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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July 7, 1937
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New Purchase
Rule Voted by
lermeri
Officials May Bid, Have
no Vote on Accepting
Offers, Is Policy
2one, Franchise Matters
Delayed ; Committee
Changes Are Made
A new purchase policy designed
to permit businessmen who verve
on city boards, commissions or
the city council to retain trade
they ordinarily would have with
the city was adopted without ds
jsent by the council last night. The
policy broadens a recent interpre
tation by City Attorney faul R.
Hendricks of the. law, forbidding
'officials to sell to the city. . .
In the form of a resolution in
troduced by Aldermen W. D. Ev
ans. Fred A. Williams and Edwin
C. Goodenough. the new statement
-of policy , provides that city offi
cials: . ' k ".
' 1. May transact "over the coun
ter" business with city depart
ments other than those in which
they have! authority to vote; and,
2. May: In the case of open com
j petitive , bids not be disbarred,
I providing; they refrain from vot
jing uponj acceptance of tne most
favorable bid. .
The resolution met the approv
al of Alderman David O'Hara,
ways-means committee chairman,
who brought up the purchase is
sue early last, month in connec
tion with1 bills submitted to the
council for sales made by members
of. the water commission.
Three of Expected
Issues Are Delayed
Few debate-arousing issues de-
, veloped at last night's meeting.
,. The Oregon Motor Stages street
bus' franchlsearidlhe "12th and
i Court street tone change were
: not reported . out of committees
and as Walter-Fuhrer did not sub
mit his announced impending res
ignation. I the election of a suc-
cessor had to be postponed.
Alderman Williams sought un
successfully to block a resolution
providing; , that city departments
whose operations necessitat
ed work by other departments
should pay for the borrowed ser
vices on the basis of cost plus 10
per cent.! Alderman Goodenough,
one of the sponsors, declared the
10 per cent represented "part of
actual cost." f
ChangM 3klade in .
Committee Lineup
Committee changes occasioned
by the recent resignation of Van
Wieder and election of James H.
Nicholson to the council resulted
in Alderman E. B. Perrine's ad
i vanclng to ;. chairmanship of the
street committee, Nicholson's ap
pointment to the committees on
special ' traffic problems, airport
and aviation, bridges and ap
proaches sewerage and drainage,
and ; printing, . Mrs. Gertrude : F.
Lobdell's designation as a mem
ber of the special water construc
tion committee, and Goodenough's
taking a position on the street
committee. -
Reflecting Improvement in tbe
city's financial situation, calling
of $52,000 worth of.'warrant fund
. Ing bonds issued in 1935 was vot
ed at the suggestion of Alderman
O'Hara." The total issue, amount
ing to 1135,000. was sold'in 'July.
1935,- at. Interest " rates ran? Ing
from 1 to 1 per cent. ' "
A : request from the Salem
Tum to page 2, col. 5)
Late Sports
; SEATTLE, July 6-(;p)-After
losing seven of nine games to
the Seventh-Place Oakland. Oaks,
Seattle's sixth place Indians wal
loped league leading Sacramento
12 to 4 tonight in the opening
game of their series.
Sacramento was shut out until
the seventh, when it counted two
runs, - .
Sacramento 4 l
. Seattle i ; . i j jj q
'- Schmidt and Cooper; Barrett
and Splndel. : "
" LOS ANGELES. July 6-iP)Sai
Francisco's Seals thumped Los An
geles tonight, 8 to 5, behind Win
-Baliou's ; pitching, ; although the
'Angela threatened seriously In the
ninth with three runs.
San Francisco ;... 8 10 0
Los Angeles 5 7 " 2
vBallou and Monzo; Evans,
Prim, Campbell and Collins. "
SAN FRANCISO, July
The San Francisco Missions de
feated the San Diego Padres 6
to 4 here tonight. Outfielder Har
ry Rosenberg's two-bagger in the
eighth drove in Joe Vitter with
the winning run.
San Diego ..4 11 0
Missions S $1 0
Ward and Detore; Tost, Nich
olas, Babich and Sprint, Outen.
WESTERN IXTX, LEAGUE
Yakima 4, Spokane 2. . i,
Tacoma 3, Lewlston 0.1
Tancouter IZ, Wepatcbee fl,
City Aid
Sky Circus Set
Later; Stores
Are to Close
. The Sky Circus in Salem Thurs
day, will start at 5 p.m. i instead
of at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
the sponsors, the Salem i Cherri
ans .and Lee Eyerly, decided late
yesterday. The circus, part of the
Oregon -air tour now under way,
will be held at the municipal air
port j ' - ,
This change in hour was due
to the fact that business and pro
fessional people could not attend
during the afternoon but ex
pressed their willingness to close
at 4:30 o'clock in order that all
may see the most famous fliers
that have ever appeared in Salem.
: Practically all of the retail
stores have agreed to close
promptly at . 4:30 o'clock this
Thursday afternoon," said A. A.
Gueffroy, King Bing of the Cher
riana. A telephone call from Ontario
late Tuesday announced that the
fliers would arrive about 12
o'clock at the airport and would
be open for inspection. But to
accommodate the thousands who
could attend from 4:30 1 o'clock,
the real three hour performance
will begin at 5 o'clock. 1 .
Telegram received by the cham
ber of commerce yesterday stated
that 8000 attended at Medford.
20,000 at Bend and yesterday at
Ontario, the attendance was in
excess of 10,000. . . j
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Industrial Union
Charges Disorder
Dumping of Truck Loaded
With Crabs Held Move
of Rivals' Group
PORTLAND. Ore.. July -(JP-Officials
of the Industrial Em
ployes' Union, Inc., today charged
the Pacific Fishermen's 4 union
with esponaibility for the -ba U
ing of a, Pacific Truck Express
truck near Newport Monday, and
the dumping of a load -of fresh
crabs caught by fishermen affil
iated with the I.E.U.
H. W. Burton, executive scre
tary 0 the I.E.U., successor to tie
old 4-L, a lumber workers! organ
ization, said he understood the
case was placed before the Lin
coln county prosecutor and war
rants issued against members of
the group accused of halting the
truck.
The truck driver was told when
he loaded the crahs, Burton said,
that , his cargo was "unfair" to
the P.F.U. group.
A. D.Chisholm, president of
the I.E.U., said the Newport fish
ermen applied for membership in
his organization about two weeks
(Turn to page 9, col.j 8) '
Resolution Seeks
Grid Broadcasts
Radio broadcasting of Willam
ette university's major football
games next fall was urged , upon
an oil company sponsor in a reso
lution adopted by the city coun
cil last night. Copies of the reso
lution, which pays tribute to the
university's progress and athletic
prowess, were ordered sent to
President Bruce Baxter and Coach
Roy S. "Spec" Keene.
Street Oiling Talked
City Engineer Hugh Rogers
was directed by the city council
last night to estimate the cost of
oiling the North Santlam highway
from the - east city limits to the
end of the Mission street pave
ment. - ' -
Maritime tederation Moves 1
to Clip Wings of H. Bridges
' PORTLAND, Ore, July
The Maritime Federation of the
Pacific toted today to reorganize
Its executive board in a move,
spokesman .for the convention
n,Mi. enmmlttea ' said. : that will
cartail the authority and domina
tion of Harry Bridges, coast long
shoremen's leader. !
Delegates to the federation con
vention here voted to reduce the
board from SO members to 11
on member. to be elected by each
affiliate organization having lo
cals in all west coast ports. Un
ions limited to one port, centered
chiefly in San Francisco, ;wlll not
be represented. !
One of the duties of the board
will be to direct the editorial pol
icies 6f the Voice of the Federa
tion,' the official publication, now
managed hy Jim O'Neil of San
Francisco, whom the spokesman
described as a "Bridges man."
J. J. Quinn of San Pedro, a
delegate of the Marine Oilers,
firemen and wipers union, placed
on the record a statement that
"the vote showed that the pro
gressive seafaring. crafts have won
control of the convention over the
reactionaries." .
Tbe seafaring delegates have
opposed the Bridges force on
Dyer Ir $cted;
Spe' justice
Ifc9 atli Case
Conviction Before Hemp
Execution ! Goes out
of Use, one Aim
San Diego Police Are to
Query Suspect Anent j
Previous Slaying
LOS ANGELES, July 6.--The
county grand jury, meeting
in special session tonight, re
turned indictments against Albert
Dyer, former works progress ad
ministration school crossing
guar.d, charging him with mur
dering three small Inglewood
girls.
Just as the indictments were
being read in court. Dyer shouted
out, "I plead guilty!" ?
Informed that his plea would
not now be accepted, the con
fessed slayer collapsed. '
Diet. Atty. Buron Fitta said the
Indictments were voted by the
jury after Dyer repeated to tbe
jury his story of how he lured
the three girls, Madeline, 7, and
Melba Everett, 9, and Jeanette
Stephens, 8, into the Baldwin
hills, strangled them with a knot
ted rope and attacked them, j
Seek Shortcut to
Gallows for Slayer
The speedy indictment of Dyer
was In accordance with state
ments of authorities they would
seek to have tbe slayer sent to
the gallows In the shortest time
possible.
Although Governor Merriam
has signed a bill substituting
lethal gas for hanging in capital
punishment cases, Dyer, if con
victed of first degree murder
without recommendation and
found wne, must hang as the
change in methods of execution
does not become effective until
next month.
The jury, in addition to hear
ing Dyer, also listened to the
testimony of several officers who
aided in the Investigation of the
case. The jury deliberated only
a few minutes in returning the
indictments.
Investigators from the sher
iff's office at San Diego arrived
to question the 32-year-old WPA
worker about the garroting of
Virginia Brooks, 10, in the spring
of 1931..
The body of the child, her silk
scarf twisted about her neck, was
found on a mesa near San Diego
a month after she disappeared in
February of that year.
The San Diego officials were
told that they must delay quizz
ing Dyer until tbe present In
vestigation is finished.
Dyer was summoned as the
first witness before the grand
jury meeting in special session.
Battered Car Not
Used, Belief Xow
One angle of the case Fitts said
he hoped to clear up was the be
lief of investigators that a bat
tered old automobile, seen near
Centenela park, from where the
girls disappeared, was not used
by Dyer in taking the girls to
the Baldwin hills.
"The man who drove this ear
may have been talking to , the
little girls shortly before they dis
appeared," Fitts said, "but he had
nothing to do with the crime.
Some persons said they saw. the
car, others stated; they saw the
little girls In It We are prepared
to establish otherwise." b
- Dyer's wife, . Vesta Isabel, "told
newspaper reporters today ter
husband asked her to join In the
hunt for the "missing children on
Monday; June 22. - -
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matters of policy throughout tbe
convention, in session for 26 days.
Possible adjournment by Fri
day was seen today, when Wil
liam Fischer president, said the
delegates were nearly ready ; to
elect officers.
He declined to commit himself
on the possibilities of his reelec
tion. -
WASHINGTON, ; July 6 -Fh
John L. Lewis' proposal to unite
all maritime workers under a sin
gle C.I.O. banner attracted to his
headquarters tonight maritime
labor leaders from the Pacific and
Atlantic coasts. " - -
The representatives will confer
with Lewis tomorrow on a plan to
bring anions of both coasts into
a national Industrial group. - . ,
Harry Bridges, president of the
Pacific coast district of the I.L.A..
was expected to attend and report
progress of the Pacific coast work
ers', referendum on proposed C.I.
O. affiliation.
NEW YORK, July J.-The
New York Times says t h a t the
International Seamen's hiIob;
A. F. of L. affiliate, will remain
aloof from a "peace agreement"'
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Confessed Slayer of Three Girls
Indicted; Guarded Against Mob
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Albert Dyer, 82, behind bars In Los Angeles jail where he was kept
under heavy guard to prevent possible lynching after he confessed
the slaying of three Inglewood girls. He was Indicted on murder
charges hy the grand jury last Bight International Illustrated
News photo.
Steel Mills Open
Without Disorder
Cleveland, Stronghold of
CI.0 .7 "Active Again; .
Guards Keep Peace
CLEVELAND, July .-JP)-Steet
mills, in another major
Salient in the seven-state strike,
opened here today. An estimated
3,000 workers returned to their
posts .at three Republic Steel
Corp. plants after 41 days of Idle
ness. Jeers and shouts of "scab"
marked the maneuver the latest
in a series of back-to-work
marcheti but there was no vio
lence. National guard bayonets
and machine guns kept the peace.
The Cleveland mills, shut tight
since the atrike broke out on May
2 6, had been regarded as one of
the C. I. O.'s stoutest strongholds.
At Youngstown, O., the Ma
honing county ' grand Jury re
turned indictments against more
than 200. persons Including Rob
ert Burke and John Stevens, alias
Stevenson, ousted S. W. O. C.
organizers.
The charges, lodged afters a
four-day investigation of "all vio
lence and it sorders" in the Ohio
steel valley, included carrying
concealed weapons, inciting to
riot, and removing railroad prqp-
erty- - . , i i ;
Burke, a former student at Co
lumbia university, was charged
with rioting in connection with
battles between pickets and po
lice here June 10 and June, 19.!
. three-hour pitched battle was
fought between strikers and po
lhe June 19 near a plant of the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
(Turn to page 2, col. 4)
CoiirtKouse Grant
Hopes Are Slight
Hopes for a PWA grant for the
Marion county . courthouse ap
peared rather thin after a study
of the new law reviving , PWA.
Copies of the bill were brought
back by Ralph E. Moody , from
Washington. It is evident from
the text that the purpose was to
restrict, grants and one section
bars from consideration any new
applications made after enact
ment of the resolution.
.The classes which may be
awarded PWA grants are, in
brief: school projects; projects
authorized or for the financing
of which bonds have been author
ised at elections held prior to the
date of the enactment of the leg
islation; projects of an authority
or hoard without taxing power
created by legislative act; pro
ects for which Y appropriations
have been made by state legisla
lures; projects to be financed ibi
Issuance to contractors of tax o
assessment securities : projects
for which funds have been tentaj
tlvely earmarked by the adinin
istrator.
The three court members - will
meet this morning with District
Attorney Lyle J, Page to have the
recent opinion of the attorney
general regarding the state
eourthouse financing law. ex
plained. Commissioner Roy Mel
son yesterday said a meeting of
the courthouse building commit
tee probably would be called for
later this week. -
French Threaten,
Withdraw Patrol
Unless, Entire Program Is
Restored; Compromise
Is Hope of Britain
(By The Associated Press)
France warned Europe Tuesday
She would no longer police the
Franco-Spanish border to keep
men and arms out of Spain unless
the whole program of guarding
Spain's coasts and her Portuguese
frontier were reestablished.
Paris-'off iclals declared the
French ambassador to London
had been instructed to Inform
the international non-intervention
committee, of the French stand at
its meeting Friday.
Germany and Italy have with
drawn from the naval patrol and
Portugal has announced an end
of the patrol on her border, which
had been supervised by British
officers. All three nations are
sympathetic with the Spanish insurgents-;
France leans toward
the Spanish government.
t Great Britain looked for a com
promise i to break the non-intervention
deadlock. Foreign Secre
tary Anthony Eden told the house
of commons;
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We've not only made our own
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Find Woman Dead
I Early in Morning
The Jbody of Mrs. Abbie Wyn
koop, eSderly resident of 425 Ox
ford street, was fjeund early this
morning at the residence where
she had' apparently died. of: nat
ural causes some; time Tuesday
mornini.K'.; ., I
Mrs. Wynkoop, according t,o an
Investigation made by Coroner L.
E. Bar rick who took charge, ap
parentlf t'was in 111 ' health, and
had called an acquaintance to tell
her so The friend became wor
ried last night, and Officer Wins
low of the Salem police was sent
to the 1 Wynkoop ' home. He . saw
the body lying on a bed .and
broke in through a window.
"A son.: Gilbert Wynkoop. em
ployed . at the state printing
plant, and his wife who Is em
nloyed' at the state superinten
dent of I public instractlon'a
offices, nave made their home
with Mrs. Wynkoop, hut are In
California i on a vacation t r p .
They were wired Immediately, af
ter Mrs. Wynkoop's death was
learned, i j t
The remains are In charge of
the Clongh-Barrick company,
pending word from the son. ".. . '
Flax Benefits to
End Says McNary
WASHINGTON, July .-JPh
George E. Farrell, divisional di
rector of the AAA, advised Sen
ator Charles McNary today that
flax fiber benefits to Oregon
growers will not be continued next
year, -' .
Farrell said that the program
was inaugurated for two years,
endinr in 1937, to enable produ
cers to establish cooperative scut
ching and retting plants and be
come . independent of prison . la
bor for processing their fiber. .
Land Purchase i
Next Detail in
,Capitol Setup
Relief -PWA Bill Assures
Acceptance of Program
Here, Moody States.
Oregon Delegation Gives
! Valuable Aid; Board
: Will Hear Report
Back from Washington with
copies of the act of congress qua
lifying the state of Oregon to re
ceive a 45 per cent grant or 450,-
000, for erection of two capitol
units, a library and an office
building Ralph E. Moody, assist
ant attorney general, will report
to the capitol reconstruction com
mission at a meeting to be held
probably on Thursday in Portland.
Moody will report the successful
completion of the duty for which
he was!, assigned, and will lay out
the steps for Oregon to obtain the
money which has been earmarked
for its use.
Moody found that he had ar
rived in Washington at a physcho-
logical time. The house had
passed a relief bill, also a PWA
bill. The senate had the two bills
under consideration and prepared
a consolidated bill combining the
relief and PWA titles. Moody co
operated with the PWA adminis
trators, and was able tp see that
the phraseology used In; the PWA
bill covered the Oregon situation
With the aid of Senators Mc
Nary and Stelwer and the house
delegation, Pierce, Mott and Hon-
eyman, the bill as amended in the
senate was approved by the house;
Pres. Roosevelt signed it just be
fore leaving for his son's wedding.
ji New Applications
Are Not Admitted ,
The PWA title excludes from
consideration new applications
but provides funds caring for
among others,. "projects for which
appropriations have been made
by the legislatures of the states
and "projects for which funds
have been tentatively earmarked
by the administrator but for
which formal allotments have not
been made."
After the passage of the act
Moody was assured that Oregon's
project had the approval "of the
PWA administrative staff; and
Secretary Ickes called Sen. Mc
Nary to his bed in tbe hospital
and assured him that the grant
would he made, free from techni
calities.
Since no plans for buildings had
been submitted. Moody submitted
only the program of the commis
sion, as approved by the board of
control. This is for building of two
state buildings, with plans to be
ready in about three months and
contracts to be let in about four
months. Completion of buildings
was estimated in one year from
beginning of construction.
Ko Aid for Land
Purchase Sought
No aid was requested for land
purchase, but prompt action was
assured. In the interval T. H. Ban
field, commission member has
called on many of the property
owners and discussed the purch
ase with them. No deals were
made, so it is reported. The' state
has $300,000 to he used to buy
land. f
The commission at its meeting
this week will have to move to
speed up ' negotiations for ' land
purchase. It will also decide 6n
architects to draw plans for the
new buildings. I : "
'The- Oregon delegation ren
dered effective service for the
state- on the capitol project, re-
r (Turn to page 2, col. 7)
Debate Upon Cpurt Revision
Bill Is Under Way: in Senate
WASHINGTON, July C -iV
The senate, excited and absorbed,
began debating the administra
tion's . compromise court bill to
day with hard feelings poorly
bidden , beneath a thin veneer '. of
good nature.
. The give-and-take . of parlia
mentary -discussion emphasised
anew the stout wedge that court
reorganization proposals and tne
con fllct over : them have driven
into the. democratic membership.
' Senator Robinson, the majority
leader, waggled a finger beneath
the nose of Senator Wheeler (D
Mont) . an opposition leader, and
let It be known that if a filibuster
develops, the senate will be kept
In continuous session until It is
broken. - - 1
He turned to Wheeler, whose
desk is Just behind his own.
"I think I. could endure It long
er than, Burt the senator from
Montana," he asserted. v
"I dont feel cocky and I am
not' threatening a filibuster,"
Wheeler replied, "but this com
promise has never been heard by
any committee and wilt take con
siderable Urn to discuss.'.'
Repeatedly, too, Robinson tan
gled with Senator Burke (D-Neb),
another opposition! leader. He
No-Hit Game
Is Turned in
At Silverlon
Schedule Tonight
7:30 Oregon City- vs. Port-
' land Woolen
0:00 Toledo vs. St. Helens.
S1LVERTON, July 6. Don
M c F a d d e n of - Consolidated
Freight made history In the Ore
gon semi-pro baseball tourna
ment here tonight by pitching a
no-hlt. no-run game as his team
defeated Southern Pacific 5 to 0.
Only one 1 man reached first
base. Bottler! getting a walk in
the fifth inning..
Singles by Pietela and McCon
nell counted! for a run in the
fourth for the treightmen. but it
was a tight game until the sev
enth ' when the winners scored
four on successive doubles by
Benford and McFadden and -another
later by Bailey with Mc
Fadden's single in between.
In the opener. Pacific Fruit
made five hits count to defeat
Hop Gold and eliminate that
strong team from the race, 4 to 2.
Hop Gold took second - place in
last year's tournament.
Wednesday night promises an
attraction for Salem fans, for
Andy Peterson, former Willam
ette university and Salem Sena
tor pitcher, will take the mound
in the second game for Toledo
against St. Helens. Peterson's
three no-hit, no-run games,
against College of Puget Sound
for Willamette, against Corvallis
for the Senators, and the third
while, pitching for the University
of Hawaii barnstorming team in
the orient, are recalled by Wlll
(Turn to page 2, col. )
Atlantic Spanned
By two big Ships
Heralds of Passenger and
Mail Service Have no
Trouble Crossing
By the Associated Press) ;
The north Atlantic was spanned
by two commercial flying boats
yesterday, heralds of continent-
to-contfnent lair service for pas
sengers, mail and express.
The 19-ton British Imperial
Airways airplane Caledonia
streaked acr. the ocean east to
west ' In the official time of 15
hours, 28 minutes.
A tailwind helping It, the Pan
American i Clipper III, United
States flying boat of 22 tons,
crossed in the opposite direction
in 12 hoursj 29 minutes, the of
ficial time, i .
The starting points and termini
of the long ver-water hops were
Botwood, N.
IF., and Foynes, Irish
Free . Stater
separated . by almost
I of often turbulent
2,000 miles
water and freakish weather born
in the arctic.
"It was a great trip," com
mented Capt. A. S. Wilcockson of
the Caledonia, singularly lacking
in inventive descriptions for a
man who had just flown the At
lantic. . ' H
. (Turn to page 2, coL 1)
Air Tour Support
Urged by Council
Public support of the Oregon
Air Tour aerial circus to .be pre-
tsented at the Salem airport
Thursday afternoon under Cher
rian sponsorship was urged by
the city council last night.
Following council Instructions,
Mayor V. E. Kuhn named Alder
men Frank P. Marshal!; Clifford
O. Dane and Merrill D. Ohling a
committee to cooperate with the
Cherrlans and to arrange for the
release of as many city employes
as possible from regular duties
so they might attend the show.
poured scorn upon, the questions
asked by the Nebraskan and - fin
ally, -declining to answer any
more, sat down and stuck,aa un-lighted-cigar
Into his mouth. ;
- President tRooaevelt conferred
with Wheeler and with Senator
Bone D-Wash), the latter a sup
porter of the compromise bill. -
Some observers; suggested It
night he a move tor an agreement
that would avert a filibuster.
Wheeler, - questioned hy . report
ers," conceded the discussion had
dealt with the court bill, but said
the parliamentary situation was
Unaffected, by the- conference. ,
: President R oosevelt, asked
a h o n t the conference, merely
laughed and said, he and Wheeler
had agreed to tell reporters the
talk covered .- the improvement of
justice In the United States. -
The senate debate began In a
good-natured way. Questions were
asked with a smile and answered
with a smile. The courtesies were
scrupulously i observed. But the
"'great debate" Was scarcely two
hours old, before It underwent a
.decided change.
-: The smiles became grewingly
Infrequent. In the end, even some
of the amenities of parliamentary
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WinslowBank
Now Objective
Of Battleship
Amelia and Aide Are on
Land if Radio Signals
Sent, General View
Putnam Declares Phoenix
Islands Logical Spot;
Lookout Is Posted
Honolulu, July 6-;P)-Tbe bat
tleship Colorado changed its
course and sped toward Wiaslow
Bank, 100 miles east of Howland
island, today in the hunt for Amer
lia Earhart and the navy moved to
coordinate the far-flung search
ing efforts.
The tactical ihlft coincided
wth an apparently , growing belief
that if Miss Earhart and her nav
igator, Frederick J. Noonan, were
alive they had reached an islasd
or a coral reef.
Small islands and sizeable cor
al formations are numerous to
the south, east and northwest of
Howland but are virtually un
known in the previously searched
area to the north.
The Colorado, which had been
heading from Honolulu toward the
area north of Howland where the
coast guard cutter Itasca, the,
navy mine sweeper Swan and the
British freighter Moorby had bea
searefcing, planned to release it
three catapult planes , over the
Wlnslow Bank area late tomor
row. -- . : . -Special
Lookouts j ,'t
Scan Waters
Special lookouts were station
ed on the battleship late today to
watch for any floating objects and
officers said they would institute
searchlight beacons beginning ter ,
night The Colorado plan .1
contact the Itasca tomorrow morn
ing," rf . K ' t "I'T-; t"
In' Washington, the t navy de
partment announced that direc
tion of all American vessel en
gaged! in the search had been
placed in the hands of Rear Adnu
Orin G. Murfin, 14th naval dis-.
trict commandant in Honolulu;
This includes the Itasca, the mine
sweeper Swan, the aircraft car
rier Lexington and three destroy
ers. - i
Winslow bank lies on .the
northern fringe of the Phoenix
islands, which . center at about
280 miles southeast of Howland.
Shortly before the search plans
were -changed, George Palmer
Putnam, husband of , Miss Ear
hart, reported the directionar
bearings taken on the most likely
of "the mysterious radio signals
from that region all pointed to
the Phoenix islands. ,
, Putnam stated that If any et
the numerous radio reports seem
ingly from the lost world-girdling
plane were genuine the ship must
have been down on a reef et an
island and not in the sea as orig
inally believed. ! 1
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Body of Wolfe Is
Found Near Plane
SALT LAKE CITY, July C-P)
-The body bf John F. Wolfe, Ch- 5
cago aviation enthusiast, was re
covered late today near the wreck
age of a Western Mr Express
plane on Lone . Peak v miles
southeast of here.'
It was the second body to be
found near; the wreckage of tbe
ship which carried seven to their
deaths early the morning of De
cember 13. Mrs." Wolfe's body
was recovered last week and tak
en to Salem, Ore.;for burial.'
Funeral services for Mrs. Jobs
Wolfe,- who died December 1 1,
1936, in a Western Air E press
plane crash near Salt Lake Wy;
will be held 'Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Clougb-Barrkk
ehapel. 205 South Chureh street,
Mrs. Wolfe was the daughter at
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Strykar of
Independence.. '
Besides her parents she I sur
vived ' by six brothers and fear
sisters, one of whom Is Mrs.' Laura
Skinner, Salem, who Is employed
here in the -WPA office here. A
brother, Charles ' Stryker, als
llves In Salem. - -
Mrs. Wolfe was one of the sev
en persons who lost their-live in
the wreck. ' Her' body was found'
July t and brought to Salt Laka
City the day following
She had been married about
two- week at the time of - her
death and was returning by plan
from her honeymoon. -
B
A L LA D E
of TOD A V
By R. G. . .
One's prone to conclude that
the mighty. Atlantic is just ' a
diminutive fresh-water , 1 a k e .
when It's crossed with such eas ;
by those modern, gigantic, ma-.
chines that were built jusf for
commerce's Sake.