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Art Appreciation
Hundreds of sets of fam
ous painting are being -purchased
by, 8tatetium
.rraderg under the national ,
-art apreclatlon committee
plan, .j
Weather
Cloud .today becoming
unsettled Sunday; Max.
Temp. Friday 58, Mia.. 42,
river -1JI feet, southerly
wind, partly cloady.
POUNDDD 1651
EIGHTY SEVENTH YEAR
i Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, November 6, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 192
e Nippon Afimy Msiv Eecirtble Sliaiiai
J :
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Hug
Vikings
21-0
Travel Length
Of Grid, Tally
In Five' Flays
, ...
Indians AWShow: Good
Offense but Fail to
- Reach Goal Line'
Power Almost Exclusive
Method as Long Runs ;
Provide Thrills
THE DALLES, Nor. 5-(Spe;
cial)-The Salem high Vikings
poured pure power into their po
tential state championship - gf id
oars here tonight - to j hand The
Dalles 21 to 0 shellacking. ;
Scoring once each in the first
three .periods, the Haufc handy
men opened gaping holes in the
Indians' j-anks, and off of their
beautifuly executed reverses' went
through the tackles for 10, 12,
17 and up to 50 yards at a
clip. : ;
i Taking the ball on their own
four and one-half-yard line,
where it was nicely placed for a
- coffin-corner kick by Fowler, The
Dalles quarter, the Vikings in fire
plays had their first touchdown
. with Chapman Btepinj the last
SOH yards in all-American style.
The Salem calibre was evident
from the first play the Vikings In
augurated. Putting the- ball in
play 15 yards .In from that coffin
corner spbt, Wickert on a reverse
blasted his -way for 11 yard be
fore being hauled down Kelson
picked op fire through . centen
Chapman added 15 more off
tackle. Nelson was held for no
gain and then Crasher Carl cut in
j through ' tackle on a reverse to
- romp the' 50 H. yards to plant his
Salem cleats in pay sod.
King Scores Point
Through Alertness '
Burwlck blocked the conversion
attempt but Bob King scooped it
up to dash across for the! seventh
point.
Hill recovered Fowler's fumble
on the Salem 2 0 at the start of
the second canto, and again the
Vikings took up the: touchdown
stroke tar oar thair way into pay
dirt in' 11 plays. Chapman liter
ally dived over from the one-yard
t line on a fourth down play. Fig
i tiring In that concerted drive was
a 25-yard canter around left end
; by Al Wickerty followed Immedi
ately by" a 1 7-yard hip-swiveling
dashj by Crasher Carl, two mighty
plunges by Butch Nelson of 11
and 13 'yards each and a reverse
good for seven -by "Wickert.
: Fowler, tricky Indian quarter
back, and Fullback Harkham
i combined to pack and pass the
: ball from their own 23 to the
1 Salem 12 as) the half ended. Han
dsel stoppedi Fowler cold" at .the
i line of scrimmage as the gun
i sounded. -'v--v,
Third DHve Rapid; .
Wickert Goes' Over - ;-:
On the first exchange at the
; beginning ot-the . third stanza
' Chapman took FowlerHi boot on
; his own five and returned it 39
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d d it I cs
... in the Netcs
OKLAHOMA dITTr' Not. lffl
-Every motorist who overstays his
parking meter .time t limit is a
prospective customer for an enter
prising Insurance firm here. .
. The firm's agents i keep their
pockets full of nickels and their
eyes peeled, for - parking delin
quents. Later, the motorist re
'ceives this card: '". : l,- s'
"The green flag ; was down.
Overparked! Anyway," we deposit
ed another nickel for yon at 10:45
a. m., hoping to save you the an
noyance of a traffic .violation. You
bet we write Insurance on auto
mobiles." r'"-M , 1
IOWA CITY, Ia -Xor. nP)
-Mary Happy George" Miller,
who claimed to fee 102 years
old, died at the Johnson county
farm here today.
Her death brought to an end
the strange tale connected with
her life. She bad posed foe
nearly a half cent ury as a ma
before- her sex :was revealed
during an attack of pneumonia
here in 1828.
CUMBERLAND. Md.; Not. 8.-(J")-LouJs
Berman, serving a life
sentence for murder, is more per
severing than the legendary spider
that inspired Robert Bruee. Thirty
time he sought his release on
ti ftehaa conras neUtions prepared
by himself and failed. Today, he
argued his case again oerore As
sociate Judge William A. Iluster,
who reserved decision. v- .
Vanquish The BlpMes
to
Roosevelt 's
Invoked to fgd Labor
Groups Achieve Peace
Better Feeling Prevails in AFL-CIO Conference
SaysjfT)po Qiief; Green's Invitation to
Marine. Workers Resented, However
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (AP), President Roosevelt
brought his influence to bear for an end to labor's civil war
today shortly before conferees of the CIO and AFL renewed
their search for peace. ' v j
The chief executive declared at a press conference he
always had advocated bringing the two warring labor
O
Program of GOP
Will Be Outlined
Decision as to 3Iid-Term
Convention Delayed by .
Committeemen . r
CHICAGO, Nov. 5-;P)-Creatton
of a "program committee" to draft
the party's policies and define Its
stand on governmental issues was
approved today by the republican
national comnittee. :. ; '
The chairman and members of
the unique group, numbering at
least 100, : will be selected by the
executive boor of the nationsj
committee after consulting repub
lican congressmen and other party
chieftains;: j- - ::. 7
Its task will be the ''considera
tion of pertinent policies and is
sues of government.' It will as
certain the views of the "rank and
file" In the party. -
"The committee shall complete
Its work at the earliest opportun
ity and shall report Its sugges
tions, recommendations and con
clusions to the chairman of the
national committee," the resolu
tion establishing the new organi
zation concluded. "He shall there
upon call a meeting of the nation
al committee to determine the
most effective and practical man
ner Whether by ia national gen
eral forum,! conference or other
wise of presenting the report for
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Not Menace. Justs;
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Practicing Tafzan
C L E V ELAND; Nov. 5-JP)-Blood-chming
cries which Iright-
ened residents on several occas
ions, echo no more through Brook
side Dark for "Tanan" fell Into
the hands of bluecoats tonight.
"Tarxan" had been seen swing
ing about the trees dressed ih a
tiger-akin breech-clout and shout
ing wildly. '
'. But he turned out to he a short-
mild- mannered, blue - eyed 37
year-old man with 44-inch hir
sute barrel, chest and movie am
bitions. ; ' , : '
Police waylaid him tonight as
he walked home from work at a
bakery. He was proud to display
his complete change of Tartan
costume one s real tiger skin.
the other of striped velvet. ;
'I was" practicing Tarran." the
barrel-chested 'one told' police. "1
am very sorry when I scare people.
When I am in the woods practic
ing and I happen to run into any
body, I just run out and. excuse
myself for scaring them."
Death of Calvin
Takes Penitentiary 's Oldest
Death of Calvin Judy, - 8 , who
was both the oldest prisoner in the
Oregon state penitentiary and the
longest Incarcerated there, cast
gloom over the institution at noon
yesterday. Judy, who for years
had had the run of the place and
whose ' cell was always unlocked,
was regarded as model prisoner
and was known personally to near
ly every other Inmate. .' During
most of his term he served as a
trusty.
Judy was first received at the
penitentiary December 15, 1193.
from Douglas county . to serve a
life term for first degree murder.
He was ; convicted of slaying a
neighbor in a dispute over a line
fence around his homestead.
After serving until June. t.
1309, he received a conditional
pardon and returned to his ranch
in ' the : Loon Lake district ' of
southern. Oregon.
- On his return there he found
that 'his wife had-remarried and
, s ; 1 : . ;
biiiuence
organizations lnto.unity.
He said the administration was
taking no part in the negotiations
though he added a White House
visit by Matthew Woll, AFL dele
gate to the peace conference, had
been scheduled for some time.
" When 'this afternoon's meeting
of labor's peace committee began,
Charles P. Howard, a spokesman
for . the CIO, said there was a
better understanding on each side
than, at any time since, the civil
war started.
; Important upon the conference
program was a ' discussion of
which Industries should have1 in
dustrial unions and which should
be organised by crafts. The indus
trial unions are championed by
the CIO; the craft unions by the
AFL, ;: . - y---. .
Overnight a controversial fac
tor was Injected into the discus
sions, by William Green, federa
tion president, who called upon'
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Goes to Jail for
Failure to .Spell
i-
I HOQUIAM, Nov. 5. - (JPi - Be
cause he couldn't speH, Harry F.
walker, 20, went to the county
Jail today.
i When Walker showed a house
wife a note ostensibly signed by
a Seattle doctor and which read.
"it Is my belief and that of my
collegiates that this boy. through
an operation may have his speech
and hearing restored," he was
arrested on a charge ' of vagrancy.
; In Justice court Walker drop
ped the role of the deaf-mute and
was sentenced to serve a month in
the county jail. :
!; The name he used on his note
was "Dr. W. M. Ross, Providence
Hospital."
Crash on Bridge
Leaves Six Dead
- SHAWNEE, Okla 'Nov. 5 -)-Six
persons were killed an a seven-year-old
girl critically injured to
night In an automobile collision
on a small bridge at Rock Creek,
four miles east of here. -
KThe dead:",;; c ;v : iu ':
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Fordyce,
Shawnee, and their three-year-old
son; Hilton Bolandr 28, Earlsboro,
Okla., oil f ield worker, and his
wife, Edna, and Ralph N. Geer,
city engineer of Seminole. j
The seven-year-old daughter of
the Fordyces : was brought to a
hospital ;. here. Her head was
crushed. - - .
Judy at 89'
had proved up on the homestead.
He sought to recover the property
in the courts but failed.
( When he later camped on the
homestead and threatened to take
possession by force his pardon was
revoked and he was returned to
the penitentiary July 10, 1912.
i For many years - he - was in
charge of the prison poultry plant
and later assisted the prison gar
dener. He never caused the prison
officials any trouble. -
- "Judy was an unusual charac
ter," Deputy Warden Halley com
mented. " Althou gh nearly 0
years old he -was seldom ill and
had the reputation of never miss
ing a meal unless confined to his
bed. During the summer, months
he went about the prison premises
in a pair of overalls, socks aad
shoes. He wore no shirt.
On the occasion fo Judy's birth
day anniversary last, October fel
low convicts suggested that they
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Duke Cancels
American Trip
IDue to Attack
Refusal to Drop Bedaux
uiiuci xt ire - 10 ixccu . -
Motive, Declared
Labor Reaction Here Is
Mentioned; European;
! Press Is Excited .
ARIS, Nov. 5-MPr-The Duke
of Windsor tonight postponed
hit trip to the United States for
the study of housing and Indus
trial conditions because of "grave
misconceptions" over his mo
tives. , -
The announcement of the post
ponement came less than 15
hoars before the duke, his American-born
wife and a staff of sev
en.) were to start for a 37-day
tour of America.
The news was given out by
Pej-cy Philip, president of the
Anglo-American Press . associa
tion, at the-duke's hotel, the
Meurice. Neither the duke nor
any member of his party was
present. .
. fThe decision to postpone, the
trjp on the eve of its proposed
beginning, it stated, was reach
ed! "with great . reluctance" be
cause of "grave misconceptions
which have arisen and misstate,
ments which have appeared
N Justification for ; V '
Cfcargwv Declares- -'.'"
Mo new date . f ot the Journey
wis set and there was no indi
cation what the duke intended
to! do next.
"The decision' came after a
three-hour conference among the
duke, Lee Olwell, press agent;
Lieut. Dudley Forward, the
duke's equerry, and others.
,The statement added "the duke
emphatically repeats that there is
nqj shadow of justification for
any suggestion he is allied with
any industrial system or that he
is J for or against, any particular
political or racial doctrine . . ."
I (The Baltimore Federation of
Labor lastr Wednesday "warned"
organized labor not to be "taken
in?' by "slumming parties pro
fessing to help and to study lab
or;" "
?( It . called Charles E. Bedaux,
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Arundel! to Head
Tax Appeal Board
WASHINGTON, Not. 5-(-Charles
Rogers Arundell, republi
can who" formerly practiced law
inn Oregon, ,w a s elected by the
board of tax' appeals, today suc
ceed Eugene Black, a Texas demo
crat, as its chairman! ;
,-!A chairman Is elected at least
bfennlally, board- officials1''- ex-pllndi''-;''Ct'sr!'j-
-. .-T'- ;- -;3
TArundell: was appointed to the
heard September 1, 1925, by the
late President ' Calvin Coolidge.
His term will expire June 3, 1938.
; President : Hoorer appointed
Black, a congressman from Texas
daring the 64th to 70th sessions,
toi ' the board October 31, 1929.
H3s term will expire June 2 19 4 4i
De-Licensing of
I Car Interrupted
- ;i Surprised . in " the act of de-
licensing a car registered to the
Marlon county court health asso
ciation about I : 30 at 14th and
Marion street last night by city
police, three men ran across Mill
creekthrowing one of the li
cense plates In the creek as they
went. - - "
Though no report has been
turned In by the owners, the, city
police, who , invesUgated in re
sponse to an alarm turned In by
an unldenUfied woman, believe
the car was stolen and that the
thieves were attempting to change
license plates. . " v, .
Grid Scores
4x Oy The Associated Press)
5 Albanv 13. Pacific eoUege 0.
ijUotO Frosh If, Eastern Ore
gon Normal C. .
ij OSC Rooks 14, Southern Ore
gon Normal 12.
4 IT of Arizona IS. Loyola f. .
I California Ramblers 7, College
of the Pacific 4..
i! Colorado Mines 12, South Da
kota Mines 7.
I Pacific college , Albany. col
Iege is;-, " " r -
Van Patten Is j
Granted Four
Year Contract
Salary to Be . Less Than
now Received, Tenure r
Is not Absolute . i,
Water Board Has. Heated
Debate, new Members-
'Oppose Other Trio"
The Salem water commission
came to an open break in its mem-
oerBnip last nignt wnen a pro
posal was presented by Chairman
E. B. Gabriel nd adopted 3 to 2
to hire Cuyler VanPatten to con
tinue as waterworks manager un
der a contract for a four-year term
beginning January 1, 1938. ' ;
'- In two lengthily-debated' mo
tions, the first, to postpone the
.contract for two weeks,-and the
second to offer it to the manager",
the three commissioners oldest in
service Gabriel, J. M. Rickman
and I. M. Dougtrton overrode the
votes of Commissioners E. B.
Grahenhorst and O. A. Olson, who
took office last January.' ;
The contract provides the man
ager shall receive a minimum sal
ary of $325 a month, $25 less
than he is now being paid, per
mits his discharge, tor cause or
withdrawal of the contract by
mutual agreement. VanPatten has
served as manager without con
tract at his own suggestion, the
majority commissioners said, since
a short time after the city pur
chased the water system in Aug
ust, 1935.
Both Commissioners , Grahen
horst and Olson declared the con
tract proposal was news to them
and they felt it their right to ask
for time to consider it.
I don't think thur is so deep
that I It needs studying over,"
Commissioner Rickman responded.
I'ra ready ; to act new I? deat
think it's fair to our manager not
te know whether or not he can
Hiepend on, this,"-.
Declaring himself uninfluenced
by "any outside forces," Commis
sioner Olson said he thought Com
missioner Grabenhorst's motion
to postpone action was just and
"111 vote for it."
"If we're satisfied with him
there is no reason we shouldn't
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Refusal to Pass
Pickets Results
In 3Iarine Crisis
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Nov. 5-
L-The Coos Bay labor relations
board prepared today to take ac
tion after four groups of Interna
tional. Longshoremen's associa
tion members refused to pass CIO
picket lines and load the Norwe
gian vessel Helgoy" or the McCor
mlck line's West Ira!
Both ships were , waiting to
load lumber from the Smith
Wood .Products company. Long
shoremen contended they were
not hound to work lumber cut oy
AFL labor in a plant where CIO
members were on strike. -
The .Waterfront. Employers as
sociation said r It was . ready to
notify" the ILA of suspension of
the. San Francisco agreement and
tie up the port if no settlement
was reached." :. ' , j -v-. -. .
fr. Torch Slayer . Hanged -v
v -: ,- v. v .-: :
MOUNDS VILLE, W, Va.', Nor.
8-W)-With a smtle on his Hps,
Wlltlam Brown Read, 25, died on
the gallows tonight after making a
dramatic speech proclaiming his
Innocence of the, torch murder of
W. Earle Dollman.. '
Late Sports
J ALBANY, Kov..Uban7 .
college scored touchdowns In '
the first and second periods to,
defeat Pacific college of New-,
berg, is to 0, here tonight,
LA GRANDE, Not. K-CVTha
University of Oregon Frosh footr
ball team used a, superior running
attack and 'an effective pass de
fense to defeat Eastern Oregon
Normal school 19 to f here to-night.-W.;
- .Av ---:-:i v ;
, Mabee, rirht half, sparked ih
Frosh on 3-yard drive In the
first period. ' - ' t- .'l :-
MJJDFORD,' Nov.' tHjPHThe
Oregon State roUege Rooks de
feated Southern Oregon Normal
school, ,14-12, In football -fjame
played tit the rain andfog
here tonight. r ' ,
, Olseav and - Dow "tallied for:
the Staters, Kelson and - Hud
son for the Teachers
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Not, 1-JP)
-Johnny Romero, 172, San Diego
Mexican won a technical knock
out . over Joe Smsllwood, ICS
Lancaster, Pa., in the seventh
round of a scheduled 10-round
bout here tonight.. ,- ' .
Thefts Revistl
His old Crime
i
John J. Howe, San Francisco pos
tal clerk, who was revealed as
John Albert Houchin who
raped in 1920 aftjer . serving
three years in Nw Jlexico
prison for second drgree mur
der, when he was arrested on a
mail theft charge. recently. He
aid he stole to "buyVof f" an ex
' convict who was blackmailinj;
him. While a fugitive, be seir
ed an enlistment period in the
navy and then was for 13 years
a- trusted postal employe. tlS
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Railroads toj Ask
Bis Rate Boosts
- Si .!
- l . . j
15 ner Cent for. all but
Five , Comxnoditieg, la.
Request to ICC
WASHINGTON, Not. t-VPf-Class
1 railroads asked the inter
State commerce commission today
to approve freight 'andil passenger
rate increases totaling $508,000
000 annually. , I
- They rea nested: I
A flat increase of 1$ per cent
in all freight rates except on five
major VcommodiUesWfar which
varying" boosts were aiked.
An increase in passenger fares'
from 2 to 2 : cents per mile in
eastern territory the region
north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers and east of the MlssissippL
(The ICC defines a class 1
carrier as a railroad having an
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Game Refuge for
Island Proposed
City Attorney Paul! R." 1 Hen
dricks received instructions from
the city , water .commission last
night to investigate the possibil
ity of having Stayton island, the
citys source of ."water supply, des
ignated a state game rfefuge. The
area which would thus-be closed
would be Confined to. Che section
of the island owned by the city.
- " Winding up financial relation
ships with ( the city council as far
as the recent, construction pro-;
gram is concerned, tbje commis
sion voted to return to the city
the $10,000 which hadbeen loan
ed from the water bond fund for
force account operations, in ' ac
cordance with a resolution adopt
ed in Juln 1930, by- the councfl.
To make up an anticipated, def
icit in the, bond fund and enable
the city to make the final $64,
590.12 payment next Monday. to
the American ConcreB it Steel
Pipe ; company,, -the commission
also ordered 17.64$4 of IU
own funds transferred to the city.
3
i i
Eahn Cdse Is Given to Jury;
Woman Held 'Most Heartless9
CDJCINNATI, Nor. S -aV A
common pleaa eourt jury receiv
ed tonight the case against Mrs.
Anna Marie Hahn, charged with
the 'poison-murder of Jacob Wag
ner, 73, and accused by the state
of a series of "slaying for gain,
. Judge Charles S. Bell inform
ed the jury one of three verdicts
was possible: 1 - A
i-llV- conviction ; without X recom
mendation of mercy, making
death penalty mandatory. t
y 2.1 Conviction with la recom
mendation of . mercy, carrying j a
life sentence. " 1 1
. t. AequlttaL ' I . t
His charge Instructei the jury
It must first decide whether Mrs.
Hahn killed Wsgner, a retired
gardener of modest nieans- he
fore considering "corollary evi
dence" in the deaths i of three
other elderly men linked' to the
31-year-old immigrant by the
prosecution;
An hour after.
the furors re-
Chinese Say Hitler
iMedmdoh-.Propoml
Just Smoke Screen
Brussels Delegates Deadlocked Over
Wording of Invitation to Japan
Witli Many Objections Raised
Large Japanese Force Lands for new
Operation, Breaks Through Line
of Defenders; Fight Goes on .
it
SHANGHAI, Nov. 6 (Saturday) (AP) The Japa
nese officially announced today the successful landing of
large army units from Hangchow bay,-beginning operations
against China on a new front, i : , ' ".
; (Hangchow bay, the largest inlet on the coast of China,
is south of Shanghai. It is approximately SO miles from
Shanghai.) i ' . ' ' i
Sanguinary but indecisive fighting meanwhile was rag
ing over & battle line stretching from the border of Shang
hai's international settlement westward for 10 miles.
. Japanese jspokesmen said the objective of the landings
from Hangchow bay was to encircle Shanghai and adjoining
. ; ",' I . O territory, r
-1 fi"! I They said the army and navy
umvieieu oiayer
Attempts Escape
CourtroomT in Uproar as
s Allen, 21, Slakes Dash
but Is Recaptured
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 5-C!P)
-Taking advantage . of the confu
sion caused by the collapse of his
mother. Herbert i Allen made a
f desperate brea!t for freedom, to-
nigni just anew ne uu peeu cu-
tenced to hanglfor murder.
- With the courtroom In an up
roar, shouts ;of "get a doctor"
mingling with j hysterical wailing
of the prisoner two sisters, Allen
Jerked loose from Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Hadley and attempted to
plunge to freedom.. 1
One of the sisters was pushed
aside as the deputy sprang tor the
young convict When Allen was
seized, the girl tore at ls , arm
and attempted to pull him loose
from JIadley's grasp. Allen swung
his manacled j hands at the depu
ty as his sister again was shoved
away. Hadley then . clouted the
young convict into submission. -'
Other. deputies rushed to-Had-ley's
aid as the bailiff banged for
order and , . the , courtroom was
cleared, 7" j. . ; J
Allen, just past voting age, was
sentenced to hang for the. bank
robbery murdef ot William Walk
er after the superior court jury
had been out less than five hours.
Affection Meter
Declared Faulty
TOLEDO, O.. Not, S-H)--
CnlTersity of Toledo ; psychology
professor, took! some of the wind
out of the sails of a student-built
"affection meter" today.- v." - :-
Dr. W. E. McClure,; the profes
sor said the cupldoscope, - In
vented by John! Hawley and O. Ed
man Reefer, was too crude" to reg
ister the various degrees of emo
tion existing between co-eds and
their male .friends. ; - -
"It may pare the way for sci
entific research to test the resist
ance of the Individual to electrical
shock under! emotional strain or
It may - be improved to measure
the determination of a subject to
make a good impression before a
group,-"Dr. McClure said.
ceived the ctse-Judge Bell ad
journed deliberations, until 10
a.m. (EST) -Saturday (7 a-m.
PST). ' !..ff' '
?You have had a hard, trying
day,? the Jurist told the jurors,
11 women and one man.- 7 N
Pros. Dudley M. Outcalt wound
up the state's final argument, de
manding the death penalty for
Mrs. Hahn. j - '"-'.tv
"In the four corners of this
courtroom there stand four dead
men,- he said. "With bony fin
gers they point to her, and then
to you and say, 'Do your duty..
ask you in "the name of the state
of Ohio to withhold any recom
mendation fori mercy. - -. '' ;
"We have seen-here, the most
heartless, 4 cool. gTeedy person
that has come into the scope of
our lives. Ton can't bring back
the lives of these old men, but
you - can by enforcement- of - the
law prevent a repetition of this
tragic eycle." ',-,.
coo; i atsd in the operation which
was successful despite an unfavor
able tide, fog and difficult ter
rain, i , '-rA . ---,-
The Chinese were reported to
have been taken by surprise and
the Japanese, quickly breaking
through the defenses, began or
ganizing an inland offensive. .
- The Japanese declined lo state
the number of troops Involved or
the points at which they, landed. .
South of. Hangchow bay, Chi
nese reported they repulsed six
attempts by Japanese marines to
land on Yuhwan island,,, between
Wenchtnr tad TIchow,?i under
cover of a naval barrage '
They asserted defending land
batteries sank one small' Japanese
ship. "
Chinese also announced anti-'
aircraft batteries shot down two
Japanese naval 'scouting planes,
killing six members of the crews.
BRUSSELS, Not. 5 - OP) - The
Chinese ; : delegation asserted to
night a report Chance 11 dr. Hitler
of . Germany might art as umpire
in the far eastern conflict was
circulated to "impede the work
of the already deadlocked Brus
sels conference.
The conference was given addi
tional cause for .pessimism when
Saburo Kurusu, Japanese ambas
sador' to Belgium, declared "It is
highly doubtful If Japan will ac
cept mediation from the nine-power
conference," ,'.-', -
These developments came as
the delegates reached an Impasse
orer the wording of a peace note
to Japan. " -'.
The Chinese statement said
there was "not a single-word of
truth" In the Berlin report. - , -
The dif fulties over the note to
Japan " nose . when Belgian Fo
reign Minister Paul Spaak submit
ted a proposed draft to the con-,
ference.' There were so many ob
jectionsthe conference rwas ad-;
iournedvf.or the day. - ; A'- '
The various delegations tonight,
were contributing their suggested
amendments to the conference
secretariat, which will attempt to"
submit a revised draft to the full
meeting tomorrow. -"' . v
. sr"" As they, worked " on the com
munication 'there was no great
hope among the delegates Japan
would make a favorable reply..-
Pomona Protests
; Crop Quota Plan
..." V ;' " -"" "'"-"., r i '
CORVALLIS, Not. 5-The
Benton " county Pomona, grange
declared - itself unalterably op
posed to administration of pro-'
posed -crop: control quota plans"
today, -'.v . .-.:v ' 5 :; : ..
Similar resolutions have been
adopted by local granges. -'
The Pomona group also de- -neunced
the. wage and hour bill
pending In congress'. -,
80 Believed Entombed
" .' AMBATO, Ecuador, Nov. 5-(PW
Elghty men, building a road, wei e
believed -to have been entombed
today when the side of a moun
tain caved. A rescue party hasten
ed to the scene.
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A UA D B
fc O TOD Ay
By R C
Gridmen of Salem high live,
up to virile nickname "Viking"
' by " sailing ' forth to foreign
' shores and stoutly Inland hik
ing; Just like their namesakes
of the north they left the In
dians routed; the merits ot this
Hank-coached crew can never ,
more be doubted. . a,",; . .
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