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' : . ' - Stalesman-df-Air ; neads broadcast over KSLM rach Monday at 7:15 p. w.. i'Mdr 8:15, Thursday 7:15, Friday 10:43 a. m. Weather .. Partly cloudy today and Thursday, normal temper, tnre; Max. Temp. Tuesday 76, Mia. 53, rlTer -1.1 feet, northwest -wind. POUNDBD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Horning, July 14, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 93 T o ian op My Over Oregon; Extenc to Anta A gonistic' To " Mold up Sumners Says Committee to 15:11 Would Require Petition Signed by 218 to Get Onto House Fnor Opposition Heralds This "as Death Blow; More Debate in Senate . WASHINGTON, July 13-VP)-fhe chairman of the powerful house judiciary committee came out bo strongly against the Roose- relt court reorganization bill late today that opponents of the' mea sure exclaimed Joyfully . that it was dead. j . Advocating a "sit-down" on the Issue, Chairman Sumnera preted on all sides -as meaning that his committee will never let the bill out on the house -floor for a vote unless the house itself takes It away 'from the group by drastic action. ' j : To get a bill out of an unwill ing committee, a petition bearing the names of 21S of the 435 house members Is necessary. Friends of the court" bill began talking of such a petition. Oppo nents predicted it never would be filed. ' Means Collapse of Measure, Claimed Senator Wheeler (D-Mont), a loader of the ODDOSition to bill, which IS now being debated in the senate, declared the Sum ners speech marked "the collapse of the fight to save the Din. Sumners had never before com mented publicly on the present court bill, which calls for the! ap pointment of one. additional su preme court justice a year if In cumbents past 75 do not retire. , But today, while Senator Cope land (D-NY). was appealing to President Roosevelt from j the senate floor to withdraw i the measure lest it split the demo cratic party permanently, Sum ners arose in the house to de clare that the nation Us at a crossroads, and that one of the paths leads to dictatorship. "Is it good sense," he demand ed, "to split us from top to bot tom when we need a united gov ernment and united people to save this nation?" j Member Applaud Opposing Argument - ; Many house members arose and applauded when Sumners ap pealed to the senate to abandon "an unnecessary piece or legisla tion." -V- - i Representative Keller (D-IH) "asked the Texan if he was taking the position j that his committee "has a right to deny the house the opportunity to vote on; this subject." ; H.-s': "No, I do not thin k that," Sumners answered, ."but s 1 take the position that the judiciary committee of the house js an agent of the house and trusted with ..certain ; responsibilities, and at any time this house wants to assume the responsibility of. tak ing the bill away from the com mittee, it has the privilege jto do so." .. - - - ' ! At another point, Sumners aId: - ;t ".v "I am for the president of the United States and I am, for, my country. I don't want to discuss this pending bill, I want to direct your attention to the havoc which that bill Is working in the solidar ity of the nation and that Is what J am talking about.? . - Taking Bp the opposition cause In the senate. Senator Copeland warned his colleagues that bla ster is not far aneaa o emocrauc bwu ' is pressed. . - : : '' Party Is I" Peril, -;; c -Copeland Asserts - f : The stocky, , immaculate. New 5 Yorker told his colleagues the iarty has not changed but that those who have taken possession of our organisation are the; men Vho have changed.'. - ; He added: . i . . ... warn the members of "what was once a united and in- Vincible pariy """ r"'"" ' and. long inJd8agTment jjMt.i-Qtfsn fln this " " Jke after ma Bailey (D-NC) had de-, that if the court bill is Mared that, n i-.n Toledo II aterfront Is Swept by Blaze; Five Buildings Total Loss Pacific Hotel Largest Structure Taken by Flames of Uncertain Origin; Fire Departments of; two Cities Battle for Hour and Half j TOLEDO, Ore., July 13. (AP) Fire of undetermined origin swept the Toledo waterfront tonight, totally de stroyed the Pacific hotel and four other buildings, and damaged several more after jumping the Southern Pacific tracks to the main business district. Total damage had not been estimated. O Fire departments of Newport r . ril - , and Toledo had the blaze under loungstown nam Gates Swing Open Both Sides Claim Victory in Strike; not Accord Says Firm's Chief EAST CHICAGO, Ind., July 13. -jP)-Gates 8wung open today at Youngstown Sheet & Tube com pany's "harbor" plant, reopening without incident the last of, the large steel mills closed by the 47-day-old strike on a seven-state front. Cheerful workers, many with "dookies" steel men's - language for the familiar ' newspaper wrapped lunch streamed past company and railroad police into the Indiana harbor mill, i which normally employs more than 6,000 persons. Plant officials said a virtually normal day force of 3,000 was on hand. Controversy over who "won" the strike abated but little. The company, reasserting its position that no agreement had been made with anyone, posted large signs at each gate. They read: "Notice: We have not made any agreement or eontract with any official, person or organisa tion. This plant is open for work on the conditions which existed when work was stopped May 26, 1937." Van A. Blttner, regional direc tor for the steel workers organiz ing committee, repeated his con tention the company had made an agreement with Gov. M. Clifford Townsend and that the union was showing its "good faith and our responsibility as parties j to a compact." Seattle Man Has -: -t Federation's Aid PORTLAND, July 13.-(JP)-The board of directors of the Oregon Commonwealth federation voiced approval today ; of the attitude of J. D. Ross of Seattle toward Bonneville, and' scored Represen tative Nan Wood Honeyman of Portland for Her opposition to Ross appointment as Bonneville administrator. i A statement released by Ruth M. Stone, acting secretary of the federation, described Mrs. Honey man's objection to the appoint ment of a Seattle man as "local jingoism." "Mrs. Honeyman seems to have deserted the president's power policy and joined the Portland chamber of commerce in attack ing J. D. Ross," she said. - James Roosevelt W Ming to i Howe Tax Records Disclosed WASHINGTON, July 13-G33)-Presldent Roosevelt's eldest son, James, agreed today to disclose his income 'tax Returns i in re sponse to a Republic demand, t . The lanky r younger Roosevelt, who Is one of. hia father's secre taries, appeared unexpectedly be fore the senate-house tax com mittee when it renewed its study of v personal holding companies alleged to be used as tax.' avoid ance devices. , . Today's testimony put into the records the-names of Wil liam Randolph Hearst, publish er; Pres. ; William ; S. Paley of the Columbia Broadcasting com pany; C; F. Kettering, vice-president of General Motors; and Ja cob Ruppert, New York brewer and baseball magnate. . . . . Deities Connection ) . -With Foreign Firm . . James Roosevelt, speaking In firm, quick syllables, told the committee he Swished to deny Mousi Couri control within an hour aad a half. L. M. Adams, owner of the hotel, estimated his loss at 14000. He was able to save only a few personal belongings. The hotel was-occupied by 15 members of a state highway department crew. A plumbing shop operated by C. M. Duncan and a New berg creamery 'company receiving sta tion were also destroyed, the other waterfront buildings being unoccupied. After leaping the tracks, the blaze damaged a cleaning estab lishment, a shoe shop, a barber shop and a newsstand before be ing halted. Starting in the unoccupied Col? vin store building, the fire spread rapidly "V two directions through the frame structures. Silverton Loses To Pacific Fruit Edged out 2 to 1 in Best Game of Series; St. Helens Wins Again SILVERTON, July 13 The host Silver Falls baseball team was eliminated from the state semi-pro tournament tonight, but not until after it had bat tled Pacific Fruit In the tight est and best ball game .of the series. Pacific Fruit won 2 to 1. The scoring was done early. In the first inning, - Johnson, Bonney and Carpenter of Sil verton each singled and 'John son came home for the team's only tally of the game. In the third P. Girod and A. Peccia of Pacific Fruit singled and then Don Messenger, former Willam ette university .catcher, came through with a triple that brought them in. Silverton. got one more hit in the sixth; Pacific Fruit collected lone bingles in the sec o n d , fourth and sixth. Don Burch of Silverton struck out four men (Turn to page 2, column 1 ) Juniors to Play Only Thursdays , Salem Softball association man agers meeting at the Y.M.C.A. last night decided in favor of hav ing only junior teams " playing Thursdays on Sweetlahd field. Major league teams will play Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays ac cording to the schedule drawn. Officials of the "state associa tion, expected at the meeting, did not put in their appearance, so the managers adjourned without doing anything about Salem's par ticipation . In the state games to be held later this year. that he had ever been .connected1 with a foreign personal holding company.-? -,! -.";, Pre t i o a sly, .Representative Fish (R-NY) had urged, the com mittee to "study Roosevelt's tax returns to ascertain whether he was associated with a Bahamas islands company. Fish r. said - a air. Darby of New York City had told him he had photostatic cop ies of p a pe r s - connecting the president's son with such a com pany. ' ' ': -i, , - " : ; - Although saying he under stood Darby : had denied . this, James Roosevelt told the - com mittee that he "would like to put a statement in the record that I neither now, ; nor ': ever, have had any connection, directly or indirectly, .with: "foreign per sonal holding company. . : . A " hot exchange of . w o r d s broke out between ; Representa tires Vinson (D-Ky) . and Tread- ' (Turn to page 2, column 5) Group Measure Public Hearing On Courthouse Issue Planned Resolution of Intention Passed hy Committee; Problems Viewed Tentative Setup Worked on Basis of WPA Aid or Lack of It Steps preliminary to acting un der the new Oregon courthouse construction act were taken by the county court at its building committee meeting last night, but uncertainties expressed as to availability of PWA assistance and as to means of utilizing sur plus funds forecast delays. To inform the PWA of its in tentions, the court adopted a re solution in tentative form order ing posting notices, of a public hearing on the construction ques tion, as required by the state law. The resolution also stated the court's intention to submit the matter to the voters at as early a date as the law permits and listed financing plans as follows: 1. With PWA assistance, the creation of a courthouse building fund by transfer of reserves in other funds, by employment of un appropriated assets of the county general fund, Including unpaid taxes, and by a special levy for the year 1938. 2. Without PWA assistance, the creation of a courthouse building fund by transfer of re serves in other funds, by employ ment of unappropriated assets of the county general fund, includ ing unpaid taxes, and by special levies spread over the years 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942. Hearing Procedure ' To Be Worked out District Attorney Lyle J. Page agreed to meet with the court again Thursday to work out pro cedure to be followed in the call ing of the hearing. After this meeting a statement of the court's (Turn to page 2, column 1) Crawford Denies Beer Label Issue PORTLAND, Ore., July 13-(P) -Circuit-Judge James W... Craw ford denied today a plea by the Brewery W irkers union for an injunction t restrain the team sters' union from using a red la bel on beer produced by plants under teamster jurisdiction. Judge Crawford ruled the mat ter was one for adjudication by the AFL an 1 not for a court of equity to d&de. The brewery workers contended in their complaint that registra tion of its red label in Oregon gave it exclusive rgihts end privil eges, that the label represented purity and wholesomeness in the product and that use of a similar label by the teamsters constituted "commercial piracy." ' No reason was given in court for the recent change by the team sters from a white to a red label. Ward Building in Oakland Leveled OAKLAND, Calif., July 13-( -The three -story Montgomery Ward furniture, warehouse in the heart of the industrial section was destroyed today in a six-alarm fire. v Flames were threatening the Texaco OU company storage plant and the California Cotton mill, r The' Montgomery Ward build ing occupied a block in the cen ter of the industrial district The cause of the blaze has not been determined, and no estimate had been made of the damage, i McColloch Still In Race, Assured : KLAMATH FALLS, July 13-(F)-Harry D. Boivin, speaker, of the Oregon house of representa tives returned from Washington, D. today and expressed opti mism on the chances of the ap pointment of Claude McColloch to succeed the late John McNaryas federal Judge. - - .. : r , Boivin was . assured, he said, that McCuIloch, his law associate, was-still" being favorably consid ered, n-vr .' " : Japan Rushes AddedTroop To Fight Zone Americans Flee Trouble Area atPeiping When B.attle Gets Warm , Exploitation of Region Is Insisted Upon; Tokyo Demands Severe PEIPIXG, July 14-( Wednes day) (JP) The Japanese high command at Tientsin rushed 2000 reinforcements, fully supported with artillery and armored cars, to the Peiping battle area tonight af ter the defeat of Jananese troons 1y the 29th Chinese route army before the southern and eastern gates of the city yesterday. They were headed for the Jap anese army field base at Fengtai, west of the city, in the zone where clashes between night maneuver ing Japanese and the 29 th army last Wednesday precipitated the grave crisis between Japan and China. Fighting was halted this morn ing after en engagement near the Nanyuan airdrome, eight miles south of Peiping, had lasted al most into the summer dawn. Once again the gates of the city were opened and rail service tfi Tient sin was resumed. American travelers, including 150 army and navy officers on China station and their families, fled the city on the first of three trains allowed to leave for Tient sin this morning. PEIPING, July 14 -(Wednes day) -(JP) Heavy skirmishing broke out early today outside Yung-Ting-Men, south of PeipinS on the road to Nanyuan, in a re newal of Sino-Japanese conflict. A steady trench mortar fire was (Turn to page 2, column 5) . Effect of Sludge Studied by Board PORTLAND, July 13-(4VThe state department of geology and mineral industries promised to day to cooperate in an effort to determine the effect of mineral sludge on fish life. E. Nixon, director 'of the bu reau, was Instructed to determ ine whether the federal govern ment plans such a survey. The action was in response to complaints of sportsmen and commercial fishing interest, ap plying principally to. the lower portion of the Rogue river. "We know the water is mud died, but are the fish harmed? That is the question' . Senator William Strayer, Baker, chair man, said. The board approved the 1937 budget as presented by Nixon, al loting $16,604 for grubstake loans, $8,000 for equipment and operation of laboratories at Grants Pass and Baker and $16.- 75t for the administrative of fices at Portland. f . Lovell Decisions Simms LOS ANGELES, July 13-(P)-A1-berto Lovell, bounding Argentine heavyweight, added, another vic tory to hjls Americain invasion to night when he punched out a one sided decision over Eddie Simms of Cleveland in 10 rounds before 9,000 fas a at the Olympic audi torium. Lovell weighed 192. Simms 197. Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO, July Portland defeated San Francis co 4 to 1, in 'their Coast league baseball game here tonight. . Ad Liska, Portland submarine burler, pitched shutout ball after the third frame, when the Seals got their run, on two hits and an error. ' " 1 - Portland took the lead in the fifth inning with two runs. The .visitors picked up their third run in the sixth inning on outfielder Clabaugh's triple, and Tresh's single, and their fourth in the seventh in 'ng on a walk, a force-out, a wild pitch and a sin gle. V " ' . . Portland - ;J-.: .4 1.1 2 San Francisco 1 8 3 ' Liska and Tresfe; Shores, Shee han and Woodall. -.,... . OAKLAND, C&f.. July li-VP) -Clarence Pickrel, Seattle pitch er, virtually won his own game to nisht as the Indians defeated Oak land 1 to 1. Pickreal, besides hold ing the Oa3cs to 6 hits, crossed the plate with both of Seattle's tal lies. . " Seattle I 27 0 Oakland 15. 0 . Pickrel and Spindel; Ludolph and Raimondi. - - . -' WESTERN INT! LEAGUE Spokane. 8,' Lewiston 3. -"Wenatchee 10. Yakima . " Vancouver 8. Tacoma 7. : ' Flies Over Oregon Will Break All - j ' - , ? It Mikhail Gromoff, Russian aviator who, with two aides, flew across Oregon last night on the nonstop flight from Moscow across the north pole and to California. San Francisco was the original goal but the fliers indicated last night they might continue south to 8an Diego. International Illustrated News photo. Four Are Elected To School Tasks Semi-Final Payment Upon Building Is Ordered at Board Session Four new teachers, two of them to be rated as substitutes, were hired by the Salem school board at a short session last night. The new instructors will be: Elizabeth Ashbaugh, intermedi ate, $1125.51 salary; Doris Nep tune, physical education, $1363. 71; Lloyd. Girod, physical educa tion and social science, substitute, $1363.71; Bessie Forsythe, ele mentary, substitute, $112 5.51. The directors ordered a semi final payment of $10,000 made to Hoffman Construction company with the money to be obtained by borrowing. Chairman Cupper, Di rector Bradfield and Clerk Burg hardt were authorized to iron out technicalities which have pre vented the district's receiving a grant payment due from the PWA. Finishing of the band room at the new high school at cost of $802 was authorized. Mrs. Mary Evans Called by Death CORVALLIS, July n--The death of Mrs. Mary Evans, 90. here last Sunday removed one of the oldest members from the ranks of Oregon pioneers. Mrs. Evans was born at St. Joe, Missouri, in 1847, while her par ents were en route, via wagon train, from Iowa to the western country. The family settled at Oregon City and later went to French Prairie. She was married in 1862, at the age of 14, the ceremony being performed in a tent. j She and her husband made their home at Alsea, where Mr. Evans died in 1919. Bodies of 2 Bovs 1 V Are Found, River CORVALLIS, July lS-iJPy-The waters of Mary's river yielded the bodies today of Raymond Hinson, 12, and Mervin Conrad, 12, both of Portland, who disappeared Sat urday while playing on logs float ing near the mouth of the river. The bodies were found under the state highway bridge at the Corvallls city limits. Sixty Planes Seek in Vain; Storm Prevents Second T ry " HONOLULU," July ' 13-yp-Six-ty navy planes scanned ' 21,000 square miles of desolate ' south pacific ocean today without find ing a trace of Amelia Earhart and! Fred J. Noonan, missing tor eleven days on a flight from New, Guinea to tiny Howland island. --- : -:ir Tht planes, sent out from the deck of the aircraft carrier, Lex ington, returned at 1 p. m. (PST) and made ready for Im mediate refueling for an after noon flight "which was to extend further southward andv Include the immediate vicinity; of How-land.-." . . . ; ; A sudden .tropical storm, how ever,, -forced- cancellation of the afternoon ' flight after, 20 planes had left ; the carrier.- S"q a a 1 1 a made visibility extremely poor and1 the ships were called back I by radio. . Ail returned safely. in Dash Which Distance Records Bastile Day Riot Stirs Paris Anew Communists and Rightists Battle With Fists at Boulogne Meeting PARIS, July 13. -(-Communists and rightists battled in a Paris suburb and in the city's squares tonight on the eve of Bas tile day, France's "Fourth of July." Fifteen hundred communists marched on the -headquarters of the rightist French social party at Boulogne Sur Seine and ex changed blows with members of the party, who left a meeting and poured into the street to face their rivals. In Paris, torchlight parades and dancing In the squares were interrupted i n e r m ittenfly by scuffles when clenched fists or stiff arms were raised in the com munist or fascist salutes. The communist procession at Boulogne Sur Seine, just outside the west gates of Paris, started quietly but gained momentum as the demonstrators n e a r e d the meeting place of the French social party in a cafe on the ave nue Edouard Vafllant. The social party, headed by Col. Francois de la Rocque, grew out of the dissolved, semi-military croix de feu organization. Com munists hold that it is a fascist group. ... When the communists chanted the "Internationale," their rivals replied with the "Marseillaise," and fist fights broke out. Barricades which had been erected to clear the square for the holiday were battered down by the rioters. Spanish War Vets Invite Convention MEDFORD, July 13 -IP)- The United States Spanish War veter ans of Oregon adopted a resolu tion Jiere today inviting .the na tional encampment In ,1933 to Portland, and selected Seaside fr next year's 'state encampment it the invitation is not accepted. If the national . -encampment comes to Oregon the usual state meeting will not be held. The last legislature appropriated $10, 000 for the national meeting, if it is awarded .to Portland. The convention . pledged sup port to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in a project for the estab lishment of a- home and training school for orphans of veterans on the Pacific coast. . . Thla morning, - the : Beawaa smooth, after a tropic storm last night, - and conditions were so Improved that the navy fliers could ' scan the water ' from . a height of only 500 feet, . In. many navy quarters , this plane search for Miss Earhart and Noonan, her navigator, waa considered the 'last chance" of rescue. They were believed to hare made a -forced landing when their fuel became, exhaust ed within 100 miles of Howland Island on their projected flight around the world. It waa the greatest search the nary has attempted, and was to cover. 36,00 square miles of the sea surrounding tiny Howland island the point at which Miss Earhart and Noonan aimed on their July 1 flight from Lae. New Guinea, in the former! $80,000 flying laboratory. Gas Sufficient ; For San Diego " Trip Reported Toledo, Roseburg Claim Glimpses of Airmen; Route not Known Radio Message Is HeartH--. Here and Watch Kept Prior to Sundown ! SEATTLE, July 14 -(WhI-nesday)-jP)-The U. 8. signal corps reported here at t :2C p. m. (PST) today the Itanwlaa fliers had passed over Oakland. Continental Morse code radle signals from the Russian trans North pole plane were intercept ed here at 11:10 o'clock last night by Operator Clive Scott at the city police radio station. The text of the fliers' message, apparently directed to San Diego, was In Rus sian. The message was signed RETET, call letters of the plane. Reports receired here late Tuesday afternoon indicated the plane might pass over Silrertei and a lookout was maintained there, but later reports were to the effect that the plane flew down the coast or out over the ocean, passing over Toledo as H veered inland. OAKLAND, Calif., July 14 ( Wednesday 1 -(JP)- The Russian trans-polar plane, in a message intercepted at the airport her at 11:07 p.m. last night, reported It had sufficient gasoline to reach San Diego. The plane did not reveal its po sition or the supply of fuel in gal lons. . Weather conditions at Los An geles and San Diego were again requested by the plane whichre ported it had been unable to re ceive any messages since S:4$ p.m. S. A. Shumovsky, soviet avia tion representative here, broad cast the requested weather infor mation, and said if conditions southward did not get better he would suggest the fliers head for March field, U. S. army air base near Riverside,. 60. miles east of Los Angeles.. ; Goal May Be in . .. Mexico-, Hinted Virtually assured of a new non stop distance record, Russia's second trio of transpolar fliers roared down the Pacific coast ear ly today toward an indefinite goal In California or Mexico. Their exact position from the time they crossed the United States border yesterday on their flight from Moscow, was as vague to radio listeners as the location of the airport where they will end their epic flight sometime early today. For .nearly 13 hours their exact position , was not known an til they were believed sighted ov er Roseburg, Ore.,, at 10:25 p.m. (PST). . While they were flying over Oregon last night, the soviet airmen asked hourly reports on weather conditions here, at Los Angeles and San Diego. - The fact Consul Gen. Gregory I.. Gohkman chartered a trans port plane and ordered it hekl in readiness at the airport here, after first inquiring if it could land in Mexico, indicated the fliers might continue beyond the U. S. , southern border if weath- er conditions were favorable and their fuel held out. i . When the trio Pilot Mikhail Gromoff, co-pilot Andrei Yarao sheff and navigator Sergeo'Dan ilin took off from Tschelkovo field at 2:25 p. m. Pacific stand ard time last Sunday, "they In dicated Oakland was their proba ble destination. i 5 An 800-foot celling at Oakland airport, where aviation enthusi asts and members of the Russian colonies of San Francisco bay cities began gathering early last night, led watchers to predict the airmen would continue couth if at all possible.,- -; , Fog over virtually all Califor nia airports favored the possi bility the soviet trio . would stay in the air until the morning son . lifted the dangerous blanket. : . San Diego, about which Danl lln inquired repeatedly during the night. Is about C.470 miles , from Moscow, nearly 1,000 aailee -better -: than the - vrorld distance record of 5, 657. miles set by the French fliers, . Paul Codoe and Maurice Rossi. ; ;: Oakland is approximately V 250 miles by air; from Moscow and. Los Angeles about t.tlO miles. , '- ; . B ALL A D E of TO DA V By R. a ' From Moscow the fliers sil- ed over the pole; they started i twith Oakland as probable goaf. but with perils surmounted and : snrnlus of gas. . they, kept rlgbf ! ' on going. alPrecords to . iU obstruction. . ,