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E1GHTY-SKVENTH YEAU
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 6, 1937
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Program Here
Celebration Is Success;
Patriotic Address by
; Dr. Baxter Heard
Hugh Murray of Toledo,
70, Best Fiddler in
Old Time Contest
.' A crowd of approximately 10,
: 000 persons filled tbe grandstand
and overflowed onto the brightly
lighted walks and midway at the
fairgrounds last night as the Am
erican Legion brought its big
.Fourth of July, show to a fitting
land satisfying close in a blaze, of
fireworks. . ,';7, "7.-
From the time the first persons
entered the grounds early in the
morning, until the last waltz
played by the orchestra at the
midway carnival "dance late last
night, the celebration center of
Salem was thronged with peo
ple who came to enjoy a few of
the many events run off or to stay
for the entire day.
An endless noise of firecrackers
accompanied the patriotic exer
cises, auto races and the band
concerts j held during the morn
ing and afternoon. The grandstand
filled again and again to its cap
acity, twice for programs of
speeches and music, once for tbe
large racing card run off in the
afternoon, and then once again
after : dusk for the big spectacle
featuring the fireworks, the fid
dlers' contest, the vaudeville and
the band concert.
Spirit of 1770
Lauded by Baxter
The - Spirit which dominated
the young men who dared to de- ;
fy King George III hi the Amer
ican Revolution, and the present
day challenges to that same spir
it on the part of Americans, pro
vided the theme for the Indepen
dence day address of Dr. Bruce
Baxter, president fit Willamette
university, which highlighted the
patriotic exercises in the morn
ing. ' -'' " - - " -
Thomas Jefferson was 33 years
old when he wrote the Declara
tion of Independence, Dr. Baxter
pointed out, and roost of the oth
er men who threw off the yoke
of England were young men
while their elders constituted the
Tory element in the colonies.
During the war, 4044 Amer
icana were killed, and ouly in
the 30 years which followed, al
most a like number were killed
celebrating Independence day.
Dr.7 Baxter declared, using these
facts to point out out the peace
time problems which are as grave
as- those of war. He cited the
prevalence ot. crime, diseased dis
honesty, ignorance and injustice
as 'some of the things Americans
are challenged to7 fight today.
Just I preceding Dr. Baxter's
talk Miss June - Armstrong, a
Willamette student, recited the
Declaration of lndepen dence
from memory. Musical n ambers
on the program Included selec
tions by the Salem high school
band and songs by the Erickson
trio. Col. Carle Abrams was
master of ceremonies.
Dr. J. F. Kosch of Bend." state
representative, in an ad'lress
sponsored by the Townsend tlubs
of Salem, Called attention to the
huge preparations that are being
made for the "next war" and de
plored the 1 cost of these warlike
gestures which, he said, mar re
sult In a total breakdown of
present-day civilization. He sug
gested that these Bums might bet
ter be devoted to purposes ot so
cial security.
Toledo Man Wins
Fiddlers Contest - v i ,
At the night stadium show, an
event which gained much ap
plause and intent interest from
tbe crowd was the ld-time fid
dlers contest,
, Hugh Murray, age 70. of Tole
do, who says he has fiddled old-
time tones since he was a boy or
13 In Nova Scotia, look first hon
ors among single contestants. Mr
Murray, with his energetic rendl-t
tions and picturesque appearance,
was the great favorite in a rote
of audience applause. Ben Brissett
of McMinnville placed second
, while ; W. F. Cooper, Salem, was
adjudged third. Mr. Mnrray also
received a prize for having come
from farthest away.
A youthful player from the
Weidner family, aged 7. took
orize money as the youngest rid
fler, while Mr. O'Kelly of Inde-
nendence. was adjudged the old
est player entered when be admit
ted to 8 year.
la the family old-time orches
tra contest, the Plnaen family
'took first prize. The . Pin sens re
cently t came here from layette,
Idaho. 'to make their home. The
- Purvis family group, of Hayea-
Thou
Leg
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Eight-Year Record ? v
July 4 Set; Fire if 'Its
Claim 'Only Two Lives
289 Killed by Autos, 104 Persons Drown; Various
Other Accidents Boost Total by 94; 'Crackers
and Other Pyrotechnics Cause Many Injuries !
FOUR hundred ninety-five persons died in America's two
day Fourth of July celebration a record unequalled in
the last eight years. j.
Not since 1931 had the number of fatalities exceeded
400. In that year the death toll reached 483.
Traffic accidents took the highest toll, and jonly two of
O this year's deaths were directly
Eleven Deaths in
State on Holiday
Five Victims of Traffic,
two Drowned and two
Are Shot Fatally
(By The Associated Press)
Oregon contributed a heavy
share of the nation's holiday fa
talities when 11 'deaths were re
ported in the state over the
fourth of July week-end. Five
were victims of automobile acci
dents, two persons were drown
ed, two slain and two died in
falls.
Kenneth O. Patterson, 19, was
killed in an automobile accident
near Modoc Point, north of
Klamath Falls, early Sunday
when the car driven by Naomi
Stokoe, blew a front tire and
crashed into the bank. Patterson
was asleep when the accident
occurred.
Clyde Johnson, Warm Springs
Indian known as "Chief Yellow
stone" was instantly killed at
Bend when struck by a car driv
en by Richard A. Kerron, 19. Of
ficers said Johnson attempted to
run across the highway after
dodging another car.
Wayne Myers. 23, of Tilla
mook, succumbed to injuries af
ter an automobile driven by
Bruce Kellow. hit loose gravel
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HSIXKIXG, Maneh oukuo,
Jnly 6-(j!P)-The Japanese army
declared today It had defeated
a sizeable detachment of Rus
sian troops in a day-long battle,
on the disputed eastern fron
tier of Manchoukuo and Siberia.
- The Japanese - inspired gov
ernment of .Manchoukuo im
mediately made' strong repre-'
sentations to Moscow over the
renewed outbreak of hostilities.
Soviet troops, the army
charged, lauched two attacks
against combined Japanese
Manchoukuoan border guards
.Monday morning near the Utile
frontier town of Ghienshan. An
army communique declared the
Russians opened fire and
wounded one Japanese soldier
before tbe assaults were re
pulsed. :
Throughout the ,. day, the
army asserted, the Soviet troop
brought up heavy artillery and
in the evening started a bomb
bardment of the Manchoukno
an shore with heavy cannon.
At the same time, the army
spokesman said, an attack la
force was made by a .detach
ment of 150 Soviet soldiers.
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Two Salem Cars Witt Places
in Races; One Spill Occurs
Two of the three Salem-owned
cars placed and one escaped with
out great damage from the first
accident to occur on half-mlla
Lon Oak track in several, years
as a crowd of 4500 people watch
ed the American Legion's Inde
pendence day - celebration auto
mobile racing program at the
state fairgrounds yesterday af
ternoon.
Both Henry Johnson, .driving
Charles Widick's No: 7 car of
Salem, and Chick Barbo, at the
helm of Goodfellow Brothers' No.
99, escaped unharmed when their
can locked wheels at the first
Urn of the 10-lap, 12-mile
feature race, spun around and
broke dowa the inside fence. .
Barbo's vehicle had to be tow
ed off but Johnson returned. In
No. 76 to win the consolation
He had already . won . the fourth
heat race in the same machine.
Although tbe drivers thought
Portland's "dust bowl" had been
removed to Salem, the audience
saw speed events that ' approach
ed the time made on better
northwest ovala. Lea Anderson,
attributed to fireworks. Forty-six
states report 289 Jauto-accident
deaths 81 more than "were killed
in highway accidents during the
corresponding period, last year.
Drowning fatalities totaled
104, surpassing all jbut the 1931
record when 181 drowned. I
Nin.iy-four met violent deaths
from other couses. i
The fireworks victims were
Geraldine Mulvey, 8, Woonsocket,
R. I., and Julia Friess, 9, Balti
more, Md., both of whom died
from burns suffered when! their
dresses were ignited by sparklers.
The Freiss girl's death marked
Baltimore's first fireworks fatal
ity since July 4, 1935.
Michigan led in total fatalities
with 30 and was tied with 5 Cali
fornia in auto accidents deaths
with 17.
Nevada, Delaware and the Dis
trict of Columbia reported no ac
cidental deaths, ..
While the two deaths ! from
fireworks brought near-achievement
of a 30-year campaign to
end such fatajitjes... hundreds of
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Motorcycle Hits
Elderly Man Here
R. B. Harper, 87, Victim
But Is not Hurt Badly;
Race Cars Tangle
Salem and immediate vicinity
Sunday and Monday escaped the
run of severe automobile : acci
dents which have characterized
many holiday week-ends.
The only serious accident re
ported here involved an elderly
pedestrian and a motorcycle and
rider at 597 North Capitol street
at 12:30 p.m. yesterday. :R. B.
Harper, 87, staying at 923 South
High street, was struck by a mo
torcycle ridden by Conrad Baker
of Ryderwood, Wash. i ,
Suffering from what was believ
ed not a serious neck injury.
Harper was taken to Salem Dea
coness hospital where he regain
ed consciousness several, hours
later. Hospital attendants at mid
night said his condition appeared
good. He was understood to be an
Iowa resident visiting here. A
brother, J. S. Harper, liveg at
1364 Court street.
Police said Baker claimed Har
per confused him by stopping,
then suddenly starting on across
the street.' He was not arrested.
A crash that might have proven
serious occurred on - the j fair
grounds track during the after
noon racing program when speed
cars piloted by Henry Johnson,
Portland, and ! Chick Barbo, i Se
attle, locked wheels and smashed
a section of fence. The two drivers,
however; escaped harm and half
a dozen speeding, behind them
managed to stay clear of the dis
abled racing machines.
who won tbe helmet dash, first
heat race and the 10-lap feature
in a car owned by Ed Heitkem
per, - made the halt-mile in 28.7
seconds in the time - trials : as
against a 28. 5-second circuit con
sidered good on Multnomah
county tracks. - . j;
"' Widick's other car, driven by
Tony West, ban third in the hel
met; dash; and first heat race.
The only other Salem car en
tered, owned by Danzell Wilson,
failed to show.
f In a special event, Jimmy Wil
burn, Seattle, and Mel Kenealy.
Los Angeles', running alone. bit
the finish line even - up. the
judges ruled,: although the crowd
thought Mel inched past Jimmy
seconds ahead. : - 7 - "
Helmet dash, 1 miles Les
Anderson, first; Augle Scovell.
second ; Tony West, third. Time
1:28.91. ' ::;; ; ?,?. -. t -J
i First heat race, ' 2 H miles
Les Anderson', first; Augie Sco
vell. second; Tony West, third.
Time 2:26.08.
Second heat race, 2 miles
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Confession of
Dyer Is Taken
At Full Value
Death Penalty Demanded
hy Prosecutor After
Man's Story Told
WPA Worker Who Joined
Search for Victims
Says He's Slayer
LOS ANGELES, July 1-JP)-Dist.
Atty. Buron Fitts said to
day he would ask the county
grand jury tomorrow to indict Al
bert Dyer, 32, WPA school cross
ing guard, for the sex slaying of
three young girls of suburban In
glewood. The request will be based upon
a lengthy confession which Fitts
said Dyer made last night, and
upon other evidence as well.
Fitts said Dyer confessed he
talked to the little girls in an In
glewood park, induced them to
meet him in the Baldwin hills five
miles away for a rabbit hunt, led
them one by one down into a ra
vine, choked them to death by
hand, then knotted pieces of rope
about their necks. He then vio
lated the bodies, Fitts said Dyer
told him and several other offi
cers. Dyer also was quoted as saying
he was among the first to reach
the ravine after searchers found
the bodies of the victims, Made
line Everett, 7, her sister, Melba,
9, and Jeanette Stephens, 8, last
Monday, two days after they were
killed.
Dyer is married but h a s no
children.
Fitts said he would press for
an early trial and demand the
death penalty.
View Possibility
Two Are Involved
Investigators reported they
were considering the possibility,
however remote, that another
person was involved in the slay
ings. One officer said it seemed
almost impossible that one man
could have done all that Dyer
confessed within the time limits
deduced from his story.
On re-questioning today, Fitts
and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz
said, Dyer declared only the little
Stephens girl begged for mercy,
saying "please don't hurt me"
as he strangled her.
"I knelt down and kissed their
faces," Dyer was quoted as say
ing, "after I killed and assaulted
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Plea for Reason
Voiced by Roper
Exploitation by Heads of
Labor or by Industrial
Leaders Is Deplored
WASHINGTON, July 5.-;P)-
Secretary of Commerce Roper
asked tonight workers be pro
tected from exploitation by "mis
guided labor spokesmen and by
selfish leaders of industry."
Following up President Roose
velt's recent expression of opinion
that the public is impatient with
extremists on both sides of . the
industrial strife, Roper added to
the usual administration criticisms
of some employers this advice to
labor:
power for good. In doing so, it
has necessarily been placed in a
corresponding position of respon
sibility to itself and to the gen
eral community.
"It should develop a policy
which will safeguard the con
tinued faith of all citizens in the
rectitude and sincerity of its pur
poses and in the justice of Its
methods. 7
"The employer, is not alone an
employer and the .employe is not
alone an employe. They are first
ot all American citizens with re
sponsibilities to the consumers
and s to society fat large. They
must justify the good will ot each
other and the public by observing
these obligations Imposed by law
or agreement as well as those
suggested -by good morals;"
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Late Sports
PORTLAND, Jnly &-JPt-Otlu
Clingm&n of Oklahoma City woa
two out of three falls from Scotty
McDougall, v Glasgow, tonight In
the ' main event ot the weekly
middleweight wrestling . card.
Sailor Moran, New Orleans,
took one fall and the match from
Bobby Burns, Boston, and Bob
Cammlngs, Chicago, and F r e d
Knichels, Salt Lake City, wrestled
a 30-minota draw. -. ..
Seriate Battle
On Court Bill
TpOpenToday
Debate of Decade" Will
Start; I Substitute to
i Appear, Forecast
Last-Ditch ' Fight to Be
Made by Opponents of
Any Court Change
WASHINGTON, July (..-(AV
The battl for which Washington
has waited through, five eventful
months, the senate fight over the
administrt tion's court reorganiza
tion proposals, is expected to be-'
gin officially tomorrow.
Billed as! "the great debate,"
as "the parliamentary battle of
the decade,' it will start with a
motion that the senate take up
the Roosevelt bl. calling for the
immediate appointment of five
new justices to the supreme court.
Administration men, who have
abandoned all hope for this orig
inal measure, immediately will
submit a compromise as a sub
stitute. ' -
Although these maneuvers nre
but routine formalities, scheduled
for late in the day, the field
marshals of each side arranged
to have their forces in full at
tendance, just in case the other
should try some surprise tactics.
Opposit-on chieftains who have
expressed as much hostility to the
compromise as to the original hill.
Lad their arrangements all made
for a last-ditch fight, including a
division of their forces into
"shifts" to keep, if need be, a
day and night filibuster going in
definitely. Majority Claimed .
By- Administration
The administration, confidently
claiming 54 senate votes, a ma
jority of six, purposed to sit it out,
allow,. &oaoahxCJaewkxfpr
"legitimate debate, and then,; if
the filibuster develops, adopt
such tactics as the situation seems'
.to dictate. j
The original bill, introduced
February 9, proposed that tor
every member of the supreme
co"urt past 70 years of age, an
additional member be appointed.'
The compromise substitute pro
poses that for every member more
than 75 there be an additional
appointment, 'but with the V pro
vision that not more than one
such additional appointment be
made in any one year.
It is a combination of the com
promise suggestions made months
ago by Senator Logan (D., Ky.)
and Senator Hatch (D., N. M.),
worked out in consultation with
the justice department. Logan
was a supporter, Hatch an oppo
nent of the original bill.
As the senate battle lines are
drawn, the contest will be one
between two factions of the demo
cratic party. The republican lead
ership, happily watching the dem
omcrats fight each other, intends
to keep on the sidelines.
Thus, the opposition leadership
will devolve as it has in the past
npon Senator Wheeler, liberal
democrat from Montana, and Sen
ator Burke, conservative demo
crat from Nebraska, both re
sourceful . parliamentarians and
potent orators.
For the administration. Sena
tor Logan will assume the lead
ership, backed by the driving en
ergy of Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas, majority . leader and
skilled strategist, who has . been
steering new deal bills through
the senate since the new deal
began.
RADIO MESSAGES SPEED PLANE QUEST
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Map showing general locations figuring fa the frantic search In the south Pacific ocean for Amelia Ear
hart Pnrnam and her navigator, Fred Noonaa. Tbe search was first limited to the 10O , mile radius
around Uowland. Island, but fragmentary radio messages received later caused the quest to be ex
: tended to a point 281 miles northward from the tiny spot of land which had been tlteir goal. Lnter
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Zone Change May
Come up
Tonight
Other Important Business
Before Council; Water
Issues Considered ...
Five major pieces of city bus
iness will be on the agenda when
the city council convenes at 8
o'clock tonight for its first July
meeting, postponed - from last
night on account of the holiday.
Weekend discussions among
city officials indicated the con
troversial zone change ordinance
applying to the southeast corner
of Court and 12th streets would
be brought back on the floor to
night for final action. There was
suggestion that an effort would
be made to force it back of the
ordinance committee, which with
held the measure at the last
meeting, did not report it In vol
untarily. Wallace Bonesteele has
requested a change from resi
dence to business classification
to enable him to erect a public
garage on that corner.
Alderman Walter Fuhrer's an
nounced intention to resign from
his second ward seat if carried
out will ' mean the election to
night of a new councilman, the
third such appointment within a
month. Lloyd F. LeGarie, gro
cer, living at 1334 Court street,
is considered the probablo ap
pointee although . there has also
been talk of the election of Clar
ence M. Byrd, insurance man,
who resides at 296 North 14th
street. Frank Marshall holds
the other second ward position.
What had threatened to de-J
velop into a second but different
dispute between the council and
the. city water department appar
ently has been ironed out though
terms of a resolution to be of
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Above, Amelia Earhart Putnam
and Fred Aoonan, her navi
gator, . snapped at - Karachi, In
dia, on their equatorial night
around the world which came
to a perhaps tragic ending in
the sooth Pacific ocean. Lower
picture, Mrs. Noonan, who col
lapsed at the Oakland airport
where, she and George Palmer
Putnam, husband of the avia
trlx, had kept Tlgil awaiting
news as to their f fate. Inter
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Cutter Itasca
Reaches Point
North of Isle
Navy. Mine Sweeper Swan
Also Nearby but no
Success Reported
Radio Messages Indicate
Amelia and Navigator
in That Vicinity
HONOLULU, July oiPr-Tbe
coast guard cutter Itasca,
searching S80 miles north ef
Howland island for Amelia
Earhart, missing flier, report
ed early today it had sighted
flares.
The plane in which Miss Ear
hart and her navigator, Capt.
Fred Xoonan, were flying from
Lae, New Guinea, to Howland
Island on the ' longest leg of
their projected round-the-world
flight, was amply supplied -with
flare. f-
The Itasca sent out a radio
message to Bliss Earhart:
"We ran see your flares and
are coming toward you.'
HONOLULU, July 5-)-TBe
coast guard cutter Itasca, racing
to a position north of lonely How
land island In the search for '
Amelia Earhart. reached the ares,
tonight but made no immediate
report of any findings.
The navy mine sweeper Swan,,
also seeking the source of hope
ful radio messages, was hut a.
short distance from the scene, the
Itasca informed San Francisco
coast guard headquarters.
Both vessels and the British
freighter Moorby sped toward a
position 281 miles north of How
land island after reception ot ra
dio messages mentioning that
position and bearing the signature. "
of Miss Earhart's lost world
girdling airplane. '
San Francisco coast guard .
headquarters reported the Itasca -at
the scene at 7 p.m. (12:30 a.m.
Tuesday EST), but it was not Ira-
mediately explained whether, tbe
vessel had just arrived or had?
been patroling the area some time.
No word was immediately avail-,
able on the exact position of the
Moorby, which was only 90 miles
from the spot mentioned In the' ;
unexplained radio message at 1:41
a.m. (7:12 a.m. EST).
281 Miles North of
Howland, Belief
From the Itasca came the wirelessed-
message: "Official infor
mation indicates that Earhart is
down 281 miles north of How
land." 7
: Then, at top speed, the Itasca
and the mine sweeper Swan raced '
to the position. . ,
5 The English freighter Moorby
was reported only 90 miles from
the objective and was proceeding
there. The Itasca expected te ar
rive at 11:30 p.m. (EST).
" Howland island was the object-'
lve of Miss Earhart and her nav
igator, Fred J. Noonon, on a flight'
from Lae New Guinea, last Fri-1 :
day. Short of fuel, harrassed by
headwinds, they were cut down in
their flight. Weak, garbled radio
messages from the, 180,000 plane"'
did not give their position, nor v
tell whether the ship alighted la
the tropic seass or reached the"
comparative safety of one of the
numerous tiny coral atolls.
But today at 7:12 a. m. (EST)
three radio operators at the Wai- :
lupe naval station heard a message' .
they believed came from' tbe
globe-girdling plane. It was fra- ;
mentary; faint words: betwf.i'
others that had been blotted out'
by static. The operators pieced it ,
together to read: . .
'"281 North Howland . . . call
KHAQQ (the call letters of the
Earhart plane) . . . beyond north,
. . f don't hold with us much
longer . . . above water ... shut
Off.";' ' J- 7 7- .
,From this message came widely '
Tarying . interpretations. A Pearl
Harbor lieutenant suggested it,
meant The plane was sinking; tbe"
coast guard said it might mean "
radio transmission from the ship
was being "shut off" by falling
batteries. 7 : 7
. George. Palmer Putnam, Miss
Earhart's husband, said In Oak- 7
land he believed the words ,
"above water" indicated certainly
the plane had landed on a reef,
that ; the , gasoline, required to ,
turn the right motor to provide,
radio transmission, was being ex
hausted, and that his wife and '
Nbonan were somewhere north of .
Howland. J-
."On the Information from this
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A L LADE
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The bang ot firecrackers is
as music to my ear, I. could lis
ten by the hour to stirring pa
triotic speeches; there'll be no
more pyrotechnics for at least
another year, but I'll cherish
Independence day for .lessons
that It teaches. 7 ..-