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? ... Valley Coverage Alert , correspondents Ib SO communities In th middle Willamette valley keep The Statesman In formed of all important happenings. Weather. , : Fair today and Thursday, rising temperature; Max. Temp. Tuesday 77, Min. 61, river -3 feet, southwesterly wind, cloudy. - - POUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 11, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 117 "rrtv o armoy ujunnaer v . .... .. " . . . . fowl Service : After Drain Project In East Salem Only Cleanup Work now Remains; 7730-Foot Pipe Ts in Place ' Large Area to Benefit; City Cost $23,000; WPA Cooperates "Completed" can soon be writ ten on the books of the Salem engineering department for the biggest sewer project ever under taken in Salem the 7730 feet storm drain whlcta has been dubbed the D street sewer. . Only a skeleton crew of city and WPA workmen are now en gaged in final cleanup work on the big- drain project which was begun last November 17. The crew, which now numbers ap proximately 20 men, will be grad ually diminished until only two or three are left on the project and early in September the engi neer's department can call the job finished. With assistance from WPA the more than mile long drain, serv icing nearly all of . northeast Sa lem, was constructed at a cost to the city of approximately $23, 000." Harold Davis, assistant city engineer in charge of the job, said that the project, if let by contract, would have run In the neighborhood of $85,100 in costs. Digging of the main line ditch for the project was completed July 10, seven months after ac tual construction work was be gun. Low Area in East Salem Is Served The monolithic poured section of the main line of the drain ex tends from its outlet into Mill creek 7730 feet, considerably more than a mile, to the low areas near North 25th street. The line runs along D street until it hits the Southern Pacific rail road tracks, then cuts across the Salem high athletic field to B street, along which it continues to 25th. The main portion . of the line consists of 5900 feet of 38 by 42 inch drain section while the bal ance isof 32 by 40 inch con struction, In addition there are 1570 feet of 30 inch pipe, 716 feet of 15 inch pipe and 200 feet of 8 by 10 inch catch basin con nections. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Escaped Monkey Defies Pursuers CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-P)-Tbe best brains of a detective bureau and the Charles Bruning Blue Print Co. collaborated to capture a diminutive, agile monkey that invaded the. firm's seventh floor plants -. " . --- - - . v 1 Three detectives tried, to entice the animal with bananas but be wouldn't budge from a perch near the- ceiling . until . the law was at a safe distance. Then be scampered down and gobbled the fruit. ';":- ; Someone remembered monkeys were naturally curious and con trived a rope noose. Sure enough, Dr. Monk got himself tangled up in it and was carried away in a patrol wagon. Apparently he es caped from a nearby sideshow. Wearing Finish Cor nation Delayed, Regatta Will Gain Momentum Tonight Illness of the queen-elect, Miss Gloria Cottew, and unforseen dif ficulty in. other arrangements caused a delay In the plans for last nigbt's program at the West Salem water regatta. The delay has resulted in the scheduling of feature attractions for last nlgbt'i show . together with tonight's Show. ... r : .- Starting tonight at 6:45 o'clock the .program, includes coronation of the queen, appearance of the Sons of Neptune, daredevil Port land swimming ' team headed by ' Fred Boales and a competitive series of swimming events.- There is a possibility' of diving competi tion if time permits. Spectators filled to capacity the ' 2500-seat bleacher grandstand last night Because of the corona tion postponement the audience .was offered free admission. The YMCA swimming team appeared briefly In an attempt to make their way against the current in all-stream and ' a combination SiaMow M Grappling ' With Plumbers' Strike Due To End as Demands of Journeymen to be Met Return to Work Today forecast; Wage to Be $125 Per Hour, 40-Hour Week; Dispute Wound up After Workers Are Idle Nine Days Salem's nine-day strike of journeymen plumbers ap peared at an end last night as the Master Plumbers associ ation met and accepted the journeymen's demand for a $1.25 an hour wage, an advance of 25 cents an hour. A member of the master plumbers' group said he pre sumed the journeymen would return to work today. O The plumbing employers' meet Four Killed When Airliner Crashes Srikes Power Pole Which Was Recently Placed, Unknown to Pilot DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 10. (jipy-Four men were killed to day and five other persons Injured by the crash of an Eastern Air Lines plane into a power line erected overnight near the Day tona Beach airport. Two crew members and two pas sengers died -in the wreck, the first. fata accident in the history of the .-Company. ,L " Heidjrig ifrdin Chicago j to Miami,- the big D o u g 1 a s airliner struck a pole of the power circuit in taking off southward at 4:40 a. m. (EST), hurtled over a clump of pine trees and dropped in the sand of a scrub palmetto thicket. Flames flared momentarily as motors were torn loose, but they went out without' igniting the cabin. J The commerce department, the state of Florida, the air line and the Florida Power and Light com (Turn to page 2, col.2) FinslerV Comet Starts Receding CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Ang. 10. -P)-Finsler'8 comet swerved out tonight toward the stellar; spaces from which it may never! return within the lifetime of those who viewed it. ! Harvard astronomers said it was flying southward at a rate of about five degrees a day, and probably would pass from sight as it crossed the equator; at the eastern edge of 'the constellation -virgo early in September, i The Finsler object, for weeks rushing visibly earthward, came its nearest to this sphere last night. It was fifty million miles away nearly twice as close as the sun when it slipped past the sec ond star in the handle of the big dipper under the northern, mid night sky. : ' Thousands the world over have watched the northern sky these past several nights for a glimpse of the object, which has a head eight times larger than the earth, a tail two million miles long and a stubby second tail some 200,000 miles in length. It was of the third magnitude last night easily visible to the naked eye, which can see,! unaid ed, objects as small as . the sixth magnitude. ! diving and clowning exhibition featured Freddie Andrews and his swan dive. Timber, the wonder dog from Timber Pel ranch, will put in bis annearanee Thursday night. His major aquatic achievement con sists ot standing on, his rear legs on a moving aquaplane. ' . ' Aquaplaning wUl be a part of the program either tonight or to morrow night, swimming and div ine; are to be Included in each show for the Test ot the week, it was announced last night by Cor ey J. Conley, canival manager Tonight's swimming program includes a SO yard free style tor boys of 12 or under, 50 yard free style for girls of any age, 100 yard breast stroke for men, SO yard free style for boys IS or under. rlrls' 100 yard backstrok. mixed diving exhibition, girls' 100 free style and mens loo yard free xtvle. Those, having signified their in- (Turn to page z, coi. zj ing was preceded yesterday after noon by a session of the journey men's local at which a proposal laying the way for last night's ac tion was drafted. Journeymen plumbers quit work In the eight union shops August 2 after their request for the raise in wages had been turned down. They declared that except for a brief period during the reign of the NRA, their wage had remain ed at $1 an hour for some 14 years. During the NRA period, they received $9.60 a day, or 40 cents less than the wage scale ac cepted last night by the employ ers. ; The union's proposal carried with it provision for a 40-hour week but left largely to the em ployers the matter: of overtime pay. The latters' decision regard ing overtime was not disclosed. Maestro Disdains I-Love-You Songs PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10. (JP)S t o c k y , black-haired Jose Iturbi, no stranger to controver sy. Jumped right into the middle of another opers-versus-just-plain-musie debate tonight. Said Iturbi, Spanish born con ductor who stopped a national radio broadcast by the Philadel phia orchestra last night because bg objected to some popular songs: "There is good American music but all this I-Iove-you stuff is Just trash. "It is far below the dignity of the orchestra to play such cheap, rotten music. See, I can. not per mit such stuff on a broadcast.", Iturbi left radio singer Lucy Monroe standing in the wings at Robin Hood Dell here last night and walked off the stage when he discovered the popular songs were on the program. He is di recting the orchestra for the sum mer. . Stolen Car Recovered ; State police Tuesday night re covered near Buena Vista a sedan belonging to L. W, Loomis, route 6, wbicb was stolen July 4. SEATTLE, Aug. 10 - (JP) - Al Hostak of Seattle climbed an other rung up the middleweight ladder here tonight by scoring a technical knockout over Allan Matthews, St. Louis negro. In the ninth round of a scheduled 10 round match. PORTLAND. Aug. 10-UF- Portland nosed out San Francis co, S to 4, tonight In tbe first game of a. split-week three-game series behind Bill Posedel's ef fectlve hurling. The victory pushed tbe Seals down to fourth place ' In Coast league standings, Portland tak ing over the third spot. San Francisco opened the scor ing with a homer by Brooke Hold er in the first inning, added an other In the fourth and one each in tbe sixth and seventh frames. Portland grabbed a one-run lead In the fourth,, and held It through the seventh when catch er Mike Tresh singled home Bill Sweeney after the Beavers' man ager had doubled to right. i Ed J3tutx relieved Frank Lam ansil In this uprising, but Lam anski took the defeat. San Francisco ' 4 10 1 Portland; S 13V 0 Lamanskl, Stuts and Monzo; Posedel and Tresh. - " Sacramento . Missions , ,. .4 3 8 1 t 4 Franks; Seats, : South, and Niteholas and Sprinz. WESTERN IXTL LEAGUE Vancouver t, Wenatchee 2. Yakima 4, Spokane 1. Tacoma 5, Lewiston S. Late Sports Robber Roy McCarthy Faces Charge; Is Ex-Convict Floyd Feulner Pursues, Shot Fatally After r Catching Bandit Crime Is Admitted When Fugitive Is Captured for Second Time PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10.-(jip)-Floyd Feulner, service sta tion attendant, died tonight in a local hospital of a bullet wound in the abdomen received when he pursued and grappled with a man who robbed his servfee station at SW Thirteenth avenue and Yam hill street. Police held Roy Herschel Mc Carthy, 27, a former convict, (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Japan War Plane Shot Down, Claim Invaders Deny Reports of Slaughter in Nankow; Program Delayed NANKING. Aug. -(Wednes day) The Chinese military said today a Japanese plane was shot down near Paotingfu, south west of Peiptng, and the pilot killed. The plane's observer es caped. The ship was on a reconnoiter ing flight, presumably to check on Chinese troop positions. TIENTSIN, Aug. 10.-CP)-Ac-tion in the undeclared war in North China shifted today to the entrance to the mountains north west of Pelping. Unconfirmed Chinese reports said a Japanese army detachment had been wiped out in a clash in the vicinity of Nankow pass, SO miles northwest of Pelping. Japanese officials here, how ever minimized these reports and (Turn to page 2, col. 6) McNary to Leave Capital Thursday WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-(P)-Passage of the important Bonne ville dam measure in the senate left Senator Charles McNary, Ore gon, the republican leader, free to leave for his home near Salem on Thursday. The senator, Mrs. McNary and their daughter, Charlotte,- will reach Oregon Monday. McNary expects to complete conference work in the next few days to iron out differences with the house on the Bonneville measure. Senator Austin of Vermont will command tbe minority forces in the Oregon solon's absence. On Hand to Protect Americans As War Clouds Lower in Orient i tL: - ' - v- 4 v " Marines guarding U. a embassy y u siU - ' - , -j - - " ' " ' J f 7 . . , - - r , r If , . - . "' v s" ; - - , , : ' VP " - - ' -fir'. ' K ' - i i .'- . r alirines on the firing line in the United States embassy in Peiplng daring recent Sino-Japanese disturbance there. Pinball Cases Will Come up In Polk Court Arnold, Hanna and Pair of Valley Junction Men Are Involved Jackson County Is Also Taking Action ; Linn Injunctions off PORTLAND, Aug.. 10-UP)-Law enforcement agencies in four counties moved today to curb op eration of pinball machines and other alleged gambling devices, in some instances at considerable cost in loss of local revenue. District Attorney Bruce Spauld ing of Polk county ordered four arrests on charges of operating gambling devices involving no element of skill. Hearings will be held in Jus tice court at West Salem tomor row on charges against N. J. Ar nold, asserted owner of the me chines, and Lester J. Hanna, of Rlckreall and John Doe Nelson and M. W. Lawson of Valley Junc tion, lessees. Bail was set at $200 each. The sheriff's office of Jackson county will serve official notice by registered mail tomorrow upon four distributors and a dozen pri vate owners of pinball and marble games that the- devices will be confiscated if not removed by August 15. Punchboards were included in the ruling. Injunction Lifted In Linn County Operators pay an annual li cense fee of $100 plus $15 per quarter on one-ball machines. An ticipated loss of revenue for the last quarter was approximately $1200. District Attorney J. K. Weath-erfordV.-jr., ot Linn county set midnight Sunday as the deadline for removal of the machines. His action followed dissolution by Circuit Judge L. G. Le welling of a temporary injunction pre venting prosecution of operators. Judge Levelling disqualified him self from further participation by asking the " supreme court to name a judge to hear the action (Turn to page 2, col. 3) FarreU to Visit, Make Decision on Subsidy for Flax WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-JP) -dorge Farrell, western divi sion director of the agricultur al adjustment administration, said today he would study the flax fiber situation in Oregon with a view to possible revoca tion of an order discontinuing benefit payments after this year. He said he would leave for Oregon late this month and make a survey with the help . of Senator Charles McNary of Oregon. FarreU said tbe order would stand until the trip is produc tive of new information. "We have helped the farm ers for two yean and they are now on their feet. They should be able to make their own way," he said. Oregon "producers protested discontinuance of tbe pay : meats, which amounted to approximately- S7.50 m ton. Bourbons'Pledge Support to Him 4 In ' A ALLEN W. BARKLEY Ross Is Endorsed By Hosch Faction Views Are Wired to F. R.; Pierce Objecting to McColloch Choice PORTLAND, Aug. 10.-flVAd-vocates of public ownership of power, meeting at the call of Dr. J. F. Hosch of Bend, unanimous ly endorsed J. D. Ross of Seattle for administrator of Bonneville dam tonight. The meeting condemned Gov ernor Charles Martin for his op position to Ross appointment, and dispatched a telegram to President Roosevelt, , asserting the governor 'has never been for public power and paid obeisance to the power trust at the 1935 (Turn to page 2, coL 3) Business Changes Downtown Noted Two changes in the downtown restaurant business were in the making here yesterday. Howard C. Ackerman, proprietor of Ack erman's tavern, on the highway north of the city, was fitting up the restaurant quarters at 345 State street formerly occupied by Folsom's. coffee shop, for a new sandwich shop. Across the street, at 370 State street, the Schuss Vintage company was rearrang ing the former location of the Igloo for a combination bottled good store and restaurant, taking the place of its store at 512 State street. Ackerman said bis new busi ness, named Ackerman's Sandwich shop, would be opened on Friday. He recently purchased Folsom's equipment at auction. The high way tavern will continue In op eration, he said. Jerome O. Johnson, manager of the Schuss store, said be would have his new place ready .for business in about 10 days. A com plete restaurant will be operated In the rear half of the new quarters. Heat Gets Blame: For Five Deaths (By the Associated Press) . Thunderstorms and showers brought relief from the sultry spell to scattered sections of the north yesterday (Tuesday) but the heat ot summer's dog days persisted in others. The rain belt extended from North; Dakota to the Atlantic coast but meteorologists predict ed temperatures would continue above normal for the most part. Five deaths were attributed to the heat. Lightning killed two farmers in Kansas. V : New York city reported one fatality and a dozen prostrations. The noon reading there was 88 with : a humidity of SC. Later, discomfort was eased by thunder show ers. . . ' ':. v - - : ' . Tulsa,. Oklal, ' had two heat deaths, and West Frankfort and Springfield, ni: one each. B ALL A D E of TODAV By, r. a. 7 When discord's ugly head Is raised . there's - nothing , like a dinner to soothe the ruffled feelings -of each cross and hun gry sinner; they'll talk and Joke, they're f riendsagain while chewing on the roast, but if the chief guest doesn't come, the Joke la on the host. "St. ' ' 1 V k , Peace Dove Hovers Overhead as Demos Praise Neiv Leader Note From President Lauds Barkley but Says Little About Harmony; : " . ::' Party Whip Lewis Keynoter Elements Lacking Courage to Be GOP: and Sense to be Democrats Are Imposing on FDR, Asserts . WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (AP) Senate democrats of all factions pledged support tonight to their new leader Senator Barkley of Kentucky at a dinner which President Roosevelt declined to attend. A letter from the president praising Barkley, but touch ; ing only lightly on the question of-party harmony, was read. A live pigeon flew above the heads of the diners to. symbolize the "dove of peace." The highlights of the dozen speeches came from Bark ley, the guest of honor, and Senator Lewis of Illinois, the -party whip. Barkley told the diners that as majority leader it was his duty to transmit the views of the senate to the president, . and the views of the president to the senate. . O He would be frank with both, , Santiam Included In Flood Control Asserted Slight to North Valley Streams Draws Civic Club Attack WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-jp)-The Oregon flood control allot ment of $2,514,041 approved by President Roosevelt will be as signed as follows: Raise and improve existing lev ees in the Columbia, Clatsop and Multnomah county areas of the Columbia river basin $1,498,041. Willamette river basin levee construction along the Clackamas, Molalla, Tualatin, Santiam, Mary's and McKenzie rivers and Muddy Creek, $796,000. Raising, enlarging and rebuild ing existing levees at Pendleton on the Umatilla river, $220,000. District army engineers will advertise the work and award contracts as soon as possible. PORTLAND, Aug. 1 0-JP)-Asserting that the problems of the Clackamas and Tualatin drainage basins are not adequately provld (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Rumors of Prune Price Cutting to Be Tracked Down An investigation ot rumors of price cutting in the green prune market was started yes terday by a committee consist ing of representatives ot the Oregon state grange, the Ore gon Farmer Union, the Oregon prune control board and or ganized labor. By a series of meetings with local packers, it was - under stood, an effort will be made to trace down persistent ru mors that "chiseling" on prune code prices is being-practiced. From the ' committee came : word that maintenance of code price in the Willamette valley counties would go far to assur ing stabilization of the entire northwest prune market, whose status is being closely watched by California growers and packers. Telephone Poles on Campus Of New High School Opposed t. The Salem school board last night declined to assume respon sibility for providing a telephone conduit connection with the new senior high school building and ordered a written request address ed to the Pacific. Telephone Telegraph, company asking that three poles . recently erected ; tor this purpose be removed and that the company lay the conduit and cable -at its own expense. . . The three poles as well as be ing unsightly are located within the area in which an eight foot sidewalk along 1 4 th street 1 on school property ts to be construct ed, Lee S. Ross, building program clerk, : informed the board. He said he advised linemen when they arrived at the grounds to erect the poles ' that - he didn't think the board would want them in front of the new building. . ; "I think it's awfully . small of them to ask ns to put in this con duit," commented Director E. A. Bradfield, after moving that the i he said, in "attempting to bring them together in working out legislative programs." His statement that he would tell the president the views ot the senate was greeted with, cheers. - Lewis warned his democratic colleagues that there were- "ef forts afoot in the name of de mocracy that would be the de struction ot democracy." . "It is to be developed," he said, "that our distinguished leader in his generosity and faith was being, ever imposed upon by certain ele ments in politics who did not hav" the courage to be republicans nor the sense to be democrats." ... Lewis told Barkley he "could not prevail by accepting that ele ment as the representatives ef a democracy." ' Reporters were barred front the dinner. Lewis outlined his speech to them afterward but would not identify the "certain, elements" to which he bad refer red. Senator King (D-Utah), one of the most bitter critics of the ad ministration among the senate democrats, told reporters "everyr thing was peace aftd harm6ny"at the dinner. Asked if the senate democrats would now vote together, be re plied "I hope not." He added that he for one did not intend to vota with the others on all questions. " All but nine or ten of the 75 democratic senators attended the dinner. Those absent, were Sena tors Wagner of New York; Hattie (Turn to page 2, col. 2). Courthouse Issue Hearings Ordered; Public hearings September 29 . and October 18 on the proposal to build a new - courthouse were called officially yesterday by an order signed . by the county court. The. Order, outlining rea sons for constructing a - new ' courthouse and means propos-4 to finance tbe proJect,was first approved Monday night by the citizens', building committee ' meeting with the court, - 'If petitions are submitted at the two . hearings, , as - expected,' the court will order a special elec tion held November 1 to vote on' the project, on a two-mill tax" levy i and on authorization for 1 the county to exceed the stz-atHl tax limitation. request be sent to the telephone , company.,: '. , ... .. .., Director L. E. Barrick seconded the motion... . - ; A ..Chairman Percy A. Cupper said he did, not want to have tbe peie: left In! front of. the school and de . clared. the' company shonM . lay -the. underground, conduit neces. sary, a 260-foot, length . running south from, in front -of the mala entrance to the, new building, , i Ross estimated the job would cost.. the .school. district $78.. He said a conduit already had been . laid from the building to the earb line. : '. '. - '- ' ; ', f The' board awarded David Korlt contracts tor laying sidewalks at Leslie, Bush and the new senior ;: high buildings on', his three lew bids aggregating $974.69, - al though Korb was singled eat for ' objections in a letter sent to the . . board by R. A. Harlan as secre- : tary of the Salem Building Trade council. Harlan's letter urged the. (Turn to page 2, coL 5)