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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1938)
The OKEliON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 10, 1938 Uniform Rate Wallace Plea resno Flooded as San Joaquin River Overflows House Revolts LittlestStar Fraud -Charged Upon Tax Item Bill Sidetracked, Rnmor Says Another Effort May Be Launched Replies to Ross Request for Ideas Upon Rates, . . Bonneville Power Director, Field Manager Accused of Operating on Hitler Program PAGE TWO " To TVA Head (Continued from page. I ) . manner. ' The large number of rural users would resist any dis crimination against them. "It. is oar considered Judgment that distance alone from the gen erating station to the ultimate point of distribution does not and should not constitute an exclusive yard stick for the establishment of rates! ' -. "I believe that In the establish ment of retail rates, which I have assume! 70a refer to, a better method is to gire due weight to all fixed and operating costs for generation,' transmission and dis tribution for the several classes of service, balancing the same against the revenues expected to be obtained from the use of elec tric energy for each of such ser vice classifications." In closing Wallace said the es tablishment of a differential as between rural and Urban eastern ers would be extremely unpopular with Oregon people and would tend to retard and hold back a full utilization of the BonneYllle Pro 4H Radio Tryout Is Set Saturday Tryouts for the Marion county radio "broadcast to be presented over station KOAC April 4 will be held Saturday of this week at the Salem TMCA beginning at J: 39 a. m., according to Wayne Harding, county 4H leader. Try out . selections are being selected by a committee consisting of Theresa Dehler. Ruby Schantz and Ira Dneltgen. Time for. the tryouts has been allotted as follows: . Hazel Green, 9:30 a. m.; Sa lem Heights, 9:40; Turner, 9:50: Leslie. 10: Central Howell, 10:15: Sidney, 10:30; North HowelL 10:45; Donald, 11; Mt, Angel, 11:15.; Eelzer, 1:30 p. m.; West Stayton. 1:40; White, 1:50; Fern Ridge, 2; Bethel 2:10; Looney Butte, 2:20; Hayesville, 2:30. Fourth on Coast in Building - (Continued from page 1) . tlvely. Portland was In the first ten. - - " Permits issued numbered 82C8. compared with 8437 for the same SS cities last year. The issuance .of the 3713,000 permit to tbe Stateof Oregon, for the new library building at 255 North Summer street was the Item that swelled Salem's Febru ary building total ltd 3727,350. There were 67 building permits issued by "the local '. building j in aovtor's office during the month. T Eugene High Will Come to Tourney (Continued From Page 1 ) 17. and Woodburn whipped Ti gard. 31 to 17. PORTLAND. Ore.,. March f.- P-Benion high school scored aa 'pset victory over Franklin. 39 to 22. in the first round of the Portland lnteracholastie basket ball tournament tonight. Lincoln downed Commerce, 32 to 29. ta a overtime cane. Jef ferson heat Grant, 41 to 24, and Roosevelt . whipped Washington, II t 17. ' To Break Ground. . SAN FRANCISCO, March Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, will break ground here Monday for the sew f500, 0t -federal building at Treasure Island, exposition ite. . ! . To Discuss Syria The Jew-Arab situation in the near east will he discussed at the Kay Francis to wed German Baron Raven Erik Barnekowl 'Fifth husband of Kay Francis, h iavn Erik Barnekow. 'rlane business, according to an announcement by the brunet beauty, ilaas Francis was said to hare met the baron last Jury, and the wed in fin taita nlaee "during the next few months", with a honey moon la Europe. Miss Francis 1" CZtbs. aildSh ha Men Successively; waraei.w viuumtn Vfuuju, 'V & M jJJ,-.-."V".M v i; - ..... Earl Snell Files For Primary Race Attaches no Slogan, Says Saylor Again to Be Campaign Chief Secretary of State Snell filed Wednesday in the state depart, ment for renomination at the re publican primary election. Snell gave his official resi dence as Arlington, where he was engaged in business prior to be ing elected secretary o; state. He is now serving his f ! st term. His filing contained neither a statement nor slogan. Snell announced that Jerry. S. Saylor, Portland, would serve as his campaign manager. Saylor served in a similar capacity for Snell in the 1934 campaign. Other filings: . John S. Hodgin, La Grande non partisan far circuit -Judge ot the 10th judicial district Union and Wallowa counties. J. A. Burleigh, Enterprise, non partisan, for circuit judge of tbe 10th Judicial district. Union and Wallowa counties. C. L. Sweek, Pendleton, non partiaan, for circuit Judge of the 6th Judicial district. Morrow and Umatilla counties. A. Rennie, Corvallis, republic an, for state representative, 11th district, Benton county. T. W. Munyan, Leb non, dem ocrat, lor state senator of the 4th senatorial district. Linn and Lane counties. Find no Trace of Missing Airliner '; 7H2SN0, Calif,, March -flV Hope cammed tonight that an air liner which disappeared In the Si erra Nevada mountains east of here March 1 with nine persons aboard would be found before late spring or early summer. Clear weather enabled an ex- tensive aerial search today over the area where It waa believed the plane crashed daring, a storm Five planes scanned the and tracked down "leads' widely separated regions without spotting a trace of the missing ship. . Salem Lions club luncheon at the Quelle today noon by Dr. George Scherer of Beirut, Syria, . T 1 v 1 Kay Francis j S200.000-a-year star of the movies, a German baron who is in the alr- real name Is Robertas Edwin 1'-! Shifting tbe scene from southern weather caused the San Joaquin river to overflow Its banks and flood Fig Garden, a residential district close to Fresno, Calif. A break in the dike along the river jeopardized a 3,000-acre cotton ranch near Dos Palos. Three hundred -workers labored feverishly to hold back the swollen river. Photo shows the top of an automo bile just visible by tbe side of a flooded garage in Fig Garden. IIX photo. The Gall Board STATE Today Double hill, Frances Farmer and Edward Ar- nold in "Toast of . New York" and George O'Brien in "Windjammer." Friday Stage, lo nr acts Eastern circuit vaudeville, Irene Courtney and Wei- don Heybuan in "The 13 th Hour." Saturday, midnight preview Jeannette MacDonald and Allen Jones in "The Firefly." HOLLYWOOD Today Double bill. Gene Autry in "Springtime In the Rockies" and Richard "The Wrong Road" with Cromwell and Helen Mack. Vrlriar Finn hi hill -'Slid. den Bill Doran with Buck Jones and "Living on Love" with James Dunn. v GRAND Today "Tartan's Revenge" with Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm. Saturday "Sally, Irene and Mary" with Alice Faye, Fred Allen, Jimmy Du rante and Tony Martin. ELSIXORE Today Double bill, Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy la "Mannequin" and "Born to Be Wild" with all-atar cast. ' CAPITOL Today Double bill, Bette Davis and. Leslie Howard In "It's Lots I'm After" and George Brent In Peter B. Kyne'a "The Go- Getters." Friday Double bill, Wayne Morris in "The Kid Comes Back" and The Jones Family In "Borrow- tag Trouble." . - Early Postmaster Of Siiblimity Dies Bernard John Prange, aged 82, who was postmaster at Sublimity from 1307 to 1922 and the first mail carrier to Silver Creek Falls, passed away yesterday at the home ot his son, Joseph Prange, at 1145 Maple street, Mr. Prange came to Sublimity in 1896. Besides his son here he Is sur vived by sons Rev. Fran els Prange, S. J., of Holy Cross, Alas ka, Rev. John Prange, S. J. of Family Mont., and George Prange of Portland, Ore. Two daughters, Sister M. Boniface of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. L. J. Schott of Spo kane alse survive. . The body will lie In state today at the W. T. Rlgdon chapel until 8 p.m. Recitation of the rosary win take place at 8:4( p.m. Fri day at SL Vincent De Paul church. solemn requiem mass will be said at 9 a.m. and Interment will be at Holy Cross cemetery, Spokane. League to Entertain ' The Salem Union Label league will hold a card party at the 'Cher ry City bakery recreation hall at & o'clock tonight. The general public Is invited, according. ' to W. A.- Chambers . president of the league. , .:-v; . EDW. . JACK ARNOLD OAKIE Frances Farmer Cary Grant; - 1 'Toast of New York" Second Hit : GEORGE O'BRIEN "WINDJAMMER" ? 1 ' - ' ? I s. 4 ' ' - t. ( 'Mtl" , v f T t - i 1 -15 . . 1 V ' K-SBaM&-' to central California, inclement O Good Will Effort Is Read Message A call for Individual business men to enlist In a movement to create good will for the Ameri can business system of free enter prise to counter current distrust of the system was issued by Leonard E. Read, western divi sion manager of the United States chamber of commerce, in an ad dress at the Salem chamber of commerce last night. In growing numbers of local communities businessmen are rallying to the defense of this system and widespread effort is being made "to get the American public to understand "what helps business helps you'," Read eaid. Individual effort built' the Amer ican system and "only individual effort can defend it," he pleaded. The theory of free enterprise as against regimentation has made the luxuries of 20 years ago to day's necessities, has in practice since 1900 provided employment for 7,000,000 women, , has cut hours of work one-third and trebled the laborer's wage pur chasing power. Read declared. Plebiscite Called Sunday in Austria INNSBRUCK. Austria, March I ( Chancellor Kurt Schusch- nigg carried his fight lor Austrian independence to the people to night by calling a national plebls cite for Sunday to test his gov ernment s strength. Leaders of the fathsrland front the only legal political organi sation in Austria gave Schusch- nlgg what probably was the great est ovation of his political career after he declared In an address "We shall observe the agree ments ' reached at Berchteagaden, but we -shall make net the slight est additional . concession' thus, tne cnaaceuor reared a definite barrier in front of na tional socialist (nasi) ambitions loosed by his conversations- with Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Ger many at Berchtesgaden last month. Both Couples in Double Wedding 52 Yean Ago Later Salem Residents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carson, now -of Salem route 1, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hedges were married in a doable wedding at Park River, N. D., October 7, 1885. For approximately tbe last eight years the two couples lived In and near Salem, but neither knew the other was here. , Recently Mrs. Carson read in The Statesman of the death of a Frank Hedges. Calling upon Mrs. Hedges at her home at 420 South 22nd street a short time later, she found that Mrs. Hedges was the other bride ta that dou ble wedding over 52 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Carson have lived near Salem for 28 years, but the Hedge's family didn't come here until about eight years ago. VuLWHiT sua" urn j M4 Martin Unruffled By CIO's Threat Propose Courtmartial of Governor for Recent Remark on Lewis Governor Charles H. Martin Is not worried pver the recent threat ot the San Francisco district in dustrial union council to bring abouth is courtmartial. he said Wednesday. The governor is a retired major general. "This threat would make a horse laugh," Governor Martin continued. The council, affiliated with the CIO, objected to Governor Mar tin's recent remark that John L. Lewis, CIO leader, would receive a warm reception when he ar rived in Oregon. Copies of the letter were sent to President Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Perkins and the editors of Portland newspapers. The name of Clarence D. Mar tin, governor of Washington, er roneously was used throughout the letter. J "1 consider the charges just piffle but I think they are bully," Governor Martin said. Gives Him Publicity "If the labor leaders keep this up they will give me a lot of notoriety and will be able to go en the lecture platform." The letter charged that Gov ernor Martin had done all Jn his power to provide industrial war fare, had wilfully vrgotten tnat his office is one of public trust. and had consistently stirred up violent discord between the APL and CIO unions by his fascist ut terances. The governor also was accused of Ignoring the national labor re lations act. "If Lewis comes to Oregon It will be for one purpose," Gover nor Martin declared. "He would like to close down the Portlaad sawmills, which recently reopened through agreements with the AFL." Contents of the letter were re- laved to Governor ' Martin ot Washington by the Oregon execu tlve. "Tbe Washington executive ap peared highly pleased with the letter and laughed heartily," Gov ernor Martin of Oregon said. Piitnaia Will Run Again, Indicates MARSHFIELD, March ' 9-fc?5)-Rex Putnam, state superintend ent of public instruction, : will be a candidate to succeed himself, he told friends here. He said formal announcement of his can didacy for the democratic nom ination would be made in a few days. Putnam was appointed by Gov ernor Charles H. Martin to fill the unexpired term of Charles Howard, who designed to become president of Eastern Oregon nor mal. The term expires Jan. 2, 1939. Union Stays With. AFL PORTLAND, March 9-(iTVThe Supercargoes and Checkers union No. 3 8-7 8 A. TOted ' tonight, 115 t 4. to retain affiliation with the International Longshoremen's association and the AFL. ; - I ItVA.afifJH "w - - " T 1 1-1 f-- .in 7jnvW-;,. (40c -.The Wrong Road" With' Richard Cromwell " Helen Mack 2 Big Features Back Jones in "Sudden Bill Dora" "Li ring on Love" with James Dunn Gene Autry in Springtime in the Rockies" (Continued from page 1) Democratic ranks wide open and took rartv leaders bv Burnrise. They had predicted retention ot the tax on a close ballot. The sharpness of the rebuff to the administration b o t h the president and treasury have been represented as backing the "IB" tax was emphaslzed-hy the con fusion which followed it. veterans said ther could re call no instance within - recent veara of a tax bill being taken from the floor after It had prog ressed almost to the point of a final vote. Some legislators suggested that the s i d e t r a c k i n g of the bill might have been the result of a White House suggestion. Pilots Cause of AFL Boycott, Say PORTLAND, March 9-GP)-Th state board of pilot commission era had under consideration today 300 pages of testimony on charges by the Chamberlin Steamship company that the Columbia river pilots had caused the company to be placed on an AFL unfair list. The hearing was ordered by Got. Charles Martin on complaint of the company. Gunther F. Krause, company attorney, attempted to show that the firm was the only one of many carrying CIO lumber to be branded unfair by the Portland Central Labor council. He con tended the reason lay in the fact that the company used an inde pendent pilot, Capt. L. J. Jacob- sen, on the steamer W. R. Cham berlin, jr., after the pilots refused to pass a picket line at the West Oregon mill. Prune Cannery in Salem Is Favored (Continued From Page 1) on Howard street near the South era Pacific tracks. The directors made no recom mendation for total cost or ca pacity ot the proposed canning establishment, pending the can vass. The prune co-op has about 100 members at the r resent time. C. A. Ratcliff is manager. Company B Given Praise by Major (Continued from page 1) unit, will be given its annual federal inspection on. March 19. Plans are being made to have the coast artillery band come here from Marshfleld for the occasion and to put on an exhibition of ultra short wave radio communi cation and other specialties of the cattery. Democrats Slate Silverton Event Sllverton democrats will be hosts at the armory there Friday night for a meeting of the Marlon County Democratic society at which one or more of the candi dates for United States senator will be present: A. caravan from -Salem will leave the courthouse at 7:15 p. m. Persons needing transportation are aaked to call either J. F. TJ1 rich or Dr. P. L. Utter and like wise, persons who have acconv modatlons for additional passen gers. - Flier Faees Charge PORTLAND, Ore., March t- (AV-AIlan D. Greenwood, state aeronautics inspector,- filed Charges ' of operating an un licensed aircraft and endanger tag lives of others as well as his own against Homer Buckles. 28, Fortland pilot who crashed Into a treetop Sunday.. re. Last Times Today Leslie Geo. . Brent: " Anita Louise. in "The Go Getters? Howard Bette Davis Olivia DeHaviland 'IT'S LOVE I'M AFTER' Friday and Saturday ; TWO ACE FEATURES f.:ELT ATHICA'S FAVORITE SLAM-BA!iG COY FRIEfiD! WAYNE r.:onnis lj s. Imm Emss Strata Hsj ftj eesw Mciar 1 WHEt Ktl MCTTO And 2nd Hit m iflrai f - ;r t" r . ' A- f ' I i 7 - - - J : - - v S Five-year-old Janet Chapman has heen signed to a long term con- tract and is to star in a new pic ture, -Little Lady Luck". Janet, bonr in Cincinnati, got her "break" when her father, a Gen eral Motors employe, was trans ferred to California. Convict McQure In Hit-Run Case $100 Fine; Denies Having Knowledge of Mishap, Boehringer Car Howard McClure. Eugene young man, was found guilty In Salem justice court yesterday afternoon of a charge of failing to stop at the scene of the accident February 17 in which Mrs. F. J. A. Boeh ringer of Salem suffered a severe forehead laceration and shock Judge Miller B. Hayden Imposed a fine of 3100. McClure, who denied having had knowledge of any accident, gave oral notice of appeal. -Mrs. Boehringer and M. H. Myers and Floyd Berhow, Salem men who picked her up after her car . struck a roadside tree 1 H miles north of Jefferson and over took McClure near the Salem city limits, were the chief witnesses for the state. McClure did not explain why he failed to report to police here after being told he had caused Mrs. Boehringer's accident. He gave himself up the next day after telephoning atate police from Monmouth, where he waa visiting hia parents. Judge Hayden yesterday morn ing ruled George C. Weber guilty of a drunken driving charge fol lowing a non-jury trial, and Web er also appealed. The court set the penalty at 30 days in jail, a 3100 fine and suspension of dri ver's license tor one year. Pershing Improves TUCSON, Arlx., March Gen. John J. Pershing. 77, read newspapers today, enjoyed a brief stay on the sun porch of his san atorium cottage, and Dr. Roland Davison reported that the aged soldier "is doing remarkably well." AUTOMATIC AS HOT WATER SERVICE IS m EXJOY UNUJfUTQ KOTWATU WITH CAS , Lower GAS rates save you 10ft to 30ft ! Buy an. automatic Qas "water, heater now! Portlahlv Gas a Coke Company 136 S. High Art Certificate No Thia Certificate entitles you to .one week't Set of Four Pictures upon payment of only 39c (46c if by mail). . ' ' DI PORTA NT- Be sore to order Set No. I If yon have'thatfBh-. eqaent sets, order the next numbered Set cl Fonr. (Continued From Page 1) Into long-term; contracts for the delivery of power, he said that 'these contracts contain a hidden Joker with a secret rebate amounting to SO per cent of the costs of much ef this power." "I am prepared to show at the proper time that these contracts have accorded : to the . so-called princes of privilege, a class creat ed by administration spokesmen, a secret differential by disguising much of the actual firm power ot TVA as secondary power and sell ing It at secondary power rates." Lottery Program Backed, Umatilla (Continued From Page 1) tlve measure, but the tentative goal was,60-,000.. Only 20,050 are required by law. Van , Home estimated the amendment would give the state an annual revenue of 34,000,000 through, licensing of punch boards, pinball machines and oth er "trade stimulators." . He said 40 per cent would be distributed to cities, 10 per cent to public fairs and exhibitions, and 50 'per cent to. old age se curity. He estimated there were 11,000 outlets for punch boards, which would bring 2,000,000 an nually on a one per cent tax; 15,000 pinball locations which would make 3600,000 yearly on a 15 per cent gross basis, and a dog race tax would clear 400, 000. Walter L. Tooze, Portland, counsel for the league, declared lowering of the old age pension limit from 70 to 5 years by the last legislature , would increase the drain on resources. He as serted only paupers would receive aid unless more revenue was ob tained. Jury for Ledf qrd Trial Incomplete (Continued From Page 1) ment as he and District Attorney David Bennett disputed the selec tion of a jury. When court closed tonight, Bennett had three chal lenges remaining and Metsker four. George Led ford, husband of the defendant, and Mrs. Pearl Turner, Los Angeles, mother of the dead children, were in court but did not attempt to speak to Mrs. Led ford, who had been confined to a hospital since her arrest. The state contends Mrs. Led ford poisoned the children. The defense asserts they ate berries poisoned by a spray blown from a nearby orchard. Today - Friday Saturday TWO SMASH HITS And 2nd Hit "Born to Be wad" COMING SUNDAY "Goldwyn Follies" Phone 5919 124 John Meen&n, . vwigm wi.iwmwn