,7V- , . - . ,7 ' -V - , . 7 Weather Fair today, becoming cloudy Wednesday probably with rain'3fax. Temp. Mon day 56, Jlin. 54, river 10.4 feet, rain .01 inch, N-NK wind. Art Appreciation I 7 The 48 famous paintings ffered by The Statesman are being purchased by an ever-increasing number of this paper's readers.'. , . POUNDCD 1651 EIGHTH-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morntog, November 30, 4937 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 212 mm mr m m m mm a mmt M I I in I I MB Cmitaol. Stoiggl 5 Beg Corns' (Crop : ' Grange Leader Put "on Spot9' In Resolutions Restoring Organization to Farmers Aim, Say Salem Members Demand Warning Against any Recognition of "Commonwealth" Resolutions puttingRay W.fGill. state grange master, "on the spot as to recognition ot the Oregon Commonwealth federation and de crying recent attacks by state grange' leaders on groups now seeking to oust the Gill forces were adopted by Salem Grange No. 17 Saturday night at Auburn school, representatives of the lo cal revealed yesterday. . t The Impending early-December state grange primary, nominating elections gave the two resolutions ' added significance since the pre liminary nomination report lists three or more opponents to um leaders in the more important of fices." - -. ' ; . ' ' . Reciting that, "certain members and of fjqlals of the grange in Ore ' ion.?." are . active : In the Common : wealth y federation, ; the Salem grange 'demanded that State Mas ter Gill and Ithe state executive committee ."officially warn each and every , subordinate V grange, grange official, and each mem; ber,' against accepting the advan ces of the Commonwealth organ lzatlon "or mixing In controversial . political .-" issues and ; non-agricuW tnraf mattersl' -, ' .' 1 i V-i '1 'Attacks on Local ; ' " -j -.- ' Members Decried ; . ; .."; . The otber'resblution condemned critics of recent meetings at whici plana to nominate a new set of ' mtatA B-roTitra ntHfttr ir era' fnr-"! lated ; IsJ'r'&v- vCV . , ,i;.JLi "secreil cautfus. charge ..'! being' unf airly circulated,' in a de liberate effort to defeat any and all candidates for grange office, now competing with incumbent state ' grange officials ... ," the resolution asserts. ' .Echoing . the' revolt movement leaders' declaration - the grange should be returned to its own field, that of strictly agricultural problems, the resolution further declares that "most of those now most actively interested in defend ing . the policies of present state grange officials are persons not prmiarily interested In . agricul ture." - . -: : I ' . "Good of the Order" . Meetings Defended The grange local went on record approving "the efforts of jiny group of grange members,; who meet at any time, at any place, to discuss : measures and programs for, the general good of the order, consistent with the grange consti tution, by-laws and precepts, and suggest that all grange members in Oregon bd encouraged, so -far (Turn to page 2, col. 6) d d it i c s . . . in the News xrrrrz. Pa., ? Nov. 29 OT1) Tbe "ghost of TJxa Schier? was found today, - For three weeks the Pennsyl vania Dutch farm folk were dis turbed by the flashing of lights In . Amos . Shenk's ITxa Schier (steer farm).. Shenk lay In hiding. A steer ambled from his stall and rub bed his back on the switch. The lever went up and down. The" lights went off and on. ' Shenk went to bed. MILWAUKEE, Not. 29.-)-The dog. Trouble, and a platinum engagement ring set with 16 dia monds changed owners at an auc tion today to satisfy a judgment against Trouble's mistress. . In 1933, Trouble ran against Miss Adelaide Koetting, 5, caus ing her to tall and receive injur ies.' Miss Koetting , obtained a $7,000 judgment against : Trou ble's mistress, Mrs. Eunice Conroy Caron. - ' c :: ' Mrs. Caron filed a voluntary pe tition of bankruptcy, . with the ring and Trouble as her assets. It was decreed the assets be sold by the trustee, Arthur Wolff. Trouble, rated on i paper as worth $ 2 5. brought 1 1 5 0, bid by an attorney for Miss Koetting, and the ring, appraised at $535, was knocked down for $700 to the same buyer. CISCCra ATI, Nov, 20p) The , "no visitors - sign hang over Handle's rage at the Cin cinnati soo today. Blaadie, a hippopotamus, gave birth Saturday to a 60-poond baby, 20 ponnds above normal. She Is In serious condition, said Sol Stcphan, xoo superinten dent. ;.v- 3';':'1'..V"' The offspring,' whose sex has not been determined, lies in a' pool of circulating warm water, shielded by canvas curtains. SCORES IMPERILED IN LANDSLIDE AT LA v - ST-' : . r . 'v Eerie rambles and shifting earth presaged another menacing avalanche of Ixmi Angeles ''moving moun tain," following recent breakaway of nearly a million tons of earth and rock. Loose boulders and shale continued to slip down the hillside long after the mountainside dropped 400 feet, smashing the $300,000 Dayton avenue bridge and plunging the surrounding district in complete darkness as power lines were torn down by the falling earth. Top photo shows how the "moving mountain" appeared after the "creeping cliff fell onto Riverside drive. Lower photo shows a section of Dayton avenue bridge which was smashed as nearly a million ton of rocks, earth and shale smashed down from height of 400 feet. UN photo. Favorable Trade Balance Appears WASHINGTON, Nov. Amerlcan exports of merchandise rose last month to the highest to tal for any month in more than seven years, the commerce depart ment reported today. The country exported $3 worth of goods for every $2 worth It im ported. This gave the nation a ia vorable 1937 trade balance for the first time. - : . Dr, Alexander V. Dye, director of the bureau of , foreign and do mestic' commerce, commented: "This is a very bright spot in the business picture. Our rising exports ought to offset part of the recession In domestic trade." He said this year's bumper crops played an- important part in re turning: America to its traditional position as a world exporter. Leading Valley Organise new A new league composed of Sa lem, Oregon City, McMlnnville, Corvallis, Tillamook and Eugene, was formed by - representatives from the high schools ot all those respective towns last night with the exception of Eugene, and will play regular round-robin sched ules in both basketball and foot ball, it was announced following the session by Vern Gilmore, ath letic directory senior high. Elected 9 head .the league were Principal - W.: J. Maxwell of McMlnnville, president; Principal Guy D. . Barnett of Oregon City, vice , president; Principal Fred Wolf of Salem, secretary-treasurer; I and Athletie ' Director - Vern Gilmore ot Salem, publicity secre tary.: v ".-J:., V V"-; In composing the league, which will be named through a contest to be announced later, the offi cials seek a permanent athletic basis. It was felt, ' according to Gilmore, that an organized league would enhance a better spirit of sportsmanship among the teams, give the boy, on the respective -, I N O liSJS-" Cocpiille Slayer Given Life; Term COQUILLE, Nov. 29.-(P)-CIr-cnit Judge J. T. Brand sentenced Clarence Ray Carroll, ' Empire, convicted of second degree mur der for the alleged stabbing of Howard Brown October 3, to life imprisonment today. Carroll will be taken to the state prison at Salem Tuesday. Arbiter ' Is Stabbed in Dispute, CCC Man Sought ... GRANTS PASS, Nov: 29 Eddle Martin, Caye Junction, at tempted peacemaker in a racial dispute, was stabbed and a John Doe warrant was issued today for the arrest of a CCC camp enrollee. Drv A. JJ. Collman, who treated Martin, said a fight ensued when southern CCC enrollees objected to a negro watching them dance. High Schools Sports League teams more incentive, and provide a means for sound schedules. Herefore the member teams of the new league have played near ly the same schedules as will be encompassed now, but were not bound together toward a common goal, a league championship. It is hoped to carry the league idea into as many sports, other than football and basketball, as is pos sible, v . .-. : -".;-'.'( Under the newregime,' Oregon City is definitely'. added to " the Viking athletie schedule that be ing the only primary change from what it has been heretofore. Each year Salem will meet each of the other teams In the conference, and those teams will do, likewise. In view of the fact that so many conferences, leagues, teams, etc., carry the nam "Willamette," the consensus ot opinion at the meet ing was that this league should adopt a new name. The league's executive committee, composed of the officers,-will announce the na ture of the contest to select an (Turn to page 1, coL I) ' " V .:... .i , - .; .'.-. , . - v ... . y - - n . ... , j . '' - mh- - V SW . 1 .V Signs of Winter Now Widespread (By the Associated Press) From the middle west to the Atlantic seaboard, unmistakable signs of winter were on the way today. , A wind and rain storm that struck the eastern states over the weekend had blown itself out, and In its place came rapid ly falling temperatures. Snow was forecast in upper New York, while in the .vicinity of New York City the prediction was for continued cold weather. Pembina, North Dakota, pro duced' the lowest reported tem perature - last night four above, while Wisconsin reported 18 and Illinois, 20 above. There was no snow In any of these states. Florida's frost warning service predicted a minimum of 40 de grees during the night, but said there would be no danger to the citrus crop or truck gardens. Other Johnson Is Suicide at Dalles : THE DALLES, Nov. 29-P)-A man found shot to death in a hos pital here last Wednesday was not C. A. Johnson of Fossil, as erro neously stated in a previous story. Records of the coroner's office identify the man, whose death was attributed to suicide, as Hugh S. Johnson, of Fossil, a resident of Wheeler county for 35 years, who had served tor nine years as ..coun ty treasurerCi . ; -:. -., Hunting of Ducks Takes Third Life KLAMATH FALLS. Nov. 29 -WVDeath ot Everett Small, 15, of Tulle Laiv Calif., brought to three weekend duck hunting fatal ities in the Klamath basin. : His shotgun discharged into his abdo men as he was untying, a boat. Dragging of the Klamath river was resumed today in an effort t locate the bodies of Vincent Reyn-' olds, 21, and Marvin See, 18, be lieved drowned Saturday. Arbitration Is Now Approved 1 By Both Sides -. Restaurant : Owners and Culinary Union Will :Name- Mediators ; Pickets Removed and 28 Eating Houses Taken off Unfair List Members of Associated Res taurants of Salem, Inc., repre senting 28 non-union houses, last night ratified the action of their president, Frank H. Chatas, in agreeing to submit to arbitra tion their differences with the Salem Culinary Alliance and authorized their executive board to name the restaurant opera tor's arbiter. , The association action followed announcement earlier by C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner; that the Culinary workers had acceded to his arbitration pro posal on these terms: ' 1. Pending arbitration, Tick eting of restaurants will be dis continued and all restaurants removed from the .union's , un fair list.. - ;' , - . ; - " ; l2.- ,The .Culinary , alliance will furnish . Commissioner Grim. with the name ' of , its , arbiter .today i the restaurant ' operators are' re quested to do the same. . V ,-. 3. , These . two representatives will name a third . arbiter. . T" 4.' Subjects' to be arbitrated are f wages, hours and working conditions. . ".V-;;Z . : : . ; 5. The', findings. , of the arbi tration board shall, be final and binding on all parties concerned (Turn to page 2, col. 8), ; JPJeases ess WASHINGTON, Kov. 29.-ff)- Presldent Roosevelt " asked con gress to cut the cost of home building as an antl - depression measure today and con great quickly showed a liking for the proposal.' . . " ' . : " . In -a special message, the chief executive suggested amendments to the federal housing .act which, he said, would have the down pay ment on small homes and reduce the financing charges on them, as well as on more .ambitious struc tures. He proposed, also, changes in the law to stimulate large scale construction ot houses for sale and houses for rent, with a $50, 000,000 allocation from the Re construction Finance . corporation to give the moment impetus. As a supplementary project, Mr. Roobevelt announced he would hold conferences with : Industry, union officials and finance direct ed at reducing the cost of labor and of building . materials. . He blamed r the high cost . of these items for the continuing lag in construction and called the latter "one of the principal reasons' for the current business recession. Child Decapitated By Father, Claim SANDUSKY, 0., Nov. 29.-fl)-James Miller, 32, a washing ma chine motor assembler, sawed off the head of his seven-month old son today because "I just wanted to." Police Chief Ronald Bravard announced his confession. VI don't know why I did it I'd kill anybody," the officer quo ted Miller as saying. The slightly built father was lodged in a padded jail cell. Pros ecutors, said no charge would be filed pending a possible sanity hearing. - - ' - - "If I had time and if my wife would have held still," police quo ted Miller, "I'd have -killed her too." Sunday Grocer Is Refused Petition PORTLAND, Nor. 29-OPV-Mrs. Wlnnifred Coombs' petition to re strain the Retail Clerks, union from picketing and boycotting her grocery store because she refused to close Sundays, was denied by Circuit: Judge James W. . Craw- Crawford ' C She asserted she had no em ployes and was not involved in a labor dispute: However, she had been accepted' as a non-active member and been issued union card - . .- ' ' : ' .- Portlander Car Victim ' PORTLAND, Nor. 29 - Charles Swenson, 8, a carpenter. was killed : Instantly today when fiB walked from behind a bus into the path of an automobile at the I city limits, & sheriff's report said. Building Proposal tongr Paperh Charged j to California Men Caught by Police One Forgery Count Faced Extensive Check-Writing Campaign ; Many i Knicknacks Found in Men's Auto v City: police, continuing Investigation arly this mornfng of the two forgery suspects arrested Monday night, announced they had reason to believe the men were Harvey G. Xovotney of San Francisco and Earl McDonald of Los Angeles. - ' Forgery as a wholesale business was suspected by Salem police Monday nigh as they investigated the activities of Orville Taylor and William Parker, whose , drivers' licenses bore addresses in Gary, Ind. The men" were, arrested on charges involving only one alleged forgery but in. the men's possession were five checks, each for the amount of $32.50 Warning Stresses Open Door Policy Discussion Is -Demand of US, Britain ; Nanking to Be Taken Soon WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. ffV- Aiudety Jest China's open door be snut nas nromptea .me. siaw de partment to, demand that Japan' talk things vr with.. the United States before altering the , mari time customs service of China. The move, announced by. Secre-. try Hull today, reflected official apprehension here .the reported' intention, of Japan to seize control of the customs mieht have the ef fect ot restricting; tlje ' commerce on non-Japanese uaiivuB -. .' i Similar action has, been taken by JGreat Britain." The' twp nations, acting . independently but keeping each '. pther closely . Informed, of their ; movements, presented." their vtrtualvdemands yestef day; iri for mal notes. .- , . - ' -. BHANGHAI; Nov.T 7a 0.2(fues-i today its columns were pursuing retreating; Chinese to fortified lines close to Nanking Itself after capture of three . Important strongholds , .The Chinese were reported fall ing back to the line of Chinkfang-Tanyang-klntan, 40 to 60 miles (Turn to pige 2, col. 7) Woman Wielder of Qeaver Arrested PORTLAND, Nov. i9-ffy-Un. Maud Hughs was held today on a charge ot assaulting Frank EM thorpe, dormitory and mess hall manager at a Mason City, Wash., construction camp, with intent to kill. . - . . EUithorpe - was improved but still in critical condition from meat cleaver wounds received Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Hughs, who left a Chicago-bound train at La Grande and returned here, claimed self-defense. VO Man Gets two Years, Paroled, for Auto Death KLAMATH FALLS, Nov. 2S-(tf)-Convicted ot manslaughter in the automobile accident death of Mildred Hicks, 12, Ralph Pey ton, University ot Oregon stu dent, was sentenced today to two years in ! the state penitentiary and paroled. Judge Edward B. Ashurst denied-Peyton the right to drive a car or drink during the 'parole term, " r . '., ; . A FL Block s To End Lumber Labor Tieup PORTLAND, Nov. 29 -(ff A peace conference called by Charles W. Hope,- regional direc tor of the national labor relations board, in the AFL-CIO sawmill dispute bumped into a flat refusal ot AFL leaders today to accept anything less than a complete sur render by their CIO rivals. ' Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the pregon State Federation of Labor and AFL spokesman, declared there was "no room for two ma jor labor organizations In this country.. . . ; -,' .. ' A. suggestion by David Robinson ot the Portland inter-faith council, who presided, that three . repre sentatives of each faction; meet in his office tomorrow was accepted by the CIO. AFL leaders deferred a decision pending a policy com mittee . meeting tomorrow : morn ing. ;v;-; 'K'i ' - Gov, Charles H. Martin - and Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port land .joined in demanding immedi ate results, indicating they would take action independent of . the board if the conference failed. --.Their plans, the governor said, were "secret- AFL plans to Intensity the boy ahging De Luxe but Evidence Points to -vana eacn arawn on me seneison & McSbane printing and publish ing firm" and signed "J. Bertel son." ; : A Toddcheek writer, allegedly used in manufacturing the illegal drafts, was found in one of the several suitcases and grips confis cated by officers; after the arrests. it was heavily wrapped and nes tled among an array of candy, cigarettes, novelties of all descrip tions and both male and female clothing. : Each ,. grip was full to : over flowing- with-: knicknacks of air kinds, thought by - police to" have been purchased- in . order to get the bogus cnecKs casnea.borae oi the reported -loot, said police,; bore marks that identified it as com ing from towns in - Montana' and Idaho. J. ' . ; - Taylor, to nvhom ' each of the checks in possession of city police was made out, was captured in the 100 block on South Commercial He was v reported to- hive had ''V iTurn to base 2. col. 6) v SwehtliGrtu Pictures Received Brilliant 'French Art of ,18th Century;' Orders Come in Rapidly Elegance and uselessness were characteristic of the French, nobi I ity in the. 18th century, but the frivolity of the . times made for brilliance in the art of the times Painters of that time and place didn't spare the paint, and the seventh set of four pictures in the series of 48 famous -paintings of tered by The Oregon Statesman in cooperation with the National Committee of Art Appreciation bears out that tendency. , These pictures are among the most col orful of the entire series. Persons who wish to obtain the entire series of 48 before Christ mas are advised, to turn in their orders to The Statesman today or tomorrow so that the last two sets of four may be ordered. It Is not necessary to pay for them in ad vance. f One certificate clipped from page 2 of The Statesman en titles the holder to purchase one set' of four pictures for 39 cents; 41 cents if they are to be sent by mail. . The seventh set Includes: "Madame de Pompadour' by Francis Boucher: a striking por trait of the woman who ruled France and caused the Seven Tears War, as a result of Louis XV'i infatuation for her. Boucher was the court painter and the out standing" artist of this gay period, "Broken Eggs' by Greuie, the "sermonlser in paint.; This is a theme In I sharp contrast to the trend of the period, by an artist . (Turn to page 2, col. 3) a 11 Proposa Is cott against CIO lumber were dis closed by Abe W. Mulr, vice-pres ident of the united Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. He said he would leave tomorrow for Cal ifornia and other southwestern states in "an attempt to cut. off all markets. ";.; ' ,--.-K-.-' j "The" boycott is 75 per cent effective 'now, bnt we have only begun to fight,". Mulr said. He revealed, while, the confer ence was in recess, that - he had relinquished control ' over north west woodworking anions to local representatives of Jthe ' brother hood,-supervised by the Oregon Washington council-of AFL lum ber unions. Representatives of the clergy, chamber of commerce and relief agencies pleaded for a settlement on behalf of mill employes, Job less for 110 days. . - ' h "If you have any feeling for suffering humanity, I ask yon to get together for God's sake, get together,. Jefferson Myers, chair man of the Multnomar county relief committee, said . "Here r it ia Christmas time, Governor Martin said, "and many (Turn to page 2, ol.s7) Pending Bills Are Assailed And Defended Would Wipe out Wealth, Says i Progressive in I House Argument i Cost of 50 Millions per Year Charged; Jones 9 1 Favors Proposal WASHINGTON. Nov. 29-WP)- The crop control struggle began In congress today, producing con flicting statements that pending bills would "destroy wealth and would rescue the farmer from evil - effects of Industrial tariffs. 1 In' the house. Representative Sauthoff (P, Wis.) declared the 1 house bill not only would wipe out wealth by reducing farm out put but would cost up to 350,000,- 000 to administer. "That will cause to flourish two ( spittoons where ; only one flour ished before"' he said, contending , a large bureaucracy would be ere- ated: . . ' . t , Sauthoff said the bill would set up machinery to take 30,000,00 1 acres out of production, but would . be offset, by rade agreements , "which let-In;; products from 30,-,' 000,000 .(foreign) acres." ; 7 ,. unatrman Jon.es ( iTexj) of -., the house .agricuUu e committee - asserted the farmer was . the i'flrst . forgotten , man" j , that he - -was!, ignored when protective tar, iff, .walls were erected.. He said Jtho .'ever-normal ; granary"., wlllj . with, its provisions; for benefit payments, loans,, "and .controls; Over corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco ' .. and rice merely smoothed out In--equalities produced by .tariffs ' " I'l'm not afraid to do what Is, necessary," , he said. "I believe j ." we've worked . out a plan- that yillt: Rfcompllsh , this purpossv'V .--t Representative Andresen - (R7 Mlaa.) isaid-the i rincipal-ypposl-'j tion" was to compulsory foatnres !" permitting two-thirds "of the farmers producing a crop - to clamp down controls. Andresen complanied about "regimenta tion" and failure to limit large benefit payments. ' a, "Farmers and. farm organisa tions , don't want It," he ' said.-. "Why should congress give it to . them?" ' !. Senate leaders,, explaining 'the " provisions of their own 97-page . control proposal, said its costs could be held within ihe 500, 000,000 limit asked by the presi dent. , Ban on Picketing Up for Argument PORTLAND. Nov. 2 9-flP-Fed-eral Judge James Alger Fee grant ed attorneys for the CIO five days . to prepare affidavits In answer to a petition by the Portland Water front Employes' association and 40 shipping lines for a temporary order banning port picketing. He denied a motion for dis missal.: -. CIO counsel contended th sit uation did not Justify an func tion and that the dispute Involv ing AFL lumber might be settled in another week. - . A bearing was scheduled Mon day on an order that 66 teamsters' union members show cause why they should not besetted for con tempt of court for alleged viola- tlon of an order restraining them. from" interfering with delivery of disputed red label beer. , B ALL A 0 E of TODA y By a. a Congressional outbursts ill soon become frantic as mem bers all don oratorical armor and tackle a problem that's super-gigantic the question of what will be best tor the farmer. t . yJbuys ana uses Christmas Seals POSTMAN 22 Shoppincj uqys LCrt