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Dlondie Is Coming Who Is Blondie? Whj, tb character in a brand net? comic page of The Sunday Statesman. She appears next Sunday, Jtily 25, and weekly thereafter. . Weather ;, Partly jcloudy, possibly thunderstorms today. Sun day. fair; Max. Temp.- Frl-, day 88.2, Mln. 50. river -2-1 feet, northwesterly winds. POUNDED 1651 BICJHTY-SKVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday: Morning, July 24, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 10Z -1 TO) aerce m 9 V - . . . Aimeiac la an Two Arc Dead, Seven Injured In Auto Crash! r r.i xuvcij ui two lIiers noi lncery ; Accident Is Near Mt. Ansel Cars Apparently Swerve. in Same Direction in 1 Attempts to Pass Helen F. Claypool, 22, Hub oard. and Mrs. lone Des Bouillons. 23, Portland, were dead, two men were near death at the Woodbnrn hospital and five others lay In jured at Woodburn and Silverton hospitals after a crash between two heavily laden sedans on th ML Angel-Woodburn road late Thursday night. ; Misa Claypool, who was recently' given a divorce 'from Wilbur Bevans of Hubbard, died on the Way to the Silverton hospital while Mrs. Des Bouillons, mar ried only June 12 to Francis Da Bouillons of Portland, died from a fractured skull at the Wool- burn hospital at 4:10 o'clock yes- terday morning. ' " Paul Walberg and Richard Jack Howe, both of Portland, re- ceived fractured skulls and other Injuries-and were "taken to the Woodburn hospital. Neither was expected to ' live . and heir con dition was reported last night as "about the same." : Injured Persons in Silverton Hospital . . -' Other-injured persons, all in the ' Silverton i hospital are: ' " Clair J." Badley, Vernonia, cuts and bruises. . Mrs! Beulah Badley, fractured left tibia, cuts about face and head. j Marion Banks, facial injuries and broken arm." Roy Kelley, fractured ankle. 'Mrs. Elisabeth Carriker, frac tured leg and arm. Kelly was able to leave the hos pital following treatment. Mrs. Carriker's two children, Alice, 8. Earleen, 4, and Samuel Badley. 22 months, were uninjured. - The accident occurred, the In vestigating state policeman re ported, when the car driven by Badley crashed Into the side of the car. driven by Miss Claypool. Marks left at the scene of the accident indicated that the Badley car was on the left side of the road and that Miss Claypool at tempted to swing to the other side at the same time as the car driven by Badley. Party on Way to Swim at Silverton . ! The Claypool .car was smashed ' In from the side, to such an ex tent that there was barely room for one person left in the front . seat.:";: ; ;V . ,r'- : - The accident occurred at 10,: 15 about a mile north of Mt. Angel near Zollner creek. The Claypool party was on Its way to Silverton to swim at the city park pool there. In the car were Mrs. . Des Bouillons, Wal berg and Howe. ! In the Badley car were Mrs. Badley, Marion Banks, Roy Kel- ley, tiunoeiu waniKer ana, vne 1 three children. j Funeral services will be held today at woodDurn ror Miss Clay- pool. The body of Mrs. Lone Des Bouillons was taken by the Ek- man mortuary of Silverton to the Finley parlors at Portland. Mrs. Des Bouillons is survived by her husbana, j rancis ues Bouillons; her parents. Air. ana Mrs. Ru dolph I.-Probst of Portland, and a sister, Margery May. I WOODBURN Funeral services for Helen Florence Claypool. ' 22, killed in an automobile accident Thursday night, will be held here In the Beechler-O'Hair chapel Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Claypool was born Feb ruary 24, 1915, in Alberta, Can- ou r mu- ther, Mrs.Marie Claypool, d Broiu"I wwt" vt "Yuuf'u: two sisiera, earn, naxei neon Redmond and Beatrice Claypool 01 ueau. . . . -. i sb wm a memoer w me rrw tytenan cnurcn. - . The funeral will be followed by - m ft h A T InAnln vt avm v w r - - flwb Are Injured I ; As Auto Plunges ! CORVALLIS,; July 23-(JP)-B-1u - McCne, city clerk of Colusa, Calif., and his bride, were In the Waldport hospital tonight suffering serious injuries re ceived when their automobile plunge down a 75-foot embank ment on the Oregon coast high way. They were returning to California after a honeymoon trip. . ' Nffitber was able to say how the accident occurred. Only hnge honlders prevented the car from rolling Into the ocean. Billboard Ordinance Is Invoked in Tn Bar Union Picketing One - Man Picket Line Arrested; Labor Group Will Take Case to High Court if Need Be The city of West Salem noon against union picketing of the Beutler-Quistad lumber yard by enforcing newly-adopted amendments to & billboard ordinance whereby display of signs and banners on streets, sidewalks and alleys without permission of the council was forbidden. j O Shortly after building trade Stream Pollution Measure Opposed Carney Bill Lacks Teeth, Bean's View; Careful Approach Is Asked PORTLAND. July 23.-(AVA proposed anti-Btream polution In mauve, drartea ny state senator Byron G. Carney, met vehement opposition at a meeting here to- day of the steering committee of the state stream purification league. The measure, which would de clare illegal "the discharge of any untreated sewage" by industrial plants or municipalities, was hot ly, contested by City Commissioner Ormond R. Bean of Portland who asserted that "it wasn't carefully planned and it wouldn't get any place if it were presented to the public in its present form." "Give, us four months or so to draft a proposal and we might get it through the next election," Bean said, "but this bill; wouldn't Btand a chance. It simply points out that such things are Illegal but it doesn't offer a remedy." William L. Finley, naturalist, said that Oregon now has ade quate laws to prevent pollution, but that "no solution has been offered." Charles H. Carter, president of the Portland Woolen mills, said that if you were to shut down the St. Helens pulp mill for an hour yon would throw 600 men out of work." The Initiative as drawn would provide for a new division of sani tation under a qualified engineer. with power to prescribe how sew age should be treated. Oregon Heat Gets Blame, one Deatli PORTLAND, July 23-(P)-QId Sol . set a new record f o r the month here today and topped all previous performances of the year in other parts of Oregon. Shirley Sovern, 14, collapsed from the heat while watching the naval parade here today, and Gordon Zimmerman, 13, of Yam hill, suffered heat prostration while aboard the U.S.S. Indianap 011s in ue naroor. uoth were taken to the emergency hospital. The maximum temperature I here was 88 degrees. . Klamath Falls reported a sea- 1 son's high of 98. It was one de- gree cooler, at Condon, John A. : Kucks, 65, Sherman county wheat rancher, died of heat prostration in a hospital at The Dalles Thursday. Salem's maximum for Friday was 88.2, decidedly warm but several degrees .under the season maximum. Crbp--CohtroVLagislation;dt Present Session Is Unlikely WASHINGTON, July 23-(Jty- L, odd8 agalngt new croploS- trol legislation at this session of inra.4 twi. rimt Urgnmenta of administration iead- era that bumper harvests may lead to price-depressing surpluses. Senator Barkley of Kentucy, tne Bew democratic leader, told ft . committee . probably will be tin- able to report a. bill to the senate In time. -. " The leader- made this state ment after the committee had Toted to eondnct prolonged re gional hearings on the adminis tration's proposal for an "ever normal granary", and accompany ing crop controls. When Senator Black (D., Ala.) insisted that "we- ought to aet on farm legislation before we ad journ," Senator' Pope (D., Ida.), sponsor of the bill, remarked: : ' The agricultural committee a proposal contained no stipulations as to the time of action." WASHINGTON, July 23-JP- I President Roosevelt signed legis latlon today authorizing the fed West Salem at l. mber Yard Is acted quickly yesterday after pickets appeared in front of the Beutler-Quistad plant on the west side of Wallace road. Chief of Police William L. LaDue arrested Elmer Reede, picket, on- charge of violating this ordinance, as amended July 13. An hour later Reede, after failing to contact his attorney, gained his release on 20 bail by order of R. E. Patti- son. West Salem recorder and mu nicipal judge. No time for ar raignment was set. , Pickets placed In front of the Salem Box, factory, of which Ma yor John S. Friesen of West Sa lem is proprietor, went undis turbed because the West Salem city limits extend o n 1 y to the center of Wallace road. The box (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Injunction Asked On Slot Machines Skill in Stopping Discs Decides Outcome of Play, Is Charge N. J. Arnold yesterday Insti tuted suit in circuit court tor an injunction against law enforce ment officers' interference with the operation of approximately 30 "SKHio revolving aisc games which he said he owned. While no temporary restraining order was filed with the court clerk, it was understood one had been granted by Judge L. G. Lewelling. Arnold's was the second such suit within two days. John A. Moore Thursday secured a tem porary Injunction protecting his marble boards and a hearing for permanent restraining order was set for August 3. Arnold's games, the complaint states, consist of revolving discs operated by a lever. The com plaint attributes the element 'of skill to them in that the discs "are stopped only through skill on part of the player by means of metal buttons in front of said machine . . ., the prize received by the player (from an automatic payoff) being wholly dependent upon the skill exercised by the player in the stopping of said re volving discs. , Yesterday's case, filed by John Steelhammer as attorney, is the rourth of this nature now before the circuit court here. In each the defendants are Sheriff A. C. Burk, Attorney u e n e r a I I. II. Van- Winkle, Assistant Attorney Gen eral Ralph Moody and District At torney Lyle G. Page. McNary to Leave Capital August 59 Whether or no WASHINGTON, July 23-flV senator cnaries L. McNary, re publican leader, said today he had made his train reservations to leave for his ranch home near Salem August 5, and would not change , them. He forecast congress - would adjourn by that time. , eral government to help tenants and share-croppers acquire farm: homes. " " ' : It authorizes 110,000,000 of farm purchase : loans ' to - tenants this year. Larger outlays are au thorized In future years $25,- 000,000 by 1939 and $50,000,000 annually thereafter. Advocates of the new law esti mated that loans for the purchase of approximately 3000 farms can be made under this - year's au thoritation. The total number of tenants In the eountry is estimat ed by authorities at 2,500.000. The tenancy legislation pro vides for two other activities de signed to help low-Income farm ers. They are: : 1. Rehabilitation loans to pre vent small farm owners from slip ping Into tenancy, and to help tenants, share-croppers, and farm laborers Improve .their living standards. . 2. Retirement of land nnsuited for farming. In connection with this, the government is author ized to help families now living I on submargtnal land acquire good lana. Ten Stores in Tacoma Close . ., . . ; - " Due to 700 Idle, Retail Trade Is Demoralized When Negotiations Fail, Prohable Long Duration Hinted as Perishable Goods Are Refused TACOMA, July 23-JP)-Taco- mas ten largest aepartmeni stores were closed tonight by a strike of the clerks' union, with 700 persons thrown out of work and the city's retail trade de moralized. One store failed to open this morning when pickets appeared in front of the doors; and the nine others locked their doors for an indefinite period at the end of the business day. All deliveries of perishable goods were refused during the day and chain organizations used fleets of trucks in moving season al merchandise out of the city apparently in preparation for an extended closure. M. J. Muckey, director of the Tacoma industrial conference board and' spokesman for the stores, announced the closing of ficially and asserted he "had no Idea" when they might reopen, He pointed to a recent Butte, Mont., store strike which lasted two weeks as an indication of what might be expected here; No one knows how long this strike will last," he said. "There have been no developments since negotiations between the clerks and. store operators broke down this morning." Cause 'of Strike Not Officially Told Muckey, in line with an agree ment he said store owners andf nnion officials had made, refused' to disclose exact cause of the strike. It was known, however. that the month-old negotiations - (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Car Theft Charge Filed After Boys Lose in Footrace After leading State Policeman James Darby on a merry chase through downtown Salem three youths were captured early yes terday morning and charged with larceny of an automobile from Portland. Darby's chase ended with footrace between him and two of the, boys after they, turned a cor ner and ran their car into an automobile parked in front of the Statesman office. Two of them piled out of the car .and headed for the Oregon Electric tracks on Front street where Darby finally nabbed them The third boy, sitting in the rear of the car, was unable to get out. The boys, who told state police they had stolen the car from a parking lot in Portland, are Fred erick Sempert McGrew, 15; Har old Edward Rice, 15; and Frank Rey Deutscher, 16. They will be returned to Portland for prose cution. Woman Kills Four Tots and Herself FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 23-(JP)-A 32-year-old mother, made frantic by a chronic ailment, as sauaged her fears of the future early today by stabbing and strangling to death her four chil dren and then turning a rusty old army rifle npon herself. Tonight the distraught father James Walkup, chairman oi the Coconino county board of super visors, made plans for a mass funeral of his five loved ones. Sometime during the early morning hours, the mother, Mrr. Marie Walkup, ; slipped quietly Into the bedrooms of her children When she emerged a short time later, an army rifle under her arm, Coroner Max Miller report ed, the children Daniel, 10 Rose Marie, 8, John, 4, and Eliza beth, 29 months were dead. Then, Mrs. Walkup entered the family car and sped to the nearby Flagstaff golf course. Holding the rifle to her body, Miller deducted she discharged the gun with one of her feet. Campus Dining Ball at Portland U. 1$ Planned PORTLAND, - J ul y ZSHV Father Michael J. Early. C. s. C, president of the University of Portland, announced plans for a new $25,000 campus dining hail on his return from the east to day. :;.--: . The one-story frame structure w;il accommodate 300 boat aing students and contain kitchen and cafeteria for, day students. Nominated for Robinson's Job CARL E. BAILEY Bailey Nominated, Congress Vacancy Jt m I Arkansas Democrats Turn Down Convention Plea' and Pick Governor LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 23 (iTV-Overriding demands from some factions that a special pri mary be called, the democratic state committee today nominated 42-yearol Gov. Carl E. Bailey to be Joseph T. Robinson s suc cessor hi the United States senate. He will enter the special elec tion which he himself will call, probablyftr September 14, to fill the vacancy. Traditionally, democratic com ination to major office in this state ' is tantamount to election. . J. Rosser Venable, Little Rock World -war veteran who ran against Robinson in the 1936 democratic primary, announced this week he would seek the seat as an independent if the state committee nominated Bailey. 1 Osro Cobb, , state republican chairman,-- called for support, of an independent democrat, or a republican candidate, in opposi tion to Bailey. Robert Prather, state commit teem an who favored a primary, announced tonight he would eeek to assemble a state, convention "to nominate a candidate to rep resent the democrats of this state in the epecial election." ' ' The party split badly over the question whether the democratic committee' should nominate or call a primary. Violence Breaks In Truck Strike AKRON, O.,' July 24-(Satur-day)-(p)-Three men were shot and a fourth beaten with a club as. violence broke out- at two points near. Akron late last night in a Clash between, striking truck drivers and owner-operators of motor freight trucks. ' The clash occurred, authorities reported, when the - operators of freight trucks who haul on con tract with' twenty concerns dead locked with union drivers over signed agreements, posted pickets along .the highways to picket union pickets. A mysterious shotgun blast fired from ! a blue sedan into a group .of unionists and non-striking pickets Injured three men. Deputies reported that Fahrer and Fayler ; were owner-operators and Randol a union truck driver. Late Sports 8ACRAMENTO, July 23--It took 13 Innings to settle the dispute between 'Sacramento and the San' Francisco Seals here to night while Branch Rickey of the St. Louis Cardinals looked on with 3000 other fans to see the Solons win .a Vi- to 1 ball game. : Lou, Verelich's- triple, his sec ond of the game, after he, saved it fn the 11th with a circus catch, ended the marathon. . San Francisco i.1 1 1 Sacramento : -..-.--. 2 9 2 Shores, ; Cole. - .Sheehan and Woodall; Freitas and Cooper. Seattle i5 11 Missions 7 ' PlekreL Smith. Osborn and Splndel; Babich, Nitcholas and Oaten. : . - . " - Portland 1 at Lot Angeles, no game. - V . 1 , " ' ; " i -if. S - ' s v--. " ' , - i 1 - ;v t , , ? r , Is- ,ourt Fight Claimed By Roosevelt Highest Tribunal Makes Liberal Decisions Due to Squabble, Says Wage-Hour, Farm Relief Legislation Is Urged on Weary Congress WASHINGTON, July 23.-(P)- The Roosevelt administration con tended today Its defeated court bill was a partial success in that it Induced the supreme court to interpret the constitution more liberally. A spokesman for the president himself told newspapermen that since the bill was proposed, the court, feeling the influence of the ensuing controversy, had reversed itself on vital points. In addition, while a restless congress talked of adjournment in mid-August, or earlier, he re newed the administration's plea for enactment of wage and hour legislation, a farm program, and a housing bill before the end of the session. . Senator Barkley, the majority leader, outlined a program for the remainder of the session and pre dicted that congress will not ad journ until the measures are en acted. Housing and Tax Bills Are Included Besides the new court bill now being drafted by the. senate ju diciary committee, the list in cluded the wage, hour and hous ing measures and a bill to plug holes in the tax laws. Barkley did not include the farm bill, or the reorganization of the govern meht asked by President Roose velt. Vice-President Garner contin ued his efforts to close the ugly breach which the court bill opened in the ranks of democrats. At his suggestion. Senator Burke (D-Neb), a leading opponent of the measure, called on President Roosevelt. -wmie Jaurse reported a very (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Oregon Semi-Pro Team Wins Again Series Moves to Tacoma; State Tourney in '38 Again Silverton'g SILVERTON, July. 23-;P)-Re-liable Shoe "of Portland moved to within , one . game - of ; the Pacific northwest semi-pro baseball championship tonight, winning 5 to 4, a second victory over John son Paint of Tacoma, Washing ton champs. The Oregon champs took ad vantage of the wildness of Johnny Lewis to score twice in the first inning, on three walks, a fielder's choice and a wild pitch. Hitting honors went to Abbott of Tacoma who hit a home run in the park, a triple and a double, (Turn to page 7, col. 3) Portland Bid low On Sand Removal PORTLAND, July 23-(y-Pa-cific Building Materials company of Portland submitted the low bid of $10,010 for removal of 38,500 yards o material from the Wil lamette river channel at West Sa lem and Traglio bars. River Bend Sand and . Gravel company of Salem bid 610,972.50. Army engineers estimate for the job was 69721.25. bain by t Illinois Flier for Madrid's Regime Seized by Insurgents t By EDWARD J. NEIL SALUMANCA, Spain. July 23-(-Harold DahL 28-year-old avi ator from Champaign, I1L, captur ed by insurgent soldiers after his plane was shot down over the Madrid front, tonight Impatiently awaited disposition ; of . his ease, but - appeared : - more . concerned about his wife than what happens to lilm. y - . - : : Mrs. Dahl, . whom he married six months ago, Is living at Cannes, France, where she supposedly Is receiving the $1600 weekly which Dahl said the Spanish government promised to pay for his services. DahL who made but two flights for the Madrid forces, encounter ed a( squadron of insurgent planes a few miles west of Madrid on the afternoon of July 12. Insurg ent machine-gun fire riddled hl plane and he bailed oat. . ' Insurgent soldiers took- him prisoner and subsequently brought him to the military prison here California Fought by Colorado Upper Basin States Mott Takes Lead Give War Department Power Job; Measure to Reach Vote Soon Walter's Interior Voted Down 79 Makes Claim WASHINGTON, July 23 (AP) Prolonged debate on amendments slowed house consideration today of Bonneville dam administrative legislation. Supporters expressed confidence tonight that final aj. proval would come Monday. The bill, which also provides for a study of Boulder dam power rates, provides for the appointment of a $10,000 a year power administrator at Bonneville dam. He would supervise power distribution and sale, fixing rates under sanction of the federal power commission. War department engineers would control the physical properties of the giant structure, lying between Oregon and O Washington just east of Pert- Portland Tossers Beaten by Wait's Locals Outhit but Cash in on Visitors9 Bohbles in T- Fourth Frame Wait's softball team was out hit by a hard slugging Columbia Knit outfit from Portland last night, but ! the local boys edged out a victbry . 5 to 4 by taking advantage lot two errors In the fourth to tally three runs, suf ficient to tide them through. . Columbia Knit was always dangerous, hitting Steinbock's fast or slow offerings equally hard. Only some circus catches by all three of the Wait gardeners cut short potential three baggers or homers. Wait's hit in all innings but one. In their big inning, Beard, Adelph and Kitchen- scored on Adolph's single, two walks and two errors.; The Columbians threatened se riously in the eighth to score a pair of runs on three hits and two Walt errors. In the opener the Papermakers trounced Man's Shop 8 to 3, owing to a five-run splurge in the third frame, after three had been gathered in the second. . .; The papermen hit Vern Gilmore heavily iu these two, but he held (Turn to page 7, col. 3 ) Corvallis Man Is Injured by Auto L. A. Lewis, Corvallis, received laceraUona on arms and face yes terday afternoon when struck near the intersection of Chemek eta and Liberty streets by a car driven by M. H. Nichols, Port land.. Lewis, whose condition was at first thought to be serious, was given first aid treatment by the Salem fire department first aid squad and taken to the Salem General hospital by the Salem taxi ambulance. At the hospital his condition was reported as good and he was said to be not seriously Injured. The Investigating officer said Lewis, a pedestrian, was not in the pedestrian lane as he crossed Liberty street going west. where he : has been held incom municado. : It Is likely that he will stay in jail for weeks waiting for the next batch of prisoners to be tak en to the French frontier and possibly traded with Spanish gov ernment forces for an insurgent prisoner. - - . This writer is the only person who has seen and talked with Dahl since his capture, i Dahl said . he came to Spain with - two i other Americans also hired on a month-to-month basis and arrived at Madrid June 24. He said he signed up in Mexico. MADRID, July 2 3-(ff)-Ne wly shaUered ' buildings and, blood splashed pavements today remind ed Madrid that It Is still besieg ed and within Tange of enemy cannon despite recent successful thrusts of Its defenders. . . . After two weeks free from (Turn to page 2, coL 3) Rider Is Opposing Effort to Department Idea to 56; Utahan of bad Faith land, Ore. They would deliver the power to the administrator at a switchboard outside of the pow er plant. ' Heated debate developed when attempts were made to change these provisions and also when representatives of the upper Colo rado river basin states objected to the Boulder dam rider. - The House defeated, 68 te 17, an attempt by Representative Bel ter (D., N. Y.) to place the army engineers in charge of the entire project "for the sake of economy and efficiency." - --r .-t. Representative Mott ' fR-Ore), who during committee hearings supported 'a similar proposal, op posed the plan."This Is a compro mise bill he said. "It represents concessions by those who wanted the army engineers In charge and those who. preferred interior de partment supervision." War Department Is Not Seeking Task He added that testimony show ed the war department was none too anxious to assume complete control. Representative Pierce (D-Ore) lost 79 to 56 when he sought to re vise the bill to place the power plan under the Interior depart ment . administrator. He argued this would provide "unified con trol" with power under one chief ATI A 1I tiavlp-atlnn nnda, annltM -ow .vm WUWW. "proper authority." . . ! Representative Robinson (D-1 Utah) led off an attack against the Boulder rider with the asser-' tion it was but of place in the bill.? He accused Californlans, princi pal users of Boulder power, ef breaking faith with the upper bas in states by trying to repudiate a contract "solemnly entered Into." : Representative Golden (D-al) replied that the rider "in no man ner Impairs the rights of the ap-. per basin states, so there is no reason for any objections fiom that territory." ' "All we ask," he said, "Is that so far as the government la con cerned, it will treat all projects alike." . Two Salem Boys On Cycle Injured PORTLAND, July 23-()-Lee ! Bihl, 19, and Vernon Bunch, 21, both of Salem,' 'were taken, te Good Samaritan hospital today . after the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a car at Southwest Barbur boulevard b4 -Capital highway. Busch's left thigh and left arm were fractured, and Bihl re ceived deep cuts7 in the groin. Deputy Sheriff Lee Mollenboer, ; who Investigated, said Max Can guln, Multnomah, driver of the ! car, was without a driver' It cense, i- CCC Youth Drowns MEDFORD.V July 23-WVJack i A. Tsfharner, 19, enrolled la the 1 CCC camp here from Palo Alto, ; Calif., drowned In Salmon river ; last night when he lost his foot. ; ing while fishing and fell from a steep bluff into the river.' - - B A LLADE of TODAXl By R. C. - In' Washington the house H now debating on a bill to set " up means of managing the dam ' at Bonneville; the question' -' complicated and debate in clined to s o u r ' but .- perhaps 'I they'll find the wisest scheme " to dole oat public power, -