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EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 21, 1937
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No. 152
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Canton Raided
With Civilians
Chief Victims
Damage to Port City Is
Declared Slight
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'21 Planes Visit
Ambassador Removes His
Staff at Nankins to
Warship, Reported
SHANGHAI, Sept. 21. -(Tuesday
)-() Chinese declared today
that eight Japanese warplanes of
a fleet of 21 raiding the southern
metropolis of Canton were de
stroyed as Japan spread desola
tion from the air-along the China
coast.
Independent observers at the
Portugese colony of Macao, at the
month of the Canton river, bore
out; the Chinese claims.-They said
21 Japanese planes passed over
- Macao in the direction of Canton
at 6:30 a. m., but only 13 returned
two hours later. '
Many civilians were killed by
the ! earth-rocking bombs but ma
terial damage to the great south
ern river port city was said to have
been slight. Chinese pursuit ships
took off in the cool morning air to
meet the invaders and the combat
high above the city was featured
by spectacular dogfights. The Chi
, nese power-dived on the tails of
the heavy bombers, spurting ma
chine gun fire.
The Japanese planes were said
to be attached to the aircraft ten
der Notoro which is believed to be
cruising Just outside the mouth of
the! Canton river:
NANKING, Sept. 21.-(Tuesday)
(-Seventeen American civilians
under the leadership of J. Hall
Paxton, second secretary of the
United States embassy, took ref
uge) in the legation today as a Jap
anese warning to flee the city ex
pired. U. S. Ambassador Nelson T.
Johnson reluctantly evacuated his
staff and offfice to the warship
Luzon to escape the threatened
bombardment of the Chinese cap
ital. Japanese were believed deter
in 1 n e d on utter destruction of
Nanking.
Paxton, veteran of the Chinese
service, volunteered to remain at
his post and the 17 other Amer
icans stayed with him. All other
foreign embassies remained in the
city, at least temporarily.
As the Japanese . ultimatum to
evacuate Nanking or face death at
tire hands of air raiders expired
at noon 11 p. m. EST, Monday),
. Chinese made feverish prepara
tions for defense of the city.
Fast fighting craft were tuned
up at the military airdromes and
human and mechanical observers
scanned the sky with eyes and
ears for the first approach of the
Japanese bombing squadrons.
Bombproof underground shel
ters were scooped out of the num
erous hillsides and dug in vacant
lots; practically every private
house had prepared its own refuge.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2
The United States agreed today
to : send a representative to the
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: Oddities
In the News
DUBOIS, Pa., Sept. 20-?)-FIre-men
answered their , own alarm
and pulled a fire truck to safety
from a blaze that destroyed the
fourth ward hose company build
ing yesterday. Origin of the fire
was undetermined.
- CAIRO, ILL., Sept 10 -(ZD-Eight
months after the Ohio riv
er's record flood Cairo hardly can
votini the miehtv stream reach
ed a stage of 59.C feet and threat
ened the city s destruction.
Trtdiv the river is on stand at
Y.8 feet, the stage kept steady by
manipulation oi ioces ai nam a
at Grand Cnain.
AUGUSTA. Me., Sept. 20-(P)-Got.
Lewis O. Barrows today dis
patched invitations to chief exec
utives OI seveu uiucr bwim
. rllin nrAvlniAfl t n sand
representatives to Presque isle
Octooer it iuiuviw
championship honors" in an in-
. nntitn ntaklnr contest.
lem""" "- r .
j Chosen to compete because or
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growing industry were Idaho,
Minnesota. Wisconsin,-New York.
VanmavlvflTltll. MlChl-
ran. Nova Scotia, and New Bruns
wick and Prince Edward island.
Governor Barrows said thia was
the "first time" a potato-picking
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ever been planned.
AFTER BOMBINfJVNE WEEPING CHILD
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Alone in a scene' of wildest desolation, this tiny child cries in vain
planes bombed South Station, Shanghai. Hundreds of refugees were killed when their trains were
smashed to splinters by exploding bombs. Fire fo llowed in the wake of the aerial attack. The bewil
dered child miraculously escaped death, although bomb fragments were found all about him. UN
photo.
Dedication of HS
Building Arranged
Program Is Scheduled on
Sept. 30 With Noted
Speakers Coming
With a good share of invited
participants to the dedication
services for the new senior high
school having signified their in
tentions of being present, plans
for the dedicatory services, to be
beld September SO, are rapidly
taking form, said Superintendent
Silas Gaiser yesterday.
Dean J. R. Jewell of the
schools of education for the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State college, will be the prin
cipal speaker of the brief pro
gram that will precede opening
of the school to the public.
While the auditorium was used
for graduation exercises last
spring, the general public has
never had the opportunity of go
ing through the entire building.
The cafeteria, last unfinished
portion of the school should he
ready for inspection oy tnai
time, said Mr. Gaiser.
C. C. Hockley, PWA director
for Oregon, has accepted an in
vitation extended him and will
speak briefly, and L. D. Howell,
of the architectural . firm of
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Rich Gold Strike
Made Near Baker
BAKER, Sept." 2 0-(fly-Argo-naut
mine operators, 40 miles
west of here, today reported what
is believed to be one of the rich
est gold ore strikes made in Ore
gon during 1937.
Ore tests show it to carry
values ranging from $100 to $400
a ton. The ore will be shipped in
a crude state to a smelter. Bas
com Parker, jr., and F. N. Bonine
of Miles, Mich., are owners of the
mine, one of the new properties
in eastern Oregon.
One Hunter Killed, Two are
Wounded Season's First Day
HOOD RIVER, Sept. 20-()-A
sportsman, paid with his life to
day for the thrill of hunting deer
in Oregon's forests and his com
panion faced the realization of -a
tragic error in firing at "a move
ment in the brush."
At least two other hunters re
ceived wounds on thex day's rush
to bring home a "big buck."
Otto Smith, 33, of the little
community of Mount Hood died
on the north slope of the peak not
far from Coopers spur junction
with a bullet hole in his chest
Sheriff John Sheldrake and
State, Trooper Robert Raney said
Smith separated from his com
panion, Al Draper, and sat down
to rest between two trees. When
he arose Draper fired from 130
feet.'
The victim died a few moments
later in Draper' arms.
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Ashes Carried up
Hood in Blizzard
PORTLAND, Sept. 20.-P)-Fighting
their way through a
raging blizzard, two young Port
land men scaled Mount Hood Sun
day and from the peak of the ma
jestic mountain gave to the winds
the ashes of 22-year-old Helen
Claypool.
Nolan Rasnick and Lars Bache
Wiig made the climb at the re
quest of the girl's mother of Hub
bard, Ore., because, a year ago,
they performed a similar mission
with the ashes of the girl's broth
er, Del mar Claypool.
The Kirl was killed July 29 in
an automobile accident near Van
couver, Wash.
General Plans of
Library Approved
Three Story Structure Is
Projected; Ruling Made
on Portland Scheme
The general plan for the pro
posed new combination state li
brary and office building, to be
erected on property recently ac
quired by the state north of the
capitol, was approved Monday by
the state board of control.
The structure will be three
stories high, of marble exterior
and will cost approximately
$1,000,000. The construction cost
was estimated at $738,000. Ap
proximately $200,000 will be re
quired for engineering, power
plant end furnishings.
The plan was brought here
Monday by E. C. Dalton of St
Helens, a member of the capitol
reconstruction commission, which
has general supervision over the
construction operations, subject
to the approval of the board of
control.
Ample provision has been made
for the state library, officials said
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Draper ran for help and col
lapsed when he reached a near
by hunting party.
"I've just shot a man," he
gasped.
Smith, a lumber worker, is sur
vived by a widow and three chil
dren. Charles Gracy of Harper was
shot in the head hunting with
six companions in the Blue moun
tains near the Austin ranger sta
tion. Although the bullet entered
at the eye and came out at as
ear, doctors ' said he would re
cover. Details were not immedi
ately available at Baker.
- The first victim of the opening
deer season In Benton county was
Frank Prindle, Philomath, who
was shot through the knee by
Forest Smith, 'his hunting com
panion. (Turn to page 1, col. 2)
for his mother after Japanese war
Picket Arrested,
'Illegal Walking'
On Wrong Side of Highway
Is Allegation Against
Man at West Salem
The second arrest of a Salem
Building Trades council picket in
front of the Salem Box factory on
Wallace road was effected at 2:30
p. m. yesterday by Sheriff T. B.
Hooker.
The picket, Clarence Lynch, was
charged with violation of the
state motor vehicle act, specifical
ly, with walking on the wrong
side of the road. Taken into jus
tice court at Dallas, Lynch plead
ed not guilty and union represen
tatives posted $250 bail for his
appearance at a trial, for which a
date will be set later.
The building trades council will
not stop picketing the box plant,
which lies across Wallace road
from the West Salem boundary
line despite yesterday's action by
the Polk county sheriff, Ralph- A.
Harlan, secretary, indicated last
night.
Several weeks ago West Salem
police arrested a building trades
picket across the road from the
box plant and he was fined $5 in
municipal court there for -carry
ing a bannner without a permit
from the city council. Plans to ap
peal the case were thwarted by the
size of the fine, on which a direct
appeal to circuit court could not
be taken.
Bravery Inspired
By Hunger, Seems
WALLA WALLA, Sept. 20-(P)
A bucket of lunch was prized
above his life by a woodcutter
near Weston, Ore., Clair Egelston,
range rider, said here today.
Egelston related the woods
man, a huge Swede recently ar
rived from his native land, struck
a big bear over the head with his
axe when Bruin also made a move
for the lunch pail.
The axe handle broke1 and the
unidentified Swede finished the
scrap with a club about four feet
long and four inches thick. Each
time the bear would rear the
woodcutter would give him a bat
over the head, Egelston said.
Egelston asked the man why
he didn't run and got the reply:
"I thought of running, then
said to myself: 'John, you've
worked for five hours and are
hungry. You're going to fight for
your lunch..' "
Lamp's Explosion
In Trailer Fatal
GOODING, Idaho, Sept. 20-H?5)
Bernice Dennison, three, died to
day of burns suffered in a gasoline
lamp explosion in a trailer house
at Bliss late yesterday. -
Her father, burned as he rushed
into the flaming home-on-wheels
in an attempt to rescue the child,
was in a critical condition at a
hospital here tonight
Movie Censor
Bill Delayed;
Substitute in
Portland's Verdicts to
Be Accepted, Is new
Council Proposal
Closing at Midnight Is
Other Feature; Views
Vary, Survey Shows
The stringent movie censorship
bill which was revived and re
ferred to a special committee sev
eral months ago was indefinitely
postponed by the city council last
night and a substitute measure
drafted by Alderman Gertrude F.
Lobdell introduced.
The new measure provides that,
excepting by special written per
mit obtained from the mayor,
theatre operators must:
Exhibit only pictures that have
been approved by the Portland
board of motion picture review;
and,
Close their! show houses on or
before midnight.
Regardless of the special per
mit clause, the bill prohibits the
sale or acceptance of tickets for
admission to show houses after
midnight.
Chairman Sounds
Citizen Sentiment
As chairman of the committee,
Mrs. Lobdell said she had con
ferred with motion picture opera
tors and had made a "grab bag"
canvass of ' citizen sentiment re
garding midnight closing of
theatres.
"I found only one woman who
opposed it, asking, "What is my
daughter to do after midnight?
Mrs. Lobdell reported, "I don't
have a daughter but If I did I
know what I would do.
"Two university boys," she
continued, "said they saw noth
ing wrong at midnight shows but
'closing them would save us a
lot of money.' "
Other members of the special
committee, which will also con
sider the new bill, are Aldermen
E. B. Perrine and D. 0. Lear.
The discarded bill would have
set up a local citizen censor
board and provided rigid require
ments for motion picture exhib
itors to follow.
The formality of a roll call vote
was required before the council
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Late Sports
PORTLAND, Sept. 20.-UP-Er-
nie Piluso, 167, Portland mat fa
vorite, downed Bob Castle, 168,
Kansas City, Kas., in a middle
weight wrestling bout here to
night. Bobby Burns, 161, Florida,
won on a foul from Rod Fenton,
165, Canada, in the semi-final.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. tO.-UP)
-San Jose State buried College of
Idaho -under an avalanche of
touchdowns here tonight as they
christened their new arc light sys
tem with a 59-0 victory.
A hard charging line and great
downfield blocking paved the way
for nine touchdowns. Manoogian,
Lewis, Peregoy, Boucke, Zimmer
man, Lents and Collins contribu
ted to the Spartan cause. Lewis
and Peregoy contributed twice.
Pat Page's invading Idaho
eleven boasted little more than a
unique calling system in which the
entire team barked out the num
bers in unison. The Coyotes never
passed the 50-yard line.
State amassed 421 yards from
scrimmage and passes against
Idaho's minus 28. State had 20
first downs to the Coyotes' one.
TACOMA, Sept. 20-iip-Fresh
from their one-sided conquest of
Wenatchee in the Western Inter
national league playoff, the Taco
ma Tigers battered the Seattle In
dians of the Pacific coast league
into submission in an exhibition
game here tonight, 11 to 5.
The newly-crowned W. I. lea?uo
champions slammed out 17 hits.
including a homer inside tbe park
by Dave Goodman.
SPOKANE, Sept. 2Q.-ffy-Wes
Schulmerich, manager of the Lew
Iston Indians and the clown of the
Western International league. Was
reported tonight ready to turn to
hippodroming in the wrestling
ring.
"Suds" Sutherland, league um
pire, said he would manage the
baseball cut - np's grappling ar
rangements. He said Schulmerich,
former Oregon State college foot
ball and baseball star, was now in
strenuous training at his Oregon
home. Schulmerich' was a major
league baseball player before com
ing to the Western International
loop via the Pacific coast league.
Tension Eased
By Pleas From
Eden and Hull
Hope of Intervention by
Anerica Is not Great
Diplomats Assert
Face-Saving Formula in
Prospect for Italy
on Patrol Issue
- LONDON, Sept. 20-iR-Offl-
cial British quarters asserted
tonight tension in Europe had
been eased by .pleas of TJ. S.
Secy, of State Cordell Hull and
Briti3h Foreign Secy. Anthony
Eden for. international coopera
tion.
Reports from Rome that a
"face-Eaving" diplomatic formula
for Italian participation in the
Nyon-anti-piracy patrol appar
ently had been worked out also
were construed as happy omens
for peace.
These developments cama as
the Mediterranean bristled . h
British and French warships
under stern orders to end the
mysterious pirate attacks that
have grown out of the Spanish
civil war.
Secretary Hull's declaration
the United States must forego
complete isolation was welcomed
here as a possible j termination
of American aloofness from the
troubled European scene.
However, though the foreign
office waB deeply interested in
Hull's statement and Eden's
Geneva plea for closer trade re
lations, Informed sources antici
pated no Immediate Anglo-Amer
ican agreement.
The pressing concern of Presi
dent Roosevelt's administration
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Profits of Water
Department Grow
$9000 Higher First Half
of 1937 as Compared
to Previous Year
The 8alem municipal water de
partment experienced an increase
of approximately $9000 In net
profit for the. six months of 1937
in comparison with the corres
ponding period of 1936, the water
commission's semi-annual report
made to the city council last night
indicated. The 1987 net profit af
ter deducation of depreciation
was listed at $20,593.17 for the
six-months period.
The department's operating in
come was $94,456.47 and operat
ing expenses $46,456.47 to give it
& net operating profit of $47,
713.28 after a $10,824 53 charge
off tor depreciation. In arriving
at the $20,593.17 net profit the
report also deducted $38,390, the
interest payment on bonds, and
several smaller Items.
Assets at the close of the per
iod, June SO, included $14,889.54
in cash in addition to $402,911.64
cash in the fund created by bond
saleB; $60,282.70 in sinking fund
investments, $630,361.83 in work
in progress and miscellaneous oth
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Gas Bombs Burst, '
Gotham Theatres
NEW YORK, Sept. 20-)-Fourteen
persons were injured
tonight when tear gas bombs
exploded in seven Manhattan and
Bronx motion picture theaters.
The series of bombings was
the worst since the night of
September 12 when more than
50 theater patrons were injured
as chemical mixtures were ex
ploded in 21 theaters in what
police said was a continuation of
a dispute between two organizers
of motion picture operators.
Freshmen Register; Growth
Of Willamette Is Reflected
Freshman days at Willamette
university began yesterday morn
ing when 260 new students en
rolled with the registrar.. By this
noon the quota of 300 is expected
to be reached. First year men will
officially register this morning
and the women this afternoon.
Upperclassmen will arrive on the
campus tomorrow morning and
registration will continue all day
with an anticipated student body
of 800, the largest ever enrolled.
Twenty years ago, In 1917, the
total first day enrollment in the
fall term was 200 students, with
a freshman class of 90. The uni
versity today is more than three
times as large as in that year.
The previous year, 1916, before
the United States declared war,
the registration was only 234.
On today's calendar for the
neophytes besides registration la
Slain Upon Eve
Of Murder Trial
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HENRY H. DENHART
Freight Line Sues
Utilities Official
Consolidated Says 30-Day
Suspension Will Mean
Excessive Penalty
Consolidated Freight Lines,
Inc., yesterday Instituted action in
circuit court here to have orders
of the public utilities commission
er suspending tracking permits
set aside and the commissioner. N
G. Wallace, enjoined permanently
from attempting to enforce them-
The orders attacked in the com
plaint include one suspending the
firm's permit for 30 days as of
September. 15 and a succeeding
order which extendetd the date
for beginning the suspension to
November 15.
Claims Suspension
Is 9 70,000 Penalty
Although the state transporta
tion act, around whose interpreta
tion the case revolves, provides a
$1000 fine as maximum penalty
for violation, the utilities commis
sioner has in effect attempted to
fine the Consolidate Freight Lines
$70,000, the complaint alleges.
The $70,000 is set forth as th
firm's approximate average
monthly gross income, which
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Lethal Gas Death
Likely as Folsom
Break Aftermath
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 20
-!P)-The possibility , of death in
California's lethal gas chamber
confronted the five surviving Fol
som convicts of the abortive pris
on break , In which a guard and
two convicts were slain and eight
others wounded.
Otis D. Babcock, district at
torney, issued a call for the Sac
ramento county grand jury to
meet Wednesday, and said he
would ask the jurors to indict
the Quintet on first degree mur
der charges.
The condition of Warden Cla
rence Larkin, slashed 12 times
by the convicts in their dash for
freedom, was described as "criti
cal" by attendants at a hospital
where the prison head was taken
in an ambulance. Hospital at
tendants said the condition of
W. J. Ryan, captain of the guard,
wounded six times by the con
victs' knives, was "fair." Ryan's
lung was punctured by three knife
thrusts.
physical examinations for both
men and women and the first
freshman class meeting with the
student body president, Talbot
Bennett,' presiding. Temporary
officers will be elected at this
meeting.
A freshman assembly was. held
yesterday afternoon, which was
the first time the whole class met
together, and was presided over
by Professor' Herman Clark.
President Bruce Baxter gave the
welcoming address and pointed
out the advantages of the smaller
college in comparison to the big
city universities. The points he
stressed were that the basic
courses in the small college were
taught better and the beginning
courses were taught by the heads
of the departments; friendship;
a better chance in training in
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Kin of Woman
Forestall New
Murder Trial
Case Was to Be Revive
Today; Noted Warrior
Shot Seven Times
Brothers of Mrs. Vernaa,
Taylor Surrender and
One Takes Blame
SHELBYVILLE, Ky., Sept.
(iSP)-Portly Brig. Gen. Henry H.
Denhardt. who was to ga on trial
a second time tomorrow for the
alleged murder of his fiancee,
Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, was soot
and killed here tonight.
The 61-year-old former Spanish-American,
Mexican and World
war veteran fell with seven bul
lets in his body and Mrs. Taylor's
three brothers immediately sur
rendered to patrolman Jep
tha Tracey. Tracey said that Roy
Garr admitted firing the fatal
shots- He, with Jack and Dr. E.
S. Garr, was placed In Jail.
Denhardt and Rodes'K. Myers
of Bowling Green, his chief eeon
sel, after discussing final details
of the trial which was to hate
started tomorrow - morning at
nearby New Castle, were retarn
ing to the Armstrong hotel here
after a late supper.
Denhardt wa3 free on $25rCt
bond after a mistrial due to a
hung jury in the first attempt to
convict him last April of shootisg
the comely widow.
Start Shooting
Without Warning
"We had started across ike
street to the hotel," Myers said,
"when I told General De'hardt,
'there are the Garr boys.' Almost
as soon as we saw them the firing
began. Denhardt ran toward tke
hotel and I dashed in another di
rection. The first two shots miss
ed. Another struck the General
in the back and he fell."
Myers said that as Denhardt
lay on the street the firing con
tinued and he declared that Ry
Garr shouted "you are the
who killed my Sister and I a
going to kill you."
Myers threw up his ii
hands, he said, and exclaimed,
"I haven't done anything to
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Roosevelt's Main
Talk Set at Dam
Entertainment Plans Are
Proceeding; Governor
Will Meet Parly
PORTLAND, Sept. 2 0 - tvf) -Preparations
for President Roose
velt's visit to Oregon a week
from tomorrow were brought into
the open today after beiaff
shrouded with secrecy.
At Bonneville dam, construc
tion of a speaker's platform -get
under way. Col. T. M. Robins,
division engineer, said. Robin in
dicated, as did news dispatches
from the east, that the president
will make his principal address
there rather than at Timberline
Lodge on Mount Hood.
However, plans to entertain
the president and his party at the
new $650,000 'lodge went aheaA
under the direction of E. J. Grif
fith, state WPA director, and tbe
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
The president's ten-car special
train will, leave Washington Wed
nesday, arriving at Bonneville at
8 a. m. the following Tuesday.
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'Graft' Indicated
In Odd Amount on
Two-Cent Stamps
Not satisfied with labeling
routine city expense item mut4
out to Paul H. Hauser fer
$10.03 "for 2c stamps." as
"believe it or .not.' Alderaun
Edwin C. Goodenough last night
asked the city council "what
about this apparent graft?"
The other aldermen leofceel
blank for a second, then laughed
along with Goodenough. .
From Caroyl Braden, reer4
er's secretary, came the explana
tion that "Uncle Sam" got the
odd three cents the charge far
stamps sold by the roll of 101
each.
B
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of TOD A yf
By R. a '
From some f strange emus
now quite obscure it used te
be the custom to label college
freshmen "green, the ecen
tion fussed em; observe tJes
class of '41. no verdancy te.a-41
'em, a likely lot of boysjaaA
girls, we welcome them to-Salem.