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.
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EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 15, 1937
Price Se; Newsstands Se
No. 121
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. .