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Farm i?ews Harvest time Is'approach tng and farmers are vitally Interested, in crop and mar ket news. The Statesman provides fall coverage. 1 "- leather Fair, today and Friday, high temperature and low humidity; Max. Temp. Wed esday W!, - Mln. 31, river ' 2.1 feet, northwest . wind., W Air VV POUNDDD EIGHTY -SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, June 3, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 58 Gave it b ; e W; W i7 L C Wi GU-1 l0afS9 fi lfl ffl i .... i a ,- - WmmIsof Win Throne 3m (C Ohio Governor Hopeful Steel Peace Is Near Davey Qptimistic After Talking (o Heads of La Firms Attack on Ford Assumes New Aspects; Movies Rift Is Opened . . (By the Associated Press) A possible opening in the dead lock between' unionists and three Independent steel producers ap peared last . night as the strike ended its first week.-, Governor Davey - of Ohio con ferred with representatives of the Republic Steel. Corp, "and. the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.. and later said he was "hopeful of an early settlement of the strike. He said be expected to meet with steel workers organiz ing committee representatives Friday. : Earlier in the day the governor said "it would be premature to " say anything now" in reference to possible conferences. . The strike front was quiet be yond verbal charges hurled by producers and unionists. Some 70,000 wage earners began a sec ond week of idleness. Funeral mm v.vo UC1U lUf Hi C3 of six victims in Sunday's san guinary battle in South Chicago. A mass funeral for the other was plapned today. Republic Claims 40 Per Cent Activity Republic Steel Corp., largest of the three strike-affected firms, as serted it was running at 40 per cent of capacity Union leaders scoffed at the claim. Developments grew in the Com mittee for Industrial" Organization drive .through its affiliated United Automobile workers, to force the Ford Motor Co. into a bargaining agreement. Homer Martin, U.A.W. presi dent, announced at Washington charges of unfair labor practices had been filed against Ford. Meanwhile subpoenaes were Issued for Ed3el Ford, son of the manufacturer, and others for ap pearance at a one-mand grand jury Investigation of the disturb ance whlchf met union efforts to distribute propaganda at the Ford Motor plant In Dearborn," Mich., last week. Police and pickets clashed near a Little Falls, N. J., laundry when some employes attempted to re turn to work. Fifteen persons were injured. The Little Falls J (Turn to Page 2. Cel. 8) ' . . . fm- -war oalem Marksmen Sixth Nationally - Four .. Salem .' riflemen have brought national honors to Com pany B, 162nd infantry, Oregon national guard, by placing sixth In the nationwide Hearst indoor musketry Competition, Captain H. G. Maison, company commander, disclosed yesterday. The contest was participated in by infantry company teams throughout the nation last April. The four local marksmen are Privates . Challis Allen, William Colt. Hubert Panther and Lee Fallin. Corporal Kenneth Caisse directed firing of the contest : (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Late Sports PORTLAND. June 2.(iP)Moose Clabaugh's lOth-inning double gave Portland a 4 to 3 victory over San Diego here tonight. San Diego went ahead 3 to 2 in the first half of the tenth, but Jimmy Reese, Padre second base man, made the game's only, error when, Jie dropped. Bongiovanni'a Don fly. Da vine the way for the -Portland rally. " With the count three and two and with two out, Clabaugh's double went to deep right center, failing by -about two feet to clear t He fence.- The hit batted in both runs. - " " -' - - . - San Diego ,;. . .'. 3 10 1 Portland 4 10 0 Salvo, Ward and Starr, Detore; .Radonits and Cronin. ' . SEATTLE. June 2.-;p)-The r. . i . , t . . . ou irucj9i AMSBions eugeu out Seattle's Indians, 8 to T tonight. Mike Hunt hit his 15th homer "of the season for Seattle In the sec ond, with none en. - Missions .8 13 0 Seattle 7 10 4 Beck . and Outen; Barrett, Smith, Plckrel, Thomas and Ferr nandes. - WESTERN IXT"L. LEAGUE Vancouver 10, Yakima. 9. Spokane 9, Tacoma i. Wenatchee 10, Lewistcn -7. He a t j In creases by One UPg ree Conies to Maximum Here 92, Albaifj , Portland a Fraction Cooler Tlian Tuesday; 100 at Sunny side; L JFloods Still Bothering Southwest t -V OLD Sol stepped the thermometer up one degree to 92 here yesterday to register the second 1937 high mark in two days and to inspire mid-afternoon shoppers, store and of fice aorkers to yearn for swift arrival of the late afternoon sea breeze. The new temperature record was set shortly after 3 p'. m. Hourly readings at 2, 3 and 4 o'clock were all 91 de- ' ' 1 Osrees. ;';. German Freighter Ablaze in Pacific Five of Crew Are Burned While Fighting Flames; Help Is Requested MANILA. June 3.-Thursday) -(JP) A fire rasing in her holds, the German freighter Oliva radio ed an appeal, to the U. S. navy here today to! rush a destroyer or airplane to her side to remove two officers and three sailors re ported badly burned. The local agency representing the Oliva was advised the 52 offi cers and crew members had aban doned ship, but later reports in dicated the stubborn blaze was still being fought. The stricken vessel gave her po sition as 120 milrs southwest of Manila. Shej carried no passen gers. : j .The agency here dispatched the tug Trabajador to the position given by the , Oliva. The tug was expected to reach the scene by p. m. (5 a. ni.' Pacific Standard time). ... The master of the German steamer Friedrun also messaged bis ship was speeding to the aid of the Oliva. The Friedrun expect ed to reach i the scene about '4 p. m. (midnight Pacific Stand ard), j The Friedrun said It intercept ed a message from the Oliva in dicating the fire was made worse by the explor ion of celluloid sheets. Included in the cargo. Flax Scutching Plants , Now Are, Proposed for Corvallis, McMinnville . i : v Governor Charles H. Martin re ported to the state board of con trol Wednesday that efforts were being made to obtain two addi tional flax scutching plants for Oregon. ! One plant wuld be located at McMinnville and the other at Cor vallis. ' , . There are now three commun ity flax scutching plants in Ore gon, at ML Angel. . Canby and Springfield. ROMANCE THAT ROCKED EMPIRE REACHES CLIMAX IN WEDDING TODAY -1 - - ' - - . : ' .: : j : f - - i y 1 1 " - 1 jr-rm iv . - t'-CV - Chateau de Cande " f 1 f W ' . N V, : - T---A jl Site of tcerfding 7 ' It y.,...- ...' ! J S J V : jf V I" I ' rr I -mil " ,-: - Vvwyfo aS-V: JR UM ' 4 - I ' I With her friend. Mrs. Rogers 1 1 - i y. ' - (I Ucr hottctt during recewt montht j ; ' 4 ' '' S , , V ' : , . MRS. WALLIS SIMPSON , - I v " - .y I f. - f - ' - ' - . v . . i 1 I. II i f fwr7 ' f , yi $ , v "- - ' " - - ,w I 'DUKE OF WINDSOR Relief ( fer Areas fc o The breeze arrived on schedule and by late evening had cooled the city to a more comfortable degTee than it did Tuesday fol lowing that day's maximum of 91. For today and Friday the wea ther bureau forecast high temper ature and low humidity with a fresh northerly wind off the coast. PORTLAND, Ore., June 2.-JP) -Today was cooler than yester day's seasonal high mark of 90, but it took some weather bureau hair-splitting to prove it. s The mercury registered a high today of 89.4. t At Albany, 94 degrees was the highest in two years. ; (By the Associated Press) The season's first 100 degree eat was recorded In the Pacific northwest today as rains sprink (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Final Events Are Starting at W. UJ Senior Chapel Set Today; ; Prof. Matthews Will Deliver Address Seniors of Willamette univer sity will hold their annual senior chapel Friday morning as the opening event of the 95th com mencement exercises. The seniors will march Into chapel in cap and gown for the last time and as they leave the other classes will move up and fill the' seniors' seats. Professor T. S. Roberts will play the processional as ! the seniors enter. Dr. Bruce R. Bax ter, president of the university, will give the invocation, followed by the singing of the "Old His toric Temple." Dr. Baxter : will announce the elections of I the seniors to "Alpha Kappa Nu, hon orary scholastic society. Randall Kester,' president of the senior class,' will give a short talk and Dr. James T. Matthews will de liver the address of the morning.' - Earle Potter has been chosen by the senior class to stag "Fare-; well Willamette," Which is sung only at commencement time. The baccalaureate services will be held Sunday morning at 11 (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Sir Boyd Merrlam Urantcd final divorce detrt-r Trouble-Proof: ropeanPact Is now Sought Keep Patrol Outside . of Spanish Waters, Plan ; of France, Britain Italian, German Vessels - There now With Order : to Utilize Force T (By the Associated Press) France and Great Britain sought last night to weld around Spain a danger-proof International na val patrol. 'A patrol guaranteed against at tack . was the price Germany and Italy demanded for their return to cooperation with the European "hands-off Spain" committee in its efforts to Isolate the civil war with Spain. A French foreign office spokes man said Britain and France had agreed on a plan whereby war ships of the international patrol would remain outside Spanish wa ters and the fleets would be uni fied. . Anthony Eden, British foreign secretary, he declared, will pre sent the. plan to Germany and It aly, which withdrew Monday from the existing patrol after their warships were bombed by Spanish government warplanes and Ger many In revenge bombarded Al meria. Until Germany and . Italy re turn to the committee fold, the spokesman said, "It may be con sidered that France and Great Britain already are extending their patrols as a provisional measure." Italian, German Vessels Patrolling Italian warships, however, re mained on "voluntary control In Spanish waters under Premier Mussolini's orders to use force If (Turn to Page 2, Col. If Mary Croft Dies; Immigrant of '52 YAKIMA, June 2. - (JP) - Mrs. Mary Croft, 90, one of the oldest pioneers of the state of Oregon, died in the home of her daughter here tonight. t She : was brought across the plains in an ox train from Iowa in 1852 by her parents and her fa ther, was killed by Indians on the way. Her mother - settled in Ore gon City and . Mrs. .Croft lived there until she came to Yakima 19 years ago... ; She was a charter member of the Rebekah lodge in Brownsville, Ore. -: Grandchildren are Mrs. Helen Stewart, Snoqualmie Falls," and Mrs. Lola Barwell. Seattle. Half sisters are Mrs. Anna Rebhanr. Brownsville;. Mrs. Emma Harring ton, Portland,, and Mrs.-Tena Bar ber, Oregon City. V. ' . , ; V; " i " An early stage of their romance .On rnentfon cruise jFoiirKillecl in ; Crash as Auto Rams Into Tree .' BEXD, Ore., Jane .S-p)-. Four men were killed "and a fifth critically Injured short- ly after noon today when their automobile crashed into a tree near LaPine, SO miles south of here, while they were on a fishing trip. The dead: Joe M. Heath. 54, Port land fireman, driver of the car.' - ' Irvln Dixon, Portland. ' Garrett Earl Paulson, 36, Portland - fireman. James M. Askew, 131 S. Jackson SL, Glendale, Calif. A man tentatively identi fied as Harry Clyatt, Port land, believed to have been at cook for the party, was un conscious and . not expected to live. Askew's wife had broken legs, but physicians said she had an even chance to live. Officers said they believed the automobile rounded m turn too fast on a dusty, abandoned forest road, the car glancing off a tree and striking - another head-on ramming the engine Into the driver's seat. Three Houses Are Burned, Mill City Sirs. - Hugh Jenkins Badly Burned on Arms, Heat Overcomes Fighter STAYTON, June 2 Three ' ad jacent houses At Mill City were burned to the ground this after noon and Mrs. Hugh Jenkins, one of the owners, suffered severe arm burns in attempting to res cue household effects and Clyde Thomas, Mill City volunteer fire man was overcome by heat, while fighting- the flames. V,The Stajtott fire department sent part of Its equipment to tho fire. ' . , ' The houses were owned by the Woman's club and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. McRoberts, owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jenkins and owned by (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Ttrii ts i - , J1i1K "rodUCerS : Suit Is in Court Salem's milkmen (are expected to converge en masse upon the county courthouse at 10 o'clock this morning to be present for the opening of the grade A raw milk producers' suit to enjoin the state milk control board, from enforc ing a basic quota order applying to the Salem mllkshed. The suit waa filed last July under the names of W. E. Savage and Bruce Tox. , 'v--,:;:;.;;-; ; . ; -., .. : ..y-. 'Circuit Judge. LT-G." Lewelling will..' preside over . the ' trial and there will; be no Jury. The case Is expected, to -consume the remain der of the present week. Paper Assails Church Chiefs For Obstinacy Action of Vicar Jardine Calls for Conference Among Churchmen Volunteer Known for.; His WorR in Slums; Past Criticism Marked LONDON, June 2-(Thursday-CP)-The News; Chronicle today sharply attacked church leaders Who disapproved of the Rev. R. Anderson Jardine volunteering to marry the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield according to the. rites of the Church of England. ' ; ' "There would appear to be a narrow minority and that In a quarter where charity should be most expected intent on forcing the duke to drain to Its last bit ter drop the cup of his discom fort," the paper said editorially. "Public feeling will be shock ed and startled by the attitude which Church of England author ities felt it Incumbent on them to take following the announce ment an AngUca clergyman will conduct the marriage service for the duke ."' Where is the sense still more, where is the Christian charity In ecclesiastic authorities pursu ing this matter further, causing the duke new mental distress and self-righteously declaiming before the world tbeir disassociation and their Implied disapproval?" LONDON, June 2 HJPi- High authorities of the Church of Eng land tonight frowned disapprove ingly on the "poor man's parson who volunteered to marry the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield according to the rites of that church. After a conference with the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Mattson Suspect Is Held in Texas FORT WORTH, Tex., June 2.-1 j (-Federal bureau of. Investiga- lon agents came here today to question a 3 1 -year-old-man re- garamg tne aianap - muruer oi Charles Mattson. 10, of Tacoma, Wash.', last fall. The agents also obtained a spe cimen of his handwriting, and re turned to their Dallas offices. The prisoner was left in city jail here. Frank Blake, district chief of the FBI, could not be located to night) , His office ' disclaimed any knowledge of. the case. The prisoner, who fits the de scription of the Mattson kidnap er, was arrested on the Texas and Pacific " railway right-of-way. two miles, west- of Arlington . today, p. H. Bishoo and. W. E. Norman, railroad special .agents, brought him. In for Investigation. The man l said he was a native of France. J Broadcasting his abdication From Fort Belvedere " icd n n French w Arrival of "Poor Man's Parson59 to Perform Ceremony in Spite of Cliuren Jf rowns Is Hailed Throngs Surround Chateau but Police , Keep Them at Distance; "Love, Honor, Obey" in Ritual CHATEAU De CANDE, Monts, France, June 3. (AP) Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Warfield, the blue eyed lady he preferred to a crown, came to the wedding crossroads of romance today contented winners in an ep och's struggle. A French ciyil service and an Anglican altar won at long last started life anew after 40 for the man who was king and Jthe Woman who could never he queen, or even "Roy al Highness." ' . The scene was behind the wise old walls and the spired turrets of this ,16th century chateau in the romantic touraine a chateau borrowed from an American. The time was noon. Largest Class to Graduate Tonight First Use of new 3enir High Building Feature of Commencement Diplomas signifying completion bf 12 years -of class work will be handed to 474 members or tne . . i . a. - v ' m. f w a senior ciass at nhw. night as commencement, exercises vi.h Kiiinv tnr tho Urgert6cla7. 7;er to Vaduate tnm alT fciirh .rhool . IJUiminaUUK a wee a. ui tniij . , . . ... J.X. f aevotea target? iu iu cuiur the commencement exercises win be the first public event held iu the new high I 1 4th and D st school building at streets. The exercises, o which approximately 1300 par- i en ts and relatives of graduates nave been invited, will start at 8 o'clock, Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitx of T.n' A al,ai . Ka HAITI. Wallie's Ex-Mate w - tv - Hfl ' IS r OrgOlien Itiail LONDON. June 3-tThursday)- (FV-Ernest Aldiich Simpson went about London, as quietly, as.eter today just as he aescripea. mm; i self : "or very poor, news vaiue, I'm afraid." At Monts. France, . the woman I who was Mrs. Simpson becomes I through the transition of world- watched marriage the Duchess, of Windsor. But Simpson,, in Bow- ler hat and well-tailored business suit, stays In the protective depths of the; Guard's club,- 41 I Brook - street,' or else London's j crowds swallow him up If he emerges ' to; go to office or the ater ' i It has been that way since Ship's Broker; Simpson and his wife went their ; separate ways last October: she to the Ipswich divorce ; e o a r t he to "The Guards." Once in a while in the last few weeks.' this dark-haired mous- tached man has met one of the I old friends who also Is a friend of Wallis Warfield, and the friend has said very casually: I spoke to Wallis on the tel ephone yesterday." : 'Oh, you did? - Simpson would say, with a smile. "And how - is she all right, I hope Mrs. Ryan Avers Evidence Stolen PITTSBURGH. June 2.-(P- Mrs. Lillian A. Ryan of Portland. Ore., a defense witness . in the Baker estate fraud trial of six western Pennsylvania and one Washington, D. C.,y defendants told police today she had been robbed of documents 'which 'she said would have proved the ex istence of the estate. ; The woman said an unidenti- l.fled man took the papers from her yesterday in a downtown oi- fice . building.; The government contends the defendants had so licited funds for pressing claims against .a mythical estate of Jacob Baker ot Revolutionary war days. Mrs. Ryan said the documents taken from her included copies of leases and trusteeships which had been handed down to her , from her great-grandmother. Ma rriage Civil Rites O . A poor man's parson," and bis last minute will to fill the office that his bishops ; shunned, made it a church of England wedding, gave Edward and his thrice-wed bride the blessings of a faith of which until December 10th he was the nominal master. But the frigid hand of govern ment Britain lay on the union un til the last. The bare half-hundred within sight or hearing of the ser vice found among its ranks no member of .British royalty and no Briton in official role. And, by decree of the king, - George VI, whom Edward's abdication eleva- ted. today'. Duchess of Windsor -wv, thft ,n. -fw- I "al iiignness. . " th,s "re? today; it luuuunw mirror jaine ooyisn iace Wnllln 1nf tmn nam vminv I " " j . j -0v.. . She gladly chose a prayer book for her wedding bouquet: a dress of blue "something new " to wear. And ahead lay an ardent search for happiness on the hon eymoon trail to the Carithlan cas tle of Wasser-Leonburg, in Aus tria, a place of dim memories of a lady bluebeard," but in a setting nt ' ' Before the skies were grey with dawn over the ' old Chateau de' Cande today there were threnrs nearby, hundreds of them frera.'- :iar a10- near, moving at will along winding country rbad that liaoses we iron gates or in is court of .content. ; . Then, at the waning of a Dale' halt . moon and the 'first '- break' iof morning light, truckload upon! truckload -of grimly -determined gendarmes descended on "the castle area. They stiffly set about keeninc all but newsmen and wedding guests a halt mile away despite the French law that' makes a civil marriage a public ' event. - . , Suddenly, postcard ' hawkers - added a dowdy and carnival touch to the crowd outside. They marketed stacks of glossy prints - that pictured Edward, his bride.' and the castle. -. Get your souvenirs!" they bel- lowed. . The Interior of the old cha teau was a riot of color, offsetting the formal attire of Edward and ' the men bidden to his wedding. Mrs. Warfield's wedding gown ' was. of the blue that Edward " adores "Wallis blue" and the " frocks of the women guests and the masses of flowers that made a bower of each historic room raa " tne range of the rainbow. Only 83 Chairs In Music Room ". Thirty-three chairs were placed ' In the music room, scene of the religious, or second ceremony' an index of the comparatively small scale of the service that " would have been an Immense pa- ' geant were Edward still king and Wallis his bride-aueen. There wer 15 more sea to for the chateau ' staff in the adjacent library. First of the role of supporting actors in today's romantic tableau was the Mayor of Monts, pudgy Dr. Char!es Mercier, peering near- sigbtedly througsh his- heavy lensed spectacles, to read the civil (Turn to Page 2, CoL I) ALL AD E of TOD Ay By R. C. Those old familiar marriage vows, to love, to honor, to obey, are murmured through out Christendom when rich or humble couples wed; but ne'er before have nuptials held such widespread interest as today because a king renounced his throne and chose his lady love instead.