Women's Page Supplementing her won. ' page material. Misi Maxlne Bnren will present her borne economics talk over KSLM this morning at 10:45. Weather ' Fair today and Saturday, little change In tempera ture; Max. Temp. Thursday 83, Min. 45, river -.3 foot, northwest wind. I POUNDDD 1651 4 Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, July 9, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 89 if n mk i if Vi 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 II i i nil 1 sntsriMfisfim l mi iNnnn Wm Invac North Santiam Stage Service To Be Started Daily Trips , to Bend and Return Are Planned by Ham man Line Saturday to See Opening of New Line; Pioneer -Family in Charge The first passenger bus service to eastern Oregon vja the North Santiam highway Will start to morrow, Floyd Hamman, member of the family which has long op erated the Salenx-Breitenbnsh line, announced here last night. Daily stage service, one trip i each way, will be given. Ham man said. The Salem-Breitenbush bus will connect .at Detroit with a second stage which will make 1 the daily run from Bend to De- troit and return. In being fjrst to introduce bus service across the North Santiam . shortcut, low altitude route to central Oregon, Floyd and" Ed ward Hamman will be carrying on a family tradition. It was the late Joseph Hamman who pioneered in Santiam trans portation service 24 years ago when he started a horse-drawn stage coach line. The Salem-Bend trip over the North Santiam highway is one of the most scenic routes in the northwest, Floyd Hamman declar ed. Accompanied by Don Goode of y Stayton, he drove over the highway early this week and found it in "surprisingly fine con dition" with only three miles of road still quite rough. The last section, near the junction with the South Santiam highway, Is sow nnder contract for reinforce ment of a newly-constructed grade and a new bridge Is-also to be built in the same section. The Salem bus, operated by Floyd Hamman, will leave the stage terminal here daily at 10 a.m., meet the Bend bus at De troit and continue on to Breiten bush, arriving at the springs re- sort at 1:10 p.m. Leaving Breit enbush at 2:20, it will pick np passengers from Bend at Detroit and arrive back in Salem at 5: SO p.m. The Bend bus, driven by Ed Hamman, will leave that city for Detroit daily at 1 1 : 1 5 a.m. and return there at 4:35 p.m. Floyd Hamman said he antici pated ample patronage for the sew service. Ed Hamman, he said, kas been driving stages lor 15 years and has never had an acci dent. : - Bridges Suffers JO . Another Setback PORTLAND, Ore., July 8-(3V The Maritime Federation of the Pacific refused today to endorse procedure setup at the confer tnce In Wash!ngton,D. C, called by John L. Lewis to organized the nation's 300,000 dock and hip workers under the C. L O. The convention voted 107 to 71 to- refer the matter to the mem hershipa of the affiliated organ izations, thus suspending action lor at least two months. A telegram asking that west coast maritime unions be given adequate : representation on the organization committee was dis patched to Lewis in Washington. A spokesman for the conven tion press committee said that seafaring delegates were unsatis fied with the personnel of the committee named by Lewis, which Includes Harry Bridges of tht west coast I. L. A., snd that the representative of the sailors' anion of the ' Pacific at the con- terence wired his opinion that the committee as set up was "undem ocratic and not representative. Prison Fugitives Release Hostage HOUSTON, Tex., July 8-V JloweH Daniap or Trinity tele phoned the Post at midnight that Yin brother. J. C. Dunlap. held hostage by three fleeing Eastham jam convicts, naa oeen releases near wells In east Texas. ! WTINTSVI1X.E. Tex July t-ilPi -Three of nine convicts who es nl amid ranfire from Eastham prison farm today fled through the wooaea easi rexas secuon w night with kidnaped hostage in ear stolen from the city marshal f THnH-T. PriAon authorities here an- AttnAAd four of the nine desper ate men were captured.' One con vict. Identified as J. v. Keia, . vinviiaAA. waa killed In an ex change of shots between guards and the -fleeing men. . . irt,. VMnaned hostage. J. C waa forced to yield the wheel ct hJ. car to the three eonViCtS On Small rvw . wvkwvva u farm -V J V Air Circus lis Success 8000 Have Stiff Neck as Result of Sky-Gazing ; Thrills Numerous A good many necks belonging to Salem residets were stiff and sore this morning as an aftermath of the 1937 Oregon Air Tour yes terday when 8000 persons at the airport and additional thousands over the countryside followed the daring mile-high antics of stunt fliers who ran the gamut of aer ial thrills. The sky circus, run off against a cloudless blue sky In which the sun was setting, began upon the ground, when hundreds inspected the ships lined up at the airport Governor Charles H. Martin spoke m welcoming the fliers to Salem, and V. E. Kuhn, mayor of :Salem, and W. E. Gosslin also delivered short talks. I To start the show, George Cook gave the large throng a thrill with his long-delayed parachute open ing after he had left a plane at the 8000-foot level. Two Salem youngsters, Warren Gram and Billy Thompson got an I added thrill when they recovered ICook's parachute and returned It to him. Women Stunters s Provide Thrills j . Miss Dorothy Barden made a parachute leap In which her path was etched against the blue sky with a trail of flour. Writing letters two miles long and a half a mile wide, then zoom ing down close to the ground for series of loops and rolls, Ber- nadine Lewis King provided en tertainment that held the crowd for hail an hour. The sky-writing. performed In perfectly windless conditions, so high above the earth that the tiny biplane could only . be seen by following the smoke trail, was done with pre cision. Miss King ended her part of the show by picking up a flag with a wing while skimming the grass of the airport. Al Lary, "drunken cowboy , was the cause of much laughter as he obtained a plane after be ing "arrested" several times, and took off on a stunt flight to show some daredevil maneuvers close to the field. ! All the fliers appeared 1 at the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1.) Two Given Terms Of Fifteen Years David Wallace, 27, and James Hemple, 26, who were arrested near Hubbard last month for Minesota authorities, have been sentenced to 15-year terms in the state prison there for ( highway robbery, according to word receiv ed by George Malstrom from Sheriff J. C Henkes of Fergus Falls, Minn. The youths were charged with having slugged a farmer and robbing him jot $4S he had obtained from the; sale of livestock. j r Sheriff Henkes, who! came to Salem to take the two young men back to Minnesota,- expects to re turn here for a week's visit next year,. Malstrom, an old! friend said. - ) -. West Salem Park Project Is Rejected by Highway Board PORTLAND, July $-tip-The state highway commission award-' d contracts on four projects to taling more than a quarter of a million dollars today and reject ed as too high bids on construc tion work in Harney and Mult nomah counties. .1 The Commission turned down the low bid of the Warren North west. Inc., of Portland, amount ing to $75,795 for the Lake coun ty line-Gap ranch section of the central Oregon highway In Har ney county and will re-advertise the project. The Glllpin Construc tion company of Portland submit ted a low bid of $70,252.60 for remodeling and widening the Un ion avenue bridge over the Sulli van bridge at Portland but It, too, was "Judged as too high; The awards were: r .1 ' Douglas county North Rose burg section of the Pacific high way, 0.91 miles of paring. Edlef- MUNICIPAL BAND TO OPEN ITS CONCERT, SEASON IN WILLSON PARK TONIGHT 3 1 11 a Wallace Wants Half Share of Mae's Wealth NEW YORK, July B-JP)-The Daily News says Sam uel J. Siegel, attorney, for Frank "Wallace, whonf Mae - West finally recognized yes terday as her husband, de manded today a fifty-fifty share of the movie queen's fortune for his client. Miss West offered Wallace, 47-year-old vaudeville actor, $30,000 to "forget all about the ceremony," Siegel was quoted by the paper, but he will play for higher stakes , half of her reputed S3, OOO.OOO. Xext week we expect to ' apply for an injunction that will tie up all of Miss West's property In California, said Slegel. Admitting In answer to a suit by Wallace that she ii married him in 1911, Bliss West maintained that Wal lace remarried without be-j Ing divorced. s Mains Project in Gty Is Launched Will Get Going in Earnest . Next Week j Painting of Tower Starts The splotch of glaring red paint which has prominently marked the location of the city's new wa ter tank on Falrmount hill since last fall will disappear In a few days. The task of applying fin ishing coats of paint was begun yesterday by the contractor who erected the new aerial reservoir. The finish colors of the tower structure will be aluminum for the tank and its feeder pipe and green from the supporting frame work. Painting was postponed through the winter to escape the wet, unfavorable weather. j : Construction of the 12th street trunk main bisecting the city from north to south will get under way in earnest next week. Water Man ager Cuyler VanPatten said yes terday, after the first carlod of needed valves had arrived. The initial car shipment of pipe fit tings is expected in today. Preliminary work on the big main project will start today. A crew of SO men has been assigned to the Job by the WPA: Van Patten said it was impossi ble to predict when the trink (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3.) Repairs Started At School Office workmen are rerinlsning the interior of tht Salem school ad ministration building on North High street, replacing plaster damaged by recent settling of the structure. The south side ef the building which settled has had a new foundation placed under It. Indirect lighting is also being installed in the offices on jthe first floor, and repairs are being made to the root. , j .. son and Wlggandt of Portland, $52,179.50. - ! Yamhill county Lafayette sec tion of the West Pacific highway, 0.40 miles of paving. Mountain States Construction company of Eugene, $23,662. I Washington county Concrete over crossing of Southern Pacific tracks and 0.3 OC miles of road bed near Cook station on the West Portland-Hubbard highway. ! Ha rold Blake, Portland, $34,919. - Yamhill county South Yam hill river section of the West Pa cific highway, 0.85 miles ot grad ing and paving, concrete, steel and timber for bridge over South Yamhill, '-concrete : piers under Southern Pacific tracks, excava tion, cement. Mountain - States Construction company of Eugene, $158,181. 1 The commission turned down a request from the West Salem ' (Turn to page 9, coL 41 ------ 1, Planes' Quest Failure Again 136,000 Square Miles now Covered; Lexington Is Ready to Assist HONOLULU. July 8-UP)- Searching planes from the battle ship Colorado, seeking trace of Amelia Ear hart in the vast equa torial Pacific, returned without clues this evening after their second day of flight over the area where she vanished. Today's search by the trio of planes covered some of the ocean previously surveyed by the coast guard cutter Itasca and brought the total area searched to an esti mated 136,000 square miles. The planes, spreading out to cover as much territory as pos sible, flew southward more than 250 miles from bleak Howland Island to scan the McKean island area below the equator. Then they circled over the charter position of Winslow reef, southeast of Howland. Beach Ends When Fuel Supply Low With fuel supplies diminishing, the: planes, piloted by Lieuts. J. O. Lambrecht, L. O. Fox and W. B. Short, jr., sped hack: to tne warship without finding , a trace of the aviatrix and her navigator, Frederick J. Noonan, who .disap peared Friday morning on a flight from New Gulneau to Howland. The aviators planned to resume the hunt tomorrow. The coast guard cutter Itasca searched Islets, reefs and shoals south of Howland and westward of the Phoenix group. The navy minesweeper Swan searched east of Howland. Although the navy reported no developments in .the day's search at 12 noon PST, hopes ot friends and relatives did not falter over (Turn to page 9, col. 3) Peace Efforts at Alcoa Prove Vain ALCOA, Tenn., July l.-HVA move to arbitrate differences be tween strikers and management of the Alcoa plant of the Alum inum Co. of America, where two men -were killed and 28 wounded in rioting yesterday, apparently collapsed tonight. Gov. Gordon Browning, In re- fsponse to a request from Fred Wetmore, president of the Alum inum Workers' union at Alcoa, an AFL affiliate, telephoned A. D. Huddleston, regional manager of the company, to get his reaction to appointment ot a board of arbi tration. Huddlfston said later that since the company's wage scale "is higher in 'relation to Tennessee living conditions than that paid workers at the Pittsburgh plant," he does "not believe the company has anything? to arbitrate." The strikers are asking an in crease from 46 to 60 cents an hour, or approximate wage par ity with the company's workers in northern plants. The fabricating plant reopened yesterday after having been shut down since May 18. The reopening brought a pit ched battle between strikers and guards. Man Reported as Sought Here Held PORTLAND, July 8 Del bert Kardell, 29, laborer, arrested here today, was held by police as a fugitive from Salem and As-, toria. ' 1 Detectives Mumpower and San ders said he was wanted for pass ing spurious checks at Salem, As toria and Seaside with his broth er, Elmer, now In custody at The Dalles. Local officials had no Inform tion regarding Kardell, or any charge against him here, as far as could be ascertained last night State and city police, the sheriffs ofOce and Deputy District Attor ney Joseph B. Felton all said they knew nothing of the case. Check of pending secret indictments dis closed that Kardell's name was not among those of wanted men. - ft a The Salem municipal hand, which twlce-a-week concerts in Willson Park. The 1037 season opens to night at 0 o'clock. Personnel of the band, not In the order of posi tions in the picture, includes: trombones Charles Olson, Frank Zlnn, Alex Doerfler. Trumpets Charles Pabst, Carl Armpriest, Gordon' Finlay, Jack Nash. Baritone Hugh Allen. Alto horns Lndwig Michelson, Ed Payne. Drums Ike Southwick, M. Verha gen. Bass H. Mills, Glenn Bnrright, M. Howe. Clarinets Adolph Bom beck, Rollin DeSart, Del DeSart, Andy Anderson, Ralph Bur roughs, Loren Howe. Flute Don Scott. Director H. N. stouden-meyer. First Park Concert of Season Slated Tonight Orville Beardsley to Be Soloist; Waite Fountain Will Play; Stoudenmeyer, Veteran Director, in Charge of Programs Another Year OlALEM'S municipal band will 5 the season tonight at 8 o'clock at Willson park, with H. N, Stoudenmeyer conducting. A special feature will be the Waite memorial fountain display at 9 o'clock. Orville BearjJsley, Salem young man, will be guest soloist. Tonight's program opens a series of ten concerts to be ll Ti-1 rn ll ileal Ueaill lOll Increases to 33 Records for Year Are Set at Several Points in East, Middle West (By The Associated Press) : Wilting heat harassed resi dents of most of the northern half of the nation Thursday. Deaths attributed to the sum mer's most extensive siege in creased to 33. Temperature rec ords for the season were shat tered at several points in the hot belt stretching from the western plains to New England. An official reading of 98.4, highest of .the year, was recorded at 3:05 .p. m. In New York City while at. 3 p. m. the weather bu reau observatory in Central park reported 98. Elgin. 111., reported a seasonal top of 99. Washington, D. C, sweltered through its hottest day of 1937. The temperature hit 94.3. Temperatures mounted to 98 at Albany, N. Y 94 at Centralia, 111., 93 at Eau Claire, Wis., Syra cuse and Rochester, N. Y., 92 at Elmlra, N. Y., Springfield, 111., and Detroit, 90 at Louisville, St Louis and Minneapolis. South Dakotans were plagued by the fourth constcutive day of 90 and 100 degree weather. Read ings included Pierre, 100, Mitch ell 97, Yankton 96, Sioux Falls 95. ;ts Uaim Further Success (By the Associated Press) Madrid's' forces struck south and west Thursday in an evident pincer movement to crush insur gents who have been holding the city's western outskirts since No vember. ! ' Government soldiers advanced to the edge pf Quijorna, 18 miles west of Madrid, an official com munique said, while others mass ed south of the insurgent-held Casa'de Campo region, just across the Manzanares river from Ma drid's western edge: The ; international aspects of the nearly year-old civil war were scheduled to be aired again Fri day when the 27-nation neutrality committee meets in London. In some quarters it was thought the Issue between Germany and Italy on the one side and France and Great Britain on the other might be sidetracked to a subcommittee; others believed one nation or an other would demand that a defin ite course be set. Dunn of Woodburn Will Be CopuilleU Principal COQT7ILLE, July 8-WV-Burton W. Dunn, a graduate of Willam ette university and principal at Woodburn, will succeed P. W. Lane as superintendent of schools here, r . ' ' x1- " Lane's resignation last May caused a two-day student walkout. W la Loyalis - . v..,.. 1 o annually attracts thousands to ItaO present its first concert of Q presented each Tuesday and Fri Idaynighta. The complete program for to- mgnt is announced as ioiiows: March Francaise, "Parade of the ,Gendarmes" Lake Overture, "Ruy Bias".. .. Mendelssohn Walts, (a) "Tesoro Mlo'.Beeucci (b) "Chimes of Spring"Llncke Humoresque, '"The Magpie and tho Parrot" Bendix Comic opera selection, "It Hap pened in Nordland" Herbert Voca, (a) "The Night Iff Young and You're So Beautiful" ... Suesse (b) "Red Sails In the Sun set" Kennedy-Williams Orville Beardsley, soloist. "Bandinage" by the celebrated Victor Herbert. Grand selection, "La Traviata- Verdi March, "GIppsland" Lithgow Finale, Official Song of Oregon. Director Stoudenmeyer is no stranger to Salem musical circles. Before taking over direction of (Turn to page 5, col. 6) Revised Wage and Hour Bill Backed WASHINGTON. July i-Qf)-K much altered version ot the Black- Connery wage and hour bill won the approval today of the senate labor committee, which recom mended that the legislation be passed at this session of congress. The committee. In rewriting the measure, deprived a proposed ad ministrative board of much ot Its power to fix lajbor standards. The board, however, still could estab lish minimum wages up to 40 cents an hour and maximum work ing hours of 40 a week, or more. Majority leader Robinson (D Ark) told newsmen that early consideration of any of the three measures was unlikely. In reporting the labor stand ards bill, the committee struck out what members called its most controversial section. This would have given the board authority to fix "fair" wage and hour stand ards based on the value of the services Involved. District WPA Reduced As Work Tapers Salem's WPA office, which since October, 1935, has admin istered work relief in eight val ley and coast counties, will be cut soon to a staff of no more than eight persons. District Di rector J., B. "Jim" Smith aald last night. At the peak of the WPA program a year ago more than 80 administrative employes were at work in this district. W. M. -Jack" BarUett, who has been district projects super visor, 'will be transferred to the main office at Portland, Smith said, and only a district engineer, who will he G. R. Boajwright, Bortlett'a present assistant, and a small office staff will remain here. While negotiations for use of office space in the old senior high school building have been start ed, no definite arrangements have been completed. Cornelius and Shoe Men Win Dallas Is Eliminated in SemirPro Tourney as Second Round Ends SILVERTON. July 8. Reliable Shoe handed the Mantle Club ball tossers their first setback and Cornelius eliminated Dallas from the state semi-pro tournament here tonight. Cornelius blanked Dallas 5 to 0, scoring in the second inning on Chiott's hit and . an error and again in the third on Lyda's triple and a passed ball. In the sixth three hits produced an equal num ber of runs. Shattuck, Zimmer man and Chiotti figured in the rally. Ashby got two of Dallas' five hits off Herb Sannow, who fan ned 10 batsmen. Two of Cornelius' hits were "lost in the lights." Reliable Shoe defeated Mantle Club 5 to 1, largely on the basis of a four-run rally in the fifth which saw Schneider, losing pit cher, benched in favor of Ed Reid, former Hubbard flash, who allow ed no hits the remainder of the game. Reliable Shoe scored in the first when Schlafle was hit by a pitched ball, . Biancone sacrificed and Dean singled. Palmer scored (Turn to page 9, col. 3) , Curb Placed Upon Court Filibuster Stringent Rules Invoked; Opposition Will Keep out Other Agenda WASHINGTON, July 8.-(ff)-Senate supporters of the Roose velt court bill angrily fenced In the opposition today with all the technical obstructions to filibus tering that the senate rules per mit Although the debate was still far from filibuster stage, Senator Robinson, the majority leader, struck first. Points of order and inquiries to the chair produced a series of rulings to govern the discussion, and maneuvering still to come. With opposition leaders irately protesting, but making no appeal to the senate from the dicta of Senator Pittman (D-Nev), the president pro-tempore, it was es tablished that: From now until the court bill is disposed ot, . no senator may speak more than twice upon any one subject. No senator may Interrupt a speaker to make a, lengthy state ment, unless it be a question pro pounded to the speaker. No business, other than the dis position of the court bill, may be transacted except by "unanimous consent. Without warning, Robinson called Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7.) Western Int'l League ' Lewlston 8, Tacoma 2. Yakima 7, Spokane 3. Wenatchee 6, Vancouver 8. Staff Will Be Lacking detailed official infor mation concerning the reorganis ation,' Smith said he did not know whether or not he would continue with the WPA. He has held the position of district administrator sine inception ot the program, r No arbitrary cut in the amount of work relief, available will be made, as far as Smith has been advised. He said he believed cur tailment in the number of project workers ; would be effected only as they secured private employ ment. 4 . , - . - The future size of the WPA pro gram here is uncertain, Smith in dicated. Asked if large scale oper ations would be resumed late in the fall, he commented: - "You cant telL We hope not. If f times, keep picking i up, ' the WPA wm be eut down. It was created to give men work when (Turn to page 9, coL 4) . off Japan Warned; Clash in China Appears Ended Troops Withdrawing and Agreement Reached in Sudden Hostilities Litvinpff Says Frontier to Be Protected;! new s Protest Is Filed MOSCOW, July 9.-,PJ-The so viet government threatened Japan with open warfare today if Jap anese troops do not keep out of Siberia. j Maxim Litvinoff, soviet commis sar of foreign affairs, warned the Japanese ambassador, M a m o r u Shigemitsu, that Russian troops along the Siberian-Manchouquoan border had firm orders "in no case to allow Japanese-Manchur-ian troops to cross soviet fron tiers." ! "All possible means, the for eign commissar told the Japanese representative, would be used to drive out any Japanese or M ri ch oukuoan troops that set toot on Russian territory. j The dire Russian warning was linked to a strong protest that Japan had violated the agree ment to withdraw ner armed for ces from the disputed Channel is lands of the Amur river. a ciasn Detween soviet troops and JapaneseManchoukuoan bor der guards last week j created a serious crisis in far eastern af fairs. It was settled only by a mu tual agreement between Japan and Russia to recall their armies simultaneously from Sennuf u and Bolshoi islands. Accuse Japan of Failure to Evacuate j An official government com munique disclosed Russia had ac cused Japan of failure to evacu ate the barren sand pits which control the channel ot the river boundary between northeastern Manchoukuo and Siberia.' . : ,l The Russian accusation was an answer to Shigemitsu's warning that clashes on the border of Si-, beria and the Japanese-inspired state of Manchoukuo were too numerous. j Litvinoff, the communique said, emphatically rejected jthe Japan ese protest as untrue; The two islands, scene of a bloody naval battle last week, are Russian ' nmntkrtv T.ftvlnAff tniM tTiA To v anese envoy. Japan and Manchou kuo, he was said to have told Shigemitsu, were considered to have broken their agreement with the soviet by leaving troops in the vicinity. j The Russian foreign commifr sar told Shigemitsu to tell the Japanese government ! that Japan ese and Manchoukuoan troops were Invading Siberia with grow ing frequency. Japanese airplanes, Litvinoff said, were i making re peated flights across the frontier. By The Associated Press Troops were reported withdraw ing early today (Friday) from the Sino-Japanese trouble son (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) New Walkout at Republic, Threat WARREN, O., July 8. The threat of a new "walkout" at Re public Steel corporation's Youngs town mills was dropped on strike troubled "Little Steel" tonight a few hours after Pres. William Green of the AFL declared the steel strikes directed by John L. Lewis had been lost The "walkout," set for 11: 3 a. m. tomorrow at: the Youngs town mill, was announced by George Simcox, assistant to Tom White, president of the Repablie Steel workers organizing commit tee lodge there.. j "We have key men in the plant and they will bring the men out," Simcox told several hundred strik ers and sympathizers at mass meeting. Republic reported today that 8,200 men were working in its Youngstown plant out of an average dally employment ot f 800. iV;: .-; V; Ohio National Guardsmen are still on duty at the plant. Earlier today Indictments were returned against eight accused Warren bombers in connection with eteel strike violence here.! ES A LL AD E of TODAV By r. a 7 Salem folk today will have stiff necks from peering: sky ward in their admiration of pi lots who . with ' lease a, void wrecks and yet provided maxi mum sensation as they unfold ed aviation's thrill by doing stunts at every dizzy stratum ; no Question of - these expert fliers' skill, but few, who saw will seek to emulate 'em.