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Saturday; Max. Temp.
Thursday 52, MIn. 46, river
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Salew, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 17, 1937
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 227
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Paul Kelty Is
On Incomplete
List Released
Chairman Is Chosen, Has
, Accepted but Name Is
. not yet Revealed
Hamilton to Keep "Date
in Portland, Missing
Two on Way West
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1 6-()-Chair-man
John D. M. Hamilton of tbe
republican national committee an
nounced tonight a partial list of
members of a "cdmmittee on pro
gram" which' will draft a new
declaration of principal's for the
once-dominant party.
The list included only those ap
pointees whose acceptances had
been received thus far and did not
contain the name of the chairman
of the committee.
Authoritative sources said the
chairman would be either James
Truslow Adams, .historian and
writer; Glenn - Frank, former
president of the University of Wis
consin, or U. S. Sen. Frederick
Steiwer of Oregon.
Hamilton said the man agreed
upon by the republican executive
committee had accepted the posi
tion but had asked that the an
, nouneement of his appointment be
withheld to premit him to make
certain personal arrangements.
Members of the committee an
nounced by Hamilton included:
Montana Frank Hazel Baker,
Dillon, . stockman, and ' Mrs.
Gladys Heinrich, Helena, vice
chairman, republican state conr
mlttee. . "
Idaho Stanley A. Etiton,
Coeur d'Alene mining engineer.
California Cecil DeMilie, mo
tion picture producer, Hollywood;
Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt, president,
Mills college, Oakland; Gladys
O'Donnell, Long Beach aviator
and business woman; James Mus
sattl. Los Angeles, teacher of gav-ernme-at,
writer of books on the
constitution and former secretary
of the California taxpayers' as
sociation; and William B. Know
land, assistant publisher, Oakland
Tribune. - ;
Washlngto ri William H.
Cowles, Spokane, editor and pub
lisher. Spokesman Review, and
William G. Reed, Seattle, lumber
man and banker.
Oregon Paul ' R. Kelty, Port
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 4.)
Bonneville Lake
Starting to Rise
BONNEVILLE, Ore , Dec. 16.-(JPy-The
lake to be impounded be
hind Bcfaneville dam began to rise
today when tarmy engineers start
ed closing spillway, gates.
Waters will be raised to 44 feet,
then forced up after the first of
the year to 48 feet, navigation lev
el, in order to avoid -grounding
craft moored downstream.
dditics
in the IS etc a
SEA T T L E, Dec. 1H?VA
newspaper reporter hugged him
self over a Job saved, and a cafe
proprietor probably kicked him
self all over town today.
The reporter wrote that state
liquor inspectors raided the cafe
man's cate- The cafe man called
the reporter's city editor and
made vehement denials he'd been
raided and demanded retractions.
Two hours ' later, inspectors did
raid his cafe.
Seems the Inspectors mistak
enly gare the reporter : the ad
dress they Intended to raid that
night as the address they'd
raided the night before.
ASHTABULA, O., Dec. lft-(iTV-Tbat
venerable sport; the
fox roundup. Is going modern.
A hunt will be held Satur.
day at Orwell, in souther
Ashtabula county. If weather
permits, am airplane will ; be
used to direct the hunters.
KVANSVTLLE, Ind., Dec. 16.
WV-Mary Christmas of " Posey-
vllle, pretty 18-year-old business
college student, likes her name
but not the wisecracks it brings.
With a smile she explained
today:
"People say, 'Glad to know
yon, Miss Merry Christmas. My
nam is HanBT New Year.' They
say. it as they'd say, 'So's your
old man. -
"it's verr , Inconsiderate. -
Tor 10 xentnries, ik said.
Barents of -every other genera-
ttiti of the Christmas family
have named one girl Mary after
the mother of the child of Beth
May Head GOP
HIGHWAY SAFET&fROGRAM'JS ENDORSED
Governor Charles II. Martin yesterday endorsed the highway safety program of the American Red Cross.
Above, seated at left, A. L. Shafter, manager of Pacific Branch Area of the ARC, explains the high'
' way safety program to Governor
first aid and life saving for the
Secretary of State Earl Snell.
" '
First Aid Station
Red, Cross Officials Visit
Governor Who Praises
Safety Campaign .
Plans of the American - Red
Cross to expand its highway
safety program in Oregon by
Greatly increasing the number of
first aid emergency stations In
the state, received the endorse
ment Thursday of Governor
Charles H. Martin.
A. L. Shafer, manager of the
Portland area, Red Cross; Ralph
Carlson, field director of first aid,
and Mrs. Alice Maxwell, field di
rector, conferred with Governor
Martin. They later interviewed
state highway department and
state police officials.
Schafer said the Red Cross
proposed to increase; the number
of first aid emergency stations in
Oregon from 65 to 300. In addi
tion, police patrol cars, school
busses and highway trucks of
certain types would be provided
with first aid equipment.
The suggestion also was made
that all state road maps Include
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 8.)
Mattson Arrested
On Larceny Count
Arrest Tuesday of William
Mattson, Salem, on a charge of
larceny of $40 from Dick Mooney
was disclosed yesterday. Recent
ly returned from California, Matt
son was taken into custody by
constable Karl Adams but re
leased later after a bond for $750
had been approved by Municipal
Judge A. Warren Jones in his
role as ex-officio justice of the
peace.
The complaint against Mattson
was signed by Mooney June 29,
1937. Mattson does not admit
truth of the charge, Adams said
No date tor Mattson's arraign
ment has been set.
Hoogerhyde Is
To Be Sen tenced on Monday
OREGON CITY. Dec 16 (Spe
cial) Clarence Hoogerhyde was
found "guilty as charged" of caus
ing death by striking with an auto
and failing to stop, by a jury in lo
cal circuit court here this after
noon. Leniency was recommended.
Defense Attorney Paul Burris
asked that time before sentencing
be waived, and" that sentence be
pronounced immediately. Circuit
Judge Earl C. Latourette denied
the . request, and fixed Monday,
December 20, at 10 a. m as the
time for passing sentence.
- The jury received the case 'at
10: OS a. m. this morning after
District Attorney Lyle J. Page had
concluded the state's closing ar
gument. The jurors arrived at a
verdict shortly after luncheon, de
liberating two hots and 40 min-
ntea, -
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Pacific northwest area; Mrs. Alice
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John Hardin Dies;
Fortune IsjGJiven
Away Beforehand
DALLAS, Dee. l-(JP)-John G.
Hardin, 83-year-old Texas philan
thropist, died here today.
At death his oil fortune has
dwindled, es he carefully planned,
to $100,000.
Baptist institutions, civic en
terprises and hospitals were ben
eficiaries of his $5,000,000 phil
anthropy. "
As a youth he borrowed $10
for a down payment on his first
tract of land. Later he acquired
additional holdings. Then came
oil. -
Seamen Convicted
On Mutiny Charge
BALTIMORE, Dec. 16.-)-A
sitdown strike aboard a ship in' a
foreign port is mutiny, a federal
jury decided today, convicting 14
seamen of the government-owned
freighter Algic on both counts of
an indictment charging conspiracy-
and attempt to revolt.
Each count carries a possible
maximum sentence of five years
imprisonment, $1,000 fine, or
both. -
The Jury, instructed by District
Judge W. Calvin Chesnut that sea
men have no right "to strike
against the laws of the United
States at any place, at any time, or
under any conditions, required
only an hour and .84 minutes to
reach a verdict.
Defense attorneys said a peti
tion for a new trial would be filed
Saturday or Monday.
Bandon Cancels All Tax
- Levies . Prior to '36$7
BANDON, Dec. 16-;p)-The city
of Bandon, under authority or
legislative act, cancelled all taxes
levied previous to 1936-37. The
city's rehabilitation commission
asked the port of Bandon, the
school district and Coos Bay to
take similar action.
Held Guilty;
Edith Wallace was foreman of
the jury of seven women and five
men which returned the verdict.
VThe introduction o Hooger-
hyde's later-repudiated confession
that he was the driver of the car
that struck and fatally Injured
Mrs. Fredericks Green and Mrs.
Clara Swaf ford at the intersection
of 17th and State streets In Salem
on October 29 had a marked effect
on the jury, court attendants indi
cated.. : " - . .
, A surprise star witness, Dr. Jo
seph Beeman, University of Ore
gon laboratory . pathologist, bol
stered the state's case consider
ably when he testified that labor
atory analysis had shown paint
scrapings , from - the Hoogerhyde
car to be identical with ' paint
stains on the . slipper of Mrs.
Green
Policy Framers
from left: Ralph Carlson, director
Maxwell, state field director; and
Extradition Case
Governor Grants Papers,
Habeas Corpus Writ Is
Issued by McMahan
Circuit . Judge L. H. McMahan
last night granted Jack Graves
and Dorsey Rardin, Oklahoma
young men being held on vagran
cy charges, writs of habeas cor
pus a short time after Governor
Charles H. Martin bad granted
two California deputy sheriffs
writs of extradition for return of
the pair to San Diego county to
face burglary charges.
The habeas corpus actions were
made returnable for hearing be
fore Judge McMahan at 1:30 p.
m. Monday. The petition, present
ed by J. Ray Rhoten, attorney for
the two prisoners, charges they
ar4 being held Illegally. Rhoten
said the contention was that his
two clients had been bound over
to the grand jury although va
grancy was not an Indictable of
fense. '
The writs of extra'dition also
will be attacked, Rhoten said.
Such action may be taken today.
He averred the two men had not
been granted a hearing on Cali
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 3.)
Congress Remiss
Says John Lewis
PITTSBURGH,-Dec. 16. -()-John
L. Lewis, in a speech to a
tumultous . convention of steel
workers, asserted today congress
was ignoring problems which men
aced America and Indicated there
was slight hope for peace between
the avarring CIO and AFL.
- "Mills and plants throughout
the nation are closing down and
turning men out," the militant
CIO chieftain told more than 900
delegates representing 1080
LSWOC lodges In the United States
and Canada. '
"There are no adequate ar
rangements made for relief and no
prospects of other employment,"
he said.
"Something must be done, but
no suggestion has been put for
ward except from the house or
labor, and those suggestions so
far have not been heeded or rec
ognized or adopted ...
"Congress mills around and en
gages In Us petty political bicker
ings and Ignores the problems
th&t America is menaced with now
to a greater degree -than ever be
fore. The only way yon are ever
going to be heard is to organize,
, .. .....
One Victim of Chicago .
Match Plant Fire Dies
CHICAGO, Dee. 17.-FrIday)-
CVV-Miss Jean Lasky. 19, one of
seven young women burned In
match factory fire, died early to
day. The other women and a man;
who fought their way out of the
blaxinr plant yesterday, remained
Complicated
la serious condition. .
First National
ing Pioneer
Silverton Bank
Coolidge & McClaine to
Be Taken Over; Is One
of Oregon's Oldest J
No Personnel Change in
Prospect; Briedwell
Probably Manager
SILVERTON, Dec. 16. Addi
tion of the 46th branch to the vast
state-wide branch bank organiza
tion of the First National Bank of
Portland became possible today
with the announcement that toe
Coolidge & McClaine Bank of Sil
verton has been purchased by D.
O. Hood of Portland represent
ing the Giannini Pacific coast
Interests.
The Silverton institution, among
the oldest in the state, was orig
inally organized in. 1880 as a pri
vate bank by the late Al Coolidge
and Jacob McClaine, pioneer set
tlers of western Marion county.
It was chartered as a state bank
in 1890 under the name of Cool
idge & McClaine, Bankers, and re
organized in July, 1934, as the
Coolidge & McClaine Bank. Pres-
A. MM , M A 1 .
en t cancers oi me Dana are:
Glenn L. Briedwell, president;
Roy Morley, vice president; C. B.
Anderson, cashier; C. G. Rue, as
sistant cashier.
Directors include: George W.
Hubbs, Roy Morley, George W.
Steelhammer, C. B. Andersou,
Glenn. L." -BrledwelL
Prosperous Region "s
Is Served by Bank
The bank serves a rich agricul
tural and lumber territory In west
ern Marion county; Silverton being
the trading and shipping center of
an extensive flax, hops and berry
industry. The Silver Falls Timber
company sawmill plant, one of the
largest in the state, is located at
Silverton. Myron Woodward,
president of the company, has
been- a director of the First Na
tional Bank of Portland for many
years.
Total resources of the institu
tion are reported in excess of
$900,000.00.
No changes in executive and op-
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 2.)
Hawkins9 Letter
To Girl Is Read
MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Dec.
16-UP)-A letter Clifford Hawkins
wrote in his jail cell to his 13-year-old
former sweetheart, Edith
Grimm, warning her he would
blast her reputation if she test!
fled against him In court was read
into evidence at Hawkins' trial
today.
Hawkins is accused of slaying
Floyd and Ernest Grimm, broth
ers of the girl, after they objected
to his intimacies with her.
The letter refuted testimony
Hawkins gave that he shot the
brothersl in self defense. He also
had denied threatening the girl
if she told about the slayings,
The letter, found In Hawkins' cell
by officials, was introduced after
Hawkins' testimony. Recalled to
the stand, he admitted writing it.
It started "Darling Edith," and
after expressing his love for her,
Hawkins advised "do not say in
court that you ever heard me plan
to kul Sonny (Floyd) or Ernest.1
, Collision Victim Dies
PORTLAND, Dec. 16.-(P)-
w. JJ. cole, 70, died in a hospital
of injuries received when an auto
mobile in which he was riding col
lided with another today.
SACRAMENTO, Dec l.-JPh
Emil sick, new owner of the Seat
tle ball club of the Pacific coast
league, said tonight he had signed
Jack Lelivelt, scout for the Chi
cago Cabs, as manager of the Se-
PORTLAND, Dee. 16.-ff)-De-
feating the Spokane Clippers, 3 tp
2, In a thrilling Ice battle here to-
night, the Portland Buckarooa
moved into third place in the Pa
cific Coast hockey league.
The Bucks took a one-point lead
In the opening period, and only for
five minutes In the final session
did the Clippers appear likely to
avoid defeat. J !
CHENEY, Wash.. Dec. 1 .--
A rangy squad of eastern Wash
ington college of education sav
ages turned back the Washington
State college hoopsters here to
Buy
wwi u
night, 27 to 21.
Further Reply
To US Demand
Held Doubtful
Japan Points to Apology
Already Made ; Denies
any Surface Attack
QS Attitude More Stern
due to Machine Gun
Attack Evidence
TOKYO, Dec. 17-(Friday)-
-The Japanese foreign office
spokesman said today it was
not yet decided whether Japan
would reply to the United States
note on the Panay bombing.
"The Japanese note of apology
was given (to- United States Am
bassador Joseph C. Grew) be
fore the United States note was
handed to Foreign Minister Ko-
ki Hlrota," he said.
"Therefore, whether some
other note must be given has not
yet been decided."
(On Tuesday, Japan deiiverea
note of apology which met in
a general way the United States
demands for indemnities, apolo
gies and guarantees there would
be no recurrence of the attacks.)
The foreign office -spokesman
denied flatly that Japanese sur
face craft had machine-gunned
the U. S. gunboat before it sank.
Earlier today an adjutant of
Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai, navy
minister, had denied reports of
the machine-gun attacks.
The foreign office spokesman
said information Indicated that
the Panay was more or less alone
on the Yangtze at the time of the
bombing Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-UP)-
The United States stiffened its at
titude toward sinking of the gun
boat Panay upon the arrival of of
ficial information today the ves
sel was machine-gunned by sur-
(Turn fb Page 2, Col. 1.)
Moorman Case Is
Up to Grand Jury
Bound Over Upon Forgery
Charge; State Highway
Pay Fraud Alleged
W. L. "Webb" Moorman, who
Wednesday night admitted to
state police that he had defrauded
the state highway department or
several hundred dollars through
1 1 m e statement manipulations
while employed as timekeeper for
oiling crews, was bound over to
the Marlon county grand jury
Thursday by Justice Hiram Over
ton in the Woodburn justice court.
Moorman was returned to the
county jail when he failed to turn-,
ish 2500 bail, set by the Wood-
burn justicg. The complaint sign
ed by Lieut Max Alford of the
state police, charges forgery of a
S76 check.
(Turn to Page 2, Col. .)
Rhodes Aspirants
For State Chosen
PORTLAND, Dec. 1 6 -W -
Grant McConnell and Robert H.
Knapp, both of Portland, were
selected from among , 12 candi
dates to compete for Rhodes
scholarships at Spokane Monday.
Knapp is a graduate of the
University of Oregon and McCon
nell of Reed college.
Other candidates included;
Fred R. Bales, Wallowa, Univer
sity of Oregon; William E.
Clemes, Salem, Willamette; Rob
ert B. Read, Salem, Reed; Wal
lace Sprague, Salem, Oberlin; and
William Wells. Pendleton, Whit
man. Grange Didn't
Agreement,
As secretary of the
Crop' Protective Co-op,
Farmers
Herman
E. Lafky of Salem yesterday
took issue with Marton Tomp
kins, state grange overseer, over
the latter's public announcement
Wednesday that the grange la
bor relations committee had
brought about the lifting of un
ion restriction on southern Ore
gon turkeys being, shipped ' to
San Francisco for the, Christmas
trade. - '
Lafky gave full credit f ot re
moval of the restrictions to As
sociated Fanners, California or
ganisation wKh -which the Crop
Protective l- Co-op U considering
affiliating. While he conceded
in a - prepared - statement that
"the faet that the emergency has
been settled - Isv.t h r Important
thing, not who settled it." Lafky
declared that "politically inspired
claims - to the eredlt for this
should not go unchallenged." -
ArenH Found Upon
Escape -Proof Isle;
Wide Search Begun
Cordon Drawn Around Mainland Shore
Nearby Though Officials Doubt
They Could Swim Distance
Roe and Cole of Oklahoma Disappear
Between Half -Hour Checkups;
May Be Still on Island
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16
victs vanished today from supposedly escape-proof Alcatraa
Island federal penitentiary, apparently staking their lives on
an attempt to swim a mile and a quarter to shore through
cold, fog-shrouded waters.
No prisoner ever has been known to , escape from the
dreary San Francisco bay island by swimming, although
trained distance swimmers," accompanied! by boats, have
crossed the rough, tide-swept
Federal, state and city officers mobilized quickly to hunt
for the pair, Ralph' Roe, 29, of Duncan, Okla., and Theodore
Cole, 23, Stroud,,, Okla., on the theory theyj had reached the
bay from the rocky prison site, but hours afterward no
trace of them had been found. j
; O The pair were missing at the
Hoover Proposes
Substitute 'Deal'
Liberty, Cooperation and
Encouragement of new
Inventions Needed . .
CHICAGO, Dec J l-(jp-Her-bert
Hoover offered the broad
outline of an alternative to the
new deal's ''planned economy"
tonight.
In an address before the Eco
nomic Club of Chicago, the for
mer president opined the reces
sion need not be serious, at
tributed current uncertainties to
administration policies and called
for the moulding of a social and
economic system based cn priv
ate enterprise.
Mr. Hoover's economic pro
gram embraced the following
principles: -
"First: The main anchor of
our civilization must be intellec
tual and spiritual liberty. Ideas,"
invention. Initiative, enterprise
and leadership spring best from
free men and women. The only
economic system, which will not
limit or destroy these forces of
progress is private enterprise. -
"Second: In the operation . of
the economic system there lj
but one hope of. increased se-r
(Turn to Page 2. .Col. 2.) "
Big Tax Payment
Is Reported Here
One hundred thousand dollars
poured across the counters of
Sheriff A. C, Bnrk's tax collection
office at the courthouse in a three
day period ended Wednesday, Tax
Deputy T. J. Brabec estimated
last night. Brabec predicted both
the last minute payments and to
tal collections for the Current year
would exceed those of other years.
Approximately $35,000 of the
estimated $100,000 Intake repre
sented payment on delinquent
taxes.
Heavy mail receipts of tax pay
ments, included in the deputy's
estimate, were worked over all
day yesterday but not entirely
cleared. -
Since midnight Wednesday all
unpaid 1937 taxes have been in
the delinqnent classification
along with those of earlier years.
Gain Turkey
Is Charge Here
Officials of Associated Farm
ers met Tuesday with M. S.
Maxwell, president of the -west
ern federation of butchers, Laf
ky said he had been informed.
and within an hour "Mr, Max
well wired to his representative.
Stuart Home, at Medford. Ore
gon, directing him as follows:
-M Take off all , restrictions on
turkeys coming from Oregon.' !
- Farther . information,: Lafky
said, supported h i s contention
that "the only contact. " in be
half of the farmers or producers,
nude with Mr. Maxwell, was that
by the Associated Farmers."
The question of the ' turkey
marketing , emergency, w h I e h
threatened to curtail large ship
ments ' of the Christmas table
birds from Medford to Cal'for-
nia markets . was considered in
detail at the recentonventlon
Lafky attended at San Jose,, he
- (Turn to Page Z, Col. 6.)
(AP) Two long-term con:
channel in tests;
early afternoon checkup and f-
ficials expressed belief they had
escaped over; a stockade and
climbed down to the shores ot the
12-acre island, where the federal'-
government keeps its worst con
victs. 1 .
Warden James A. Johnston ex
pressed belief! neither could have
survived if they attempted swira-:
ming to the mainland, a mile and,
a quarter away.
Disappear Between
Half-Hour Checkups . ;
. "The prisoners were counted at !
1 p. m., said; Warden Johnsten, 1
"and again at 1:30 when Roe and i
Cole were found .to be not at
work. Somehow, in that half hoar
they disappeared into a fog which
made it nearly impossible to see
any distance, j i
"They worked, in a shop 'build
ing at the west end of the island,
pointing toward the Golden Gate.
We found two lights In a nickel
window sash broken. This would
hare given them access to a ledge,
but not, to the shore, which they
reached by climbing down at some
other point."
The warden! said there was no
demonstration! among the other
nearly 300 prisoners, comprising
the government's worst prisoners,
either before or after the appa
rent escape. ' j
The official said the search
would be continued on theories
that the pair had reached the
water and that they still were ea
the island. ;
"We would i be foolish to dis
card either theory at present,"
said Johnston, disclosing : that ,
caves along the sheer, rocky
shoreline of the Island were being
repeatedly searched, as well as
the area inside the prison walls.
Various officials expressed
doubt the pair could reach tbe
mainland without tie aid of a
boat or raft, but nevertheless a
strong police 'patrol was posted
along the San Francisco shore,
closest to the ; island. "..!"
Dense Fog Hampers
Search In Bay
So dense was a low-lying fog
that coast guard and police boats
were seriously h a m p e r ed in
searching for the men, one serv
ing 99 years if or bank robbery,
the other 50 yeargfor kidnaping.
(Turn to Page 2, CoL 7.)
B
A 1, L A D E
of jTODAy
By R. a
Two convicts can't be found
on Alcatraz;! the prison Is
"escape-prooff so w h e r e a a
there's a deadly rushing tide
and no place those men may
hide, till it's proven well still
say ''nobody has.
yJbuys and uses
Christmas Seals
HADIO
ANNOUNCE
7' Shoppinq
-Pays Left
lehem.