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Softball Season The season of night soft Ttall ander the lights tartlBg. The Statesman port page provides com " plete reports many hours ahead.' . The Weather Cloudy Friday and Satur day; slow rise in tempera ture with lower humidity. Max. Temp. Thurs. 64. Mln. S3. river 1.1 feet, west wind. POUNDQD 1651 EIGUTY-EIGUTII YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, June 17, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 70 OOFE1 kiioini 1 m m in TSuih Congress Ad 1 I .;. i ; Goes out Like Weather Holds Fate of Lands Yet Unflooded Japanese, Chinese Alike Scan Skies for Sign of Rain's Cease Yellow River Spreading Over 500 Mile Area in Honon Section SHANGHAI. June 17-(Friday) -Jpy-Th9 weather ot the next 48 hours was looked upon by Jap anese army engineers today, as holding the fate ot vast territor ies ot north central China yet undamaged by floods. The Japanese and hundreds of thousands of Chinese peasants in flooded and threatening areas an xiously scanned the skies, aware that more rainfall now would raise the waters of the . Yellow and Yangtze rivers and sweep away weakened dikes. The mighty slit-laden Yellow river "the ungovernable," as Chinese hare known In through the centnries spread death and destruction over a 500-square mile area, reaching southeast ward through Honan prOTince Tillages and farms to surge against the walla of.Chowkiakow, nearly 100 miles from Its normal banks. The flood stream was between 10 and 20 miles wide: An esti mated 50,000 lives already have been lost. Approximately 300, 000 Chinese hare been driven from farms and homes in 2,000 Tillages. Seeking the most natural course to the sea, the waters ap parently were about to sweep In to the Tasha river, rising in Hon an province and flowing south eastward through Anwhei prov Ince. ChowkUkow Is on the Tasha and rast areas of Anwhei prov ince thus were threatened with flood devastation, although for the moment the flood waters were swirling around Chowkia kow directly westward toward Yencheng. on the Important Teiplng-Hankow railway. This means an impassable wat ery barrier from two to eight feet deep and more than ten miles wide spread out between the Jap anese invaders and the railway, preventing their advance against the line south from Chengchow. With fighting seemingly halted (Turn to page 4, col. 4) Rev. Swift Heads Relief Committee Rev. George H. Swift In his ap 1 pointrient to succeed E. L.. Wle ? der on the Marlon county relief committee will take Mr WIeder's long-held position of chairman. Governor Charles H. Martin an nounced yesterday. His beirf named to the committee was an nounced Wednesday. As now constituted the com mittee will consist of Rev, Swift, chairman: H. V. Collins, new ap pointee and J. F. Ulrlch, all of Sa lem; George W. Potts of Jeffer son; County Commissioners Le roy Hewlett and Roy S. Melson and County Judge J. C. Siegmund, 11 of Salem. d d i 1 1 c is in the Netes NEW YORK, June lS--The barbers in a mldtown ishop were shunted to the street tbday by 15 shouting men, some of them strik ers, leaving five lathered and in dignantcustomers behind. The customers, wearing the us ual sheets, likewise dashed to the street mighty wrathful. Two re turned and shaved themselves; the other three sat around until the barbers returned to work. PHILADELPHIA. Jane 1 (JP) Miss Anna Gedman lost m diamond ring several days ago in a restaurant. She couldn't find It and ask ed a friend's help. He asked lawyer and the lawyer got It back, but He put it ia an envelope. It dropped off his desk into the waste basket. . Today after tracing the waste paper to m warehouse and find ing the right bale, they found the envelope with the ring In it. N AH ANT, Mass.. June lt-iJP)" The hundreds of guests invited to the reception climaxing -the wed ding of John Roosevelt and Anne Lindsay Clark Saturday will be offered this menu: Cold whole salmon mayonnaise. Lettuce, tomato sad cucumber salad. Chicken a la King, fresh gar den peas and buttered rolls. . Vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries, assorted cakes and demi-tasse. United Kingdom cuvee (cham pagne). Temperance junch. Found Guilty of Bomb Conspiracy " ' ' y !' 1 - EARL KYNETTE Convict Kynette ' Of Bomb Attempt LA Police Captain Found Guilty of Attempt to . Slay Detective -! LOS ANGELES, June 16-VP)- Capt. Earle E. Kynette, former police "spy" squad chief, was con victed today of attempting to kill Harry Raymond, a private detec tive, with a. bomb. He and two fellow officers, Lieuts. Roy J. Allen and Fred A. Browne, were tried on four charges, and Browne was acquit ted on all of them. Kynette and Allen were con victed of malicious use of explos ives, which carries a possible pen alty of one year to life in prison Kynette also was convicted of as sault with intent to commit mur der, which carries a prison term of one to 14 years, and attempted murder, not more than 20 years. 'Kynette, who had been accused of growing a mustache and don ning horn rimmed spectacles after his arrest to confuse identifica tion witnesses, smiled when the verdict was read. He shook hands with Browne, congratulating him upon his acquittal. Allen like wise was calm. All ! three defendants were saved from a possible death pen alty when they were acquitted of the fourth charge, conspiracy to commit! murder. Dist. j Atty. Buron Fitts said this was "without doubt one of the most far-reaching verdicts ever returned by a trial Jury in the country "It is a verdict against secret political police and against politi cal tyrants," he said. "The cou rage of the trial jury In this case should; be commended by every (Turn to page 4, coL 2) Franklin Howell Is Grand Master PORTLAND. June 16 Franklin C. Howell f Portland today was elected Grand Master of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons at a session of the Grand Lodge of Oregon. Leif S. Fin seth was elected deputy grand master; Earl r W. Snell, senior grand warden; George D. Brodie, junior grand warden; R. Edward PInney, grand treasurer: D. Ruf us Cheney, grand secretary. AM A Asks Public Spokesmen To Shotv Press 'Gentleness SAX FRANCISCO June 1-JP The American Medical associa tion . tonight asked - its public spokesmen to show more "gentle ness" toward the press. It flatly refused, however, to hire press agents and legal counsel to Tocalixe its opposition to the growing cries for "socialized medicine. It also forged a new weapon desgned to restrict group hos pital insurance, one of the spread ing practices in the search for a new deal in medicine. It chose a psychiatrist. Dr. Rock Sleyster of Wanwatosa, Wis., as president-elect. St. Louis was named as the convention city for 1935, New York for 1940. and Cleveland for 1941. The ; rebuke to its spokesmen, foremost of whom is Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the associa EagJefeat 4 Kenny Larson Pitches out of a Tight Hole and Snhdues Singers j 20-30 Wins From Color ful Pheasants in 21 hit Slugging Battle f Kenny Larson, youthful Eagles fllnger who made his debut Wed nesday night by losing a three-hit performance, last night palled himself out of a tight hole in the final inning and subdued the tout ed Square Deal softball gahg. Spring league champions, by a 7 to 4 count. ' i In the opener 20-30 amassed 21 hits, featuring a circuit blow and a triple by Hauk and doubles by Skopil and Kellogg, to wallop the Golden Pheasants 13 to 6. To get back to the nightcap, a walk, a boot and Weisner's single filled the bags for young Larson, with one away in that final frame of the Eagles-Dealers tilt. Kenny sent Caves down swinging lustily and then caused Bernard Gents kow to do exactly what he had most of the Radiomen doing most of the ball game pop out. i ' Others Have Credit Too Not all the credit for that upset victory should go to the battery of Brothers Larson and Larson over the battery of Brothers Singer and Singer, ; Larson's mates hit be hind them, right when hits count ed the most. And they didn't waste any time. They scored twice In the first canto, ditto the sec ond and Centerflelder Filslnger picked a pitch far over Leftpatch er.Stelnboch's head in the fourth for a home run, scoring Joe Her berger and . Cecil Quesseth, both of whom had singled. V ; While the Dealers tallied one in the third when Lou Singer's dou ble brought home D'Arcy, who had bingled, it wasn't until the seventh that they really got hold of Larson's whirling slants. Two walks and solid stingles by Lou and Henry Singer and Dick Gentz kow did the damage, i Though Harold Hank's extra base hitting contributed heavily to the , Pheasants' downfall, it was Tommy Drynan's four-for-six slug ging that led the 21-gun salute set off by the "Numbers" nine. Harold Smither started on the mound for 20-30, giving way to Gilmore In the sixth after giving up two consecutive singles to Mil ler and Butler. The Pheasants had five runs off Smither at that stage, four of which were earned. Gilmore was touched for but four (Turn to page 13. col. 3) Communists Given Park for Meeting Granted permission by the city park board and Mayor V. E. Kuhn. the Marion county , com munist party will sponsor a pub lic meeting in Marlon square at 2:30 p. m. Sunday to, present delegates who recently attended the party's national convention at Madison Square Garden, New York City. In a handbill announcing the meeting, discussion topics listed are the present business ) reces sion, unemployment, preservation of peace and the 'democratic fTont." 1 . I j -J . L Garner Couldn't Wait WASHINGTON, June 16-(V Vice-President Garner didn't wait for the adjournment of congress tonight. He boarded a train for Texas at 6:45 p. m. leaving the reins of the senate in the hands of Senator Pittman (D-Nev.) the president pro-tem. tion's journal, was cloaked in an old Latin phrase, "Suaviter in modo, fortite rin re." meaning "gentle in manner, firm In deed." This statement came in a com mittee report rejecting proposals by Michigan, California and Illin ois physicians that organized me dicine arm Itself with publicity agents and "liaison committees" to speak before the public and be fore congress on policies, govern ment regulations and proposed laws. ; The committee reported It felt "impelled by reason of the senti ment ... as well as by common knowledge of the frequent unsat isfactory attitude of the press, to ask the house of delegates to im press upon the board of trustees its feeling that careful considera tion should be given to the opera .(Turn m page 17. col. 6) HEROIC FOREMAN DIES IN TUNNEL CAVEIN y - 1 V Political Query Given Committee McNary Says not Inquiry but Inquest on WPA Fund Influence WASHINGTON, June l-P)-The senate gave its regular cam paign expenditures committee the duty today ot checking on wheth er federal funds are used to in fluence this year's political con tests a procedure that republi can and some democrats prompt ly called "farcical.' Senator McNary of Oregon, tme minority leader, had recalled that the committee would report to the next session long after t h 1 s year's elections and said: "This will be an inquest rather than an inquiry." Senator Wheeler (D-Mont), who has assailed any activity by relief leaders in state primary contests, said the Benate action was "fool ing the people of the country." "I don't believe It's going to do a particle of good," he said. "We should have passed the Hatch and Austin amendments.' He referred to attempts by Sen ators Hatch (D-NM) and Austin (R-Vt) to attach riders to the re lief appropriation acts prohibiting use of those funds for political purposes. The campaign expenditures com mittee is appointed every election year to inquire into any reports of "slush funds" or Improper ex penditures in senatorial contests. Senator Berkley (D-Ky). the democraticleader , supported the proposal to have this committee look Into any charges of political spending of federal funds, al though he had opposed having a special group investigate charges of WPA in politics. Torrential Rains Swell Texas River CLARENDON, TE.; June 16 (ff) Streams swollen by torrential rain in the eastern Texas pan handle were believed to have taken five lives today. Highway bridges and railroads were washed out, and roads were badly damaged in heavy down pours along the Texas-Oklahoma border of the panhandle. A family of three identified as Mr. and Mrs. Bert Freeman and their three-year-old son of Wich ita Falls apparently were swept to death from a bridge near Clarendon. Their automobile, a pair of shoes and a pair of trousers were all searchers could ttnd. The swift current ot the usually-dry Salt Fork of the Red river near Wellington balked rescue workers seeking , M. V. Griggs, engineer, and C. E. Burton, tire man of a .Fort Worth and Denver freight train which - dropped 60 feet through a washed-out bridge. Highway workers fought a current in the Salt Fork near Wellington.- searching for three automobiles which they feared had plunged into the flood after a bridge collapsed. Swindler Arrested LOS ANGELES, June It.-iJFf-Arrest and confession of the sec ond of two forging swindlers he said collected more than a quarter of a million from some 600 banks was reported today by John H. Hanson, agent in charge here of the federal bureau of investiga tion. - Clarence E. Mahaggey, 38, was seized in a Hollywood bungalow, following the arrest in January of Wautona, Wis., ot his companion, Edward Leo Davis. T 5V Elbert Hubbard? Nope, He Hasn't Been in of Late IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 16. (iP) Lois Berry, Pocatello, knows one bookseller whose face Is red. Miss Berry, in search of a fa ther's day gift, decided on Elbert Hubbard's notebook. Her parents already possessed the writer's Bcrapbook. She was surprised when the clerk started a thorough search of the entire shelve space. Finally, dishevelled and grimy, he said: "I'm sorry; I can't find It. Are you sure he left it?" , f? '- $ 12,000,000,000 - Voted in Session Depression, International Developments, Social Security Factors WASHINGTON, June U-(Jpy-The 76th congress approved a $12,000,000,000 spending pro gram the biggest in America's peacetime history for the fiscal year beginning. July 1. Appropriations experts at the capitol said tonight it would take a week to figure out exactly how much the money bills totaled, but that the figure was about $12, 300,000,000. That compares with the $9,356,174,982 appropriated in 1937 and $10,560,833,165 in 1936, the previous - peacetime recoTd. " Another business depression, (Turn to page 4, col. 3) Late Sports SEATTLE, June 1 &-(JP-Young Freddie Hutchinson, who grew up in Rainier valley, - celebrated Rainier valley night at Seattle's new ball park by shutting out Portland, 7 to 0 and helping Seat tle end its eight game , losing streak. Hutchinson allowed the Beav ers but six hits in winning his tenth victory. .Seattle laced lit tle Ad Liska for three runs in the first inning and chased him with another three run barrage in the third. Ken Douglas finishing up. . Portland's chief threat came in the fourth when the Beavers filled the sacks with one out.' But Bill Lawrence legged it clear to the left center field fence and pulled in Cronin's long fly. The Beaver runners got crossed up on the sacks and Rosenberg finally was doubled off first. Because of the mixup around second base a run scored by Sweeney after the catch was not, allowed. Portland ....0 C 1 Seattle ............. ..7 11 2 Liska, Douglas (3) and Cronln; Hutchinson and Fernandes. SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 16 -(iipj-NIght game: (11 innings): San Diego .......... ..4 10 0 L Sacramento ...........3 14 0 Craghead and Detore; Walker and Franks. OAKLAND, Calif., June 1&-VP) -Night game: - Los Angeles 812 0 Oakland ............ .0 6 0 Llllard and Collins; Olds, Sitt ner (!) and Conroy. L03 ANGELES, June l-(Jp)-Night game: San Francisco ........ 2 4 2 Hollywood ..4 10 1 . Frazler and Woodall; Crandall, Tost (8) and BrenzeL -V ;- - " K V v.. i: A. B. DOYLE . B. Doyle, 65, foreman on a government . drainage tunnel project on the Salmon river cutoff near feMJnnville, lost his life Wednesday in a cave-in while he made a heroic effort to release a workman who had been trapped by' a small slide. Left, the canvas covered body borne from the 250-foot deep tunnel on a dump car. (Associ ated Press Photo) -a . 1 Hop Growers Will Meet Here Today Views 'Against Marketing Agreement to Be Told AAA Officials Hop growers of Oregon will gather In Salem today to air their views for an - against the proposed marketing agreement for the industry, when repre sentatives of the agricultural ad justment administration will be her to hear testimony. The hear ing will be held f la the old high school building, corner of Church and Marion streets, starting at 9:30 o'clock this morning. T. M. Graham of the AAA will attend the hearing, and Nell Brooks, also of the AAA, will be presiding officer. Testimony will be " offered as sworn evi dence, with Robert M. K e r r, Portland attorney, representing the growers. Leaders in the movement here for marketing control fOT the in dustry report that the AA hear ing held in Santa Rosa, Calif., this week showed a positive re action on part of growers for the agreement. The California hear ing was attended by a represent ative group of growers." The first direct step leading to possibility of a marketing agreement. If acceptable to the growers, was taken the last day of March, when congress passed the McNary bill to include hops In the 1937 marketing agree ment. This passage came after long months of work on the part of leaders in the industry to have hops so included. Former Actress In Doghouse now . SEATTLE, June 16 (i?3) Lady, the German shepherd dog who once was an actress in motion pic tures, is "through" with the films. Her newowner says so. . Lady, now six years old, had ap peared in two picture roles and numbered 115' tricks in her reper toire. This week she was placed in the King county humane soci ety's dog pound while a new own er was sought for her. "No more pictures for Lady. I wouldn't even consider letting her return to work under the Klelg lights." Prominent Senators Favor Move to Ha It Arm ing Race WASHINCTflV. Jnn 1 RJA Several prominent senators in dicated today they would favor some move to halt the "mad armaments race." However, there was no Indica tion the administration consider ed the time ripe for such an at tempt. Secretary of State Hull, commenting after the question was discussed in the British house of commons today, informed re porters that the United States government . had not approached any other nation on the subject. (Prime Minister' Neville Cham berlain parted a question by a laborlte as to whether Britain was willing to "join the United States government in making def inite proposals with a view to securing a halt in the arms race." Chamberlain said he did not know of any such suggestion from Senator Vandenberg, a member . The most recent pronounce ment b7 Hull on the subject was Roosevelt Foes and Friends Quarrel to The End of Session Senate Knocks off Work at 8:28 p.m. and House Follows With Cheers and 'Love Feast9 at 9:08 Roosevelt Message Savs Session Made "Much Constructive Legislation for Benefit of the People'5 WASHINGTON, June 16. (AP) The 75th congress, which came in like a lamb in January, 1937, went out some thing like a lion tonight, with Roosevelt friends and Roose velt foes quarreling to the last. Before the senate knocked off work for the year at 8 :28 p. m., Eastern Standard time, an angry filibuster defeated oan attempt by. Senator Minton (D- iractors m Convention Here State Association Meets at Marion Beginning at 9:30 Today SaTem will be headquarters for the chiropractors of Oregon today, Saturday and Sunday with the lo cal practitioners serving as hosts for the annual convention of the Oregon Association of Chiroprac tic Physicians. The convention will open at the Marion hotel at 9:30 o'clock this morning with Dr. O. J. Ketchum. state president, of Bend, presid ing. Mayor V. E. Kuhn will ad dress the delegates at 2 o'clock this afternoon. - Today's program will consist of the opening session at 9! 30, pres-j Ident's address at 10:30, luncheon at the Marion, at noon with Hugh Rosson, director of traffic safety under Secretary of State Earl Snell, as speaker; technical meet ings at 2 and 4 p. m., dinner at the Marion at 6 with Judge Hall S. Lusk of the state supreme court speaking, and an address at 7:30 by a Portland police officer. (Turn, to page 4, col. 2) Hague Says Crime Record Is Honest NEWARK, N. J., June 16.-P) Mayor Frank Hague whose Jersey City campaign slogan Is "no rice, no crime, no racketeer ing" denied in federal court to day a CIO lawyer's. charge that the city's records on crime and police, protection were "so dishon est and Inaccurate" the federal bureau of investigation rejected them. The city, said Hague, "with drew" and shut its records to -the FBI because the federal agency Insisted on listing Jersey City auto deaths as murders in its an nual reports. Hague, questioned by Morris L. Ernst, counsel for the CIO and American Civil Liberties union in their "free speech" injunction suit against him, said he knew the FBI "treats every city alike." But the mayor said it was un fair because he had no official knowledge to ask him if he knew the bailiwick he has ruled for 25 years was the only city in the United States whose crime record was not incorporated in FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's periodic reports to the American people." Hoover, commenting on Hague's testimony, said in Washington that the FBI didn't use Jersey City crime reports "because they so obviously are incomplete." made in a speech at Nashville, Tenn., where he said: "With the world groaning un der the burden of mounting arm aments, we are prepared to join with other nations in moving resolutely toward bringing about an effective agreement on limit ation and progressive reduction of armaments. The state department disclaim ed at that time any intention to em ply that this governmen might call an arms conference. Nevertheless, some students of international affairs regarded Hull's remark as a trial balloon. . Senator Wish, who piloted the bllllon-dollr naval expansion bill through the senate, said he thought a world disarmament conference might he a "logical outgrowth" of congressional ap proval of the big navy program. "Now that our naval policy has been fixed," he said, ,we (Turn to page 3, coL 4) Chiroj Ind), administration supporter, to obtain 312,500 more for his sen ate lobby committee, a center ot furious controversy. The house, too, was the scene of much hard-feeling almost until the final gavel. But members there did manage to put on some thing of a "love feast" at the very last. . Chairman O'Connor (D-NYJ of the house rules committee arose to praise Rep. Snell (R-NY). the minority leader. Snell praised Speaker Bankhead. Bahkhead praised Snell, and then broaden ed his remarks to take in the whole house. "You cannot find anywhere in America a finer cross section of patriotism, intelligence, devotion -to duty and high character than you "will find in the house of representatives," he said. A gigantic cheer went up, and a short time later the chamber adjourned at 9: OS p. m. Pages tossed handfuLs of paper into the air. Previously President Roosevelt had sent a message to "the hill" saying that the session, had 're sulted in much constructive legis lation for the benefit of the people." "Definitely," he said,- "we are making progress in meeting the many new problems which con front us." lie apparently referred, among other things, to passage of wage hour legislation, crop control and a renewal of the administration's spending-lending .program, for which congress voted 23,753,000, 000 today. On the other hand, critics of f the administration pointed to their accomplishments, including the crushing defeat of the gov ernment reorganization bill, and elimination of all but a fragment ; of the tax on undistributed prof- . its of corporations. The senate's filibuster was con ducted upon the frank and unus ual basis of being just that. Its leader was Senator Burke ( D Neb), who contended that Minton wanted to violate the freedom ot the press by using the $12,500 to ; (Turn to page 4, col. 1) McCall Sentenced To Death Penalty MIAMI, Fla., June 1 (JPi Franklin fierce McCall was sen tenced to: death today for thi kidnaping of Jimmy Cash, a crime the presiding judge called "the most cold-blooded thing 1 ever heard of." - Cold-blooded too was the 21-year-old prisoner's mien as he stood erect with clenched fists resting on a desk and heard his doom without a word or change of expression. Jack Kehoe, defense attorney appointed by the court, said he had followed McCall's wishes and there would be no appeal, but late today, JC. A. Avriett, a Jasper, Fla., attorney, said he had been retained by the family to seek clemency before the state pardon board. Prior tor the trial, the prisoner had been quoted as saying he preferred execution to life im prisonment. Harry Wright, a Princeton friend, visited McCall in his cell late today and said the kidnaper told him. "I guess I got what was coming to me." Ttco Labor Terrorists , Given Jail Sentences PORTLAND, Ore., June 16-WP) -Two more of the Portland labor unionists caught in the roundup of alleged terrorists were sent enced today. Both were given 10 months in the county jail. They are Charles Leroy Henderson; ac cused of spraying acid on an au tomobile, and Pete Sumski, a for mer boxer, accused of assaulting two independent river pilots with a dangerous weapon. - Both were granted about four mdnths credit for time fady served. f f