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day with slowly rising
temperature, lower humid
ity; max. temp. Wednes
day. 65, mln. 48, river .2
foot. NW wind, cloudy.
Vacation Season
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Guests Roam
In Corridors
Sans Bellhop
Eight Hostelries Struck
by Walk out . of 2000
Union Employes
Hotels Keep up Service
"as Managers Help
Unload Bags
PORTLAND, June it(VP))
Guests and hotel employes allk
wandered bewildered' through
Portland hotels tonight as 1,259 to
2ft00 onion workers Quit work In
eight of the city's largest-hostel
ries.
Elevators stopped running.
Guests of the - nearly full hotels
sought stairways- and faced the
prospects of going out for their
meals. Waiters and waitresses in
hotel dining rooms also struck.
The strike, called to force reco
gnition of hotel unions as bar
gaining agencies tor all hotel
workers, found bellboys, elevator
operators and desk clerks uncer
tain what they would do.
While a large majority accept
ed I the unions' edict, at least a
small number refused to. quit
work.
All Hotels Stay Opesi
Hotels kept up a semblance of
service. -Managers took overreg
istration deBks, helped unload
baggage and carry it to rooms. In
some hotels, a number of employ
ers continued to work and the
Multnomah, one of the largest,
claimed 75 employes stayed on the
lob. No hotel closed.- -
Pickets surrounded the .block
Square hotel, although the effects
of the strike spread eV wly. Other
hotels were unaffected until pic
kets appeared.
Comical scenes were enacted, by
Irate guests, unaware of the
strike, punched elevator bells bel
ligerently and complained about
lack of service. They soon learn
ed they had to walk. Many were
In the city for the opening of the
annual rose festival today.
Only eight major hotels were
listed for picketing tonight, a
union official said. He said they
were the Congress, Heathman, New
lleathman, Multnomah, Portland.
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RICHMOND. Va., June 8 (JPy
Toll-taker John Llewellyn 4iad to
talk fast to convince a bus driver
that his shocking behavior was
a matter , of physics and not
a practical joke.
The driver handed Llewellyn
a coin. Then he. drew back with
a yell of pain 'as a charge of
static electricity generated by hl3
bus was grounded through the
coin and the man standing at
the toll-house on the Robert E.
Lee bridge.
Llewellyn's explanation nacl
fied the irate driver, but now
Llewellyn keeps the bridge sur
face wet to grourd electricity
from vehicles, before toli-Uikin2
time. , ;
HILLINGS, Mont., Jnne 8 (JP)
Night and day guards with
pressure burners were sta
tioned on the east and south
bridges spanning the Yellow,
stone river near Billings to
day as hordes of cannibalistic
Mormon crickets threatened to
Invade this city.
Insect control ofirials said
tonight that migrations are
under control and we don't be.
lieve the crickets will cross
the river as an army of 75
men worked to save thousands
of acres of land from the crop
devouring insects.
OH trucks worked day and
night as workers spread the
thick coat of oil on streams
and Irrigation ditches running
Into the river.
NEW YORK, June S (JF)
A young "'baboon without . a
country" started his third voy
age across the Atlantic aboard
the S.S. Queen Mary today.
Two weeks ago an unknown
Jcker sent the baboon to a pass
enger as the ship was ready to
sail from New York. The pass
enger refused the bon voyage
gift, and British port officials
-would not permit the ape to be
put ashore in Southampton.
When the Queen Mary arrived
Monday, American officials also
barred the baboon. They said the
animal had no papers to show
his origin and no health certifi
cate . -
ose Mestival Opens
Philippine Volcano
Active as Seventh
Qf
Erup
Towns at Base of 7900-Foot
as 10-Year Inactivity
Four Provinces
MANILA, June 9 (AP) -Flaming1 lava in increasing
volume poured from the crater of Mayon volcano today,
seventh day of eruption of the
Practically all towns and
volcano were deserted after a night of the most violent erup
tion since the crater awakened last Friday night after 10
years of Inactivity.
Clouds! of J vocanic ash have
spread before the wind over four
provinces and some observers
feared the continued rain of ash
might bring destruction to all
crops, including those of hemp and
coconut plantations.
Refugees jammed half a doz
en concentration camps set up
in Al bay province, location of
the 7,900-foot fire pot, and all
relief agencies were concentrat
ing on the problem of feeding
and housing the multitude.
The -. populace became more
nervous .hourly as the volcano
showed no signs of quieting. Oae
village reported that sight of
fire and smoke spewing from
the crater had caused one man
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British Port in
Spain Is Bombed
GANDIA, SPAIN, June S-UJPl)
A single insurgent seaplane
wrecked j this British-operated
Spanish port today and other
raiders dropped explosive visiting
cards along the Mediterranean
coast of government Spain.
Rescurers were still digging In
the ruins or . Alicante, the last
previous port of call of the lone
marauder, when it appeared here,
sank a British dredger, bombed
and machine-gunned the port,
whose rooftops are covered with
British colors.
British property was damaged
extensively, but there were no
casualties. Edwin Apfel, British
manager ! of the port, estimated
the damage at about $87,000.
A Madrid dispatch said a Brit
ish destroyer was putting Into
Gandia to investigate circum
stances of the attack.
Insurgent planes also raided
Villajoyosa, just above Alicante,
but there was no report of cas
ualties there.
June Cold Wave
Strikes Bottom
The early June cold wave by
contrast ; with Monday's 92-degree
maximum temperature -s truck
bottom at 65 yesterday afternoon,
last night's weather bureau fore
cast for! today and Thursday In
dicated. The temperature will rise
slowly, humidity will be slightly
lower and the skies will be fair,
the bureau predicted.
Cloudy weather was forseen
near the coast.
Logger Hit and Killed'
By Loosened Guy Wire
IIILLSBORO, June 8 (JF) A
loosened guy wire whipping
downward struck and killed Joe
Hartman. 36, Portland, today.
He was employed at the Consoli
dated Logging company cams
near Glenwood. 15 miles north
of Forest Grove.
Ninety -One Seniors Will Join
In Willamette Commencement
Ninety-one Willamette unlver-
versity seniors are participating
in the 96th annual commence
ment exercises this week on the
university campus. The gradu
ation exercises will take place
Saturday afternoon at 4:15
o clock at the Elsinore . theatre
with Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas of
Los Angeles as the commence
ment speaker. The trustees, fac
ulty and seniors will assemble
at the 1 First Methodist church
at 3:45 p.m. and march in cap
and gown to the theatre.
Dr. Doufclas. a noted author.
lecturer and clergyman, has writ
ten several best-selling novels,
two of - his best known being
Magnificent Obsession" and
Green Light.
Dr. Douglas received the de
grees of Bachelor of Arts and
Master of Arts from Wittenberg
More
Day
don Is Passed
Fire Cone Evacuated
Ends; Ashes Cover
Crop Loss Feared
mighty fire mountain.
villages near the base of the
Over 1000 Swim
At Gty's Pools
Cool breezes deterred not the
quest of Salem youngsters for
the "or swimmln't hole" as yes
terday 653 body dpnkers whaiea
the cold, cold Santiam water of
Leslie pool and 525 braved the
nearly as cold water of the
dinger pool as the city's sum
mer playground program got
under way. Because water for
the dinger dip comes from Mil!
crri it is several degree v arm
er.
While pool directors Gurnee
Flesher and Harold Hauk, and
Superintendent Vern Cilmore, In
dicated that breezy weatner.cut
down first-day attendance, ttey
were thankful as they raid jung-
aters were Inclined to overdo
themselves at the beginning of
the season If the weather Is hot.
In addition to swimming pool
attendance, more than 200 young
sters played Softball and games
at dinger playground, and near
ly as many took advantage of
Leslie's play field.
The pools and playgrounds
will be open daily from 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m.
Dr. Culver Dies;
Was Known Here
PORTLAND, June 8.-UP)-Dr.
R. B. Culver, 50, former member
of the Linfield college faculty,
died Tuesday in Beaumont, Calif.,
friends here learned today. He
was once head of the department
of religion at the. college, j
Dr. Raymond Culver was well
known here, both as a worker in
young people's organizations and
as a leading figure in the Ore
gon Baptist conference.!
I He left Linfield several years
ago to be president of a midwest
em college. While he was a mem
ber of the Linfield faculty he was
a frequent speaker here.
Highway Flagman
Injured by Auto
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THE DALLES, June S.-iJP)-
Omer O. James, Hood River, a
flagman for I the state highway
commission, was struck today by
an automobile driven by Raymond
E. Hines, 18, Mt. Hood, and
dragged 29 feet. James was in a
hospital here In a. critical condi
tion from a broken neck, brain
concussion and face lacerations.
The accident occurred west of
the tunnel when the brakes on
Hines' automobile failed to bold
as he swerved off the highway to
avoid running into the machine
ahead of him. He was arrested by
the state police on a charge of
driving an automobile with inade
quate brakes.! . ' rj '
College. Springfield, Ohio, and
from there went to Hamma Di
vinity school from which he
earned the Bachelor of Divinity
degree in J, 9:0 3. He has served
pastorates in Manchester. ; Ind.;
Lancaster. Ohio; Washington, U.
C; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Los An
geles, Calif.; and Montreal, Can
ada. The degree of Doctor of Di
vinity was conferred on Dr. Doug
las by the Fargo (North Dako
ta) College, the University of
Southern California and the Uni
versity of Vermont. ; ."
Following the commencement
exercises the alumni banquet will
be held at :30 o'clock at the
First Methodist Episcopal church.
The business meeting,; at: which
Clarence Emmons, president, wiU
preside, will follow the dinner.
Also on Saturday's schedule
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Southerners
Hold out on
If . TTn
am
Filibuster Threatened as
Irreconcilahles Bide
Their Time
Even Compromise Is not
Satisfactory to
Deep South
WASHINGTON, June t.-iJPf
An Irreconcilable southern fac
tion held out firmly tonight
against a wage-hour compromise
otherwise generally approved, and
thereby kept uncertain the date
on which congress would adjourn.
Whether the southerners would
be content to vote against the new
proposal or would convert their
opposition Into a senate filibuster.
which might prolong the session
for several weeks, was the ques
tion. And. for strategic purposes.
the southerners weren't saying-
yet.
The wage-hour progTam was
formally approved today by 12
of the 14 members appointed In
the house and senate to draft a
compromise. It was proposed by
one of the three southern mem
bers of the conference committee.
Representative Ramspeck (D-Ga.)
and con tain d enough concessions
to the south to attract the sup
port of another. Senator Pepper
(D-Fla.).
But the remaining southerner,
Senator Ellender (D-La.), was
quick and emphatic in announc
ing his opposition. Ellender Is re
garded as the spokesman for
like-minded southern group.
Says Eagle
Flies Again
In the conference committee,
however, Ellender was joined only
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Japanese Ready
For Chengchow
SHANGHAI, June -(Thursday
)-(JP)-Japanese Infantry and
artillery units strengthened their
positions for a direct assault on
strategic Cengchow today.
Chinese admitted that the Jap
anese were within a few miles
of that bitterly-contested objective
the junction of the Lunghal and
Peiping-Hankow railways, pre
paratory to advancing toward the
provisional capital, Hankow, 300
miles southward.
Although foreign military ex
perts estimated that the Japanese
had lost 300,000 killed and
wounded and the Chinese more
than 1,000,000 in the 11 months
of undeclared war. Indications
were that the Japanese were
pressing on vigorously despite re
cent heavy casualties.
Minneapolis Man
To Head Shriners
LOS ANGELES. June 8.-UPV-
Andrew A. D. Rahn, of the Zuh
rah temple, Minneapolis, Minn.,
was elevated today to the office
of imperial potentate of the
ancient Arabic order, Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine as Galloway
Calhoun, of Karem temple, Waco,
Tex., won the only contested
office.
The Texan was elected over
John H. Zink of Baltimore, Md.,
and Stephen S. Jones, Louisville,
Ky., to the post of outer guard.
He will become imperial poten
tate In 1949 bjr right of succes
sion.
Astoria Tot Dies
In Odd Accident
ASTORIA. Jane S.-CTi-The
mother of Beverley Corlne Faul-
leur,'3, returning from a, tele
phone call, was horrified today
to find her daughter strangled to
death in the famUy automobile.
The mother was backing the
machine out of the garage when
she was called to the telephone.
While she was gone, the child In
some manner wedged her head
through a. narrow window open
ing, lost her footing and fell,
strangling.
Non-Suit Denied "
In PT&T Action
PORTLAND, June I (Jp)
Circuit Judge Jacob Eanzler de
nied a defense motion for a non
suit today in the $100,000 dam
age action of Coe E. White,
former Pacific Telephone A
TelegTaph , company engineeT.
against the company and R. V.
Jenkins, special agent.
White alleged be was wrong
fully arrested In connection with
a holdup of the company's of
fices. A s-rand Jury absolved him.
Hour rrosr
Kidnaped Boy's -Body
Discovered
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JIMMY CASH -
Roosevelt
For More Millions
Widespread Unemployed
Base for Plea for
$175,000,000
WASHINGTON, June 8-((iT))-Presldent
Roosevelt appealed to
legislators today to add 175,
000,000 to a pending appropria
tion for WPA relief. He based
his plea on widespread unemploy
ment. Originally, be asked that con
gress appropriate $1,250,000,000
for the purpose in the spending
lending bill of more than $3,500.
000. The house voted the sum.
for the first seven months of the
next fiscal year.
Later,, the senate, with admin
istration approval, increased the
figure , to .11.425,000.000. The
president, in a letter to Speaker
Bankhead. suggested today that
the higher figure be approved also"
by house conferees who will be
gin tomorrow the task of recon
ciling differences with the senate
on the big lending-spending meas
ure. . -
411 Speaking Finals to
Be Put on Air Friday
CORVALLIS, Jan e 8.-
broadcast of the finals of the Ore
gon 411 club speaking! contest
wiU be made over KOAC here
next Friday at 7:45 p. m., the
winner getting a trip to Pullman.
Wash., to compete In the regional
contest. The subject of the 'de
bate will be: "Why should young
people be interested in coopera
tion?" i
Cops Play Hide and
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Appeals
After holding up a market In Brooklyn, IV. Joseph Fnlglerre
attempted to evade capture by darting Into a car barn where be
disappeared. There were SS ears la the barn. Police had 87 moved
before Folgiere was discovered hiding under the last one, (inset).
"We give yon a minute or we hoot,' said police hot the bandit
' had to be Crafted from madev t&e car with one fun atOl pointing
at cxmv -
Truck DriverMdmitsReceM
$10(WORansdmbutM
Confession of Brutal Killing
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Fire Rages in
Canton While
Deaths Climb
Dead and Injured Coun
Is 8000 as Planes
Raid 12th Day
All Utilities Quit Work
and Oil Tanks Burn
as Bomhs Drop
CANTON. June -((P)) Unre
lenting Japanese bombardment of
this once-prosperous South China
metropolis has started huge nres
crippled the city's utilities, and
pushed the toll of dead and Injur
ed above 3.000.
Twenty-five Japanese , planes
struck at Canton last night in the
third raid of the day and the city's
second successive night raid in
12 days of bombardment.
The fliers dropped incendiary
bombs on Canton s west bund, be
hind the Asia hotel. A huge
fire raged just opposite Shameen
the city's foreign quarter.
8,000 KlUcd, SOO Wounded
There was no way of determln
ing accurately the toll of dead
and injured in the wave of bom
bardments which started May 23,
but conservative estimates before
last night's raid were that at least
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Robbery Suspects
Said U0 Students
SAN JOSE, Calif., June S
T w o men who ' identified
themselves as University of Ore
gon , students, Clarence Sebas
tian, 20, majoring in social sci
ence, and Hay den J. Price, 23,
law student, were under arrest
tcaay after being captured in a
chase through downtown streets
Constable Larry Harris said
their automobile contained guns
and loot taken In thefts' along
the Pacific coast. University rec
ords gave Sebastian's home as
Los Angeles and Price's as Riv
erside, Calif.
Seek With
Bandit Under 38 Street Cars
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Harvard to Give
MA Degree Honor
To Walt Disney
BOSTON, une" 8 VP The
Boston Traveler in a copyright
ed article today says ' that Har
vard university will confer a
Master of Arts degree-upon Walt
Disney, creator and producer of
animated cartoon ; motion pi
tures, at Us commencement ex
ercises June 24.
j The paper says that In honor
ing Disney- for his achievements
in the field of cinematography
and animated cartooning, the
college reached, into the field of
cinema for the first time in its
300 years history.
A few days ago Disney re
ceived an honorary degree from
the University of Southern Call
fornia.
Maneuver Speeds
WPA Investigation
Ten Senators ' Sponsors
of Resolution for WPA
I Fund Probe
WASHINGTON, June t.-(JP)-
Ten senators sponsoring a resolu
tlon for an investigation of any
use of WPA funds for political
purposes . succeeded today in
parliamentary maneuver Intended
to hasten action on it and confi
dently predicted its eventual ap
proval. ' "
At the request of Senator Tyd
ings (D-Md.), the resolution was
taken from the senate appropria
tions committee and referred te
the audit . committee, of which
be Is a member. Tydlngs and nine
others introduced the resolution.
Resolution Calls for
Committee of Three
- Under the resolution, a three-
member senate committee would
be set up to hear any charges that
work relief had been so adminis
tered as to "intimidate, coerce or
influence" WPA workers.
In asking that it be sent to the
audit committee, Tydings said
that leaving It with the appropria
tions committee might cause . de
lay, j
The resolution " would provide
$10,000 for the investigation, and
an expenditure of this kind re-
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Queen Frances II
Ruler of Rosaria
PORTLAND, June 8.-(VThe
30th annual rose festival, defying
traditional rains, opened today
under sunny but cool skies with
the crowning of Frances Hulse,
queen. - ;
A year ago, charming Miss
Hulse was a resident of Kansas
but ber beauty quickly conquered
Oregon. -- -.
A band from. Pasadena's famed
tournament of roses was on hand
to harmonize for an enthusiastic
crowd. . - .
Tomorrow the festival has Its
climax in the annual floral parade
through downtown Portland.
Denmark's Queen
Attacked by Dog
COPENHAGEN, June &.-UP)-
queen Alexandrine of Denmark
was severely bitten by a dog to
day as she walked on the beach
at Klltgaarden, 'one of the royal
residences.
The queen was taken to a hos
pital where she receded serum in
jections and the wound was
dressed. :
She was able to return home
later. ,
Man Drowned May 25
Discovered . in River
OREGON CITY, June 8 UPl-r
The: body of Elmer. Moser, 24.
was ' recovered today from the
Willamette river about three
miles south of here today after
boys found it. Moser disappeared
near bis Stafford home on May
25. He had drowned but whether
be fell, jumped or was thrown
into the river, has not been de
termined. Judges Announced for
15th Molalla' Buckaroo
OREGON CITY. June 8 UPV
Judges for the 15th annual Molal
la buckaroo. to be held July 2-3-4,
were announced today. They will
be R. H. Adams, Cody, Wyo., W.
H. Swltzler; Umatilla, and Herb
Thompson, Pendleton. Prizes of
$2,500, a thousand dollars more
than last year, hare been posted.
McCall Admits
Writing Notes
States Hoover
Body and Bills Found in
Area Searched Week
' ago by Posse
Hoover Reveals Finding
of Body to Newsmen
and Goes to Bed
MIAMI, Fla., June 9-(Thurs-day)-iTVFederal
agents ' found
the body of kidnaped James Bai
ley Cash; jr., last night, recovered
the $10,000 ransom the father
bad paid and arrested a suspect.
JEdgar Hoover, director ef
the federal bureau of investiga
tion, announced Franklin Pierce
McCall, 21, a truck driver who
had been living at the Cash apart
ment house in Princeton, ad
mitted writing the three ransom
notes and collecting the money.
The body of the five-year-old
youngster and the ' ransom bills
were found- in the vicinity ot
Princeton, south of here, in
area that bad been searched
volunteer posses last week.
McCall Admits
Only Notes
Hoover's statement, which
an
ky
he
declined to amplify, said McCall
made no admissions as to the
perpetration of the actual abduc
tion and slaying and Indicated the
Investigation was not completed.
His oral announcement follows
in full: .
"We have been able to recover
the body of the little Cash boy.
The "body will be removed to Mi
ami -for autopsy and examination.
It was found about a half mile
west of Princeton on Coconut
Palm road In a clump ot almost
impenetrable underbrush, palmet
to bushes, at 2:03 a.m. Thurs
day. "
"The- kidnaping took place
shortly after 10:00 p. m.. May 28,
and the first note was delivered at
10:00 p. m. that night at the home
of the boy's uncle, Asbury Cash.
That note gave the location of the
second note, the cabin of a negro.
John Manuel, who had nothing to
dp with the kidnaping. There was
a demand therein for $10,000 to
be paid midnight May 30. In
that note the route was set to be
followed by the -father, James
Bailey Cash, sr., down Tallahassee
road to Mowry road to the Dixie
highway and back to Princeton.
The route was followed and noth
ing found.
"A third note was left at the
home of Wilson Cash artnidnlght
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Skin-Garbed Cave
Dwellers Appear
Here Today, 4:30
GRANTS PASS, June 8 jp
One of the strangest cavalcades
that ever crossed the state will
leave here tomorrow mo.-nmg
when cavemen and cavewom.-n
of the famous Grants Pass "Ore
gon Cave" organization tiavel in
native costume to the Rose Fes
tival at Portland.
Appearances will be cede, en-
route, ; at Roseburg, Cottage
Grove Eugene, Albany, Salem
(4:30 p.m.) and Oregon City.
Delegates at McMinnville
For 18th Annual Meeting
Of Professional Women
'MCMINNVILLE. June 8 iT
More than 300 delegates betan
arrivlnr here tonleht fnr lyia
opening tomorrow of the 18 th an
nual convention of the Oregon
Federation of Business and Pro
fessional Women's clubs. The
convention ends - Sundav with
general sessions starting Friday.
Amy Lreweiien, Pullman, Wash.,
national public relations chair
man, will address the mnfer.
ence Saturday and Dr. Elam J.
Anderson, president or Linfield
college, will speak Sunday arter
Installation of officers, who wi'l
be elected Saturday.
Lebanon Man Dies From
Rare Black Pox Disease
ALBANY. June 8 LV) T h e
first death from dreaded black
smallpox in the county withtn
the memories of physicians hera
occurred today. The victim was
C. McPherson. 57. Lebanon.
Doctors said a blood condition
complicated the smallpox infection.