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Travel Insurance ' Many Statesman readers kaT foaBd It to their ad vantage to hare the protec tion nt the f 1 per year pol icy offered by this aewspa Per. Weather Fair today, fair and warm er Saturday; Max. Temp. Thursday 66, MJn. 41, rlTer 18.1 feet, rain JZO Inch, southwesterly wind. POUNDDD 1651 EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, March 25, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 311 Calbine Blum Uiiiler Fare TP O Lit itaamiai CMlotjiiin Po stance Mobbed of Over 5 500 Van Winkle to ireme Court Position Attorney-General for 18 Years Asks Promotion to Higher Duties Points to Service; Will Run for Place Which HaU tusk Fills I. H. Van "Winkle, attorney general of Oregon for the last 18 years, announced Thursday that he would be a candidate for Jus tice of the supreme court.. He Willi file this week for the posi tion vacated by the death of Jus tice James U. Campbell last July, now tilled by Justice Hall S. Lusk through appointment by Governor Charles H. Martin. In announcing his candidacy, Mr. Van Winkle said: I very greatly appreciate the favor conferred upon and the con fidence reposed in me by the peo ple iof the state of Oregon in elect ing me to the office of attorney general for five successive terms. I am now serving my 18th year as aQSrney-general after many years service as assistant in this office. And I feel that I hare earned promotion to the higher positra which I now seek, If It can be said that one earns such a promotion by conscientious service over a considerable period 6t years. , , "During the years which ,1 have served in the office of attorney-general I have used my best efforts to render careful and efficient service to the state and Its numerous departments, and have discharged the duties of the office to the best of my ability. I take pardonable pride In the quality and amount of service rendered during the time I have been in charge." Aided in Legislation To Benefit Veterans "Since my first election to this office many new and important problems have arisen, among which are the amendment of the constitution and the enactment of the law providing for bonus and loans to the veterans of the world war and Spanish American war In which I was fortunate to have the privilege of assisting, and particularly in guiding the administration of this law for the benefit and assistance of those who risked their lives and gave their service in the Inter est of their country. The social security laws have come into existence more recent ly providing for old age assist ance; aid to the blind; to moth ers and children, and. child wel fare, as well as general relief dur ing the depression. I hare at all times given personal attention to the construction and administra tion of these laws, adopting a lib eral construction In the case of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Beverage Sellers Must Be Licensed PORTLAND, Ore., March 24-(yP)-The liquor control commis sion ruled today that all beer and win salesmen, including truck drivers who solicit orders, must be registered with the com mission, effective April 1, - - Breweries, wineries and whole salers were notified that "hiring any employe "who has not obtain ed such permit will be consider ed a violation of regulations of the commission, and will subject your license to suspension or re vocation in the discretion of the commission. : Licenses for talesmen have been required since June. 1937, to aid in preventing rebating, fake or bad order claims and other violations j of regulations, and to prevent employers from shifting responsibility for viola tion on to their employes to .avoid penalties. Oregqn . Senators On Opposing Sides WASHINGTON. March U-(&- II ere is tne vote by wnlcn tne senate defeated today the . Byrd amendment to retain the comp troller general's office: For the amendment (36): Republicans Included: Borah, McNary. Against the amendment (47): Democrats Included Pope, JReames, Schwellenbach, Booe, Seek Sub i. Seeks Place on , Supreme Court i I. H. VAN WINKLE Polk and Benton Survey Promised Several Road Relocations Mentioned; Nestucca Job Is Awarded PORTLAND, March 24-0IP)-The state highway commission agreed today to post signs pro hibiting the removal of large rocks from the beach but told angry property owners of Ocean Lake and Road's End that , its Jurisdiction was in doubt. The netitioners. asserting the removal of rocks left their prop erty unprotected from damage by tides, said they believed the beach to be a public highway. The commission agreed to seek a legal opinion and said the boulder snatching might consti tute simple trespassing on private property. A deadline for removal of snow from the Mount Hood loop from the Wapinitia cutoff to Bennett pass was set for May 1. Hood Riv er residents urged an earlier than usual opening of the route. The commission told a Rose burg delegation a proposed grade separation on the Pacific highway north of Wilbur was not included In this year's program. A Polk and Benton countv del egation was promised a survey for a relocation of the Monmouth Kings Valley and Elkin-Pedee-In-(Turn to Page 2, Col. .3.) Bridge Kept Open But Needs Repair Further probing of the washout behind the south abutment of the South Winter street bridge over Shelton creek, yesterday af ternoon led J. H. Davis, assis tant city engineer, to state that some temporary form of ap proach may have to he built to carry traffic He said It might be necessary to lay a timber decking across the opening, which extends across the street along the abutment. When the bridge was con structed, a stone rir-rap wall was Jbuilt up from the creek bed: to the concrete beam which supports the end of the bridge cut flood waters have washed all of the protective structure downstream, ; leaving the rravel bank behind open to steady ero sion. Davis indicated it was difficult to say what sort of permanent repair would be required. The bridge was kept open to travel, with the center half of the roadway blockaded. Governor May Be Requested To Attend Project Hearing r Governor Charles H, Martin will be requested by the Willam ette Valley Project association to attend the hearing on that pro ject before the house flood con trol committee in Washington, D. C April 9, If it becomes advisable to send a spokesman. It was voted Thursday by the association's ex ecutive committee which met in the Salem chamber of commerce rooms. . It was the consensus of those present that Governor Martin's testimony would carry much weight with the committee .and impress upon the members the fact .that the project has official state support. However, it was pointed out that Senator Charles L. McNary had advised that It did not at present appear necessary tor the Burglars Take Two Sawmills' First Payrolls Work 'Safe Combination After Entering Place Through Window Make Escape in Delivery Truck, Belief; State Police Watching CHILOQUIN, Ore., March 24-(ffJ-Burglars who smashed a win dow and worked the safe com bination escaped with more than 15500 from the Chiloquin post office tonight. They were believed to have es caped in a light delivery truck which had been parked at the rear of the building. Postmaster Jack Peppard said the amount taken was more than the postoffice usually had, but was received yesterday to meet the first payrolls of two saw mills recently reopened. Some stamps and approximate ly S100 of regular cash also was taken. There was no indication of the identity of the thieves. State police throughout Oregon were notified of the burglary at Chiloquin and were keeping a close watch for the burglars, it was reported at headquarters here, ' - Route 7 Will Get Added Territory Evergreen, Highway Ave. Postal Service Better Under new Order Salem rural route seven has been increased to include Ever green avenue from Silverton road to Garden road: and Highway ave nue from the Pacific highway to Silverton road, Postmaster H. R. Crawford announced yesterday. This territory has heretofore been served in rural boxes placed at the end of each avenue, but with the new order received from the postoffice department, service will be carried to rural mail boxes in front of the residences. The Evergreen avenue exten sion will cover .8 mile and will serve 1 6 families and the Highway avenue territory will cover .3 of a mile and will serve 10 families. Edward Tooker is carrier for route seven, total length of which under the change announced yes terday will be 55.40 miles. - Maxwell Is Given 5-Year Sentence DALLAS, March 24 Dean Maxwell, arrested here recently on a charge of raising the face value of an express money order, pleaded guilty today before Cir cuit Judge Arlie O. Walker and was sentenced to serve five years in the penitentiary. Maxwell was suspected of nu merous other similar transactions throughout the northwest with the amount obtained running into the hundreds of dollars, but was charged only with raisins one money order, face value $1.48, to 117.48 and attempUng to cash It at the Guy hardware store. valley to be represented by a delegation at the hearing. The executive committee also voted to urge all Interested citi zens to write letters to Senators McNary and Reames and Con gressman Mott. all three of whom are extremely acUre In working xor the project, as another means of showing public Interest here. Letters congratulating Senator McNary on his sponsorship of the project were ; especially recom mended. Present efforts of the three men in congress are being aimed prin cipally at removal of the require ment that arnroximatelv sis.. 000,000 be raised locally for right- oi-way, railroad relocations and other expenses. In this connection the commit- iTurn o Page Z, CoL i. Nine Pleas of Guilt Entered In Goon Cases Score now 34 Convicted and 16 Sentenced of 97 Cases in State Rosser now Indicted in Portland for Alleged Share in Beatings PORTLAND, March 24-(JP)-The state-wide investigation of labor terrorism resulted Jn nine pleas of guilty today, the larg est number in ons day since the elaborate, inquiry started two months ago. The campaign to Tid Oregon industry of depredations ranging from bombings and arson to win dow smashing and stench bomb throwing has brought 97 arrests. Not all the accused men are still in custody. Thirty-one persons have pleaded guilty, three have been convicted, one acquitted and 16 sentenced to terms vary ing from eight months in county jails to two years in prison. Major cases in the drive large ly inspired by Gov. Charles H. Martin and Joseph K. Carson, mayor of Portland, have not yet been disposed of. Police investi gated approximately 250 instances of vandalism and beatings. Some of the accused have been Indicted six times and one man, Cecil Moore, who was an AFL team ster, has pleaded guilty to six counts. Twenty-four men have pleaded innocent. Several of those ar raigned have pleaded guilty or innocent to varying counts. Phases of the Inquiry centered today at Hillsboro and The Dalles Five men, Clarence Adams, who was head of the AFL teamster union hiring hall at Portland; Fred P. Upson, a teamster busi ness agent; William Blackwell, teamster; William Larose and Ar thur Lowther pleaded guilty be fore Circuit Judge Fred Wilson, who delayed sentencing, at The Dalles on charges of property de struction by placing abrasives in five tractors owned by Terteling & Sons, contractors. David Rutz, eastern Oregon teamster organiz er, was indicted on the same charge and will plead tomorrow Ernest E. Carson, Jr., John E. Newland and Moore, all team sters, pleaded guilty in the jus tice court at Hillsboro to break ing windows in a tavern at Bea verton. They each have pleaded guilty to arson charges in the de- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6.) Goudy Seen Near Grand Jury Room Marion county's relief Investi gation apparently reached to the top of Oregon's relief administra tion yesterday as Elmer R. Gou dy, state administrator, entered the picture. Goudy was seen wait ing in the fourth floor hall of the courthouse, where the grand jury was In session, and pre sumably was called before the in vestigators before he left. The state administrator was believed to be under the jury's eye because his office, supervised by the state relief committee, has final authority as to the month ly budgets allowed the county re lief committees. Complaint has been voiced locally at times, es pecially during the rush of case work occasioned last December by the lowering of the old age as sistance age limit, that the state committee has refused to permit the employment of an adequate relief staff here. The grand jury will continue its probe today with several new witnesses expected to appear on the waiting benches outside the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4.) Mountain States Rate Cut Ordered Rate reductions affecting 7787 patrons of the Mountain States Power company In the Coos bay, Willamette valley and Tillamook districts, were announced Thurs day by N. G. Wallace, state utili ties commissioner. Commercial lighting and gen eral power customers will benefit from the' reductions in the Coos bay and Willamette valley sec tions. Residential and general power users will benefit from the decreases In the Tillamook dis trict. : The total annual reduction was estimated at I S 0,0 00. "The principal object of the re ductions," Wallace said, "was to bring the company's schedules Into line with the present-day practice and to provide greater promotional features." The reducUons were brought about through a series of confer ences between Wallace and the power company officials. Anti-Nazi Crowd Riots; Storms Score Injured In Gash Over "Celebration" German-Americans Deny It's Such; Say Just Routine Meeting Kunze Says no Definite Program but Opposed to Various Evils PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-(jP)-An anti-nazl crowd tonight stormed what police described as a meeting of the German-American bund and turned the gather ing into a riot. More than a score' of persons were Injured In the fist fighting that raged in the small hall until riot squads arrived. Police Inspector William Scull said he was told the rally was in tended as a celebration of Hitler's seizure of Austria. W i 1 h e 1 m Kunze, bund leader, was sched uled to speak. A man who Identified himself as Sam Bernstein, was cut on the face. He said someone struck him with a blackjack. As police separated the partici pants in the "free-for-all," mem bers of the citizen 8 anti-nazi com mittee paraded in the street with signs reading "down with Hitler and his U. S. followers." The pickets later disbanded and sporadic fist fighting broke out along the street. ; ' 1 Scull later withdrew a police (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6.) Alcatraz Escapes Reported in East 2 Men Described; Doubt s Expressed There and by Prison Chief ST. LOUIS, March 24-(P)-Po-lice headquarters here said that a "tip" from detective magazine reader caused them to notify Chicago that Ted Cole and Ralph Roe, Alcatraz prison escapers, "might" be en route to Chi cago. Officers said, however, they were skeptical of the accuracy of identification of the men, who were reported by the detec tive story fan to have eaten din ner here last night. "Probably a bum steer,' the office of the chief of detectives commented. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 (fl3) Warden James A. Johnston of Alcatraz prison expressed doubt tonight the men St. Louis, MO., police reported were head ing toward Chicago vere Ted Cole and Ralph Roe, escaped Alcatraz convicts. "I still doubt that 'hey are (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Stream Pollution Petitions Appear PORTLAND, March 24-WV-Pe-titlons were being circulated to day to obtain 22,000 signatures necessary to initiate the stream purification bill sponsored by a group of citizens headed by State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman. "If this measure passes, it will set ap a commission with the necessary authority to rid our streams of pollution," Holman said. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., March 24-(Jpy-FouT new champions emerged tonight from an Oregon amateur boxing tournament which saw four 1)37 victors hold their lau rels. Title holders were: 112 pounds Ray Merrill, St. Helens' CCC Camp Cascadla; 118 pounds Boh Quamme, Salem; 12 pounds Jack Bahlman, Mult nomah club; 135 pounds Tom Moyer, Multnomah club; 147 pounds Connie Man, Chemawa; 160 pounds Roy Qulsenberry, Oregon A A club; 175 pounds Wayne ; Dillingham, Springfield high school; heavyweight Bill Brltton, "Pacific university.' TACOMA, Wash. March24-4P) -Jack McComber, 173, of Tacoma, knocked out Al Gaynor, 172, of Ashevllle, N. C, In the second round of their scheduled eight- round feature bout here , tonight. Bund's Leader oi Bund Is Storm Center WILHELM KUNZE Coodenough Bids For Mayor Post Former Alderman Is Sole Opponent to Chadwick to File so Far Edwin C. Goodenough, stating "Goodenough's the name; 'good enough' is the slogan," yester day announced hi3 candidacy for city mayor to oppose W. W. Chadwick, the only other prev iously filed candidate. Goodenough, who resides at 270 West Rural avenue, former ly held the position of alder man from ward 7 on the city council, which he resigned in January of this year to run for city attorney. Advocating complete revision of the city charter entailing re ducing the number of aldermen by half, definite fixing cf re sponsibility on both elective and appointive officials and close cooperation between the various departments and the council, Goodenough pledges his efforts, if elected, to making the city charter an Instrument "designed to cope With the problems of to day rather than those of fifty years ago." "For a long period of time an out-moded, antedated, cum bersome system of municipal gov ernment has attempted to trans act city business through a mayor and fourteen aldermen. It has been, and still is, the acme of imperfection and buck-passing," Goodenough states. Proclaiming that "the present (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Hoffman Attacks Roosevelt Policy WASHINGTON, March 24H3V House republicans criticized Pres ident Roosevelt today for remov ing Arthur E. Morgan from the chairmanship of the TVA and for permitting what was called a "demoralizing national scandal" concerning postmaster appoint ments. , Representative Hoffman (R, Mich.) said the president's expla nation of his action against Mor gan had a hollow ring. He recalled that the United Mine workers, headed by John L. Lewis, the CIO leader, had con tributed 1500,000 to Mr. Roose velt s 1936 campaign run a. CIO members, Hoffman con tinued, "openlj, defiantly and brazenly defied the authorities of state and nation" by sitdown strikes In the automobile industry. : " J V JT i J Senate Hits Capital Taxes, Attempt to Soothe Business WASHINGTON, March 24-(ff) The senate finance committee torpedoed two administration tax proposals today and substituted levies more pleasing to business. ' In a day-long session designed to hasten enactment f the tax revision' measure, the commit tee clipped out the undistributed profits tax and drastically revised the capital gains levy. Both had been approved In' the . house. Chairman Harrison (D-Mtss) of the senate group said he be lieved the changes ' would stim ulate business, resulting In " In creased revenue to the treasury. "We think the change in the capital gains levy probably ;will do more good than , any other feature of the tax bill.' Harrison said. "It should release capital that now is frozen up. Administration- leaders Indi cated they; would fight on the senate. -floor to restore the un Session Premier TeHs Hitler Britain Ready to Fight Chamberlain Neglects to Pledge Armed Aid to Czechoslovakia Talks With Italy Reveal Bright Peace Outlook Leader Announces LONDON, March 24-)-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to day let Relchsfuehrer Adolf Hit ler know Great Britain might have to fight If Germany started a war in central Europe. But he balked at a prior pledge of armed help tor Czecho sovakia in event of armed ag gression as he laid down the broad lines of British foreign polley in a 57-minute statement in the crowded house of com mons. Joseph P. Kennedy, United States ambassador to the Court of St. James', sat in the diplo matic gallery for the first time with diplomats of other powers. Envoys of Germany and Italy ap parently were absent. Lord Halifax, foreign secretary, repeated Chamberlain's state ment, the most Important declara tion by a British prime minister 6ince the World war. In the house of lords. In his broad address, the lanky prime minister also: 1. Rejected Soviet Russia's call (Turn to Page 16, Col. 6.) Insurance Angle Receives Mention Mrs. Bedford not to Get Large Amount, Claim of Her Husband ST. HELENS, Ore., March 24. OP) Mrs. Agnes Joan Ledford, 35, on trial for the poison death of her stepdaughter, Ruth, 13, could have received only 250 insurance for the death of the child and her sister, Dorothy, 15, her husband testified today. Mrs. Ledford' Is charged in a separate indictment with the death of Dorothy. George Ledford said he took out a SI 000 Insurance policy on the family, but reread It and learned Mrs. Ledford, the beneficiary, could receive only 250 if the in surance had continued for 90 days. He asserted Mrs. Ledford did not know she was beneficiary un til her trial opened. The girls died last September, six weeks after Ledford said he took out the pol icy to cover possible death of his parents. Mrs. Ledford, recalled to the stand, replied, "no, not a speck," (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4.) Robert I ruin 1$ Sane, Finding of Commission NEW YORK, March 24 Robert Irwin, 29-year-old sculp tor, accused of killing Veronica Gedeon, artist's model, her moth er an da lodger last Erster, was declared sane today In a lunacy commission report to General Sessions Judge John J. FreschL No date has been set for his trial. distributed profits tax, which President Roosevelt has been re ported to favor. They said there would be less sentiment for re storing the capital, gains pro visions. For the profits levy the com mittee substituted a Cat 12 per cent rate on corporation Incomes. Special treatment would be pro Tided for small companies. In place of the house-approved sliding s e a 1 of capital gains rates, the committee approved ft flat rate of IS per cent. This generally will apply to long term capital, gains, or those real ized on assets held more than 18 months. ;:' . Under both the house and sen ate committee proposals, capital gains were divided into two clas sifications short term and -long term. Roswell Magill, treasury un jtTurnto Page 2, CoL 2.) n i ii i roiana Accora Causes Unrest In ligation National Union Control Is Wanted in France; Senate Is Hostile Strikes Spread in Metal Industries; Contract -Demand Is Basis KAUNAS, Lithuania. March 24. (fl3) Resignation of the Lithuan ian cabinet amid widespread bit terness over the nation's capitu lation to Poland was announced officially tonight. President Antanas Smetona ac cepted the resignations of Premier Juozas Tubelis and his ministers and Chief Army Chaplain Mironas formed a new government., Mironas is a good friend of the president. All new ministers were members of the government party. The government had been under fire since last Saturday, when It yielded to a warlike Polish ulti matum demanding that relations between the two countries be "normalized." PARIS, March 24.-(JP)-France tonight faced a new cabinet crisis when the hostile senate rejected one of Premier Leon Blum's finan cial bills and made it clear it wanted him to resign to make way for a national union government. Many deputies said the days of his second people's front govern ment, formed March 13, were numbered. Strikes grew in the Paris region among metal workers and (.000 chemical workers in factories in the Lille district quit work for an hour and a half. The workers all belong to un ions under control of the General Confederation of Labor, one of the most powerful elements bebiadv the people's front. Members of the rightist labor organization at the Citroen plants issued a protest against the strikes, calling them "illegal." Leaders of the more than 20, 000 "metallos" on strike in the Paris region said their move was for new collective contracts. Leaders of the Lille strikers said their action was "only a. warning" of a threatened occupa tion strike unless the men won their fight for automatic wage in creases to keep step with rising The senate in its action against Blum rejected by 193 to 88 votes a bill already approved by the chamber of deputies to permit the premier to transfer a surplus from the exchange equalization fund to me special iuuudm ueicuev count. Permission was sought to take 3,149,000,000 francs (294,470, 000) from the stabiXzatlon fund, for defense needs. The senate later adopted a bill giving the gov ernment an extra 5,000,000,000 francs ($150,000,000) from the Bank of France to meet current expenses. The margin was 15$ votes to 137. r Blum did not pin the fate of his government on the stabilization fund question and therefore re mained in power. The possibility he might resign without attempting to force his bill through the senate was seen by political observers in the an nouncement that an extraordin ary cabinet meeting was called for 10 a. m. (5 a. m., EST) teaior row. j The chamber of deputies mean while unanimously passed s bill providing for "total mobilization' of France in time of war. Huge Battleships Receive WASHINGTON, March 24-iP-Giant battleships exceeding 35, 000 tons each apparently, are to be added to the fleet construction programs of the United States and Great Britain. The two nations, holding naval consultations in London, have de termined to Invoke the escalator clause of the London naval treaty, officials disclosed today. , This clause permits the nations t scrap a provision limiting battle ships to 35;000 tons. Britain desires to set a new upper limit, possibly 42,000 tons. The United States prefers at thlsi time not to be hampered by new 1 limit, at least, not until the plana of Japan become better know and our own are more matured. Donald Young9r Deputy Lane DA Dies Suddenly EUGENE, Ore., March S4- -Donald Young, 48, deputy Lane county district attorney, dropped dead tonight while playing hand ball. He was graduated front the Minnesota law school. Surviving are his widow and two children. - Approval