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Football Games . - Important football games aire scheduled for three days this weekend. The morning newspaper brings you the -sews boors ahead. . Weather - Cloudy with light showers today, Saturday rain, little change in temperature; Max. Temp. Thursday i 50, Mln. 45, S-SW wind. tOUN EIGHTY-SEVENTH 1 EAR ji Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, November 12, 1937 Price 3ej Newsstands 5c No. 197 Oil IH eaw ManM "V . V III I V. A. Vv . if. ,.v:;;:,j;ij,; ' IT Y:;; -.JVS1 SHI i (B e) Beat Vikings . J " Good Blocking And Strategy Undefeated Status Kept Intact, Title I Hopes Are Strengthened ' Hauk's new Basket Pass and Touchdown Play Share in Credit By RON' C3MMELL ... EUGENE. Not. Not even 50 loads of sawdust, and no one knows how many hundreds of gallons of water, i could stop Crasher Carl Chapman, "Boomer Butch" Nelson and Coach Harold Hauk's cagy strategy today as the Vikings rowed their 11-man mnd ;gcow a full length closer to the state hfgh school championship by handing the Eugene Axemen a 134 to 6 defeat; Powerful offensives were sta ged, by both clubs before 3800 partisan, fervent fans the larg est crowd ever to witness a high school game in Eugene, according to ' Principal Johnson. The Vikings played errorless ball on as weird a setting for a football game as is : likely, to be seen the length and breadth of this great nation to score once in the initial period and again in the final. --. - i ; ., , t Those brilliant-blocking sons of Salem took tthe opening kickoff to the Eugene eight-yard line where;-' fourth . down "hasket ; pass from "Nelson to Iint'Tifthe end zone failed by a hair's breadth. A fumble by McLean on his! own 36-yard line was recov ered by Nelson after Caven had just made a first down on the 33. In two plays from there the VikT tngs were in pay mud and saw dust.' ; Nelson Goes Over . ; VUh Blockers' Altf ! . ' Chapman plowed inside left end for three to the 36 and then spl raled a -pass to "Boomer" Nelson. The Viking fullback snagged it on the 21, cut sharply to his right and romped over the goal untouched. Right End Tom Hill took out both Caven and Anderson, either one or both of whom could have had a crack at Nelson. - Chapman ducked a pair of highly competent shoulders and gouged is way through left tackle for the additional point. '. The Axemen, - whose blocking yesterday was second to. none' bnt the Vikings', took the resulting - kickoff-after Nelson's touchdown nd straightway powered -.-J heir way for 56 yards to ring up their (Turn to Page t. Col. 4.) dditiop ... in the Neu. ST. IHJIS, Not.1 Picketing on foot is tiresome, so pretty Dolores Mann got a Shetland pony today and rode back and forth, In front of the llinrich's Distilled Products company, carrying an umbrella announcing union . employes were on strike. The new way of .picketing attracted more atten tion, too, she said.! WASHINGTON, Nov. ll-)- Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, to be promoted about January 1 to vice admiral, cVill i have higher rank and' more , gold braid, but '" less pay.. j ' '.;"'' Naval authorities studied com plicate pay schedules today and ' reached the conclusion his net In come would be reduced by about $300 to $10,200 when he becomes commander of the I fleet's battle force aircraft. i - In addition he 'must 1 expend $350 or more on new uniforms, bearing more gold braid than a rear admiral's. j ; The explanation Is the prospec tive loss of the special eompensa- , tion flight pay given officers actively engaged In; flying. NEW YORK,-Xot. 11-CP)-Edward Spanner's - tixictb lunged backward Instead of ahead at a traffic light In crowded Times Square this af ternoon. 2fet results: : - ; Three women went to the hospital with fractured legs.. An ambulance 1 en route to the scene collided with a track injuring a doctor and the driv er, v .. ' I .. Ten persona were knocked down during the taxf a maneuv ers through traffic. -; - The struck driver received a police itmmons, charging him with failure to give an ambu lance the right of way. Spell Victory Paddle to BeatAxemm 13-6 Port Suspension Orde Withdrawn Mill Pickets Removed Waterfront Employers Take Action After Further j Negotiations; Strikers Move to Prevent f j Tieup AFL Criticizes Pritchett i PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 11 (AP) The Waterfront Employers association lifted its port suspension here tonight and attacked a similar problem at Coos Bay. ,; A waterfront tieup was forestalled this morning wheiS CIO sawmill unions withdrew pickets at the association' deadline hour. Eleven carloads of lumber were released td However, negotiations contin ued during the day before formal action was taken. The dispute began Monday when picket lines stopped long shoremen. Sawmill workers' as serted a strike existed at the Car-1 nation Lumber company at Forest Grove, source of the lumber. Employers said the stevedores violated their working agreement. Edward S. Coates, association manager, said: ! ''The Hegira got Its lumber. We see no further reason to suspend the port.' There were no condi tions attached. We are making fa- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7.) Qianges in Labor Board Are Asked Green Will Present Cases Showing Favoritism, ! Tells President l i WASHINGTON,: Nov. ll.-UPV- William Green, president of the AFL, carried to the White House today the federation's request for drastic reorganization of the la bor relations board. j After, accusing the board of fa voring John L. Lewis' rebel CIO in. labor's civil war, the. federa tion's recent convention at j Den ver instructed Green to ask Pres ident Roosevelt for "prompt re lief." ;...! :.; !;-": Green , said Mr. Roosevelt as sured him - he "would consider a list of cases which Green intends to assemble. All of these, Green said, would show the board had favored the CIO. , f Green called on the president a few hours after the labor board had ordered the Consolidated Ed ison company of New York and (Turn to Page I, Col. 4.) Grand Jury Gets Case of Students M E D F O R D, Not. ll-(P)- Charges of assault and robbery against - three ' Oregon- Normal football players and Richard M. Messenger, 22, ' Ashland I $ drug clerk, will be heard by a grand Jury tomorrow, v ' ' ' The complaining witness, E. D. Rice, Dallas, Texas, jewelry sales man, was located at Portland at ter he had failed to appear Wed nesday. District Attorney i Frank J. Newman said he had. misunder stood the hearing date. ! The students alleged to have confessed were Marshall Heard, Stanley Borden and Eli Cagle. "Never Again" Last War Cited by KanzUr Warning that the idealism with which America's doughboys enter ed the World war was soon shat tered. Circuit Judge Jacob Kanz- ler of Portland in the Armistice day address here yesterday; morn ing urged his listeners to a belief that it is not this nation's role to make the rest of .the world "3afe foV democracy." j - Two words, "neve again have been on the lips of "every; man 1 ever talked to" who went through the last war. Judge Kaniler de clared as he spoke to a large aud ience for a e o I d Armistice day, from the steps of the county courthouse during a break: In the day's rains.. - ' ', , Current foreign txpr ession praising the united States as a leader as a peaceful nation should be looked upon as a foil aimed to secure this nation's participation in other people's battles, the Judge suggested, and asked, "since when has that become our role?? ' Since the "war to end war was concluded It years ago. "the idealism which sent Billions of ThrougMMud After SfJ Organizer Ousted ! C - - jj At Baker, Charge AFL to Seek Indictments of Known Members of J Mob Says Leader FORTLAND, Nov. lJ-(i!P-The Oregon state federation of labor will seek indictment of a number .of recognized members of a mm alleged to have escorted Date Rutz, teamster union lorganlzejf, from Baker Wednesday, Ben T. Osborne, federation secretary, said today. I He said the American Federa tion of Labor had .authorized an investigation. , . , Baker reports said Louis Rich ards, carpenters union representa tive, escaped , approximately 100 anti-unionists. An assault witha dangerous weapon warrant, late issued for Richards, charged ce drew a gun before escaping through a .hotel window. ; 'Public officials charged with the enforcement of the law, were warned of the contemplated illeeil acts but failed to take steps to prevent them," Osborne said. "We have reports which indicate fur ther collusion with the mob by law enforcement officials. - If, on investigation, this is found to be true, we shall not only ask their prosecution on tile charge of having committed vio lence but also on the charge of failing to; perform their official duties.". . : . ;- - . j' j. Nohel Literature Prize to Du Gard i STOCKHOLM, Nov.; 11. Roger Martin. DuGard, French au thor of 'Les Thibaults," a serfls of novels on family life in France, today, was awarded the 1937 Nobel prize for literature.' " f ? Scientists In the United' Stat&s. England and Switzerland were announced as winners - of the prizes for physics and chemistry Each prize is worth about $40,000 1 The physics award was shared by Clinton J. 'Davlsson of Njw York and Dr. George P. Thorap- son of London for their research In electronic -Interference. ' Professors Walter N. Hawofth of - Birmingham,' England, And Paul Karrer of Zurich, Switzer land, divided the chemistry prdze for studies of carbohydrates and vitamins. i Pledge After : Or ; . Americans into tne world conflict . J . is being shattered with little and large nations of Europe today mustering 41,000,000 men under arms," Judge Kaniler pointed out. "Today we have a picture of aore than 300,000,000 people living under dictatorships." !. ' ' :- . ' In the light of iaternatiohal events of these 19 years. Judge Kanzler pleaded that "now for the memory of our dead And wounded, the widowed wives and orphaned children , . . let us fight only for the protection of our home shores and firesides.! : After speaking in tribute to the ideals of President Woodrow Wil son, in opening his address, Judge Kaniler declared that, notwith standing, 'we have won the n mity and III will of those we help ed.". ..: -t v- . - M;4 The ":- American Legion's Arm istice celebration was evidenced generally as a success. The parade preceding, the exercises was ene of the largest In recent years. In addition to the usual patriotic, k (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8.), Report Leaves ect Undiscourased i - I - O : Valley! Development Aim; nlot ltered; may Ask j J Early Rehearing . j Data Accepted as Basis fbr Future Planning, 1 Willamette River i Leaders in the movement for development of the Willamette valley project voiced no discour agement Thursday following re ceipt of official notice from the waij department board of engia eers) for rivers and harbors that its recommendation would be un favorable to immediate develop ment o either the initial or the coniiprehensive plan for flood coi tro and navigation on the Willam ette; river. Acting upon the report of the division1 engineer which favored thej general proposals embodied in thej Willamette valley project, the board's report opposed immediate action put favored acceptance of the; data presented, as a basis for future development. I !People of the ' valley should notj be discouraged by the adverse report Ion t h e Willamette river proSect,r said Douglas- McKay Thursday. McKay is president pi the advisory committee which has been serving as local sponsors for theii development. "Tha rpnnrt leave tho vsls open," continued McKay, "and we will proceed to assemble addition al material to give the government thetj justification it needs for un dertaking the work. Prdjects of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7.) "r i i Bush Funeral Is Scheduled Today The funeral service of Mrs". A. N. Bush, native of Salem and one Of the capital s outstanding citizens, will be held at 2 n. m. today from the First Methodist church. I Private cremation servi ces at Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum will follow. Dr. James E. Milligan an Dr. Carl Gregg Doney will ofr fictate at the services which areSn charge of the W. T.; Rigdon com pany. j ; Mrs. Bush, who passed away early Wednesday morning, was the daughter of John and Emma Pringle Hughes, Salem pioneers. She is survived by j the widower, A. jN. Bush, president of the bank lng firm of Ladd and Bush. Other survivors include a grandson, As ahl Bush of Klamath Falls, sis ters, Mrs. J. F, Hughes of Salem and : Mrs. Genevieve Mackie and Mrs. William A. Carter, both j of Portland, a ! great-granddaughter, Aim Bush of Klamath Falls, and foar nieces and nephews, includ ing. Mrs. John Hughes of Salem. , s and Rebel Agents Exchanged , LONDON, Nov., ll-Cip-The for eign office : tonight announced Britain and insurgent Spain had reached an agreement for the ex change of "commercial agents." " Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden s recent assurance to the op pesition In the house of commons that Hie agents would not have diplomatic status and that the ex change would not constitute rec ognition . of i Insurgent Generalis simo Francisco Franco s govern ment was reiterated in the an neuncement, ' ' - 'i The foreign office statement said that -the British agent would b stationed at . Salamanca and that Franco's agent would come tot London. .In addition, sub-agents will ' be appointed at a ''limited ntmber of other places to 'be agreed upon between the two parties." J '- A- j . ' ,'LV":' .. Buckaroos Tie Again . . PORTLAND, Nov- ll.-(P)-TIr-ing after a flashy start, the Port land Buckaroos lost an early three pcint lead to the Seattle Seahawks and ended their tint home hockey game of 'the season in a 3-3 tie to night.. ' f Edgar C Proctor Diea; NEW YORK, Not. ll-iEd- gar C. Proctor, 63. former secre tary to President' William McKin ley and Mark Hanna, died here oday after a short Illness. Rural Service From Pipeline Will Be Issue Dissension Among Board JVIemhers May Resume; ' 5 Applications in , Surcharge for Patrons Outside City Favored . by Majority Trio ; By STEPHEN C. MERGLER Last Friday's outburst of dls sension among members of. the Salem water commission may be repeated next Friday night when the question of rates to be quoted potential customers located along tho Saiem-Stayton pipeline is scheduled for action. With five applications for such service pending, the commission' ers have : to date disagreed over whether or not outside consumers should.be charged more for water service than citizens of the city. At a recent meeting, the major ity ; commissioners advocated a reasonable surcharge to out-ot- eity water users to compensate for the extra trouble of giving the ser vice and reading meters. Commis sioner E. B. Grabenhorst, who led Friday night's fight against at once giving Water Manager Cuy ler VanPatten a four - year con tract, insisted the regular city rate should be charged. Three-Two Devislon Noted on Records The lineup of old vs. new com missioners which resulted in last week's 3 to 2 vote to give Van- Patten the contract begah early this year and has frequently been disclosed when matters ofipolicy have been at issue, it may be re called from commission minutes and first hand reports on com mission meetings. As a result the department Is not: yet earning any of the "vel vet" type of revenue available through sales of surplus water to heavy industry and' to the would be consumers along the gravity supply pipeline. The surplus water Is now going to waste. Discounting rumors the .new commissioners "have had plans to displace the present manager and Carl Guenther, maintenance su perintendent, for personal reasons which both commissioners em phatically deny -there remains as a leading cause of this year's dissension a continual clash over conditions under which suburban residents and subdivisions may obtain city water. Original Policies . Based Upon Study j The holdover commissioners, Gabriel, Rickman and Dough ton, helped establish, the water depart- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Methodists Favor Unification Plan FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 11- 0F)-Tbe hoard of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church an nounced tonight at the semi-an nual meeting here the acceptance of the proposed plan for unifica tion with the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and the Methodist protestant church. j : ! - , Dr. J. M. Arters of Bangor, Me., general conference secretary, said one foreign conference of , minis ters and three lay conferences of a possible 12$ In each group fail ed to record s vote. The vote in the remaining con ferences was: ministers for unifi cation, 10,375. opposed 1277; laymen for unification 6$44, op posed C85J The votes were j those of delegates to conferences iri all parts of the world representing approximately 6,000,000 ; mem bers in the United States and 40 foreign nations. , . i Aurora Turkey Is Chosen Champion; President to Eat SALT LAKE, CITY,' Nov, 11 (JP-A. massive, meaty turkey, known only as "Tom Gobbler from Aurora, Ore." today was Judged champion turkey of 14 . western states and set aside for shipment . to Washington and the White House Thanksgiving table. " Fourteen prize birds, one from each state. Were judged by officials of . the Northwestern Turkey ' Growers association, large-scale turkey marketing association of ; the f- west v The Oregon torn is owned by Fred W. Wagner of Aurora. ' Slayer Electrocuted EDDYVILLE. Kyi Nov 12 - (Friday )-PV-Perry Marlon, J$, of Laurel county, died in Ken- tucky's electric chair at 12:13 a. nl. (CST) today for the slaying of a man and a woman In a store robbery near Corfcin, Ky., about a year ago. ; ' , " ; , . f . ; , ' Great Wall Once Held Impregnable. Just I Hurdle Ior 1 ' "tkarr'i rintm r -i dUb. .. Oncei standing as a symbol of security for China, j the famed "great wall" becomes merely another obstacle to be Crossed by Japanese troops pictured swarming over n section near peiplng, ancient city of peace and happiness. " . j ; ; o . King is Assailed During Ceremony Silence for "War ! Dead la Broken; Demented Man Cries! "Hypocrisy" LONDON, Nov. 1 1 (flP) Ena;f land's King.peorge-vi. ana na brother, the duke of Windsor, who was king before 1iim, played unintended roles today in the sou emn observances of the 19than nlversary of the armistice. George stood in rigid salute before Withehall cenotaph during the two-minute tribute of silence to the World war dead while si screaming man struggled through the guards, almost to the . mon arch's side and shouted his hys terical accusation : "All this is hypocrisy you'r deliberately preparing for war!' In Paris, the duke of Wlndso shunned the morning church serv ice in which he had planned t honor his fallen comrades. The Anglican rector, the Rev. J. L. C. Dart, had said, "I would rather the duke did not attend." I Mr. Dart explained; he had exj pressed only his personal oplnloi as a vicar of she Church of Eng land, which opposed Edward's marriage to a divorced woman. Before - the time for the service; Tnwi TQ tra 9 tfVll K if Portland Traffic' Officer Is KiUed PORTLAND, Nov. ll--Pollce Sergeant S.c P. Ingle said Misis Ineta Darling was held on an open charge with bail set at $1000 fol lowing an automobile accident to night in which E. E. Nelson, vet eran traffic officer, was killed. If Nelson, off duty, was riding in a car driven by. his wife when it was struck by Miss Darling's machine at 82nd Ave. and Stark street. Ingle said. t ' i( Brazilian Min Government to - RIO DE JANIERO, Nov. 11 (JP) - Foreign 1 Minister Mario de Pimentel Brandao tonight de clared that Brazil's new corpora tive constitution was "neither fasdatic nor communistic, but democratic In the modern sense' De , Pimentel made the state ment after a conference with the entire diplomatic corps at which he explained the new regime es tablished yesterday by a decree of-President Getulio j Vargas. j Minister of Justice Francisco Campos, who drafted the consti tution, concurred Inl De. Pimen tel's denial that It was fascistlci ? Both expressed their opinions when shown dispatches : from abroad attributing to Berlin and Rome officials enthusiastic praise, for "the new fascistlc state In South 'America. ):r":) " " Copies of such dispatches were requested by -Vargas' offices where it was reported a reply was being considered. 1 ; - ii.' All Incoming press dispatches bearing . on foreign reactions to the new Brazilian regime were being censored. . . ! .: ! '- Among other provisions, the 'Japanese Armies N ft . '0 -, 7 (iseec Second (Invitation an Capture of. Shinghai now Complete With Nantaor Troopg Dislodged TOKYO, NOV. 12.-(Frlday)-(Jffn The Japanese foreign office said today Japan ha declined a sec ond Invitatioij to attend the Brus sels conference on the far eastern war. ! 'j! :'; The text of the decision was not made public; Immediately but it was understood to indicate that Japan -would i welcome mediation in the conflict, but not from Brus sels. . . ! ! ; '. SHANGHAI, Nov. 12.- Friday) -(JP)-The three-months battle ftfr Shanghai ended early today when the last Chinese retreated from Nantao, last section of the metrop- olist remaining in Chinese hands. The f Japanese army completed occupation of all parts of the city (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.) California Given Taste of Winter , SAN, FRANCISCO, Nov. ll-) -Northern California got a fore taste of the coming winter today. With, snow .falling over a wide area fn the; mountains and' rafn ad high winds visiting the 'coast al areas. j .The wind I reached gale propor- tlpns, 60 miles an hour, outside the Golden Gate and several ves sels -' experienced rough-going. Rainfall ranged from 1.54 inches at Redding to .02 of an inch at Point Arguello, in southern Call- fornia. .: . . Soda Springs reported an over night snowfall of 10 inches. Bad ger . Pass, skiing center, received a two-inch blanket. ister Sciys new Be Democracy new constitution declares strikes and lockouts are anti-social and incompatible with the Interests of production.) It also projects aid for. large families and facilitates recognition I of -children born out of wedlock.! It was learned on good authori ty the Italian and German envoys had made overtures to gain Bra ail's adherence to the Italian-Ger man -s Japanese antl - communism pace but had been, turned down The situation in the capital was calm i with i no outward sign , of change. This trahqullity apparent ly extended, through the nation Under the legislative powers of the sew , constitution which per mlts the president to promulgate laws by decree when the chamber is not sitting, Vargas was under stood to 'be working on two Im portant measures. T" The first, declaring a mora' torium on. foreign debt payments, was indicated in his radio broad cast last night explaining the rea sons for the coup. ... t Vargas was also preparing decree cutting the export tax on (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2.) , . -..L;;a Spurned by Jap Hundreds Are ICmedasMine ..Vflkgefiiiried' Over 500 Feared Buried -Alive; Melting Snow on Mountain Cause i Nine Known Dead, Result of Philippines Storni; 'J. Homes Are Ruined : ; TOKYO, Nor. 12 -(Friday)- -The newspaper Asahi today re ported that an avalanche was be lieved to have buried more than 600 persons alive when it engulf ed . Tsumagol, a town. small mining -As rescue workers sought to burrow Into the vast mounds of loose earth covering 350 miners' houses it was 'thought the,' death toll , would , prove I to be I much higher. . ! . Melting snow, on the slopes; t Mount Komenashi. was said l to have caused the tragedy, i 1 With what was. described as "a roar like a gigantic tram the eastern edge of the mountain be gan to slip and then gathered mo mentum until it resembled; a ter restrial tidal wavei. r I , It crushed houses, shaved a small forest off the mountain slope and choked up two mine shafts. A storehouse full of dyna- t j , i .1 Fire swept destruction f to homes and buildings that had es caped the landslide. I ! Engineers reported that i a por tion of the mountain about three miles wide slipped and fell to the base of $he mountain.- Fifty children were reported among the victims. Tsumagof is in central Honshu; U MANILA. Nov. 12.-(FHday) ()-The death foil from last . night's typhoon which ripped a path 200 miles thfougk sejenj L- , son Island provinces, - mounted steadily today as ! a few outlying . sectors reported their casualties Manila's death list .Increased to nine when fallen power lines elec trocuted four persons. Twenty-6ix others were reported swept aray by the raging Marikana fiver In Rizal province. J Reports from Sublc In Zambales province said 90 per cent f the native houses were blown down and hundreds made homeless. The Red Cross' and common wealth government took steps to . aid the destitute and prevent dis ease and epidemics In the stricken region. i In Manila alone 3.000 persons were, h o m e 1 e s s, their; houses blown away by the terrific wind or Inundated by torrents. Full reports of loss awaited, communication rom affected pre, vinces TayaTiss., Rizal, . Bulaean,, Pampanga and Zambales. ; Some lives were believed lost when giant wares dashed; 14 hea vy cargo lighters onto the rocks in Manila bay. The 20 missing had been aboard ten fishing boats in the bay.r j : Many districts were badly flood ed. The hurricane toppled huge trees across the v highways,' stopr ping traffic in. the Manllarregion. An Armistice day celebration was delayed. t Steamers In the bay maintained a full: head pi steam preceding and during the storm, to be ready for emergencies. President 'Man uel Quezon's yacht Casiana res- cued the crew of six from a boat which was swajmped in the bar-. bor. --, jr.. The British steamer Kenilworth ran aground at Point Pinandoa gan, southeast of here. Two ships answered her distress calla but were unable to give immediate aid because of the storm's intensity. Later reports indicated the vessel was, resting "on sand, was -little , damaged and that attempts would be made to float her at high tide Multnomah Gets Budget Untangled P O RT L A N D, Nov. 11.-V County commissioners virtually . erased a $278,000 deficit -in the $828,000 relief fund for next year by trimming other budgeted Items today., i Governor Charles H. Martin bad demanded the county assume itn full share of the relief load witL- out state assistance. B ALLADE of TOD A V - V. no . . i The gtfns were silenced 19 years ago but men still idled of wounds they had received, and nations wounds seemed from that day to grow;; the peace which we Americans' believed safeguarded generations yet tin born. : has proved but hollow, dangerous deceit; upon! Its an niversary we mourn that what we thought a victory was de feat. - ,