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Newspaper Page TextFirst With Returns The Statesman brings- you this morning all of the elec tion returns from precincts that bad been counted np to the hoar of going to press. The Weather Fair today and Sunday, tempera tare above normal ; Max. Temp. Friday 81, 91 in. 42. river 2 feet, northerly wind, clear. vyvv pouNDno 1651 EIGHTY-EKiHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 21, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 47 mid Martini ad. toe; -' A i II ILT MUM V ,llJJltAmA W assr. W yf 1 INI u Alie F Gliadivick Gets Thousand Lead or Race Opponent, in Runoff not Certain ; - Goodenough and Olson Close Wieiler and , Gabriel Are , Ahead in Water Board -Race; Bonds Carry , NEAR-MIDNIGHT TOTALS . IN CITY ELECTION COUNT Mayor: - - ' (23 incomplete. 2 complete out of . ..-,..- 26) - ' ... Chadwick .26 71. . . Olson 1567. r' Goodenough 1548. " - Water CommJ&loncr, 2 to be elected: ; " i- . ' ' (23 incomplete, 2 complete) Wieder. 3295. Gabriel 3264. - Bliven 2745. . - . Sewer Bonds: Yes, 3718. , - No. 1872. Alderman, first ward: (2 complete, 2 Incomplete out of 4) Two-year term: .Nicholson 482. Bowman 481. Four-year term: Perrine 604. Yates 311. Alderman, second ward: (2 complete out of 3) Two-year term: . - Laugblin 252. LeGarie 223. Four-year term: Marshall 288. Geer 173, Alderman, third ward: .. (Final) Brown 520. Kletzing 205. . Alderman, fourth ward: (Final) Davison 505. - - . Evans 471. Alderman, sixth ward: (2 complete. 3 incomplete out of 5) ' Gregg 580. - Williams 275. McKlnney 194. Alderman, seventh ward: . (2 complete, 2. incomplete out of 4) French 563. jQhnson 489. "W. W. Chadwick "and one of his two opponents will nter a runoff - race in November for the' post as Salem's mayor, lncom plete returns from 24 of the city's 2 6 precincts Indicated shortly be fore midnight last night. While Chadwick held,;257S votes. Edwin C.' Goodenough' and Dr. O. A. Olson.- both former councllmen, had 1488 and 1493, respectively. It appeared .unlikely Chadwick could amass the ma jority required to elect at the pri mary city election. The race be tween uootenougn ana ur. uison was a see-saw affair as the re turns progressed. The same returns shewed Van Wieder, former councilman, and E. B. , Gabriel. Incumbent chair man. virtually certain of election to the city water commission. In only two precincts' Incomplete re turns had William Bliven third candidate received a majority. Throughout the count Wieder and Gabriel led. In the 24 pre cincts Wieder received 3179, Ga briel 3125 and Bliven 2653, with the counfflnished. The voters readily accepted the council's proposal to issue 850.' 000 in bonds to pay for sewage Improvements, needed in the vi cinity of the new capltol group In no precinct, reported was there a majority against the Issue. The 23-precinct incomplete total was 3567 yea and 1812 no. - Three of the eight council races indicated definitely the candidate elected. r Alderman E. B. Perrine, seek ng a second four-year term, con sistently kept ahead of S. J. Yates In the first ward and at the late count, with incomplete returns from all precincts, led his oppo nent 546 to 270. The other first ward council contest was a horse race with the lead switching back and forth be-; tween James II. Nicholson, incum bent, and Otto M. Bowman for the two-year term. Bowman held m 443 to 428 advantage. In the big second ward the pre cinct No. 11 counting board an - Bounced Its voters had given Dr, F. B. Laughlin. Willamette uni versity professor, a 157 to 130 . majority over L, F. LeGarie, in cumbent, for the two-year council term, and Alderman Frank P, Marshall a 159 to 107 lea,d over A. A. Geer for the four-year term. Precincts 2 and 23 remained to be heard from. Lawrence. N. Brown, young Sa lem attorney, appeared to have . swept both third ward precincts to -defeat, Ralph H. Kletilng for the council seat with the latest ' count 400 for Brown to 159 for Kletzing. The closest competition on the city council ballot saw Alderman W. D. Evans aneaa or Artnur u In Ma Early Mas I ii ozaze races' : s Above, Cliarlee A. Sprague of Sa lem who held an. overwhelming lead on ' early returns for the republican nomination for gov ernor. Middle picture, Buf us C llolman who was ahead for the US senator choice. Below, James W. Mott, safely renomin ated for state representative. Davison only 301 to 300 In. the fourth ward. The advantage alter nated as returns came in. " Alderman David O'Hara coast ed to victory in the fifth ward with no opponent on the ballot. v Fred A! j Williams, veteran councilman and one-time city at torney, and W. W. McKlnney ap peared decisively defeated by Glenn II. Grgg for the sixth ward council seat, Gregg piled up 602 votes to Williams' 226 'and' Mc Kinney's 162 , in , incomplete re turns from the ward's four poll ing places. , j . r Ahead at one time. Dr. W. A. Johnson, incumbent, had lost the lead to C. F. French in the sev enth ward race for. the council seat being rellnq-Jshed by Mer ril D. Ohling. Latest tally gave French 470 to Johnson's 331. with Incomplete returns from each precinct in the ward. - A. Warren Jones and Paul H. Hauser lacked opponents to their .reelection as city recorder and treasurer; respectively. . - The strong support given him led Chadwick to express his ap preciation to the voters formally. "I am indeed grateful for the confidence you have shown me with the fiae vote given me for the office of mayor," Chadwick's statement said. "If it will be nec essary for me to have a runoff with either of my opponents, I as sure you that I shall continue my campaign on my platform, to keep Salem a clean city, and. If elected. to carry on businesslike admini stration of the city government of Salem. I thank you alL" Congressmen Work As Oregon Votes WASHINGTON, May 20.-(- Oregon s tnree representatives professed to be nn worried as they spent the day at their desks while voters at ; home ballotted on whether to return them to office. None of ; the three, James W Mott, republican, of Salem; Nan Wood Honeyman, democrat, Port land, and Walter M. Pierce, demo crat. La Grande, returned home to campaign. ' The people of Oregon don't like to have their congressmen building . political . fences when there is work to be done in Wash ington," Mott explained. r 11 1 111 11 111 IJ,IBI ' 1 V';'" ' - - - ." - - K. Xartin Has 9 mm W m yoad in Lively. House Contest John - Steelhammer Good Second With' Duncan and Jones Next . McKay, R. Jones Favored U for Senate, Smith " 1 - for Commission : COUNTY'S REPUBLICAN -; . . - BALLOTS SHOW TKKNB-S State Senator: . . ., - . - -, Jones 2782. Keech. 212 9. , . ; McKay 3001. : . . Pepresentative: , "Duncan 1997, i Fuhrer 1936. i - Gouley 1877. ; ' -Jones 1941. . i Jory 1079. - Martin 2230. - ' Pruitt 1481. : . Settlemter 1438. Steelhammer 2174. Commissioner: . , - Hewlett 1537. Smith 1731. Libby 1206. - Hannah Martin and John Steel hammer were veil out in the lead in the Marion -sounty race for republican nomination to the state legislature on the - basis of a midnight tabulation of votes. George R. ' Duncan a n d H. R. Jones were next in order : but Walter Fuhrer was -IT five votes behind Jones and there was am pie opportunity for a change, in these standings, with Romeo Gou ley also very much In. the run ning. ' - Douglas McKay, incumbent, led the field of three for the two nominations for state a nator, with Ronald Jones a good second. . . For county commissioner. Jim Smith, who formerly held this office, was nearly 200 ahead of Leroy Hewlett Incumbent. - L lit ie iiecoraea County's Support llolman," Mott, Gram, and Barry- Other Favorites , . of Republicans REPUBLICAN STATEWIDE ' RACES. MARION COUNTY -- (35 precincts complete.) Governor:.'"1""-..:'. Brown 1374 : " Hansen 99 .. Hendricks 205 . .Morton 56 1 - Paine 128 v Shrock 54 Sprague 2126 Wagoner 432 Senator, short term: Barry 1593.- Ireland 1012 . Weed 1152 Senator, long term : Holman 3342 . Stanfield 1247 Congressman: 1 .Mott 3493 Norblad 1116 Labor Coram.:' Graham 1190 Gram 3010 i Republicans voters in Marion connty were strictly in line with the statewide trend, midnight tab ulations of votes revealed. In the race for the governorship noml nation, Charles A. Sprague of Salem held a 3-to-2 lead over his nearest opponent, Sam Brown of Gervais, both residents of the connty. .. Sprague's lead here was not as heavy as it was elsewhere In the state, but was expected to increase as Salem returns were tabulated A majority of the 35 precincts figuring in the midnight total were from rural districts. Earlier incomplete tabulations of Salem precincts had given Sprague much greater margin. These fig- ules were not included in the mid night total.. Rufus Holman was leading Rob ert N. Stanfield nearly 3-to-l for the nomination for US senator James W. Mott was more than that ahead of Walter Norblad for state representative. C- H. Gram's lead over David F. Graham for labor commissioner was about the same. . r Dallas, Wolf Creek Jobs Eligible, WPA WASHINGTON. May : 2 O.-OPy Senator Charles McNary listed the following Oregon projects as eli gible for WPA allotments:, - -: Wolf Creek highway, Washing ton county, $389,969; street Im provements, D a 1 1 a s , 816,775; street improvements. Troutdale, 39344; Improve water system at Newport, 85483; swimming . pool and other improvements for Sc Helens school, $31,826; Improve $5200. apragn Well Ahead in City Contests V Above, W. W. Chadwick, who held long ' lead . for ; xnayorality " nomination but apparently ' faced a run-off race In the fall; middle picture, E. B. Gabriel; . below'. Van Wieder, the last two - mentioned . . being J apparently ; safely' ahead for. the two place i on the water board. . . '. Trade Recovery Is Forecast Soon JJul War Blocking Social Progress, Says Labor '; - Chief at Geneva - i GENEVA, May lsHTy-Harold B. Butler, director of the in ternal labor office," predicted early business recovery in the United' States. ' but warns -that war la blocking world social progress and threatens - to pre cipitate a '.'total collapse." In his annual report, the Brit ish chief of the labor bureau,. a League of Nations organization, reported favorably on basic eco nomic conditions, buti declared war is already Invading tne so cial field." "It has already, blocked some of the main avenues of advsnce," Butler reported, "and may soon begin to sap the social ' edifice which this generation has taised. Should aaother general war rreak cut, a total collapse iat practically certain. ; Oiitlines Recession Factors But in the latter half of 1937, Butler said,1 the economic tide turned with stock market declines and breaks m raw material prices He said the major disturbance centered in the United Stateai He attributed the American, re cession to three factors! 1. "A reduction tn. government borrowing. , ' :. 2. A decline in new orders by over-stocked business houses. ; 3. The stock market collapse. House Is Robbed As Auto Blazes MeMINNVILLE, May t(.-&- The fire department rusnea 10 Mrs. ' James - McNab's : house, but tha firm was in her car. When it was extinguished she entered the house and met a man sue oenevea tn fc 'a. fireman and explained that the fire was out. He left hni-Herflv- Liter Mr. McNab re- nortpd a . lewelrr box and con tents valued at more than $20 had been taken from her bed room...... .. . .... .i. ...I mil... i ii. i. mm -in win 4 - " County Gives Small Margin To Incumbent Less Than 200; Mahoney, ' . Burk and Putnam -. Are Favored G. Potts High, House j Race; Potter Backed ' for Court Post MARION COUNTS" DEMOCRATIC . . - RETURNS ; 1 PRECINCTS US Senators T. - -.? Carl C. Donaugh 1533 . f Willis E. Mahoney 2673 - - Congressman: - - -' .- ! Andrew C. Burk 2740 - W. T. Miller 461 V : - Earl A. Nott 867 GoTernor: ' ; Henry L. Hess 1878 Charles H. Martin 2043 ' O. Henry Oleen 402 Snperlntendent ftubiie Instruction: John W. Leonhardt 1291 i Rex Putnam 2442 "v Labor Commissioner: Clarence F. Hyde 1903 Paul E. Roth 1523 . State Senator: T. A. Livesley and Harley O. White nominated. Representative in Legislature: Cora H.' Cooter 2201 . ; O. H. Lipps 2245 George W. Potts 2475 Bessie M. Richards 2071 Walter, Schrock 2083 ; County Commissioner: E. G. Kingwell 922 H. M. Potter 1615 C. T. Sweaney 930 - Marlon county democrats fa vored renomination of Governor Charles H. Martin by a small lead over Henry. Hess, according to incomplete returns . assembled by The Statesman. Willis E. Mahoney of Klamath Falls led for United States senator by a wide margin .over Carl C. Dcnaugh of Portland. Andrew C Bark, Marioncoun ty sheriff and candidate for nom ination for congress, led his two opponents by a vote more than double their , combined , total,' in the returns from his home county. : ' For' labor' commissioner Clar ence F. Hyde of Eugene was fa vored here by a comfortable mar gin over Paul E. Roth of Port land. t r " - Rex Putnam had a decisive margin in " Marion connty over John W. 'Leonhardt in the race for'' superintendent of public In struction; - - Harley White and T. A. Live sley won nominations . for the state senate, being unopposed for the two places. The battle for legislative posts was rather close, except for George W. Potts who was well but In front. Contend ers for, the remaining three posts, in the order, of precedence on incomplete returns were O. H. Linos. Cora H. Cooter. and Wai ter Schrock. with Mrs. Bessie Richards In fifth place In the bal lot count, though behind Schrock by only a small number of bal lots.' ' '. .- ' -- ' - H. M.' Potter of Silverton held s comfortable lead over C. T. Sweaney and EV G. Kingwell for county commissioner. Two Members of 4 Court Supported Bean, Bailey, Van Winkle Are Choices in This County's Tallies COUNTY JUDICIAL RESULTS, 51 PRECINCTS COMPLETE Position No. 2: Henry J. Bean 3979. George T. Cochran 660. Roy R. Hewitt 3529. John W. McCulloeh 1212. Howard K. Zimmerman 1806. Position No. 8: ' J. O. Bailey 721. 4 B. S. Martin 3628. Position No. tSs James T. Chlnnock 1027. , Hall S. Lusk 4654. L H. Van Winkle 5095. Incumbent Justices H e n r y J. Bean and J. O. Bailey, were fa vored In. the balloting In ! Marion county yesterday, on return from five-eighths of the precincts. I. IL, Van Winkle, attorney general, received a lead In his home coun ty aver Hall S. Lusk. incumbent. i For the position held by Judge Bean Roy R. Hewitt of Salem re ceived a heavy local vote, run ning only a few hundred behind the veteran-Bean. Other contend ers for this position were far in the rear. ' - K ; B. ,S. Martin was well behind Judge Bafleyr and James T. Chin hock failed to get into the run ning In his race with Lusk and Van Winkle. . . . , . Two Demos Who ' Are Well Ahead . : .-x V J ! i I - i - - I L in I i 'Hi III I li & , It - - - ?. I 1 ' .. I ' ' "7" Above, Willis Mahoney, leading for democratic nomination . for US senator; below, A. C Burk of Salem who was safety ahead for the nomination for con gressman. Sprague Martin ravorea in roiK Surveyor Race Only Close One There; Walker Is - Strongly Backed . DALLAS, May 20 Complete returns from 18 of the 35 Polk county precincts Joined the rest of Oregon in giving Charles A. Sprague a wide lead for the re publican gubernatorial nomina tion, but on the democratic side gave Governor Charles H. Martin a lead over Henry Hess. r In the only county contest in the republican party, , the race is close between Ralph . P. Howe and; Edw. 7 J. Hlmes, Incumbent for surveyor. In the 18 precincts, Howe led.' 682 to 644. . ' Judge Arlie G. Walker. In cumbent, walked away fro ri Her man Lafky, 1768 to 609. In the race for circuit court' Judge In Polk county. - V For representative In the state legislature, Harry Stone, Jr., was leading Henrietta B. Martin, 42,6 to s t (. t . - : - . The vote for. the 18 prtcincts completed at midnight; '.: Republican: ':-:.:--.:p -. ; For senator; Stanfield, - 400: Holman, 1059. . . - " " . For representative: Mott. 1196, Norblad. 269. - - , For- governor:1 Sprague 738; Wagoner, 151; Brown, 874; Han sen, 33; Hendricks, 34; Mcrton. 39; Paine, 66; Schrock, 17. ' , ' . Labor commissioner: Gram, 880; Graham, 407. tr1- County surveyor: Howe,1 682; Hlmes, 644.! 'Democratic ballot: - Senator: i ; Donaugh, 253 ; Ma honey, 538.1 . Representative in congress: Burk, 443! Miller. 117; Nott, 344.- - - ii , For governor: Hess, 391; Mar tin, 472 Oleen, 101. For superintendent tf public instruction;; Leonhardt, 232; Put man, 581. -it-' : y "For Jaboir commissioner: Hyde, 475; Rothi 294. State representative: "Martin, 247; Stone 426. - Z Judiciary ballot: ' ' . . -, Supreme court, position No. 2: McCulloeh, 2 3 3; Zimme.man; 427; Bean 885; Cochran. 77; Hewitt, 548. .-.- 'f ' Supreme court, position No. 2: Martin. 728; Baijey. 1403. Supreme court, position No. 5: Van Winkle. 1022, Chlnnock, 181 f Lusk. 1040. . Circuit court: Walker, X768, Lafky, 60 9. ; - . v ... : - Dismiss i Perkins, .. ? Legionnaires Ask ALBANY, May 20.-0P)-TweIve American Legion posts making up the Willamette valley council adopted ' a resolution requesting President Roosevelt to dismiss Frances Perkins as secretary- of labor. ;.v - . The resolution criticized the secretary's attitude toward aliens and alleged she supported legis lation discriminatory against American citizens. . Governor Is Ahead As Count Advances Margin of Over 2000 Held by - Labor Candidate Gut Down, Incumbent Goes Ahead in Early Morn Salem Republican l:: Over Sam Brown, Next in Line; Mahoney, Burk Well Ahead POR1LAND, Ore.," May 20- (AP) Governor Charles Martin gained it 22,041 to 21,614 lead over Henry L. Hess in the democratic contest for governor at the Oregon primary elections . V ; ,.: ' -. - r. ; , -'" V The count included. 822 of the 1681 precincts. The ad vantage came from the rural areas and the small cities after r Martin and Hess Race Is Feature Of State Count STATEWIDE RACES ARE TABULATED AT 1 P. M. Governor: Rep. (717 Precincts) Brown 6920. ! Hansel 2033. Hendricks 1058. Morton 1614. Paine 3262. . Shrock 1100. Sprague 24770. . Wagoner 4037. . Dem. (822 Precincts ) Hess. 21614 Martin 22041. ' ; ' -Oleen 2672. . . -U. S. Senator: Rep.-(Short term)-(686 Pre.) . Barry ,17002. . Ireland 10985. ' Weed 11923. Rep. (Regular term) - Holman 32800. . Stanfield 12982. Dem. (Regular term) Donaugh 14095. - Mahoney 25623: U. S. CongreHs: - (223 Precincts) Rep. (First district) Mott 17351. ' Norblad' 4442. . - Dem. ( First district) Burk 5700. Miller, 3061. , ' Nott 3851. . (142. Precincts) ' Rep. (Second .district) Balentlne 3389. '. Merrill 1737. Tull 1287. Dem (Second district) Crawford 2711. . Pierce 6152. Commissioner of Labor: - , Republican ' Graham 14414. " Gram 27756. -; .- ' ' Democrat Hyde" 16421. .. Roth, 14481. Snperlntendent: - .. Democrat . Leonhardt 12219. Putnam 182i3. State Supreme Court Ja.tlcesr Pos. No. 2 . Bean 31,453. ' Cochran 3764 - . Hewitt 11647. , McCulloeh 13966. Zimmerman 13797; ' Pos. No. 3 " Bailey 53824. Martin 15189. -Pos. No. 6 'Chlnnock 7222. Lusk 39.967. -Van Winkle 24,855. Sprague Declares Honor . As statewide returns continued to bring In reports f r. sr-stan-tlal lead In almost every county. Charles A, Sprague, Salem candi- i1f tnr -. rnnfi1liiifi nnmlnitlnn tnr rnnnuir ma A ttia following statement In 'response to an Asso ciated Press request: "It Is" a great honor to br cho sen as the nominee for governor or a state, i aeepiy appreciate im cate has been conferred on me by the repnbilcan voters of Oregon; and express my genuine gratitude in tkftM whnRfl annnnrt liti wnn tTin nnmlBiHnn fnr me. and tn the newspapers of the state for their Kindly assistance. : ;The . nomination Is a call to further duty. I accept the assign ment and announce my Intention ment ana announce my intention to wage a vigorous campaign to bring victory In November." George Jlubbs Continued . . , , As Silverton S llecorder RTLVETtTOM . Georere . Hnbbs incumoeiit, aeieatea iv. uresersoa by 10 votes for the position of . . . .r - . city treasurer In the city election Appreciated JL a . About Four to One vness naa once estaDiisnea a 2000 voie aavaniage cnieny on returns irom Jfortiand. Charles A. Sprague, Salem, es tablished about a four-to-one ad vantage over Sam Brown, Ger vais, in the eight-man race for the- republican gubernatorial choice.. Returns from 717 state precincts gave, Sprague 24.770, Brown 6920 and Clarence Wag oner, Portland, 4037; Hess, described by Martin fol lowers as a Lewis' CIO candidate, outdrewthe governor 9765 to 7470 In 374 of the -438 precincts in the Portland area. The metro politan district was the scene of the jurisdictional controversy in the sawmill industry between the CIO and AFL. Martin led a cam paign which resulted in scores of arrests and more than 30 convic tions in an elaborate investigation of labor disorders. The count In the rural areas and the smaller communities first cut the Hess margin to about 400. The former state senator's advan tage dropped more than 100 more as the Portland returns pro gressed toward a conclusion. CarlC. Donaugh, United States district attorney, conceded the democratic -nomination for -the regular senate term to Willis E. Mahoney. The returns from 6S6 precincts gave Mahoney 25T6Z3 and Donaugh 14.095. Both were vigorous new deal supporters. Rufus Holman, state treasurer led Robert N. Stanfield. former - ' lor iae republican nomination. Reports bad been gathered from 686 pre cincts. Alex Barry of Portland led by nearly 6000 votes in the repub lican race for the short term Jn the senate He drew 17,002 -retes In 686 precincts against 11.923 for T. McNary Weed of Beaverton and 10,986. for Reade M. Ireland of Grants Pass. The democratic candidate, Robert A. Miller of Portland, was unopposed. ' Three members of Oregon's congressional delegation. Repre sentative Walter -M.. Pierce (D), Representative Nan Wood Heney man (DJ, and James Mott (R) were well in the lead of their riv als, although none left th na tional capital to campaign. One hundred and forty-three precincts out of 415 gave Pierce 5152 and -Wade Crawford, a for mer official of the Klamath In dian reservation, 2711. Mrs. Hon eyman, the state's first woman representative, counted a tremen doua advantage in- 374 precincts out of 438 In the third district. She had e total of 11.226. William J. Prendergast, Jr., Portland, polled 3399 and Jacob Wagner. Portland 24 54. . Mott, the republican Incum bent; led Walter Norblad. state representative from Astort. it. 351 to 4442 In returns from 223 precincts out of S28. - U." S. Balentlne of Klamath Falls had a substantial majority over Bayard Merrill, Juetura, and Rennie TulJ, La Grande, for the republican nomination in the sec ond district. Andrew Burk appar ently bad a safe lead over W. T. Miller, Grants Pass, and .Earl A. Nott, McMinnville.- for the demo cratic choice In the first district. Homer Angell had 11,601 and Walter L. Tooie 7216 in 374 of the third district's 438 precincts for the republican nomination. High Price for Rogue Pine Bid MEDFORD, May SO-Ty-Karl 1. Janouch,, supervisor of the " juumu,. uirenwur m Rogue river national forest, said the Rogue River Supar Pine com- til it r ,i.n,..ji for 2.700.000 feet of white Dine In the Copland creek district was I oeuevea to be tne nienest price paid In Oregon and Washington tor any timoer except I'ort ur ford cedar. i "s tuuiu bwicu today. The timber will .be proo The company started cutting j essed at the firm's plant is Cen- tral Point.;