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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.'. , .
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EIGHTH-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morntog, November 30, 4937
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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
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d d it i c s
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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
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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
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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
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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
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