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i Art . Appreciation : , . Hundreds of sets of fam ous paintings are . ' being purchased . by ! Statesman . readers under the national rt apreciatlon ' committee plan. -!. Weather Fair today and early Fri day, becoming cloudy Fri . day; Max. Temp. Wednes day 55, Min. 33, river -1.4 feet, northwesterly' wind. POUNDOD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon,' Thursday Morning, November 4, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 190 ct ' '. '....rv':" ";'- '.--'- ! '!; ftv-;v ' . ,- -:r'i:,'"'!' .. -' ; ::r'"-' -' ' ...-j shimd. may :z: X ::: :'. " .; . I ::!;;; OP Eyston Smashes Vole Outcome h Pleasing to GOP Officials One-Seat GairV in House, New York Triumplis . Cited by Hamilton : John Lewis - Says j Result Higlil Gratifying to Labor Vote League (By The Associated' Press) The republican party and-labor both declared they saw encourag ing Indications today in the re turns trom . Tuesday a state and municipal ' elections.- - ".. John D. M.' Hamilton, chair man of the .republican, national committee, called the- results "tremendously satisfactory," ex pressed pleasure at a one-seat gain in the house" and thought the "democratic high command" could deriTe little joy from the roting In New York city. 'j ; John L. Lewis. CIO chief and chairman of labor's nonpartisan league, said the returns showed "distinct progress for labor." His organization, be added, will 'now devote its attention" to next year's congressional elections. . LaGnardia Margin Near Half Million w " Complete figures meanwhile showed Mayor LaGuardia victo rious over Tammany's Jeremiah T. Mahoney by 454,425 votes and his fusion rnpning mate,' Thomas Ei. Dewey, installed as district at torney of ?New York, county by 108,823 over Harold Hastings, Tammany democrat. ' In Detroit, the CIO was nnsnc- cessful in an effort "to elect 'a mayor and five members of . the nine-man city Council. Richard W. Reading, backed by the AFL, defeated its mayoral . 'candidate, Patrick H.. O'Brien, '-by 260,975 to 154,000. : Sen. A. Harry Moore was elect ed governor of New Jersey, poll ing 743, 686 votes to 699,006 cast for Lester H. Clee, Presbyterian minister and . his republican op ponent. ' v - Hamilton said he was "particu larly pleased", at the victory of Bruce Barton, author and adver tising man, as a member- of, the house from New York City's "Silk Stocking District." Barton's ' pre decessor was a democrat. v In , addition, - the republican chairman found encouraging signs' in the balloting for borough pres idents in the New York,, the Dew ey election, and the election of republican mayors in Cleveland, Akron and Canton, over CIO op position in the last two cases.1 -c.' Moore's Opposition ; to ' ; ' . Court BH1 Cited : . : While a democrat, Moore, was elected governor of New Jersey, Hamilton attributed that result to the fact that the victor as a mem ber of the senate was an opponent of President Roosevelt's bill for the reorganization of -the supreme court; -.. ; '' ." ' f - Lewis said that "the accom plishment of the American Labor party in New York is "outstand- ing." That party,- closely allied with the CIO ; p o 1 1 e d 482,459 (Turn to page 2 col. 8) 0 d.d i t i c s i , .-in the News ' COLUMBIA, Mo.V' Nov. This cUy's campaign against traf fic violations acted- as a boom erang for Mayor Rex P. Barrett here today. The mayor, who ' In " an open letter to Chief of Police Orville Pollock - last ' August i requested stricter enforcement of traffic laws, was fined in police court to day for overtime parking. He pleaded guilty by letter and sent along a check for 3.50 to pay the fine. -NEW ULM, Mlnn 'ov. Z (JPln, Anton Windschltl of WUford township. Brown eoun tr. rave birth to her fourth set of twins today at Loretto hos- "J pitaL The first set or twins were, boys, the second a boy and girt - and the- third ana iounn girls. ATI the children are living. SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 3-i5V Sneedinr is sneeding.and a silk kimono is nothing more than con tempt of court insofar as Justice Chester W. Moore is concerneo. The kimono and a letter asking the Judge to forget a speeding charge cost Matsuo Hirashima, San Francisco Importer, a 50 fine on contemnt charges.: , . , The speeding count was against Hiroshima's employe, T. F. Ikaml, who was fined $50 despite his em- clover's intercession. And the kimono n returned to Hirashima. Beats 163 MiW 'Per' 4 On Long Distauce Run; To Take Two Thousand Miles at 173.75 Recorded, Slightly Slower for 3000 Kilos; Thunderbolt Being Reassembled for. Another Attempt BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, .Utah, Nov, 3 (AP) Capt. George Eyston halted a distance run at 6i59-p. m. (PST) tonight . after capturing three major world .speed records for 3000 kilometers, 12. hours and 2000 miles. He quit the speed run : after shattering the 2000-mile record with an average speed AFL hot Allowed To Drop Charges y . . :- Hearing on IEU Contmues at Portland; Ruiegnitz Remains on Stand PORTLAND. Nov. 3 JF)-The national labor relations, board re used today to permit the AFL to withdraw US complaint of com pany unionism against the Indus trial Employes Union, Inc., suc cessor to the 4-L. . Trial Examiner Harry Hazel, who has heard testimony for three weeks on charges brought by the AFL and CIO, said the board gave no reasc n for its decision Counsel for the AFL asked per mission., to withdraw Monday, as serting companies named in Its complaint had "desisted" from al leged unfair practices. f W. CC Ruegnitz, former chief of the 4 L and principal witness to day, said the organization was formed by the government In .war time to bring stability to the lum ber industry and combat the IWW. John Babe, labor- board at torney, questioned him in regard to participation of employers In IEU arbitration machinery. Ruegnitz is an official of the Willamette valley lumber operat ors, several members of which have working agreements with the IEU. i Black Challenged By Oil Companies . WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 - JP) -Justice Hugo' h. Black faced a new challenge jjoday to his right to sit on the supreme court. His eligibility was questioned by three Florida oil compatiles in a petition which "contended Black's appointment was uncon stitutional. ; i J" . . The petition' advanced two ar guments on which the court re cently refused to pass that no vacancy existed at the time ' of Black's appointment, and that the justice had- been a member of the senate which, permitted members of the court to retire at lull pay at the age of 70. The constitution prohibits a member ot, congress from taking an office he , has helped make . more remunerative. t was contended : the i com plainants did not have sufficient interest. , ' - ' Whether the Florida companies, as litigants before fthe tribunal, have sufficient interest remains to be decided. - Quebec Bans "Zola MONTREAL, Nov. 3-(CPJ-The Quebec ; board of censors tempor arily banned from the province the moving picture "The Life of Emile Zola." an official of the board said tonight. No reason , was made public Congress Members Opposed To Midterm CHICAGO, Nov. 3-CT)-A pro jected midterm convention of the republican party stirred a clash ot opinions today. - John D. M. Hamilton, national chairman, glowing; with satisfac tion over yesterday's elections, re iterated his belief that a confer ence to shape party policy ' was advisable." -v ,x m ' " v- - Bat Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts, chairman : of the republican congressional commit tee and floor leader for Alt M. Landon at the Cleveland conven tion, said such a gathering would be "a : major political blunder. . The ! national committee, will vote on the plan here Friday. ' ? . Martin iff one of the two mem bers ot congress who also - are members of the committee. The other is Rep J. Will Taylor of Tennessee.' ' " Martin said that more than .90 Be Extended Second' , ::.r ; V;.-; . y;;y. Tlie Mile Again of 163.75 miles an hour." His J new mar-K ror theTiz-hour , rnn was 163.68 m. p. h., and for the 3000 kilometers, 163.49: The elapsed time ! for the 2 0 0 0- mile journey, which " started ' at 6:40 a. m. (PST) was 12 hours and. 19 minutes. The run actually gave him 12 new records three marks in the world unlimited class, three in international class A, and three each in American unlimited "and American' class A. " Captain Eyston announced he (Turn to page 7, col. 7) 1 - . Scoutmasters of Area Gather Here Each: Troop Represented, , Dinner in Rotary Hut;' Year's Plans Told. Scoutmasters or representatives from each troop in the Cascade area councilr Boy Scouts, attended a dinner and program for which J. E. Monroe, scout ex'ecutlve for the area, was host' Wednesday night in Rotary hut on the Leslie junior high school grounds. Discussion of the years pro gram, chess and other games oc cu pled the evening following the dinner. The meeting closed with an inspirational talk by Rev. George H. Swift of St. Paul's Epis copal church. - Present were Scout Commis sioner, District. C o m m issioners Carl Merryman of Lebanon and Ferris White ot Albany, and B. B. Richards, troop 1; Bob Day. troop 2; Charles Day, troop 3; Cliff Lentz, troop 4; Leslie White, troop 5, ; ' Phil Rlhgle and James Turn- r (Turn to Page 2r Col. 2) Flood Control to Be Topic Tonight DALLAS, " Nov. 3 A meeting wUl be held at Independence city hall Thursday: night at S o'clock for the purpose of discussing for mation of flood control districts by farm owners whose property Is along the Willamette river., - .Dr. W. L. Powers, head of the soils department at Oregon State college, will i be - the principal speaker. He will explain what is necessary, for the farmers to do If they wish- to- form such- districts, and they will be given the op portunity to go ahead and form such districts if they desire to do so. Dr. Powers has already aided in the' formation of . 18 such, dis tricts and knows the procedure According to W. C Leth, Polk county agent, the sole purpose of the meeting is to acquaint1 lar.d owners along the Willamette river with: the- rules and regulations which must be met and .then let them lead In the formation of such districts.. The extension service does jiot'sponsor them, but is will lng to aid in setting them up if the farmers so desire. ' GOP Gathering per cent of the 65 . republican congressmen who replied, to. questionnaire on the issue were opposed to a 1938 party confer ence. He expressed the belief that similar sentiment existed among republican senators, , . The plan has been espoused by former President Hoover and Hamilton; but has drawn opposi tion from some renubllcan lead. ers. Landon, titular head of the party, has "been noncommittal. - Martin said in a statement the proposed convention .would be "harmful to the welfare of the country." Pointing to .the defeat ot the president's supreme court program, ,: the ' congressman said "other, unwise experiments : may well he expected." . ; "To .. make these issues parti san," he added, "would unques tionably weaken the opposition ' - (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4).;. mecorm Final Tally on Courthouse Is Little Changed Champoeg, Last to Come iri, Only Unanimously Opposing Precinct ' Court Members Consider ; Repairs; Think Issue , ito Carry Sometime Tie outlying Champoeg '. and Breitenbush yesterday added their votes to the defeat of the proposal to build a new .courthouse for Marion county as the. last returns from : the county's : 7 T. precincts readied: the county clerk's office. The complete unofficial count ot votes on the first ballot .measure, which would have authorized con struction of the new building, was 363$ for the project and 44Q6 against it. : j: . ' County- Clerk U. G. Boyer an- tnounced the official canvass of the 3! election would be comnleted by .'Aiia- office not later than to- night The only precinct ,to go ttnan imously against a new courthouse waaf the last one reported in. Chajnpoeg, in which there were 10 jvflites for rejection and ' none for approval of the building pro gram. : Sentiment Divided At Breitenbush Fiourteen Breitenbush . voters fave red the proposal while 2 7 Tot ed against it. " . County court members had lit? , -f (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1 Agne Ledf ord Is Held on 2 Counts Poison Murder Charge Is Listed in Indictment; Early Plea Likely ST. HELENS, Ore., Nov. 3-tfrV A Columbia county grand jury In dicted Mrs. Agnes Joan Ledford today on two counts of first de gree murder in the alleged deaths by 'poison of her step-daughters, Ruth, 13, and Dorothy, 15. Suth died September 6, her sis ter - two days later.' Their deaths previously were attributed to hav ing! eaten wild blackberries, cov ered with wind-blown: spray. Dist. Atty. David O. Bennett charged .one . administration of poison caused both deaths. Mrs. Ledford, arrested last week on information filed by the Columbia county sheriff charging hei with the death of Ruth, was new in the Multnomah county Jail!...' , ,,. Bennett said Mrs. Ledford probably would plead to the in dictments this week. Van Vlack Insane ---'.to-- . -. t Board Is Advised - r 1 - : - . :.--- :. - .." !. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 3 -iJP)- There is, "grave doubt" as to the saiity of Triple-Killer Douglas Van Vlack, awaiting execution on Idaho's gaUows. December 10, Dr. S. is L. Blafr of Tacoma, Wash.. told the state pardons board to day. , .:.- ; - ' ' I ' 'I have no hesitation in stating he Is suffering from a form of in sanity usually; spoken of as man: iaeal-depressive - ; Insanity," Dr. Blair declared in a letter to the board, which may be asked ; to commute the former University ot Washington student's death sen- teace...s--:-;'''.;.'-.j'.-;-..-'v - j.v- ' "I believe his condition is ;ln cuirable, In that exciti causes weuld bring on recnrrenPpells, the letter continued. ulletin a - Us jtxX'X--x I Clinton ' Rebo of ' Aumsvflle died in the Salem. General hos-; nital early this morning from injuries suffered in an automc blle accident. His was the fifth death from traffic accidents In the Salem district within niae days. Collision . between two auto mobiles at the Four Corners n Penitentiary 'i;.'.oad about 12:80 a. m. caused Rebo's death according to meagre in formation received by the state police.. Rebo was taken to the hos pital ia a Salem Taxi Service ' nmbalance i .- " '". 1 i - - -. : ; Five Killed in Air Collision Near Seattle Naval Amphibian's Crew All Lost ; Get no Time to Use Parachutes Two in Smaller One Bail out. Saved; Each Ship Power Dives, Report SEATTLE, Nov. 3-fflVThe en tire crew of five men of a large naval amphibian plane lay dead tonight and two other navy fliers nursed bruises after an aerial col lision 3000. to 3500 feet above Boeing field. Naval authorities protected the survivors from interviews about details of the crash which occur red! during "a routine gunnery practice flight, from the Sand Point naval air base here. . - - The dead: - Lieut. -Henry B. Twohy,.- Spo kane,. Wash. Aviation Cadet K. F. . Schmidt, University of Minnesota graduate, of Springfield; Minn. - Aviation Cadet Kenneth Rhud- dy Seattle, former star mile run ner, on the University of Wash ington track team. Machinist's Mate M. McCroddan, New Warrenton, Fla. Radio Operator R. E. Reagan, Grand Rapids, Mich. The occupants of the smaller plane, who bailed out and landed safely near the wreckage of the planes, were: J. D. Goodsell, aviation xhlef machinist's mate, Seattle, and W S. Bowman, seaman, Alexandria, Louisiana. Board of Inquiry Will Probe Cause Navy doctors ordered Goodsell and Bowman to bed to recover from the effects of their experi ence, after ' the men had been questioned at the air station by officers. . Naval authorities said a board of inquiry would open sessions probably tomorrow. The coroner planned to call an inquest. Pilots of both -ships seemingly threw their planes into power dives in a frantic effort to avoid the crash, said Col. J. Vinton Birch, resident engineer for the Fisher body plant. He said he (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Groves Will Head Linn Republicans Roshal Groves of Lebanod was named president of the Linn County Republican club at a meeting In .the Lebanon -hotel, with ' more than 30 republicans from all parts of the county In at tendance." -: , . - Vice -presidents elected were Robert Marks, Albany; Ernest Scholl, Sweet Home; Paul Larden, Crabtree; J. W. Moore, Harris burg; Lynn Morris, Brownsville, and B. M. Bond, Halsey. Mrs. Wallace C. Eakin of Albany was elected" secretary-treasurer. " ' Regular meetings of the club will be held hereafter - the' first Wednesday of each month, with the next gathering scheduled In Albany. - '.i Brief .talks were given by Har old Pruitt, president f the Ore gon Republican club; Mrs. Hazel Pague, vice president of the clnb for. this district :. Robert Jones of Salem, president - of " tne : Marion county club ; Dr. Joel C. Booth, mayor of Lebanon; Clyde Wil liamson ( Linn- county i state sen ator; R. W. Tripp; Linn county central committee chairman; and Walter Kropp, central committee secretary;. . .--. .; -v .- Roy Leach, Dayton, Dies ; Following' Auto Mishap McMINNVILLE, Nov. 3 - Roy Leach, 27, of Dayton, died in a hospital today of injuries re ceived Tuesday when a car he was riding in overturned between Dayton and Lafayette, , . Late Sports SPOKANE, - Nov.- S Burly Wes .. Schulmerich, '-. summertime manager of the Lewiston Indians, puffed his way Into the hearts of Spokane mat fans in his profes sional wrestling debut here by downing Jerry Meeker, current villain of the game. I j i - ALBANY," Nov. S-W)-The Ba by Buceaneers of Albany college defeated Chemawa Indian school. 26 to 0, in a football game .here today. PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. M General O'Brien, 214, Mexico City, defeated Pat O'Shocker, 215, SL Louis, in 10:03 in the main event of tonight's wrestling show: O' Shocker defaulted the second fall. Americans Take Important. Roles In Peace Conierence at Brussels Norman Z ' - ' '. i PDr. 8. K. Horabeek - X " vL. AN j The United States delegation, pictured above,! emerged as one of the - leading groups In the Brussels nine-power, conference seeking to end hostilities in the orient. Norman H. Davis, "roving ambassa- dor," outlined the policies this ; and obtained British and French support. Dr. 8. K. Hornbeck is chief advisor to the state department on oriental questions. Charles K. Bohlen is secretary of the delegation. . Postoffice Rooms Taken Over Today Federal Bureaus to Move First, Qear Way for t Postal Removal Remaining federal offices up stairs 1n the old postoffice builds lng will be moved today and Fri day to make .way for moving the postoffice equipment and crew to the new postoffice. :-. This major switchover will be started at 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, at which time the lobby ot the old postoffice will be closed to the public to 1 facilitate the moving. - - - Tl It is the aim of Postmaster Hi R. Crawford and his assistants to accomplish the move without loss of as much las a postcard, and in such order; !t h a t mail deliveries will go" forward 'Monday morning with the usual routine, i. 1 Lobby of the new building will be open to the' public Saturday afternoon: and Sunday, although as is usual during that period. ni business will be conducted at the postal windows.' ' rt- :-, -c. Federal! divisions 'which - will move today ito the upstairs office' in the new structure are the army recruiting;- station, internal rev enue, civil service and the federal veterinarian. . 1 Defense Rests in Hahn! Poison Case 5 CINCINNATI, . Nov.! 3-)-Tb4 defense in the murder trial of Anna Marie Hahn" rested i todays relying on three witnesses to save her from a state's demand ot death in th electric chair. : - . Prosecutor Dudley I M. Outcalt has demanded the supreme penal ty for the woman who Is charged with the' mnrder-hy-polson of ,7$r year-old Jacob Wagner. V 1 " 'f Chief ; Counsel Joseph Hdodin rested his ease at the end of the day's session, as Outcalt terminatj ed cross-examination of the blonde former ' housemaid. Dr. William D. .McNally. - defense j toxicologist from the -University ,of Chicago; preceded her . on the stand an said that symptoms of poisoning were similar to those of other illnesses. h ' J i 1 K - -;.'.. ,, Mrs. 'Hahn's -12-year-old son, Oscar, was the first defense wit ness. The state beard from 9 persons, i ' 'j-.';V -:' K; i- Clemency Move; for Coffey ! Under Way ' - '. - A last minute attempt to sate Orey G. Coffey, discharged Salem police inspector, from commit- V ment to the state penitentiary tor accepting a bribe, was in the mak ing last night. A prominent local attorney;, who had been urged by friends of Coffey to intercede tor judicial clemency said he would make his j decision known this morning.. ! , .. .: --. Haste f to have representations for a parole presented , to , Circuit Judge Ear C Latourette ot Ore gon City was being made because the supreme court's mandate af firming Coffey's conrictioB in the Marion county circuit - court was expected to reach the 1 county clerk's Office today. Without a stay of execution signed by Judge Latourette; who presided over the Coffey trial, the clerk, would be Invitation " : ' ::r:.-;;; - ;, Charles E. Bohlen p If. Davis ' f-K'.:. ' nation will purane in the conference Mixup Is Viewed Aumsville - Sublimity Line Long Misunderstood; Change Sought Petitions seeking to r e me d y a school district boundary mlxup which has existed in the Aums ville and Sublimity districts tor many years were, tiled at the of fice of . County Superintendent Mary L. Fulkerson yesterday. hearing has been set for Novem ber 22 at 10 a.m.. The- misunderstanding appar ently arose In 101 when a nar row neck of land extending Into the Sublimity district was an nexed by the Aumsville- district Mrs. Fulkerson said. Nearby res- .' ' (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Stork Derby Case In Supreme Court OTTAWA, Nov.. 3-H-Toron to's famous "stork derby" today reached the Canadian supreme court. " -j. -i - , . ' . The case came on an appeal for a final ruling on the will of Charles Vance Millar, eccentric millionaire, who left the residue of his rich estate to the Toronto mother bearing the most children in the decade following; his death. Millar's next of kin,' Arabella West and - Alexander -. Butcher, seek to have the clause declared invalid on : the grounds - that it is against public policy. : A second ruling is . asked ; on whether illegitimate children are eligible to be counted in the race which ended Oct. 3 1, 19 3 with more than a half dozen mothers presenting conflicting claims to victory, , Hit-Run Accident Is Reported Here A sedan described as registered to a resident of Freewater, Ore gon, crashed Into a truck parked at 19 35 Center street last night about o'clock. Two young boys were in" the car, which failed to stop .after the accident, according to the police report. In. the truckrat the time of the collieon were Mrs. Cecil Parker and baby, -Mr. Parker was in the act of returning to his truck when the accident happened. - Here , Revealed required Immediately .to ' issue writ committing the ex-officer to the penitentiary to start - serving the three-yeajr sentence imposed after he wagiound guilty of the bribe taking charge. . - .. , 1 Should fhe stay of .execution be granted, (Judge Latourette .would be asked then to set a date for hearing, on Coffey's petition for a parole.-; The i hearing - probably would be held next week, when Latourette will be in Salem to try a series ot circuit court law de partment cases. The showing tor parole would take 'the form of presenting wit nesses intended to show the offi cer's good : conduct, prior . to his conviction and of a plea for leni ency on . the ground that -the charge of which Coffey was found guilty was his. first offense. . mw J y it Boundary Davis Outlines Plan at Start V,. '.. ' . ' : . Of Conference Negotiations in Quest of Terms Suiting Both of Belligerents, Aim US, France ' and England Emerge as Leaderain Brussels Meeting - i .t : BRUSSELS, Nov 3-(ffV-A de- cislon to call the principal niie power conference , delegations to a meeting for consideration -of a - second Brussels ' conference Invi tation to Japan . was reached : -ro- night by the United States Great;. Britain and France.. - , .' The decision was made after a series of . evening talks begun when - British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden dined with Tven , Delbos, the French foreign min ister. .- ,, ' ' ' Delbos later called on 'Norman H. Davis, chief of the American delegation. A . Russia's Delegate ' ' ' Agrees to Attend .. , . It was nnderstood Maxim Lit- vlnoff, soviet Russia's delegate, had accepted an invitation to the meeting which would be attended In addition by the eight signatory powers which have gathered in Brussels. Only Japan has stayed -away from the peace sessions, and the meeting tomorrow would con sider a second bid to the en ference." - . ' r If Japan refused the. invitation or if agreement could not be reached for extending the invita tion, it was understood a commit tee would be formed ot the chiefs -ot the principal delegations to seek some, means of mediation even without Japanese attendance. The expected "big three' -front emerged' at the opening session of the conference when the United States, Great Britain and "France agreed on " the course they be-1, lieved It should take in seeking peace in the- far east; - rj : ;-. The British and .French delega tions subscribed to the proposal of Norman H. Davis, head' of the United States delegation, that peace should be sought by direct negotiations between China and Japan. AH three powers wrged quick action lest the conference drift, Into dangerous and dilatory paths. I Italy Will Oppose Punitive Action . Italy also agreed to the pro posal but. fulfilling pre-con Ter ence predictions, expressed oppo- sition to anything in the nature of ; sanctions or even ; "moral quarantines ; : Davis, in outlining the boaitieu of the .United States; cautioned that any peace "must be fair -to each and acceptable to both China and Japan." He exhorted the Chi nese and Japanese to settle their conflict "by peaceful processes.". His speech, while, interpreted as a bid for ' direct - negotiations between the ' two countries,- was regarded also as leaving the door open for mediation through Inter ested nations. v v ' t . .- British Foreign Secretary An-' thony Eden said Great Britain was "in full agreement with every word" Davis said. Y von Delbos, French foreign minister, also gave his assurances that France would support the case as outlined by Davis. .. ,; . juavjiiaruia oroup " In NW Is- First ABERDEEN, Nov. 3 -Wf A "LaGuardia for President club ot Grays Harbor county" will be or ganized ihere Friday , night at a meeting i of admirers of the re elected New York mayor. - The meeting has been called by Edwin : J... Alexander, young ad vertising man, who ay he bones to have his organization recog nized as the No. 1 LaGuardia. tor President club In the United States. . . , High Lead Cable Crushes Worker OREGON CITY, Not.' S -(P)-Struck by a high lead cable which pulled from its. anchor stump Glen Straw, about 25, of Kelso, was Instantly killed at the -Eastern and-.Western logging opera tions near Molalla today. - Both arms and both legs were broken and his chest crushed. . B A LLADE o TOD A y By R. d ) Well build no courthouse, that's decided the : voters spurned -the planners plaint; let's hope -the old one's soon provided a few internal j$ata of pain,, -