Statesmau-of-Air . . Statesman broadcasts or er KSLM are at 7:15 Mon day and Thursday nights, 8:15 Tuesday night and at 10:45 Friday morning. Lis ten in. Weather Fair and warmer today, fair Thursday, lower humid, ity; Max. Temp. Tuesday 83, Mln. 54, river -2.2 feet, westerly wind. . POUNDBD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July 28, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 105 at War; Americans Sliol Mil ana ibrana. m : : ff ' - ' - Oregon To One Structure To Be Erected ; Now, Decision Some Office Space Will Be Included, Later 'Part of Library -Whitehouse & Church to Consult Designers of Capitol, Specified PORTLAND, July 27-(V , Whitehouse Church of Port- . Inn1 Aeon.! aaaKUnita vn t4k main capitol building, received immediate developments planned .by the - capitol reconstruction commission. The Portland firm must com plete plans and specifications satisfactory to the public works administration by November 1. The commission authorized a fee amounting to' 6 per cent of the- total cost, less about $900 already paid Whitehouse & Church for early plans submitted for a library building. The terms instructed the architects to complete . an arrangement whereby Trowbridge, Livingston and Francis Keally, Associate, of New Fork will serve as consul tants. The commission held it ad visable to retain the winners, of the competition for the main building in' this capacity to as-' sure uniformity of exterior de sign in the capitol group. The architects will go to work immediately upon preliminary sketches for a single building to cost around $600,000 to $700, 000. It will include office space but the plans will be drawn so the space can be : re-diverted to library uses when other capitol buildings are erected. The commission did not deter mine what block adjoining the etatehouse will be used for 'the library. T. Harry Banfield of Portland gained authority from the commission for the purchase of the Kay property and other key sections in that block. Selection of Whitehouse Church came after long discus sion leading to the rejection of an offer from four other Portland firms. Hollis Johnston, speaking for his own firm as well as Roi Morin, Herman Brookman and Lawrence, Holf ord and Allyn, said his associates were well equipped to complete plans by November 1 and give the commission a basis for the formal application for a 1450,000 grant, j "We are able to supply the 300 man weeks necessary to complete the drawings," he said. MWe feel -each practicing architect may ap ply for the work, i We are estab lished firms and we feel these government projects should' be spread around." Johnson said the firms, pre pared to draw up a partnership agreement, would design "either or both buildings' and follow the general scheme established in. the etatehouse plans."! ney general and the commission's counsel, quelled alarm over a pub lished letter from Horatio Hack ett, assistant PWA administrator, saying the Oregon program might not receive approval. The attorney general reviewed his trip to Washlngtond and revealed writ ten and oral evidence of admin istrative support.: He said he ex pected the grant to fco through "without technicalities." He again urged the commission to get its plans to Washington and (Tarn to page 2, col. 1) s to Carson's Charges -PORTLAND, July 27-iip)-J' D. Ross, whose appointment as administrator of the Bonneville project is considered possible af ter legislation has been enacted. replied today to a query irom Mayor -Joseph K. Carson of Port land regarding His attitude to ward power rates for that city. "I win do everything in my power for Portland and the northwest,, Ross said, adding he was - "for the lowest rates yon can ; possibly get, regardless of this city and any other." ; Carson had criticized the rum or e d appointment contending that as'former superintendent of Seattle's municipal plant he' would not administer the Bon neville project on an Impartial basis. ' , . Ross promised to answer Car son's queries In more .'detail at latex dale. ReDlie Design IrfforarB o . ! i , ; Battle's Over and On Democratic Front at Capital I fcv;"" f U, I Senator Wheeler - yJ fH ;! f 1 1- J 1 1 ?- 14 v ! , f '- '- - ' I Seeking to restore party harmony after the Democratic ranks in con gress had split over the supreme court issue, now settled with de feat for the administration, Vice President John Garner, left, and Senator Alben Barkley, right, new majority leader, met with Sen ator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, standing, leader of the oppo sition to the administration measure. Beavers Continue Victorious Stride 8000 Enthusiastic Fans on Hand to Welcome Them Home; Padres Win PORTLAND. Jnlv 27.-UPV-The Portland Beavers celebrated their home! ming tonight before more than 8.000 welcoming fans by defeating the San Francisco Mis sions, 3 to 2, for a total oi . victories in their last 23 games. The Beavers won with a big nil o- tnninir outburst oft Lefty Tost in the third, exploding four hits comhined with a base on halls after two were out. With two down, Tost walked Bongy. Then t.o .Kwoonev and Frederick in succession rapped out singles and Clabaugh cleaned up witn a two base drive. That was all they could do to Tost, and it was just enough. (Turn to page 2, col. 8) - Forest Blaze in Klamath Spreads VRKKA. Calif.. July Zl.-iffy-A. forest fire raged today in the Blue creek section of the Klamath na tional forest near Orleans. naneers snotted the blaze from a forest service socuting plane and dispatched 60 men to combat It. , The rangers said the fire, which is in a remote section, had covered 150 acres this afternoon. An electrical storm Sunday was said by the rangers to have start ed the fire. Labor Relations Board Fair Roosevelt Replies to Critic WASHINGTON, July 27.-P)-President Roosevelt defended to day his national labor relations board, which has been charged with leftism and bias in favor of unions. ; He asserted at a press confer ence that the board has been fair to both capital and labor. Charges that the board Is con spiring with communist Influences to destroy southern industries were made yesterday by .Repre sentative Rankin (D-Mlss). Previously Sen. Nye (R-IndX had declared that the board la so biased in favor of John L. Lewis' committee for industrial organiza tion "that. the average man re gards It as an addunct." ' Hugh L. Johnson, the former national .recovery administrator, contended that the board is a one sided "pressure" gToup unsuited for its qnasi-judicial work. But Mr. Roosevelt .said today that the board baa also been ac cused of being biased in favor of management. The president's thesis was that since the criti f - i All's Serene Underpass Talked To Protect Pupils S. P. Points to Priority, Holds District Should Defray Entire Cost Construction of an underpass or the alternative of fencing the Southern Pacific railroad right of way along the Parrish junior and new senior high school grounds as a means of keeping students from being struck by trains received the Salem school board's consideration last night but no course of action was de cided upon. The matter was re ferred to the building and grounds committee. The Southern Pacific is anxious to have a tunnel built to give j pupils safe passage from the Par- j rish grounds to Olinger field but j maintains the school district i should bear the entire coast, es-: timated at $4000, Lee S. Rose,; the board's construction clerk, said. ' ' "The railroad people; say they laid their tracks, when that dis-s trict was a prairie and they think ; we were silly to build a school,! Parrish, next to a railroad," Ross; said, referring to recent conver-! sations with George Fair, South ern Pacific maintenance superin tendent. "And they say we're I insane when we put " the high: school on the other side." ' Chairman Percy A. Cupper sug-i gested that Ross "tell the rail-; road people we'll submit to a sanity test if they wilL" He sug gested the Southern Pacific might (Turn to page 2, col. Z) cism comes from both sides, it is a Bign that the board is doing an Impartial job. j Mr. Roosevelt expressed be lief that the Wagner labor re lations act, which the board ad ministers, is not at all. one-sided. - Asked by a reporter if he be lieves the act could be strength ened by making unions, more re sponsible in living up to agree ments, the president said be did not know.' His defense of the labor board and the labor act came while Senator Black - ( D-Ala ) ; was striving on the senate floor to prevent the L administration's wage-hour bill from becoming a vehicle for amendments . to the Wagner labor relations act. ' ; Opening . debate on the pro posal to establish wage- and hour standards, he sought to head off a move by Senator Vandeuberg (R-Mlch), who has announced he will propose amendments to increase the responsibility of la bor anions, to-prevent union co ercion of employes, and to give jJTurn to page 2. col. CI I j afaW'.r.-inf.v , -jyV.'.'i M jr;'d First Termers Seek Ways to I Vote Program ! I Ardent Roosevelt Group Seeking Passage of Leader's Agenda Substitute Court Bill s Drafting Completed; Others Scanned WASHINGTON, July 21-(JP)- A; group of first-term senate dem ocrats, all ardent supporters of President Roosevelt, stepped into the adjournment situation tonight wih a meeting to decide what leg islation they wish enacted before the session ends. The young democratic group supported President Roosevelt's defeated proposal to reorganize the supreme court and also backed Senator Barkley in his close contest for the democratic leadership, on the ground he was Mr. Roosevelt's choice for the post. Individually its members have declared they favor going ahead with the entire Roosevelt legis lative program before adjourn ment. Legislation which the president has said he would like to see enacted this year includes bills on wage and hour regula tion, government reorganization, bousing aid, and Secretary Wal lace's proposal for an "ever-normal granary." j This afternoon the senate be gan debate on the Black-Connery wage hour bill, designed to keep wages up to at least 40 cents an hour and hours down to at least 40 a week in industries operat ing in Interstate commerce. The senate judiciary committee spent the day completing a sub stitute for the administration's court reorganization bill, itself no longer an obstacle to adjournment since administration leaders agreed to abandon sections deal ing with the supreme court. The committee also approved a measure, urged by Senators Bor ah; (R-Ida) and Wheeler (D Mpnt), to limit the discretion of the courts and the size of attor ney's fees in bankruptcy cases. The house became involved, meanwhile, in a partisan discus sion of one point in the president's government reorganization propo sal his request for six more sec retaries to act as liaison men with the departments. Picket Convicted, jWest Salem Case ;A six-man recorder's jury yes terday afternoon returned a ver dict of guilty against Elmer Reede, Salem Building Trades council picket who was arrested by West Salem police last Friday on a charge of displaying a sign on a street without the city council's permission. R. E. Pattison, West Salem recorder and municipal judge, ordered Reede to pay a 15 fine and J9 costs. Counsel for Reede, brought in from Eugene by the teamsters' union, announced at the close of the four hours of trial pro ceedings that an effort would be made to have the Polk county circuit court review the case. Be cause of the small size of the fine, a direct appeal is not per mitted. Notice of appeal by re view was filed with Justice Pat tison. The unions have not resumed direct picketing of the Beutler Quistad lumber yard, within the West Salem boundary, v where Reede was arrested, but their pickets are stationed across Wal lace road in front of the Salem Box company plant. Mrs. Oliver King Of Hubbard Hurt OREGON CITY, July 27.-0P-Mrs. Oliver King, of Hubbard, was recovering In a Woodburn hospital today from injuries re ceived when a car driven by her husband was involved In a colli sion at the intersection of the Monitor-Barlow and .Woodburn Needy highways last night. .Mr. King and their five child ren were less seriously hurt. Ben R. . Welfer of Canby was driver of the other car. Call Hearings On Farm Bill; Hopes Scanty Prospects for Action at This Session Slim Is Chairman's View Grange and Others Seek Delay to Later Term and "Better Bill" WASHINGTON, July 27.-(JP)-The house agriculture committee ordered 11th hour executive hear ings on general farm legislation today, but its chairman asserted prospects are "not especially bright" for enactment of a new farm law this year. Chairman Jones (D-Tex) an nounced the committee's decision after a conference with national farm organization leaders, who expressed widely varying views. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American farm bureau fed eration, issued a statement that his group .would not retreat from its demand for immediate enact ment of a bill combining an "ever normal" granary with crop con trol machinery employing mar keting quotas and penalty taxes. The national grange opposed O'Neal, joining others in recom mending the whole question be held over until next session. Fred Brenchman, grange repre sentative, said he preferred a bill by Jones for voluntary crop control and the granary. "Because of the. divergent views and prospects for early adjournment, the chances for a bill this session are not espe cially bright," the chairman-said, adding, however, that if ad journment were delayed for a month the committee might be able to send a measure to the house Hdor. The committee's study, he said, will cover all proposals now before the house and may tie in with the senate agriculture committee's regional hearings this fall. Representative Hope of Kan (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Local Purchases Policy of Board The Salem school board last night olficjally declared its members' intention of making purchases of suppliesthrough lo cal business houses -wherever possible, in answer to represen tations made to Dr. L. E. Bar rick, newly-elected director, that outside jobbers were underbid ding them and picking up much of the district's business. "The board is sympathetic with the interests of local busi ness men Sand realizes that as taxpayers &ey have some right to expect our business," Dr. Bar rick explained. "But we are bound by a state statute not to grant more than a 5 per cent differential in such matters." Dr. Barrick declared that in some instances the outside Job bers were In the habit of "un loading goods on the school dis trict, at very low prices, with no thought of giving future service on the articles sold." Bjork Invited to Play on All-Star ASTORIA. July 2 7-i!P)-Delbert Bjork, star tackle on the Univer sity of Oregon's 1936 grid team, received a wire from the Chicago Tribune today, notifying him he had been chosen in a nation-wide poll as a member of an all star team to play the professional Green Bay packers In a charity game. Late Sports TACOMA, July 27. (JP) A home run by Lorris Baker in the sixth Inning gave Johnson Paint of Ta coma,. Washington state semi-pro tltliBts a 2 to 1 victory over Re liable Shoe of Portland, Oregon champions here last night to even up the count in the five game se ries at two-alL the deciding game to be played tomorrow night with the winner winning the right to represent the northwest In the na tional - semi-pro .tournament at Wichita Kansas, next month. Veteran Ted Plllette hurled one hit ball for the Oregonians, compared to ten allowed by Cy Greenlaw, T a c o m a southpaw. Each team collected one earned run, the Initial Johnson Paint Co. tally coming In the first as the re sult of two errors. Dean, former Coast league star, accounted tor three of the Ore gonlans hits. Reliable Shoe Co. 1 10 S Johnson Paint Co. 2 - . 4 1 " T P II 1 e 1 1 e and Messenger; Greenlaw and McKay. Smashing Victories Claimed on Both Sides as Nippon's Planes, Troops Open Punitive" A ttack Fengtai Headquarters Of Japanese Captured Invaders' Advance Halted at Langfang, Claim of Foreign Office at Nanking ; Dispatch Says Nipponese Routed, Trucks Captured NANKING, July 28 (Wednesday) (AP) The Chi nese foreign office officially announced today that the Chi nese 29th army had administered a smashing defeat to the Japanese army in north China, capturing the Japanese field headquarters at Fengtai, five miles west of Peiping. The announcement declared that the Chinese halted the O Japanese advance against Pei Insurgent Attack On Madrid Hahed Rebels Apparently Weaken From Exhaustion; Claim Advance Elsewhere MADRID, July 27-i?)-Insur-gent troops hammered hard at government lines west of Madrid again today, but the government said all assaults had been re pulsed and the attackers appa rently were weakening from ex haustion. It was the third day of fierce struggle since Gen. Francisco Franco's men recaptured strategically-situated Brunete, 15 miles west of Madrid. The government asserted its de fense was as sturdy as a stone wall and charging insurgents dropped back to their own trenches under withering machine gun fire. (Insurgent accounts received at Hendaye, France, declared Franco's men pushed their way to the outskirts of Villanueva de la Canada, about 4 miles north of Brunete, and nearly wiped out two government brigades, leav ing only about 300 of an esti mated 3000 men.) The government's advance, de signed to cut off the insurgents (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Inter-Union Case Decision Delayed DALLAS, Ore., July 27-(fi)-Circuit Judge Howard K. Zimmer man will withhold his decision in the inter-union picketing case in volving Willamina mill workers until a list of questions are sub mitted to the mill owners, the judge announced tonight at the conclusion of two days testimony. The industrial employes' union local No. 40, at the Foster mill, brought suit early in June to re strain the lumber and sawmill workers union, local 2562, af filiated with the AFL, from pick eting the Foster mill. No restraining order was issued at that time because the plain tiffs did not show damage, the court decreed. Judge Zimmerman, of Astoria, who replaced Judge Arlie G. Walk er, aga'nst whom affidavits of prejudice were filed, stated the list of questions to be filed by the attorneys for the defendant may or may not be used as evi dence. The mill owners will re ply by deposition, and attorneys for both sides were asked to file briefs immediately. Northwest Residents Listed Among Americans in Peiping WASHINGTON, July 27-(flJ-The state department announced today a list of American citizens as registered with the department, residing In Peiping. They include: Carlyle, Elizabeth Margaret, Orenco. Ore.; Chow, Mrs. Tim King, and daughter Jean Shih Chin, 715 Southwest Grande ave nue, Portland, Ore.; Ester, Mr. and Mrs. Adlai Albert, daughter, Adeline H. and Llcule E., Canyon City, Ore.; Groshouse, Mr. and Mrs. John Bear, 26 Unitno street, Portland, Ore. ; Hanser, Adel Skow, 1008 W. avenue, Seattle, and Hanser, Mrs. Kirs tine, same address; Jameson, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Deloy and son, Michael Hamilton, Oregon. State college, Corvallis, Ore.: Jordan, Mrs. Bes sie Cottrell, 634 11th avenue, Seattle; Millican, Jean Elizabeth, Leaburg, Ore.; Oglesby, Mr. and Mrs. Donald ' G-, and daughter Virginia H. and Marilou E., 14323 Fourth avenue, Seattle; Schulheis, Frederic Dwight, . 3238 West Fifth street. Seattle; Shreve, Mr. ping at Lanfang, strategic rail- way station midway between Pei ping and Tientsin at 9:30 a. m., and shortly thereafter "expelled" the Japanese from Fengtai. A Chinese communique issued at Tientsin, headquarters of the Japanese army in North China, confirmed the capture of the two points and added that the impor tant Yangsun bridge on the mili tary railway linking Tientsin with the battle area had been de stroyed. The Chinese were reported con tinuing their counter-attack and to have captured other villages In the vicinity of Fengtai as well as "Japanese army trucks and misr cellaneous equipment." Reports to Chilttese newspapers (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Forbid Asseigbly In Trouble Zone Cleveland Republic Plant District Quiet After Proclamation out CLEVELAND, July 2 7.-(jfP)-A proclamation by Safety Director Eliot Ness prohibited tonight any assemblies in the riot town dis trict fronting Republic Steel cor poration's Corrigan-M c K i n n e y plant. Republic went to court today in an effort to limit picketing. "All citizens are hereby pro hibited from congregating or ga thering in groups, in riotous as sembly or mass formations except ing under permit lawfully issued," Ness ordered. The proclamation barred assem blies within 500 yards of any plant gate. Asked who would have author ity to issue permits to persons de (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Pension Cost for County Revealed Old age pensions will cost Marion county $5270.23 this month, according to a claim re ceived yesterday by the county court from the state relief com mittee. The committee also billed the county for 1487 for dependent mothers assistance and $205.27 for aid to the blind. An accompanying statement of June expenditures in the county showed theold age pension cost as $20,534.84, of which the coun ty paid $5133.71; dependent mothers' assistance as $328.56, with the county "paying $112.48, and blind aid as $756, to which the county contributed $189. and Mrs. Harry . L., WUlard, Mont; Smith, Louis Victoria, 233 East First street. The Dalles, Ore.; Trenholm, Belle, 1724 57th avenue Southeast, Portland, Ore.: Tyra. Melvia, 937 Broadway, Tacoma, Wash.; White, James Bodge and y wife. Rock Creek ranch, Klamath Falls, Ore.; Wil liams, Samuel : Edward and wife and" daughter Carola Faye, 217 Roger street, Olympia, Wash. WASHINGTON, July 27-(ff)-A 52-year-old - marine colonel, who bears little resemblance to the fabled hard-boiled "leather neck." Is Is command of - the American legation guard la Pei ping. : s'i- v ..V - Quiet and affable In demeanor. Col. John - Marston of Merlon Station, Montgomery county. Pa., never is spotted for a Devil Dog when he wears civilian clothes. But his 23 officers and 493 men can testify that, on duty, he is a strict disciplinarian. :' (Turn to page 2, col. ) , Chinese Driven Back, Nanyuan Barracks Held 45 War Planes Roar out of Tientsin to Take Part in Fighting Won't Bombard Peiping, Assurance Given by Japanese Officer TOKYO, July 28-(Wednesday (JP) The correspondent of the newspaper Asa hi reported today from Peiping that tw American soldiers had feeea wounded by troops of the Chi nese 29th army. The troops of the Chinese army which Japanese are seek ing to drive out of north China, Asahi reported, fired on the Americans while they were patrol duty in the crisis-ridde city. One of the I'nited States sol diers was seriously injured, th Asahi dispatch declared, while the other was slightly wound ed. The Tnited States - main tains a detachment of marines at Peiping as a guard for Us embassy. TIENTSIN, July 28-(Wednes-day)-(;P)-The Japanese high com mand announced today its ad vance guard had captured Nan yuan barracks, south of Peiping, after desperate fighting in which the Chinese 29th army was driv en, back on the walls of the an cient city. The Japanese army communi que said Its victorious troops en tered the stronghold at 11:39 a. m. (10:30 p. m. Tuesday, EST) and the defeated Chinese of the 37th division were retreating to . the northwest toward Peiping. The main body of the Japanese army was reported executing a wide flanking movement to est off the Chinese retreat. The Japanese infantry attack was supported by squadrons of bombers whose repeated attacks inflicted heavy casualties. Forty-five Japanese warplanes, including heavy bombers, reared from Tientsin airfields at dawn today to support a major Japan ese offensive against Chinese bar racks guarding Peiping. Troops moved to encircle Pei ping itself, carrying out the Tienti sin Japanese command's warning that it was taking "free action" to force withdrawal of Chisese troops from Peiping and neigh boring barracks. Some regarded the warning as a virtual declara tion of war by the Japanese army. Japanese troops were pushing from Fengtai, along with tb Tientsin force. Barracks west and south of Peiping were objectives of the aerial bombers, but the Japanese command insisted that Peiping it self would not be bombarded from the air. The bombers first attacked Nanyuan barracks, south of Pei (Turn to page 2, col. 4) - One Salem Youth Wins CMTC Bout VANCOUVER," Wash., July 17 -(ffJ-Eagar Berlin, Company 1, Salem, pounded out a three round decision over Leroy MeDatfee, Portland, In the finals of the CMTC boxing tournament here to night. The two were light-heavy weights. - Results of other bouts includ ed: ' Welterweight Phil Kern, Van couver, decision over Milton Hart well, Salem. - Middleweight Wilfred Dukes, Corrallis, decision over Phil Ear gent, Eugene. ; ; ' B A L LADE of TODA V bj r. a . 7 e Young China; Is naughty.. , exceedingly f naughty in the. Ylew of , his critical neighbor , Japan, so she's sending In rifles , and war planes and soldiers to . spank , the obstreperous yenth .. if she can; for years she's been.', sniping and slicing and gTab- . brng more land from the nation , of Chiang Kai-shek; new China's awakened and ready, for battle; Japan is Inviting a., pain in the neck. .