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Newspaper Page TextThe OREGON STATESMAN. Safes. Oregon, Sunday Morning, Noranpcr ZI, . PAGE TWO Nab Seven Youths as Car Theft "Ring Burned Plants To Be Rebuilt Molten Metal Blast Injures Two Bearcats .Gain Fear of Flood Another Title Not so Great Cause of. $130,000 Fire Unknown ; Friesen to . Build new Factory ; i Abbott Shines; big Dick ' Scores Twice, Final Conference Game! - River Here Near 12 Feet After More Than Inch of Rain Overnight T (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 4) - emergency supplies of materials rdered for early delivery. - Contents of Both " Safes Are Intact . The safes in both the Copeland and the box factory offices' were opened yesterday and the? con tents found- preserved, though water-soaked. Both firms' ac counts receivable ledgers -.were saved. A private automobile, three solo trucks and a new truck and trail er unit were ruined in the box factory fire and the entire plant -: burned to the ground. The cab inet factory, unharmed.- lies east ward along the Southern Pacific tracks. . v : ' Mr. friesen announced he would have a crew at work In the cab inet factory Monday morning end in a few days, would have box - making machinery set up there. "There'll be t a . new factory. though," Friesen added. "I am considering moving to Salem if I can find a good location. ' - , " Thousands of motorists visited i the fire scene yesterday and! ti-af- ic 'along Wallace road past the factory site was congested all davr Hose lines were Kept at hand to prevent the. dying flames from spreading to what remain ed of the Copeland yards .In. case a breese developed. , .: - aliant efforts by youthful vol unteer- fire fighters, aided ' by a Salem fire department ' plu m p crew saved the Beutler-JJuistad building from destruction. Smoke several times rolled up from the i roof and facade of the frame structure as waves of heat swept across the; road from the? box factory. ' j . Glenn Lewi Kends i In One of Alarms 1 Glenn Lewis, owner of the Ma ple Tree tavern at the west end ef the Marlon-Polk county i hridge. was among the first clt izens to sound the alarm by tel ephone. He and Mrs. Lewis spent the night supplying' coffee and , sandwiches to the weary fire fiehters. - -i- - -L High tension power lines, cut off by the fire were, restrung , early yesterday and electric ser vice restored to Wallace roaa residents. Southern Pacific sec tion crews yesterday afternoon began tearing np warped tracks and charred ties in preparation for their replacement. The main Ealem-Dallas line was opn i for service but sidings leading to the mill and the Copeland yard were badly damaged. r v The glare from the fire wks so widespread and so intense that many Salem citizens, awakened hr fire sirens, on looking out were led to believe downtown Sa lemTwas ablaze. " ' ' Th statesman was besieged with telephone calls from V 30 to 5 a.m. as citizens sought infor mation as to the blaze. With deadlines discarded, editorial staff workers who remained rush . ed the task of covering the tire" with the result that authen tic news of the catastrophe ap peared in the mail edition and more detailed reports in an ex tra which all city and many rural customers received at the a ecus tomed hour. Shots of Officers End Crime Career .. (Continued from page i) jtni check np on the man. Bick ford suddenly produced a revolver and told the officer to "stick 'em np. t Glen Halliday, hearing the commotion; got his revolver and came down the stairs from fire department sleeping quarters ah ore. As Bicktord turned his at tention to "Halliday, Sehrunk got his own weapon. - Bkkford ran Into the street Halliday. who had left by a rear or. reached the street about the ante time. He and Sehrunk both fired -several shots.. Yon got me, aald Bicktord. then threw his gun down and fell, mortally wounded. Five of the even shots fired, found their mark, : . Japanese Bombs Fire Chapei During Advance Huge conflagrations were recently raked the sector daring their advance on the Chinese defender. A party of press correspondents "vis iting the front were almost trapped daring this bombardment. This photo, taken' from Foa Foong Hill ca the International Settlement aide of the Soochow Creek, shows one of the fires started by Jap r aaese Incendiary bombs. The Foa Foong Mill Is now occupied by U. 8. Mariaes as a billet and look Out pOStv-IIX phottt " ,:' v at1"' 7 . t f." i m, II mm ir I IV I ' " ' ' Wiley Xugcnt (left) and Gexjlrge a pot of molten metal exploded in a San Francisco factory and lit erally bathed the two men in a seething shower. Fellow workers msbed to their- id and beat oat their burning clothing. Both men were severely burned about the head and arms. The brush with death failed to make Nugent forget a habit, for be tried to don his bat over the! swath of bandage. UN photo, j Commiinity Credit To Be Explained Salem Association People to Gather Monday to Hear Crowder Ticket sales j for the Salem ere-1 dit association banquet Monday night at which L. S. Crowder of St. Louis, manager of the Nation al Retail Credit association, will discuss "Community Credit," had surpassed the ISO mark in Salem alone yesterday. Indications are that nearly 200 persons, including delegations from Corvallis, Al bany, Silverton, Dallas and other nearby points, will . attend the event. . Crowder's appearance at the banquet, slated foe. 7 o'clock at the Marion hotel, is particularly timely because a group of leading Salem business men&have under consideration j the afctablishment here of a community credit policy. New Policy Held Aid The proposed credit policy is designed to be of great benefit to the credit user, as well as to the credit grantor. Dr. J. Vinton Scott, president of I the credit associa tion, pointed out. B. A. Newman of Montgomery Ward company is chairman' of the group of i local business lead era studying the community cre dit idea with view to putting it into effect here." All business men and women, in terested in hearing Crowder's ad dress are invited to attend, and tickets should be obtained from John Riches at Bosler Electric company, general chairman - of ticket sales, early Monday. Special musical features have been arranged for the banquet. : Cost of Labor War High PORTLAND Not. 20-(ff-The AFL-CIO labor war coats exceed XI 000 a day for a special police force, officials said today. Tear gas, gasoline and other items cost 11244 a-month. i i v; cansed in, ChapcL Shanghai's native ' ' T '"1 Smith recently escaped death when $100 Pension Bill Filed by Eastman Transaction Tax Designed to Pay for It; May Go ) on 1938 Ballot preliminary petition for an in itiative measure providing for a maximum - monthly annuity of $100 to all residents of Oregon over the age of S5 years, was filed in the state department Sat urday by Elbert 1 Eastman ' of Portland. - Funds with which to adminis ter the law would be raised by a 2 ' per cent , transaction tax ' slm ilar to that proposed in the ini tiative measure filed recently by the state Townsend organisation. Under the provisions of the measure the entire annuity would have to be expended each month. The state treasurer would admin ister the law. It would become operative two! months after be ing -approved j by the voters. .The measure would be known as the "Citizens Retirement An nuity BiU." j The petition defines the trans actions on which the tax would be Imposed, j In event the required number of signatures are obtained the measure will : go on the ballot at the general election next Novem ber. . . i - Christmas Party Plans Made by Star dub at Gathering in Woodburn ! WOODBUKN The-Past Ma tron's club of Evergreen chapter. OE3, held its regular meeting at the Masonic : temple Wednesday night with Mrs. Ivan C' Beers presiding. Plans were made for the lunch to be served at the chapter meeting election night. 5 - t 1 - i , .. .. 2 :1 quarter, when Japanese bombs from the goal line to Willamette's 28. Weisgerber broke loose on the first play to the 48, then Beard tossed two in a row to Neil Shaf fer. to advance the hall to Whit man's 25. Beard's quick aerial to Weisgerber moved it to the 9-yard stripe, and another to Weayer.Jto the one-foot line, weisgerber im mediately plunged over and; again converter 10 maae i i to u. ' Whitman fans got their bis gest thrill of the game on the re sulting -kickoffj as Schneldmiller took the ball out of the air1 on his own 6 and raced 71 yards to Wil lamette's 23 before Beard ran him out of bounds. : But the Bearcats held fori downs on the 15, to stave off Wh last scoring threat. Heard Gets Finale On 17-Tard Reverse tman's Midway in the final period, Ab bott, outstanding man on the field for Willamette today, recovered a fumble on the Willamette 38. Beard, Stone and Weisgerber al ternated in driving to the Whit man 29. Beard made 12 yards on a reverse, and then romped the last 17 on a fake reverse. Becken's try tor point failed. ' Yardage totals gave Willamette 185 from scrimmage to Whitman's 149. The Missionaries lost 62 yards from scrimmage to Willam ette's 26. Weisgerber accounted for - 83 yards i personally,' while Beard had one less, 82. The ; Bearcats completed seven of 13 passes for 101 additional yards, and Whitman connected on nine of 19 passes for 88 yards. First downs, were 13 apiece, ten of Willamette's coming from scrimmage, seven of Whitman's from aerials. Weather for the game was clear and cold, after heavy rains dur ing the merning. A capacity crowd watched the tilt. Lineups ana sum mary: ; ' ; Willamette j j Whitman Wearer. .... ..LB ..... j Comeaui Kahle. .. LT 4 Gray Hogensen . ... LG ....... . Price Blake. ....... .C. .... , Klarano Becken. ..... .RG. Reiman Sirnio ....... . RT : Robinson Abbott . . .... ..RE ! Cummins Schaffer. .. . . ,QB. Schneldmiller Beard ....... .LH ...... Sawyer Stone.. ..RH Martin Weisgerber. . .FB. , Morrill Scoring by periods: Willamette .....0 7 7 6 20 Whitman ...;..0 0 6 Scoring- touchdowns Welsger ber 2, Morrill, Beard. Points after touchdown Weisgerber 2. Goodyear Strike Appears Settled (Continued from page 1) for ratification or rejection. In a statement issued after the conference. Miller said: "Questions ! which appeared to involve misunderstandings lead Ing to the unrest among employes were discussed in a friendly man ner. i "Apparent : agreements were reached. These agreements will he submitted to i the membership of the union Sunday for explanation and ratification, and it is believed will Tesult in restoration of nor mal operations. Miller Indicated .further that. If the union ratifies the agreements, employes will return to work Mon day.- j .... j' PONTIAC, iMich., Nov. 20-(ff)-Leaders of an unauthorized strike in the Fisher Body corporation plant here were summoned to night by Homer Martin, interna tional president, to meet in De troit Sunday; with the executive board of the United Automobile Workers of America. - - Martin came here tonight and conferred with officials of the lo cal union whose members have held the factory since Wednesds-r night but did not talk with any ot tne strikers or the leaders of the sitdown. r '. Officers ot both local and inter nauonai unions nave said the strike was unauthorized. ' Mission Bottom's PTA Dinner Today MISSION BOTTf)MT.. ular PTA meeting was held Thurs day nigai at, tne schoolhouse with the Mitchell entertainer fvin. c lent a feature of the Interesting Other numbers nreantii n Solo, Beverly Stipps; Up danced Leo1 Rose. Arline JelderW f tt. piano; puppet show, -Jack'aForr maw, . oy lourxn graders-' solo, mS-s. uvnn xnae uuim; panlomlm "Pilgrim's ThinririTinr" t school; reading by the teacher miss Jsreia ttuvan; numbers Mitchell orchestra: TriaH 41 Ruth and I Dorothv Tomim Scotch dance. Elain Tnnni tap dance, Townsend sisters; solo jura, rriui ioompson, A Thanksslvlnr dinar vin r S hell at the schoolhouse Sunday o. 2i, at x ocioca, patrons a friends participating. Mrs. Tan nd O iveuy win prepare the turkey. " To Open Lodge, Winter PORTLAND, Not. 20-VBusl- ness men today completed an or ganization to secure opening, of Timberline lodge on Mount - Hood in December. Horace llecklem said they would lease the lodge from tne forest service and sub-lease or World Famous u AKRON TRUSSES .Correctly Fitted We Guarantee Comfort and ". - j Security ' ' CAPITAL DRTJQ STORE 405 State, Cor. Liberty . . - 1 - ) ; - r-r w ( ' ' .;. y .- hi?-I J . .i.m ':- ' nut '.ii '"i - ' """" - ,i r . -m& Accssed of being members of Jnvenile gang that stole antomobilea used them for joyrides ana then abandoned toem, sevem yontna are ihowb as tney were: reeently taken into custody. Left to right, Joe Perez, 12; Everett Corrall, 15; Pedro Spenzza, 14; Frank MonUllano, 18; Albert slantallano, 16; Joe Spenzza, 17, and Simon Blontallano, 18. Officers said the boys con leased, solving the theft of at least 25 cars within the last few' montlis. ITX photo. - j 12 Health Qubs Organize, Leslie Entire School j Enrolled; Program Is Largest of Kind in County Twelve separate 4H health clubs have been recently, organ ized at Leslie, enrolling . the en tire school In a program that is reported to be the largest of Its kind in Marion county. Six boys' clubs and a like number of girls' are the suhdiTisiona of the 12. with Miss Esther Arnold acting as advisor for the girls, Gurnee Flesner handling fire of the boys' clubs and : Floyd Girod the sixth. Numbers or names, of the var ious clubs with their officers are as follows: No. 43 President, Donna Up john; vice-president, Kathryn Williams; secretary, Pat Cannon. No. 44 President, Shirley Rabinau; vice-president, Anna- belle Vickers; secretary, Beverly McGilchrisU No. 45 President, Janet Rod gers; Tice-presldent, Helen Moor man; secretary, Mary East. No. 46 President, Betty Mer cer; vice-president, Jacquelin Macauley; secretary, Betty Mc Cain. No. 47 President, Marie Pea vy; vice-president, Barbara Moor man; secretary, Louis Pope. j r No. 48 President, Francis Kelly; vice-president, Lorraine Macklin; secretary., Dorothy Nicholson. Boys Clubs Named Boys' crabs officers are as fol lows: The Muscle Builders Presi dent. Bill Upjohn; vice-president. Ed Herman; secretary. Earl. Thompson. Health Workers President, Wallace Gemmell; vice-president. Ted Gordon ; secretary, Jim Try on. I I The Health Boosters Presi dent. Jack Graves; vice-president. Peter Schweigert; secretary. Boh Over. Leslie Muscle Makers Presi dent, Fred Andrews; Tice-presi dent, Jerry WHliams; secretary, Charles Sears. - I Leslie All Star Health club- President, Rolland Cleveland; vice-president, Dick Keeney; sec retary. Orville Mull. Leslie Hygea club President, Lloyd Lappin; vice-presiaent, Leonard Shaw; secretary, Guy Cornforth. Ninth grade girls are studying first aid, and seventh and eighth grade girls are studying health materials from books. Ia all six of the girls health clubs efforts are being, made to get vaccina tion for umallpox and immunisa tion from diphtheria for all the membership. Boys' -. clubs are studying diet. In prospect also is a 4H knitting club for the school Thanksgiving Program, Pie Social Set, Roberts ROBERTS A Thanksgiving program and pie social will be held Tuesday Bight, Nov. 23 The school children will tarnish the program and the pies will, go ; to raise money for Christmas candy for j the children. , ' u PLATES OF -ALL MAKES FILLINGS, CROWNS, j : EXTRACTIONS, , , ! BRIDGES, . : DR. HIGGINS DENTIST ; i Over J. C Penney. Store Tel. CS34 -. r v'&Aii J r Life no Different On Shiva Temple NEW YORK, Nov. 20-WV-Dis- closing animal life on Shiva Tem ple, an "island in the ' Crand Canyon, is no different from that of surrounding areas. Dr. Harold E. Anthony said today his expe dition to the previously unex plored temple was made "some centuries too early." . "Perhaps as time goes on and erosion gnaws away at the con necting ridge," he said in a re port to the American museum of natural history, "the present (an imal) dweller on Shira may find it is not worthwhile to try to c; -sa back and forth and then evolution may begin to work upon this relatively small popu lation." Truckers Refuse ' To Pass Pickets (Continued from page 1) go outside to hire any more pick ets needed.r : Banks averred a "setup as a labor fighting organization" had teen effected here and 'declared the teamsters wouldn't stand for it. ., j "We wHl give the clerks and culinary alliance our moral, sup port and any time there Is an American Federation ot Labor picket line1 the teamsters union is ready to give them all-the sup port they need," Banks contin ued. . I "We have a tleup now in 11 western states and teletypes "in every office. It they don't want to operate fair in one town, they won't operate fair in any town. ! The western tieup extends through the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, California, Arizona and New Mexico, Banks said. ' L - The only trucking over which teamsters do not claim jurisdic tion are those of the farmer de livering his own-produce to mar ket. Banks stated. To Use Smaller Planes ! PORTLAND, Nov. 20-OF)- Smaller Boeing airplanes will re place United Air Lines big Main liners in i the northwest because of Portland's limited landing fa cilities. The Mainliner made its last stop today. r Advertisement No. 4 - ' Salem restanrant owners have no iquarrel with They, have been patient under unfair picketing. They, have sought no reprisals of any kind. They are wining to sign a onion contract on fair terms which will not force them to discharge present employes who do not want to ioln a onion, and will permit them tc continue to to sioaents wno are working their way tnroogn uni versity or high school. We urge the public to IGNORE RESTAURANT PICKET LINES ... . EAT AT YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT Associated Restaurants of Salem, Art Certificate No This Certtif icate entitles you to orie week's Set of Four Pictures upon payment of only 39c (46c if by mail). 1, "1 - , -DIPORTAST- Be core to order get No. 1 if yon bate that or aab eqnent acta, order the next nazaberrd Set of Foar. from Los Angeles parking lots. 500 Attracted to WA Open House i Music, Boxing Program Is 'new Feature, Exhibits . Interest Throngs The WPA adult education-rec reation i. annual open house held Thursday evening at the old high school drew a eropd of over 500, announces Earl Litwiller, county supervisor. A number of visitors. among them some: from Portland and other cities, were present. A new feature of this year's pro gram consisted of preliminaries of music, boxing bouts from the Jun ior recreation projpram and magic demonstrations by John Lindbeck, presented as Professor Elucidate. Following this iopening portion of the program the audience was! divided into six groups which were then conducted bji guides to 6 first, floor rooms whfre the exniDitsi were located. According to a pre arranged schedule these groups moved from rooni to room, devot-j ing approximately 10 minutes to, each. i The exhibits included the work of the dlesel engines, pastel draw ing, sign writing, sewing, knitting; arts and crafts And photography classes. The three' exhibits which were largest, and accordingly at tracted the most attention, were those in pastel drawing, photog raphy and arts and crafts. Many aplendid pictures showing marked artistic skill were among 'those displayed. .' 1 After the tour a general pro gram in the auditorium followed with musical numbers, three ot which were rendered by a trio o young men representing the rec reation program in Portland. Short talks were made by Percy A. Cupper who represented the Salem school board and Lee A. Meyerj director of education and recrea tion for the WPA. Jl demonstration of artificial respiration and.) of six types ol bandaging was gjven by the Salem class in first aid. Concluding tbe evening's exercises were two reels of sound motion pictures ending what was declared a highly sue cesstul open house program. j ' City Hall feids Asked j MILWAUKIE.t Nov. 20.-(V Bids for a 827.228 PWA conr structed city hall will be opened December 3U - . . . j HJnan: 10 give part time employment InCs 31 (Continued from page 1) river bar drove tuna boats to shel-. ter. . ! i Continued heavy rains and a five-foot 34-hour rise in the Wil lamette river level gave threat yesterday of semi-high i water here before .the weekend closes. ; From ai 5.7-foot level Friday morninr. the river climbed to 10 feet at 7 m. yesterday and to 11.8 feet 10 hours later. Flood stage ia 20 feet. - . j ( The United States weather bu reau, reporting 1.23 inches of rain over night here, predicted the riv er would reach a crest of 14 feet tonight or Monday morning with out further precipitation. At Eu gene the river reached 7.6 feet yesterday morning and at Albany, 9.5 feet. j I Yesterday's rainfall boosted the Isovember total to J7.68 Inches. The mean average for the whole month of November IS 6.1 ( Inches. Last year only .51 (inch of rain was recorded in November. Showers were predicted for to day and rain tor MdndayJ Rainy days this month h brought the following amounts of precipitation rsovember 5. .10 Inch: 7. .09 inch; 8, .54 inch; 9 1.36 Inches: 10, .90 Inch; 11, .26 inch: 12. .5C inch; 13, .41 inch; 15. .38 Inch; 16. .18 inch; 17, .08! inch; 18, .06 inch; 19, 1.24 inches; 20, 1.23 inches. uv a victor RADIO Your Present! 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