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Circulation Average Daily and Sunday for May, 1937 ' Distribution 9064 Net Paid 8706 MEMBER A. B. C Weather Unsettled with . showers today, clearing late Friday; , moderate; Max.' Temp. Wednesday 64, Min. 48, river 1.S feet, southwest wind.- ' , ElfJIITY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, June 10, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 64 Irikers mid Police QslsHi at YoiiiMstowii ;,'!-: f'i ' ; H poundoo 1651 i J New Prop . o - Quick Freezing Is Utilized by Terminal Firm Natural Appearance and Flavor of Fruits, and Vegetables Kept Over 2l2 Million Pounds of Farm Produce Will Be Season's Total neveloomeht of a fruit and vegetable processings method In Salem utilizing quick-freezing with newly-designed equipment -wm announced yesterday ' by Lowell E. Kern, manager of the Terminal Ice & Cold storage company, 990 North Front. The quick-freeze plant at Ter minal ammrentlv has D&ssed its testing period successfully and processing of 2,600,000 pounds of fruit and vegetables this year is now contemplated, Kern stat ed. Products listed for quick- freezing this season include corn, both cut and on the cob; peas, cauliflower, green beans, lagan berries, blackberries, Youngber ries and Boysenberries. Because of the short crop, few if any strawberries will be run. Fruit and vegetables frozen Quickly retain their natural ap- 1 pearance and flavor and on At lantic seaboard hotel, railroad diner and steamship markets al ready are In demand in prefer- : ence to out-of-season fresh pro duce, according to Kern. He be lieves the new plant will enlarge the market for local garden pro duce and fruits. New Adaptations Of Method Devised While the idea of improving the quality of frozen farm pro ducts by the quick-freeze method is not a new one, the local de velopment has new features of speed and efficiency which are . hoped to pnjve an important ad- vance in the processing industry. Kern indicated. The Terminal's new plant con sists of a specially-designed wire mesh linked belt six feet in width running the length of a 43-foot chamber through which cold air is driven from above and below the movin&r screen. Nearly 10.- 000 feet of refrigeration pipe is contained in the adjoining air cooling chamber. .; x Kern said that b? the use of the air cooling chamber and of a new type of liquid ammonia pump it had become possible to maintain a temperature of 15 decrees below zero in the fruit and' vegetable freezing chamber as against approximately 10 de grees above zero possible in the older type or refrigeration rooms. No Loss in Weight Test Bun Reveals - In a test run of strawberries yesterday with the belt speed ad justed for 15-minute freezing, the berries came out frozen sol id, with no loss in weight shown by scales readings taken before and after processing. A weight loss of around 2 per cent is ex perienced " with the slower, dry pack process. ... In addition to the' forced air draft freezing arrangement, the Terminal plant's designers claim as an advantage of their equip ment a variable freezing speed ranging from 4 to 43 minutes. Manager Kern said the plant was conservatively rated as capable- of freezing two tons of pro duce an hour or 40 tons a day, with time allowed for defrosting of equipment. The Terminal company wfU engage entirely in processing for packers and will not sell frozen fruit and vegetables nnder is own name. Identity of tbe pack ers expected to utilize the new plant's services has hot been dis closed. The 19S7 pack contemplated will consist of approximately 800 tons of vegetables and 500 tons of fruit. All Property Tax May Co, Forecast : The entire state property tax, wUh tbe exception of that raised for . the support of the elemen tary schools, may be eliminated next year, Charles V. Garioway, chairman of the state tax com mission announced Wednesday. . Galloway said tbe receipt from personal income, corporate excise and intangibles taxes this year would aggregate approxi mately $5,000,000 as compared to $3,200,000 in 1936. A further increase in receipta may be expected in future years without advancing the tax rate." Galloway concluded. T essing L CROWD SEEKS ; : V 1 ! . ' . - - n ' v. p tj '-mf : , . j ? I I ' , ' ' - -- " i t , - : ' f ' V J I ' ' I ' i i . L . 1 ' M ill Hidden from the gaze of ardent admirers and the morbidly curious, the body of Jean Harlow, blonde film star, lay in a burnished topper casket inside a Los Angeles mortuary. The crowd which tried to : view the casket is shown in the above International Illustrated News Ssoundphoto. Frivate services were held in the Wee Kirk O' the Heather chapel of Forest Lawn cemetery at Glendale, Cal. Inter national Illustrated News Soundphoto. ; ..! : . - . . Final Rites Held For jean Harlow Intimates Reveal Extreme Grief; Many of Stars Present at Funeral GLENDALE, Csrfif., June 9.- (JP)-ll oily wood sd goodbye to day to Jean HarloV after a fu neral ceremony as- simple in character and beautiful In form as the "glamour girl" herself. The service lasted only 20 minutes, j In spite of-its infinite simplic ity, however, a number of per sons, emotionally stirred, broke down and appeared to be near collapse before it was over. Wil liam Powell, the actor to whom Miss Harlow was said to be en gaged, was one of these. His face was wrought with grief when he entered the chapel. When be left, supporting Miss Harlow's mother, Mrs. Jean Bcllo. he seemed more composed. Mrs. Bello was weeping bitterly. The mother, Powell, and Jean's father. Dr. Mont Clair Carpenter, (Turn to Page 2, Col. Z) t Miss Moore Hurt, Cycle-Auto Crash .Margaret Moore, 20, 1351 Sagi naw, received a broken leg, cuts ari bruises in a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile on a road made slippery by rain two miles south of Liberty last night. I Miss Moore, who was taken to the Deaconess hospital, was rid ing a motorcycle being operated by Herman Hubbard, route 1, Dallas, when it collided with a car driven by John Charles Dasch, 17, route 4. Dasch, I state police said, was pulling on to the road from a side road and said he did not see tbe motorcycle until he was di rectly upon it. Doney Plaque L'nveiling and Library Cerem on y on Friday The unveiling of the Carl Gregg Doney plaque which has been placed in : Eaton hall will be an event of Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock as a part of the 95th an nual commencement exercises of Willamette university. Mr. Doney was president of Willamette upl versity from 1915 to 1934 and it is in recognition of his faithtnl leadership and services which he rendered to the school that the plaque will be . dedicated. The plaque, which has been made pos sible by the board of trustees, is a striking likeness of Dr. Doney. Adrian Voisin of Portland was the sculptor. Tbe public is cordially in vited to attend the unveiling' cere mony. ' - ' " Dr. Bruce Baxter, president of the university, will preside at the ceremonies. Rev. James Milligan Method VIEW OF JEAN : : 7 o : ; Colmery Will Be - ' Welcomed Today; To Speak Tonight Plans for the entertainment of Harry W. Colmery of I Topeka, Kas., national commander of the American Legion, here today were completed Wednesday. He is expected to arrive about 4:30 p. m., will greet state officials and attend a formal reception arranged by the Capital post in the basement of the Marion hotel. There will be a dinner at 6:30, a parade at 7:45 winding up at the armory where Colmery will speak at 8:15. The Salem high school band will participate in the parade. PENDLETON, June 9.-(P-Harry W. Colmery of ; Topeka, Kansas, national commander o" the American Legion, said in an address here last night it is "quite possible" the , American . Legion saved the United States from rev olution similar to those, occurring in foreign countries since the World war. He described the Legion as a stabilizing influence in turbulent times. I, has supported all things that are American, he added. Stage Terminal to . Rise On Site of old Corbett Home on Taylor, Street PORTLAND, June -(v!p)-The Pacific Greyhounds line will erect a $180,000 stage terminal on the site of tbe old Corbett home, fam ous land mark between 5th and 6th avenues on Southwest Taylor street, the Corbett investment company said today. i r The site was purchased by the stage company for a price 1n ex cess of $300,000.- . Mills Heads' Morticians ; PORTLAND. June f 9-P)-The Oregon Funeral Directors' asso ciation named Karl K. Mill nf Cottage Grove president today at tne annual convention. will give the Invocation. Addresses will be made byJudge James W. Crawford, representing the board of trustees, and Dr. Frank M. Erickson, dean of the university, will represent the faculty.- Immediately following the un veiling of the plaque at 4:30 o'clock the new library ceremony will be held on tbe campus ad joining Eaton Hall. One of the main purposes for this event is for the present senior class to have a part in the new university lib rary which will be constructed this summer.- r ? Dr. Baxter will preside at the library ceremony. Addresses will be made by Randall Kester, pre sident of the senior class, repre senting the student body;, Dr. Ro bert Moulton Gatke, . member of (Turn to Page 2. CoL 5) is $fJLOW CASKET ., : r-1 ilii:; ; ; : . Irrigation Co-op Formed at Sidney Flood Control Also to Be Included in Activity of Farmers Group - Formation of a farmers' ccP-op-erative association in the Sidney district to engage in an irrigation and flood control development was disclosed yesterday with the fil ing of articles of incorporation here. The association will be known as the Sidney Cooperative District Improvement company, The cooperative has purchased the ditch, water rights, rights of way, the power house and equip ment of the old Sidney Ditch com pany, which initiated one of the early electric power and irriga tion projects in Marion county. according to Herman E. Lafky, attorney, who announced the deal Paul B. Wallace of Salem was the chief stockholder in the old. ditch company. The eonsideration in volved in the deal - was not re vealed. Lafky said more than ,1200 acres of land had been signed un der the Sidney cooperative and further expansion of the district (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3 ) Late Sports PORTLAND. Ore., June 10-(Jf) -Joe Brown, medalist, the defend ing champion, two former cham pions and four lesser known shot makers set the pace today as the Oregon amateur golf tournament entered the quarter finals on the rain soaked Portland club course. Those ready for the quarter finals tomorrow afternoon are medalist Joe Brown of Portland, Louis Cyr, public links star, James Bushong of La Grande, Harold Salvador of Portland, Roy Wiggins of Oswego, defending champion, Don Moe and Dr. O. F. Willing, ex-titleholders, and Harry Bates, former Portland city champion. Brown tackles Cyr, Bushong vs. Salvador, Wiggins vs. Willing, and Bates vs. Moe. Bushong eliminated Bert Victor of Salem, 5 and 3 in the first round. SACRAMENTO, June 5-(JP Two home runs by Buster Adams gave Sacramento a 4 to 3 victory over Oakland here tonight. Oakland .... 3 7 0 Sacramento ... 4 8 . Piechota, Haid and Baker; Newsome and Franks. VANCOUVER, B. C, Jane t-(iP)-Cnuck Nickeson, 174, Van couver, knocked out Tiny Cooper, 174, - of Portland. In the fifth round of a scheduled 10-round main event here tonight. TACOMA, Wash.. June 9-JP)-Walter Woods, 160, New York, won a decision over "Midnight" Belli. -160, Portland' negro, in eight rounds of slashing fighting here tonight. Paul Smith. 135. Tacoma, won a six-round decision over Young Corpus, 135, Seattle Fili Perfected Aviators Safe Bailing Blizzard Hodge and McNeil Report After Being Missing About 28 Hours Location of Wreck Isn't Known; Graphic Story Told by Army Man (Editor! note: How two eastern fliers were forced to jump from their irplmna in s weitern bluimrd and then kike many milei to an Indian reaerration wti deaeribed Wednesday night by Maj. Clarence Hodge, the pilot, -to the Associated Freaa by telephone from Ely, Nev.) - SALT; LAKE CITY, June 9.- (JP)-"There we were 12,000 feet up, somewhere over Nevada or Utah, in the worst storm I ever saw in my life and it was desert the ship or crash with it." That's the situation that faced MaJ. Clarence Hodge of Boston, Mass., and his companion, Lieut. Joseph L. McNeil, and forced them to "bail out" of their mono plane southeast of Elko, Nev., yesterday. A 28-hour search for the men by a small fleet of army planes ended late today when they ar rived at Ely, Nev., and telephoned friends at Reno they were sate. Storm Encountered Soon After Start "We left Reno at 10 a. m., yes terday for Salt Lake City, on our way to Boston, and headed right into stormy weather," the major said. "The-going got worse and after a while we knew we were away off our course. It must have been about a quarter of 12 when I messaged to the Elko airport our altitude and tried to get some idea of where we were. "Soon ; we couldn't see the ground at all. It was mid-day but the air was full of rain and sleet, and then thick wet snow, and the wind was simply terrific. ... "We -were flying at 12.000 feet. It must have been about 12:45 o'clock. McNeil jumped first, and then I left the controls (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) William J. Fields Trial. Near Close MEDFORD, June 9 -(Inclosing arguments started late today before the jury in the second de gree murder trial of William J. Fields for the slaying last. Feb ruary of M. M. Mow, Ashland laborer. In an alleged triangle involving Fields' estranged wife. Fields took the stand this morn ing and testified that just before he fired the fatal shot in the Jack sonville home where he said he had gone at his wife's request, Mow declared: "I'll break every bone In your body." , , . : . The defendant said he Ignored Mow and went to the back of the yard where his sons were working after Mow had greeted him with: "So you're back,- followed by an epithet. When he returned to the house. Fields said. Mow asserted: Somebody is stealing our wood. Mow then rose from his chair In a threatening manner, the de fendant testified, and he. Fields. fired. . Five Meet Death In Mystery Fire ? HAILLE, Germany, June 10 (thursday) - GP) - Five freight handlers were killed Jast night and many others of the 80 on duty were reported missing In a mys terious fire which swept the rail road yards. : A number of the handlers and clerks were Injured in the fire which destroyed S00 freight cars. The freight depot and buildings. covering an area of 20.000 square yards, were for the most part com pletely burned. . Tbe damage was estimated at many millions of marks. The : fire spread with amazing rapidity through the trans-shipment station of the German fed eral railways. The depot was de voted exclusively to transferring goods from one freight car to an other. r . Officials said they were at a loss to account for the origin of the holocaust. Out, CIO Campaign In Nort Invest Is Under Way Bolt of Woodworkers Is Confidently Expected by Pritchett, Aides Plea for Moderation in Labor Demands Quoted in Beck's Response PORTLAND, Ore., June -The executives of the Federa tion of Woodworkers, confident the 100.000 northwest members will back the Committee for In dustrial organization -in a refer endum next month, laid the foun dations of a campaign today to sign approximately a million woodworkers in the United States and Canada. Pres. Harold Pritchett of Van couver, B.C., a leader of the pro jected bolt from the American Federation of Labor, said 40 skilled organizers will take the field almost Immediately. The drive will center chiefly in Brit ish Columbia, western pine areas and the "short log" districts of Idaho and Minnesota. Meanwhile, Harry Bridges coast president of the Interna tional Longshoremen's associa tion, dropped a C.I.O. resolution into the Maritime Federation of the Pacific convention. He pro posed the 45,000 members make an early decision on swinging to the John L. Lewis group. SEATTLE. June 9-(iiP)-A Plea by Pres. William Green of the American Federation of Labor for "moderation" in the activi ties of labor unions was disclos- (Turn to Page 2C.pl. 2) Adams Treasurer Of State Grange Polk Alan Elected; Labor Chief Denies Plan to Unionize Farm Help THE DALLES, June 9.-(JPl- The Oregon state grange admin istered a rebuke to Governor Charles H. Martin today by voting down a proposal to extend him an invitation to address the con vention which continues through Friday. After electing Glenn L. Adams of Polk county treasurer over Charles Harth of The Dalles, the delegates voted to hold the 1938 convention in Klamath' Falls. Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the state federation of labor, told the organization the federation had no desire to organize farm labor on a union basis and all stories to. the; contrary - were wholly without foundation. " The " convention will act on a resolution at" tomorrow's session which, will decide the grange's j ; (Turn to Page. 2, Col. 3) . Store Wages and Hours Agreed on -Approval of a wage and. hour agreement between - the Retail Clerks international union and the Marlon County Food Hand lers 'association was announced here yesterday. Approximately 100 grocery stores are affected., - The association has called a meeting-for tonight which all re tall food handlers in Salem and vicinity are asked to attend. The new agreement will be discussed. Terms of the agreement pro vide for a nine-hour work day. observance of Sundays and ma jor holidays such as July 4 and Christmas as non-working days, a minimum weekly wage of $18 and maximum wage of $25. 7 rapshooters Will Warm Up Today for Big Slate Event T rapshooters, many of them na tionally - known target gun ex perts, will begin rolling into Sa lem today in order to get acclima ted and accustomed to the Salem Trapshooters' club grounds where the big events of the Oregon state shoot will start Friday. - - While competitive shooting for the state championships and the possible s 46 00 in awards postea will not get - nnder way until 9 o'clock Friday morning" most of the shooters will be on hand today to take part in Informal practice hooting at the Salem club grounds, painted and refurbished for the event. More . than 200 shooters, com ing' from . all .over, Oregon and from nearly every Pacific coast state, will try their luck over the eight automatic traps on the air-; Fourteen re Hwri In Riot Over f ood Truck, Steel Plant Police -Escorted Consignment Arrives at Republic Property but Fight 1 Breaks out Moments Later Tear Gas Employed by Sheriffs Men Who C6ine to Quell Trouble; One of Injured Apparently Shot YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 10 (Thursday) (AP) At t least 14 striking' steel workers or sympathizers were in . . jured one seriously early today in a clash with police and sheriff's deputies at a Republic Steel corporation plant in which officers used tear gas to restore order. City Patrolman Roy Welch and Detective Mike Flynn were injured when beaten on the ihead by men armed with clubs. Neither was seriously hurt. A man tentatively identified as "Nig" Ross, believed to have been a spectator, received a leg wound either from gun fire or a tear gas shell. The outbreak occurred, strikers said, after city police Taxation Problem Study Is Started Old , Age Assistance Will Require 4 Million in 1938 Is Forecast Costs of old age assistance in Oregon to the state and counties after the 65-year eligibility ana $30 a month maximum provisions go into effect January 1, 1938, received major attention as the legislative interim commission on state and local revenues began its task here Wednesday. It was estimated that the total cost' would be approximately $4,- 000,000 a year, with a probable 22,000 persons eligible. Charles V. Galloway was elect ed chairman of the commission and B. T. McBain of Portland was elected secretary. Galloway also is chairman of the state tax com mission. Galloway . referred to the pres- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Divide Bonneville Authority, Policy WASHINGTON, June I -)- The house rivers and harbors committee began . work today on new. Bonneville power, mea sure, tentatively agreeing 10 oi- vide authority over the huge Co lumbia river project between the war and interior departments. Under the decision reached to day, the war department would have jurisdiction over the dam. shiplocks, fish ladders and gen erating facilities at Bonneville. An interior department admin istrator would take, over power at a switchboard and direct its distribution and- sale, fixlng.rates .with the approval of the federal power : commission. Chairman' Joseph Mansfield (D-Tex) ' said . an entirely new measure would be written ana Introduced-within a week or. 10 days. " Action on the Bonneville mea sures lour are beiore tne com mittee came after the commit tee, by a vote of 12 to 8, defeat ed a motion by Representative Parsons (D-Ill) to place the en tire project under the war de partment. Such a .proposal is contained in a measure by Rep. James Mott of Salem, Ore., who has opposed interior department control since inception of the project. ; ' . port road during the three days of competitive shooting. Approxi mately 150,000 shotgun shells will be exploded and as many clay targets sprung from the trap during: the meet, famed as the most important state shoot held In the nation. Program Is One of Moot Complete Kver The Salem Trapshooters clnb, which sponsors the shoot nnder the auspices of the Oregon Trap shooters' association, has arran ged a program for the event which it boasts is one of the most com plete ever offered in a state shoot. Adequate provision is made for all types of shooters and on Fri day, which is class championship day, even the D class shooters will have a chance to reap some of : (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) oescorted a truck load of food through picket ranks onto com pany property. Officers took 14 men into cus tody, all of whom were reported suffering from the effects of tear gas. Many of-rtheir number re ceived minor injuries. One man staggered from the gas cloud that surrounded the milling crowd of strikers esti mated by witnesses at several hundred with blood streaming from a head injury. Strikers asserted the truck roared . beneath a viaductt and through a plant entrance when only a few pickets were on duty. Tfcey said a police squad car; es tforted the truck. ' -The pickets shouted to fellow strikers for aid. As patrolmen emerged from plant property, wit nesses said, strikers surrounded them in increasing numbers. Suddenly fist fighting broke out. Observers said police whipped out tear gas guns. Other officers appeared, wleViing night sticks and discharging gas shells Into the strikers' midst. As patrolmen engaged irate strikers. Sheriff Ralph E. Elser arrived with a score of deputies who also used gas to disperse the pickets. Elser, himself suffering from effects of the gas, declared his deputies fired no bullets dur ing the battle. ; Witnesses said possibly 5 9 po licemen and deputies participated in the clash the first hand-to-hand battle 4etween striker and law enforcement officers h ar i, since the steel workers organising ' committee called a strike tw' weeks ago against . Republic, ' Youngstown Sheet ft Tube and ' the Inland Steel Col' ' Officers said about a dozen gas shells were used in the outbreak. Mine Holiday' in Idaho Terminated WALLACE, Idaho. June WVNearly 800 workers of the Morning and Page mines, idle for 27 days on a 'hollday, strike, ratified an agreement tonight which will send them back to work in the morning and which provides complete recognition of the union by the company. 'The agreement, which was reached late this afternoon, was formally approved at a meeting of the mine workers tonight. Af ter the approval it was announced the union had been recognized as "representative of all employe for purposes of collective bargain ing in respect to Tates of pay, wages, hours and other condi tions of employment." No mention was made in the agreement of a closed shop. Wages were not an issue in the holiday. Klamath Has Deluge KLAMATH FALLS. Jnn - -Heavy spring rains accompanied uj munaer ana lightning deluged the Klamath countrv todav. Th downpour was like a cloudburst on the hills east of the city. ALL A D E of TODAv By R. C. A new commission gathers here, assigned to make a care ful study of raising taxes but we fear their outlook must be rather muddy, for though they talk of levies new (that old sales tax is on the docket) In case they find more revenue, it has to come from someone's pocket. - " -