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Vacation' Time Vacation season I near a Stand. Keep ft in mind to have your daily Statesman follow yon wherever you go on that summer trip. ' . Weathei Unsettled and mild today and Thursday, light showers ( Max. Temp. Tuesday 68. Jlin. 52, river 1.9 feet, south southwest wind. POUNDDD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning:, June 9, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 63 May. e JBrokem Socon eeJi LP Strike School Budget Increased But Levy Lowered Salary Boosts Accorded to, Faculty; Changes Made Are Slight Item Included for Cost of Buildings' Use by . Non-Profit Groups CHANGES IX SCHOOL. huijgkt fob 1937-38 Total budget increased by $30 S55.96. to $453,613.96. ' Non-district tax receipts esti mated higher by $32,287.10. Total district tax decreased one-tenth mill to $274,176,96. Teachers granted 6 per cent salary increase. Provision made for regulated free use of schools by public. Salem school district taxpayers will be called upon next year to raise an Increased $153,613.96 budget by paying in $1431.63 less than the levy for ' the year now ending. That paradox was created bj the citizens' budget committee last night as it adopted with but three changes the proposed sched ule of receipts and expenditures submitted by Superintendent Si las Gaiser and the school direc- t6lS. Projection of revenues from other'- than district tax sources disclosed an expected increase of $32,287.10. or a total of $179, 437, for the new year to offset an expense budget boosted by $30,855.47. Increased enrollment of high school pupils from out side the local district, bringing a $24,183 estimated gain in tui tion payments, and a large cash carryover accounted for most of the rise' in outside income. One Mill Less Is Iroposed Tax Levy The result, if the preliminary budget is finalily adopted, will be that the district taxpayers will be asked to contribute $274, 176.96 to their schools for the year 1937-38 as against $275. 608.59 for the year 1936-37. The uew iu icprescui a 14. S III li 1 levy based on the 1937 assessed valuation, or a reduction of 0.1 mill from the last levy. The new current expense bud get, $245,476.96. is $4824.65 be low the allowable $14,168.54, or 6 per cent, increase. The only major change "the committee made in the adminis tration budget as the insertion of a $500 fund to enable the board to grant the use of school meet In r places free te non-profit approved organizations. . "It is very beneficial to the com munity to have the schools used by the public," Committeeman Don II. Upjohn declared in moving for the $500 increase. The committee left to the board the matter of establishing a defin ite policy defining organizations which will be eligible to free nse of the school buildings. The school board has managed to conserve its construction funds to such a point that the building program, now. virtually completed, will : have little effect daring the coming year on the district bud get, the superintendent- reported. Maturity dates on the building bond Issues are so arranged that old series will be paid off this year and first principal retire ments on the new, left until a year later. Debt service items in the new budget include $5500 for retiring bonds. $23,200 for bond interest, $1400 for warrant interest and $1250 for interest on other debt such as a $43,000 note issue now outstanding. New Buildings Add K-uel. Power Costs The only consequential budget item increases, aside from salaries,-were for fuel, light and pow er. These items, the board explain ed, were not entirely predictable with the new buildings going into use for an entire year for the first time. Teachers next year will be re ceiving the third 6 per cent in crease In pay in as many years. The latest raise In salaries vir tually finishes a program laid out by the directors three years ago when the new graduated schedule allowing credit for advanced study and for years of service was put into effect. The citizens committee and the board elected C. A. Sprague chairman and Chester M. Cox sec retary. Other lay members in cluded George H., Grabenhorst, William J. Entress, and Don H. Upjohn. ' Proposed expenditures were summarized as follows: General control. $11,804.96; instruction, $312,113; operation of plant, $47,311; maintenance, $13,350; auxiliary agencies, $16, 930; fixed charges, $7200; capital outlays, 9555; debt service, $31, 150; emergency, $4000. Two r Armh filffilots Lost Total Eclipse Studied With Good Results Plane Nearly Five Miles up Utilized by one Scientist, Word Observers Jubilant Over Results but Natives Cower in Dread LIMA, Peru, June 8-(j!p)-From an airplane nearly five miles up, from Andean peaks and from sea side stations jubilant scientists reported late today they observed and recorded the total eclipse of the sun under almost perfect con ditions, j The reports of success came from Americans, Japanese and Peruvian! scholars who had chos en the one small continental area from which the longest solar eclipse in more than 1200 years could be I seen in totality, a nar row band across northern Peru. They saw it near sundown, to tality beginning at 5:21 p. m. (Peruvian and E. S. T.), when the sun j was S to 10 degrees above the horizon. Ma j. Albert W. Stevens, Ameri can army aviator observing for the American Museum of Natural History, reported by radio he had reached a height of 25,000 feet, kept his plane in the path of to tality about three and a half min utes and; had achieved "splendid results in wonderful visibility." i' Major j Stevens said his "four cameras functioned well and re corded both motion and still pic tures of the sun's corona and of the approaching shadow. During totality he was flying above the Pacific ocean between Trujillo and Chimbote. Reports 1 from mountain sta tions said as soon as the sun emerged from the moon's shadow Indians, who had-been frightened as the darkness grew, rang church bells and piped on their primitive flutes tunes that had come down from the times of the Incas. News of the coming eclipse spread through the mountains for days. Fearful Indians crowded steep Andean paths along the coast where the Incas built tem ples for worship of the sun god centuries I ago. Father Convicted On Battery Count ROSEBURG, Ore., June 8-JP-A circuit court jury convicted Leonard j Hopkins, . CanyonviDe barber, tonight for assault and battery upon his 4-year-old daugh ter, Barbara . Irene, who died April 17. 1 The . child's stepmother pre viously pleaded guilty to involun tary manslaughter and was sen tenced to 12 years in the state prison. Hopkins .will be sentenced Thursday The father- said he ,, punished the child with his onen' hand fnr not washing her hands and ace oerore luncheon. He testified that the blows were not "unduly se vere." I Board Defers Action, Hopes Pres. Boyer Will Reconsider PORTLAND, June S.-(JP)-The state board of higher education today received the resignation oi Dr. C. VJ Boyer as president of the University of Oregon but postponed , action until its Sep tember meeting with the under standing that Boyer will remain at the head of the institution un til that time. . Dr. Boyer, In his letter to Chancellor F. M. Hunter, ex plained that his health and that of his wife prompted him to make the move and asked that his suc cessor be named not later than September 30.-He added that he would be pleased to continue to serve as dean of the college of arts and head of the English de partment.! F. E. Callister, board member, said it was with the hope some method of avoiding the retire ment could be devised that he urged delay in accepting the res ignation, j President Boyer's statement in dicated no intention of reconsid eration, j .Salary Restoration Is not Complete In setting the budget for the next year, the board did not give the presidents of the university C Will .eOver Roue Festival A' .4 Mt 4 ' 9ft5 0 n QUEEN DOROTHY HARDIN Festival Buttons Benefit Is Cited Money Stays Here, Chief of Cherrians Asserts in Urging Purchase Cherrian King Bing A. A. Guef froy yesterday urged that Salem citizens who expect to attend the Rose Festival in Portland pur chase buttons being sold iey the Cherrians through a downtown booth here and at the same time revealed that plans are being made to bring the Cherrian float to Salem for benefit of those who do not see it in the rose parade Friday morning. The Cherrians will retain every cent'of every dollar they collect for1 the festival buttons, this cour tesy being extended by the festi val promoters to help defray the Cherrian expenses and float ex? penses in connection with their participation in the parade. The local group hopes to sell a dollar button which permits the holder to attend -any and all festival events to every person from this area who plans to go to the Portland celebration. A special Cherrian train bound for the - rose festival will leave the S. P. depot here Friday morn ing at 7:30 o'clock, 'and every one is urged to take advantage of the dollar transportation which the train will afford. Those go ing may return to Salem on any of three trains leaving Friday night at 7:15, 9:45 or 10:10 o'clock. Train tickets for the Cherrian special are on sale at the down town booth also. The booth was yesterday moved from the corner of State and Liberty to Liberty and Court. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.) O- and the state college their full base of $8900, but restricted the boost to $7500 from the present reduced amount of $6500, effec tive July 1. Other salary adjust ments, except blanket increases in the lower brackets, were; de ferred.: : ... -; r Budgets adopted show ; relative amounts provided for the Indi vidual institutions and services to be on almost exactly the same basis as for the past year. Total institutional needs were budgeted at $3,001,074.53, with' the Uni versity of Oregon allotted $853. 003.18 and the Oregon State col lege $1,152,139.91. The Oregon Normal school budget was $177. 994.82 and the medical school $320,902.10. Appropriation ; for building repairs for the entire system was $50,000 for the tl enium." ; - i . ' ; ' ; Among the most important shifts and personnel changes are the following: Oregon State college F. E Fox. associated professor of poul try husbandry, resigned; -Doroth? Judd. instructor in home eco nomics and Elsie Stuhr, physical education, one year leave- of ab sence without pay; sabbatical (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5.) lorts Position Lost; Storm Blamed Hodge and McNeil Down in Utah or Nevada Wilds, Prospect Cliff Prevents Further Search for Winter's Tragedy Victims SALT LAKE CITY, June .8-(.P)-Two army pilots are lost in their plane somewnere neiween Salt Lake City and Elko, iMev.. army officers here announced to night. The missing men are Maj. Clar ence Hodge and Lieut. Joseph L. McNeil, both of Boston, Mass. Last report from the lost army plane was received at the Elko, Nev., airport, which, Capt. D. W. Goodrich of the army air corps here said, heard the pilot call: "Flying at 14,000 feet can't make out position lost. . That was at 12:45 p. m., near ly three hours after the plane took off -from Reno enroute to Boston. The ship was to have paused here for refueling. Storm rather than fuel short age may have forced the plane down, officers said. They denied Major Hodge messaged he was "out of gas." : The two-way radio on the ship evidently was put out of com mission in the landing. Captain Goodrich will direct a search of the desert area sat day light. j SALT LAKE CITY, June -(&) Natural barriers again delayed tonight the recovery of bodies un der the 1000-foot cliff above which a skyliner crashed six months ago with sudden death to seven. Half the fuselage and one wing could be seen through binoculars upon a crag below the scene of the December tragedy. Plans were made to try to reach the crag in the hope bodies may rest there. It was admitted that might not be possible for days. Closed Season on Squirrels Sought A resolution asking the game commission' to put in force a closed season on silver squirrels was adopted by tho Salem Hunt ers and Anglers club at its first meeting In Its new headquarters over the Man's Shop last night. .The group also voted to have the 20-30 club fingerprint-all members at its next meeting. The 20-30 1 club is sponsoring general finger printing as a means of ready identification. Kathryn Gunnel! showed sev eral reels of colored motion pic tures depicting wild life in Ore gon. Capitol Granite Is Being PJaced . Applying of granite slabs to the concrete outer structure of the new capitol building got un der way yesterday as first deliv eries of stone facing were made by truck from freight cars, in the railroad yards. Sixteen slabs of granite were set in place before the close of the day, along the base of the building in the east ern half of tb( Court street side. At the same time stripping of forms from the concrete work was nearing completion. A large part of the 7200 cubic feet of granite going Into the basework of the building has ar rived - here and one carload of marble. Altogether 52,000 cubic feet of marble will be set into the four faces of the building and around the dome. Action Involving Fehl Is Delaved MEDFORD. June 8.-iip)-Cir-cuit Judge E. B. Ashurst ot Klamath county ordered a delay today in the trial of a civil suit brought by Corinthia E. Stailty against the estate of Ted Heiin roth for collection of rental funds. The judge said he wanted to eliminate any question in connec tion with the conditional parole issued Earl H. Fehl, former Jack son county judge convicted on a ballot theft charge. The condi tions barring him from this sec tion do not expire until August 15. Fehl listed himself as counsel and co-plaintiff for - his mother-in-law. KadioKcj Audit Policies it By Grand Jury State - Bureau's Services Favored for Future Checkups Here Loss Through Constable Office Mentioned but Blame not Severe The Marion county grand jury yesterday afternoon closed its cur rent series of investigations by handing in a report, chiding the county court for Its audit policies. The court was urged, in the re port, that all future audits made by the state division of au dits, a course the probing jury asserted "would undoubtedly un cover minor irregularities and would result in increased effi ciency, accuracy, the disburse ment of funds as provided by law, and would, over a period of time, prove a saving to the county." The $1158.30 audit of county offices and of justice of the peace districts outside of Salem' was found by the investigators to con tain ."many glaring errors in the figures themselves, namely: Wrong addition, false balances." "We feel," the report contin ued, "the county court Is open for c criticism for accepting these reports In inaccurate iorm. Failure to Collect Costs Is Deplored Discussing the state audit of the Salem . justice of the peace district, the grand jurors found: "There was a legal accounting of all funds. The chief criticism was the failure to collect costs in criminal cases, especially in cases where bail had been posted in amounts that would, have covered fine and costs. This deprived Mar ion county of a legitimate source of revenue." Apparent retention of $2390.47 In mileage fees and failure to col lect service fees from early 1931 forward by the late Constable W. E. Delong, the jury viewed as not Intentional - deviations : from the law "on the part of any of ficial but as causes of "loss to Marion county of revenue and reduced efficiency. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Man Bitten as He Pursuea mad Dog To Save Children LOS ANGELES, June S.-i&h Pursuing a rabid police , dog. Lynde C. ; Smith enacted a role somewhat like that- of Paul Re vere today and was bitten before the dog was killed." As the dog headed down the street toward a. group of children at play, Smith raced close be hind, shouting to residents to get their children and- dogs inside. , A" mile .farther on,' the dog started .for mother group of chil dren. "Smith 'threw himself 'upon the animal 'just in ' time, but It gashed him in the arm, broke away and fled. A sheriff's deputy summoned in the meantime, how ever, pursued and shot the dog. Smith sat down on a lawn and cauterized his wound with light ed matches. " . Carl R, Williams, chief rabies quarantine officer of Los Angeles county, said a movement wouid be started to apply for a Carnegie medal for Smith. Late Sports SEATTLE. . June 8-(yP)-Seat-tle's Indians blasted three Port land pitchers for 19 hits and a 15-1 victory while Pitcher Dick Barrett' held the Beavers to six hits here tonight in the opening game of the series. The Tribe broke loose with three runs in the third inning, aided by an accident which sent Eddie Montague, Portland second baseman, off the field with an Injured leg. Montague was hurt in a collision with Harlin Pool who was forced out at second. Steve Coscarart counted for the Beavers' lone tally with a htue run. Portland - 1 6 3 Seattle ..... :.. 15 19 0 Liska, Shealy, Drefs and Cro nln; Barrett and Fernandes. . SACRAMENTO, June 8-0P-Sacramento defeated Oakland 4-3 tonight in the series opener after 11 innings. ' : Oakland ...3 10 2 Sacramento 4 10 1 Bonham and Raimondi; Kling er and Franks. Los Angeles . ....4 9-v 2 Missions - ..l 8f u 0 Evans ' and Collins; Osborne and Frankovich, Outen. ; WESTERN IXVL. 'LEAGUE Vancouver 8, Wenatchee . Yakima 8, Spokane 5. Lewlstoh S, Tacoma 4. Of County H Gas Masks Worn by Steel Pickets Who Carry Strongly-Worded Signs STEEL 1 2p0"iias on $ .CETS INKAtlt fiVKlo tWL; I'.',- ' L ' s , ' i , fx- f Xc-,"-- . s w - , ' Strongly-worded placards are carried by these masked steel workers organizing committee pickets as they march outside skyscraper of fices of Republic Steel company at Cleveland. Woodworkers to Vote, CIO Issue Federation Committee Is Split Upon Question of Taking Ballot PORTLAND, Ore., June 8.-(P) -The rank and file of unions as sociated with the Federation of Woodworkers prepared today to ballot within the next month on the question: "Shalt we affiliate with the C.I.O.?" A special conference of the fed eration executive committee and the executive committees of af filiated district councils, claiming to represent approximately 100, 000 timber workers, ended today with-the decision to ."conduct the referendum immediately. Ballots, will be counted at a conference July-10, and the de cision of the membership will be submitted to- a general conven tion on July. 15 at Tacoma, Wash. : Possibility, of-a: split, in federa tion ranks was seen when a num ber of the delegates from the Puget: Sound ' and". Longviewr 'Wash., districts left the hall after losing -their light to refer, the question to a rank and' file vote to the coming convention. Harold Prltchfett. Vancouver, B. C, president of the federation, first announced the. motion, for an immediate referendum had lost for - lack of a two-thirds major ity, but later ruled a two-thirds vote was not necessary-. Missing Beauty Found ' ' LONDON. " June 9 - (Wednes day )(JPy-Diana j Battye, society beauty who had been missing for a week, was found early today in London. She was ill and appar- ently suffering loss of memory. Co Imery Night; Legion Makes Plans Scores of reservations from communities of southern and western Oregon already received for the banquet honoring the na tional commander of the American Legion, to be held at the Marion hotel Thursday night, Indicate widespread interest in the visit of Harry W. Colmery of Topeka, Kansas, among Legionnaires and Auxiliary members. More than a thousand veterans are expected to participate in the parade and mass meeting at the armory tomorrow night. Mr. Colmery is reputed a tine speaker with a message tun ed to the times and the general public is cordially invited both to the banquet and the meeting. . At a meeting of the committee on arrangements yesterday after noon, tentative reception plans were outlined. The visitor Is ex pected to arrive ': from Portland promptly at 4:30 p.m. and will be taken direct , to the state -office building where he will be formally welcomed to the state capital by Governor Martin. Secretary of State Snell and State Treasurer Holman. r. From 3 ociock on an informal reception is planned by Capital Post No. 9. American Legion, in the basement of the Marion ho tel for visiting Legionnaires, while. Fusillade Dodged By Judge Cooper Dozen or More Shots ; Are Fired at Jurist Who Sentenced Rebels SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 8-iiP)-U. S. Judge Robert A. Cooper, who sentenced eight Puer to Rican nationalists to prison terms for conspiring o overthrow the U. S. government on the Isl and, escaped injury late today as between 12 . and 15 shots were fired at him. . ' . ; He was returning to his home when the incident occurred. The nationalists were flown to the U. S. yesterday and arrived in Atlanta early this morning at the federal penitentiary to begin serving their sentences. ( Their terms range from - four to 10 years. Among the eight was Pedro Albizu Campos.V president of the nationalist ' party and for mer Harvard student. He-was sen tenced to a 10-year prison term after being convicted of attempt ing to overthrow the government by force, fomenting violence and trying to 'recruit an army of inde pendence. . '..'' ! The shots were fired bf three or four men, the judge afterwards declaring that for a few seconds there was a regular fusillade. ' Judge- Cooper, former governor of South Carolina and U. S. dis trict judge for the-district of Puerto Rico since January, 1934, was in. his car. at the time of the incident.- ' . One bullet pierced the wind shield, narrowly missing detective Francisco Da Vila, the judge's per sonal bodyguard for the last year. Acting Gov. .Rafael Menendes Ramos, who called upon the judge soon after the incident, attributed the shooting to nationalists. to Speak Thursday Auxiliary visitors will ' be enter tained on the second floor by the local unit of the ladies' organiza tion. The dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. and at 7:45 sharp a par ade will form heading north on Liberty and r. south of l Ferry street. In-the. parade will be visiting-bands and drum corps and Legion post colors and marchers. The parade will break up at the armory where the mass meeting will he held at 8:15. -1 Plans for the reception at the state office building are under the direction of Don A. McLeod. Glen Porter will have charge of the open house for visiting Legion naires at the hotel. Irl S. McSher ry, Jerry Owen and Hi, G. Maison have arranged for the banquet at which 225 reservations will be available. Assisting In the sale of tickets for the dinner will be Mes dames Elma Wilson ' and Helen F'cke of the auxiliary. - Toaatmaster for the occasion will be State Senator Douglas Mc Kay. The parade, which will move out promptly at 7:45, Is under the direction of Captain Willis Vincent, assisted J)y George Ed wards, in chaixe of traffic, and William Bliven, post adjutant. The Auxiliary reception com : (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.) Davey to Tell Status Today; Outlook Good Stockyards Tie-Up Brie With Compromise on , Wage Question Lansing Has Its Second Labor Holiday due to A. F. of L. Drive (By the Associated Press) Indications of a possible break in the two-week-old steel strike deadlock was a brightening rpot in the nation's complex labor picture last night. An authoritative source at Toungstown, O-, indicated Gov; ernor Martin L. Davey, who last week had conference with all sides In the dispute, might make a statement today. Strikes began and ended yes terday on the changing labor scene. A walkout of 300 handlers at the East St. Louis, 111., stockyards, one ot the world's largest, was settled a few hours after the yards were closed, leaving some 30,000 head of livestock without adequate care. A wage raise compromise was -reached. Unionists voted to end a six-day-old strike at the Timken Roller Bearing Co. at Canton, O., where 7,200 employes were idle. Another strike, involving 1,000 employes of the Morgan Packing Co, at Austin, Ind., was settled at Indianapolis. It began Ma 18. Federation Gains Victory on Vote The American Federation of Labor union won a 1,079 to 803 'victory in an election , to deter mine whether it or an employes association woura represent z,uuv workers at the H. J. Heinz plant at Pittsburgh. A strike closed the plant two weeks ago. A union official announced at Chicago 34,000 members em ployed by the American Railway Express Co. were being polled for' authority to strike in support of demands for a revised contract. A union leader, announced in New York that a threatened strike of 8,000 harbor towboat workers had been postponed be cause jurisdictional difference between two unions was settled. Mexican ' strike leaders an nounced the nationwide tieup la the oil industry would "end def initely" at noon today. The end bad - been announced Monday , night, but pickets held to their posts through yesterday. Second ."Holiday" Occurs at Lansing - Lansing, Mich., experienced lis second "labor holiday" this time building crafts unionists who walked off their jobs as the sig nal for. an Intensive, American Federation of Labor organizing campaign.' The "holiday? lacke the excitement - which - attended Monday's - demonstration - by Uni ted Automobile workers, affilia ted with ' the Committee for In dustrial Organization. Both sides in the steel strike, appealed to federal bodies. Chairman Philip Murray of the steel workers organizing commit tee, a C.I.O. affiliate, asked a sen ate Investigation of the acts ot three strike-affected producers, Renuhlie Steel Corn.. Yon n e- town Sheet & Tube Co., and In land Steel Corp. Republic, meanwhile, reiterated its demand that the postal de partment handle foodstuff marked for shipments into it plants operating behind picket lines, and threatened legal action if refusal continued. ' Stork No Excuse From Jury Duty TACOMA. June S-JP)-The Jur or guessed he'd have to serve af ter all. Appearing before Superior Court Judge W. O. Chapman on prospective juror asked to be ex cused. "My wife Is 'going to have a baby," he said. - "Request refused," said the judge. "The excuse would be val id only if the juror were going to have the baby." A L LAD E of TODAy By R. CV . Men soar in planes and climb high peaks and sail far out to sea In ships to squint through telescopes and view the sun while it's in full eclipse; and though their actions may seem queer we're sure that one could do much worse; their findings"' may contribute much to knowl edge of the universe.