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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1937)
Circulation Aimge Dally and Sunday for Jane, 1937 Distribution 9142 Net Paid 8774 MEMBER A. B. C. Weather Fair today and Monday, no temperature or humidity change; fog on coast; Max. TV nip. Saturday 82.7, 51 In. 40t river -.7 foot, clear. FOUNDED EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, July 11, 1937 v Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 91 Iiaojapaeege; FigMili am .Breaks Oo Ag Dictator Fear Seen, Passage Of Court Bill Rights of Labor Periled if U. S.J Adopts System i of Italy, Germany I r Interest in Major Issue Reflected by Crowds Washington. July 10..-WV Senator McCarran ( D-NeT ) told j the senate today the administra-1 tion's court bill might prove "the entering wedge" for a dictatorship like those which K.'iTStMi wiped ont the Germany and Italy, Speaking against the adrice of his physician, the liberal Nevadan Eilffene-Salem Ride Takes dlBclo8ed by navr officials. How appealed to organized labor to ever, the carrier, carrying 300 na Join quickly in the "crusade" to Six Hours, 21 Minutes; Tal aviators for a "last chance" prevent enlargement or the su preme court "because it might be too late tomorrow." He , carried -. on the assault against the compromise judiciary bill before galleries packed to the doors with perspiring, linen-clad spectators. Wrangle of Previous ' Days Are Absent The debate, called by many senators the greatest in two dec- ades,' was free from the parlia- mentary wrangles of the previous three days. . " McCarran, his stone-grey curls damp with perspiration, talked for three hours with few inter ruptions save those from his fel low democrats who oppose the bill. ' He told his associates doctors bad warned him against strenu- ou debate, but that he believed -me cause m wnicn cr listed is worthy of any man s Uf;" V . 'C . . "Wi hate constituted a constitution may : eald.rr As he left the chamber late in the afternoon, he told friends that Senators Bailey (D-NC) and O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) would "carry on the fight" with pre pared addresses next week. McCarran long -a pillar of the new deal said President Roose velt "has no intention of becom ing a dictator," He argued, however, that pas- f the court bill would set a T,rPo..dnt which some later pre. 4r!ent mleht Use to "destroy " DOtn - ... ..I fh ndlo.ial and leElslatlve arn. of the government. Pointing to the growth of dic tatorships abroad, he declared that the people of many nations are nrayinz imploring that this republic will hold itself steady Fundamental Plan Must Be Retained , "We should not by one jot nor title change the fundamental or ganization of our government at this time," he said. "The hour is coming when you and I will be called upon to say whether the eeeas 01 aes.rucuou being sowed In this government tnAarv frnm afar will take root and bloom to the fruition that will nn.soTi the atmosphere of the whole world." ' v McCarran blamed congress tor "(Turn to Page 16. CoUl) Modernization of Building Planned The trend toward modernlzaf tlon of downtown Salem, build ings received further Impetus when permit for 13,000 to dress up the two-story structure at 441-447 Court street . was is sued at the city engineer's oifice yesterday, to Bert Tord, owner, j An ancieni marquee . via oa removed. and the entire face or the building will receive modern; lines ana uecuiauuus. wcuv"- of the structure are me upstair Furniture Co., Madsen tsaxery. ?5? "A1 fESSt: Venetian blinds will be installed on the second floor. "j In the only other permit Is sued yesterday, Bradford Collins will repair a dwelling at 680 Oxford, costing 864. Dress-up Days at Pla Annual dress np day will be the highlight at both Leslie and dinger playgrounds this week. The event, expected to draw scores of entrants, will take place Friday. July 16 at z p. n. Priaes will be awarded In the following; classes: prettiest cos tome, most unusuaL best repre ontiitivA.' funniest, most origin al, atid another section will be l "u "r"r. "r,:, juugeu r he best ":r.;.,it char- reprweuu-- v. - f cterTnl.c.h. C0?"8' 1 l , MM "X"" Chaplina. Colorado's Search for Amelia Ends; Lexington to Begin Mml Efforts Aircraft Carrier 62 Planes Will Cover New Stretches of I Ocean Halts Long Vigil HONOLULU, July 10 (AP) Planes of the battleship Colorado completed their search of the Phoenix islands tonight without a sign of Amelia Earhart and her navi gator, Frederick J. Noonan. Tie three catapulted aircraft after returning from a fruitless morning flight, this . : O T f In VltatlOll L01R6S .; By Pony Express Ten Horses Needed Astride frothing saddle horses which' suffered from the heat but to skilled horsemanship, Henry and Robert Christensen of Eu- gene "carried the mail from that city to Salem Saturday in six hours, 21 minutes as they brought a special invitation to Governor Charles H. Martin to attend the Oregon Trail pageant I in Eugene July 22 to 24. Robert Christensen tdok the scroll containing the message, to gether with the "keys to the city" as he started from Eugene at 8:30 Saturday morning. Nine times horses were changed, and Henry Christensen took up (he riding duty at Albany. He galloped bi3 Bteaming mount up State street and arrived at the state office hllllfn , .B1J I There, surrounded py a bevy bat-L,? Mroon I' ... forth and accepted the invitation. The time, made by the Eugene horsemen was declared better than that made by their pony ex press predecessors of 75 years ago. when seven hours was con sidered excellent time. The high- ways now may be straighter than the roads followed then, but thetdar, friends of. "Monty, horsemen were handicapped by the hardness ot pavement in I pcc wnere mey couia noi nae on-tM highway shoulder, and rv hfl vv trnrriA I J " , I A?e "lttnt .WM. engineered by I -'- v- w y.ui i publicity manager. It was report- j ed that the riders won a IlOOIgued purse Dy getting in unaer the sev- en hour deadline, and that num- erous bets were made in Eugene that they couldn't do it. George Gershwin Is Critically 111 ANGELES, July lO.-LP)- I George Gershwin, noted composer, I . ihk.iw m -, ... mor here tonight and specialists WfrA BiiTnTnon-. fni-onnnittiATi I "Mr. Gershwin is here for trt servation for a brain tumor," said a bulletin issued by three attend ing physicians. "His' condition re mains critical." Dr. Howard Nafszlger. of the University of California medical bchooi, Berkeley, flew here to night and Dr. Gabriel Seagall said it was expected Dr. Walter Dandy, of Johns Hopkins univer sity, Baltimore, also would fir here for consultation. He said an operation had not been fully de cided upon. Coast guard officials contacted Dr. Dandy by telephone at Cam bridge, Md., after he had landed from a yacht In which he was cruising in Chesapeake bay with uovernor Nice, relaying to him the urgent request to hurry here i oy. airplane, i grj r r till Promises to Aid Farm Workers DENVER, ' July 10-(I)-The committee ror industrial organ ization turned from : steel and : motor Industries tonight to agri cultural, cannery and trait and vegetable packing house unions. " John Brophy, national director of the CIO, pledged In an address to a' convention of 99 delegates representing 80 separate onions, the John L. Lewis-led workers' organization would . take np the task of winning tor the farm and cannery workers "the rewards i to which they are entitled. Brophy came from Washing ton, D. C, to act on the request ot the unions for a CIO charter aa a consolidated, organisation claiming lOO.OOO workers. Brophy addressed an audience of about -400 workers and their j including negro cotton Ukere and Spanish-American 1 beet field laborers- and Island ; . Putnam at Radio, Oakland afternoon explored Canton Island, largest ot the Phoenix islands archipelago, to tne south of Hovftnd Island, but with re- suits equally discouraging, While planes and ships dogged ly continued their hunt, the part the aircraft carrier Lexington; will play in the search remained! un surrey of the south seas area In which Miss Earhart and her navi gator disappeared eight days ago. was not expected to cover , the same area already explored by the Colorado's . fliers. This indi- cated the Lexington's fliers may eipiore mo w1Bn lsianaa. about 400 miles west of Howland island. j George Palmer Putnam, bus (Turn to Page 16, Col. 2) I Vklf I nrhn lovrio Will Xjdl 13) XjdUlb Freedom on Bond Talks Freely, now Secret Is out; Reported to Be Heavy Plunger LOS ANGELES, July i0-6PW uouaom s increaiDie John Mon tagne won temporary freedom from jail today oa a $10,000 bond as the state Of New York demand ed his " extradition on" a seven year-old charge of robbery. mm Comedian Oliver Hardy offered to sign the bond for "Mys terious Montague," his f o r m e r house guest, but was disqualified. 1 E. A. Italsron, Hollywood build mg contractor, and F. S. Calen- guaran teed the bond. Municipal Judge Arthur Gncrln set me oona, overruling a motion by Dep. Dist Atty. Howard Hin thaw vAii o r aaa i ,vuv. btocklly-bullt Montague, the uai uv ui jruii, sal Q UIcllT lu the courtroom as the case was ar ueorge Clark, one of his at torneys and long a golfing asso date at the exclusive Film Colony ciud to which Montague belongs, aavisea Gov. Frank F. Merriam in Sacramento he would ask for a hearing when formal extradition papers arrive from the east. Leaving the cell where he spent me night, Montague, whose real name was disclosed as La Verne Moore, chatted amiably with offi cers and reporters. The latter was in saarked contrast to the f?!! e "Pnt ,hunnl?f th,e Dab" "City heaped around him for his (Turn to Page 16, CoL 3) SINO-JAPANESE WARFARE RESUMED IN NORTHERN CHINA t z 1 . rv Renewal of hoetflltiea between Japanese and Chinese forces ta tbe Peiping district has taken serious aspect with the reinforcement by Japan of Its armies there, indicating fears ot further trouble, sad toe resnmntloji of flgbtla Saturday after aa agreement was Gty Dwellers Stage To Avoid Heat Weekend Has no Promise of Relief;" Season's Records Smashed , Thundershowers Fail to Give Much Aid; Death Toll Rises to 164 (By the Associated Press) Thousands of Americans fled to beaches, mountains and woods Saturday to escape the scourge of oppressive heat. Perspiring forecasters spurred the hegira by predicting the hot pall that has covered most of the nation for f our days would hold sway through the weekend. N e w 1 y -reported fatalities in creased the death total to 16. Meteorologists said condensa tion of rising air, warm and moist, might cause local thunder show ers at many points, but that they would bring little relief to the 90 and 100-degree swelterbelt stretching from the western plains to the Atlantic seaboard. Roosevelt Seeks Coolness on Ocean President Roosevelt left humid Washington for a "working cruise" aboard the presidential yacht Potomac In Chesapeake bay. Legions ot city dwellers hurried to resorts, picnic groves,' livers, lakes and the ocean. Hundreds of the folks they left behind crowded parks many to spend the sultry night on blankets under the stars. Wilted weather fans. in New York City watched the mercury rise again to the season's record mark, 96.1 degrees, but slightly cooler conditions were promised the upstate sector. Storms left two dead In the De troit area, but the temperature resumed its rise after reaching 1 at noon.- ...i. Newark suffered 98-degree heat. A reading of f I 'Marin ette, Wis., was the highest of the year. The summer peak of 17 was equalled at Winona, Minn. Nash ville's 91 was the top for the week. (Turn to Page 16, Col. t) Four Overcome in Vancouver Blaze VANCOUVER, Wash., July 10 (5VTwo Portland firemen and two privates at the Vancouver Barracks were overcome by smoke late today as they fought to con trol a fire in the heart of Van couver. All recovered later at hos pitals here. Origin of the fire, discovered In the Flynn furniture store, was unknown, but damage caused be fore it was extinguished was esti mated at $18,000 by Pete Flynn, owner and operator. Mel Hypes and Tom Turley of Portland Engine company No. 8, and Privates Jack Randall of I company and Robert Warren of K company were overcome by smoke although they wore ges masks. r-- , ' 4. v A i : i Ex-Albany Man Federal Envoy llllii 2 William H. Hornibrook, Salt Lake City newspaper publisher, for merly in the same business in Albany, Ore., and prominent in Oregon politics, has been nam ed minister to Costa Rica. In- ternatlonal Illustrated News photo. , Salem Day Today At Ball Tourney Both Silverton, Woodburn ; Flay Tonight; Former W.U. Men to Show Schedule Today 1 p. m. Portland Woolen ts. Cornelius. a p. m. Consolidated vs. R. liable Shoe. T:1B p. m. Woodburn vs. Pa eific Fruit. - ; t p. m. Silverton vs. Toledo. SILVERTON, July 10 Sunday baa been designated as Salem day at the Oregon semi-pro baseball tournament, witn lour games scheduled, in which most of the teams will be heavily sprinkled with former Salem high, Silver- ton high, woodburn high and Willamette university players. Andy Peterson will pitch for To ledo against SUveTton. ' Tonight the strong Mantle club team was eliminated by St. Hel ens which made a comeback to win 18 to 6. Ed Reid of the Man tle club pitched good ball but was given poor support. TBe Portland' ers rallied in the seventh and final Inning for three runs but were tod far behind to threaten. Reliable Shoe's 3 to 2 victory over Toledo was the first setback for the strong Lincoln county team. Toledo scored first with two runs in the fifth after a long dead lock In which the shoe fitters had done most of the hitting but not in timely fashion. In Toledo's half of the fifth Mebesius opened with a single, Turpi e walked and Plllette sacrificed: Mullen was (Turn to Page 16, CoL 7) t , r i reported reached. Japanese troops are here shown at they marched Into Peiping, carrying the flag of the Rising Bon, daring former hostiliuee International aunsoncea jewn ywra, France Brings Pressure Upon Hitler, Duce Tells Committee Borders' International Control ; May , Be Suspended Move Considered Threat to Permit ' Assistance . to Reach Loyalists PARIS. July 10.-CVFrance brought pressure on Germany and Italy today to get them to return to full cooperation in the ail' European effort to keep the Span ish war from spreading. , She formally notified her fel low members -of the 27-nation non-intervention committee she would suspend international con trol of her Spanish frontier Tues day unless similar control were restored on the Portuguese-Span ish border. This control is designed to pre vent the flow of arms and men to the warring Spanish factions. French to Control Own Frontiers France's announcement did not mean she would open her fron tiers Immediately to that flow, for officials said the border would remain closed against it; but that French authorities, instead of in ternational control officials, would maintain the barrier. But diplomats read in the French notification a direct lnti mation to Rome and Berlin .that unless they helped restore the control cordon around Spain, on sea and on land, she would carry out previous threats to return to "normal commercial relations with the Spanish government. That, would have an Important bearing on the civil war, since the French government is friendly to. the Madrid-Valencia regime and could become an important source of supply for war mate rials. ' International border control went Into effect In France and (Turn to Page 16, Col. 4) RFC Commitment Given to Bandon WASHINGTON, July 1 0.-(&-Mayor Gilbert E. Gable of Port Orford, Ore., rehabilitation com missioner for the neighboring community of Bandon, Ore., an nounced tonight that the recon struction finance corporation has given a commitment for a 8200, 000 loan for Bandon 's rehabilita tion. The city was destroyed by a forest fire September 26. ! ; "It appears that there is now some hope of building the pro posed 'dream city' in Bandon's place," Gable said. He said the commitment was in the form of a letter from the RFC to its Oregon agent, E. F. Slade of Portland, authorizing the loan. Gable said he had a copy of the letter. He added the "dream city" planners hoped to get $117,000 additional from another federal agency. - 7 Troop trains R ush Soldiers lo North China Battle Zone Tnice Rumored Again but Conflict to Be Resumed at Daybreak, Expect; Marco Polo Bridge Near Scene Japanese Assert Victory Theirs When Lungwangmiao Captured; Circling of Peiping Is Possible Goal PEIPING, July 1 1 (Sunday ) ( AP) Troop trains car rying units of Japan's powerful Manchurian army were reported rolling toward the north China trouble tone today as Chinese and Japanese forces resumed their bitter, intermittent warfare. They clashed again yesterday and last night along the Yungtingo river about ten miles west of Peiping, ending a precarious 36-hour truce. Although fighting ceased shortly before midnight it was expected to be resumed at daybreak. The Japanese asserted they won the opening combat of the renewed conflict, capturing Lungwangmiao (temple of the dragon king) on the east side of the Yungting river Tunnel Job Ideal For Hot Weather Inside 500-Foot Bore Is Salem's Coolest Spot; Progress Is .Slow Found, the job for hot weather! Twenty-seven feet underground and 172 feet from sunlight, three WPA laborers yesterday had an advantage over workers who had to labor in the sun. Digging the 500-foot tunnel on Rural avenue for "the "city's new water supply line they had one of the coolest places in the city, outside of cold storage rooms, in which to work. Because solid, flinty rock has been encountered, the tunnel work Is proceeding at the rate of only four to six feet a day. Power drills such as employed in mining operations are being used to cut holes in the rock face for inser tion of blasting powder. The tun nel Is 6 feet -high by 6 feet wide. The tunnel project will cost the water department approxi mately $1300 through the utiliza tion of WPA labor as against some $6000 had the relief work ers not been available, Frank Koehler, engineer in charge, esti mated. He said the rock forma tions encountered Would have made any attempt to dig a deep trench in lieu of the tunnel vir tually inpossible. Japanese Salmon Fishing Snapped NAKEEN, Alaska (via Kanaka nak), July 10 (fl3) H. D. Friele, chairman of the board of the As sociation of Pacific Fisheries, de tailed 'today how he and other salmon fishermen dropped ont of the clouds and surprised a fleet of Japanese fishing boats taking salmon in Alaska waters last Wednesday. Copies ot sworn affidavits from the party are being sent Secre tary of State Hull, via Anchor age, accompanied by photographs taken from the airplane. Friele ' said the plane party made two ' previous flights but fog hindered vlsibUity. July 7, however, the weather cleared and the party flew with Pilot Jack Elliott, skirting the southern shore of Bristol bay until they sighted four vessels 2 S miles off shore and southwest of the mouth of the Ugashlk river " i ' Elliott kept, hie plane bidden above the clouds until above the vessels, then dived to within 50 feet of the decks, frightening the Japanese and ' causing them to dart about, Friele said. - - He Identified a large "mother ship" as the Taiyo Mara, a vessel of about 000 tons, and, from Its depth In the water, apparently about half-loaded. Seven Juniors to Jtepresent Salem PORTLAND. Julv i l0-tfn Junlor golfers from all parts of the state will enter a Oregon's tenth annual Junior champion ship tournament Monday on the Riverside Golf and Country cmo course. A field of 200 was ex pected. . Salem players already entered Include Carl McLeod, Ray Fann er, Frank Albricb, Frank Nicho las, Gordon Benson, Hack Mai son, and AT Carrey. ; Corrallls entrants Included Walter Ben nett and Dick Hansen.. O about half a mile north of Marco Polo bridge. Soldiers Clash Near Long Marble Span , It was near this beautiful 909- foot marble span that the original conflict began Wednesday night. when -units of Japans north China garrison on night maneu vers clashed with soldiers of the Chinese 29 th army. The first phase was ended by an armistice Friday, by which the Japanese withdrew to the cast of Yungting and the Chinese to the west. Japanese declared the Chines along the Yungting opened tire on them at 7: SO p. m. Saturday. The Japanese took np the chal lenge and seized Lungwanbtnlao after two hours' : brisk fighting. They said their casualties were heavier than, in . the earlier phase of the conflict. In which they lost 10 killed and 22 wounded. l Chinese charged the Japanese had broken the truce several hours previously, when they sent 601 soldiers with tanks, machine guns and field pieces from Feng--tal to the Yungting area, where they attacked the walled tillage of WanplnghBlen. There were Japanese , reports of a fresh armistice early today, but the Chinese merely said they were trying to "halt the fight ing by negotiation." Dispatches Make Outlook Ominous i Msnairnpa reninc rvr tann a.. reinforcements rushing to the Peiping area, some from as far away as Mukden, made the out look ominous. Hitherto only, units of Japan's relatively .small north China garrison have been engaged. The dispatches indi cated the army in Manchuria, which totals over 100,000 might become Involved. The Hopei-Chahar council, highest Chinese authority In the north, made public reports that ten trains carrying units of the Kw ant ung army Manchurian force of occupation had rolled out toward Peiping and two al ready had passed Shanhalkan, at the Manchoukno-China frontier. Chinese railway officials said two Japanese troop trains which passed through Tientsin reached Fengtai, where troops detrained and moved off In different -directions as If to encircle Pel ping. About 100 Japanese sol diers were reported near Shih khungshan, 11 miles north ot Peiping. The trains were said to carry tanks, armored ears, field guns and machine guns. Alienists Report Dyer not Insane LOS ANGELES, July' 1 Five alienists have reported that Albert Dyer, confessed sex-slayer of three little Inglewood girls, is sane. Dep. Dist. Atty. Eugene Wil liams said today. Williams said written reports of the alienists would be present ed in court Monday when Dyer. 1 2-y ear-old WPA school clossfng guard, appears to enter his plea to grand Jury indictments, i B A L L A D; E of TODAv By R. 0. .X I In Silverton the hall tans roar as lusty base hits fill the air, or baffled sluggers fall to scora when twlrlers' curves their aim Impair; to Salem fans have come reports that they're Invited there today, to show their pride In valley sports and see some former homo . stars play. , .. W co La uiu vm