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Weather ' Cloudy today and Friday probably light' showers; Max. Temp. Wednesday 63, Min. 40, river 2.2 feet, rain .13 Inch, southwest wind. E1G11 xy-sev enth: y ear Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, January 13, 1938 Price 3e; Newsstands 5c No. 250 eamteF Accident Policy Many Statesman readers hare been paid benefits na, der the SI a year limited ac- cident Insurance .policy offered to subscribers. .? . - - J pounddd 1651 , : ' , , ; ' Warm TED - 5: . . ... 4' aoanese Clipp amoa er Of Crew Dead Atmospheric Conditions at Time Excess; Fuel Dumped, to Blame Victim Along With 61 Others, South Sea PAGO PAGO. Samoa. Jan. 12- (Jf)ThB shattered wreckage of the Saraoan Clipper was found afloat 14 miles northwest of here-today, Indicating the skyliner caught fire and plunged into the Pacific with Capt. Edwin C. Music, America's No. 1 International mail flier, and six associates ; Pres. Juan T. Trippe of an American Airways immediately conceded In Washington that all seven fliers were dead. Trippe said the fire developed as the 21-ton plane was dumping its gasoline in an attempt to make an even-keel emergency landing near Pago Pago. 4 The disaster, first In the his tory of Pan . American's nearly three years of trans-Pacific flying put at least-, a temporary end to operation of the recently Inaug urated line between the United States and New Zealand. Third Major Crash " V Within one Week - f It also marked the third major American airplane craBh In a week i and the loss of two top ranking American aviators. . i r Nick Matner, pioneer northwest flier, died along with nine other persons in- the crash of nis North : west Airlines plane near Boteman, Mont., Monday. Last " week six naval fliers perished when their i bombing plane plunged into the sea off southern California, i The navy minesweeper Avocet i found the Samoan Clipper wreck , age in an oil slick , a telltale i floating patch of lubricating oil on : the ocean surface. A motor launch began picking up the fragments. "Identification a a 1 1 sfactory," ! the Avocet laconically reported to ! the naval radio station here. The fragments were floating at the place where Samoans yester i day sighted a sinister ; column of smoke rising" above the ocean. It supported the theory of ob ! servers that the plane was within i a few miles of Its regular landing ; place when tragedy struck.. Mustek was known as one of the ; most methodical and conservative fliers ever to negotiate an ocean; with more than 1,000.000 miles of ' sea flying to his credit and never f a serious accident. -He had Just taken the Samoan ' Clipper out of Pago Pago-harbor for a 1806-mile-non-stop flight to Auckland, N. Z., southern term inus of the new route he Inaug urated at the turn of the year. iyOileak Causes - : , Decision to Return About 38 minutes after 'the takeoff Mustek reported . an - oil ; leak ; In one of the plane's four motors. ' He stopped that motor, set the brake on its propeller, and (Turn to page 2, eoL 1) 0 dditico . in the N&xt PHILADELPHIA, Jan. For the arrest of a man who threw Into a sewer a dog his automobile Tan over A 110 reward was of fered today. . - The dog,, a cocker spaniel, was pulled from the sewer by a butler who said be saw the accident, a veterinarian who offered the re ward said the dog had a 50-50 cb&nce to live. . . ; NEWARK, N. J. Jan. 12-(ff) -Deputy Folice Chief John Bai ler said a prisoner held as a Jewel thief got spanking today from his 76-year-old mother. When police took Michael Tarrecchoine, 26, to nis home In Orange, Haller said, Mrs. Varrecchoine belabored' her son, threw an alarm clock and a Tariety of articles at him, then took off a slipper and went to wrork until the officers inter vened. . ,-. BRIDGEVILLE, DeL, Jan. 12-(tfv-W. B. Trut' 1 ned a cheek from a New Ijrk iuite firm for some Christmas holly. It eame drown on a New York City bank for 19,000.015. Truitt'i bill was for $15. He wrote the sender,' advising him of the "slight error' but ask ed it he could keep the check as a souvenir. "J like to bear my friends gasp,' he explained. Truitt said the check was Issued ly a bank in Oneoata Y 'on the Chase KaUoaal bank of New York City. He could not explain and All the error. - Launch Lloyd Riches For Paper Company Former Plant 3Nanager More Recently With Hawley Firm Returns as Executive; Products of. ' Leading Industry Widely Varied , Lloyd Riches has been appointed manajref of the West ern Paper Converting company company plant and offices on formerly plant manager for the company but for, the past seven years he has been in the employ of Hawley Pulp and Paper company off Oregon City. For two years he was in charge O of the sales office it San Fran cisco, and for the past five years was sales representative in the northwest, working ': out of the mill offices. This connection gave him personal acquaintance with nearly all buyers of paper in west ern United.. States, land the " ex perience is expected to prove of value in his new affiliations. Even after retiring as plant manager for the paper converting company he continued,, as stock holder and director, so he has kept up an interest fin the Salem enterprise. j ' . The former general manager was B. Galloway, who died last June. After his death Hays Rehm, plant manager, was in charge. Mr. Rehm continues with the company (Turn to page 2,. col. 4) . 6 . i Ten Bodies Found After Mine Blast One not Accounted for in " Harwick Tragedy; one ?" Found Unharmed PITTSBURGH, .Jan. 12 -(P)- The 10 th body was recovered to- nfght from the Harwick Coal com pany's mine which was damaged by an explosion earlier in the day. E. W. Judj, Tice-jpresident and general manager of the Duquesne Light company, which owns the mine, said the last four bodies discovered by the rescuers were so badly burned they; could not be Identified Immediately. An other man also was unidentified. He identified the "other victims as: - r- Thomas Keffer, 38; Joseph Ko- privinkar, 41; Frank Harpster; Joe Prelesnlk and Matt Anderson, 59, mine foreman. : Judy said one more man still was unaccounted for, making the possible death toll 11.1 Hundreds of residents ' of the (Turn to -page 2, col. 8) Bailing out Goon Squads Is Target Governor Charles , H. Martin yesterday declared war on "high powered lawyers and bail men who get Portland goon squads out of Jail." v fv-i- He said the "goon squads are all alike, whether they be CIO or AFL. I'm going to atop their vio lence and Fm going to talk until a beatup gang1 beats me up. Gov ernor Martin continued. - "These goon squids have com plained of brutal treatment by the state police. I hope they do get some brutal treatment, I'd like to see them get some of their own medicine." - ; Socialist Control of Demos Charged by WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -)- An angry charge that northern "socialists" have captured power- full positions in the democratic party came today from Senator Bailey (D-NC) when he took the floor , to fight the antl-lynching bill. These men, he intimated, are trying to force the bill upon the south. He bluntly declared the at tempt might split the party. The southerners' filibuster against the measure was a full week old today and the end was nowhere in sight. 7 'Taking the floor late in the af ternoon. Bailey said the south was determined to maintain state gov ernment as "a white man's gov ernment." ; v - - Speaking to northern demo crats, he declared that "the day that the democratic party , starts catering to the negroes there will be no question of what wUl hap- nen down south." "Well not yield," he said. "We 'll not let anybody take the demo cratic narty away from vs. -It is an institution down there. And Inland Mar 4. Cor ting B.ms Task and is now on the job at the North Front street. Riches was ' - . 1 Art School Fund Campaign Backed Medical Auxiliary, School Teachers and Delphians Organize to Assist The financial campaign in sup port of the proposed Salem fed eral art school project gained further headway yesterday when representatives of city school teachers, the Salem Medical aux iliary and the Delphians named unit chairmen and prepared to outline fund-raising i efforts. Mrs. Dorothy Rea, McKInley school principal, wis . delegated to head a committee which will meet next-week to i work out a plan of having Salem school pu pils assist in the-financial drive, Mrs. Ida M. I Andrews, head of the Leslie junior high school art department, agreed : to -fork ' as leader of art Instructors in par ticular, '"i- "i ; The medical society auxiliary campaign will be headed by Mrs. Bruce Titus, assisted by Mrs, Carl W. Emmons, i Mrs. Walter Jenks took charge on behalf of the Delphians. The project advisory commit tee will confer ' today noon at The Spa with Dr. 1 Burt Brown Barker, art project supervisor for Oregon. Planning of the heaux arts ball to be held next month will get under way next ! wee A goal of 82000 has been set for the drive. If this sum is raised, 810,000 in federal funds will be made available to carry on the project for the coming year. , : . . j Filbert Inclusion In Turkey Treaty f : Opposed by Mott WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (JF)- Inclusion of filberts among com modities on which the United states would ! be willing -to make concessions In negotiating a trade agreement . with Turkey drew sharp protest tonight from Rep resentative Mott (R-Ore). He said any Increase in Imports would deal a severe' blow to the Oregon nut Industry -, - Mott said . he would argue against filbert concessions at hearing before the -committee on reciprocity February 23 and also would seek enactment of a pend ing bill to increase present tariffs on the nuts, f , i - -, . He estimated - Oregon supplied 98 per cent of the filberts grown in the United States. Senator Bailey no matter what happens, we will still be there in the same old dem ocratie party," . rwnen we won tne victory 01 1932," Bailey said, "we won it as the democratic , party. Then group of socialists Bwooped down on. the party and they have not left." "Yon can do what you please about the negroes in Pennsylvania and the other states," he declared, but when yon come down to North Carolina and try to impose your. will on ins in that hour, so help me God, youll learn a lesson youH never forget." . . c The senator said northern dem ocrats eliminated the two-thirds rule for nomination of a presiden tial candidate "in the twinkling of an eye" at the last democratic convention. "NoW a party Is being made to cater to the negro vote," he shout ed. "I give yon warning that no national administration can sur vive (such a step), v "But yon say the people of the south won't be aroused. Yon need (Turn to page 2, coL 2) Rich Shantung Be Concraered Scorched Earth". Policy of Chinese Effective; Nippon Loss Heavy , Defenders Admit Tsinins Taken but Threaten to Cut off Foe SHANGHAI, Jan. 13-(Thurs- day)-Cip)-Japanese launched an inland drive from Tsingtao today in an effort to hasten the con quest of rich Shantung province. Japanese troops began pushing westward along the Tsinan-Tsing- tao railway, expecting td effect a quick junction with other Japa nese forces- advancing into Shan tung from different bases. A Japanese embassy spokesman indicated China's "scorched earth" policy had resulted in un usually heavy losses in Shantung, where Japanese owned properties valued at 1,000.000.000 yen (about 3290,000,000). He charged the Chinese - were carrying out "a sweeping policy of looting and destroying" Japa nese properties, from wlRch "none seemingly are escaping." "Judging from the Japanese settlements thus far examined," he said, "we anticipate that all will be destroyed by the retreat ing Chinese." The Japanese-dominated provir sional government at Peiping al ready was making plans to extend (Turn to page 2, col. 4) raraBiEmMess Chairman Asserts Agriculture Department Is to Blame; no Major Issues Settled WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -tift- Chairman Smith (D-SC) said to day the senate house conference committee trying to agree on a farm bill was "in a mess." He blamed the department of agricul ture for. aggravating discord. The conferees, seven from the senate and five, from the house, have been sparring almost two weeks about "conflicting drafts of an ''ever-normal" granary bill. Their Job is to prepare a new crop control program from the separate measures adopted by both branch es at the behest of President Roosevelt during the recent spe cial session of congress. "So far," Smith said, "we have settled nothing of importance and even today everything is in a mess." : When he called the special ses sion Mr. Roosevelt urged speedy enactment of a national agricul tural act Which could be put into effect for 1938 crops. "The public might u well know," Smith added, "that these bills were ill-digested that they were not thought out In all par ticulars, . "It is only fair to tell the whole country that the conference com mittee is struggling with the most Incomprehensible farm bill that has ever been before congress." - The veteran of a double decade of farm relief legislation spoke, in formally, asserting officially for the first time that Secretary Wal lace was taking a direct hand in shaping conference decisions. , Senator Pope (D-Ida), co-auth or of the senate bill, said that so far as he knew Wallace bad not tried to Influence the conferees. Portland -Frisco Bicyclists Halted PORTLAND, Jan. 12-flV-An athletle exoduaf from Portland to San Francisco was prevented last night by police, who Intercepted three boys, ages 14. 14 and 13, who wer eheading south on bicy cles.,.,,, -i.-- Air-".'';- Their pack tacks contained box ing gloves and books telling bow to box, wrestle and develop ?20- a . . m ' m men oiceps. xne Doys aispiayea 325 they said they had saved tor the trip, because they had beard all the athletes grew up In San Francisco. - Swerves to Avoid Dog, Five Persons , injured . - .J' " PORTLAND, Jan. HGPV-R fus V. Sluman swerved his car to avoid striking a dog and crashed bead-on into a delivery truck. Five persons were injured,, three being sent to a' hospital. Province May Restore Peace In Dock Tie-up Seattle - Port to Reopen Today; old Agreement Will Be Observed Maritime Board Official . Gets Groups Together '. and Misses Plane SEATTLE, Jan. 12-p)Presl-deht R o o s e velt's Ambassador Designate Joseph P. Kennedy and his publisher son-in-law, John Boettiger, were active participants late today in the final conference that opened Seattle's closed water front, tied up a week by a cargo handling dispute. Port activities will resume at 10 a.m. tomorrow. T. R. Richardson, president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union local 1-19, described the settlement at the final conference. "Besides longshore and employ- er representatives, Mrs. Kennedy and John Boettiger, President Roosevelt's son-in-law, and pub lisher of the Seattle Post-Intelli gencer, sat In with us. "At the joint meeting, pressure was brought to bear for a settle ment, and because of the coopera tion and Influence of all parties, the settlement was effected." Kennedy, chairman of the U. S maritime commission, and new ambassador to Great Britain, here on a survey trip, postponed his scheduled departure on the 4:20 p.m. United Airlines plane to at tend the negotiations. He said he would leave on the 10:15 p.m. Empire Builder for the east coast. Meets With Groups, Gets Them Together Kennedy first met with union representatives headed by Harry Bridges, coast longshore chief. Then he went to an adjoining suite in the Olympic hotel for con ferences with employers' repre sentatives including C. B. Warren, president of the waterfront em ployer&and Keith Mlddleton. When he finally brought them together, an Immediate announce ment was expected, but Kennedy suddenly dashed from the room and made for the lobby where a police escort was waiting to speed him to the airport, where the plane had then been held a half hour. - Kennedy was prevailed upon to return to conference room for a (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Newspaper Chiefs And Typos Confer PORTLAND, Jan. -Rep resentatives of .Portland's three dally newspapers and the typo graphical union met today with E. P. Marsh, federal labor concilia tor, and State Labor Commission er Charles Gram in an ef f oK to reach a settlement in a dispute over the renewal of working con tracts. Union members voted last week to reject proposals of the newspa per managements, and authorized the executive council to call a strike. . -; Gram said he felt "optimistic" after today's session, which will be resumed tomorrow. Portland to Urge Airport Finishing PORTLAND, Jan. 12-CV-May-or Joseph K. Carson told the avia tion committee of the chamber of commerce today the city would .ask the port of Portland to ap ply for WPA funds to finish tne municipal airport, and would back the project to the limit. The 'committee pointed out the last payment - of : the present ap propriation has been received and would provide but one completed runway-;--) ":-:. --j v . c An additional 12,600,000 Is sought to provide more runways, buildings, paving, a tea ramp and shops for seaplanes. Luckenbach Move Blocked by NLRB PORTLAND, Jan. 12-(P-A de fense : motion - for dismissal of charges of nnfaLriabor practices against the Luckenbach Steam ship company was denied today, bf Madison Hill, national labor rela tions board, trial examiner. ' Gunther Krause, attorney for the company, contended compe tent evidence bad not been pre sented at the NLRB bearing to prove three employes had been dismissed tor union activities, as alleged. Kennedy Brings Cheer, Practical . Help to Shippers oi West Coast i i J Joseph P. Kennedy, still chairman of the federal maritime commission though he "soon will be ambassador to Great Britain, brought cheer. - fnl words and practical help to west coast shippers on bis visit which ended yesterday. At Seattle he brought waterfront employ ers and union officials together to settle the port tie-up. He is shown here sitting on a table, talking things over with maritime union officials in San Francisco. Harry Bridges, chairman of the west coast maritime unions, is at the extreme left. UN photo. Hate Bombs Delay Recovery, Claimed Rep. Snell Says Doubling of National Debt Only New Deal Result WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-flV The republican leader of the house,' Representative Snell - of New York, exhorted the adminis tration tonight to stop hurling "verbal bate-bombs" and to co operate with the minority party in a program to restore employ ment and revive business. Snell criticized the president, in an address over , a Columbia broadcasting system network, for making; "veiled threats" Instead of offering a definite plan for "putting millions back to work." He Invited democrats to co operate in a recovery program which called "above all" for ap plication of the good neighbor policy at home as well as abroad and a cessation of "the continual preaching of war against and hate among our own people." As a means of hastening recov ery and reemployment, he recom mended repeal of the tax on un distributed corporate income and (Turn to page 2, coL 8) Pre-Historic Man Search Is , Backed EUGENE, Jan. 12 -JP)- An nouncement of a 1500 grant from the Carnegie inatitute-of Washing ton, D.C, to continue the search for evidence of pre-historie man in Oregon was made here today. : Dr. L. S. Cressman, head of the department of anthropology of the University of Oregon is in charge. Important evidences of early cul tures have been uncovered in the Catlow caves in southeastern Ore gon. Garment Union Labor Peace; ; NEW YORK, Jan. 12-P) John L. Lewis, head of the CIO, and David Dubinsky, one of Its most powerful chieftains, ' exchanged wounding words today over Du binsky's renewed demand ' that peace be made with the AFL.' - Dubinsky, head of the Interna tional Ladies Garment Workers union, claiming a membership of 250,000. had Insisted publlcall upon a reopening of negotiations with the federation, blaming CIO leaders for previous failures to make truce. . . Lewis, here for a guarded con ference with Vice Pres. Thomas L. Moses of V. S. Steel, replied to the suggestion with the remark that Dubinsky "seems to be giv ing an imitation of Eliza crossing the Ice and looking backward like Lot's wife. ! think he ought to finally de cide whether he Is fleah or low! or good red herring.'. . Dubinsky responded with & writ-, ten manifesto saying the "labor inr masses" were "hungering" tor peace and that "Mr. Lewis' .wise-.: -Je"---- Labor Spokesman Has Variant View Restoring Confidence of 'Worker, not Business, Declared Solution WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-fjP)-The senate unemployment com mittee head a labor spokesman deny today the often-repeated as sertion that the best way to end the business recession is to re store the confidence of business men generally. That argument, said A. F. Whitney, president of the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen, is "fundamentally fallacious." "As I see it," he continued, "the only part which confidence plays in this important problem, is the restoration of the confidence of the working people of this, coun try, which will come from assur ing them of jobs with fair pay and thereby enable them to buy auto mobiles, homes and other commoi dities and Services which the pres ent American standard of living requires." - The only other witness was J. J. Pelley, president of the Asso ciation of American railroads. He testified that the prosperity of the carriers and their employes was inextricably bound up with the prosperity of , the country as a whole. "Recent trends in railway em ployment and purchases show that a decrease in railway traffic and revenues quickly reduce the ability of the' railways to contri bute to employment, both of their own men and men who manufac ture the goods the railways buy and use," he said. '.'Conversely, any Increase in business activity results in an in crease in railway traffic and rev enues, which is soon; reflected in increased railway employment and increased railway purchases of (Turn to page 2, coL 8) Chief Urges Lewis Replies cracking notwithstanding," they would not "be denied such peace for long. "May I suggest to Mr. Lewis, who is the acknowledged leader of the progressive labor forces, not to attempt to dispose of matters of such vital, concern, as labor peace and understanding in the flippant manner he does, said Dubinsky. Dubinsky's statement made it clear he would continue to Insist upon an early settlement of CI O AFL differences and placed him in a position of leadership among the CIO moderates.. He said, how ever, there was no intention to take the garment workers -onion out of the CIO. j . "No one man," be added, "has a mortgage on the labor movement" - He also attacked what he term ed communistic influence in the CIO, saying: . "It would seem as if the 'Dally Worker (communist newspaper) has become the mouthpiece of the CIO.w . .x - - Dubinsky's union is regarded as one of the strongest financially la the CIO setup. . Banner Ripped Off; CIO Said Involved Here Pickets Represent . AFI ' Brewers Union, Order Is by Lewis Group Local Plant Crew Fully Unionized; Squabble Is Jurisdictional Assertedly ClO-inspired picket ing of the Salem brewery began yesterday morning but came to a . sudden halt at 3:30 p.m. when a band Of Teamster union officials ' and members descended on the pickets, ripped off a banner car ried by one and warned them not . to return. , Three of tne pickets were ldn- titled by Lou Harkins, local team ster, as former employes of the brewery. The other two were not known here. ' ' City police broadcast a hurry-up call for officers by radio but the . teamster-picket dispute was eon-. fined to hot words, aside from the slapping of the hand of a pick et who atempted to grab a copy ef a letter, held by a teamster, which was received by the brewery man agement Tuesday from the Port land Industrial Union council, a CIO affiliate. The letter, a duplicate address ing "Salem Breweries" in a . type written insert, said "the method In which the brewery workers un- , ion 320 was squeezed out of the local "breweries has been a point ef much discussion In progressive labor groups for some time" and announced- the . industrial council was "putting your brewery on the official unfair list." Warning Is Given . By Teamster Official The argument with the pickets gravitated across the street from the brewery to the Southern Pa- ' cific freight station 'yard andt1: e ; A. N. Banks, local teamster bust- ness agent, warned t h a t if the picket returned, "I'll take him off right." ' . The pickets announced they would retunftoday, then left. Evidently referring to action of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in taking over north west brewery employes; the In dustrial council letter declared it "unfortunate that some have be lieved that to further their own selfish ends, they could turn their backs on principle; cleverly man ipulate under the guise of organ ized labor until large areas were, completely monopolized for their product, without paying for their wrongdoings ...". The Portland Industrial council "as a central body of , progressive labor in this district, is interested' In promoting social justice," the letter stated, as it went on to urge the brewery "to immediate ly reinstate those former em ployes that refuse to be forced into organisations without a voice In the choosing ; . ." , -All Brewery Workers Are Union Members r The brewery management's en ly comment was that its employes were "100 per cent AP of L." No interruption In the brew (Turn to page 2, coL 4) Teamster Union Reelects Chiefs Forty one delegates of Interna tional Brotherhood of Teamsters " locals from Oregon and southwest Washington- met as guests of lo-. cal No. 324 at Union ball here last night for. the 18 th annual election , meeting' of Joint Council No. 37. of the international. ' All officers . were returned to their positions for the sixth consecutive . term. They are as follows: . President, Phil Brady; vice-, president. Carl Lehl: recording secretary, William Rltchey; secretary-treasurer. At E. Rosser; trustees. Jack Page, Burt Garri son and William Balsam J all ef Portland. 1 President Brady Issued a state- ment opposing "socialization ef Industry," a movement he attri buted to the CIO, and supportlai "a principal of the American Fed eration of Labor, that of recognis ing the - rights of capital as well . as that' of the laborer." f . - The CIO, Brady asserted.: seeks , "to take over industry." The (Turn to page 2, coL 4) ' ALL AD E oft TODAy ' By R. a The - Japanese, , determined little men, push back the Chi nese from their native -lands, but damage of about a billion yen Is charged up to the losers firebrands ; their "scorched earth" policy is sweeping-bare the property of foes from whom they fled, and though Joyous shouts of, victory fill the air. Japan may find her conquest's "ia the red."