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Ufa? '(ip rrn i . Valley Coverage Alert correspondent! in all communities of the mid. die Willamette valley keep The Statesman rural Ml up-to-date. ; Weather Fair today and Monday, wanner with lower humidi ty; Bias. Temp. Saturday 71, Mia. 42, river 8.3 feet, went oath west wind. PCUNDQD I 1651 4- EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 30, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 55 to Open Today Bell tusibi Oil NTT "53vv-VvXey U : 111 I I I I 11 I I W I I I I 1 f I I 1 I I Big M Republic Firm StfflWorlring, Defies Strike Supplies Are Carried to Beleaguered Workers 'to Dodge Pickets .Order for Expulsion of all Lewis Unions Is " .Voiced by Green (By The Associated Press) Supplies were carried to be leaguered workers by air and wa ter yesterday to circumvent pick et lines thrown up by steel strik ers. The Republic Steel Corp., en deavoring to continue operations despite the widespread walkout affecting, 72,000 men, chartered planes to drop fool to non-striking employes In Its Warren and Kiles, O., plants and sent proven der up the Little Calumet river by launch tothe men In Its mill In South Chicago. 111. The other two independent pro ducers engaged in a contract con troversy with the steel workers' organizing commit tee the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and the Inland Steel Corp. have shut down. A survey showed losses In wages and profits Inci dent to the dispute amounted to more than $3,000,000 a week. - S. W. O. C. leaders charged four pickets were attacked at the gates of the Inland branch In Indiana Harbor, Ind., while un ionists and Republic spokesmen In South Chicago traded charges of intimidation in the aftermath of a street battle. Handbill Program Will Be Renewed ' The Unfted Automobile Work era of America planned another attempt to distribute handbills to Ford Motor Co. employes In Dear born, Mich. Union. chiefs who es sayed a similar mission last Wed nesday were beaten, kicked and routed. ' The American Federation of Labor sought to take the play from the U. A. W. A. in the strike against the Ford assembly plant In Richmond, Calif., by promising to put the disputants back to work at 18 for an eight-hour day. Meanwhile, the fed e r a 1 1 o n swung Into an offensive against the committee for Industrial or ganizationparent of the S. W. O. C. and the U. A. W. A. on a broad scale. Pres. William Green of the A. F of L ordered central labor bodies in New York and Chicago to expel all locals allied with John L. Lewis and his C I. O. Green said similar orders would go to other city and state federa tions, and organizers would set out to enroll new members wher ever they could. One liner was forced to cancel Its scheduled trip from New York to Havana and another was de layed three and a half hours when crew members went on a sit-down strike at New York In protest to the employment of radio operat ors belonging to the commercial telegraphers, union of the A. F. of L. A walkout sponsored by the In land boatmen's union tied up 28 vessels and left Seattle and Puget sound without ferry service. A strike of Kansas City, Mo., hotel employes was called. The Allls Chalmers Manufac turing Co. and the U. A. W. A. signed a contract providing short er hours and Increased wages for 8000 workers at West AUis. Wis. The strike of 18,00 a oil work ers In Mexico gained support from labor anions throughout the na tion. Barbery Sign up With Union Here The Salem barbers union, local No. 629, emerged from a three- day enrollment campaign yester day with the announcement that 20 new shops had been brought under the union banner and three others would Join if a fourth gave in to union picketing against its below-scale prices. Thirty seven shops bow display the union card. Albert Halseth, secretary of . the local, declared. Re-unionlxation of the trade will not bring an Increase in the price of barbers services, Halseth said The SO-cent haircut and 25-cent shave will continue to be the stan dard, as adopted, with certain ex ceptions, last year. During depres sion years' many shops dropped their union cards and reduced prices. . Halseth claimed the drive had enlisted all but four or five shops In the city for the union. The sn ton houses Include 13 beauty par lors employing male operators. The barbers' next move proba bly wilt be an effort to seek to bring women employes In the beauty parlors Into the union, the secretary said. The membership committee In cludes Leonard Gibbons, chair man: C. F. Bayes, Martin Finden and Halseth- Leading Figures in Outstanding National Developments of Week V, , ,4.,. " V rrrr A jsisaaasssasseassSMaPssswaaB V ,'4 Li j? Above, William Green, left, head of bor, and George Harrison, president of the Brotnerbood or nail way Clerks, who had leading parts in the federation's "declaration of war" against the C. L O. Below, Senator Hugo Black, left, and Rep. William Connery discuss President Roosevelt's proposed new wage and hour legislation. In which they are expected to play an Important part. o- ; ; Warnings Against Labor Bill Heard U. S. Chamber Adds Voice; Federation's Proposal Deplored by Solon WASHINGTON, May 29 The United States cnamDer oi commerce urged congress today to think long and hard before pass ing the administration s labor standards bill. The measure, on which hear ings will start Tuesday, would bar from' interstate transportation the products of, industries which vio late minimum wage and maximum hour regulations, employ chil dren or ignore collective bargain ing rights. i. r ; "These proposals." the cham ber said ln its weekly survey of Washington developments, "raise In new form some of the ques tions involved by the now outlaw ed NRA and not since the codes have ended have there been brought forward such sweeping designs to regulate employment conditions throughout all Indus try." -. .. Slow, careful consideration was urged by Senator McCarran (D- Nev) who. favoring the objectives (Turn to page 3. col. 2) Gosslin Friends Martin; Tax By C. A. SPRAGUE Reports that W. L. Gosslin would retire as secretary to the governor, perhaps by being kicked upstairs" into another Job, caused his young democrat friends to start a backfire on the governor to demand his retention. The YD organization is Gosslin's own baby and many of its mem bers are state employes who got their applications approved by him; so there is little doubt they would go to bat for him if their favorite chief desired it. Gosslin is regarded as too loyal to Gov. Martin, however, to let his own position stand as a threat to the governor. The YD's are not ex pected to get out of hand at all. Before the board of control this week' will be the 'task of ap pointing two tax commissioners. The terms of Earl Fisher and C. V. Galloway expire on June 4. There have been some pressures brought on board members against Earl Fisher, republican member. And that, oddly enough, has come from a few republicans. Ostensible ' ground for opposition Is that Fisher Is not a ball-player :-f . ;r ,7... the American Federation of La Edwin Booth Will Face U. S. Charge Embezzlement From Bank at Rosebnrg Alleged; Family Prominent PORTLAND, May t9(P)-Kd-win S. Booth, cashier of the Doug las National bank at Roseburg and a member of a prominent Oregon family was free today under $10, 000 bond following his arrest by federal officers last night on a charge of embezzlement and con version of $19,189. 54 of the bank's fund, l Booth was arrested at his home in Roseburg late Friday night by United States Marshal. J. T. Sum merrille and his deputy, W. H. Rlckard. : and was taken to Eu gene where bond was set by U. 8. Commissioner E. O. Immel, at a hearing held at 3 a.m. today. United States Attorney ; Carl Donaugh who - issued the com plaint said the alleged defalcation was discovered by E. M. Wright of Portland, national bank exam iner. In a routine inspection. He was unable to say how it was al leged to have been accomplished. Members of the family and offi cials of the bank were quoted as (Turn to page 3, col. 2) Backf ire on Board Issue up in the political league, but a ca reer man. He Is even charged with telling subordinates rather blunt ly that he didn't want them to mix politics with state business, which is a cause of offense to po litical fence-builders. Secretary Earl Snell has had the heat on this matter; but he had on his asbestos suit and the critic came away complaining because Snell insisted Fisher was competent and should be reappointed. Other pressure against Fisher rets a more sinister explanation: big income boys object to his in sistence on their paying their quotas under the tax laws into the state treasury. While Treasurer Holman Is credited with having made gen eral remarks which were critical of the commission, the prevailing opinion is that Fisher and Gal loway will be reappointed. The commission must be bi-partisan and Galloway is the only demo crat on the commission now. "'. ,: There was more than shadow- boxing to the formalities between . (Torn to page I, col. 4) Catholics Are Urged to Hold Firm in Faith Leader's Plea Fails to ' Mention Threats of i Action by Nazis Special Blessing Voiced j by Pontiff Who Sees Grave Events Near j BERLIN, May 29. - UP) - Ger many's ranking Catholie prelate, in the face of nazi threats of a more drastic campaign against the church, today exhorted all German Catholics to stand firm in the faith. Count Konrad von Preyslng, bishop of Berlin, Issued an appeal to all of his. religion to prepare for special devotions to celebrate St. Boniface's day Sunday, June 6. The bishop, however, made no direct mention of the threats of widespread expulsions and other drastic action against the church made last night by Dr. Paul Jo seph Goebbels. minister of propa ganda, in a denunciatory speech broadcast to the German nation. The controlled nazi press laud ed the main points ; of Goebbels speech. Goebbels own organ, Der An- griff, declared that "the conflict has passed the stage of diplomatic negotiations." Other nazi newspapers, espe cially those published in parts of the relch where the Catholic church is strongest, lauded what was described as Goebbels' "air- clearing thunderstorm." ( Goebbels charged widespread Immorality fn Catholic schools.) : Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's personal organ. Voelklscher Beo bachter, prominently displayed the propaganda minister's quota tions of a Napoleonic threat against the church. This lent weight to reports , that drastic anti-Catholic measures were Im pending. , CASTEL GANDOLFO. Italy. May 29. (Venerable Pope Pius XI, with his 80th birthday only two days off, In a vigorous utter ance today sent special blessings to German Catholics to fortify them against a fierce new nazi attack. The Holy Father said " "very grave events are happening in Germany where last night the nasi regime's movement against the Catholic church reached new heights of bitterness In a speech by Propaganda Paul Joseph Goeb bels. While preparations for the cele bration Monday of the pope's 8 0th birthday went on at his summer home here he addressed a group of pilgrims, Including some from Germany, who brought greetings on his completion of four score years. He said: "The Holy Father, feeling him self near to all his German sons, blesses with all his heart and af fection not only those present here, but all others 'who are unit ed by the same feeling of faith and devotion to their religion. We are pleased to see that you come from a part of the rreat (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Portland Girl Is Queen of Roundup PENDLETON. Ore.. May 29-UPi -Miss Oathryn Collins of Portland, who enjoyed her first horseback ride in the Pendleton arena when eight years old, will reign as queen of the west's most famous spectacle, the Pendleton round up of 1937, to be held Sept. 16 18. - When Cathryn was born, on May 13, 1919, her father, Henry Collins, now chairman of the Ore gon state racing commission, was round-up arena director and she probably knows the big show bet ter than any girl in the state. After that first trip on the hur ricane deck of a horse she rode at every opportunity. She rode every summer on her father's ranch, and her first hor was Tenny, remembered by round-up fans as a performer in many shows. As she grew older she rode with her father during the shows, her first important appearance in the arena being in 1933 when she was an attendant of Queen Jean Frazler. A graduate of Pendleton high school and St. Helen's haU of Portland, she is now a student at the University of Oregon, and a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. . Pierce Leaves Hospital, To Resume Duties Soon WASHINGTON, May 29.-(- Representative Walter M. Pierce of Oregon, who underwent an op eration for appendicitis, waa brought home from the hospital today and expects to resume his congressional duties next week. He will observe his 7Sta birth day tomorrow. Salem Suspect Flees j Despite Bullet Barrage PORTLAND, Ore., Slay SApyA long automobile chase and a barrage of police bullets failed tonight to stop man police believed to be Paul Dickman, SO, wanted In Marion county on charges of forgery and larceny. - Detectives M. A. McMeek en and R. F. Thompson said they sighted an automobile similar to one known to be driven by Dickman and gave chase, trying to force it to the curb, and that in circl ing, the fugitive's car struck an unidentified woman, knocking her to the pave ment. It later swerved Into the police car, damaging a fender. Opening fire at about 25 feet, the officers reported, they pnnctnred two tires on the fleeing car which came to a stop, the lone occupant making his escape on foot. Mass Pickets Plan Fizzles, Portland 100 on Hand, Spectators Chiefly; Argument on Ouster Continuing PORTLAND. Ore., Mayt29-P)-The scheduled mass picketing of the Meier and Frank department store warehouse proved a flop this morning when not more than 100 persons appeared In response to a call issued through a4 strike bulletin of the International Long shoremen's association. Police described the crowd as "mostly spectators." About SO police were on duty at the warehouse but had little to do. Trucks rolled in and out with out molestation and the drivers were not heckled. Bert Shelton, business agent of the Portland I.L.A. local, said the demonstration was ' "over publi cised." i Earlier In the week about 700 pickets swarmed the - warehouse, where I.L.A. - employe-tare' on strike to obtain recognition as collective bargaining agency, and two persons were Injured and eight arrested In resulting disor ders. Meanwhile leaders continued the argument over ousting of the I.L.A. warehousemen Monday by the Central Labor council which resulted in the I.L.A. group ask ing a court Injunction yesterday on the grounds that council offi cials had exceeded their authority. The petition set forth that charges were not filed against the warehousemen, and that the coun cil acted In violation of Its con stitution In barring warehouse men's delegates at the direction (Turn to page S, coL 8) Council Vacancy Being Considered Nances of Chandler P. Brown, 476 Leslie' street, and Ralph H. Kletzing, 380 Bellevue, were re ceiving mention yesterday as pos sible successors to the late W. H. Dancy as city councilman rep resenting the third, or business district, ward. Dancy's position probably will be fyied by council appointment at the June 7. meet ing. Brown, who is connected with the Clifford W. Brown wool and mohair establishment, could not be reached to ascertain if he would accept the appointment. Kletzing, newspaper advertis ing manager, declared he had no Intention of campaigning for the job but would not refuse if It were offered him. He was slated for a third ward council appoint ment early In 1935 when F. E. Needham resigned but was found ineligible because he had not re sided in the ward 30 days. - Alice H. Dodd Is Called by Death Mrs. Alice H. Dodd. formerly head of Willamette 'university art appreciation department, died early yesterday at the Mann home in Portland, according to word received here by Dr. H. C. Epley, her brother, yesterday. Mrs. Dodd had been ill for eight weeks of heart ailment. She was regarded as an authority on art matters, through her long ex perlence in the field, and her wide travels la the Orient and in EU' rope. While at Willamette uni versity, she taught classes in decorative arts, appreciation of art. and a homemaklng course. She was a former house mother of Beta Chi sorority. Mrs. Dodd also was a teacher In Salem public schools before Joining the Wil lamette faculty. , Funeral services? yet to be ar ranged, will be from the W. T. Rlsdon company acre. Flood Causing Heavy Dama In Southwest Roswell, N. M., Is Under Water and Highway Travel Cut off Crest Passes Says Word From Upstream; Crops and Stock Harmed ROSWELL, N. M., May 29.-OP) Muddy" waters, sweeping down the usually dry Honod riverbed, inundated this Pecos valley city of approximately 13,000 tonight after the heaviest storm In 33 years. Water ran from two to five feet deep through the streets all day, causing damage estimated . at more than 3100.000. and cutting off all highway ! and rail travel. No deaths were reported. The murkey waters, which rushed down from the Capitan and White Mountains to the west, flooded floors of many business establishments and homes with no sign of an immediate letup. City authorities fought to keep the water supply from contamin ation and public utilities were crippled. Communication lines were clogged. Reports from Riverside camp, 20 miles above the city, said the crest of the Hondo had passed. Authorities said the flood has backed np to Such an extent the waters probably will not begin to recede before late tomorrow. Business was at a standstill. The Roswell Records, although publishing this afternoon, faced the problem of distributing Its pa pers. Crop and livestock damage in the valley was widespread. An unestimated number of mo torists and passengers on two busses from 1 Paso, Tex., were stranded on a high point eight miles south of the city. The flooded area of the city, which is situated - between two hills, is approximately four square miles. Residents who remembered the flood of 1904 said damage was (Turn to page 3, col. 2) Grand Army Down To Few Thousand Only 7424 Draw Pensions now; Memorial Day to Be Noted in Paris WASHINGTON, May 29 The boys In bine who repulsed successive waves of gray at Get tysburg in 3 are in full retreat themselves today before a more relentless foe old age. , Seventy-two years ago the Un ion army numbered 2,213,365 bat today - only 7,424 veterans still draw pensions. ' Officials at the veterans admin istration estimate that Union sur vivors are dwindling now at the rate ot 224 pef month'. Ninety nine are hospitalized In govern ment Institutions. The majority of living veterans draw $75 a month,. There are 3, 973 getting this sum. Disburse ments from last June 30 to March SI totaled I7.01S.480. SmaUer pensions are paid the widows, chUdren, brothers and sisters of 77,870 Civil war veter ans now'dead. . The peak was reached In 1912, when dependents of 304,373 de (Turn to page 8, coL 3) Over 100 From Attend 4-H Marion county will send 104 boys and girls from 35 commun ities to the annual 4-H club sum mer school at Oregon State col lege, Corvallis, Monday, June 7, County Leader Wayne D. Hard ing announced last night as he closed his registration books. He said no additional registrations could be accepted. The county in addition will be represented at the 12-day school by four chaperons, three leaders and three instructors. Many ot the county's delegates to the school will board a special club train from Portland which will leave Woodburn at 2:35 p.m. and Salem at 3:20 p.m. June 7.x Communities sending boys and girls to the summer session, the members' names and their spon sors are as follows: . Middle Grov e Elaine Harms and Carol Snyder, parents; Edris VanCleave, community. Manning Mary Mae Kos ten border, Rosalie Hoover and Yoshl ye Toshimoto, community. Jefferson Arthur Harris, Bet ter Business Men'f slab; Lois Mil Pock0 -Battleship on ef many Target tOf Loyalist Bombs Valencia Officials Claim Attack Is Started by Vessel Before Planes Committed any Aggressive Act Italian Fliers Figure in Raid Upon Barcelona, Charge; Quarreling of I Nations Renewed in War Issue SPAIN'S air fighters held the center of the civil war stage yesterday while, insurgents prepared to launch "a big . attack" today against the Basque capital of Bilbao. . Government fliers, the ministry of defense in Valencia announced, dropped four bombs on the German "pocket bat tleship"' Admiral Scheer in the Balearic islands. . Amelia to Start Second Try Soon Will Reverse Direction, in new Attempt to Girdle Earth at Equator MIAMI. Fli., May 29 (jT1) Ame lia Earhart announced tonight she would take off Vsoon" on a sec ond attempt to encircle the globe this time flying west to east In the equatorial zone. . Friends said Miss Earhart might leave tomorrow for San Juan, Puerto Rico, or wait until Monday or Tuesday to begin her long flight. The aviatrix would not commit herself. Advance of summer since her first flight, ended by a crackup at Honolulu In March, "prompted Miss Earhart's decision to reverse the original order of her world girdling venture.' -"? She said prevailing weather conditions in the Caribbean and African areas should be more fav orable In early June than a few weeks later It' delay was encoun tered, while making the 28,000 mlle transit. ' ! She came here a week ago from Oakland, Calif, where her twin motored monoplane was repaired after the Honolulu crash. . Another change in flight plans will be that Capt. F. J. Noonan, former . Pan American airways trans-Pacific flier, is to accom pany Mi&e, Earhart for the entire Journey. 'Originally Noonan was to turn back after handling navi gation tor the California-Australia leg. " -. - Miss Earhart will wing south eastward from Miami to - Natal, Brazil, following the Pan Ameri can airline. Crossing the Atlantic to Dakar In Africa, the aviatrix will endeav .or to connect with, the Imperial Airways lane to Australia to take advantage of the aviation aids along this skyway from Europe. - From Australia, the route is np - the globe ' to Honolulu and home with he flight' ending In New -York.-- :-----''- f ' .v Canyon City Helped by Gift of Baker Citizens BAKER. May 29.-A,)-Mayor J. B. Messlck headed a delegation which left today for Canyon City to present a donation of 1 1,0 00 contributed by 60 Baker merch ants,' to 'assist In rebuilding the pioneer community which was de molished by fire last month. . County Will Summer School ler, school and community. Hubbard Vera Kocher, par ents. Marlon Stanley Russell, Ladd ft Bush bank; Jeanette DeLangh, United States. National bank, Sa lem branch. Aurora ' Janet FleUhhituer, county 4-H news contest. - Salem Margaret and Donna Upjohn, state fair, and Mary Lou Reeves, parents. Fairfield Donald, DuRette. state fair. ' Eldrldge Junior Miller, state fair. - - -' : Looney Butte Earllne. Woods and . Violet. Farmen, community; Louise Looney and Mary Casto, school. Willard Alice Marie and James Thompson, state fair. White Bette Stauffer, Marion County Public Health association. Central HoweU Donald Naf- siger, state fair; Alrln Hansen, Carol and Frances King, commun ity: Carolyn Kaufman,' parents. Union Hill -Madeline Collier and Barbara Rosenbalm, - com : (Turn to pare I, eoL 1) O The ministry said ,'the bombs were dropped after the battle ship "opened heavy anti-aircraft artillery fire against the planes which committed no act of aggres sion . . ." The battleship was at Ibfza, capital of the Balearic Island of that name. The bombs set fire to the vessel, the ministry reported. - An insurgeut air Armada in a pre-dawn raid on Barcelona killed 70 persons and injured more than 100. A statement issued by the of ficial Catalan delegation in Paris charged the bombing was effected by Italian airplanes. The German-Spanish incident, on which officials In Berlin early today said they had no informa tion, followed the jecent action of Spanish government planes off Palma, Mallorca. Germany' complained to the g vernment her torpedo boat jW batros had been endangered by bombers Msy 28. The Spanish replied yesterday they could not guarantee the safety of German naval craft tak ing pert in the European patrol of. Spanish waters If they entered Insurgent ports "without Justifi cation." Italy, sources close to the gov ernment in Rome said, may de mand an apology a nd possible In demnities from the Spanish gov ernment for the families of six Italians killed In the bombing of the Italian naval auxiliary vessel Barletta off Palma. Spanish Insurgents on the Franco-Spanish border put into effect a strict frontier vigil because or "a big attack" In the Bilbao region-officers said was being planned for today. Reports from Bilbao said heavy insurgent troop - concentration were noted southeast of the Basque capital. Bilbao's defenders,! it was added, held their ground against fierce Insurgent attacks on the lines around the city. Forty - two .volunteers captured by the Insurgents but released for repatriation crossed Into Hendaye, France. Four German fliers cap tured by . the government .force also reached France to be released in exchange tor' Insurgent-held' prisoners. . The' League of Nations council in Geneva appealed to all league member to support removal ot foreign volunteers from the Span ish conflict. The council - side stepped the Spanish government' plea for denunciation ot alleged foreign Intervention in the war. Service Station Crashed by Auto After his machine bad collided with another car and crashed into a service station on South Com mercial street, Kenneth H. Hei ser was booked by police last ' night on a charge ot reckless driv ing. The Helser machine was bad ly damaged, but the driver unin jured. ' Other traffic accidents in volved Edward Browning, 39 South 19th street, and Marion Elmer Lampman of Stayton, at Liberty and Court, and Blanche A. Koster, route three, and Harry Orr, on Ferry street between Com mercial and Front. A L L ADC of TO DAy By R, C. ' Tomorrow we honor the sol dier who fell who laid down their lives In the nation's de fense; and though war be de- cried, on this day It is well to remember the patriotism in tense, the courage and spirit which prompted these men, tbe sacrifice made fn the nation's ; grave need; though war may be folly, it menaced ns then, and they paid the price; that, to. morrow w heed.