ban upon the ship ment of child labor-made prod ucts in Interstate commerce. Black and Connery To Introdaee Bills Chairman Black (D-Ala) ot the senate labor committee and Chair man. Connery (D-Mass) ot the house labor committee also In tend to Introduce In their re spective ' houses Identical hills framed to carry out the Ideas ad One of Leaders In Farm Co-op i r PETER ZIMMERMAN Blame Placed in Spark From Sky and Brace Wire Which Broke Are Cited by Eckener KEHURST, N. J May 22- (Jft-A. spark from' the sky and a broken orace wire tnese two things. Dr. Hugo: Eckener said today were the probable causes of the -flaming disaster which overtook - the majestic Hiiiden burg May S, with 38 resulting deaths. ' . ' . ' : The veteran German Zeppelin master acknowledged that his the ory called for the: coincidence of two extremely remote possibili ties, but he told l the commerce department Investigating hoard: t "Since the whole occurence la extremely mysterious,-, we , must proceed along these lines." ' ; He pointed Out! that the first 1 - (Turn to page 8, col. 7) As Head of Union - SEATTLE,'. May 22 HPh- The Pacific coast' convention of . the International Longshoremen's as sociation, in' session here three weeks,, ended . late today with unanimous . reelection of Harry Bridges, - San . Francisco, as dis trict president. Aberdeen, Wash., was chosen for the 1938 convention, which will bf the first Monday in Ap ril. J - -i.- Matt: Meehan, j Seattle, was elected . without : opposition as coast secretary - treasurer. - The names of George Clark, Seattle, and Roy Donnelly; ' San -Pedro, candidates for vice-president, will be submltteed to! the rank and file tor a referendum vote, as will names of E. G. Dietrich, San Francisco ; John Brest, Portland ; William Craft. San Francisco and George Miller,' Tacoma, candi dates for organizer. - Collins Arrested After Long Chase .Carl, Garfield Collins, Salem, was arrested yesterday by a state nolice " officer, after lie had al legedly driven his automobile at excessive speed over the Pacific highway .from Woodbnrn to, Mil waukie. Collins was fined 8100 and given a 3 0-day sentence which was suspended. According to the officer's state ment, Collins was noticed passing through Woodburn at high speed, and It took the officer 30 miles to draw abreast ot him finally at Mllwankle. Collins was said to have driven at 80 miles an hour through small towns : along tbe way. - -,.-( vanced by the chief executive. Continuing a series of confer ences on the labor , program, Mr. Roosevelt conferred today with Connery- and Majority Leader Rayburn of the house. 'Connery outlined the program to reporters upon his departure . from - the White House. . " Tomorrow, the president will go over his proposals with Black and with Majority Leader Robin son of the senate, who will Joint ly bear the responsibility over uniting behind the measure a de mocratic party widely disrupted by the court reorganization bilL , Leading supporters and oppon ents of the court bill predicted that the next major turn in that dispute would come with the su preme court's decision on the con stitutionality cf the social secur ity act. - I - l ... " During the day.' Black's eom (Turn to page-8, coL 8T Hiiidenburg Agency to Aim At Preventing Labor Trouble Friendly to Worker, It Announcement; Group ! to 'Be Statewide Hettwer, Zimmerman and Lafky Main Officers; Will Fight Delay Perfection of a statewide asso ciation ot fatmeri Intended to prevent disruption ot harvesting and marketing of crops by strikes "andor any other avoidable em ergencies" was announced here yesterday by Herman E. Lafky, secretary-treasurer. Formal arti cles will be filed with the state corporation department Monday. To be known as the Farmers Crop Protective Co-op, the associ ation, according to Its articles, will "exert and employ any .and " all means available-' whereby these "emergencies may be amic ably and expeditiously determin ed, adjusted, settled and con cluded . . . " The protective cooperative pro poses to operate as a farmers' col lective bargaining agency to "cre ate, foster, and formulate defin ite public policies, in behalf of the members, and farmers or pro ducers of farm products general ly. In relation to . . . matters ... affecting or Jeopardizing the har vesting, transportation, peeking. canning, processing, storing; and or marketing of any ot tbe prod-' nets of the members. Lafky -declared the . Oregon Farmers Union was Instrumental . In sponsoring the new organisa tion but.. leaders of the Grange and of growers' cooperative had Joined In supporting the 'protec tive association.' ; . Temporary officers In addition . to' Lafky nre: v , Hettwer- President ; . V "-' --.. Of New Cooperative President, Frank A. Hettwer, secretary-manager of the Mt. An gel . Cooperative Creamery aseeei atlon; -vice-president. Former Senator Peter Zimmerman, Yass hlU; directors. 'R. N. Baker, ead of the Washington county Farm ers Union oil cooperative, Hllls boro; R. W. Hogg, Salem farmer, and John Shepherd, Sclo. Other farm leaders who partici pated In the organisation meet ing, according to Lafky, were State Representative Ronald E. Jones, . Brooks; Senator, Dean Walker, Independence; J. O. Farr. Marlon county Pomona Grange master; O. W. Thlessen, Clackamas county Pomona mas ter; Former Senator Sam H. Brown, Gervals; A. L. Page, di (Turn to page 8, coL 1) Secondary School Rating Discussed PORTLAND, Ore., May 22-JTV The executive committee of the northwest association ot second ary and higher schools met her today to discuss rating ot schools, salary standards and checking t warned schools. Officers of the' association and members of the commissions for accrediting higher institutions and secondary schools attended. Those present included Pasl F. Filer, Spokane'; Dr. Paul F. Gaiser, Vancouver, Wash.; Henry L. Thorsett. Olympla; Donald A. Emerson, Salem Fred Wolf, Sa lem; and E. F. Carleton, secre tary of the Oregen teachers assoc iation. Survey of Canhy Project Assured OREGON -CITY, Msy IX-iT)-Senator Charles L. McNary today telegraphed L. C. Stoll, executive secretary of the Clackamas coun ty planning board, that John C. Page, U. S. reclamation commis sioner, had approved the cooper ative project to survey the agri cultural and economic phases cf the model 4,300-acre lrri;atiaa project at Can by. which army en gineers already have examined. Page said he would previa $1000 to carry on the work, to -ts matched by local agencies. fQ) A L L A D C , V of TOD At ? La - ; , Ey IL C When berries and the krr are, ripe they must be p'ciel without delay, for harvest w.l not wait upon the whims mt men they must make kay : and so some leading farcers organize a new statewid ocr. to see that nothing harpers tj delay their highly preeiouf 'crop- "' ' " !