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Statesman-of-Air Statesman broadcast ov er RSLM are at 7:15 Mon day and Thursday nights, 8:13 Taewlay night and at 10:45 Friday morning. Lis ten In'. ! Weather Fair and warmer today and Friday, decreasing hu midity; .Ma. Temp. Wednesday- 72, Min. 52, river 2.2 te e t , northeasterly wind. EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, July 29, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 106 .hold lainese SIB 9 ! . POUNDED 1651 G A .Foe9 Strong 1 lent Recall Effort 800 Short as Deadline Near Success in Sight, Claim of Some; Rejections - td Be Contested Point About Certifying of Names , by Tonight Also Being Raised The recall movement against County 'Judge J.f C. Siegrauntf lacked more than 800 signature of having the required 4166 names of registered voters when the eounty clerk's office closed at 5 p. m. yesterday, 24 hours away from the deadline for filing of petitions. Sheets bearing ;3 05 unverified signatures were turned in t the clerk's office during the after noon to ' bring the total of checked and unchecked names to 3380. Of this number, 2275 had been - verified as meeting the legal requirements while two filings of petitions bearing 800 and 305 names, respectively, re mained to be compared with the registration books, While persons closely in touch with recall leaders reported they were holding back a large num ber of; petitions j for . filing this morning with the claim they would . have sufficient signatured . to meet legal specifications, legal points were being raised both for and against the recall movement Contesting Clerk's ' Decisions planned Recall workers..' It was learned, negotiated, with si local attorney yesterday for hils services to contest the validity of action by the clerk's staff In throwing out many of the petition signatures. It was contended more than one third of the names deleted were actually those of registered voters as required by law. I On the other hand aTquestion was being raised as to the mean ing of the 1933 Oregon law (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1 ) Danger of Forest Fires Is Extreme (By the Associated Press) The . threat of lightning fires continued today to hover over the northwest as hail was added , to the barrage of rain and electrical storms that followed last week's heat wave. A new storm swept over central Oregon last night, presenting an electrical display unmatched in years and damaged two homes at Bend. Mitchell was still digging out from under debris left by a 16 foot wall of water that converged on the town from three creeks Sunday. . Boulders littered high ways and spread fanwise - over meadows. Heppner reported 43 fires In the Umatilla national forest, 30 having started in the past three days. ERA, CCC and lumber workers Joined In preventing their spread. Heavy rains pre sented extensive damage. Famous Civil War Nurse Dies at 97 SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 29.-fl3)-Ir' " Arabella Macomber Reynolds, whose nursing actlvl- - ties behind Civil war battle lines - made her the first woman major -In the U. S army, died today at the age of 97. " In a diary kept by Dr. Reynolds was a record of a conversation she held with Governor Yates of Illinois during which she told him her account of the battle of Shi loh. The governor, Dr. Reynolds wrote, declared "she deserves - commission more than half of the officers," and made her a major. The commission bearing 1 the state seal of Illinois, now Is In the state; house at Springfield, 111. Ross Swats Back At Mayor Carson SEATTLE, July D ' Ross, mentioned tor administra tor ot the Bonneville power proj ect, in a letter to Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Portland today de fended himself from attacks maae on his nrosnective anoointment. Ross, superintendent ot Seattle's city light and member of: the federal securities and exchange commission, wrote Carson: "Your Jumping on me before an administrator Is appointed makes me think you have listened to the prattle of the enemies of Bonneville power, the naming 01 who la not necessary in this let .ter." Power to Set Wage High Per Hour Cutting Hours to 35 Weekly A" ade Possible in House Measure Through Efforts of Missouri Member; Compulsion Opposed in Senate WASHINGTON, July 28 (AP) A labor leader turned legislator succeeded in writing into the wage-houx bill today a provision permitting a board to fix minimum wages as high as 70 cents an hour and a maximum work week as short as 3JL hours. 1 The house labor committee approved the provision, which O members said had been prepared Minton Insistent On Curbing Court Two-Thirds Rule Plea Is Newest Angle to Stir up Congress Fight WASHINGTON, July 28 -(JP)-,A new row over the supreme court began today when Senator Minton (D-Ind) persisted in try ing to make it more difficult lor that tribunal to invalidate acts of congress. Senators who succeeded re cently In defeating President Roosevelt's- bill to .revamp the supreme court immediately sounded the alarm. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) declared Min ton's proposal "probably will start the fight all over again. Just when we thought we had it settled.". Minton was. a supporter of President Roosevelt's bill but ho said he is now acting on his "own hook" in offering his pro posal, which would forbid the supreme court to declare an aet of congress invalid unless two thirds of the justices concur in, the decision. Minton announced he would offer his plan soon as an amend ment to a pending court bill which was drafted after the ad ministration forces gave up their fight to alter the high tribunal. The pending bill simply calls for certain procedural changes and other alterations in lower courts; ft omits all reference to the su preme court. . Leaders in the fight against the original Roosevelt bill de nounced the Minton move as a violation of the understanding reached last week when the president's measure was sent (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Burk Officially Popular Officer In Court Record Sheriff A. C. "Andy" Burk yesterday was officially dubbed "popular and loquacious." That description of him became a matter of court record when a motion was filed by Brazier C. Small as attorney for Phil E. Green, who is suing Oscar Hay ter, Dallas attorney, for dam ages arising from an automo bile accident near Amity. The motion was in answer to a motion previously submitted by Hayter in which he sought to have service of summons in the case quashed on the grounds that when the papers were presented to him, he was in the courthouse here on bus iness as an officer of the court. In reply Small's motion yes terday averred Hayter had been here in an ex parte matter but had finished his business and at the time of service of the sum mons "was then engaged in conversation with Andy Burk, the popular and loquacious sheriff of Marion county." Valley Project Justified Is Report of Army's Engineers PORTLAND. July 28-C-R. H. KIpp, executive secretary of the Willamette valley advisory board, said today physical resources of the Willamette valley can be de veloped for $55,875,000 under a program recommended by the United States engineers. ; The report, awaiting Introduc tion to congress, says expenditures can be justified according to ben efits made available, and recom mends development of the Willam ette watershed be carried out as funds are provided. Protection . Is provided - against floods, with the possible Inunda tion of whole communities with consequent loss of lives and mil lions of dollars worth of property, and provision is made for the ir rigation of thousands of arid acres and for' water transporta tion for a large portion ot the area. .,- ,.J( .. Expenditure of $46,940,000 by the government Is contemplated. . with the cost of lands, easements Minimum as ;uents 34 noi BUI o 8 by Representative j Wood (D., Mo.), long-time president of the Missouri Federation (of Labor. The proposal is a major change from the wage-hour! bill as it is now being debated in the senate. Under the latter measure the ad ministrative board could not com pel payment of more than 40 cents an hour, and Could not re duce the work week below 40 hours. The change led to immediate predictions that the bill would be defeated. The vote j in the house committee was close. Members said the amendment was approved only after Chairman Norton D NJ) broke a tie. ! The senate, debating its own form of wage hour bill, heard Senator Vandenberg KR-Mich) ob (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Claim Carpenter Support for CIO Northwest Boycott Won't Be Nation-Witle Says Woodworker! Head PORTLAND; Ore., July 28-(JPy-The International Wood workers of America have the promise of large eastern councils of the carpenters' union that northwest lumber products will be handled despite the affiliation of the IWA with the CIO, Don Helmick, selretary of the Co lumbia river council of the Lum ber and Sawmill Workers union, said today. I He predicted that jthe boycott of CIO lumber threatened by Abe Muir, vice-president of the United Brotherhood pf Carpen tors and Joiners, wjo u I'd not prove effective or bring a nation-j wide building tie-up. 7 - - The executive board of the new CIO affiliate will hold its first meeting Saturday at Aber deen, i Formal affiliation of local lumber unions with the IWA will be possible after this meet ing. Helmick said. ' The first AFOL-CIO -c lash among the woodworkers occurred here today when officials of the Portland building trades council announced a boycott against the Oregon-American Lumber com pany ot Vernonia, alleging an en-f gineer had been discharged for refusal to join the lumber nnion because of its CIO affiliation. 1 Governor Charles Martin said (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) j Powder. Magazine ! Explodes on Set HOLLYWOOD, Calif,; July 28 (JP)-A powder magazine exploded tonight on the Sam Goldwyn set at United Artists studio, causing damage estimated at $15,000. j The explosion was apparently caused by spontaneous combus tion, said studio officials. The ter rific detonation was followed by the popping of black. cartridges.! All actors had left the set tor the day. i and rights-of-way, estimated at $10,000,000, to be met by local interests. . j Specific recommendations tor construction of seven -dams and, at a combined cost -ot approxi mately $52,000,000, a six foot channet to the month of the San tiam river and a five-foot channel to Albany, and reconstruction and enlargement of the locks at Ore gon .City are included. Dam and reservoir, projects and their costs, are recommended as follows: Cottage Grove on the coast fork of the Willamette, $1, $34,000; Dorena on Row river, $3,077,000: Lookout Point on the middle fork of the Willamette river, $18,452,000; Quartz creek on the McKenzie river, $13.58?, 000; Fern Ridge on the Lonj Tom river, $2,388,000; Sweet Homebn the South Santiam river, $6,889,- 000; Detroit on the North Santi am, $6,752,000. Improvement of the "Willamette falls navigation lock is estimated (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6 ) ! Logging Start ' For Spaulding Mill Forecast Funds From RFC on Hand to Enable Activity; no Date Set yet Large Industry Here to Be Revived; Outlook - Now Is Brighter Funds from the RFC In the amount of $350,000 were received by the Charles K. Spaulding Log ging company yesterday, reported C. K. Spaulding here last night. He was Informed of the receipt of the money by Frentriss Hill ol Portland who has been represent ing bondholders in the working out of the refinancing program, j The proceeds of the loan will go to pay off smaller accounts and a portion of the larger sums owed creditors, with the exception of hanks and bondholders whose in terests are subordinated to the RFC loan. Funds will be suffici ent, under the plan, to permit re sumption of logging and milling operations. The company owns large tracts of timber in the coast range. Plans ere understood to be well advanced tor the prompt starting of logging. No date has been an nounced as to when operations will start, however, and no move has been made for getting the mill here in shape for production after the five-year shutdown. The Spaulding mill was for many years prior to its shutdown one of Salem's major "industries. One of the difficulties which pre ceded Its shutdown was the high freight rate on logs, necessitating purchase of outside timber instead of the company's own timber. De cisions favorable to the conpany's reque6tJer lower rates were hand ed dowf?a number of months ago. Marked revival In the building and lumber industries is another favorable factor. ' Fifteen Killed as Airliner Crashes BRUSSELS, Belgium. July 28.- (JPi-An airliner from the Nether lands plunged into a potato field near here today, carrying to flam ing death all 15 occupants, three of whom were listed as Amer icans. Airline officials identified the Americans only as "Munn, Can ton and Goldbloom." There were seven other passen gers and five in the crew. One of the passengers was listed as a Mexican named Trlllo. Civil authorities, after a pre liminary investigation, said they believed lightning struck the plane. Only one body was identified immediately, that of Miss Van Deveen, Dutch stewardess. The plane, a Douglas (United States make), left Amsterdam on a scheduled commercial flight and headed for Paris after a stop in Brussels. Reporter Claims Strikers Assault DECATUR, 111., July 28.--Charles M. Swart, president of the Decatur newspaper guild unit, and Harley C. Lewis, a photographer, were charged in county court today with an as sault on James S. Patton, edi torial employe on the Decatur Herald and Review, where a guild strike' has been in progress rince July 10. Patton said he was seated near the Herald and Review building prior to reporting for work early today when he was seized and pnmmeled by Swart and Lewis. He called the attack "un provoked." . The defendants, who could not be reached for statements, posted $200 bond each for appearance in court August 16. The Herald and Review, re sumed publication last week af ter a breakdown In negotiations for settling the strike. In which the guild sought a contract. Booth Indictment Hit by Demurrer $ PORTLAND. J n 1 y 2 8-VAt-torneys for Edwin S. Booth, Rose burg bank cashier, filed a demur rer In federal court today to a grand Jury indictment charging him with violation of the national banking act. Federal Judge James Alger Fee scheduled arguments on, the de murrer for tomorrow morning, and set August 5 as the tentative date of the trial, should the. de murrer be overruled. Under Fire for Support of CIO - 4 ,t S ' X t ; X : -YAM EDWARD F. McGRADY McGrady Stand on Bargaining Is Hit Insisted on Negotiations With CIO as Workers Reject it, Claim WASHINGTON, July 28-)- Senator Nye (R-ND) told the sen ate today be had been reliably in formed that Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, was insisting the Apex Hosiery mills. of Philadelphia, bargain with CIO representatives after the employes overwhelmingly voted against that. labor organization. Nye said an election held by those in the community, after the labor board had ignored pleas for an election, resulted in only 82 CIO votes, out of 2500 employes. He asserted 1000 failed to vote. The North Dakotan said he had been told that McGrady, despite this vote, had gone to the"'man agement and insisted that it "ac cept the spokesmen of the CIO as spokesmen for the employes." He said he believed the manage ment would have to accept. CLEVELAND, July 2 8. -(")-Cleveland threatened tonight to put its entire police force on dou ble shifts to quell a wave of as saults and window-smashing near Republic Steel Corporation's Cor (Turn to Page 2. Col. 8) Johnson to Insist On Boulder Rider WASHINGTON, July 28.-jP)-Sen. Hiram W. Johnson of Cali fornia announced today he was "ready to carry to the senate floor" the fight for adoption of the Boulder dam rider to the Bon neville power bill. Forecasting a "difficult" strug gle, Johnson said he would ask the senate to approve the rider despite house action early this week striking the section from the bill by a vote of 79 to 39. The Boulder rider would direct President Roosevelt to revise the fiscal setup of the Boulder pro 'ject if it is found that standards to be prescribed for Bonneville discriminate against the Colorado river undertaking. Late Sports TACOMA, July 28-ftfV- The pjohnson Paint team, Washington state semi-pro champions, tonight won its way into the national semi pro tournament at Wichita by de feating Reliable Shoe of Portland 4 to 2 to win the deciding game of a five-game series. The series was arranged to de cide the Northwest entrant in the national tourney after Reliable Shoe had won the Oregon title and the Johnson Paint team had emerged victorious from the "Washington state tournament. - The Portland team won the first two games played at Silver ton, Ore., last week but was un able to stem the heavy bats of the Tacoma team when the tour nament shifted here. Tacoma won the first of the local series Mon day night easily, then ruined the morale of the Portlanders by ek ing ont a 2-1 victory last night. In tonight's contest the Taco xnans took a 4-0-lead in the early innings, then beat off a two run Portland rally in the seventh to win the series. Reliable Shoe Co. t 6 1 Johnson Paint Co. 4 10 1 Wilson, McFadden and Messen ger; Dailey and Tobin. : LOS ANGELES, July 28-P-Los Angeles won both ends of a doubleheader from Sacramento tonight, 4 to 0 and 8 to 5, to make it three in a row in their current series here. ,; Second game: Sacramento 5 8 1 Los Angeles u8 111 '" Stout, Seats, Murray and Coo per; Garland, Campbell, Lieber mmtt niton. Evacuation of Americans at Peipinglikely Danger Due to' Fighting There Emphasized by Marine's Wounding Most of 675 Moved Into Legation Quarter as , Battle Continues WASHINGTON, July 2&.-(JP)-The United States government may attempt to move approxi mately 675 American citizens out of strife-torn Peiping. Secretary Hull announced this possibility today after the wound ing of an American marine dem onstrated the dangers to which foreigners are exposed In the fighting "between Chinese and Japanese armies. Anxiety for the safety of Ameri cans in Peiping increased with word that 10 or 15 had chosen to remain in their homes In a portion of the city where there was considerable artillery fire or bombing. An appeal from the embassy to Chinese authorities facilitated the flight to the guarded legation quarter, however. Refugees streamed into the compound, many utder military escort. President Roosevelt let It be known he might forgo his cus tomary weekend cruise on the presidential yacht if the far east ern situation continues critical. Stephen T. Early, a White House secretary, indicated the question of invoking this coun try's neutrality act was uppermost In Mr. Roosevelt's consideration Of the situation. The navy department received (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Phantom Farm Is Just That, Found Duplicate Assessment Is Explanation, Reports William Thielsen Marion county's "phantom farm," four-acre parcel ot a 74 acre tract in the Champoeg dis trict on which the county fore closed for taxes last year, ha proven a phantom, indeed. It ex ists only on the county assess ment rolls, H. William Thielsen, county property agent, reported yesterday. The small parcel, part of a val uable farm tract, appeared In the county records through a double assessment, Thielsen said he had finally discovered. He reported last January that the county ap (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Harriman Is Hero And Aden Is Goat LEWISTON, Ida., July 28-(ff)-Vancouver Maple Leafs tonight trimmed the lowly Lewiston In dians 9-4 in a game that carried everything in the bag. Vinnie Harriman hit the first ball pitched for a homer for Vancouver and before the opening was buttoned up, the Canadians had rolled up four runs. With two on in the third. Paul Ivy smacked a long drive to cen ter fielder Aden, the ball bounced oft his glove Into home run ter ritory and three runs counted on the error while Ivy was deprived of a circuit. Tacoma 7, Yakima 1. Spokane 5, Wenatchee 1. Farm Stabilization Program Is Dropped for This Session WASHINGTON, July 28.-P)-Congressional leaders abandoned today all attempts to pass legis lation at this session to stabilize general farm prices. -: The house agriculture commit tee decided to join the similar senate committee in postponing action on the legislation which includes administration proposals for the "ever-normal granary" and crop eontroL The decision was announced after a conference in whieh Chairman Jones (D-Tex), Speak er Bankhead and Majority Lead er Ray burn (D-Tex) participated. Jones, in a statement, said a conference of his committee with representatives of national farm organizations developed wide dif ferences of views on the legisla tion yesterday. The Texan -said there still Is a chance for action on wheat crop insurance legislation, recom mended early In the session by President Roosevelt. apanese With Naval Ass Upon Tangku'sPort Spread of Hostilities Adds to Grave Outlook for General War; Clash at Sea Started by Chinese All Available Air Strength Used by Invaders Seeking to Recover Ground Lost During Night TOKYO. Julv 29 (Thursday) fAP) JaDan's naval force began shelling the north China port of Tangku todaj, as Chinese anrl Jananese foncht in the suburbs of nearbv Tientsin with American residents reported seeking safety in basements. Chinese fired at a Japanese destroyer off Tangku, the navy office announced, whereupon the Japanese turned t battle. Army forces joined with an unnamed number of war ships in the offensive at the port, on the Hai river, whieh serves Tientsin about 200 miles west. The combined land and sea offensive gave a grave turn . Blast Purposely Set, Police Find Explosion Near Route of King's Ulster Parade Laid to Extremist BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July 28 (P)-Police announced to night that a deliberately planted mine caused today's violent ex plosion here, during the royal parade marking King George and Queen Elizabeth's coronation vis it to Ulster. The explosion shook a wide area of Belfast, only a half mile from the parade route followed by their majesties. Police said they also had dis covered a plot to wreck trains carrying police and other visitors to Belfast on their return to the Londonderry area. A mine was discovered beneath the railway line at Temple Patrick in Antrim county. The explosion within Belfast was one of a series of acts ot violence during the day, attrib uted by police to extremist Irish (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Employes Ignore Mill Picket Line LAKEVIEW, July 2$.-JP)-Em-ployes at the Adams mfll passed through a picket line tonight, re fusing to leave their jobs at the call of union officials. The strike was called In pro test to the alleged discharge of W. J. Brown, a delegate to the woodworkers convention in Ta coma. H. L. Proctor, union presi dent, said the mill management refused to' re-employ Brown on his return.; A union meeting was called for Thursday night. . THE DALLES, Ore., July 28.-(")-Twenty farmers, attending a union meeting here tonight, voiced objections to an organlxed labor demand that trucks bear ing produce be unloaded by union members upon arrival at term inals, i The new anion, under the jur isdiction of the Portland local of the teamsters' nnion, has 4S members here. The committee will consider tomorrow, he said, a senate bill authorizing the creation of a 8100.000,000 government-controlled.' corporation' to Insure wheat growers against losses from drought and other natural causes.'. : - Jones said his committee would convene again in December to work out a price stabilisation bill. The senate committee has authorised a sab-committee to hold regional hearings this fall. Leaders said there is "consid erable"' opposition in the house committee to the granary theory advanced by Secretary Wallace the storage ot surplus crops In bumper years tor release on the market in poor crop years. The committee has yet to win agree ment of farm organizations on the question whether crop con trol should be compulsory or vclnntarv ; R etaliate O to the second day of Japan's as- declared war in "north China. , Bursting shells were reported to have fallen into the Japanese concession, the Japanese consul ate general's buildings, and the Japanese club. Telephone lines were reported severed between the Japanese concession and the outside world. TIENTSIN. July 29.-(Thurs-day)-(JP)-Chinese troops began a surprise offensive early today against Tientsin. Japan's north China garrison headquarters. " Japanese bombing planes took to the air to drive back the China force. r The Japanese were "using all available air strength in an at tempt to rerover strategically vital positions lost during the night. Pursuit planes machine gunned Chinese positions near the north barracks and bombers trie to blast Chinese troops out et positions near the railroad sta tions. While the Japanese army wai preparing a new offensive against (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Decision Is Filed In Mae West Case - LOS ANGELES, July 28.-0 The formal judgment determining that Mae West, film actress, and Frank Wallace, vaudeville hoof er, married in Milwaukee 28 years ago and never have been divorced, was filed in superior court to day. Superior Judge Robert Keany gave oral judgment to that effect recently in Wallace's suit to deter mine his martial status. Opposing counsel later submit ted two forms ot. judgment te the court. Judge Kenny rejected eae form containing tlie statement that Wallace and West were "still husband and wife." The- one accepted was that of Miss West's attorney, affirming that she and Wallace were legally married in Wisconsin in 1911 and that "that has never been dis solved by any action of the de fendant." Sign-up for Hop, Beans and Prune Harvest Advised Jim Smith, WPA director for District 3, yesterday issued warning to WPA workers m reg ister early for seasonal work te hops, prunes and beans as saost WPA projects in the area where these crops are grown will prob ably be shut down when the crepe mature. "We wish to notify all workers that the projects will be shut dewn so that they can secure jobs in yards and orchards near thelt homes," Smith said. The director, a hop-grower himself, added that most yards and orchards are now open to register harvesters. Smith predicted that early kepa, will be ready for picking between August IS and 25 and that prone will be ripe for picking about the same time. Bean picking will start In some places next week. B A L LA D E of TOD A V By R. C , Since the senate blocked ef forts to pack the high court the public's attention 'from congress has turned;. It's best to be' watchful for some other sort e trick may be pulled ere the ses sion's adjourned. 4