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PAGE TWO ' Tht CUCGON STATESMAN; Saleus; Oregon, Friday ' Slirmn Dw'eraber '10, 1937 f.laior Attack! On at Nanking : - ! . Pimese Refuse to Reply ta Ultimatum Asking - i Gty's Surrender (Cob tinned from- pas 1 the Nanking defenses which 11b SO miles to the east. -"No word "was received of the fate of foreigners still la the city La3t reports said there were 24 Americans still there . All gates la the massive walls of Nanking were reported shot. The Japanese army,' with 10 0,0 9 men poised for a final assault, bad presented an ultimatum demand ing the capital's surrender' by noon today (8 p.m., PST). Geh. I wain Matsui, commander-in-chief of all Japanese forces in jthe Shanghai-Nanking area,! ad 'dressed the ultimatum to Gen. .Tang Seng-Chi, vetersn Chinee warrior who has assumed com jnaud of the defense of the aband oned capital. I i An intensive Japanese bombing !ca used the U. S. gunboat Panay ;to move up the river. Hundreds of if ires were burning around the Icity. . - : . p - Foreign sources said that Jap anese columns had taken Chlnki tang, capital of Kiangsn province. The city, with a population of 150,UOO, lies 40 miles e a s t of - The strategic Yangtxe irtver center was said to have fallen ti ter the Japanese broke through its defenses and mopped up the Chinese In house-to-house fight ing. - .-. -: I i R. G. . Howe. British charge d'a flairs, arrived with an embassy party at Shanghai from Ho" ko&g. He will establish the em bassy liere. j " Embassy officials made repre sentations' to, Japanese officials fur seizure- of a launch owned by the British owned. Shanghai Tug and lighter company. Student Walkout ! Subsides, Moscow f: MOSCOW, Idaho. Dec. S-VP)-A jntrerstty of Idaho students "walkout" threat subsided today as Quickly as it had flared when President Harrison C. Dale re turned to the campus and extend ed special student, privileges which the dean of women had denied. The president granted two stu dents' demands: i ' He lifted the 7:30 p. m. dead--llne for co-eds for next Tuesday to allow them to remain out of their houses until S p. m. to par ticipate in the program on the eve of annual "Holly day." j Z He allowed "open night" privi leges for tonight to allow fresh man and sophomore co-eds to at tend the all-college play. Dean of Women Evelyn Miller had refused to aDow them privileges beyond the regular 7:30' p. m. deadline, Gale Hits Coast; Snow. Sleet Fall 5? PORTLAND, Dec. S--Snow and sleet fell on Oregon tonight while- a 58-mile gale lashed the im uu iuruuiDj river areas, disrupting highway travel and cutting off telephone communlca ! tions with Bandon. i The Columbia River highway from Portland to The Dalles was coated with ice,- underlying snow, and the temperature was driven down to 28 degrees by the sleet filled gale. Travel was inadvis able, the highway department Mid. Seven) cars were ditched. ' Furious seas were kicked up at Gold Beach by a warm southerly ' gale. The barometer recorded Heavy snows were falling at Mt. Hood and throughout eastern Oregon after alight flurries this afternoon. The temperature . at Pendleton was 36 degrees.! - Human Seal Gels ; Big Crowd at YM Two hundred and fifty specta tor ;i were entertained at the TMCA swimming pool Wednesday and Thursday nights by Celeo Mo hawk, the 59-year-old "human . - ! '-' Three local aquatic artists. Ron ald Smith, Forbes Mack and Boh Smith, assisted the phenomenal Mehawk. and the large audiences were thrilled by the almost im possible feats demonstrated by the master of under water swimming, Last Times Today r AND . A rl Certificate No This. Certtificate entitles you to one week's Set of Four Pictures upon payment of only 39c (46c if by mail). f -IMPORTA XT- Be sure to order Set No. 1 If yoo have that or snb acqaent sets, order the next umbered 8ex of Four. Top-Rated Comics at Capitol - - AlLaa Jenkins, Hugh Herbert and Marcla Ralston are featured in the .? comlo-featnre The Octopus," at the Capitol today and Sat urday. ' ' " . V. - o Three-Unit Show Today at Capitol Five Acts of Vaudeville Stage and Lively on Comedy on Screen This Friday and Saturday will see another great three-unit show at the Capitol. 4 fine five act vaudeville show on the stage plus two outstanding features on the screen. Headlining the stage attrac tion will be Madame Marie and her "Circus in Miniature;" Dorothy Oliver is billed as "The Cheerful Earful:" Hubert Dyer and company do a. fine interpre tation of two goofs on a trapeze with loads of laughs. Jack Cav anaugh is a whiz at western replug: . and sings some clever western cowboy songs, and last but mot least the Mantell Man ciklns. a puppet revue that tops them all. The Capitol screen brings back those old comedy favor ites, Allan Jenkins and Hrgh Herbert, in their funniest laugh farce "Sh! The Octopus' with Jenkins and Herbert,, in the roles of dumb detectives. The second outstanding feature is an ex cellent fast-moving action and romance hit. starring James Dunne. "Living on Love." As an added attraction. Manager Carl -Porter of the Capitol has booked the first of the Floyd Gibbons novelty series, "The Live Corpse." These Gibbons thorts are based on his-famous program and are all -actual life cases. Van Vlack Cheats Gallows; Suicide (Continued1 from page I) die; you're not going to see me hanging by a rope." The guard, the prisoner's par enta, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Van Vlai k "of Tacoma, and one of the man's spiritual advisers, the Rev. Arvid Ohrnell of Tacoma, witnes?ed tbe leap. "They all coaxed him to come down," said the guard. "He refused: Warden Gess was called immediately. An attempt was made to get the prisoner, but he threatened to jump. Then War den Gess ordered a firenet brought in. As it was brought into the corridor of the cell block, Van Vlack Jumped." Beck Defies CIO And LA Business SEATTLE. Dec. 8. - UF) - Dave Beck, western organizer for thfr teamsters' brotherhood, defied the committee for industrial organiza tion, the Los Angeles Times and business men today in their efforts to prevent the teamsters from organizing Los Angeles." "The teamsters can take and dish it out." he told the Young Men's Business clnb at a lunch eon meeting. An overflow crowd, unable to find accommodations in the new Washington hotel's main dining room, listened from door ways and the balcony. Beck, a Seattle labor leader, said, "the teamsters' union stop ped the CIO dead in its tracks in an attempt to organize the Los Angeles warehousemen, and now certain Los Angeles business men want to crucify us." Church Hoopsters To Play at Oklhi The city church league basket ball games will be played in Oldhi gymnasium on Friday nights, it was announced last night by Cotter Gould, WPA re creational supervisor. For that reason, the girls who ordinarily nave the run of the floor on Friday night will be Charged to Wednesday nights, 7 to 8. The city league teams that have been practicing at that time will have to wait until after 8 o clock. 47 7, Si - Margin Is Heavy For CIO in Vote Final Result 376 to 183 in Sawmill Workers' Affiliation Ballot (Continued from pace 1) auspices of Governor Martin had confirmed "the Intelligence and integrity of the national labor re lations board to act in labor ques tions." - "We had no doubt from the out set that Inman-Poulsen workers would maintain affiliation with the CIO despite a concentrated at tack . . .by the AFL to break down morale.' "We believe the public of the enjtire state- expects the governor and mayor to carry out their many promises and maintain operations without further interference. B. W. Sleeman and Frank Chap man, AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners spokes men, declared: "The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, repre senting all men engaged in the woodworking industries, has only one policy: we will not tolerate secession, agree to a truce or com promise and. above all, we will boycott all CIO lumber." M. B. Jones, chairman of the Columbia Basin Sawmill associa tion, spoke for the operators of the other -closed mills. "With the large number of bal lots cast and in view of -the tabu lation there should be no doubt as to the affiliation of the men at the Inman-Poulsen plant, he said. Whether the AFL boycott will continue in its effectiveness, as it has promised, will be watch ed with much interest by the oth er mills. If this procedure Is suc cessful it more than likely will be resorted to by the other mills pro viding the governor's offer is still available." Change Voted in Wage-Hour Setup (Continued from page 1) tion leaders passed the word that certain concessions offered to southern critics of the wage-hour bill had brought enough of them into line to provide an impreg nable majority against any repub lican effort to weaken the bill. In a c&ucus. northerners assur ed their southern colleagues that they would vote with them lor the inclusion of a provision per mitting lower minimum wages in the south than in the north is return for southerners' support on many ether controversial issues connected with the bill. ; How many southern votes were attracted to the compromise was uncertain, bat administration leaders said they were sufficient to give the bill a clear majority.' The Gil Board Today State, 5 acts coast- to-e oast vatidevilla and James Dunn In "Living on Love." . STATE - Today Eastern circuit vaudeville, "The Crockett Family" and the Jones family In "Big Business." Saturday noon, kiddy , club; and preview at night with Paul Kelly and Judith Al len in "It Happened Out GRAND . Today Double bill, -Mickey Rooney In "Hoosier Schoolboy" and . Charles Quidler in The' Gam That Kills." Saturday Double bill, spec ial return engagement. Will Roger in "Judge Priest" and the- Jones fam ily in "Hot Water." HOLLYWOOD Today Double bill, Buck Jones in "Black 'Aces" and "Sophie Lang Goes West" with Gertrude Michael and Larry Crabbe. ELS1NORK Today Doable bill, Kay Francis in "First Lady" and "Adventurous End" with John Wayne. Saturday Double bUL Sub marine D-l with Pat. O'Brien and "Glamorous Nigbt. with Victor Jory. LEARN TO FLY! Low Cosl Terms Salem Flying Service SALEM AIKPUirr Phone 6501- Young American Pianist Pleases Untried Musician Tackles big Concerto; Incident Assures Orchestra . VIENNA (Correspondence ol The Associated Press)-A sneeze and a wisecrack helped Marra Pinter, 19-year-old Californlan, make a snccessful debut with the Vienna symphony orchestra. It happened during the rehears al. The orchestra members, natur ally, were nervous because they were playing- with a. young and- ' to them untried, pianist. The conductor, the famous Bernhard Baumgartner, made no secret of ' his concern, for Miss Pinter was playing Sergei Rach maninoff's "piano concert No. S, In D-minor, opus 30." a work so difficult that tew have chosenJ it lor concert presentation. Everybody was jittery, except the American girl, whose blond, Victorian ringlets make her look even younger than she Is. As the practice progressed, the tension continued. Then the second vio lin Bneezed a healthy,' uninhibit ed sneeze. Without interrupting her calm playing, Miss Pinter' turned around and smilingly flung at him the phrase Austrians use tor such occasions: Wohl seln!" mean ing something like "Here's to you!" or "Cheerio!" Tension Is Eased On the Hps of a foreigner, the ejaculation caused the whole or chestra, to a man, to stop play ing and burst into a gale of laughter. When it subsided, the tension had been eased and the work went on swimmingly. Afterwards the usually unde monstrative Dr. Fenmgartner em braced the young pianist and re marked, "You have courage, pres ence of mind, and talent, my dear, ana you, win go far." Miss rtnter was the first of her sex In Europe to play the ex acting Rachmaninoff piece in i pa bile performance. Critics liked her playing, and ao did a capacity audience of 2000 in the Grosser Konzerthaus-Saal. She had ac cepted engagements to appear in several Austrian cities Including Salzburg with Dr. Baumgartner and Switzerland and Latvia. She is the daughter of Mrs, Meredith Pinter of Berkeley, Calif, She won the national prize of the National Federation of Music Weeks in 1928. She studied In San Francisco with Miss Elizabeth Simpson, who encouraged her to come to Europe to study. Dalhover Is Held Guilty; Must Die HAMMOND, Ind..-Dec. 9-UP1-A federal court Jury decided toniarhl James Dalhover, last survivor of the Al Brady gang, should die in the. electric chair for the "murder of State Policeman Paul V. Minne- man. Dalhover, who pleaded guilty. stared straight ahead as the clerk read the verdict, which will make him? the third member of the Al Brady gang to die. Brady and Clarence Lee Shaffer. Jr.. were killed October 12 at Bangor, Me.. ny tederal agents who cautnred Dalhover. Mlnneman was slain last Mav 25 while pursuing Dalhover, Brady and Shaffer after they held up a Dang at uoodland, Ind. . S German Youth Is Held for Slaying (Continued from page I) who had come to France' last March to escape German military service. He led investigators to the suburban villa outside Paris, say- rag: mat two -of nis men victims also were buried there. Mls3 de Koven's bodv. fullv clothed, was doubled up and com pletely encased in red clay. Meaicai examiners began an autopsy. Police found a second body In a shallow grave in the cellar. It was identified as that of Arthur Frommer. one-time friend of the confessed slayer.. Pollard Is Set Down SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S-p) -Ben Pollard, Seabiscult's rider; was suspended for the balance of the Tan for an meeting today be cause 6f a foul committed by the Jockey yesterday aboard Ex hibit. Seabiscult's workmate. KZ PA1MTED BLACK HEARTS WITH HOT, GREY LEAD I Dlaelt Acqs And Second Feature iiJBBffi v ra il.'o. jl - mm Gertrude Michael. Lee Bowman Sandra gtorme Larry Crabbe - Rob, Camming . ALSO New Serial "SECRET AGENT NO. 9" News and Popeye Cartoon f Labor Chief Is Silent on Parley -:.-t.:x- Hi ; Philip Murray Win the C L O. and the Ar F. of I unite to peace as a result of their parleys in Washington t Even reporters wondered as they received blank answers from both John I LewIsVhatanan of the CLO, and William Green, president of the A. F. of L, who met for the first time since their split In 1835. Lewis is sees emerging from one of the parleys with his chief aide, Philip Murray, chair man of the Steel Workers OreanMne Committee, . . Increase in WPx4 Spending Ordered WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-P)-The government ordered a $23,-000,000-a-minth Increase in WPA spending today to cope with mounting unemployment. Harry L. Hopkins, the works progress administrator, an nounced that work relief proj ects would be expanded within the next few weeks to provide 350,000 additional jobs. His announcement increased speculation as to whether Presi dent Roosevelt's announced goal of a balanced budget in the next fiscal year could be achieved in view of the business recession. Hopkins said he was not think ing at this time of asking a deficiency appropriation to sup plement the $1,275,000,000 the president has budgeted for WPA this fiscal year, which ends next June 30. But Representative Ellenbogen (D-Pa) urged that' congress ap propriate half a billion more for the work relief agency.' . Italy May Resign Place in League ROME, Dec. 9-(i!P)-Indicatlons came from high quarters tonight that the fascist grand council, sumoned for one of its dramatic midnight aesilons Saturday, might announce Italy's resigna tion from the League of Nations. However, official confirmation was laCKing ot the wiaespreaa belief that Premier Benito Mus solini had decided on such ac tion, often reported Imminent since the league enforced sanc tions against Italy during the Ethiopian war. Diplomats speculated as to whether withdrawal from the league if it comes would mean II Duce had given up hope ot coming to terms with Britain and France over his African con quests and his position in the Mediterranean sea. Berg Heads Standard Oil SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. MV" William H. , Berg became presi dent of Standard Oil company of California today. He succeeds the late Kenneth R. Kingsbury. The Royal Family of Radio mm On the Stage-' In Person The Four Stars of the cnociiETT Frnnibu The Hill Billy Family That Has Won the Hearts of America's Radio List ening Audiences. ARCHER and JACKSON Two Homespun Hooligans from Hollywood CLIFF OTfEIL Chatter and Steps . . CAPT. GREENWOOD and his - Trained Seals POPEYE and BABY OS THE SCREEN mm. and Jota L LewU ( Sawmill Workers' Convention Looms EUGENE, Dec. t.-(p)-Members of the executive council of the Oregon-Washington council of the lumber and sawmill' workers un ion gathered here in secret session this afternoon to lay plans for the union's convention which - opens in Eugene Friday. The "session was not a public ON THE STAGE Mast-to-coast " b tin r-4 v MADAME -MARIE and PALS 'Clever Animal "Circus" Dogs, Ponies and "Hsnk." the Mule - : JACK CVAXAUGH . "Plainsman r-r DeLuxe Matines 30c Kote Matinee Friday .2:15 Continuous Saturday 2 to 11 ON THE SCREEN Calling All Cars!! They're a Riot as a Couple of Dumb-Clack itk HUGH HERBERT A2si lzr&iz .l!arii Rz&toa AND 2ND BIG HIT JAMES DUNN - WHITNEY BOURNE "EilUlflO On bQUE" Added - Floyd Gibbons' Adventure - The Live Corpse" WHO THE MOST POPULAR BOY AND GIRL IN THE 8 a 8. tsr a MICKEY MOUSE Send blanlis to Bill, or deposit votes in foyer at Mnorfc ner -to be selected at Christmas par ty, FRIDAY, DECEAIBER 24. Valuable prizes to winners. - PRINT -BOY GIRL John E. Brophy Is' Called Suddenly Cause not Determined; Is Veteran Bank Employe," Native of Dallas (Continued-from page 1) to determine definitely the cause of death. Coroner Henkle of Polk county was notified and It was announced that he would in vestigate the case this morn ing and "perhans, order an au topsy. Friends said Mr. Brophy had been 'in poor health for .some time. ' " ' " Funeral services.- in charge of Rigdon's, will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock from St. Paul's Episcopal church. Rev. George H. Swift officiating. John E. Brophy was born in Dallas July 29, 1879, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Bro phy. The family moved to Sa lem while he was still an 'infant and he lived here all his life, ob taining his education in Salem schools. His father was super intendent of the Oregon state penitentiary at one time, and had been a member of the firm of Gilbert. Patterson & Brophy operating the Eola Hop ranch. John Brophy was married to Nina I. Riches in 1900. She and his mother, a resident i of Salem, are the only survivors. "Aside from his work in the bank, Mr. Brophy was affiliated with the Salem lodge of Elks and was an ardent sportsman. or many years he was business manager for the Salem Senators' baseball, team, and made hunting and fishing his recreations. meeting.' and members of the ex ecutive body would make no com ment Thursday night on business discussed in the meeting. - Delegates from Washington, Oregon and California were to start convention business rolling at 10 a..n. tomorrow in a confer ence slated to attract nationwide attention due to the policy form ing issues to be discussed. The ses sion will last through Sunday with many prominent labor leaders ex pected to speak. Today & Sat. S wmmmm .y .... t . t, rf . y . 3 S--BIG ACTS-S HUBERT DYER ft CO. Comedy on the Bar" DOROTHY , OLIVER "Cheerful Earful" 231 MANTELL'S MANNIKINS "Cute, Clever Puppeteers" Evening; Detectives " ( 4 7 IKS YOUR FAVORITE i : (Vote for One Boy and One Ctrl) I West Stayton Club ! Will Meet Tonight WEST . STAYTON The West Stayton Community club will meet; at the schoolhouse Friday night with the principal. C. H. Chorpen ing in charge of the program, W. A. Martin who has been serl--ously 111 for the last four weeks, was removed by a Dallas physician to a hospital in Salem Tuesday afternoon for treatment. Three Rescued on Isle After Storm (Continued from page 1) the government had been seeking' to crush Moro insurgents. . .''The only exciting part "of the trip was the last five minutes in the air, said General Santos. "Lee told us we had gasoline enough to last only 10 minutes. We didn't like that so we landed on a small beach. The general was limping be cause of a foot Infection. - PEKFECT RCA SOUNB STARTS SATURDAY 20,000 THRILLS UNDERTMEEA' miU of Sub Warfare! TE21LS cf a Great Adverftart! 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