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Sunday Sports Te Sunday sport section brings to sport fans the Im- ' portant Saturdays con trots, more than a day ahead of other coverage .' I7eatlier "'-- Cloudy and settled scat tered light showers Soday and Wednesday; Max: Temp. . Monday 77, Min. 51.4, river 2 feet, south southwest wind. POUNDOO 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Jane 15, 1937 ' Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. es o O 9- I . ..... -; . ; . i ' - ---- --" - . 1 . ' .Euu ge:oic Jim 12 ured Flares Two Men Hurt in Rush on Gates Fighting Renewed Early Today at Johnstown; , Quartet .Arrested C. I. OHPlans &nhargo on Shipment of. Coal to Strike Fronts IIARRISBURG, Pa., June 15 --Governor Karle instructed Major. Lynn Adams of the state police early today "to take control of the entire city of Johnstown If local authorities crrn not maintain law and or der. The governor said he had left the matter entirely at the discretion of Major Adam, and had given him full authority to act as he saw fit. (By the Associated Press) JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. June 15-(Tuesday)-Seven men were in jured, two critically, shortly af ter midnight today when a crowd of men and boys rushed police at a gate of the Bethlehem Steel cor poration's Cambria works here. ' The police hurled tear gas bombs into the crowd, as it surged forward after police had opened the gate to permit entry into the plant of two men in an automobile. . .Unidentified Man Suffers Skull Fractures , The two seriously injured men were Tony Mandas end an uniden tified man whose skull was frac tured. One of those injured was Charles Krise, Johnstown police man. It was the second flare of vio lence of the night at the Cam bria plant, now involved with a C.I.O.-celled strike. Pickets and state police clashed last night at another entrance to the huge works. - Last night's melee broke amid heightening tension over the pub lic statement of strike defiance issued by Bethlehem steel offici als and the strategic move of John L. Lewis, C.I.O. chairman. In celling out 10,331 coal miners in Pennsylvania and West Virginia mines owned by three independent steel companies Bethlehem, Re public and Youngstown Sheet & 'Tube. Five persons. Including a girl and an 18-year-old boy, were Injured. ' " (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Community Chest Meet Set Tonight -' r 1 - Final decision as to the advis ability of organising a commun ity chest in Salem will be reach ed at a meeting at 8 o'clock to night - In the Salem chamber - of commerce rooms. In which all persons interested are invited to attend.; - ... . . The committee elected at c. previous meeting win report its recommendation and the results of its Investigations Into the form of organisation best suited to conditions here. The committee has received a model constitution prepared by Community Chests and Councils, Inc.. and will re port that this constitution, has proven successful in other cities where it has been adopted. A list of 24 persons to repre sent various civic - organisations now active in Salem will be sub mitted with recommendation that these persons be elected to the permanent board of directors of the community chest. last Body Found In Nanaimo Mine NANAIMO, B. C, June. H-(JP) Citizens of Nanaimo today burled two of their mine dead. Kelson Shepherd and his recently mar ried nephew, Joe Shepherd, killed when 40,000 gallons of seep wa ter " roared through ' the Beban mine Friday. Funeral services for Joe Carr, young Slav whose bodr was recovered today, will be held tomorrow. . Rescue workers who found the broken body of Joe Carr tod? wondered why he "went back," for his body was located neauy 100 feet from the spot where his tools, were discovered yesterdas higher above the flood water mark. Critically as- flizSi&el--Plant Strike News At a Glance (By the (Associated Press) V JOHXHTOWX, P. V a n - guard of j 10,331 coal miners quit Pennsylvania and West Virginia pits in a O. I. O. drive : to , "strangle' steel production by rutting off the coal supply. WASHINGTON. D. C. Van A. Bittner, C. L O. leader, announces United Mine Workers of America officials have placed a nation-wide embargo on the shipment of-outside coal to strike-bound steel comoanies. j ; M ON ROE, Mich. .Mayor Dan .. Knaggs agrees to return - of C. I. O.! picket and guaran tees protection for "peaceful picketing' j at Newton steel plant, scene of last week bit ter clash between pickets and Monroe "vigilantes.' YOUNGSTOWN, 0. Leaders of a "back-to-work" movement say they will ask local authorities to "clear away picket lines." BUFFALO, X. Y. Republic steel officials assert non-striking employes are secretly bal loting to determine whether a majority want to return to their jobs. : I . -GILLESPIE. Ill.--Joe Ozanic. president of Progressive Miners of America, Bays his members will not participate in. any nation-wide coal embargo.- 4 Publicizing Tax Dodgers Favored I Splons . Discuss Probe, at White House, Suggest Airing of Names .WASHINGTON, June 14.- -Congressional leaders emerged from a white house conference tonight with word they favor full publicity for wealthy persons al leged to have dodged taxes. Senator Harrison (D-Miss) and Representative Doughton (D-NC) talked with' the president about the congressional investigation scheduled to start Wednesday into charges of tax evasions and avoid ances, j ; . Afterward, both told reporters they would ! favor making public the names of persons declared by the Investigators to be evaders or avoiders. j "Why not let the country know?" Harrison demanded. He added the committee will hear testimony from the persons named, if they wish to appear, but that "there probably will be some who will not want to ap pear." , . f.-. The senator, who is chairman of the senate finance committee and a member of the joint Investi gating committee, said there will be legislation at this session to ping loopholes in the tax laws. He explained the committee has un til next February 28 to make a final report. but expects a partial report before then. Harrison said the president only wanted to tell him and Doughton that government de partments would assist the inves tigators if needed. ; ' Southern Pacific Labor, ' Dispute Averred Settled SAN FRANCISCO. June 14.-(JP)-A Southern .Pacific spokes man reported today settlement of the five-sided labor dispute that two months ago threatened a strike of S.000 trainmen on all the road's Pacific coast lines.' Long, Filibuster Threatened j as Stall to High Court Bill WASHINGTON June 14P) The senate's grim : conflict over the Roosevelt court reorganisa tion bill entered its last and pos sibly bitterest phase tonight. The final preliminary to action on the senate floor, was cleared away with the submission of an adverse report In - which the Ju diciary committee said the mea sure would destroy the Independ ence of the judiciary. , -Relief, Nuisance Bills First on Calendar Administration leaders were un certain, however, . when they would call the measure for the long-awaited "great debate." It was expected the relief bill, two appropriations bills and the ex tension of "nuisance" taxes would be disposed of first. The administration stood ready to compromise, but one group of opponents said no compromise was possible. Led by Senators Burke (D-Xeb) and Wheeler (D-Mont) this group was frankly ready to Rioting C.I.O. Ballot For Maritime Unions Called Test of Rank and File's Backing Ordered for 40,000 Workmen Teamsters Condemn Lewis Organization Before Closing Conclave PORTLAND, Ore., June 14-(;P) -The Maritime Federation of the Pacific, in convention here, re commended without a dissenting vote that all affiliated unions Join the C.I.O. and ordered a referen dum among the 40,000 west coast waterfront and maritime work ers. . ; The convention ordered that the - balloting, to determine whe ther federation leaders have the backing of the. rank and file on the C.I.O. issue, be launched as .soon as possible, under the rules of the respective organizations in volved. Eight Unions Are Included in Poll Unions affected include the American Radio Telegrapists as sociation. Marine Boilermakers, Inland Boatmen, Marine Machin ists, Marine Cooks and Stewards, Marine Engineers, Marine ' Fire men end the Masters, Mates and Pilots. ; ..; Two other federation affiliates, the International Longshoremen's association and the Sailors union of the Pacific, had previously or dered independent referendums of their membership. The conven tion press committee said the sailors have completed a referen dum endorsing C.I.O. affiliation, and that ballots went today to 26.000- members of longshore union locals. Predicting an ; "almost solid ballot for bolting the A.F.O.L., convention spokesmen asserted the rank and file "would have voted C.I.O. six months ago." s A reace agreement effected in (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7.) Query Suspects j In Mattson Case QUITMAN, Tex., June 14.-(JP) Federal officers came here today to question a man arrested Sat urday at Mineola and held as a suspect in the kldnap-slaying of 10-year-old Charles Mattson at Tacoma, Wash., last December. County Atty. B. B. Gist said "It looks like the net is tightening about the man." Photographs of the suspect will be sent by plane to Tacoma, he said, for the Mattson. family to view. Gist said the man also might be taken to Tacoma. - CHICAGO. June . 1 4.-vF-ellce Sergeant George Wjagg said to night a prisoner held at Burnside police station was described by a department of ' Justice.' agent as "bearing . an unusually 'close re semblance" to the suspect sought for the kidnaping and murder of 10-year-old Charles Mattson, son of a wealthy Tacoma, Wash., phy sician, last December. - The government agent ' ques tioned him and said - he thinks "we've got the right man," Wragg said. "filibuster to the end of time" to prevent such a result. . The bill, as it stands, would authorize a maximum addition of five justices to the supreme court, unless Incumbents -who ; have passed 70 should retire volun tarily. -'. " . i ; The Judiciary committee report asserted that this was plainly in tended to assure future decisions upholding Roosevelt laws. i After quoting a statement by President Roosevelt that as the result of the Invalidation of new deal enactments a point had been reached at which "we must find a way to save the constitition from the court and the court from itself," 'the committee said: Aimed at Charging; i , ? " Court Decisions, Assert "Here is ? the frank acknowl edgement that neither speed nor r-ew blood' In the judiciary is the object of this legislation, but a change in the decisions of the (Turn to Page 2. CoL 1.) Franco's Guns Blast Qoser To Sieged City Insurgents Pound Away at Bilbao on North and South Positions " Defense Charges Arrival of new Troops From Germany, Italy WITH INSURGENTS AT SAN TA MARINA HILL OVER BIL BAO June 14.-flVlnsurgent Gen, Francisco Franco's big guns and war planes blasted a path closer to Bilbao tonight while his troops nushed. ahead in a drive to en circle the Basque capital . before occupying It. . To the north and south, of Bil bao. Insurgents pounded at Basque positions, while on the western side of the capital they already had advanced as far as they could without, descending precipitous slopes into the streets of the city. Insurgents, smashing through Bilbao's "iron ring" of defense on the east, flew their red and yellow -flag from Santo Domingo hill. Franco's troops were in com plete control of the hills to the right of the western bank of the Nervion river over Bilbao. On the opposite side of the city, was an other great ridge of pine-covered hills f rom w h i c h the Basques could offer stiff resistance for troops attempting to occupy their capital. The Vsurgents big job was to clean out these hills a job which could be done only by crossing the valley of the Nervion river, there by getting at hills on Bilbao's western side. -. Insurgent planes bombed Basque positions in the Galdacano area in the shadow of Mount Jata. Troops moved up behind the air attack so swiftly that in many places whole companies of Basques were taken prisoner. VALENCIA, Spain. June 14.- (fi)-The defense ministry tonight charged newly arrived German and Italian soldiers, airplanes and munitions were concentrated witn the insurgents on the Basque front and asserted Victims of bom bardments outside the front lines approached '3,000 dead" In a month. The ministry, conceding the In surgent advance on Bilbao, de clared in a statement: "The enemy. In the fact of the non-intervention pact an iniqui tous farce which penalizes only the legitimate government- of Spain has quadrupled its avia tion effectives in recent months. It daily is receiving a large num ber of airplanes from Italy and Germany." Kidnap Dragnet Yields no Clues STONY BROOK. N. Y., June 14 (Jfy-A human dragnet federal agents, state troopers, fire war dens and boy scouts combed the tangled countryside of this North Shore Long Island region in vain today for some clue to Mrs. Wil liam Parsons, missing since last Wednesday. -,- , , The only clue thus -far has been the $25,000 ransom note, found tucked in the seat of the Parsons automobile hours after Mrs. Par sons vanished from .the chicken and squab farm that was the Par sons rural retreat. . t ' With a growing belief that Mrs. Parsons had met . a violent end, Earl J. . Connelley, head of the federal bureau of investigation detail here, ordered the new hunt today, describing it as "for ob servation purposes. NEWARK, N. J., June 14-P)-Howard - McDonnell, brother of Mrs. William Parsons, missing from her Long Island home five days, said tonight "from what I know and have read of the kid naping. It looks a little fishy." Permit for $7000 Court Is Issued A. bungalow court, comprising four one-story dwellings and gar ages, to cost .17000, will be erect ed in the near future by Mrs. J. F. Bush, building permits Issued yesterday revealed. . Each of the four bungalows will cost $1750, and the court will be located at 1340-1352 Saginaw street, in Southwest addition. Permits to build dwellings were also issued to A.J. Flint, nne-fnrv hnnA at 10SO Orant. to cost 12000, and to F. L. Rose, foiH a one-story dwelling, costing 1600, to be located at" 1340 Lew is street. Lenora M. Mickey. will alter a private garage at 137 South 12th at a cost of $50, and John Thomas a garage at 670 South 18th, to cost $45. - Vart Lord Dies, Purge Known as "Young Napoleon. Marshal Michall Nicholaevitch Tnkhachevsky, above, was one of eight Soviet war lords sent before a firing squad recently after being found guilty of treason. ; 28 Saboteurs in Siberia Executed Victims of Russian Firing Squads now Total 151 ; Rail Plot Alleged MOSCOW, June 14 -Wf The execution of 28 more convicted saboteurs in Siberia, this time for wrecking the hew and strategic Amur Tailway, was made known today. (This made a total of 151 shot for sabotage, for conspiracy and treason the past year.) The latest executions in the far east were carried out June 4, ac cording to a terse communique published by the Khabarovsk newspaper, Paciiic star, wnicn reached here today. Those shot were convicted of conspiring at the direction of Jap anese espionage agents. They were, charged, also, with affilia tion with the exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky. " Similar Siberian trials resulted In 66 previous, executions. - The Amur railroad with which the latest ; "wreckers" allegedly were connected Is a spur line which strikes north from the Trans-Siberian roilroad to the new town, of Komsoraolsk, on the Amur river. The newest announcement of executions . came . hard upon the conviction ; and shooting of .eight red ; army generals for. treason. There was no apparent connection between, the Incidents, except that they marked again the Soviet gov ernment's determination-to erad icate opposition at. every, front. ; Late Sports VANCOUVER, B. C. June 14. (P) Lewiston Indians emerged victors 15-12 tonight-over Van couver Maple Leafs in a 10-inning second game of . a double header featured by a free-for-all in the eighth inning. The result gave the Indians a clean-sweep in their four-game series with Leafs. They won the afternoon mixture 7-6. Vancouver drove home three in the 10th. - Score (10 Innings): Lewiston . 15 18 S Vancouver ..L;i: 12 2 . Hanson, Bogdanoff and Pfeifer; Baginskl, Brown, Smith, Blgre and Samhammer. , . DETROIT, June 14.-&F)-Wal-ter O. Brlggs, jr., treasurer of the Detroit baseball club, said today the Tigers had discussed with the St. Louis Browns a deal for Rollie Uemsley, star St. Louis catcher, but . St. Louis asked too much for, him. . TORONTO, June 14.HP-Baby Tack, whose real name is Ben jamin Norman Yakuduwitz and who has been fighting profession ally less than a year, won the Ca nadian bantamweight title tonight with a surprise 10-round. victory over Frankie Martin, Montreal. .Tack weighed 111 and Martin, who also holds the Canadian featherweight title, scaled 117 K. icing Softball Draws 1350 on Opening Night Crowd Small in Officials ' Yiew as Rain Threatens -r 1 to Dampen Diamond -- Wait's Best Papermakers in Extra-Inning Go; Hogg Bros. Win :. By PAUL HAUSER Walt's Softball club were hit less wonders last night as they opened the summer softball sea son Dy aeieating tne rapermak ers 4 to 3 In an extra-inning game. Wait's got only five hits to the Papermakers' ten bat were neTer behind, although the Papermak ers twice tied them. An ill-timed error by Paper maker Shortstop Bob Dunn broke up the ball game as Marv Ritchie crossed the plate with the win ner in the tenth frame. There were two out when Dunn dropped Fore man's pop fjy after grabbing it with a one handed stab. Ritchie doubled to . center to get on and went to third when Kitchen was out at first. wnue an estimated 1350 cus tomers saw last night's brace of games and opening ceremonies. league officials said the crowd was much smaller than usual for opening night. Threatening weath er, which did deliver a small shower before the first game was completed, kept the crowd down. Ritchie, Salstrom Hit Opportunely Marv Ritchie and Phil Salstrom could take bows after Wait's win last night. Ritchie, while touched for hits in all but one frame, let things get out of hand only once when he loaded the bases .Sand walked in a run. He made up for it by socking out a home run to deep right field in the next in ning 'to put Wait's in the lead again. 1 Salstrom's single to center in the opening inning scored Walt's first two runs and gave them an advantage that kept them abreast all the way. Bob Dunn got one of two dou bles in the . second inning and came home on Kelly's single for the Papermaker's first run. When (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5.) Protective Duty On Hops Sought WASHINGTON, June"l4.-;P)-Pacific northwest ' congressmen appealed today to federal agen cies to protect American hop growers against increasing foreign competition, especially from Czechoslovakia. . Sen. Frederick Steiwer,- Oregon, acting on behalf of Oregon hop growers who he said would pro duce "at least 100,000 bales this year," wrote to the tariff commis sion asking Increased duty on the crop. " , "I hope." he added, "that the government will see fit to exclude hops from the list of commodities which will be the basis for ne gotiations of a trade agreement with Czechoslovakia. He asserted American growers are able to "supply the demand for hops In this country", with 'a quant of domestic .hops as good or better than foreign hops." ' , Sen. Homer T, Bone, Washing ton; i in -a letter to Secretary " Of State Hull aaid: w "While I voted to authorize the president to make reciprocal trade treaties. It is difficult to under stand why we should Import, vast quantities of any foreign product when an 'ample supply of that pro- duet is or can be produced by our own farmers if. they are not put out;' of business by foreign com petition.' Th ree Ca n did cites Nam ed as School Nominations Closed The contest for the one vacancy in the school board which occurs this year will he a three-cornered affair, it was determined Monday night when the time for filing completed petitions closed." The election will be1 held June 21. The candidates are Dr. L. K. Barrick, - Francis E. Manley and Otto- E. Hoppes.- Dr. Barrick Is a mortician and also holds the of fice of county coroner, and - has been prominent in civic affairs In Salem for many years. Hoppes Is an insurance agent and Manley is an employe of the Valley Motor company. . . Opponents of one of the candi dates were circulating reports last week that he had, promised to support 'Frank Neer, who is the retiring board member, for the Leslie Junior high school prlnclpalship. - Neer declared Monday that he was not an applicant for a posi Mexican Suspect's Mouse at Wendling Scene of Shooting Officers; End Five-Hour Siege to Find Wanted Man Dead; Tear Gas Rushed Sou tli by Salem Policeman Rollo Wicks, Lane Deputy Sheriff, Is : Victim as He Seeks to Question Man About Neighbor Injury EUGENE, Ore., June 14 (AP) Dionysius Crispo shot and killed himself tonight as officers who had besieged - his home at Wendling for nearly five hours attempted to force an entrance with tear gas bombs, state police re ported here tonight. .' Crispo was sought on charges of fatally shooting Sher iffs Deputy Rollo Wicks, who attempted to arrest him ear lier in the day following a neighborhood quarrel in which Darrell Stollberg was wounded. , Capt. Walter Lansing, of the state police, who brought tear gas bombs from Salem while Sheriff's Deputies Burt Hulegaard and Mark Hathaway watched the house, said two ' ' . -O shots were heard after the first Bank Leader Hits ram Brodie Swats Court Plan rk : .'- a .li.. . O'Connor Defends BEND, Ore.. June 14 -(fly-national administration re both praise and criticism.'' speakers at the . Orego L te 4on here today.. y ""fi George D. Brodie, nt of the association,-lasii the ad ministration's economic End Judi cial program and censured failure to balance the budget. He cited the "attempt to pack the supreme court" as a cause for great alarm and said that the apparent effort to override state's rights was a step in the wrong direction. v Brodie asked the resolution committee to Introduce a resolu tion opposing enactment of pro posed bills which he said threat ened elimination of the dual bank ing system and would permit ex tension of branch banking beyond state borders. J. F. T. O'Conner, controller of currency, Justified the adminis tration's financial program and cited accomplishments, declaring there was not occasion for ner vousness regarding the nation's present or future. He said only one small bank had failed ever a period of 20 months in the entire country, and that that failure was caused by embezzlement . Hearst Appeal Is Denied by Court SAN FRANCISCO. June 14-(A) -The United States circuit court of appeals denied the petition of W R. Hearst today for dismissal of - the national relations board order, for reinstatement of ' two employes, discharged -prior to the recent strike on Hearst's Post In telligencer of Seattle. -.- . - Hearst had sought dismissal of the . order on the ground one of the men is dead, the other rein stated" and conditions of the - or der filled. The court had sought to make an inquiry, but falling to receive ' information . requested, dismissed the Hearst petition to day.; tion In the city , schools and would not be an applicant, nor make any more toward seeking support for appointment, so long as he re mained a member of the school board.: He added that he had not approached any of the three can didates for the school board of fice, with any suggestion that he might seek the Leslie principal ship or any other faculty position. A number, of years ago' Neer en gaged In educational work for a considerable period. - Dr. , Barrlck's completed peti tions were fUed on Monday and those of the other two candidates previously. The school election next Monday, win be held In the administration building, on High street Just south of the old senior high school building, and the polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. All legal voters living In the Salem school district are eligible to vote. Thirty days residence is required. T V 1 T '. INewIiealrros bomb was thrown and Crtspo's body was later found on the sec ond f r. Tf icer said that Wicks was shy he attempted, unarmed, tr rlspo, a Mexican, after sorted he had been ided by Crispo In a ,reej. rer a refuse heap Jie Mt yard. Word of t vurrence spread piaiy ove country, spev surrounding v estimating gathered ''ng, cars .that nearly 100 w near the besiege, being lined up fo WENDLING, Ore.,v .e 4 (Special) A sheriff sforce sur rounded the dwelling of Dionysius Crispo here late tonight, awaiting the arrival of tear bombs and ma chine guns after Crispo, wauted on a charge of fatally shooting RoIloeWicks. SO. deputy sheriff, and wounding Darrell Stollberg, a neighbor. Deputy Dead j Before Aid Arrives - Wicks, witnesses said, was shot down when he attempted to ar rest Crispo In connection with the wounding of Stollberg, a neigh bor. According to the story told to : the sheriff's force which ar rived tonight, as Wicks walked toward Crispo, the Mexiean rais ed a rifle and fired, the bullet en tering Wicks' side. He was dead before aid could be given. Neighbors said Crispo had been enragedver protests of health officers against a manure pUe In bis yard. For no apparent reason he fired at Stollberg, the latter said, in reporting the Incident to Wicks. y After . Wicks had fallen, wit nesses declared, Crispo stood ov er the officer's body, allowing no one to approach.1 He then went into the house where he barricad ed himself against attack by the sheriff's posse. - to Attend Capitol Ceremony Francis Keally, New. York, as sociate of Trowbridge and Living ston, architects. In designing the new state eapitol building now un der construction iere, will arrive in Portland this morning to at tend a meeting of the eapitol re construction commission Wednes day. ' - Keally also will attend the- cor nerstone laying of the new eapitol building here Thursday. ' Articles to- be deposited in. the cornerstone of the new Capitol building will be selected by the reconstruction - commission at Wednesday's meeting. The box will be sealed at that time. - Arrangements - for the corner stone laying of the new state eap itol building here Thursday after noon were completed, Monday by J. A. McLean, Eugene, chairman' of the eapitol reconstruction com mission. .The platform for those taking part In the ceremonies, is being constructed at the northeast cor ner of the structure. A L LAD E of TOD A By a. a . What's; this nation coming to?" the worried citizen may wonder; "for soon 'there'll be no work to do. with strikes well go ; completely under." It's true that labor discord's rife and hopes of peace are growing thinner, but always there's an end to strife or some day workers get no dinner. iveauy