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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1937)
a. Softball Tourney The state Softball tourna ment Is just a week away. The Statesman will pro ride complete coverage hoars head. Weather Fair today and Monday rising temperature,' falling humidity; Mar.' Temp. Sat- , . W&ay 81, Min. 45, river -S.1 feet, northwest wind. FOUNDED! 165 J EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 15, 1937 Price Se; Newsstands Se No. 121 moon Maffjutai' He in K. A race Contracts Offered New Flax Acreage in News Affords Big Climax to i Festival Show Governor Martin States 10,000 Acres' "Output i Will Have Market Large Crowd on Hand as Leaders Feted; Queen 1 Louann Honored ' MT. ANGEL, Aug. 14. Gover nor Charles H. Martin, guest of honor of the second Oregon Flax Festival held at Mt. Angel, an nounced to a gathering of abont 1500 flax enthusiasts this after noon, that a Minnesota company was ready to give out contracts tor 10,000 acres of flax In Oregon, at a rate of $32 per ton and pay cash. ""The highest peak of produc . lion previously reached," he said, was 3800 acres." This same firm is now buying 2000 of the 5000 tons raised for this same price of $32.00 per ton. This price is tor the deseeded flax, without retting or scutching. The governor was enthusiastic ever the coming industry. He said the Industry had no competition, and that the offer of which he was speaking was a new landmark on the road to snre progress. He end ed with the encouraging words "I can just see Oregon fy with Its own wingS.-v-r..jy4sa,' Before lea vingte meet other appointments he Introduced . Vic tor Elverstrom,, representative of the : Valley's Fiber company of Minnesota. Elverstrom repeated the offer of his firm and said what was wanted was more pro duction andthat be would speak to the fanners to ur2c increase in flax planting. He stated 'that the company plans to bring machinery into Ore gon to process the flax this fall or next spring, thus eliminating the cost of shipping. He hoped that their work "would add an other chapter to the flax history written here." Bright Outlook Is Stressed by Potts President G. W. Potts of the Oregon Farmers ' Union, at the suggestion of the governor, enum erated some of the promising points of this new deal in flax. E. J. Griffith, state administra tor of the WPA stressed the need of finding markets and having the $100,000,000 of flax products im ported annually by the United States replaced by Oregon grown flax.' -n---'.1- Rev. Alculn HeibeL pastor of 6t. Mary's church at Mt. Angel, Introduced the speakers and voiced his encouraging opinion on the present promising aspect of the Industry. It was at his sug gestion that a "big hand" was giv en Mrs. Martin by the crowd. Sen ator McNary, the governor. Presi dent Potts and Fr. Alculn himself were accorded the same honor. Colorful Parade Saturday Eeature Twenty seven floats, besides a large number of boys and girls on decorated bicycles, formed : the colorful parade that wound through the streets of ML Angel, ending at the reviewing stand at i the ball park.' The entries were Judged by Mayor Austin of Woor burn. Mayor W. A. Moffltt of Sll terton and Mayor J. Berchtold of ' Mt. Angel. - - i Mayor Austin announced the Tiriza winners as follows: flax floats first, Vancouver Linen mills; second, Mt. Angel; third, Canby; fraternal f 1 o a t a first. North Howell Grange; second. Ca tholic Daughters of America; " third. Catholic Foresters; eom (Turn to Page 14, Col. 4.) Hop Control Plan Letter to Go out A hop growers' crop reduction committee, meeting at the Salem chamber of commerce yesterday, ' decided to send a form letter to each grower in the state asking whether growers favor Immediate restriction of tonnage : before hops are picked, or as an alterna tive, going ahead with the har Test and Impounding hops in a -cooperative marketing setup which could control sales and - prices. " . . ' - ; ; . The letters will reach growers no later than Tuesday, and con tain a resume of the hop situs tlon at this time. At a meeting of growers here Friday it was agreed that a crop redaction scheme of tome kind is necessary to prevent a glut on the hop market. Queen Louann, Gracious Ruler Of Second Annual Flax Festival LOUANN Canyon Worrying; Farmers of Buhl Land Sinking - Held Likely to Spoil Irrigation; Spread Is Noted BUHL, Idaho, -Aug. U-OPh- Harried farmers of this southern Idaho . agricultural region were acutely alarmed tonight over a strange geological quirk that may turn their productive land Into useless canyon-bottoms. The farmers, who have tri umphed over meteorological con ditions by Irrigation, faced an ancombatable foe land sinking. That the subterranean disturb ance which Is causing land to sink eight miles northwest " of here Is tar from finished was shown when a newk "sinking canyon? was formed within the last 24 hours. An area 20 yards wide and 70 yards long sank 75 feet in a day. - H. A. Robertson, farmer, on whose land the sinking is oc curring, said ' the new canyon gives every evidence of spread ing. - The new depression, which started from a single crack in the ground, is separated from the original "sinking canyon by a 25-foot wall. The first de pression, covering five acres already has sunk to 200 ieet, ' (Turn to Page 14, col. l.) Regatta Comes W iridup: Races Have Thrills Despite a decidedly cool tinge in the weather for the night show and choppy river conditions which swamPed four speed boats during the afternoon performance, . the West Salem water regatta came to a brilliant climax witn me snea- uled i fireworks display, preceded by swimming contest finals. Almost every piece received ap plause from the bleachers durinS the show of the fireworks, once came close to blowing men in doing what they were supposed to do. At the outset one set piece came close o blowing men In charge oft the raft into the water. Another, by some queer quirk, ex ploded underneath the raft. Sev eral shot out horizontally instead of going straight up. High point in the fire display was the American flag shown in colored flame from the top of the diving tower, heralded by the playing of the national anthem. , Winners of the swimming fin als last night will receive prizes after a meeting of the West Sa lem community club committee Monday morning. VP Cut eonrtcir Xt Anrri Km HASSING Black's Approval Probable Monday Judiciary Committee Will Favor Ratification; Protests Heard WASHINGTON, Aug. 14--Senate Judiciary committee mem bers forecast today the commit tee would rote Monday to ap prove the nomination of Sena tor Black (D-Ala) to the su preme - court although there were telegraphed protests and demand for delay. ' -f - Senator Burke (D-Neb), one of the few publicly-committed opponents of confirmation, pre dicted the committee majority would override objections Mon day and recommend that the sen ate approve President Roosevelt's (Turn to Page 14, Col. 7.) . Rattlesnake Antitoxin ; ; h Speeded by Airplane MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 14-)-Dr. Paul Sharp of Klamath Falls, flew his private airplane to the local airport tonight to receive a supply' of antitoxin for snake-bite, in an effort te save the life of a Klamath Falls woman, bitten by a rattlesnake Saturday afternoon. The antitoxin supply of Klamath Falls was exhausted, Dr. Sharp said. to Brilliant - A carnival spirit prevailed last night, as , throughout every night of the show. ; People of the vicinity were en thusiastic in commending the West Salem community club upon its resourcefulness in undertaking such an enterprise for the pur pose of financing the furtherance of property supervised recreation al park areas. .:.' .winners t tne 'swimming events In the order In which they finished: 50 yard free style for boys 12 or under Ion Thompson and Bob Schunke. r 50 yard free style tor men George Causey, Bill Laughlln and Glen Oliver. '100 yard side stroke for girls- Jean Annunsen and Pearl Spears. 100 yard backstroke tor men- Jerry Mulkey, Glen Oliver and Bill Laughlln. , 100 yard tree style for men Oliver Glen and Bill Laughlln.' 100 yard breast" stroke for men George Causey, Oliver Glen and Bill Laughlln. Huge Oregon Final Unit of Pipeline Work Due to Start 2200-Foot Stretch Only Remains but Delivery of Water to Waif Two Months Required to Complete; Shipment Delayed by Error Delivery of the first carload of 1100 feet "of steel pfpe, tail-end shipment of pipe for the Stayton Salem pipeline, Thursday will be the signal for commencing the final stretch of pipe-laying In the If mile water conduit from the Stayton Island development to Fir street, a few blocks below the new city reservoir. The 2200 feet stretch, connect ing link between the two ends of pipe already ditched, will go Into a section between Turner and Aumsville and south of both. While it will "e a matter of only four days or so from the time laying starts, probably on Friday, until there will be an unbroken stretch of pipe from Staytos is land to Fir street there wiU be no prospect of Santlam water tor thirsty Salem throats tor at least CO days. Much Work Remains After Pipe Is Lid - Laying of the pipe in the ouch and tack welding ft la only pre paratory wia weui, joining, a. process that will take about SO days, Sterilizing, flush ing and testing the line will take still another month before the line Is ready for service. Shipment of the final lot of pipe, on which rolling and weld ing work was begun in Portland Friday, was delayed because of a mistake in the size, of the steel plates shipped from the cast, ne cessitating a wait while a new or der was placed and filled. Work on the Stayton island project is nearly completed, Cur ler VanPatten, water department manager, reported yesterday. On ly a few men are occupied at the island with odd jobs and testing. All heavy machinery; including a large mechanical digger and a caterpillar tractor, were moved from the island last week. Out of solid rock and into a de composed strata boring of the tun nel from the Fir street terminus of the pipeline into the reservoir Is progressing rapidly. Sawmill Workers Get CIO Charter PORTLAND, August 14 (flP) Portland local No. 2532 of the lumber and sawmill workers' un ion accepted this afternoon a charter from the committee tor industrial organization, officially severing its connection with the American Federation of Labor. Officials ot AFL organizations here were, non-committal regard ing what action, if any would be taken. Gust Anderson, secretary of the central labor council, said the council would meet Monday and "take action on the whole thing." "As far as Portland sawmill workers are concerned, the CIO charter does not mean a split," an official ot the new union said. "We will continue .to work with the AFL as we have in the past. Of course ,we won't recognize jurisdictional picket lines, but we will recognize picket lines against bosses.' Fehl May Return As Parole Ended MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 14 -JP)r The parole of Earl H. Fehl, for mer county judge, sentenced to serve four years in state prison for conviction ot ballot-theft f on- spiracy. expires at midnight Sun day, after which under the terms ot a parole granted by Governor Charles H. Martin, he can return here. ': ' FehL according to county au thorities will attend and be a wit ness in the Jury trial starting Monday of the civil action of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Corinthia K. Staileyr against the estate of Ted Helmroth, for collection of 13400 Allegedly due under a rental agreement. Fehl is not a party In the action, but is a former part owner of the building Involved. "The case will be heard by Cir cult Judge E. B. Ashurst ot Klam ath Falls : Palmateer Is Commander of i T ureffon Legion Local Man Is Unopposed; Koehn Defeats George for Committeeman Mrs. Mae Waters, Salem, ill Head Auxiliary for Coming Year ALBANY, August American Legion, department of Oregon, ended its 19th annual convention here tonight with the bitterest election battle in the his tory of the de partment. O. E. "Mose" Palmateer ot Sa lem, became de partment com mander without opposition. The conven tion battle cen tered around the selection of a na tional commit teeman, the post going to Past Commander George Koehn of Portland after nearly four hours of debate. Koehn won when Sidney George of Eugene, incumbent, withdrew saying that the posi tion "isn't worth the feeltig the race has developed." Other department officers elect (Turn to Page 14, Col. 1.) Panama Tanker Is Shelled, Set Fire Mystery Warship Figures in inef Episode all . ; of Crew Rescued-- V : LNDON, Aug. . 15. ( Sunday )-(V-The Panamanian motor tank er George W. McKnlght was re ported in messages received early today by Lloyd's to be blazing off the Tunistan coast after she was shelled by an unidentified war ship. The vessel was abandoned and one message said all hands were picked up by the steamer British Commodore. Advices to Lloyd's from the British freighter Mostyn, which relayed a message from a Tunis tan radio station, said the George W. McKnlght sent out her first distress signal at 9: IS p. m. last night. .. A later message said: "Now cleared. All hands picked up safe by British tank steamer British Commodore. Ship still burning; nothing can be done with it," The tanker, a vessel of 7,097 tons, was bound ' for Le Havre, France, from Tripoli and Syria. HENDAYE," Franco-S p a n 1 s h Frantier, Aug. 1 1 .-(ffJ-The insur gent radio at Salamanaca said to night their "big push" to capture Santander and - the remainder of government territory in northwest Spain already had resulted in cap ture of several villages in North Valencia province. -The broadcast, from' Generalis simo Francisco Franco's head quarters city, said heavy losses had been Inflicted on government troops. : Insurgent officers at Iran said three eolumns, one of which was Italian was participating in the "supreme drive" to eliminate all government opposition in north west Spain. They said 30,000 men were , engaged, supported by a large number, of tanks and ar mored cars. In the - Madrid sector, govern ment troops regained a mile of lost ground toward the war-torn town of Brunete, 15 miles west of Madrid, in a surprise attack. There had been little activity in this area recently. Late Sports PORTLAND, Aug. 14 - () -Kenny Richardson's home run on Bill Posedel's first pitch in the 13th inning gave Los Angeles to night's game over the , slumping Portlanders, t to 1. It was the third straight for the Angels, end the fifth consecutive loss for the Beavers, who in the last 21 games have scored only 1 runs. Tonight, with only five hits, the locals could not take ad vantage of the generosity of Wes ley Flowers, who walked eight men and hit one. Portland's first run counted on a wild pitch by -Flowers and the only run batted in by the Beavers was the tying tally in the eighth when with . two out and Tresh on base, Bedore belted a two-bagger. Los Angeles 2 10 1 Portland 2 5 1 Flowers and Collins; Posedel and Tresh. jiff " IWW i.y.. "Mose" Three or More Americans Die A s Bombs Dropped by Chinese Planes Burst in Foreig n A rea May Evacuate All Americans Protest Against Warlike Activity There Sent Both Belligerents WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -(JPf-Orders of the state and navy de partments held America's Asiatic fleet ready tonight to evacuate American citizens from war-endangered Shanghai. Secretary Hull said the govern ment directed natal and consular officials in the troubled areas to determine when and how many of the 4,000 nationals should be evacuated. r. At the same time, the state de partment Secretary said, this gov ernment made "earnest represen tations" to both Japan and China againBt "any kind of military op erations or military bases at Shanghai. The secretary admonished American officials to close their offices and "unhesitatingly leave" whenever they consider danger imminent. Standing instuctlont were Is sued to American officers to warn all citizens to leave threatened places and seek reasonable safety. LONDON, Aug. 14-0P)-The Ad mifality announced tonight that the British China squadron, ar had been bombed by Chinese air craft at Woosung, gateway to Shanghai, the Chinese mistaking it for a Japanese vessel. The Cum berland was not hit. (The Cumberland, flagship'' of the British Chint squadron, ar rived at Woosung early today and nut ashore 800 marines ta Tela- force that 9 50 British infantry deif fending positions around we set tlement's borders.) NANKING, China, Aug. 14-GP) -This capital city remained calm tonight but foreign observers feared It was destined to be drawn (Turn to page 8, CoL 4) Wagner Tells FR Where to Get off WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 State Representative Jack Wagner of Multnomah eounty, Ore., car ried the protest of relief-certified truck owners of his vicinity to the loss of their preferred status on WPA projects to President Roose velt today in a letter handed to Marvin Mclntyre, secretary to the president. "If this relief situation is not corrected," the letter said, "the democrats are going to be in the minority at the next election." Wagner has been In the capital 12 days conferrng with WPA of ficials in -an effort to. secure the revocation of a recent order Per mitting truck owner-operators not on relief to bid on WPA Jobs. Cramer Selected For School Chief EUGENE, Aug. 14. - (P) - The Eugene school board chose John Francis Cramer, prominent The Dalles educator, as superintendent of the city school system today, succeeding Howard R. Goold, who ended a nine-year term to become superintendent of schools at Ta coma. Cramer has served schools at Milton-Freewater, La Grande, Co qullle, Bandon and The Dalles Wage and Hour Bill Appears Blocked, Adjournment Near WASHINGTON. Aug. 14-4PV- Sneaker Bankhead signaled . a pell-mell rush toward adjourn ment today with a virtual ad mission that the administration's wage and hour bill could not be passed ; this ' session. , " "There is every appearance of a definite .impasse in the rules committee and no indication that members will change their minds, at least at this session," Bankhead told reporters. ; : The wage-hour measure appar ently was headed toward the same limbo to which this con gress has tent President. Roose velt's supreme court and. govern mental department reorganisa tion proposals. , Hopes of wrenching the bill from the rules committee had disappeared to such - an extent that the speaker said It might even be necessary to use a peti tion to bring it to the floor when congress meets next year. The chamber of commerce of the United States urged today that pending wage and hour leg- Storm Reduces Bombarding and City Tension Relieved Although big Guns Still Boom Prominent U. S. Citizens Are Victims of Attack; 40 Foreigners Slain but Checkup Is not Complete , SHANGHAI, August 15 (Sunday) (AP)- A Chi nese typhoon today swallowed the war horrors o Shanghai where Chinese air bombs killed 863 civilians, including three Americans, and injured at least 1140 in this teeming inter-' national city. ' - Police of the international quarter said 40 foreigners were among the dead, but that a complete check had not been completed. - ' Japanese naval guns thundered spasmodically from ships anchored in the Whangpoo river and machine guns rattled in answer in isolated sections. Otherwise blood-soaked peace settled on the stricken city, heaped with the broken bodies of bombing victims and its hospitals crowded with suffering wounded. . O Tension in the International Find no Trace of Lost Rnss Fliers Mattern, Once Rescued by Levaneffsky, Seeks to . Repay, Joins" Hunt FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 14 "--Three aerial searching par ties which covered, a wide ex panse ot the bleak Arctic-without finding a trace of th" mis ing .soviet transpolar plane, and its six-man crew returned here tonight, their future plans un certain. ' Chartered . by Russian agents After army signal corps listen ers at Anchorage intercepted a message giving hope the Russian airmen were safe, the three planes sped northward in a fan wise search, stopped at far north outposts, and brought back the same report "No word." Pilot Joe Crosson, speeding more than 200 miles an hour, passed over the Endicott moun tains and down the Canning river to the Arctic coast. Fog covered the ocean as he flew 50 miles east along the desolate coast, but Crosson said he be lieved there was open water be low. He returned to Fairbanks on a line 60 miles east of the Canning river, stopping at Beav er on the Yukon river. (Turn to Page 14, Col. 8.) Douglas Pinball f Cleanup Blocked ROSEBTJRG, Augl 14-05VA midnight deadline for the opera tion of pinball machines in Doug las county was blocked today by an injunction suit filed by Earl Bush, distributor operating about 50 machines in the county. Bush, filing the action against the district attorney and sheriff, who had ordered removal of all machines by midnight, complain ed that the games are authorized by law and unless the authorities are restrained, "established busi ness will be destroyed and prop erty will be wrongfully seised. A temporary restraining order was issued by the county court. i islatlon be junked. In special committee report, the chamber aid that any wage and hour abuses should be corrected by state legislation, with congress enacting some federal law to give support to state programs. Bankhead would not forecast that congress would - reach its adjournment goal by a : week from .tonight. - - Soma capltol leaders were In clined to - believe August 24 or 25 would be the final day . of the session. . . The sugar : control bill - stiU faced a threat of a veto unless it could be revised . to meet ad ministration ''objections. The house probably wUl send it to conference with the senate Mon day. -ir.': ' ji ' v Also on Monday, . the house agriculture committee will meet to' consider. a senate-approved resolution .pledging congress to consider at the outset or the next session regular or special general crop control legisla tion, i- . on Whangpoo quarter, scene of the worst ear- nage fn Saturday's tragic aeriar attack, seemed reUeved aa heavy wind and rain swept in frese the sea. Extremely poor visibility seemed to allay fears of any Im mediate renewal of action by ei ther contending Chinese or Japa nese air forces. r Japanese sources declared the island empire's naval bombers had penetrated Into the Interior be hind Shanghai and destroyed at least 40 Chinese planes at air craft bases.- The Japanese report ed they had effected destruction ot : theitwe - Chinese bombers blamed Tor . the lethal attack en Shanghai's foreign section. The Chinese bombs fell late the city of ; 3,500,000 persons when the airmen missed their papanese warship target anchored near the Japanese concession. Inquiry: Conducted By Chiang Kai-shek - Chinese sources said General Issimo Chiang Kai-shek, etrong ! man of the Nanking regime, was conducting a strict inquiry. Into the bombing. These sources said that Japanese anti-aircraft bul lets striking bomb racks of the low-flying planes released the projectiles prematurely. Whatever the cause of. the at- ; tack, two or more Americans were wounded in Shanghai Sat urday In the attack that drove scores of others from ; their homes. Every one of the 4, 000 Americans In the bleeding international community was ie peril. . ' , ' ; v Destruction spread through Shanghai as Sunday dawn ap proached.; Machine , guns were ' chattering fiercely along the land -battlefront on Shanghai's north ern fringe and. big guns of Jap anese warships on the Whang poo river fired steadily at lar targets." - --'.-., .-;-, Fires were Increasing, notice- -ably in eastern Chapel, Chinese section, and apparently were eat Ing Into northern parts ot the international settlement. Three Tecklessly-dropped Chi- -nese bombs plunscd into densely packed street ' intersections of Shanghai's foreign areas, Ap- parent! y, .they were aimed at (Turn to Page 14, CoL C L Rudeness Charged Against Governor PORTLAND, Aug. 14 UP A Workers' Alliance committee Is sued a statement today desert sing the failure of Governor Martin-, re meet with '200 members and: ev WPA employes in Salem Friday as a "discourtesy and affreat to the unemployed citizens of this state. .. : The statement signed by T. A. : Phillips, chairman, said the "dis dainful and careless actios ef the . governor can be considered only as a callous disregard to the wel fare of Oregon'a citlsenry. The committee wired Senator McNary and - Representative Naa Honeyman asking that the Work ers Alliance be allowed -an ex officio member on a committee to make a WPA survey in the state. McNary has asked E. J. Griffith, WPA administrator, to make the survey. A LLA DC o TOD Ay . By R. a - No respecters of person are aerial bombs, they fall on toe just and the unjust alike, se civilians in Shanghai feel jus tified qualms lest they should . be standing where fliers shells strike. .