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' ! ! - - ' zs :c if if Wealner . Occasional ' . raia : today, showers Monday-, tempera tore unchanged; Max. Temp. Saturday ; 53, Min. 48, river 7.4 -feet, f rain .56 Inch, 8 SV wind. i 111 v lyi- kv Art Appreciation, . Many Statesman reader are taking advantage of the exceptional oiler . made - by . tills newspaper; 48 famous paintings at nominal cost. EICUTY SEVENTH YEAIt Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 14, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 199 o Open Monday, Mea POUNDfiD 1651 - Congress ge &r(iife;''Ties-:Ti'oy:.iri- Gridiron Ghost Pitches For 12 Points In Six Minutes Gray's Aerial Accuracy Only OSC Threat but Proves Sufficient Second .-Half - Is Deadlock With Both Teams! Aces but Due to Injury - MEMORIAL. COLISEUM. 'Los Angeles, Not. 13. -(-Oregon State' caught up with Southern : California with a dazzling aerial attack and proceeded to hold the ' Trojans to a 12-12. tie before 35, 000 football fans today. ! - - Unable to penetrate Troy's staunch line, and trailing 12 t(T0, Joe Gray, Oregon State's brilliant halfback, flashed a relentless overhead barrage in the space of six minutes of the second quarter that brought two touchdowns and tied the score. . ' " Troy made its first "Score in pro saic fashion,1 ambling Ambrose Schindler passing and running the ball across the goal on a 46-yard drive. After losing the ball on downs in four goal line cracks from the six-yard stripe. Southern Califor nia's Granville Lansdell, sub quar terback, engineered a second drive of 27 yards that netted the final Trojan score. Both tries for the extra point were missed. Late fn the second quarter the "Gray Ghost" of Oregon State went to work. He passed six times, mixed in a couple of run ning plays and the Bearers trav eled 65 yards for the first score. 44 Yards Gained on ' i .Heave, to Mountain I Again Gray began aiming pass es. Her found Bob Mountain, sun-, stitute back, 44 yards downfield. He fired short ones to Elmer Kol berg, Bill Duncan, fellow backs, and one to a tackle, John Hack enbruck. In short, he completed six more, the Beavers went 6 4 yards and the score was tied. Both touchdown passes were caught by Joe Wendlick, . Beaver right end. , . . The final result showed the teams even up on net yardage gains 275 apiece. Troy gained on the ground, Oregon State in the air. Heroes of the rivals, Schindler, Lansdell and Gray received tre mendous ovations., Both Gray and Schindler retired permanently from bostilities late in the game with injured legs. Southern California, led by Landsell, paraded 76 yards in the final quarter to reach the Beaver 8, but-Oregon State, behind the socking- defensive work of Big Kolberg, held and Gaspar missed a field goal try. j Again the Tro jans marched into deep Beaver territory," but their punchy was - gone by the time they reached the 1 7-yard line. i With Gray out of the game, lit (Turn to page 10, col. 1) 0 d d i t i o s . . . in the iVeics EVANSVILLE, ; Ind., Not. 13-(JP)-Testlmony he had glten her only 50 cents during their four years of married life, won Mrs. Mamie Sell a divorce from her husband, Elmer G. Sell,, here to day. ; He got ' that ba.ck, she said, when he charged her 50 cents for driving his automobile. ; . The court, agreeing 50 cents wasn't enough, gave Mrs. Sell the couple's household goods and 1,050 alimony. BONHAM, Tex., Nov. 13-() C. Biepgers believes in re warding 'honesty. Twenty three years ago " he loaned a friend $300. Then the friend left the county. The other day Diggers received . letter Inquiring "the amount .owed him, including Interest. He replied that folks that henest didn't owe him any- thing. TECUMSEH, Dkla Nov. 13- (jpy-They're going to reward hon ors girls ' at Tecumseh's indus trial training school with hay ride now that "date nighU" have been scratched from the instlto- tion's social calendar. Mrs. Creighton Burnham, sup erintendent who believes in re warding good conduct with a good time, said today 35 of her best behaved wards would get a 70-mile hay ride to a ranch near Sulphur tomorrow. Her "date nights" to give hon or girls social background were halted last summer after state of ficials frowned on the idea of In iting young men to the correc tive institution for an evening of games and dancing. OREGON GRID FANS SEE COASTS BEST M.-.---WM -!T'-v: i' . ".-..'-. .Jf .- .-:-. V I V " , v - - " 'WW? .. ' " -V . fc.- fmi- - - "v -- ; - ' -"' "' " 11 Battling in a sea or mud, California's Golden Bears downed Oregon 28 to ;0 at Multnomah stadium in Portland Saturday afternoon. Dave Anderson (56), California fullback,! opened the fireworks in the ' second quarter by plunging 'seven yards through the Oregon line for tbe first touchdown. Oregon'p secondary defense Xilsen 75) Paper Is Printed ! ( Despite bad Fire Eugene Register Guard's 1 Plant Much Damaged;; Editions on Time i f EUGENE, Nov. 13. -OP)-Fire, sweeping from the mailing room in &e rear of the Register-Gaaid plant, was controlled - today by firemen : alter an- alert telephone operator. Ferryl Rittdorfr spread an alarm. - " ' " 1 -J' :- Firemen said had' the warning come five minutes later the big newspaper plant probably would have been destroyed. j j The firemen caught the flames as they spread through the jcdni posing room, traveling across a broad ceiling and blowing out a wide -glass partition separating the news and composing depart ments. r L Attacking the flames on either side, the firemen succeeded" in driving the fire back and finklly smothered it near its origin.! Linotype machines glowed red hot under the blaze -and pf ess rollers melted from the fierce heat.. Rushing emergency arrange ments for printing the Saturday afternoon edition, publisher Alton Baker and Managing Editor vil liam Tugroan had two pages 1 set up by the University Press, f (Turn to page 10,' col. 2 Month's Rainfall May Set Records This month is the "wettest" November since.1934 and will; ex ceed the mean average November precipitation mark, 6.49" inches, if the present rains continue a few days longer. Rainfall fori the month as of yesterday morning totaled 3.72 inches. L Last November with only .51 Inch of rain went down in wea ther records as the driest 11th month since 1890, when thei re cord keeping began. The second lowest November precipitation, .63 inch, was noted in 1929. . ' November rainfalls since! 1929 have been as. follows:; i i In 1930, 3.75 inches; in:1931, 7.38 inches: in 1932, 7.9 inches; in 1933, 1.63 Inches; in 1934, 9.49 inches; in 1935, 1.53 inches, and In 1936, .51 inch. h i Slaying of Two Confessed by Salem Native MOUNT VERNON, Wash.; Not. 13-(ff-lntervlewed after Prose cutor Richard Wlts,annonnced he had admitted slaying two brothers of his 13-year-old sweetheart, Clifford Hawkins, 25, farm hand, said tonight he belieres he will be hanged and his only regret is he will not be able to marry the girl. - The girl, Edith Grimm, in cus tody as a material witness but not in Jail,- directed Sheriff Pat McCarthy, Welts and other au thorities to the crude graves of Floyd Grimm, Jr., 21, and Ernest Grimm, 29, this week. Hawkins had been jailed for Investigation of charges he mistreated the girt. Hawkins, a partly Finnish la borer, assumed the English name Clifford Hawkins from his Fin nish name of Toivo Hautaneimi. i Hawkins told his InterTiewer and Rowe (S3) failed to staye off Brazil'a Dictator Lauds Roosevelt, Cites Friendship RIO De JANEIRO, Nov. 13.- (JPy-Describing President Roose velt as "one of the greatest states men of modern times," "Pres. Get nlio Vargas; said tonight that un der the new regime Brazil would strive for further development of the traditionally friendly - rela tions with the United States." J He said that Brazil's" foreign policy had inot been changed by the promulgation of a new consti tution three days ago and that all treaties would be respected. He told foreign correspondents the new constitution was neither "fascist nof integralist" and said Brazil was not likely to adhere to the anti-comintern pact signed last week by Germany, Italy and Japan. He added, however, that there is not the slightest doubt that the new regime gives battle without quarter to the communist threat both In doctrine and by force." Narcotics Figure In Japan Success Is Latest Charge NEW YORK, Not. 13.-WP)-The American Narcotic Defense asso ciation today characterized Jap an's military campaign in North China as "the first victory in world history won with a narcotic needle." J Dr. Arthur La Roe, association president, said North China had been "flooded with narcotics re fined in Mancboukuo, to the mor al - degradation of the Chinese people and 1 the success of Japan ese arms. ' j , He coupled the statement with a warning Japan was on the eve of a "grand scale offensive meth od intended to bring her world domination, by morally disintegra ting other races through the opi nm habit."; Ninety per cent of the opium, he said, 1$ sent to the United States. "This country," he warned, "is going to pay the cost of Japan's military excursion in China by the purchase of Japanese opium. adding the United .States is . the biggest per. capita consumer of narcotics in the world. Brothers Is late - today that he also .had planned to kill another of Edith's brothers, - Howard, ; for objecting to -his attentions to the girl. He said he shot Floyd in self defense last March! 6 when Floyd turned to shoot at him while they were hunting. He did not detail his version of Ernest's death last De cember 17, "I know what 111 get; 111 get hung, of course," the partly Fin nish laborer said. I dont care to live without Edith. I loved her. I had Intended to marry her." Said Edith: "I liked; him very much, until I learned he killed my brothers. The Skagit county, commission ers met specially today and appro priated money for a special jury term, opening December 6 ex pressly io try Hawkins, said Welts (Turn to page 10, coL 1) thei goal. UN photo. Legalized Gaming Initiative Sought Want Amendment Slaking Pinball Legal, Taxing for old Age Benefit Legalizing certain games based partly u p o n chance and: taxing these fames and the establish meiits where they are operated, a large share of the, proceeds going for i payment of old age benefits. is proposed in a petition for an in itiatire measure filed in the slate department Saturday. The meas urei if passed would amend the lottery, section of the state con stitution. IX ot to exceed 65 per cent of the funds derived from the license and taxj would be used for social age security while 25 per cent would go to the city, town or county in whSch the game or establishment was licensed. Ten per cent would be j used for the support of fairs and exhibitions. the petition was filed by Eu geae E. Smith, director of the O f! e g o n merchants legislative league, with headquarters in Port land. J The license and tax would eofer bowling alleys, bridge stEidios, pool and billiard rooms, hojj-se racing and dog racing which have parl-mutuel wagering sys teins, bank nights, punch boards, raffles, j bazaars and other games and establishments. Licensing of other games of skill and chance would be permis sive by the legislature. tThe old age security pensions, under the act, would be based on a minimum of $35 a month and alii persons would be eligible who hate been continuous residents of the state for 10 years. - Persons subject to pensions would have to be legal voters. i In case a sufficient number of signatures .are obtained the In itiative i measure will go on the ballot at the general election next November. (sborne Accuses Governor Martin Encouraging Mob PORTLAND. Ore.. Not, 13-GP) -Governor Charles H. Martin ap proved mob action and denial of; civi rights by labor demon strators who forced two AFL or ganizers to flee Baker, Ben T Os borne, execntlve secretary. state labor federation, charged to day. "If Governor Martin is correct ly quoted, civil government- to Oregon! has ceased and the state is under mob rule by the consent ofi the governor," Osborne's state ment said. "No effort was made by the sheriff's office or the Baker po nce to protect the legal rights of the organizers or to arrest any of the mob,' he added. ". i -";'-1 - :-? Furniture Factories May Reopen Monday, Forecast ' PORTLAND., Ore., Not. lS-UPl -The B. P. John and Portland Furniture companies, closed by upholsterers union pickets fol lowing ; wage increase demands, may be reopened Monday, offici als said. . . , '- Thriller Soochow Area To Be Bombed; jMany Trapped 200,000 Civilians There Lack Transportation toReach Safety Japanese Claim Capture of Three Positions on Nanking Drive SHANGHAI, Not. 14 -(Sun day) CP-A ; Japanese 1 commu nique reported capture today of Liuho, Taltsang and Walking: Chinese positions about 2 miles northwest of Shanghai, i The three towns form an are inland from the Yangtze river extending roughly from ' north west to west in the direction of Quinsan where another ' battle was being fought. Japanese planes raided Slanfa. capital of Shensi province, for the first time. Japanese said aerial bombs wrecked six Chi nese planes, two hangars and blasted craters in the airdrome. Chinese declared nine bombs dropped harmlessly on Sianfn's outskirts before Chinese pursuit planes drove oft the raiders. , Some 200,000 Chinese civilians were trapped by disrupted trans portation in Soochow last night. unable to heed a Japanese ulti matum to evacuate the ancient cityain the path of their advance toward Nanking. To Bomb Because of Munitions Industry A Japanese spokesman an nounced yesterday Soochow and the neighboring city of Wuaih would be bombed because of their "industrial areas in which Ciiiese -military, supplies are manufactured." Leaflets from Japanese warplanes warned the populace to flee by midnight. The Japanese advance swept 30 miles west of Shanghai pounding the Chinese legions retreating to their "Hlndenburg line," 50 miles west of the city. A Japanese spokesman 1 announced the van guard ofi the center column was approaching the outskirts of Kun shan, its immedir objective 20 miles east of Soocnow. The Japanese front last night was a snaky line from Kiating, 18 miles northwest of Shanghai, through Kunshan, to Kashan, 40 miles southwest of Shanghai. The spokesman said the northern and southern columns were pressing (Turn, to page 10, col. 7) Sons Tie Chico in it Last few Minutes CHICO, Calif., Not. 13 -JPy-Chico State c o 1 1 e g e and the Southern Oregon Normal school football team from Ashland, Ore played a 6-6 tie here today. Chico led up to the final few minutes of j the game when Half back Al fcaseistrom tossed a 20" yard passi to End Walt Scther, who ran 40 yards for a touchf down. Clarence Redkey was rusht ed into the game to kiqk th4 winning point hut tailed. Chico tallied in the secon quarter when Halfback Leonard Roberts and Fullback ' Carl Delj- gado L hammered the O r e g o B team's line Jor consistent gains on a ; long , march. Roberts , went OTer ' from; the three-yard line. The attempted placekick for the extra point went wide. Portland Woman, Under Probation PITTSBURGH, Not. Mrs. Lillian Ryan; Portland, Ore., mother of 16 children, was given a suspended, penitentiary sentence of two years and put on probation for five years ; by Federal Judge F. P. Schoonmaker for participa tion in the Baker estate mail fraud. ' I Eight other persons were given probation for using the mails: to. obtain money from supposed heirs to the fictitious estate left by a Jacob Baker. - Messenger Freed, ' Gridmen Indicted :. MEDFORD, Not. 1 3-()-Three Oregon Normal" football players were Indicted by a grand jury to day on charges they robbed E. D. Rice, Dallas, Tex., Jewelry sales man. ' - Richard M. Messenger, it, Ash land drug clerk : inrolTed, was freed. George Hears, 20 Eli Cagle, 23, and Stanley Borden, J9, were held under 61000 bonds, each. i '. . "I.-, . Nations Adopt Insistent Note Warning Japan Declaration in Modifiecj form Is Approved at y Brussels Session ; Some Delegates to Wait for Home Authority; f Italy Stand Told BRUSSELS. Not. 13-(V-The nrnssels conference on the Chi nese-Japanese conflict tonight ap proved a modified draft of a de claration criticizing Japan's pol icy In China. , This action was taken, how ever, with the understanding that thr f!ir&ttana which nossessed no instructions from their gov ernments could make alterations at a meeting to be held Monday, Italy, and Sweden particularly instated noon time to submit the declaration to .their home gov ernments. . . . ' Tha oririnal draft was prepar ed by the United States, Great Britain and France after Japan's rofnaal fa work with the conference, which was called un der the Washington treaty for the respect of China's territorial In tegrity. ' The conference earlier today, ranrlilMll It. dicnitT WOUld UOt permit it to address ,a new peace appeal to Japan, rejected an Italian proposal to . send another message to Tokyo. Italy, meanwhile dramatically opposed a Chinese demand for virtual sanctions against japan. Strong Opposition to Count Luigi AldroTandi-Maresj cotti, the Italian delegate, iiawj aaaerted: "That is entirely ruled out. We ITurn to page 10, col. 6 ) Strike Injunction Declared Mistake I Will Be Modified; Drastic Ruling Is Imposed in News Guild Case JERSET CITY, N. J., Kot. 13 ()-Vlce-Chancellor Charles M Egan enjoined today eight edi4 torial. employes of the Bayonne Evening Times from striking, but later said he did intend to issue so broad an order. ; I Remarking that the clause which prohibited" striking "must have escaped my attention," he) said he would "certainly modifjf that clause" on Monday if the eight strikers so if equested. Daniel J. Keleher, jr., chairman of the stxike that was declar yesterday, called the injunction "probably the most sweeping eve issued against strikers." 1 "Of course we will fight it; he said. The first of 19 restraining clauses prohibited the American Newspaper guild, its Hudson county local, and the eight strik ers, all guild members, "f ron promoting, encouraging, directing, participating In, in any manner whatever, any strike against the complainant' (the Evening Times Printing and Publishing compa ny.)" . . . . j The injunction also forbade "addressing persons willing to be employed by complainant . . . with a view to persuading them to re frain from such employment"! and "making any effort to compel (Turn to page 10, col. 1)' f Mayoralty, 10 City Council Seats at Issue in Campaign . By C. A. SPRAGUE I While bfg shots in politics are tccting their aim for high offices which are the 1938 targets, there are1 small shots who are mediat ing political ambitions : for the smaller, local offices. This does not mean they are small calibre men and women, for, many . of those who serve in town councils., school boards, etc, are persona of Teal ability, who devote most of their time to private occupaf. tion but are willing .to engage in public service In these non-salaried but very responsible .posts. Nineteen hundred thirty eight will be an off-year tor Marlon county politics. Only one county official's term expires at the end of that year, that of Commis sioner. Leroy Hewlett. The only prediction safe to make in -this field is that the office is sure to attract a goodly number of as pirants, w,ith the democrats mak ing an effort to gain a place on the county court. i i Three Names Heard For Mayor s . It U in Salem city politics that the kettles will boll in the months ahead. Major V. E. Knhn Says His System . Making Progress .l s HOWARD SCOTT Technocracy Only Hope Says Howard Politics Spurned; to Pick up! Piece After Crash; Gains ArC Claimed I Howard Scott, whose "Tech nocracy" was on every man's tongue five, years .ago, came to Salem last night to check up on and to Inspire the activities of the lpcal "section" of his incor porated movement to bring about a "planned. , orderly, disciplined progression to a new America of plenty." V ; y Technocrats have no use for political parties or the rightto vote, j Scott declared, as he was Interviewed while dining at the Marlon hoteL Their primary in terest Is to I stndy and conduct researches into the means of changing the highly developed machine and, price economy of North America Into a social order to which the precision technology used n present day mass produc tion industries is scientifically ap plied, " ; s -Unemployment WiU -Swell, Declared , Five' years more will see Amer ica laboring under- the burden of a technological unemployment af fecting 40,000,000 people and the current economy about to expire, Scotti predicted. Then, perhaps. Technocracy,! Inc., will have laid (Turn to page 10, col. 3) Storms and Gold Weather Hit NW (By The Associated Press) The Pacific northwest got out the blankets last night as winter arrived "with snow, rain and gales off the coast. Plane and bus schedules were hours behind. Some airliners were grounded. 1 . U. iS. and British Columbia me teorologists warned an easterly gale with sleet and snow off the coastr Southeast storm warnings were; posted 'from Eureka, Calif., to Alaska.- j ; - A 48-miIe-per-hour south wind was blowing at North, Head at the mouth of the Columbia. An east 40-mile-per-hour wind with snow blew toff the Washington coast, :s V : I ; - v...-" V' -..-, The weatherman . forecast a further drop in the mercury in some parts of the northwest with more snow j and rain over the weekend. j Zero temperatures .were re corded In parts of ' Alaska and Canada. , f . Snbw. covered most of western Washington i and eastern Oregon. - Heavy rains fell elsewhere. is serving his second term. It he wants to retire, as he intimates he does, he can do so with satis faction that: several of the goals he set for himself .have been reached: acquisition of the water plant, construction of the pipe line,: etc.; Installation of city traf fic lights; refunding of debt at lower interest rates. He failed to to gain one, other goal, adoption of the city: manager plan of gov ernment. ' i"" " " ':' - -r " " . It is to the city council that medicine makers usually turn for candidates for the , mayorality. This time three names are being mentioned, j Merrill D. Ohling, who would presumably, have ad ministration favor as he has been a staunch supporter of Kuhn's; DaTlaV, O'Hara, veteran council man, ' chairman of the .finance committee, who generally finds himself in opposition on contro versial questions,' and Fred A. Williams, one-time city attorney. Chris. Kowitt gave Kuhn a bard race In 1935, but whether he cherishes ' ambitions now Is not known.-' . ' The city Tcouncll will come In , (Turn to page 10, col. C) - Farm Measure To Wait Since No Bffl Ready . i ! - X '- ' Reorganization ; Will Get First Consideration Leaders Announce Regional Planning Setup Studied; Wages, Hour Bill Before House WASHINGTON, Nov. 13,-(ff)-Administration leaders today made government reorganisation of the first. Order of business for the congressional session opening Monday. i - Monday's1 session will be devot ed solely to the reading of Presi dent Roosevelt's message and to the routine formalities of openmS'. The message was expected to mention at least four proposal) for action during the special es- sion a new lfarm program; wage and hour regulation, regional planning and government; reor ganization. Farm legislation had been eet as the first order of business in both houses when congress ad journed last August, but neither the senate nor house agricultural committees have bills ready. Dispute Arises on Method of Control Senator Barkley, the democratic leader.-said it probably would re quire a week or so for the senate committee to prepare'a farm bill. In the housed the committee ran into a controversy over whether a voluntary or 'compulsory control plan should be applied to corn. Barkley said that while await ing the farm measure, the senate presumably would take up the re organisation bill. The antl-lynch--ing bill had been set as the second order of business in the senate, but; Barkley. said this meant only 4hat it should be taken . up im mediately following the farm bill. .This move Jto giver reorganiza tion precedetfejp'bver anti-lynching was expected to draw opposition, however, with the possibility the senate might become embroiled in controversy right at the start. Barkley predicted some changes would be made In" the pending Norris regional planning bill. This bill would setj' up seven regional authorities with wide powers to build dams, sll power and carry out other developments. j Long Range Study i Is Possible Change Barkley said the measure mlghi be "simplified' so the authorities -would be largely "research bod ies' which merely would make long-range studies and I report their findings to the president and congress. ' - i Barkley said if any studies by regional boards pointed toward an Infringement of,' the activities of private utilities, the boards un doubtedly would give the utilities a full opportunity to be heard. ' The wage add hour bill, already passed by the senate, now Is pend ing In the house. Mrs. Roosevelt was expected j to make a strong recommendation for its enact ment. J " j . - " ' ' ; Barkley said this, program would be essential to "spread em ployment" as the government pull ed. 3 the " purse strings tighter aroand relief spending. : - He said some relief would have to' continue, bat that the labor standards proposal would be de signed to shift some of the unem ployment load to private enter prise. r . Agreement Offer Rejects Most of Demands, Alleged DETROIT, Nov. 13-(ff)-A pro posed new agreement between General Motors corporation and the' 'United Automobile Workers of America, authoritative sources said, today, rejects virtually ev ery, major- union demand, Th) agreement, which would supplant one now in effect which tnded the 43-day General Motors strike, last winter, was presented to UAW delegates at a special meet ing; here today. Should the delegates rejert the proposed agreement, the- former contract, sighed last March 34, would remain! In effect. The orig inal agreement can be ternjinat-. ed only on 60 days' notice and neither side has yet given such, notice. A rejection of the new contract was ! expected, although no official, union statement has been made. ' ;.. B ALL A D E of, TOPA-y By r. a. ; The congressmen fn special session gather, to cogitate on farm relief and -government ex penses; and! we suspect that most, of them: would rather have stayed at home and trend ed, for the nexre a m p a 1 g a, their fences.!