Statesman-of-Air '
Statesman depart me'nt
heads broadcast over KSII
each .Monday at 7:13 p. m., .
Tuesday 8:15," Thursday
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Weather
. Partly cloud jr today, fair
Wednesday, slightly cooler;
aiax. Temp. V Monday ,78,
SI in. 51, river 1 foot, north
northwest wind.
EIGHTY -SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 13, 1937
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County Assets
Make Building
Plan Possible
$441,267.26 in Excess of
Liabilities Is Shown
i on County's Books '.
Construction Even With
I no Federal Aid Seen
as one
ect
A summation, of assets and lia
bilities 1 released - yesterday dis
closed " that Marion- county may
find itself in a position to build
a nftw courthouse regardless of
whether- or- not the public works
administration allocates federal
money, to the- project. . ;
Prepared by Deputy Clerk Con-
nell
Ward ' at' the request of the
count?; court." the study shows the
County to have an excess of assets
over liabilities amounting to $441,
267i26. ' "!.; T .
If; the PWA should allot the
1266,404 grant which has been ap
plied for in connection with the
$59 2.01 0 construction program,
the county court apparently would
be able to raise ; the sponsor's
5325,606 share in the project by
floating a loan against the excess
assets . or by obtaining "a smaller
loan and utilizing a cash surplus
that exists.'
Possible Even if
WPA Aid Denied
It . the county, on the other
hand, found it necessary to finance
the ! project unaided, the court
could borrow as heavily as possi
ble against the excess assets and
levy a relatively small tax to make
Up the balance of the $592,010.
In either instance, moderately
light levies could be made over a
several-year "period, under the
state courthouse construction act,
to wipe out the loan.
The possibility of the county's
putting up excess assets as collat
eral for a loan was suggested in
directly in the opinion recently
given by 'Attorney General I. H.
VanWinkle as to the legality of
the state act and as to applica
tions of the constitutional debt
limitation. The opinion stated that
the county- should determine
where the $5000 constitutional
debt limitbegan by the account
ing; method of checking liabilities
against assets currently available
fori their payment,
The clerk's financial report will
be discussed at tonight's meeting
of the county court's general build
ing committee. Either C. C. Hock
ley, state PWA administrator, or
his assistant, Folger Johnson, will
be present to explain the PWA
situation as far as possible, ac
cording to County. Commissioner
Leroy Hewlett.
Linn Using Similar
Setup la It Plans
The Xinn county court, which
filed Its PWA application only ten
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Flood Control on
Santiam Scanned
United States army engineers
hope to be able to make a Hood
control survey of the North San
tiam river in the near f utuns.
County Engineer N.'C. Hubba and
- County Agent t Harry L. Riches
were advised yesterday when they
went to the engineers' district of
fice in Portland. while -temporary'
means of minimizing flood
damage to lands along this stream
are possible, the ultimate eolation
will be construction of , a high
dam below Detroit, Hubbs report
ed on his return. . ; 5
The two officials also were In-,
formed" an allotment of fundafor
flood control works on the main
Santiam from Jefferson to . the
Willamette river" had been, nia4e
and the work erobably would be
started Boom , V" - V
traffic Toll for
Portland now 45
p ORT I A N D.: July 12-ip-portland's
traffic toll reached A I
Fr "he rear wfc; ,Mu Kjg.
neth MClveau, . "
TnJured while walking acrowa
1UJU: .. . i..-.i.tinn vester
residential wvv"
City Patrolman Hintx said the
Y- r... .mcv bv car
JriveT ty FranTis C. Cbulombe,
lT?f Cima,. The driver was
arrested.
Softball Chiefs to Meet
A meeting or manage.-
.m Softball association baa
scheduled for tomgu.
Radio Network Guides
Airmen; Snowstorm Is
Dodged, Pola r Regions
1000 Miles Past "Farthest North" in Strait of
Melville Latest Position Reported;' All .
Well; Signal Corps Providing Aid
SEATTLE, July. 13 (Tuesday) (AP) A red -winged
Russian monoplane from Moscow thundered down "from
the top of the world today, guided toward San Francisco
by a giant radio network.
The plane passed the vicinity of the North Pole yester
day afternoon and began its southward flight along the 120th
- : O meridian, roughly on the course of
Architects Wire
. Concerning Offer
Definite Reply on Making
Library Plans Delayed;
Optioning Started
A message was received by the
state capitol commission Monday
from Trowbridge & Livingston
and Francis Keally, New York,
architects, acknowledging receipt
of offer from the commission to
act as architects on new capitol
buildings. " The message added
that reply would be made within
a few days.
It was believed here that some
of the principals were perhaps oat
of the city, accounting for the de
lay in the reply. This is the firm
which won the award for: the new
capitol. !
The work of obtaining options
on- at least two blocks of -residence
property north of the cap
ital site was started Monday by
T. H. Banfield, a member of the
capitol reconstruction j commis
sion. The property,- when purchased
by the state, will be used for con
struction of a library h building
and probably a state office struc
ture.
The last legislature appropri
ated $850,000 of which $300,000
was for the purchase of addition
al land and $500,00 for building
construction.
An additional $45,000 grant re
cently was obtained from the fed
eral government.'
Banfield indicated that the op
tions would be obtained within a
month. ,
Tiny Cooper Wins
Northwest Title
Decisions Chuck Nickason
of Vancouver in Fight
on Woodburn Card
WOODBURN. July , 12. Tiny
Cooper, hailed as Oregon's heavy
weight champion, extended his
claims to the . northwest title as
he decision ed Chuck Nickason': in
the main event tonight at the
American Legion's big open air
card held in the . ball ! park at
Woodburn, . J?
Nickason, : billed as Canada's
best, and calling Vancouver, B.C..
home, could not . land . one on
Cooper tonight as he did in a
previous meeting .at Vancouver
when he kayoed him In the sixth
Cooper now gains possession of
a handsome belt signifying the
title. . . ;.. . .
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Lewis Launches Pros ram to
Organise Public Employes
WASHINGTON, July 12.-6!p)-
John L. Lewis began a drive to
day to bring 2,000,000 state, coun
ty and city employes Into a new
anion affiliated with his Commit
tee for IndUsrial Organlzaion. "
Employes of state, county: and
municipal divisions of our govern
ment have long felt the need of
an organization to- promote- their
welfare and- provide means Tor
the adjustment of grievances aris
ing - through - their employment,
Lewis said in a statement.
CIO leaders added the nucleus
of the new onion will be a (roup
Federation of State, County and
Municipal employes, an American
Federation of Labor union char
tered within the last few years.,
A. D. Lewis, a brother of John
L. and director of the CIO's gov
ernment employes . section, said
this group is mostly In New York
and Pennsylvania I , ,..
Abram Flaxer of New !York
City, who has been vice-president
of the AFL union, was named ex
ecutive vice-president of th new
. Mt&'es
three daring Russians who essayed
a similar flight a month ago.
At 11:58 p. m. . t P. S. T, ) , last
night, Alaska Communications re
ported it had received a message
indicating they were about' 1000
miles on the U. S. side of the pole.
The message said:
"My position is Strait of Mel
ville, everything all right. Signed
Danilin."
Smooth flying weather marked
all the flight from Moscow to near
the pole. There Navigator Danilin
reported cyclonic conditions, and
the pilot veered the graceful mono
plane to the west.
Five hours later Danilin report
ed "All is well." The ship had
flown about 100 miles, apparently
beyond the storm area.
As soon as the plane crossed
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Bank at John Day
Robbed by Thugs
Cashier Slugged, Another
Man Wounded; Most of
Money Is Recovered
JOHN DAY, Ore., July 12-()-4
A gang og armed men robbed!
the Grant county bank of an un
determined a m o u-Ji t tonight,!
slugged Oscar Hoverson, assist
ant cashier, wrecked their car!
and wounded another man while
making a getaway. j
The robbery took place shortly
after 9 p. m., while most of the
residents of this little town were
watching a burning building be
lieved to have been set afire by
the robbers to distract attention!
A report which officers were
unable to confirm definitely saii
the robbers visited Hoverson's
home and forced him to go with
them to the bank and open the
U. The safe, closed with a
tire lock, was unopened. :
.Hoverson was found lying on
the sidewalk in front' of the
bank, badly beaten about the
head. ,
The robbers car overturned a
short distance out of town near
the home of E. Blaylock who,
not knowing of the robbery, was
shot in the foot as he approached
to give aid. The men then were
reported to have commandeered
the car of Mr. and -Mrs. Car
Tuthers of John Day and made
their escape.
An official of the bank said
most of the silver taken from
the bank was found in the
wrecked car, together with four
gnus and a number of license
plates of various states. The car
was described . as , a . Plymouth
coupe carrying' Washington : li
cense plates. ' ' ; j
Sgt. F.-A. McMahon ; of, the
state police said Hoverson ' was
unable to talk and the story of
the robbery bad not been defi
nitely reconstructed. He said
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anion. He Is to head it until a
permanent organization fs set up.
The drive is Lewis' second In
the" governmental field. He re
cently announced' a campaign to
organize the "United Federal
Workers of America. - ' '
Flaxer said the new union will
take over at least 13.000 of the
15,000 AFL members in clfj,
state, and county employ. Inde
pendent anions, in- St. Louis, Chi
cago," Milwaukee 'and along the
Pacific coast already have applied
for membership,' he said
"Elected officers, executives with
power to hire and discharge, fire
men, police, school teachers and
members of the military forces
will not be eligible to Join.
John L. Lewis also announced
that "the use of strikes or picket
ing by the onion shall be deemed
a violation of the policy of . this
organization.
! 'Lewis' efforts to organize fed
eral workers were denounced to
day by Representative Hoffman
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Shells Burst
; Over Peiping;
j Battle Rages
Heavy Casualties Occur
Upon Both Sides When
Hostility Renewed
Reinforcements Sent
in
by Both Sides; China
1 Taking Firm Stand
PEIPING, July 13-(Tuesday)-(jP)-Shells
began bursting over
the walls of Peiping today as Chi
nese troops of the 29th route
army clashed with Japanese rein
forcements just south of the city.
Heavy casualties were reported on
both sides.
The fighting began shortly be
fore noon. In the new area of the
Peiping . battle zone, outside the
Yung-ting-men sector of the city
at the south gate. Within a few
moments It had spread a half
mile southward to the railway
bridge on the road to the Nanyuan
airdrome and the Chinese bar
racks there.
Chinese troops from the bar
racks were immediately drawn
into the engagement, the latest
outbreak of h o s 1 1 1 i t les which
started last Wednesday midnight
when Japanese troops on secret
maneuvers joined battle with the
Chinese guard over Marco Polo
bridge across the Yunting river.
10 miles west of Peiping.
Shells started exploding over
the city waUs a few minutes after
noon.
r The Japanese troops were re
inforcements -for the western bat
tle "tone-They. had been refused
admittance to the city at - the
northern gate last .night and de
ployed to the south against the
airdrome and barracks at Nan
yuan. PEIPING, July 13-(Tuesday)-(JPy-Big
guns roared for half an
hour today in continuance of
Japanese-Chines hostilities west
of Peiping.
All was quiet again shortly
after 7:30 a. m. (3:30 p. m.
PST), but both sides continued
moving reinforcements into the
zone of conflict. The cannonad
ing followed a resumption of
warfare last night after a one
day truce.
In Nanking the foreign office
told the Japanese embassy there
could be no valid settlement of
the troubles without the sanc
tion of the central government.
It was understood the statement
was issued as a result of reports
from Japanese sources that au
thorities of the Hopei-Chahar
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No Need of State
Car Says Hazlett
An unprecedented request
startled the state board of con
trol at its meeting M6nday.
James Hazlett, state corpora
tion commissioner, informed the
board that he has no use for his
state-owned automobile and asked
that It be transferred to some
other department.
"That official deserves" a med
al," State Treasurer Holman de
clared. Governor Charles H.
Martin agreed.
It was the first time In the
recollection ' of present board
members that a state official vol
untarily asked to return an auto
mobile assigned to his depart
ment. Ask Early Action
Anent Bonneville
-WASHINGTON, . July
Chalrman Mansfield. (D Tex.) of
the house rivers and harbors com
mittee said today the house rules
committee would consider his ap
plication Wednesday for arly con
sideration ot the Bonneville dam
administrative legislation.
A measure is. now before the
house which would place an in
terior . department administrator
over power to be generated at the
giant Columbia - river plant' and
give the war-department control
of the physical properties of the
project. A somewhat similar meas
ure is before the senate commerce
committee. - .
Fractured Hip Suffered
Mrs. Victoria Brescher, 80, suf
fered a fractured hip in a fall at
her home at 292 North Summer
street last night. Mrs. Brescher
was removed to Salem general hos
pital, where she -was-said to be
resting easily.. '
Bailey Claims
Bill Violates
Constitution
Control Supreme Court,
Declared Purpose of
Administration
Gag
Rule and Filibuster
Charges Are Traded
by Rival Groups
WASHINGTON, July 12 r-UPf-Senator
Bailey (D-NC) climaxed
a turbulent day ot senate debate
on the court reorganization bill
today with an assertion the mea
sure is clearly unconstitutional.
Before a crowded senate, taut
with the strife the measure has
provoked, he shouted that the
purpose of the bill is 'to control
the. decisions, of the supremo
court, an objective for which there
is no sanction In the constitution.
The North Carolinian spoke af
ter1 Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyb),'
former democratic national com
mitteeman, charged administra
tion leaders with ignorance of the
bill they are espousing. He also
accused them of Imposing 'gag
rule" on the senate and de
nounced the measure as central
izing control over the administra
tion ot justice.
Both speakers delivered their
adresses between intermittent
outbreaks of the parliamentary
sharpshooting that has dominat
ed the dfscussion ever since Sen
ator Robinson (P-Ark), the ma
jority leader, Invoked rules used
only to combat actual or threat
ened filibusters.
Responsibility for
Tie-Up Is Denied
Both proponents of the bill and
the opposition denied responsibil
ity for the fact that since these
rules were applied, pther business,
notably, a war department appro
priation bill and1 the administra
tion farm bill, has piled up await
ing settlement of the court squab
ble. '
Proponents pointed to the fact
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Culinary Alliance
Contract Refused
Curtailment of Jobs for
Students Is Principal
Objection Offered
A revised culinary alliance con
tract proposal was rejected last
night by the Salem Restaurant as
sociation, according to Frances
Randall, member of the associa
tion executive committee.
Chief reasons given for the re
jection were that the proposed
union agreement would greatly
curtail the number of Willamette
university students who could be
employed by the restaurants and
that an apprenticeship system was
not provided for.
The latest union agreement and
the employers last proposal are
not far apart, Mrs. Randall said,
and negotiations will be continued
by the association executive com
mittee. 1
Submitted by C. A. Chambers,
alliance business agent, the con
tract turned down last nUht nro
vided for an j eight-hour day, time
and one-half for overtime and a
10 per rent increase In wages.
Mrs.. Randall said the hours were
acceptable: to the association but
the employers wanted to retain
the wage scale which was adopted
by the union last year and on
which the. requested 10 per cent
increase Is based.
Whereas many downtown res
taurants ordinarily employ from
three to five or more Willamette
university men and women stu
dents during i the school year, the
anion proposal would limit the
operators to one. student for the
first five regular employes and
one additional student for each
additional 10 union workers.- --
Bostwick Admits
Robbery, Claimed
ALBANY, iJuly 1 t-(JP)-SbeTltt
Herbert Shelton and State patrol
man Larios said Oscar F. Bost
wick,; arrested last night, con
fessed to the robbery of the L. X.
Stamk-augh. service station here 18
months ago. - -i--.- ; W v -
- Search was instituted for James
Landgraf j; whom the officers said
was Implicated by Bostwick, who
waa bound over to the grand jury
under $1,000 bond.
Hops Under AAA, Plea :
(WASHINGTON, Julr 12.-(ff)-Rep.
Waiter M. Pierce of La
Grande. Ore'; proposed today to
make the agricultural adjustment
act. apply to hops. f ;
Goli Wizard Mystery Cleared as
Montague Held on Holdup Charge
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The question as to why John Montague, 82, declared by experts to be
the greatest golfer to America, steadfastly refused to enter tourna
ments. Is answered. He was arrested late last week on charges of
assisting in a holdup in New York in 1930, msd admitted that he
was La Verne Moore, the man wanted. International Illustrated
News photo.
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Montague Fights
Removal to East
L. A. Sheriff Asks Him to
Appear in "Lineup" for
Probe of Activities
LOS ANGELES, June 12.-ifP)-The
"mystery man" of the fair
ways stacked his golf clubs away
today and went into seclusion
pending a preliminary hearing
July 26 on a New York fugitive
complaint.
Counsel for John Mantague said
his client is taking a rest.
' "He is playing no golf these
days," said Jerry Giesler. "There
is no change in our plans. Mon
tague will fight any attempt to
extradite him to New York."
Montague is charged with par
ticipating in a Jay, N. Y., road
house j holdup in 1930.
His' arrest last week shocked
the film colony and many actors
and sportsmen rallied to his sup
port today with promises of help
ing him as much as possible.
The theme of their statements
was that in the seven years Mon
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Helen Moody May
Seek Separation
RENO, Nev., July 12-(jrP)-Mr8.
Helen Wills Moody, former, wom
en's tennis champion of the world,
established herself today at a Ne
vada vacation retreat and con
ferred here with an attorney who
said she might "later on" seek, a
divorce from Frederick S. Moody,
Jr.
When the . former Wimbledon
and national tennis champion ar
rived at Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe
resort on the Nevada shore, she
said she planned merely to "rest."
Later, she drove here and con
ferred with Atty. Robert M. Price,
who announced the court star
would consider divorce action
against Moody, her,, non-tennis-playing
husband, who is a San
Francisco oil executive.
blax Festival Again Slated
for Mid-August at Mt. Angel
MT. ANGEL, July 12 Deci
sion to sponsor, a - flax - festival
here Fgday and Saturday Au
gust .13 and it, was reached this
noon at a meeting. of the Mt An
gel Businessmen's club. ; ' -
Fletcher ; Lynn ? of the Van
couver linen mill addressed the
club, urging - ; the festival and
pledging the cooperation" of his
company. . He. promised entry ot
a . float In the parade which will
be a feature at 2 p. m August
14. - ...
Shotwell Callvert, head of the
Portland WPA players, offered
cooperation in form of a suit
able play during the festival. .
v Governor ; Martin, who : has
been active in promotion of the
flax Industry in Oregon, will be
Invited to crown the queen, this
to.be one of the features tho
opening day. Methods of se
lecting the queen and princesses
for the festival were not foil;
determined at the meeting today.
Other plans drawn up - today
call 'for a queen's ball following
her coronation, this to be in a
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Silverton Meets
Fruit Team Next
St. Helens With big Rally
Stops Selhvood; Fence
Finally Surmounted
Games Tonight
Silverton vb. Pacific Fruit.
Consolidated vs. St. Helens.
SILVERTON, July 12 Corne
lius and Sellwood were the teams
which dropped out of the Oregon
semi-pro baseball tournament here
tonight In the more rapid elim
ination which has become the rule
since all teams, with the exception
of Reliable Shoe, have already
suffered one defeat.
. Tomorrow night the host Silver
Falls team, once humbled but still
defiant, will battle Pacific Fruit,
the outfit Which toppled Cornelius
tonight by a score of 12 to-4.
St. Helens, which came from
behind with nine runs in. the sev
enth to defeat Sellwood, 11 to 7,
also will see. action again Tuesday
night, against Consolidated
Freight.
The St. Helens rally tonight
which fell one short -of the one
inning splurge record' whereby Re
liable Shoe victimised . Silverton
Sunday night, was a more thrill-'
ing affair since It came in the
final inning. It was well that St.
Helens "made hay" while it could,
for the undaunted Sellwood team
came through with four runs in
its half. Up to the last inning Sell
wood had led 3 to 2.
Sellwood 's final' effort also saw
new history made;, the first home
run over the fence of Silverton's
new- ball park. Abbott, first oase
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Young Patient Escapes
At State Hospital Here
William E. Stewart, 1 ft-, escaped
from the Oregon state hospital
late . Monday afternoon, state po
lice were informed. No word of
his return to the hospital had been
received last night. Stewart was
committed to the institution from
Grants Pass.
pavilion i constructed at the ball
park,. where the festival wilt cen
ter except for inspection of the
flax plant, -slated for Saturday
morning - between 10 and 12
o'clock.
An ' authority on flax will be
invited to explain the Industry to
the crowds at the plant,-" and
guides; will be : arranged.- r
' '-'At 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon - the parade with flax the
dominate theme will be staged.
Commercial . and individual floats
will . be -.entered,- with prizes
awarded. Tentatively planned it
a' ball game- following the pa
rade between the Ut. Angel All
Stars and an outside team. ' ,
Finale Saturday night win be
the 1 WPA players drama and
fireworks by the Shell Oil . com
pany. . . - yx-v.-
General . chairman for - the
festival is W. Douglas . Heater,
with members of the committee r
Lee Withers, Leonard Fisher, E.
G. Unger, -T. D. Endres. Fred J.
Schwab and E. B. Stolle. .
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A
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Shot Down by
Loyalist Aces
Heavy . Casualties Occur
Among Insurgents in
Conflict on Land -
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IACUC1S VUHICIJH J-iIItlllJ O -"v's
Progress Is Made at
Many Lives' Cost 1
MADRID. July 1 2 (JP) - Th
Spanish government, pushing its
offensive west of Madrid by land
and air, announced tonight its
fliers had shot down 13 insurgent
planes while its troops inflicted
heavy casualties on enemy ground
forces. i " '
Observers ' returning - f rem " the
front reported how the bare as
tillian plain had been turned into
a vast battleground " With whole
villages blotted out by terrific ar
tillery and air bombardments.
' In Villanneva del Pardillor, II
miles west of the capital, and Qui
jorna . scarcely a house was left
standing.- j.
' Severe fighting raged from be
fore dawn today until after night
fall near Villannueva del Pars' i Ho,
a communique said, with the gov
ernment forces "frustrating all
enemy attempts and causing heavy
casualties."
Nine insurgent craft. Including
one Heinkel (German type) and
eight Fiats (Italian type), it said,
were felled in a lengthy battle in
the skies over insurgent territory
near El Escorial, 26 miles north
west of Madrid.
Loyalist Losses
Low, Madrid Claims -
- Three others, the commnniqae
added, were shot down In the Ma
drid area in which loyalist! (gov
ernment) fleets bombed more than
a score of enemy positions, treops
concentrations, trucks and , air
fields; another, j-riddled., by ma- .
chinegun fire by loyalist planes,
made a reconnaissance flight over
the Balearios archipelago and fell
in the sea. ! .
'Our losses. Including two air
planes which did not return to
their base, were limited to three
planes.
Against the government air
raids, insurgent air forces, retal
iated with attacks upon the Bru-nete-Cuijorna
sector outposts f
the government's new drive in
tended to raise the siege of Ma- .
drld. The offensive, now in-its
seventh day, has pushed! Gen.
Francisco Franco's insurgent line
back northwest of Madrid but left
the Besiegers still at the capital's
southern gates.
Insurgent headquarters eon
tended the government had made
progress at the expense of 10,000
dead and wounded, while govern
ment sources estimated their op
ponents lost 4,000 men in the bat
tle for Villa-Nueva Del Pardillo..
A two-hour naval engagement
between three government wor
ships and the insurgent cruiser
Baleares, 20 miles from Valencia,
ended apparently with no damage
to either side. .
SALAMANCA, Spain, Juiy 12?-UP)-A
bitter struggle that may be
the climax ot the civil war. In
surgent officers declared tonight,
is being waged on the Madrid
front. ' 'VI . ' : , -
They said It has forced 'i into
temporary, perhaps . permanent
discard, an insurgent . plan to
sweep Spain's northwest l e d g
through Santander. and then mass
forces ; for an offensive against
main government strongholds,
Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia..
. The government, forces,! Insur
gent commanders said, evidently
have chosen to fight It oat now
where they are strongest. -the
Mfcdrid front in central Spain, and
Gen. Francisco I Franco's j troop
are accepting the challenge."
Spanish War Vels
Meet at Medford
MEDFORD.'Jnly 12.-(iip)-Neas
ly - 400 delegates, . representing,
every district of the state, opened
the annual state encampment of
the united Spanish war veterans
and auxiliary here today.' 1
. A parade this morning was fol
lowed by official greetings t
joint meeting, after. which bothi
bodies convened separately for
business' sessions. ' , ' , - i
' Astoria was mentioned as a can-'
didate for . the 1938 conventioa
city. '
B
ALL AD
o TOD A
By R. a
y
As long as Mussolini and the
other fascist bosses kept send
ing troops and guns to Spain to
"sharpen rebel claws. It dWn't
make ra u e h - difference . bow
Kreat were Franco's losses. Sat
now'Jhat help has slackened it
looks bad for Franco's cause.
o'clock at iu"