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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1937)
J ; '. ; i : .... , ., . , , .. -- . . ....... .. x First in Pictures First spot pictures radioed from Moots, France In con nection with the Windsor Warfield wedding appear In The Statesman today. . U i leather ' Fair tod and Saturday, little : change In tempera tore; '. Max. Temp. Thursday 78, Min. ,75, river 2.4 feet, light north-northeast wind. POUNDDD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, Jane 4, 1937 Priee 3c; Newsstands 5c , No. 59 To .RoIbini(0)ini to OF ram ay r- nAV i r I mi i ij i i i i ii mm i i jajwwla - I v . ; vi u y , do MI TTT "E7iT I Jt&e. IVMDC t New MiiUding V High School Exercises Largest Class Of Salem High Gets Diplomas New Building's Assembly Hall Packed' at First Event Held There '!Put Something in Bank" of Mind Is Advice of Henry Berkowitz "You want to have something to draw on. You want to put something in the bank, In the savings account of the mind," Kabbi Henry J. Berkowitz, of Temple Beth Israel in Portland told 474 graduating seniors of Salem high last night as he ex pounded the reasons for a high school education. Taking as his theme a refuta tion of the time-worn statement of high school speakers, "young people, I envy you," Berkowitz stated that the gruelling years of high school Just completed was as -difficult a period as they would be called to face. "I envy you only one thing," he said, "and that is that you are finished." The years of study and- of tests, he explained, are justified in that "it makes us good com . pany for themselves." "Some people when alone, Berkowitz said, "are absolutely a1onr,atoiier with their backbone ... but when you stand alone, as you - inevitably will, then you will draw from the bank, then you will reap the harvest." Auditorium Filled At First Event There The new Salem high auditor ium, used for the first time, was filled with graduates, relatives and friends until there was standing room only and that only in the balcony. Even the fire es capes outside the auditorium win dows bore crowds of ticketles spectators. Edith Oglesby, who in the valedictory talk assured the audi ence that the class of 1937 would prove its value to society, and Jack Powers, who played the sec ond movement of Bruch's Con certo In G minor on the violin, represented the class on the pro gram. Bill Thomas, student body president during the past year, was announced by Principal Fred Wolf as winner of the Albert prize of $25, an award made each year to a atudent who, opportun ities considered, has made the greatest progress toward the ideal in character, service and whole some influence. The American Legion auxil iary history award was presented to Alice Thompson. Magna cum laude and cum laude awards for highest and second highest grades (Turn to page S, col. 6) Burned Freighter Limping for Port MANILA, June 4-( Friday The German freighter Oliva, crippled in stormy waters by a fire which injured five crew mem bers, limped toward Manila un der her own power today, one of two convoying rescue vessels re ported. The German steamer Friedrun, which sped to the rescue with the Dutch steamship Tjikarang. mes saged the Associated Press that the five injured crew members had been taken aboard the Tjik arang. The Friedrun reported she was piloting the Oliva, whose bridge was destroyed by flames which broke out while the vessel was In the China sea yesterday. The trio of vessels expected to dock, here by 8 p. m. (7 a. m.. Friday, East ern Standard time). Granite Arriving For new Capitol Laying of the granite base around the new state capitol building will start next week, it was announced here yesterday. Two carloads of granite bad al ready arrived here and were be ing held on siding until they could be delivered on the site. . Deliveries of white marble for the exterior, walls above . the " granite base. are expected to be had as soon as workBiii are ready for them. General Mola Of Insurgents Dies in Crash VITORIA, Spain. June 3-(A)-fien. Eiiiil' Mola, com mander of all insurgent nr m ies in northern Spain and director of the two-months old siege of Bilbao, was killed today in the crash of a fog-bound airplane. Two of his starr officers and two pilots died with him in the wreck near Bri viesca, 25 miles northeast of Burgos, I capital of Gen. Francisco Franco's Insurgent regime early in the war and si ill a Franco stronghold. Mola's lbody was thrown U. yards I from the wrecked plane and was so badly mangled it could be identi fied only) by the tan water proof coat he wore. The bespectacled Mola was Franco's righthand man, accounted the ablest strate gist among all the insurgent chieftain's lieutenants. Six Jobs Are Let By Highway Board Petitions (and Complaints From Many Delegations Heard at Meeting PORTLAND, June S.--The state highway commission let con tracts on six highway projects, totaling approximately half a million dollars and heard peti tions and complaints- from a pro cession of county court and cham ber of commerce delegations Vat its session here today. Contracts awarded included: Clatsop county Quartz Creek bridge on Wolf Creek highway, L. H. Hoffman, Portland, $169, 234. Deschutes county Hors Ridge-Brothers section of central Oregon highway, McNutt Broth ers, Eugene,' $91,556. Deschutes counyt McKenzie Pass-Little Butte section McKen zie highway, Edwin C. Gerber. Oregon City, $12,501. Tillamooki county Short Sand Beach Creek bridge on Oregon coast highway, E. W. and W. F. Philpott, Portland. $12,136. . Washington county Concrete overstructures over Southern Pa (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Silver Falls Fire Reported Quelled Citizens' reports Wednesday night of a forest fire in the Sil ver creek district were verified yesterday by; State Forester J. W. Ferguson's staff here. The blaze proved to be in cutover land along the Silver Falls Logging com pany's railroad right of way. Latest reports from the fire zone yesterday afternoon were t the blaze was under control and probably would be put out soon. It had covered about 20 acres of land. Forty CCC workers had been sent to combat the flames. ! r Another fire, near Detroit, also was reported i here but Kermit LInstedt, forest officer in charge of the Detroit ranger station said he knew of no blazes In his terri tory. . Nine Road Units Chosen for i Oiling; 17.75 Miles Listed Nine major sections of road totaling 17.75 miles in length were designated by the county court yesterday for oil-surfacing this summer; if condition of the road fund permits after this year's unusually extensive repair operations have been completed. . The roads tentatively marked on the map for oiling are as fol lows: I t '. -r , Hubbard-Woodburn market road No. 70, along west side of Southern Pacific tracks, three miles. "' : t Fairfield road, toward north River road, one mile. Hopmere-Brooks road, one mile. ! .Chemawa-Pacific highway road, north entrance, .75 mile. Central Howell-North Howell Million Dollar highway, five miles. Old Turner road, two miles. Aumsville-West Stayton road, 1H miles. I Fern Ridge road, one mile. -. Jefferson - Talbot road, 2 mile.s I ; In addition the court plans to close two small gaps left between Evergreen and Center View Ward Op ens m New Structure Here Saturday Finest on Coast of This Firm; Early American Design Is Followed Greatly Enlarged Space Provided; Some Novel! Features Included The new ; Montgomery Ward store, in its own new building at 155 North Liberty street, will open Saturday morning at 9:30 It Is the finest Ward store on the coast and represents the most modern ideas in store planning, New stocks have been placed and the greatly increased floor space permits the carrying of more com plete lines with wider assort ments. The exterior of the store is a striking design, borrowed f from the early American. The front is of a brick glistening in white; with the Mansard roof of the fourth floor and its dormer win dows furnishing a pleasing Tar iant from the vertical lines of the structure. Spacious show windows are trimmed in stainless steel. The building has four floors. mezzanine and a basement. The interior arrangement provides for three stores under one roof i complete apparel store, a . com plete home furnishings store, and a complete hardware store. -t -. Apparel on Main L And Second Floors The entire main and second floor are devoted to the apparel store. On the main floor are the men's department, the infants' (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Improving of Old Auto Park Sought Picnic and Recreation Use Favored at - Meeting; Need Here Cited ' Immediate development of the old municipal auto camp ground as a picnic and recreation park was urged at a meeting called by the Salem chamber of commerce last night and attended by 38 men and women representing civ ic and patriotic organizations of the city. j L The group, after deciding unan imously that the grounds should be cleaned up at once and equipped with picnic tables and cooking facilities, instructed W. W. Chadwick, who as chamber of commerce president acted as chairman, to appoint a commit tee to prepare plans and seek fi nancial assistance from the city council. -Ben Kamseyer Is Committee Chief Mr. Chadwick named as chair man of the committee Ben Ram seyer and as other members, Mrs. B. E. Sisson, J. Lyman Steed, Mrs. George R. K- Moorhead. E. B. Grabenhorst, Mrs. C. C. Geer, and C. W. "Pat" Emmons. Mem bers of the city park board, F. (Turn to page 6, col. 8) schools on the Silverton-Sublimlty road and oil the Ankeny hill road for the short distance between the end of the pavement near Rose dale and the bridge. "That is the program of oiling we hope to complete this year if repairs don't cost too much," Commissioner Roy S. Melson said. "But first we plan to repair ex isting roadspaved, oiled t and graveled. Winter damage to them was the most extensive in years. , No oiling is planned in the im mediate vicinity of Sllverton be cause of the opportunity that de veloped late last month for the county to complete the Silverton Monitor road, a job which ' will call for eliminating three curves, constructing a new bridge and working over about 2H miles of right of way. This road, the court indicated, will go down on next summer's oiling program. The court was In somewhat of a quandary as to whether to des ignate completion of an oiled road leading south from Donald or oil ing of the Woodburn - Hubbard road for action this year bat fin (Turn to page 6, coL 7) Anti-Gambling Bills Blocked; Petition Filed Plenty of Names Appear Upon Referendum of Pinball Measures Fair Trade Enactment Is Also Slated for Vote at Next Election The two anti-gambling device bills and the fair trade bill en acted at the 1937 legislative ses sion will not go into effect June 7. hut will instead be voted upon in the next general state elec tion, it was determined Thurs day. Referendum petitions placing the three measures on the baUot were filed in the state depart ment Thursday afternoon. Peti tions against the anti-gambling bills were sponsored by the Ore gon Merchants Legislative league and were filed by Walter Tooze, attorney for the organization. One of the laws under attack was Introduced by Senator Car ney and outlaws slot machines. The other by Representative Han nab Martin, makes it unlawful to possess or operate pinball ma chines, marbleboards and other similar devices. The Martin law also gives the officers the right of confiscation and destruction. Petitions attacking the Carney law contained 18,100 signatures while the petitions striking at the Martin law contained 18,161 names. Only 12,528 signatures were required to insure the ref erendum measures a place on the ballot at the next genera) elec tion. Tooze said approximately 5000 signatures were obtained which were not checked or certified by the county cierks. The signatures represent every county in Oregon with the ex ception of Hood River and Lake. "The Oregon merchants legis lative league has only started Its campaign," Tooze said, declaring that initiative petitions would be placed in circulation soon to amend the lottery section of the state constitution so as to permit the legislature to license, tax and regulate all games of amusement. skill and chance. The petitions attacking the anti price discrimination . law were filed by George C. Stanley of En gene. These petitions contained 14,068 signatures. The anti-price discrimination law would prevent price cutting below the cost of production. It was known as senate bill No. 103. The time for filing completed referendum petitions for the next general election expires Saturday at midnight. Honors Revealed As Exercise Held SILVERTON, June 8. Mar gery Hillman and L y 1 e Specht were announced at Sllverton high school commencement exercises tonight as the two seniors chosen to have their names placed on the honor plaques. Their selection as the most representative students during their four-year high school careers In scholarship and activ ities, was announced by Principal Herman "Kramer. - Robert White, a Junior, re ceived the award for the student showing the greatest improve ment in various desirable qual ities during the year. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., June 3.-0IP) Ad Liska's six-hit hurling gave the Portland Beavers a 6 to 2 win tonight over San Diego, the Beavers taking a J to 1 lead In the series. The Padres scored one in the second to take the lead, but the Beavers tied it up in the same frame, went ahead in the third and were never headed. The Beavers hit Craghead hard. collecting a triple, four doubles and seven singles. Liska. winning his 10th of the season, kept the Padre hits well scattered, and never was in trouble. The win moved Portland up to the .500 percentage mark for the first time since ApriL San Diego ......... .2 62 Portland f 12 1 Craghead. Hebert and Detore; Liska and Cronln. LOS ANGELES, June .-- A single by Ed Sawyer, pinch hit ter, in the eighth Inning with the bases full and two out, gave Oakland- the margin to defeat Los Angeles here tonight, 7 to 5. Oakland 7 10 0 Los Angeles ........ 5 11 1 Plechota, Douglas and Baker; Overman, Meyer, Lieber and Collins. WED AFTER '""l ili,nn.rtf The Dnke and Duchess of 'Windsor i I f radiopnoto or the most famous bridal couple In nlstory, taken daring rehearsal of the marriage cere mony Wednesday night In the music room of the Chateau de Cande. Except that the bride carried a prayer-book, the scene was duplicated exactly Thursday noon. International Illustrated News radio sonndphoto. - ; O : Famed Newlyweds Head for Austria Wistful Plea for Privacy in Future Expressed After Marriage LAROCHE-MIGENNES, France, June 4-( Friday )-(irp)-The Duke and Duchess of Windsor boarded the Simplon-Orient express at this small station in the department of Tonne early today and sped away on their honeymoon journey to Austria. The world's most famous cou ple, having motored here from the Chateau de Cande, where they were married yesterday, boarded, the train a few minutes after mid night. It was 12:11 a.m. (6:17 p.m. E.S.T.) when the brightly lighted train pulled out into the night to ward Italy and Austria. The shiny special car attached at Paris was made ready for the couple's occupancy before it reached this station. . The duke and - his bride, the former Wall's Warfield, are en route . to Wasserleonburg castle, near Austria's southern border. VIONTS, France, June 3-UPy- Edward of England and ' blue- eyed, American born Wallis War- field were married today In the ancient and turreted Chateau de Cande in this pastoral Tillage of Sunny France, and with a wistful (Turn to page 2, col. 2) . Lillian Applegate Hit by Car, Hurt Lillian G. Applegate, about 79, member of a pioneer family, was treated for severe bead lacera tions and shock at the 8alem General hospital last night after she was struck by a car driven by Alfred George Warm an, Langley Prairie. B. C, near the intersec tion of Court and High streets. Miss Applegate who lives w.th a sister. Pearl Applegate, at 1620 State, was apparently : crossing Court street when struck by War man's car. Warm an told police that he did not see Miss Applegate until he felt the impact. He said he was driving about 1 5 miles per hour. '1 Warmsn was accompanied by his wife. He told police they were on . their honeymoon and were headed for San Francisco. EMPIRE-SHAKING ROMANCE irnnrri HinL i j hi as they appeared during the wedding ceremony Thursday. Exclusive Bulletin BERLIN. Jane 4-(-Hel-muth Hlrsch, an American cltl sen described by Germany, as a "Jew without citizenship," was executed on the block at Ploet xensee prison at dawn today for high treason against the third reich. . ; Hlrsch was sentenced to death March 20 after a trial ' for treasonable acUvities in connection . with violation of the explosives law. - The state department of the United States interested itself In the case and instructed Am bassador William E. Dodd to inform German authorities the man they had condemned to die was an American citizen. " ' ' The American diplomat was Instructed to render all possible assistance to the prisoner. Ask Debt Scale-Down BANDON, June 3-;P)-Clty of ficials said today they will, mail uniform letters to creditors ask ing them to scale down the Ban don debts 75 per cent. Roosev e It Seeks to Create RegionallPower Authorities WASHINGTON, June Z.-lfy-President Roosevelt asked con gress today for legislation giving every major river valley in the nation a TV A of Its own. While republicans and the or ganized public utilities denounced the plan, and administration ad herents came to its defense. Sen ator N orris (Ind-Neb), called the "father of the Tennessee valley authority" introduced a bill to make the proposal effective. : . With a plea for conservation of the nation's natural -wealth and for protection against dust storms, floods and droughts, Mr. Roosevelt proposed the country be blanketed with seven regional au thorities, to have charge of the work.. "; He suggested the territories as signed to them be the Atlantic seaboard, the Great Lakes and Ohio valley, the drainage basin of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, the basins of the Missouri river and Red river of the north, the basins of the Colorado and rivers flowing into the Pacific south of the California-Oregon boundary, and the basin of the Columbia river. To those he added the existing Mississippi river com-, mmm Britain Proposes Three-Point Plan More German Ships Enter Trouble Zone ; Doesn't Mean Final Refusal (By the Associated Press) More German warships sped to ward Spanish waters yesterday to crush any new Spanish? govern ment attack on German vessels while Britain proposed a three point plan for drawing back Ger many and Italy to xooperation with the -European "hands-of f Spain" committee. ... Germany and . Italy . withdrew from the committee's naval patrol around Spain - and cooperation with the' committee after Spanish government planes bombed Ger man and Italian warships. Britain's plan, sent to Germany, Italy ana France, proposed estab lishment 'of safety zones for neu tral ships in Spanish waters;' that the Spanish government - and In surgent leaders be asked to guar antee protection . of warships of ; (Turn to page 6, col. 8) ; ; ... i mission, which would be left un disturbed. .. With the exception of the Ten nessee and Columbia valley auth orities, Mr. Roosevelt said," the work of -these authorities: "at least, in, their early years would consist - in developing integrated plans to conserve and safeguard the prudent use of waters, water power, soils, forests and other re sources of the areas entrusted to their charge.'- ' ; WASHINGTON, June 3.-(py-Senator McNary today opposed President Roosevelt's plan for creation of a Columbia valley au thority on the grounds it will in crease the expense of Bonneville power. "It would mean an array of ex perts, lawyers, engineers, account ants and what not. The bill pro vides for a three-man board paid 810,000 each there Is 830,000 to start on. . -' "I want as little expense as pos sible attendant at Bonneville, so that the very lowest rate may be charged to the consumer." . He said he may approve crea tion of an authority when the riv er is developed further. Action at This Session to Be Insisted Upon Will Write Amendments Himself, Hints; not Seeking Court Job Land Owner, Housing and Labor Legislation on , Major List, States WASHINGTON, June 3 -flV i Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the majority leader, strongly in dicated after a White House con ference tonight that the adminis tration may propose a compro mise on the supreme court reor ganization. Robinson at the same time said he was not a candidate him self for the supreme court vacan cy created by the retirement of Justice Van Devanter and that it had not been discussed with the president. The Arkansas senator said af ter the two-hour session at the executive mansion that the bill to add new Justices to the court if Incumbents over 70 do not retire would be pressed for action at this session. He quickly added, however, that some amendments would be submitted and that be may offer one himself. Robinson would not disclose what the amendments would be, saying "you will have to wait and see. Smaller Namher of Justices Probable - There have been persistent re ports, especially since Justice Van Devanter announced he would re tire,' that the administration may be willing to accept 4 blU pro vidlng for only two or three new Justices, Instead of the five pro vided in the. legislation as it now stands.; . Robinson also said the confer ence ' discussed the general legis lative program for the remainder of the congressional session and added that while there was aa "must" list, it would be desirable if congress acted on the follow ing: 1. Legislation to help tenant farmers become land owners. 2. -Low cost housing and slum clearance. 3. Extension of nuisance tax es "and closing loopholes against tax dodgers. 4. Government reorganisa tion. .. 5. Minimum wages and max imum hours. Robinson told newspapermen on the rain-swept drtico of the White House that while some changes had occurred in the last few months which "modify the situation," there still exists the "necessity for injection ot new blood into the supreme court." Waterfront Fire Damage Is Heavy SEATTLE. June S-(JPy-K spec tacular, fire of undetermined ori gin wrecked the Connecticut St. pier here late today, causing- dam age estimated at $170,000 or mere and injuring four firemen. Fanned by a strong north wind, the flames threatened a large part of-Uhe Seattle waterfront nntil they were brought under control by. joint efforts of the fire depart ment, coast guardsmen and the crew of the navy tug Modoe. The second story of the dock was used by the coast guard as a rifle range and small arms ammu nition was stored there. Cartridge cases flew high into the air. and there was a series of explosions that Sounded like machine gun fire as the ammunition exploded. No casualties were reported from this source. False Pride Barrier to , Syphilis Eradication, Dr. John Evan Claims PORTLAND, June A.-(f-lr. John C. Evans, superintendent of the state hospital 'at Salem, told the Oregon Social Hygiene Socle ty .tonight that syphilis could be wiped out in six months if people would lose their "false pride." lie urged, examination of pros pective brides, as well as bride grooms, . to make marriage laws effective. f '.-'. B A LL AD E of TODAVf By R. L i ' The work of Hannah Martin at the late lamented session In putting -through a bill to curb the racketeers of chance is largely , nullified until the voters give expression to their wishes in the matter of this type of "low finance."