i it. Congress Meets The special session was Just la wannup; "big Issues face I the regular session of congress starting Monday. Read The Statesman for full accounts. - Weather Tasettled - with- showers today JUMl Monday, Tarlablo winds; Max. Temp. Satur day 41, Min. SI, river 17.5 feet, light northerly wind, cloudy. , ; -" , POUNDHD j 1651 EIGHTY SEVENTH YEAK Salem, Oregon, Sunday! Morning, January. 2, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 241 even to : I Tee Million i ' - I - - v v - - -. $ .t-. .- - .-.;..-.-. rf - i-f --; ! fa , . - i- - jj''" Jobless Census GtyA Race1 ttorney Assured Monday Night Gootlenough Will Contest " With Paul Hendricks, Is Announcement Heltzel, Emmons Receive Mention; no Changes Loom1, Other Jobs aAI though ifive city officials will be either up for reelection or re placement at the first session of the city council for the new year Monday night,, but! one of the of fices is expected to he contested. Alderman; E. C Goodenough definitely announced his inten-; tion to resign his seat on the coun cil in order to run for the city attorneyship, now held Ijy Paul R. . Hendricks. Goodenough bad se rious thoughts of making a bid for the position a ; year ago but held "off, thinking he did not have enough support in the coun cil. Approached late last . week. Alderman Goodenough said that ha was in ! possession of enough pledges from member councilmen to swing his election. Incumbent City Attorney Hen dricks spiked rumors to the effect that he would relinquish the field - Monday night in favor of another candidate, j Hendricks said, vi have never said or Intimated suck a thing." He went On to say that perhaps in another year, if re elected now, he would be ready to resign, but was' up for reelec tion this year-' ' . - . Other names being j bandied about as possible -candidates for the city attorneyship arfe John Heltzel and "Pat"! Emmons. At torney Hendricks' statement spiked the further i rumor that he would withdraw in! favor of Helt zel. . ' U :, Unless a "dark horse Tputr In an appearance, the other four offices open city engineer, bulld- Ing Inspector, sanitary inspector and ' health officer will not be contested. "'; ,1. . Mayor V. E. Kuhn definitely stated that Monday night's an nual message' to the council would be his last that he would rot he a candidate for reelection. Mayor Knhn's message Monday . (Turn; to page" 5, col.' 8 ) Two Families in Comity to Claim Real "Baby 1938" : - Two!" baby , girls, born at the Salem .Deaconess hospital " yes terday, can: proudly, boast in the .f u t.n r e of being New -Year's babe j. ; . . One "girl was born to Mr. and Mrs;, Lloyd ! Emrael, route five, one hour and three minutes aft er the new year was ushered in. She weighed nine pounds, three and one-half ounces at birth, and la the second child born to the Emmels. ' The other, a six-pound,' five . and one-halt ounce girl, : was born to Mr. land Mrs. Lawrence Lester of Scotts Mills at 4:15 yesterday afternoon. She is the Lester family's first. . dditics I ... in the Newt . , NASHUA, la., Jan 1-R-Wed I dings took place on the. average of one every lz: hours during 1937 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale, tamed marriage mec- ca near here. The 744 couples who came to V the picturesque country church to take their nuptial, vows repre sented 18 states, j Washington, D. . C, and Honolulu. ; June was the leading month, with 156 ceremonies. The total : number - of weddings was one short of i the all-time record of 745 set in 1930. 1 A new one-day v, mark was set on Thanksgiving day, 1937,. when 19 couples were married at the church. NEWTOWXARDS, Co. Down, Ireland, Jan. iWipwJoseDh Dlack. 4 5-year-old ;frm; laborer, goes to work daily !ln skirts and silk stockings. , He done this for eight years. and tows hell mever wear pants again nntll women return to 19 th century fashions His' 3 0-year-old wife approves of Joseph's decision, .and they go nf f together shopping in , the women's department ot the local tores.-' . ' I Say Black, "Women have been snrnnhinsr r far too mucn- on men's fashions. Look it the trou sera von see, film stars in. They- '""re disgusting." WUat girls of to day should do Is to get DacK to the dainty things women wore in the Uth century. - Since- 1929 I've been wearing-skirts. I sup- rose people think I'm odd but don't care. Maybe it will help, to bring sense back to women. New Traffir Tikes iranic laKes Heaviest Id' Fires, Drownings, .Other Causes Swell Total, Largely in East Ten Suicides Occur; Upon Day When Many Hope for Better Year (By The Associated Press.) Death- striking violently in the closing hours of the old year and the first day of the news took at least 201 lives to mar the na tion's holiday celebration. Traffic mishaps, with automo biles skidding and careening in the east particularly on damp and ice-covered streets, accounted for 156 of the fatalities reported from 36 states. : ., Fires, drownings, suicides, ex posure and shootings added to the total. Two winter sports en thusiasts were killed. - i At least 10 persons despairing ly ended their own lives as 1938 was ushered onto the scene. New York state's list of 24 dead was the largest.-Twelve were killed in traffic accidents. Among the other five, were a man and woman poisoned by carbon mon oxide gas as they sat in fan auto mobile at the end of a New Year's eye celebration. . In an upstate storm, a 62-year-old woman was found dead in the snow. Fifteen each were killed in Ohio and Illinois. Deaths over the na tion included 11 by shooting, 12 by suicide, six by burning, four by carbon monoxide, two a e h by drowning and train, and one each by tolley, skiing, coasting and exposure. . ' One person in Massachusetts and one in Michigan died, of heart failure while pushing automobiles out of the snow. In Indiana, one was killed by a falling tree. Total deaths by states included; Alabama 2, Arkansas 4. California 11, Colorado 3, Connecticut 3, Florida 4, Georgia 8, Idaho 1. Il linois 15, Indiana 9, Iowa 2, Kan sas 2, Kentucky 3, Louisiana 3, Maine 1, Maryland 1, Massachus etts 7, Michigan 6, Minnesota 1, Mississippi!, Missouri 8, Montana. 1 New Jersey 9, New York 24, North Carolina 3, Ohio 15, Okla homa 3, Pennsylvania 14, Rhode Island 1, South Carolina 1, Ten nessee 4, Texas 13, JVashington 9, West Virginia 1, Wisconsin 7, Wyoming 1. ? 1 t Former Convict Facing Cliarges SACRAMENTO, Jan.; 1 -(P) - Police tonight arrested Harold Gemeringer, 42, a transient, when they found a pistol in his posses sion. Patrolman Ed Frichette and Bert Snyder, who made the ar rest, said Gomeringer f admitted being a former inmate of Oregon state penitentiary, Possession of a gun by an ex-convict is a felony in California. Lewis Relative Dies SPRINGFIELD. 111., Jan. 1-UP- Dr. John C. F. Bell,J 81, father-in-law of John L. Lewis, labor leader, died today. He? practiced medicine for 50 years at Lucas, la. Upori Holiday President's Message Will Receive Unusual Attention WASHINGTON, Jan.? 1 -MV Presldent Roosevelt - worked to day on an annual f message to congress 1 which seemed likely to bear down heavily upon the notes of tax relief, budget balancing and stronger anti-trust laws. , The chief executive I discussed the general legislative situation at a "pot luck" luncheon with Speaker Bankhead at which ar rangements ; were completed for Mr. Roosevelt to deliver the mes sage personally to congress Mon day. -': Although Bankhead' said he talked ot numerous subjects with the president "up and, down the line," the Alabaman gave no hint of what new legislative proposals, ft any, the message would contain.--"-- ; j- However, blistering attacks on big " business and monopolistic practices earlier this-week by two administration stalwafts; Secre tary Ickes and Robert H. Jack son, assistant ; attorney-general, inspired widespread belief that the president would have con siderable to say to congress along this line. Senator Borah R Ida), arch toe of monopoly, said s' Deaths 201 -'ri' Conress dj Congress R sice t A. C. BURK Old Court Battle May Be Renewed Senators Who Blocked Aim - of President up for Election, Noted WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -(?V Echoes of the old battle over the court bill, strangely infrequent in the special session, seem like ly to be heard again in the reg ular meeting of congress begin ning next week. J Within little more than three months comes the first primaries of the 1938 congressional con test. Illinois party polls to pick senatorial and. other candidates fall on April 12 and on May 3 In diana follows. From then On un til late September several states will be holding primaries every month. j Especial interest centers) ; upon the Indiana primary. Senator Frederick Van Nuys, who4e seat is at stake, was one 'of the half dozen senate democrats who bolt ed -presidential leadership on the court bill. During the long'dfawn battle it wan freely predicted that disciplinary party 4action would be taken against the reb (Turn to page 2, col. 5) One Man City's! Suburb Suffers Storm's Ravages BEND, Ore.. Jan. 1-(JF)V7. A. Rahn, postmaster, storekeeper. service station operator, home-' steader and only resident of the one-man town of Millican, report ed that his "suburb," the IcNutt Bros, construction camp, w'as vir tually demolished by a storm this week. . .' -r j He said a wind with , an esti mated velocity of 80 miles per hour destroyed the cookhouse, ripped the roofs- from aj dozen cabins and scattered lumber over a wide area. . j The camp was unoccupied. Stock Judging Teamj to Compete, Ogden Events CORVALLIS, Jan. l-ipJ-A stu dent stock Judging team from Ore gon State college, which day for Ogden, Utah, to left to partld- pate in intercollegiate competition, included Palmer Torvend,) Silver ton; Bob Sawyer, Delake; Joe Johnson, Enterprise; K e n n eth Drink- Minnick,. Union, and Billy water, Burns. ."action" was needed to meet the; problem, adding "it is time to legislate." ' j v Demands for levision of the corporate .tax structure, particu larly the undistributed profits and capital gains levies, reached a crescendo during the recent special session and administration leaden already have indicated compliance will be one jot- the major tasks ot the regular ses sion. A special house tax sub committee has been working for weeks on a bill to effect the changes. 1 - 1 : On leaving the White House, Bankhead told newsmen there was a disposition In congress to "econ omize as much as possible 'but that the troubled international sit uation mlght make some differ ence" In appropriations for nation al defense. - j - .The president already j has In formed congress that world events which were causing him ' concern might Impel him to recommend a naval construction program which would substantially exceed one on which a, house appropriations sub committee has been working for (Turn to page 2, col, 6) - Burk Will Run For Congress, He Announces Favors Wider Spread of Electricity and Safety - Highway Program Will Support all Sound Bills; Lahels Mott r Obstructionist Sheriff A. C. Burk of Marion county made New Year's day tne occasion for announcing his cand idacy for the democratic nomina tion for congress from the first district of Oregon, thus confirnn ing a forecast indicated In the Statesman several weeks ago. In , his announcement Burk criticizes Representative James W. Mott, Incumbent, as an "obstruc tionist," pledges support of "any constructive legislation" that may come up, favors taking electricity to people back in the: hills, ade quate old age pensions, and ped estrian and' bicycle lanes on high ways in the interest ot safety. Petitions to place Burk's name on the democratic primary are al ready in circulation in Tillamook county and soon will be placed in Marion and other counties of this congressional district. A group of Sheriff Burk's friends announced (Turn to page 5, col. 3) France May Curb Arms Shipments a Rumania, Yugoslavia Eyed Askance; too Friendly with Fascist Pair PARIS, Jan. 1 - OP) - Officials said tonight the French govern ment had ordered a virtual em bargo on armament shipments to Rumania and Yugoslavia, long France's allies, because of their growing friendship with Italy and Germany. Members of the chamber of deputies disclosed Edouard Da ladier, minister of national de fense, had ordered suppression of government licenses for exporta tion of military supplies to those countries "until further notice." This order, it was understood, was issued with the consent of the whole cabinet, which was said to be alarmed by the apparently pro-nazl policies of Rumania's new premier, Octavian Goga, and the increasingly close relations between Yugoslavia's Premier Milan Soydadinovich and Italy. Andrien Therry, French minis ter at Bucharest, was said to have received Instructions to ask Goga to explain his future policy with regard to France, Rumania's ally since the World war. The cabinet was said to have recommended to Czechoslovakia that she take action similar to France's. Czechoslovakia's huge Skoda munitions works long have supplied arms to Rumania and Yugoslavia, her allies in the litUe entente. The deputies emphasized that the temporary embargo was de signed l ecially to bring the two nations . oack to reason." Neither Germany nor Italy, with which they are accused of flirting, is be lieved by French leaders to be in a position to finance rearmament efforts of Rumania and Yugo slavia. Probe Asked Into j Monopoly Charge WASHINGTON, Jan. l--Repi. resent ative Dies (D-Tex) called today for a congressional Investiga tion of recent charges by admin istration spokesmen that big busi ness, dominated by SO families, had brought about the current ec onomic recession in an effort "to liquidate the new deal. . j; .,- ; Referring specifically to what he called "astounding charges" by Secretary Ickes and Robert H. Jackson, assistant attorney gen eral, Dies said be would introduce a resolution calling tor the inquiry Immediately ' after : congress con venes Monday, He predicted the administration would support the measure "one hundred per cent, 4 It would'direct a committee of seven house members to determine "who are the monopolies or mon opolists , engaged in the sit-down strike to produce economic chaos" and to afford Ickes and Jsckspn an opportunity to "vindicate them selves from the grave charges that they are demagoging to arouse the hatred of the majority against the I minority." Water Service! Here Bettered By new Mains More Than 10 per Cent of Original Total in ' new Lines, Stated i;-k - r '.. . Loop Circuit ; Near Edge of City to Improve Pressure Is Aim New water mains representing more than 10 per cent ot the 95- mile length of the distribution system when it ; was purchased Auguat 'l, 1935, for operation by Salem s municipal water depart ment will have been laid by Ap ril 1 under present construction schedules, according to data com piled by Manager Cuyler Van Patten. This percentage does not include the 17-mile Salem-Stay-ton gravity supply pipeline. The new mains already laid and materials for others to he put in by April together will have a combined length of 10.843 miles. Of this amount part con sists of replacements of old mains and' the remainder of mains in new locations. General improvement of water service throughout the city as a result of this extensive main laying program was predicted by Manager VanPatten. He pointed out; that the program includes not! only the big cross-town 12th street feeder but also numerous large cross-lines and several im portant links in the loop circuit eventually to encircle the entire city near the city limits. The loop lines connect up many old dead end lines to bring about better circulation of the water and. also to -increase pressure. The breakdown of the program by sizes of pipe Indicates the ex tent to which the pressure Im provement made possible by larg er mains is being carried. Of the 10.843 miles of new pipe, 9.32 miles consists of .mains six Inches or greater in diameter, .234 mHe of tour-inch, and 1.289 mile of two-inch. AH mains being laid are made of cast Iron. When the water commission had a long-time plan of develop ment prepared by its engineers in November, 193 5, approximate , (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Large Amount in Taxes Paid Here During December Nearly a quarter million dol lars in 1930-37 taxes was distrib uted to the treasuries of Marion county end its subdivisions dur ing; December, turnover reports in County Clerk U. G. Bower's office show. Six large turnovers were completed last week by the sher iff's 'tax office in an effort to clear its books for the start of the new year. The eight turnovers made in December totaled S222.643.41, of which $116,337.01 came from payments on taxes of 1936 and earlier years. Of the total amount, the city of Salem re ceived $55,460.51 and the Salem school' district, $41,015.37. Tax collections by years as rep resented by December turnovers ran as follows: Tax roll of 1930. $6499.46; 1931, $30,609.35; 1932, $14, 735.68: 1933-1934. $11,251.70; 1935, $13,074.53; 1936, $20,166. 29; 1937, two turnovers, $106, 306.40. Late Sports CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. l-ijP-Oregon State college basketeers scored their third 'victory out of four games with Multnomah club of Portland tonight, winning 47 42 after the lead had changed eight times and Six deadlocks had been made and broken. The Beavers took an early lead but faltered to trail, 25-21 at half time. They rallied to hold a slim advantage most of the last half, although the score was tied at 38 all, and the Winged M had a one- point edge five minutes before the last whistle. ! - i - Art Merryman ot Multnomah was high with 15 points. Hunter of the Staters scored 11, and Ro mano and Rlssman 9 each. HONOLULU,-Jan. l-fiT-A bril liant University ot Washington team, scoring at will, thrilled 13, 500 shirt sleeved spectators in the Pot Bowl game here today with dazzling runs as It trounced an almost helpless University of Ha waii squad 53 to 13 here today.: -The Islanders taking advantage of Washington 1 fumbles pushed over , both their , tallies in; the fonrth period. 4 - m ' The Husky regulars sparked by Halfback Jimmy Johnston's bril liant running, scored , tour toutn downs in the first period and then yMded the field to the reserves ftf the remainder, of the game Murder and Piracy Yacht Owner; Rain Ceases Here And River Falling Roads , Still Are Covered in Some Sections of I Valley Nearby - jNew Year's day was rainless un til evening when a light drizzle began, and the favorable condition permitted flood waters which had raged in the midweek to recede all over the mid-valley country. There were still ? highways where low places were covered wfth water. Motorists had. diffi culty negotiating the Marion county approach to the Newberg bridge; and a pilot car was need ed to guide cars across a flooded section ot the Wallace road north oft West Salem. The Willamette river, whose threat of danger fad ed? Friday morning with a crest of 21.5, continued to fall and its (Turn to page 2, col. 4) January 14 Final I Date of Contest j On Water Slogan i January 14 will be the closing day for the water slogan contest which has been conducted by the Silem Realty board, It was an nounced last weekend by William Bllven. chairman of the commit tee in charge. He reported that about 50 slogans had been re ceived to date but- that more were wanted. ; A phrase of ten words or less td length which will impress up on the reader the excellence of Salem's water supply Is sought by the board, which has offered a- 15 prize. The slogans should be mailed to Mr. Bllven at his office in the Masonic building.. f" 11 "l l y - 1 v . i , i v V ; . v; : h t - v - J ' . 1 ' .v.... . ,".; --.-- . l -: 'v :.-: '-.:"-:-:: .VA-.-?: yM ; ' , x J t ' . "-' J " " ; -S , : " , i .It I ' - J 7 i 'A A I h Y.': l'r - " '- --i r'- " - ' ':' 1'' J v v ' ; . ifinvw ...... ... r vtii i ri i r fft i vi -1 "i i ' r rtiaiini'swtf iBl'tih Insurgents Claim Teruel Is Recaptured, (MADRID. Jan. 1-P)-A gov ernment war communique late tonight declared government troops still held blizzard slashed Teruel where insurgent attempts to reoccupy the strategic', city were said to have been beaten back. j Terrific pressure from insur gent planes and artillery forced the government to give ground, the announcement said, but later one position was recoTered. i Madrilenos c e 1 e b r a ted New Year's day by receiving the gift of 100 grams of sugar (about 3.6 ounces) and the right to pur chase one egg each with their daily food rations. ," ,:. I The heaviest snow in seven years blocked streetcar traffic and blanketed the gaping; shell holes ill downtown buildings. ; , -. V (, Barcelona dispatches said a terrific snowstorm handicapped government - efforts to send sup plies and. reinforcements to halt the Insurgent? counter-offensive. f - i HENDAYE," Franco - Spanish Frontier, Jan. 1 Insurgent Spain today celebrated the recapture ot Mark Cruise ; His Killer Slaw Above, Dwight fulding, 49, for - nor Santa Barbara hotel man who was murdered aboard his , yacht by Jack Morgan, who had leased it for a cruise. Below, Ko bert Horne, seaman, who bind-, geoned Morgan and with a com panion, George Spernak, tossed Morgan, alive or dead, over board. Horne and Spernak face murder charges but prosecution Is ' expected to be perfunctory. Passengers on the yacht told a tale of horror at sea. UN photos. ,' Traffic Directed By Chief on High PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 1-(JP)-Chlef ot Police Charles Kelley di rected traffic from an airplane by radio today as more than 1, 000,000 persons swarmed into Pasadena for the tournament of roses parade and the. Rose Bowl football game. He estimated 250,000 more per sons saw the parade this year than last His traffic staff was aided by 500 officers borrowed from Los Angeles and 100: from the state bgihway patrol. Loyalists Deny Teruel, which insurgent leaders hailed as "one of the most de cisive defeats' inflicted on -the government' in the 17-month-old civil war. - Government forces which had held the strategically vital pro vincial capital in lower Aragon were reported retreating to the south In great confusion. The vic torious Insurgents, who smashed their way Into the City in three columns yesterday, were said to be in complete control of Teruel. ; : (A ' Madrid - dispatch, however, asserted attempts to enter Teruel had been repulsed, although gov ernment forces there were suffer ing terrific punishment.) . - The struggle- for Teruel was described as the greatest battle of the -war . with? 200.000 men- en gaged.' An Insurgent communique said -".'the number ot prisoners is very j high and the ; red . ( govern ment) losses are Incalculable. . . . The roads! are black with fagt lives and remains of the destroy ed Ted army. . - ;v ' " ' ' Two - foreign ' correspondents - (Turn to page 2, coL 1) IV; - . 5 I - ' - ''" i . - i x Lower Number Actually Sign Work Request Doesn't Mean That Many Jobs Necessary Says Official Report Two Million of Signers Getting "Work Relief, President Is Told WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-UP- The national unemployment cen sus informed President Roosevelt today that the total of the. sta tion's nnemployed lay between 7,- " 822,912 and a possible maximum of 10,870,000. . Its findings were, based upon the fact that a voruntary registra tion of the nnemployed conducted between November 5 and Novem xer 20, 1937, showed 7,822,912 to be, by their own testimony, out o work and .wanting work, whae a simultaneous house - to - nouse canvass in selected areas indicat ed that this total was but 72 per cent complete. In making this report to tho chief executive, John D. Biggers, administrator of the census, said -it was important to bear in mind that "It is not to be assumed that because a certain number of peo ple are jobless, the same number of Jobs must be created to bring a return to normal conditions. He added: "When the usual family bread winner is idle, two or perhaps more members of the family may enter the labor market. Converse ly, when the breadwinner is sat isfactorily reemployed other mem bers of the family may withdraw from the labor market. - "Then, too, you recognixe, but -it should perhaps be emphasized, that the number of people who reported themselves ' as: ; Unem ployed should not "be confused with the number of people who need ii financial assistance or re lief. Many people consider them selves unemployed who are finan cially not compelled to work. ''Irrespective of their need, when they" seek employment, they enter the labor market and com pete with others who have job or vitally need " Jobs. : They are therefore, a factor In the unem ployment problem though they may never seek relief.V Of the 7,822,812 who reported themselves unemployed, a total of 2,001,877 were emergency re lief workers. Women who volun tarily registered as out of work comprised 1,996,699, Including those doing, emergency . relief work. - " "The unemployed." Biggers let ter to the president said, "may be divided into two classes. One class; represents those regular Workers for wages who always work, when work is available, re gardless of their immediate econ omic status. Work to them is not only a means of livelihood bat a habit of life. These unemployed are clearly a part of the regular labor market. "There is also a second group consisting ot those who are not regular workers for wages such as housewives who seek wage jobs only .when the family breadwin ner is Idle, daughters or sons-who take jobs through choice, rather tban necessity; unpaid family workers on farms and in family stores, who seek wage jobs only when family income needs aug menting; retired people who, be cause savings have been depleted, decide to enter the labor market again. To this class unemployment is a status depending on their eur (Turn to page 10, col. 8) . Pioneer of Films Dies at Seattle I SEATTLE, Jan- l.-(-Funeral services will be held here Monday for Beverly B. Dobbs, pioneer mo tion picture cameraman, who came to the state In 1887. He died here Thursday, Dobbs purchased the third mo tion picture camera ever used In the United States, paying $3,090 for the machine. He established a studio in a tent on a sandspit at Nome, Alaska, in 1900, and won a gold medal at the 1904 St. Lou is exposition for his Eskimo por-' tralture. ; His "Top o the World in Motion" was one of the first travelogues in the early-days of motion pictures. B ALL AD C of TOD Ay : By r. a ' In the special session the congress fiddled," Us - members' thumbs were idly, twiddled, with: ' major Issues : they'd shadow box; now they must end their nice vacation and scan the prob lems of the nation; duck yosr heads for some hard knocks. IF