The OREGON STATESMAN. Safes. Oregon, Sunday Morning, Noranpcr ZI, .
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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cansed in, ChapcL Shanghai's native
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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OF -ALL MAKES
FILLINGS, CROWNS,
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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
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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,
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This Certtif icate entitles you to orie week's Set
of Four Pictures upon payment of only 39c (46c
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eqnent acta, order the next nazaberrd Set of Foar.
from Los Angeles parking lots.
500 Attracted to
WA Open House
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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.
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City Hall feids Asked j
MILWAUKIE.t Nov. 20.-(V
Bids for a 827.228 PWA conr
structed city hall will be opened
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give part time employment
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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.
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