.Weather.. Occasional rain today and Monday, moderate temper atnre; Max. Temp. Satur day 50, Mln. 49, river 3.0 feet, -rain 1.65 Inch, S-SW wind. " Sunday Features - Each Sunday The States man presents nainerons spe cial features ofj particular Interest to the people of the middle Willamette valley. POUNDDD 165! E1GHTY-SE V ENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 12, 1937- Priee 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 223 99 Terrorists mm Coon - - ' . . i I Stornia Flnod Damage Heavy Oyer big Area Over 1000 Homeless Due to California Flood; Blizzards in East Torrential Rains Still Fall in West Oregon ; Trucker Is Killed (By the Associated Press)-Community-paralyzing; blixzards In i; the east and "rising storm floods In California, linked with disastrous gales as sea,! caused at least 77 deaths Saturday as winter struck most of the northern hem isphere. j More than 1,000 'persons were driven from their homes! in north ern California, and in tjhe" fertile ' Sacramento valley crops j livestock and houses were swept) away in the three-to-seven inch deluge that sent river stages to danger ous levels. j The worst storm disaster in Eu rope, near Castlecary.S Scotland where rescue workers dug for the bodies of still more victims in Britain's biggest railway wreck in 22 years. Thirty bodies j were tak en from the debris of j the crack Scottish express which smashed Into the rear of another! passenger train during a blinding - snow storm. ; J - Upstate New York felt the full brunt of the American storm, with 10 known dead. The federal ' government authorized ithe use of national guard troops to help storm-isolated Erie county com munities "dig out." j A new blizzard hampered res cue work amid already huge snowdrifts north of Buffalo. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11. -P) -Torrential rains fell tonight in fha wt nf rale 'w4ktv battered Oregon, flooding -KtemathFalls and Lakeview and disrupting com munications. Railroad, tracks at south Medford were washed out. Rocks were washed into streams three inches deep which flowed over Lakeview streets. More than two inches of rain fell. MORE MORE ADD STORM 9 P-l An all-time precipitation record of 2.38 Inches in 48 hours was set at Klamath Falls, where water ran over streets and hsidewalks, UCBblUJlU6 vyii. J A .diversion flam at maione, u miles southeast of Klamath Falls, Want nnt flnraHlie TAsrell VSlleV with . 10 inches of water. The Greensprings highway to Ashland was blocked? by a mud slide 100 feet long and two feet (deep. Fort Klamath was partly Inun dated. Unconfirmed reports said Tule lake district residents were marooned in their homes. Lowell Weimer was killed when a huge boulder, loosened by rain, crashed from a cliff above the Co (Tnrn to Page 14, Col. 1.) fill d d i 1 1 c s U . . . in the Neus HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. ll-P)-Mrs. Kathrine Steele j started to take her driver's 1 Venae test today and stepped on the starteT of her parked Automobile. . T The motor roared and the machine, which had been left in reverse, backed through a plate glass window into a crowded cafe. Neither Mrs. Steele. Examiner John Hurwits nor the diners were injured. ! . The license test was postponed indefinitely. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. l-iJPr WlllUm Reily, 19, of Omaha, was sentenced to one to five years in prison here today for stealing seven cents. He pleaded guilty to a breaking and enter lug charge. CHEYENNE. Okla-1 Dec. 11-(jP)-A shattering blast ot ISO dynamite bombs crammed with 900 pounds ot shot killed an esti mated 60,000 crows at their roosts In a blackjack grove near Demp- 'V - , ! ' ' It was far and away the larg est lnrle kilL we've lever made, said KD Turner; state game in sharers of the shoot. nC.UU, -w J - "It rained crows after the aear-a-miosion " Turner said. "A crowd ot farmers and boys gath ered quickly and began amiug the cripples with sucks. . The birds were being piled in wlnrows today and farmers were invited to haul them away for use as hog food or lertinzer. MVWMM -fc OMAHA, Neb,, Dec. 11-V Otto Jabelmann, assistant to the president of the Union Pacific, exploded today old r myth that i it costa the railroad 75 cent every time the engineer whistles for a crossing- t ' ' Jabelmann said lie figured out the average toot lasts six seconds, uses 1.22 pounds of coal, and, at current prices,' costa about one-eighth of a cent. Tosses His Hat In Senate Ring S I ' . -Ml j N CARL C. DON AUG H Donaugh in Race For Steiwer Job US Attorney Will Oppose Ashurst for Democrat Nomination in '38 PORTLAND, Dec. ll-(P)-Carl Donaugh, 37 -year -old United States attorney for Oregon, an nounced his candidacy for the seat of United States senator, from which Fred Steiwer, repub lican, will retire next year. Donaugh, a long-time member gon manager of President Roose of, the democratic party and Ore velt's 1932 campaign, will take a leave of absence without pay from his present office upon be ginning his campaign, probably after the first of the year. The announcement was the sec ond to be made for the seat Stei wer will leave because of ill health. Circuit Judge Edward B. Ashurst, Klamath Falls, an nounced his candidacy last month for the democratic nomination next May. -y,-y' In a statement, Donaugh said he acted "in response to the re peated requests of citizens from all parts of the state," Saying that in due time he would present his attitude on ma jor issues, Donaugh declared: "I will continue my whole-hearted support of the president of the United States." Donaugh, a native of Oregon and unmarried resides here with (Turn to Page 14, Col. 5.) Rescuers Delayed By Pacific Storm Destroyers Nearing Island Where Pres. Hoover's Passengers Wait MANILA, Dec. 12.-(Sunday)-WP)-The progress of ships steam ing to the rescue of passengers and crew stranded on two tiny sub-tropical Japanese islands in the far western Pacific after the wrecking of the liner President Hoover, was retarded by bad wea ther, the Cavite navy radio was informed today. Three American destroyers en route to the little island of For mosa where the luxury liner went aground early yesterday reported they did not expect to reach their destination before 1 p. m. today (Saturday midnight, Eastern Standard time). They were mak ing only 12 knots because of hea vy, swells and high winds. . The $ 8,000,000 liner was re ported, "bumping heavily" on the rocks of Hoishoto island. A skel eton crew presumably remained aboard. ; Besides the destroyers, the Ca i k (Turn to Page 14, Col. .) Dr. Kerr Discusses Farming Problems,, Pomona Gathering LIBERTY, Dec. 11 Increas ing domestic consumption of farm products through the develop ment of new industries which rely upon the products of the soil, is the road to rural prosper ity. Dr. W. J. Kerr, chancellor emeritus ot the Oregon state sys tem of higher education, declared in an address at the gathering of Marion county Pomona Grange and subordinate granges here to day. - . . Aside from Dr. Kerr's address, the meeting was featured by in stallation of Pomona officers and officers of a number of local granges. Basing his remarks largely upon observations made in Eur ope during recent travels there, Dr. Kerr described the gigantic drainage project which will re claim 175,000 acres of farming land along the Mediteranean In Italy. In the fascist countries ev ery bit of soil is being safeguard ed, everything possible being pat hacg Into the land, and thfc peo si already on rations, have fV 1 Woman Amg Liquoiarge Around 150 jllon Wine Cache Is Discovered in Raid on Home Selling to Minors Basis of Charge ; Silverton Court Hears Case Mrs. Lena Goldade, 73, faced a charge of selling liquor to minors when she was arraigned in Silverton justice court Satur day night following a raid con ducted by Sheriff A. C. Burk and state liquor control commis sion inspectors at her home at 651 North Capitol street in Sa lem. Mrs. Goldade was released on her own recognisance and will have preliminary hearing early this week. Sheriff Burk said the raid was conducted on authority of a war rant previously issued. In Mrs. Goldade's home the of ficers fdund, the sheriff said, a large number of wooden Jugs, earthenwjfre crocks and other re- ceptacles, all filled or partly ruiea with grape wine. The residence is .'n the gener al vicinity of the Parrish jun ior nigh school but information received by the officers indicated tnat Mrs. Goldade's alleged cus tomers were reported to be prin cipally senior high school stu dents. Train Is Delayed When Tree Falls Southbound Flier Held up Nearly 50 Minutes Jy : Track's Blockade v Number 23, Southern Pacific's fast southbound flyer, was held up between Church and Chemek elta streets for nearly 50 minutes last night, waiting for a black walnut tree that had fallen acnm the 12th street tracks to be clear ed away. The flyer was due Into the station at 7:19, and arrived there at 8:17. The roots of the tree had been loosened, evidently, by the ditch that is being dug by the Salem water commission along 12th street in which to lay water mains for the state capitoi. building. Sat urday's storm was ;a contributing factor. Watchmen, jrovidd by the commission to patrol the ditches being dug, found the tree and flag ged down the train. A switch engine was run out from the SP yards to pull the tree out of the way after It had been sawed in two, and Cnyler Van Patten, Salem water commission manager, took charge of hauling it away. According to watchmen patrol Ing the ditches, and to a Southern Pacific operator, other trees are on the verge of falling but City Mayor V. E. Kuhn has hesitated to sign an order for their removal without a recommendation of the city park board. The trees In ques tion are along the parking strip ou the west side of 12th street, and are therefore under the Jurisdic tion of the city, through the park board. Freighter in Distress HAKODATE, Japan, Dec. 12-(Sunday)-(iip)-The 1472-ton Jap anese lumber freighter Hyogo Maru broadcast a distress call to day, reporting she was disabled in a storm off the east cdast of Hok kaido. cently seen their rations cut by 20 per cent. In the United States, Dr. Kerr said, 20 per cent of the nation's wealth is rural and'" 18 per cent of persons gainfully employed' are farmers, yet during the past ten years the farmers' average share of the national income was below 10 per cent, although 75 per cent of the raw materials entering into the nation's commerce come from the soil. Ability of the farmer to mar ket his products is quite as im portant as his ability to pro duce them, and it Is imperative that the avenues of distribution remain open and clear. Another necessity to marketing is organ ization and care to produce qual ity crops. L. S. Lambert presided at the installation . ceremony. Pomona grange officers installed includ ed: 1 ' ,:- : . . : J. O. Farr of Ankeny, master;, J. C. Darby of Union Hill, over seer; Mrs. D. B. Kliehege of Che (Turn to Page 14, Col. 4.) Elderly! M odern Replacing West Friesen Plans To Start Soon On Rebuilding Cost Is Around $50,000 With Daily Capacity of 30,000 Feet Steel Construction may Be Selected; Study Made of Design Preliminary arrangements for construction of a new, modern box factory in West Salem to re place the plant- which burned down November 20 were complet ed yesterday, John S. Friesen, proprietor of the Salem Box & Manufacturing company an nounced late! in the afternoon. Based on a rough estimate enly, the new plant's cost is set at 850,000. Friesen said he ex pected the ntew mill to be ready for operation by March 1, to time to go into heavy production of berry crates and other ma terlals for packing early fruit crops. The new mill will have the same capacity as the one destroy ed, 30,000 feet a day, but will be more modern In construction and better equipped, Friesen said A two-etory structure covering at least as much ground as the ola one-story mill is contemplated. Will Study Design Of Other Plant : , Before it " is decided whether the building will be of steel or wood frame construction, Friesen will make a tour of other north west box plants to decide exact ly what kind of structure and equipment he will set up. The Copeland lumber yard, partly destroyed .by the same fire, will be rebuilt on a smaller scale, R. A. Meyer, manager, said yes terday, but no definite plans will be available until soon after the first of the year. The Copeland, firm recently purchased the Cobbs-Mitchell retail yard at 349 South 12th street and Is now op erating both that and the West Salem business. The Friesen mill In West Sa lem was started in 1928 and oper ated without a shutdown until the fire occurred last month. Its crew ranged from 50 to 75 men and will be the same in the new plant. ' Large quantities of boxes and crates were shipped to Cali fornia and eastern seaboard plants as well as to packers in the Pacific Northwest. ' The Friesen Millwork company plant, which escaped the recent tire, has been running as usual. MolaUa Achieves Fame; Has Moving Mountain Terrain MOLALLA, Ore., Dec. 11 (JP) Molalla, nndaunted by Idaho's sinking ranch and Los Angeles skidding mountain, produced its own creeping ter rain today. ' Earl K. Nixon, state depart ment of geology and mineral industries director, said Geol ogist Ray C. Thresher had ex amined a break on the side of a mountain near the Molalla riv er. Nixon said the break ap peared almost simultaneously with the Idaho freak, but cov ered only a few feet. Today it is 100 feet long, 80 feet deep, and extends down the moun tain 50 feet in a series of ter raced slips. J Thresher said the break was due to moisture saturated clay and substrata shifting on a dry, hard bed beneath. Seamen Walk off Freighter; Claim It's Unseaworthy ASTORIA, Ore., Dee. U.-Vfj-Fifteen seamen walked oft the freighter Phyllis Soto today, de claring the boat unfit for sea, with 38 inches of water in the hold. She put in here to restow cargo shifted by a 70-mile gale but was ready to sail. Seamen charged the vessel was taken to Shanghai for sale, but re turned. At Yokohama and Hono lulu." they declared, the ship was drydocked. the last time Jor 27 days. On the return, two SOS sig nals were sent. ' The first ' mate denied there was water in the hold Box Faet r Battle Raging Around Nanking; Capital Is Entirely Surrounded . Tomb of Sun Yat Sen - ".v v - T V' ''a 1 A JAPANESE. RE PORTED THROWN BACK HERE ' r r .1 L2L so t w ' - 3l ? v g 11 n r II 1 -s w v MfLES - - - - " jPHJLL Japanese broke through Into Nanking Saturday after their crushing advance from Shanghai, route ot which is shown in the map, but were unable to extend their sphere of control Inside the Chinese capital. Above, the $3,000,000 tomb of Sun Yat Sen, father of the - Republic of China, raptured by the Japanese. ". : ,0 r- Nanking Pounded, Heavy Siege Guns Last Avenue of Escape Is Imperiled; Foothold not Strengthened SHANGHAI, Dec. 12-(Sunday) - (JP) Three Japanese columns, heavv sieee guns and aerial bomb ers 1 pounded Nanking today as other Japanese forces threat enea complete encirclement of China's abandoned capital. A Japanese thrust downstream along the Yangtze imperiled the last avenue of escape from Nan king, where 16 Americans re mained Inside the walls. Chinese early today said the Japanese onslaught was being in tensified, "literally pouring steel" into battered Nanking. One invading column was re ported only 10 miles from Pukow, railhead opposite Nanking. Cap ture of Pukow would snap shut the Nanking trap. Wuhu, strategic Yangtze river port 60 miles above Nanking, al ready was in Japanese hards, as was Taiping, midway to the capi tal. As the Japanese military ma chine tightened Its grip stubborn Chinese resistance apparently pre vented the Japanese from ex tending the foothold jgained with in the city walls Friday. British dispatches from Han kow reported Gen. Tang Seng- Chi, commander of Nanking's de fense, admitted loss of the main southeastern gate, Kuanghaa- men, but declared the invaders were unable to push further In side the thick walls. Paper Mill Here To Start Tuesday The Oregon Pulp ft Paper com pany will resume operation in all departments with a full crew Tuesday, It was announced Sat urday. This reopening will terminate a two "ks shutdown which of ficials indicated was made - ne cessary by the fact that purchas ers' withheld specifications on pa per already- ordered, because of business uncertainty. The cutting off of the oriental trade was also a factor. - This was the second shutdown this autumn. While company offi cials have made no announcement as to probable steadiness of op eration through the winter, em ployes have predicted that , any shutdowns will be brief and that steady production is probable af ter the first of the year. orv Salerri VI: ....... v.. - j( - :.:..flt. - w'.'.ww - ..wir - v.v."j .":.-..-.....-.:.::::: OUTUNEO ARROWS n SHOVVJAPANESE , ADVANCE Rainfall Doubled Here on Saturday Some Flooding Reported; Trains From South Are Hours Late A heavy overnight rainfall yes terday more lhan doubled Salem's December precipitation total to date, the local observer's office re ported. Yesterday s rain mark was 1.64 inches, the month's to date. 2.70 Inches. Showing the effects of recent heavy rains, the Willamette river rose 2 feet, to the 3.9-foot level, in the 24 hours ended at 7 a.m., yesterday. By noon it had reached 5.1 feet and during the afternoon gained nearly another foot. Water was flowing across the Salem-Sllverton highway east ot the Fairgrounds yesterday morn ing. County Engineer N. C. Hubbs was advised. The Hamman Stage line's bus ses encountered. serTere surface water conditions on the runs to and from Detroit yesterday but kept on schedule. Aside from water on the road, the route was in good shape for this time of year. Because of a washout on South ern Pacific tracks In California, all of the company's trains which were scheduled to arrive here Sat urday are now due to arrive to day many, hours late, company of ficials said. However the southbound trains will leave on schedule, making (Turn to Page 14, Col. 8.) - i i'""" I nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniHur' jt.-.-.-.-.-j?. .:-.m . an- r HAN6CHOW R Farm Crop Protective Tieup For Entire Coast Considered A meeting of the Farmers Crop protective Co-op of Oregon will be held within the next ten days to consider the Question of af filiating with a coast-wide organ ization of similar character. It was announced Saturday y Her man E. Lafky, secretary of the state organization. : Lafky has just returned from the annual convention of the As sociated Farmers of California, held at San Jose, at which rep resentatives ot Oregon, Washing ton and Arizona farmers' organ izations were present tp hear the proposal for formation of an in terstate body to be known as the Associated Farmers of the Pacific Coast. The Oregon Co-op, which Laf ky emphasizes is designed to bar gain collectively with labor and is not opposed to. legitimate lab or organizations, has ;J a large membership throu gh affiliation of previously existing ! farmers' groups and has been able to pre Planned Plant Italy Drawing Out of League II Duce Avers Claims Nations Seeking War, His Aim Set on Continued Peace Will Be Nominally Still Member for 2 Years; Democracy Booed ROME, Dec. ll-i)-Italy with drew from the League of Nations but announced her determination to continue to collaborate tor peace. ' The action, decided upon at a seven-minute meeting of the fas cist grand council, was proclaim ed by Premier Benito Mussolini frvm the balcony of the Palaxzo Venezia. One of the greatest crowds ev er assembled In the vast square in front of the palace, despite . a heavy rain, roared its approval. "Now we are on our own," he shouted, "and depart without re grets from the reeling ship where they do not work for peace but are preparing for war." - Italy thus followed in the foot Bteps of Germany, and Japan, with whom she is joined in an anti-communist pact, among the leading nations to depart from the league. Membership in the league will not end until two years after formal notice of withdrawal but Italy for more than a year has pursued a ' policy of non-cooperation" with Geneva. ' , This estrangement dated to May, 1936, when the Italian del egation walked out of a meeting of the league council after It had voted to continue sanctions against Italy because of the Ethi opian war. Mussolini .was In a fighting mood as he appeared upon the balcony ot his , palace. Arraigning the league In a vig orous attack, he declared: ' "It is necessary to choose whether to be in the league or out of it." Then he cried the question: "1 it?" "No!" answerel the multitude. "Out of it?" "Yes!" responded the throng. Booes resounded when II Duce spoke derisively of the great democracies. Wilkins Seeks to Rescue Air Santa BARROW. Alaska, Dec. ll-(JP) Sir George Hubert Wilkins, fam ed Arctic explorer and flier In command of a Russian chartered expedition to seek the lost trans polar plane, planned to take off early tomorrow to rescue Pilot Harold Gillam, northland aerial Santa Claus who crashed in his monoplane tonight at Cape Halk- ett - Gillam, en route from Fair banks, radioed from Cape Halkett, 140 miles east, he was unhurt and his transmitter undamaged. Gillam said he would mark out a landing field on the frozen tun dra for Wilkins. In ' Gillams's monoplane were gifts and supplies for the soviet rescue expedition. vent or settle numerous strikes of farm workers before they be came serious, during the past growing and harvest seasons. Delegates from the Oregon co op who attended the San , Jose meeting seemed favorable to the coastwise setup proposal, Lafky said, hut the final decision will be up to delegates of the co-op's member organizations, he pointed out, Time and place of the meet ing will be announced soon. . Reports heard at the San Jose meeting brought out the fact, ac cording to Lafky, that the princi pal trouble in California farm la bor had been fomented by com munist agitators, most of them with prison records, rather than by legitimate labor organizations of men who wanted to work and were merely intent upon obtain ing higher wages and better work ing conditions. ; i - Resolutions passed by the Call (Turn to Page 14, CoL 5.) Auto Plant in Portland May Be Shut Down Beat-ups Are Claimed by Manager; Sawmill 'to Open on Monday! : . ' . t i Pharmacy Picketed With Intent to Unionize Registered Men ; PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 11-(jT)-Detective Capt. John J. 'Keegan ordered out shotgun-armed de tectives today to combat what ho said were union goon squads in labor warfare. His action followed announce ment of the General Motors Sals Corporations that it would; close its distributing plant, which sells $15,000,000 worth of automobile and parts annually, rather than risk injury to employes. Two men were beaten yesterday. Detective Capt. John J. Keegan instructed his men to "pay par ticular attention to beat-up cars," "and ordered them to use the guns in effecting captures to ''stop tMs lawlessness." t A. A. Turner, zone manager for the Chevrolet division of the Gen eral Motors company, said 10 men would be thrown out of work if the plant closed. He charged the teamsters union put pickets around the place when he refused to deduct union dues from em ployes' salaries. The Doernbeeher Manufactur ing company closed its furniture plant, laying off 1500 workers "until we get enough orders to reopen." i Frank Nau's big pharmacy was picketed today in what was seen as an opening wedge to unionise druggists. Nau declared there was no dispute with employes, who had resisted unionization because "we are recognized as professional men." The union demanded $13 S monthly for registered pharma cists, with a 54-hour week; 967.50 to $112.50 for non-registered clerks, and $67.50 to $90 for wo men. Meantime, the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company, where ClO mi ployes won a representation vetf conducted by Gov. Charles H. Mat tin, said about. 150 members -ot its previous crew of 600, laid off 122 days agqjyrjurlsdictional war, would be returned to work Mon day, regardless of union affilia tion and solely on a basis of sen iority. The company said -the! Greek steamer Andreas would load 750,000 feet of lumber for Japan Tuesday. Officials of the AFL Co lumbia . River Pilots' association refused to say whether they would take the vessel to sea. The Oregon-Washington council of lumber and s r-vmill workers, la convention at Eugene, rejected a CIO plea to allow representatives to present a peace plan. It elected Homer Haney, Tacoma, Wash., president, then went into secret session. . I Doctor Reads He' Dead; - Confused With Patient LOS ANGELES, Dec. l-JPy-Imagine Dr. Walter Albert's snr prise today when he picked up his favorite newspaper to find his name in the official death list. A check showed a funeral parlor had listed the doctor's name Instead ot that ot his re cent patient. j B A L L A DIE of TO DA y By R. C A few years ago we endured a depression, but business im proved and that ghost was In terred; the dull times at pres ent we call a "recession," avoiding that other lugubri ous word. i &ver,yb o dy . 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