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1 I t r I . . Pictures - The picture tells the tory- Timely and interest ing . picture of Willamette alley events add to The Statesman's appeal. ' leather rPalr today, and eooler Monday with higher humid Ity; Max. Temp. Saturday 88. Min.. 43, river 2.7 feet, northerly wind. EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jane 6, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 61 .Forest F Con 5 ! . XX -C lS. V X. X M 1"V -V. X. m TF fV . JM . ) - i 1 I ,V 1 I 11111 IV f x IIIIII II II II II ' ' r . ; V - !:-;:; ": pounddd 1651 . : y . :'V V : Oregon to we miie Peace Makers Face Delicate Situation now Germany and Italy Balk at Some of Terms in new Patrol Plans Russia Likely to Prove Stumbling Block if Concession Made (By the Associated Press) Jreat Britain's diplomats strove yesterday (Saturday) to salvage the International agreement lor neutrality in the Spanish civil war, but prospects for immediate success appeared dim Both Germany and Italy were reported to have balked at one point in theBrltish proposal to bring them back into the non-intervention committee after their 'Withdrawal Monday. ! It was understood they could not see eye to eye with Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on a stipulation which would re' quire consultation among com manders of international patrol vessels before reprisal could be taken in case a patrol ship were attacked. Points on which the two na tions were said to agree with Britain called for establishment of tones of security for neutral war ships in Spanish waters and recip- , rocal undertakings not to Indulge In further provocation. Satisfying Russia Second Difficulty Eden problem included: to sat isfy Russia which does not want the neutrality group to make any - considerable concessions to Italy and Germany: to keep France lined up with Britain. Germany and Italy. France is anxious that Russia, her military ally, not be slighted or put on the opposite side of the fence. Closer to the war scene. France ordered her warships attached to the port of Saint Jean De Luz to protect French fishing boats near there after insurgents baited and searched the fisherman "Croix de Jour." The insurgents explained they were seeking a boat recently built in Spain. Basque Withstand Series of Attacks On the northern front, Basque officials said their "iron ring" of defense for besieged Bilbao with stood a series of insurgent at tacks. Basque troops were report ed to have repulsed an Insurgent drive to recapture Mount Lemona, six and one-half miles southeast f Bilbao. An insurgent communique an nounced that five American made planes had been shot down by insurgents. This the Basques denied. - . Government warplanes shot down two insurgent planes which had participated in an air raid on Bilbao suburbs. .A. woman was killed and two children were seri ously injured during the raid. At Havana, 500 child refugees from Bilbao, Spain, their cheeks lumpy with candy, sailed away from Cuba for a haven in Mexico today. Immigration officials balk ed plans for the children to dis embark from their ship. Farm Laborer Is Crushed Fatally By Falling Tree Robert Reed. 4 5-year" old farm laborer, died at a local hospital kere early yesterday afternoon from Injuries he received at 11:30 a. m. when he was crushed by a Calling; tree on the W. F. Gruchow place near the Salem airport. . Grant Gruchow, with whom Reed was working on the farm Wood lot., said Reed was attempt ling to grab a water Jug from the path of the falling tree .when it truck him. The blow broke both ef Reed's legs and his back. Little -was known of Reed other than that he had worked , (or Gruchow for 11 years and had come here from Montevideo, Minn. A telegram was addressed to that city In an effort to locate relatives. The body was taken to the Clough-Barrick mortuary. 56-Incli Iris now Leads in Contest The Iris contest, started re cently by an editorial In , The Statesman saying that an Oregon Iris had grown to the remark able height of 40 Ches, has tak en on the proportions of a mara than. Mrs. Sc' E- Hardcastle of 179 South, 19th street, the chal lenger . is' still undefeated cnam-pion-with two 68 Inch specimens tO'her credit. Mrs. C. W. Noble Is runner-up irlth a 84 Inch entry. Mrs. W. T. Hogg reported several 47 inch iris in her garden. River Claims. Canoeist Who Dares Rapids SPOKANE, Wash., June 6(Jp) Herman Snyder, jr., 28, who with a companion embarked for Portland, Ore., in a canoe, drown ed in Spokane river a few miles below Spokane a few hours after they started this afternoon. Herbert Steward. 18, Spokane amateur photographer, the com panion, was snapping pictures as the light canvas pontoon-equipped canoe dashed through the bowl and pitcher rapids. Several friends, I Including Steward's mother, saw the frail craft over turn and Snyder fall into the stream. f , He clung to the boat through the rapids, but just beyond he lost his grip. A life preserver attached to his belt held him above water until nearly! three quarters of a mile below the rapids. Then he was lost from view, and witnesses who ran ' along the turbulent stream for nearly a mile said they did not see him again. Snyder, who lived at 3615 N.E. 43rd street.! Portland, built the boat in Portland. He and Steward carried greetings from the Spo kane chamber of commerce to Mayor Joseph Carson and the Rose Festival committee. V'tnesses J to the tragedy told of the grim and courageous battle Snyder made against the river, and of warning him his slight craft would not negotiate the turbulent waters of the bowl and pitcher. T. M. Pollard, a friend of Sny der who saw; him start, said after they launched their boat he drove ahead and waited above the en trance to the rapids. "As they came into view, I knew they were in trouble and shouted for them to come ashore," he said. (;; "I offered to help portage around the rapids but Snyder re fused. We emptied all equipment froi the boat. He removed his shoes and ordered Steward to take pictures of him in the fast water; - i- , "At the first stretch of rough water the boat overturned. He seemed cool and climbed on top of the boat, but within a, hundred feet the raging current pulled him under again, j "When be appeared again a small life preserver tied to his belt was torn loose. Then he went down to stay." Violence Threat In Steel Dispute Bloody Things Ahead" Is Warning of Union Man; Courts , Take Action (By the Associated Press) A swift tide of events on tha steel strike lines yesterday brought a warning from Union General Philip Murray that "sin ister and bloody things are in the offing." j Pickets in the Youngstown, O., area, incensed when a carload of food was shunted into the Youngs town Sheet & Tube company's plant, said they would not again permit their lines to be broken "cost what, It may." Police and sheriff's deputies drove the picket forces from a bridge near the plant. j Republic Steel Corp., only member of I the strike-affected trio of producers attempting to operate, won a court victory at Warren, O., but met a reverse in Chicago, where it has 1,400 men encamped in j the South Chicago plant. (Turn to Page 5, Col. 3) Dancy s Successor Expected To Be Elected Monday Night A busy session of the city coun cil is due Monday night with election of an alderman, a hear ing on a protested zone change, possible revisions of downtown traffic regulations and improve ment of the old city auto park will be up for consideration. A new candidate, Claude W. Jorgensen, was being mentioned yesterday for , the council seat left vacant by the death of W. H. Dancy, although votes were re ported lined i up in support of Chandler P. Brown, young bus inessman. Jorgensen, who lives at 472 North Liberty street and is In the oil burner business, is understood to have some backing from labor elements. A third cit izen who may be nominated la Clifford Daue, South Salem drug gist. J Auto Camp Proposal Draws Objections The planning and zoning com mission's recent approval of a proposal by Ben Taylor to re place the bathhouses wrecked by snow last winter at his 21st and Mill creek beach with auto tour ist cabins has aroused protest to the extent that an attorney has been reported hired by remon strating nearby property owners The council will hold a hearing North Santiam Last Link Du For Bids F -5 10.6 Miles of and Bridge icing ayon Items in ; Project Route Will Be Good This Summer Though Detour Is Still Necessary . The federal bureau of public roads Is expected to call for bids within the next four weeks for surfacing and bridge construction that will close the last Unk In the North Santiam highway, accord ing to information obtained at the state highway department yester day. A 1125,000. allocation of funds has been set aside for this project, which will be 10.6 miles in length. ; j Because of the bridge construc tion Involved, across the canyon of the upper North Santiam river. the new (Trade probably will re main under supervision of eon- tractors all summer but may pos sibly be opened to limited travel, County Engineer N.. C. Hubbs said when he was advised of the impending work. ; Reinforcement of ! Sob-Grade Included In addition to constructing the bridge, which will be located a short distance south of the - pres ent detour junction above De troit, the federal project will in elude reinforcement of the new subgrade which was finished last year and application of a . light course of surfacing material. This surfacing, highway officials be lieve, will serve until federal funds are available for standard heavy surfacing. Travel over the North Santiam highway will be relatively i easy this summer despite the existence of the long detour from Marlon creek to the north and south roads' Junction, Engineer Hubbs predicted. Late last season he made the trip from Salem to Sis ters In three hours without diffl culty, he said. , ; I M Completion of ; the j 10.6-mile section of the north road will leave but three miles of construc tion to be carried out before the north and the south Santiam highway system is open through out on new grades. The three miles, however, are through rough mountain country and may require two or three years longer for construction because of the heavy cost entailed. Concrete Laying Ends -This Month The last of the concrete ' pipe manufactured here for use in constructing the Salem-Stayton city water supply line will be re moved from the storage grounds at 12th and Howard streets thib week and laying of the concrete section of the line will be com pleted before the end of June. Water Manager Cuyler Van Patten said yesterday. About one mile of concrete pipe remains to be laid to finish the five-mile ' sec tion of the pipeline constructed of that material. Van Patten said water was be ing run into the steel pipeline along Rural avenue preparatory to testing it under pressure and promised the avenue would be cleaned up as quickly as possible.' Monday night on the commis sion's recommendation that a change of zone needed to permit Taylor to proceeed with his plans be granted. The cabins would be constructed along the south bank of the creek, facing Ferry street. The special traffic committee probably will report on the out come of a hearing It conducted last month on new parking reg ulations but Chairman Ross Good man has not yet been able to get bis committee together to decide evactly what the report, will be. There is a possibility either a re turn to one-hour parkins or a compromise, 45-minute parking, may be proposed along with elim ination of parallel parking on State street. r ; Mayor V. E. Kuhn yesterday did not give much encouragement to the committee appointed Thursday night at the chamber of commerce to promote : develop ment of the old municipal auto camp as a picnic and recreational park. He declared the council had long had this development in mind but had been unable to car ry out the plan. He added, how ever, that by use of ;WPA labor the grounds might be cleaned up yet this -season. And they all testified that It was berry festival queen, la shown Cold Medal Cows Noted, Polk Show Leadership in Jerseys Is Emphasized; World's i Records Are Held INDEPENDENCE, June 5. Polk county Jersey Breeders, holding their annual spring Jer sey show in the hop bowl here to day, showed their leadership in the Jersey field when they pre sented 12 gold medal cows in one class, the group representing four-ninths of the world s fat rec ords. Average fat production for the 12 Polk gold medal cows is about 950 pounds, compared to top es timate of 180 pounds on the av erage for the United States. The Polk gold medal group ranged from 883.61 pounds to 1273.49 pounds fat. S. B. Hall, Multnomah county agent, and judge for the show here today in which 78 head of cattle competed, awarded first place In the gold medal class to L. A. Hulburt, on Sybil Lena, who also won for him senior and grand champion female. Junior female went to M. N. Tibbies. Hulburt showed five, M. N. Tib bies six and Iliff & Son one of the gold medal Jerseys. Hulburt also carried away high est honor on bulls, taking senior and grand champion bull, with junior champion going to C. J. Jenkins of Independence. Six hundred farmers and dairy men were served dinner at Slo per's hall, this feature of the Jer sey show being sponsored by the Independence chamber of com merce. Assisting President L. A. (Turn to Page 5, Col. 6) Late Sports PORTLAND. Ore., June B-LFr- Portland made it four In a row from the San Diego Padres to night in another wild game In which the Beavers again came from behind to win out, 8 to 7. San Diego used four pitchers, all of whom were hit hard, and Portland three. Three runs behind in the ninth. Mulligan, Thompson and Detore of the Padres singled in succes sion, one run coming in. With one. out. Ad LIska, the submariner. hurried to the rescue. His first pitch should have been a double play, but Lee foozled It slightly, another run coming In while he managed to get the runner at sec ond. Seven more pitches, and Liska had retired the side. San Diego . .7 14 0 Portland - 8 14 2 Ward. Pillette, Craghead. To- bin and Detore: La Flamme, Shealy, Liska and Cronin. SEATTLE. June B-iiPr-Seattle's rejuvenated ball team toppled the San Francisco Missions 6 to 4 to night, cinching their series, four games to one. Missions 4 9 0 Seattle 6 14 3 Nitcholas. Lamanskl and Out- en; Barrett. Pickrel and Fernan des. WESTERN IXTL LEAGUE T Yakima 12, Vancouver 4. Spokane 12, Tacoma 0. Wenatcbee 8, Lewiston 4. CUTTING A PIECE OF CAKE FOR 10,000 GUESTS f 1 tasty. Carol Dirrett, Lebanon straw-1 wielding the official sabre aa she cut I o . L Strawberry Festival Is Success; Big Cake Cut Parades Are Highlights of Annual Show; Awards ffor Strawberry Exhibits .Are - Announced; , Future Farmers Make Good Showing LEBANON, June 5 Touched off by the cutting of the enor mous 5000 pound shortcake yesterday, the holiday spirit ran rampant here today as Queen Carol brought her reign over the annual Strawberry Festival to a close. Portions of the shortcake, doused in cream, were served to several thousand people who jammed this community for the colorful tribute to the straw - berry crop. - The cake-cutting followed a big parade which was pronounced the best In many years. Another pa rade featuring children was a highlight today. Friday afternoon was given to stage programs by the valley towns, street sports, band music and dancing. A massed band of 100 pieces played Friday night. Albany defeated Lebanon 13 to 12 and Harrisburg beat Halsey 5 to 3 in the 'semi-finals of the annual Linn county baseball tour nament, staged in conjunction with the strawberry festival. J. E. Wall of Scio won first prize of 89 in the berry exhibit in which 66 crates of fine straw berries were shown. Other prize winners were: Bill Wagy, 38; Mrs. Vic Ray, S7;. Delmar Bates, 36; Ella Mae Pltzing, 35; V. E. Ray, 34; Clifford Ray, S3; Cletus Ray, 32, and E. Swink, $1. Wall also won first award for plates of berries taking a 33 prize. Frank Pltzing was given the second award of 32. All ber ries exhibited were of the Mar shall variety. The Future Farmers of Ameri ca had a creditable display, devel oped by their study with Ira'H. Forrey, Smith-Hughes Instructor In the high school. ; The floral exhibit featured roses, peonies, columbines, del phiniums and wild flowers and were In charge of Mrs. Joel C. Mayer, Mrs. Ruth Haek and Mrs. Phil Lannlng. ! The baskets and artificial flow ers exhibited by the adult hand work class taught by Grace Geist was a new and highly attractive feature of the exhibits. ' ; The art club work of Lacombe attracted hundreds of visitors. Cascara Contract Granted to Walsh The state forestry department Saturday tentatively awarded a contract for xascara bark on state owned timber land in the Elliott State forest in Lane and Doug las counties to J. A. Walsh of Marshfleld on ' his bid of 2H cents a pound. The Elliott tract covers 71,105 acres. The contract calls for peel ing not less than 20,000 pounds this year and 25,000 pounds In 1939. Peeling can be done only in May, June and Jnly, unless by permission of the state forester. Walsh's bid further provided that in case he receives in excess of 10 cents a pound on resale he will pay a quarter cent additional to the state. , - -1 this 8000-pound strawberry shortcake to provide-10,000 luscious helpings for festival guests. Ben Maxwell photo. ' O 1 o - Threat to Dam Is At End, Reported CARLSBAD, N. M., June 5-(JF. Li. E. Foster, U. S. reclamation superintendent here, said tonight fear that McMillan dam might not hold off the crest of the Pecos river flood expected tomorrow, had been dispelled. "We feel the amount of water now expected," said Foster, "is not a menace to the dam. We think now there is adequate pro tection." Foster said the reservoir now can handle two and one-half feet more water before it is threatened. The dam was further fortified to day with sandbags. Residents of Carlsbad and the surrounding valley, after making plans to evacuate earlier in the week, for - the most part were contented tonight that they were safe from an invasion of the river and made no move to flee their homes. Marble Board Again; Injunction is Sought A new round in the litigation over operation of marble boards in Marion county 'began yesterday afternoon when J. H. Campbell through his attorney, Guy O. Smith, filed suit In circuit court here for an injunction restrain ing Sheriff A. C. Burk and other authorities from Interfering with operation of 14 of the machines. The complaint vas accompanied by a temporary restraining order granted by Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelllng. The court's order set Tuesday, June 15, at 10 a. m. as time for a hearing on plaintiff's demand that the injunction be made per manent. Status of Previous Case Is In Doubt Appeal briefs in a similar salt Instituted by N. J. Arnold last fall against the same officials were to have been filed with the su preme" court June 1 under agree ment with Ralph Moody, special prosecutor. The briefs were not filed. Moody was in Washington, D. C, and status of the appeal was uncertain. The Multnomah county circuit court had ruled In - the Arnold case that marble boards were lot teries and therefore violated the state's gambling law. In the new action, Campbell ? - tm '4 Crowds Turn out As Store Opened Skiffs First to Purchase Merchandise at Ward's new Establishment Demonstrating that they be lieve in reciprocity when it comes to financial dealings, Dr. and Mrs. Mark Skiff- made the first purchase at the new Montgomery Ward store in Salem when it was formally opened for public Inspec tion Saturday morning. It was Dr. and Mrs. Skiff who sold, the large merchandising firm - the property on which the store build ing was erected. . ' Fitting to the occasion also was the fact that this first sale of mer chandise in the new store was made by Regina Kerber, who was an employe of the company when its previous store was opened here. Thousands of people from Sa lem and the territory around thronged to the new store on the; opening - day and the four floors were comfortably crowded with visitors and shoppers all - day. Though many came merely to see and admire, the store reported a surprisingly large volume of bus iness. "With - this fine v response to hour opening day invitation, I am more than 'happy to feel that the people of Salem and surrounding territory have appreciated our ef forts. The opening day crowd ex ceeded our expectations," Bar- kley A. Newman, manager, de clared. ., : Visiting officials of the Mont gomery Ward company said the Salem store was the finest of any of its establishments on the Pa cific coast. . . Issues Raised asserts, his machines are worth 31200 and are intended for and used particularly In the playing of games for pastime and amuse ment and Involve "in the main, if not wholly," an element of skill. The complaint, going on to de scribe operation of the boards at length, avers the amount of money released in the playing is whoUy aepenaent upon the particular manner In which the board is op erated by the player. . In addition to declaring Ufe boards have been operated by plaintiff in various places of busi ness throughout Marlon county, "particularly outside of munici palities." the complaint asserts they have not been "licensed, lim ited, regulated,, or, prohibited," and mentions the grand jury gambling investigation of 1935 36 in which the jury was charged with ascertaining if games were being run in violation of the law. The complaint demands a de cree enjoining, the defendants from seizing Injuring or destroy ing any of plaintiff's marble boards, from attempting to pre vent their operation and from" prosecuting plaintiff or players using his machines. ' Other defendants named are I. H. Van Winkle, attorney general; Ralph Moody, assistant; Lyle Page, district attorney. ' y ill Conditions at Valsetz Held More Hopeful i Humidity Rises and Wind Changes, Settlement Is Not in Danger 5000 Acres Are Covered by Scappoose Blaze; . Homes Threatened " The fire In the Cobbs-Mitchell holdings near Valsets was stUI spreading at 6 o'clock last night but conditions bad Improved and the mill village did not appear to be in danger. The Statesman was advised by telephone. The humidity had risen notice ably. The wind -Changed late la the afternoon to south southwest. At the Valsets telephone office it was declared the flames were for the most part confined to logged-off areas. It was estimated between 1500 and 200 acres of land had been burned over. Three, hundred Valsetz resi dents were working on the fire lines in relays and as far as The Statesman's informant knew, no CCC enrollees had been called in to aid. , Earlier yesterday the state forestry - department reported hope the tire would be under control by nightfall. The fire broke out Friday after noon. Reports of its origin varied from a stump blasting fuse to sparks from friction caused by a logging cable rubbing a tinder dry snag. PORTLAND, Ore., June 5.-P) More than 800 firefighters battled in vain today to control Oregon's first major forest fire of the season which had burned over nearly 5,000 acres near Scappoose. 7 Additional crews, ; mostly " CCC men, were being brought in to night. Swept by a strong wind and aided' by low humidity and high temperatures, the tire spread rap idly to the northwest toward logged-off lands containing many settlers dwellings. The forest fire patrol associa tion, directing the fight, reported it impossible to hold lines in front of the spreading flames. The Gigsah home for old men, threatened for a time Friday, was reported out of danger due to a change in the wind. Slashing fires in Ingham Lum ber Co. operations at Glendale in southern Oregon destroyed an other million feet of logs, tools and equipment. Hope for relief from the fire hazard was seen in the weather bureau's prediction of cooler temperatures and higher humid ity for Sunday. Four Are Burned After Car Upsets UMATILLA, Ore., June 5.-(P -Four members of the Henry Dexter family burned to death this: afternoon when their auto overturned and caught fire in the east outskirts of Umatilla. The dead: Henry Dexter, rancher residing three miles west of Umatilla. Mrs. Henry Dexter. Their 21-year-old daughter. Their young son. The operator of a filling sta tion near which the tragedy oc-N curred, said Dexter had attempted to avoid colliding with an ap proaching auto. His ear over turned and gasoline exploded, making a fiery bier of the ve hicle and thwarting attempts at rescue. Intense heat kept wit nesses at a distance. Snowdrifts Pile High in Black Hills Region SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. June 5. WVSnowdrifts three to four feet deep and roads blocked by snow and fallen trees were reported from Black Hills territory tonight in the wake of a capricious spring storm that piled 10 Inches of snow on some mining communi ties and temporarily isolated t. eral , small towns. B A L L AD E of TO DA y By R. C To smack a homer in the pinch or start a snappy double play are feats that each red blooded boy delights to dream of. night or day, and dozens of them hope to learn each funda mental playing rule; they'll turn out Monday and attend the Legion-Statesman baseball school. r 1