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The OREGON STATESMAN; Salem,' Oregon, irrir Morniitg, Teb'ruary 11V 1938 PAGE TWO v Employes Munch State's Piece of Secret British Pact Rumored Hitler Ousts 15 Army Officers, Bloodless Purge Floods Feared After Storms Hayter to Aid 2 -Year Term In Arson Case Booth Handed Gargantuan Cake Margaret - Langan. -chief sten California Senator Hints Hull May not Know of Understanding WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-)-A suggestion that there may be a secret alliance between the United States and Great Britain boat which even Secretary Hull does not know, came today from Senator .Johnson :; ( R-Cal ) - Ib the midst of bitter wnate debate over foreign policy and the $800,000,000 naval expan sion proposed by President Roosevelt, the Californlan de clared: " -'.-I- Events Said Revealing !'I fear that the secretary , of State and I were taken for' a ride the other day, and that, with neither of lis knowing exactly what was in the offing or what had been agreed upon, perhaps something was In the wind which he did not know and I did not know. "Event's occnrring since my resolution was presented lead me to that belief." - Johnson, one of the senators who prevented American entry Into the league of nations after the- World war, had "proposed recently that the senate ask Sec retary Hull whether there was any- understanding- between the United States and any other pow for "concerted action In event of ar. "Favors Strong Navy He also had suggetseJ that the secretary - of state be asked whether there was any agree ment tor naval cooperation. Hull replied, before the senate had acted upon Johnson's re quest, that there was no such understanding. Jehnson made it plain- today he was In favor of the big navy bill - now pending, b u t didn't wast th navy to be used in concert - with Vany" nation on earth." , . . " Senator Lafollette P-Wis) re torted angrily that he would not be deterred by any charge of lack of patriotism or any other false accusation" from in quiring into the need for large additions to the navy. Five Quit Prison, Two Are Captured IXDIAXAPOLW, Feb. 11.-(Friday) State police announced by radio early this morning they had caotured two of the five pris oners who escaped last night from the Indiana state prison at Michi gan City. Officers said Angust Cummings. ST.. and. Frank Pavlench, 24. had been captured south of Wheat field, a small town about 25 miles from the prison. Cummings was serving a sen tence from Marion county and Pavlench from-Lake county. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Feb. I. -(P) Five prisoners escaped from , the state prison here to night,' Warden Louis E. Junkel aid. The men. all serving long terms for robbery, were August Cum mins, 37. and Theodore Hulbuert, S. of Indianapolis, and George Christian, 26. Frank Pavlench, 24. and Angelo Gengo, 27. of Gary. The five sawed their way out of their cells. Warden Kunkel said. Power of Nippon Armies Enhanced f. -. SHANGHAI, Feb. 11-(Friday) HJPWPn I pouring heavy re infareements into the northwest ern 'sector of the Lunghai corri dor for a great inland offensive through central China. Long - range , artillery duels sounded the prelude of what for eign, military observers consider ed might be the decisive battle of the war. Behind the incessant ar tillery bombardment, infantry un fits 'were organising for the at tack; " - - -. j - Success of the Japanese plans would overwhelm resistance of 409.000 Chinest troops in the fertile Shantung and Honan pro vince plains, cut oft the Lunghai railroad, China's great east-west arteirv. and nave the wav for an attack on Hnkow, temporary Ch'i- nese capital 450 miles inland. Huge Relief Fund May Be Approved WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-JP)-Congress will approve the 1250.--SOO.OOO relief f u n d asked by President Roosevelt to meet dis tress resulting 'from the business recession, legislative leaders pre dicted tonight. . They added privately, however. that it would do so only- after considerable investigation and argument. The study and con trovefsv may start tomorrow morning at a hastily-called hear ing before the house appropria tions .committee. Meanwhile, officials of the works progress administration in dicated they would 'add more than -'1.009.000 persons to their roll If and when the president's request was granted. Work Upon Unity Dam Is Finished - WASHINGTON, Feb. 10-P)- KecTamation ' Commissioner John ' C Page advised Secretary Ikes today of the completion of the Unity: dam In Oregon, an earth - fill structure with a water storage cipactty of 25,260 acre feet. The reservoir will conserve sup plimental Irrigation water for 9000 "acres for .the Burnt river project, and will benefit an equal area la Unity valley indirectly jthrouga regulation of runoff. '- ri-' -NV Marshal Werner von Sternberg (right) Germaa war minister and Colonel Werner Ton Fritsch (left) chief of surf, were recently "retired' by Relchsfuehrer Hitler as be. Hitler, took over direct command of the entire armed forces In Germany. Von Sternberg resigned as climax to criticism of his recent marriage to his ex-aecretary. In addition to the chiefs of the nazi army being pot Into retirement IS of the lead ing lieutenant generals In the army and air force divisions will "retire" on February 28, Hitler announ ced. UN photo. Martin Silent on Coming of Beck May Have Comment After Teamster Leader Is Here, Is Report Governor Charles H. Martin yesterday refused to comment on press reports that Dave Beck, international president of the Teamsters union, was flying from Florida to Portland to arrange counsel for Al Rosser, Portland Teamster union official charged with arson. "I might hare something to say after Beck arrives In Ore gon," Governor Martin continued. Governor Martin recently de nounced Beck along with Harry Bridges, San Francisco labor leader. The governor denied reports that he had asked Attorney Gen eral Van Winkle to serve as special prosecutor in the labor arson cases at Dallas. The attorney general could serve in this capacity only at the governor's request, officials said. Osccr Hajter, prominent Dallas attorney, will assist District At torney Spauldmg of Polk coun ty in the prosecutions. He was retained by Polk county. Funeral Saturday For Jerome Tate DALLAS Jerome A. Tate, aged 73, passed away at his home in Dallas Wednesday night following a heart attack. He was born in Oregon on May 20, 1865. and had made his home in Yamhill and Polk counties during his entire life. He married Miss Ida McCaleb and to them were born sven children, five of whom are still living. They are FMrs. Ray Wilson of Albany, Mrs. Jennie Johnson of Salem. Mrs. Merritt Martin of Valsetz, Mrs. Hubert Pleasant of Philomath and Dewey Tate of Dallas. - Funeral services will be held at the Henkle and Bollman cha pel Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be at the Dallas IOOF cemetery. Japan May Agree To Limiting Navy TOKYO, Feb. lO-m-A Japan ese naval spokesman indicated to day Japan, would Join in efforts to halt the world naval race if Great Britain and the United States would approach the prob lem from Iier point of view. The spokesman said that if quantitative limitations num ber of warships as well as quali tative limitation size of warships and guns were made the basis, it was likely Japan, would -partici pate in a formal effort to prevent a world naval race. Old Trading Post May Be Restored WASHINGTON. Feb. The senate military affairs com mittee approved today a bill by Senator Schwellenbach (D-Wash) authorizing the secretary of war to issue a permit for reproduction of the old Hudson's Bay trading post on the Vancouver barracks military reservation, Wash. The committee approved a bin by Senator McNary (R-Ore) au thorizing construction of a 60 foot highway across federal prop erty in Coos county. Ore. . Orchestra Funds 7 Sought, Portland PORTLAND. Ore.. Febl0-p) -Members of the Oregon Music Teachers association, Portland district,. will sponsor a statewide drive to raise 125,000 from Ore gon music lovers at one dollar each tor the benefit of the Port land symphony orchestra. ; The Portland Symphony socie ty recently announced it would suspend sponsorship of the or chestra after the present season .because of a (27,000 deficit. . The Call Board STATE Today Leslie Howard and Joan Biondell in "Stand- in," four acts eastern cir- cuit vaudeville. , Saturday midnight preview Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone and Robert Young in "The Bride Wore Red." HOLLYWOOD Today Double bill "Trouble at Midnight" with Noah Beery, jr., and Catherine Hughes and "North of the Rio Grande" with William Boyd. GRAXD Today Sonja Heinie and Don Ameche in "Happy Landing." ELSIXORE Today Single bill, Joel McCrea, Frances Dee and Bob Burns in "Wells Far- go" and added attractions, Jimmy Fidler's "Personal- ity Parade" and Charlie McCarthy in "Two Boobs in a Balloon." Freewater Bank Charter Sought Application to charter the Bank of Commerce at Freewater, eastern Oregon, has been filed in the state banking department here. The capital stock would be 125,000, with (5000 surplus. Incorporators would include J. S. Johns, Frederick Stevens, R. G. Still, M. B. Rudd and Wayne E. Brinker, all residents of Milton and Freewater. State banking department of ficials said the application for the charter had not yet been ap proved. Gill Eyes Grange Meet Site Here Ray W. Gill, master of the Ore gon state grange, was in Salem yesterday checking on hotel and auditorium accommodations in connection with Salem's invlta tion to the national grange to hold its convention here next fall. Gill gathered the information and forwarded it to the committee. "I think I will let the commit tee make the decision," said Gill The grange has already decid ed to come to Oregon. Portland, Corvallis and Salem have' extend ed invitations. Big German Plane Crashes, two Die BERLIN, Feb. 1 1-( Friday )- Sj-Tbe crash of Germany's larg est transport plane during a trial flight Tuesday was disclosed to day. Only a factory crew of five was aboard. Two men were killed and three escaped by parachutes. The plane, the GU-90, was built to accommodate 49 passengers. s It was reported to have crashed near Dessan when, flying at top speed, it banked sharply to tarn. It was destroyed. - Berlin newspapers carried no mention of the accident. Five Escape From Crater Lake Snow I MEDFORD, Feb. lH3VMr. and Mrs. Charles W. James and Mr. and Mrs. Sandy . Green of Medford, and Raymond Harvey of Central Point reached their homes last night after "being marooned in Crater Lake national park since Sunday by heavy snows. They were furnished accommo dations in the ranger, dormitory by the park service during their enforced stay. 4 frffcdJ-?27'T i i - Many Loggers Die, 6 Months of '37 'Green' Workers in Woods Account for Majority of Mishaps, Said Fifty-two persons employed In the Oregon lumber industry eith er were killed or permanently dis abled during the last six months of 1937, members of the state in dustrial accident commission re vealed Thursday. An appeal for all lumber oper ators to stress safety was issued by the commission. The- highest fatality and injury rate was caused by employment of inexperienced persons in logging operations, officials said. The in dustry had a payroll 'of $19,008.- 762 and 3, 667,257 man-days were wonted during me six months period. Figures Are Analyzed The payroll and number of persons killed or permanently dis abled in each branch of the in dustry were: Logging other than pine 5,- 281.60 and 36; pine logging Sl,- 906,114 and 4; sawmills other than pine 14,704,109 and 7; pine sawmills 2,30,614 and 1; plan ing mills and box factories 12, 641,063 and 2; excelsior and ve neer manufacturing $896,401 and none; other operations 1 1,234,- 116 and 2. Approximately 12 per cent of all workers in the industry suf fered injuries while 25 per. cent of the loggers were injured. The fatal and permanent dis ability claims in the logging in dustry totaled $239,191 last year. not including pine logging which accounted for $71,299. Claims for all types of hazardous industry during the year were $698,584. Road construction claims to taled $47,695, dam construction $43,248, bridge building $34,344, logging railroads $29,148 and pa per manufacturing and farming about $25,000 each. Water Supply to ; Be Below Normal MEDFORD. Feb. 10-P)-The bureau of agricultural engineer ing said today additional snows would be required to assure a satisfactory water outlook in some parts of the state despite heavy storms early in February. Particu lar need was seen in areas with out Btorage facilities. The report, prepared in cooper ation with the Oregon state en gineer and local agencies, said soils of the watersheds were "very wet" and stream run-oft this spring should not be reduced from the two previous years. HOPALONG CASSIDY U ICfSjljil 1 D t yv fiioDinnD,DionDEU)jK iaiiitEiT.x..umiuiE,y1tfA- v- 111 s , m i iX- -tv I I vl , . II tlTIEIIIE IKIES i Of III v Al M f V - -A.' J I I 1 iff II .mm!Eim$ vm. 1 $VCU B fe&jT ' U: Also Color Cartoon L V l I1 with " ' , 11 "3-JS:ri II v A4 1 huhpkjiey bosart I x Place Embezzlement Guilt Upon Former Cashier of Roseburg Bank PORTLAND, Feb. 10-UP-Fed-eral Judge James Alger Fee sent enced Edwin S. Booth, 35, for mer cashier of the Douglas Na tional Bank of Roseburg, to two years in the state penitentiary to day.. Booth pleaded guilty last De cember 2 to embezzlement of .more than $18,000. "This man must be made to realize that he is not above the law and that the influence of his family or nothing else will save him from punishment," Judge Fee said, after listening to a lengthy review of the allegations, and a description of the defendant by defense attorneys as a "mentally disorganised person." Mentality Defense Denied "This man has been reared in a family of culture and means and has lived under most favor able conditions. For 11 years he has been in a responsible position and It seems strange that if these things were known (that Booth was mentally disorganized) that he would be allowed to keep his position of handling other peo ple's money." . Mrs. Booth collapsed in court as n e r nusDana a sentence was pronounced, and was comforted by Mr; and Mrs. Henry Booth, his parents. The government told the court Booth had spent the money on au tomobiles, furniture and improve ments for his home. Defense at torneys said he apparently had given some of it away to needy persons. Marijuana Given Blame by Slayer NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 10-(JP)- Confessing the slaying of a bus driver, Mrs. Ethel "Bunny" Sohl, 20-year-old daughter of a New ark policeman, testified today the smoking of marihuana cigaret3 made it "seem right" to steal autos and commit holdups. On trial with Genevieve Owens, 18, for murder in the killing of William Barhorst. Mrs. Sohl said the loot of three holdups $67.10 in all went for "good times. mostly for the movies." Her 23-year-old husband. Wil liam, testified he gave her "reef er" cigarets to relieve pain from injuries she suffered in an auto accident. "They make you feel happy and forget pains," he said, adding that he purchased them on one of this city's main streets. Deschutes County First Judge Dies MEDFORD, Feb. lO-OPHWil liam D. Barnes, 70, the first De schutes county Judge, died at his home at Phoenix today after a short illness. Once a baseball pitcher for Northwestern university, he play ed with tje Chicago White Sox after graduation, and later with a team of the late Billy Sunday, evangelist. He was prominent in state Ma sonic circles. Hosch Speaks Tonight Dr. J. F. Hosch, Bend physi cian and candidate for democratic gubernatorial nominee, is sched uled to speak at the county court Tiouse here at 8 o'clock tonight before a public meeting of the Maron county Democratic society. M O'M VAUDEVILLE jfoa 111 TOYjT v ltl " II v VK HI , Mat. 1 X II Defense Attorneys Make Appearance; Beck Is Reported on Way (Continued from Page 1) under arrest on the Polk county charge and the two officers took him to city police headquarters where Al Luadstrum and Sam Malehorn. state police arson in vestigators.' and Deputy Sheriff Christofferson of Portland quizzed him before taking him to Dallas. - Henry claimed to have known that a warrant had been issued for his arrest, Nicholson said. He had been sought since early Wed nesday night. The grilling of A. E. Rosser, Portland Teamster leader, lasted until-7 o'clock yesterday morning in the offices of Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police, where he had been taken at 11 p. m. Wednesday. Rosser was later removed to Dallas. SS Wage Account Information Given The social security board yes terday advised Ben O. Lipscomb, manager of the local social secur ity board office that posting of wage accounts under the old-age insurance program of the social security act is now underway. Al ready wage information for the workers of nine states is being entered on their ledger sheets, and it is expected that by the end of February the posting will cover workers in every state. This is the second step in the program which provides for pay ment of old-age Insurance bene fits to men. and women in Indus try and commerce when they reach the age of 65 and retire from work. The first was the recording of personal information furnished on more than 37,000,- 000 applications for social secur ity account cards. The setting up of b o c i a 1 security accounts for workers from these applications is regarded as virtually complete. Hugh Reynolds Is Freed, $3000 BaU EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 10-(JPy-Kugh Reynolds, secretary of the Eugene AFL central labor coun cil and Teamsters' union, was released from Jail on $3000 bail late today following arraignment in justice court on a charge of conspiring to comit a felony in connection with alleged window smashings at non-union barber shops. Vern Bailey, business agent of the local Teamsters' union, held on a similar charge, remained in the Lane county jail pending bail arrangements by his attorneys. Reynolds and Bailey were ar rested yesterday and taken to Dallas for questioning in con nection with a roundup of al leged labor terrorists. Body Taken From Isolated Section ROSEBURG. Feb. 10-()-Members of the South Umpqua Falls CCC camp carried the body of William Cavitt. Eugene, who died at Milo, several miles over snow-blocked roads to permit it to be shipped to Eugene for in terment. Camp officials said medical ser vice and first aid were provided the storm-isolated community. . ographer in the executive depart ment here, yesterday had the honor of cutting Oregon's share of the world's largest cake, a : gift to Governor Charles H. Mar tin from the Independent' Gro cers Alliance of America. The cake received here from Chicago yesterday, was in the shape of the state of Oregon. Other governors were favored with pieces of the cake, shaped after their respective .states. Oregon's share of the cake was served to more than SO girl em ployes .in , the capitol. Bank Resources For State Gain Final 1937 Report Reveals 2 Millions Gain Over 6 Months Earlier Resources of all Oregon banks as of December 31. 1937, aggre gated $332307.867.20 as com pared to $330,706,294.1$ on June 30 of last year according to an ab stract issued by Mark Skinner, state superintendent of banks Thursday. Loans and discounts totaled $95,370,769.27 on December 31, 1937, and overdrafts $155,943.47. Other resources included United States government securities, $97,- 000.103.71; other bonds, stocks and securities, $37,829,429.94; banking house, furniture and fix tures. $7,213,843.58; real estate owned, other than banking house, $1,192,392.34; cash, due from banks and cash items, $86,994, 508.33 and other assets $7,150, 876.56. Skinner said the increase in bank resources was encouraging in financial centers. Bible Is Read in Wright's Defense LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10-JP)-Dramatic Jerry Geisler invoked the laws of God and California today to exempt Paul A. Wright from blame for killing his wife and best friend. The lawyer .closed more than five and one-half hours of argu ment before eight men and four women Jurors by quoting from four books of the old testament and one of the new. From the Mosaic code, Geisler quoted a promise of amnesty and sanctuary for a man if he "killeth any person unawares." Thumbing through his Bible, he read again, "The adulterer and adulteress shall surely be put to death." Geisler quoted from the Cali fornia penal code to show that one of the eight classes of per sons no criminally responsible are thos who commit acts "with out conscious thereof." Upon this angle, a major part of the defen sive case rests. A Mighty Adventure Romance -"N. of the Winning of the West! f i urn i mi " . I I f ; 0 i (flit J n 1 1 I H 11 u u M ill U with ' BOB BURNS JOEL JVIcCREA I FRANCES DEE LLOYD NOLAN ADDED ATTRACTIONS . Also Charlie McCarthy in "2 Boobs in a Balloon" See Marvelous "Mechanical Man" In Foyer Today 11 xxxssxxxx I Art Certificate 1 I No 101- 4 Thi? - Icate entitles you to one week's Set g g of I tures upon payment of only 39c (46c i if . ..). i jj ' IMPORTANT : k ' jj ' De snra to order Set No. 1 If yon have Uiat or sob- fQ A aeaaent acts, order the next numbered Set of g? Sacramento Rivers Near Overflow Level; big Damage Reported Continued from page 11 cause " communication lines torn down by the worst" windstorm in years still were unserviceable. The rain continued intermit tently over most of the Pacific coast because of another meteor ological disturbance from tie north Pacific. Weather forecasts predicted oc casional rain tonight and tomor row, which would establish a new- storm record for California. The present rain and snow siege to day equalled the record 15-day storm in February, 1936. The storm left nearly 12 inches of rain at Eureka, eight inches at Redding and lesser amounts in the lower Sacramento valley. Falling trees collapsing build ings and drowning accounted for the seven 'deaths in the terrific winds which struck 300 miles of the central California coast and swept inland 200 miles. Technically, the storm was not a hurricane although the wind velocity exceeded in many places the hurricane force minimum of 75 miles an hour. Lincoln Banquet Tickets on Sale Tickets to the Marion County Republican club's Lincoln day banquet Saturday night at the Argo hotel may be obtained at the hotel now or immediately before the dinner, as well as from mem bers of the ticket committee, Rob ert Jones, president, said yester day. The dinner, scheduled at 7 p. m., will feature Lyle Thomas of West Salem as principal speaker and Charles A. Sprague of The Oregon Statesman as toastmaster. Jones said he has received as surances there will be a large at tendance from outljng parts of the county as well as from Salem. Decorations will Include a large portrait of Lincoln, many small American flags, and red, white and blue candles and floral pieces, according to Mrs. Hugh Rosson, who is In charge of this work. Tonight and Saturday 2 Big Features "andIut NO."2