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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, July 7, 193S Deposed Head Strikes and Recession Tough Upon Circuses Station KSLM "Ready for Fourth Expedition Into Antarctic " T j Of TVA Sues Typical elreos scenes Gets Increase aji.,SMSjsr?r.Tv;4-x'.s PAGE TW'0 Morgan Challenges Right of President to Oust Ilim From Board (Continued from Psts 1) and asked back salary of $2,911. He also sought a declaratory Judgment decreeing: (A) That the attempted re moval by the president of the United States . . . Is wholly Inval- , Id. void aad of no effect whatso ever. - . ' - (B) That the attempted dea lmatioa'bjr the president . . . of v Harconrt A. . Morgan as chalrmaa of the board of directors of the defendant (TVA) ... was and U wholly Invalid, void and without authority in law. (C That the complainant 1s and ' sine his , appointment on May 30. 1933. baa been and still is a member and chairman of the board of directors , . . and entitled to the emoluments ($10,000 per year) of a member. (D That the defendants. Harconrt A. Morgan and DaTld E. Lllienthal. as directors of the . . . Tennessee valley authority, be or dered to recognise the complain ant as a member and chairman of the board.-' . Attorneys here explained the - suit was not filed in federal court because' of the amount of money 'involved wat less than $3,009 They said the U. S. court' of ap peals at Cincinnati had held the TVA could be sued as a corpora tion wherever It has Us general offices. Freighter to Sail Up Columbia Soon - (Continued from Page . 1) owners to take 'aboard 104 pas sengers waa denied b- the US bu reau of marine Inspection and na rigatloa. Aa unusual feature of the Toy- age, in which the wheeler will negotiate the locks at Bonneville dam la the fact that the engineers at the dam will hare to lower the river level by four feet by open ing more of the spillways to per mit the ship to pass beneath the Hood river bridge. The bridge is located la the Boaaevllle pool above the dam. There the water la some Ct feet deep and It will be dropped to 4 feet by the simple operation, of pressing several buttons at the daaMlt. The wheeler leaves Vancouver. Wash-, at noon Friday, arriving at the dam at 7 p.m. At 9 a.m. Saturday, a celebration will be held at the dam as the big vessel goes through the locks. Late that afternoon, the Wheeler and On ondaga are due at The Dalles, 'where a celebration by the mid Columbia' cities will welcome them. GO Is Owner of Contract, Ruling (Continued from Page 1) alona were based upon an order of the national labcr relations board certifying the ILWU as the exclu sive collective bargaining . agent for Pacific eoast longshoremen. The KURB decision designated the ILWU aa representative ct all west eoast longshoremen. Includ ing the tOO In the port of Tacoma who voted to remain In the AFL ' aad refused to Join the great ma jority in a switch of affiliation to the CIO almost a year ago. AFL longshoremea brought the actions, contending ; they owned the waterfront contracts because the present, contracts were mada ct la the name of the AFL, prior to the membership's change to the CIO. Route of President's 7 ranscontinental Tour 7 cm..,' t 1 Mtf ATTrX m m ' 1 Thousand cf miles v ;!l be added to the total eov ered by much-travels! President Franklin D. Roose velt before the end cf the summer. His Itinerary, startirj from hU home at Hyde Park. N, T, ln eludes the following engagements: Wilmington;' DeL. June 27, commemorating the first landing of Cwedish colooUts la America; June 30, laying cor Y7 - V V. V Not la recent years have circuses had such tough sledding- as this summer. When employe of the JUagHna; Bros, Bamum and Bailey show recently went on strike at Scranton. ps, protesting: a wage eat, Joha RingHnf North, proprietor, folded the big- top and seat It Into winter quarters at Sara sots, a. This left only one major circus on the Research Market Laboratory Asked PORTLANU. Ore., July 6.-(T) -Solon T. White, state director ot agriculture, was authorised today by Oregon farm' leaders to seek location of one ot four federal re search marketing laboratories in Oregon. j White will appoint a committee to prepare a brief for Secretary Wallace, urging location of the northwest laboratory In this state. William A. Schoenfleld. Oregon State college dea-n of agriculture, said the purpose of the $1,000,000 project was to study conversion of surplus agricultural commodi ties to industrial Use. . The committee also will, con sider representatives by Pendle ton. Dayton and Portland, each seeking the project, since N. E. Dodd, Baker, chairman of the state AAA committee, said the lo cation probably would be decided fa. Augusts j Holiday ToU for State Reaches 19 . (By the Associated Press) Three more deaths, the result of weekend aad post-fourth of July accidents, .swelled Oregon's tragic list to 19 today. Howard Armitage, 19, ' of Scholia, died at Hlllsboro from In juries suffered in an automobile accident Sunday. Lawrence R. Johns, 24, Spring field, died In a Eugene hospital following aa automobile wreck north of Eugene- Tuesday morn ing. f.; - Louise Isabelle Norman. 7. died at Molalla from burns suffered when matches she was playing with en July 4 Ignited. i ' ' Paoto of former flshiag excnrsloaT t . ' . . . X. t-I m .rf rri hi 'AY A i. a -. j Scene at at Scran toa strike a(ill,f,i)i)tiWM Contract Granted To AFL, Portland Mill WiU Reopen PORTLAND, Ore., July .-(P-The West Orefon Lomber com pany. Involved in an AFL-CIO jurisdictional struggle for many months, signed an , agreement to day designating the AFL lumber and sawmill workers union ex clusive bargaining- agency. The CIO promptly threatened to file lockout charges against the firm with the national labor rela tions board. "No other course was open ex- cept to accept and comply with their (the union) demands," A. E. Mcintosh, plant manager, said, "They hare given me incontro vertible proof they now have a substantial majority ot ur em ployes as members in good stand lng." . , ; The agreement provided for a closed shop, effectively shutting- out CIO members unless they switch affiliation. The mill, closed yesterday by an AFL boycott, will reopen tomorrow. An NLRB hearing ot discrim ination charges tiled by the CIO was completed against the mill only last week. The CIO was des ignated last fall as bargaining agency for the plant. - , Farley WiU Visit Portland July 15 PORTLAND. July f-UPk-Jame A. Farley, postmaster-general, ad 3 vised democratic party leaders here he would arrive July IS for a conierence at the Portland ho tel that morninr. - - Farley will arrive here a day oeiore ue scneauied meeting- of the state central committee, mem bers of which were being Invited to come to Portland day before meir meeuns to confer with Far. ley. ' - frrr nerstone of World's fair federal 'building in New York; Gettysburg, Pa, July S, anniversary of Civil war battle; July g. Marietta, O, sesqulcentennlal of opening of the Northwest territory. Other tenta tive stops are Indicated on map. After reaching California, the president will cruise to the equa--tort! PtiAc, embarking from Los Ajigeleg i 4 . .. hlj . - i . ".VO -j. V Y.l , ' . I " I - u -i w. L " - " J road in the United States, the Al O. Barnes-Sells Floto outfit. Hagenback-WaUace have survived only because they routed through Canada where the attendance has been better. Competition from movies, radio and other diversions have become established and it 1 Improbable that the golden era of P. T. Barnum wm ever return. Republican Cains Seen by Hamilton PITTSBURGH, Jnly Chalrman John D. M. Hamilton of the republican national committee forecast tonight the party would "pick up In the neighborhood of 100 seats in the house in the No vember elections." He added in a speech delivered before 400 Pittsburgh republicans gathered to discuss finances for the campaign: "I don't say we will carry the house. We don't need to. I do ssy that If we had 40 more seats In the house, we would have defeat ed ev erymsjor piece of legisla tion . of the last two yeaf s, or forced amendments that would have made them innocuous." , Hamilton said there Is aa "underlying current" running against the new deal that has shown Its effects in the Pennsyl vania, South Dakota and Oregon elections. . Third Brush With Death Is Fateful COQUILLE, July C.-()-Fate had its way for the third time and took with It today the life ot Dr. Belle Merrill (Mrs. Reginald Ward), 61-year-old Oakland, Cal ifornia, doctor. She died in a hospital from a skull fracture, received when her automobile In a manner yet to be explained overturned on the Ara-go-Myrtle Point' road Tuesday noon. Twice before of late, her family recalled, she hsd experienced nar row escapes, once from drowning and again In another accident. Child Born After Death of Mother ABERDEEN. 8. D. Jnlv -Two minutes after his mother bad died, a son, weighing four pounds and .three ounces, was de livered br a. caesaraan nnoratinn la St. Luke's hospital here yester day. The mother was Mrs. Minnie Cutshaw, S3, one month a widow who died of double pneumonia after a week's illness. She was a resident of Conde, S. D. The baby Is "holding; his own," attending physicians said. Core Curriculum Will Be Debated EUGENE. Jnlv f - (JPi Tti. TSlue Of the "core curricnlnm method of study as contrasted to separate programs wm he debated here Jnly 10-13 at a meeting of educators ot the state with na tionally known experts. i The "core" system calls for tint. tied studies, such a sthe study of history on the basis of present day lite in the light of historical background as compared to sep arate courses In ancient, medieval ana moaern nistory. . , Asks Reward for , ; j Witness Slugger ' PORTLAND. Julv S MA-T-U Commissioner J. E. Bennett asked the council today to nrovida a $600 reward for capture ot a per son who slugged Robert Dunn aft er he - had given testimony con cerning an alleged Chinese gam bling place.. : Dunn was followed from the court room and beaten. The conn. ell has not yet acted. -i i . Levees Near Completion ' PENDLETON, Ore., JIt'-VPI E. Swan, resident army engi neer, said today' that the Umstn la river levee extension contract probably would be completed by July 20. Will Triple Range; new Equipment and Studio Planned by Read (Continued from page 1) put the station In a different classification. Mr. Read was in Portland early Wednesday night and could not be reached for farther details, but it was , announced that ho had already started, plans for rebuild ing the st&jtion, and had conferred with his engineers with respect to the technical changes. It was understood that there would also be changes In the stu dios and offices., ' The change to 500 watts is ex pected to triple, approximately, the reception range of KSuM. ; A hearing on the local station's application for increased power was held In Portland last Septem ber, and Mr. Read went to Wash ington in December." The increase wss recommended by the exam iner for the communications com mission in January, but final ap proval was still somewhat in doubt then s 1 n c e a station at Wenatchee, Wash., had an appli cation on file for the same wave length; . Recession Laid at Roosevelt's Door Continued From Pago One) he called ' governmental "finan cial recklessness," and "the use of WPA money to buy votes." Replying to Mr; Roosevelt a fireside appeal for the election of liberal candidates," Landon com mented: "Every liberal recognises that new conditions throughout the world call for. new practical rem edies. Every liberal wants a sound, strong government, cap able of meeting these new condi tions. "But we do not want this gov ernment to be constantly edging toward . a governmental absolu tism, which is the case under Mr. Roosevelt.' "The rest liberal doesn't be lieve that the whole solution lies la taking' economic power away from the individual and giving It to the government." Tenant Farmer Is Shot, Farm Owner TWIN FALLS, Idaho, July 6- (P)-An extended " argument be tween a tenant farmer and two young : women owning the proper ty he was cultivating resulted to night In shooting ot the man, Sheriff E. F. Prater reported. . Prater said Earl O. Smith. 4S, waa shot In the left leg "appar ently , by Miss Gladys Caudle." The wound was not serious. The sheriff said Miss Caudle and her sister, Helen, had com plained to him about Smith and was considering ejectment pro ceedings. The women moved Smith's fur niture . from the house yesterday durin gthe absence of his family. Prater reported. . "They were in the house when Smith returned and he was shot as he approached the dwelling," Prater said. Power Rates to Drop, Says Ross PORTLAND, Ore., July 6-&-J. D. Ross, . Bonneville dam ad ministrator, told the Institute ot northwest affairs today that "I don't expect the rates at Bonne ville ever to go up but I do ex pect them togodown." , In setting the rates, Ross. de clared, "public and private con cerns-get the same treatment." Power consumption In the United States has doubled in fire and a half years, he said, adding "when you consider this yon can understand why. I have recom mended : that i construction of Umatilla dam be started imme diately' The Questions of interconnec tion of public power systems will "corns to a head very soon," Ross declsred. ' l . Kansas Fugitives Traced to Denver DENVER. July 6.-V-Act!ng Detective Capt. Charles J. Burns said a car used by three of fire fugitives from ' the Kansas state reformatory was found In Denver tonight. :A i He asserted at least three of the escaped convicts were in Denver snd he said he "had reason to be lieve" they were met here by the two others. - ;! . ' -A squad of armed of fleers, was stationed around the fugitives' car Immediately after it was dis covered : parked on a downtown street by Police. Sgt. Orson B. Lowe. Lowe ripped off the car's ignition wires to disable it. Obituary Hobnaai i ': . Mrs. Cora A. Holm an, 75. at the residence, 8 SO North 17th street. July 6. Survived by two kel of Lima, Ohio, and Mrs. Anna J uaimiee oi oaiem; two sons. Charles Edward Holman ' an Walter W. Holman; both of. Sa lem ; ten ' grandchildren and six great grandchlldrenalsq survive as do a sister and .brother In Michigan. , FufteraJ ' services Thursday, July 7, at "Xt 30 p.m. from ' Clough-Barrlck ehapeL In terment at Odd Fellows cemetery. Lincoln Ellsworth, the explorer, Bennett Field, N. Y. Ellsworth Antarctic, to explore about 1,200 Pole, which Long-Sought Man. Found in Bathtub ST. LOUIS. July S.-flpV-A two- year hunt ended today when . O men got their man in the bath tub. ' Federal agents trapped the man, booked as Herbert Dixon; 40. former barber, as he was tak ing a oath at the home of a rela tive. The agents said he had been sought for two years on charges ot Interstate transportation of stolen automobiles. Anonymous Note Tells of Slaying HOLLYWOOD, July t.-ff)Ar-rest of a woman, na m e d in an anonymous postcard as the slayer of King D. Gray, 62. film camera man, was ordered tonight by Po lice Capt. Hubert J. Wailis. Wallls announced that the card, bearing a Hollywood cancellation and received today, read: "Beware! Gray was killed by ( )." It wss signed, "a witness to the crime. Wallls withheld the woman's nsme, but ordered off leers. to hunt her., for questioning. He said he placed "credence" in the report, but added that he was seeking its author. Insurance Racket Is Charged to 39 NEW YORK, July 6-(ff)-ThIr-ty-nlne accused participants In a $3.000,000-a-year disability in surance racket were named In a 6 3 -count federal Indictment hand ed up today. The charge was conspiracy to defraud life insurance ebmpanlea. "first NoMonaf Bank Wef of the Rockies" THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, OREGON Condensed Statement of Head Office and 42 Branches as of June 30,1938 RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Banks i... $2393586 - . United . States Bond. . .-. i . .34.473,689.02 $57,867,047.28 Municipal Bonds and Warrants. .... ... . . . Other Bond .... . . ,Vt. . . 7.. Loans and Discounts . . . . Stock in Federal Reserve Baa& ;;;;2r Bank Premises, Furniture afid'Fixrures. .-. . Other Real Estate 7. ;vV..V. v. w Real Estate Sold under Contract. . . . Customers' Liability Acceptances. . . .... Interest Earned Other Resources TOTAL RESOURCES .1 . . . . .$109,382,211.80 LIABILITIES Capital . . ........ ..... . . . , .$3,000,000.00 Surplus 3,000,000.09 Undivided Profits ........... 709,0541 . Reserves .............. . , . . .1.403,149.43 Acceptances .......................... Interest Collected in Advance. ... . .... Other Liabilities. Deposits TOTAL LIABILITIES The First National Bank of Portland Can Servo You In Many Ways . Savings Accounts Safe Deposit Boxes Automobile loans Home Loans isms rciciai points oat to his wife some technical points of his new airplane, at Floyd win leave shortly to join expedition at Capetown for his fourth trip Into miles of land and Ice between eoast line of Enderby Land and the South ho termed "the last unexplored portion of the globe." ' Giebatoris to Be Hanged, Mchigan Removal Sought but Laws fitter no Loopholes ; Sentiment Cted WASHINGTON, July t -i&y-Gor. Frank Murphy of Michigan failed tonight to get a scheduled hanging of a federal prisoner transferred somewhere beyond Michigan's boundaries. Thee government went ahead with preparations to execute An thony Chebatorls, slayer and bank robber, at Milan. Mich., Fri day night. Murphy had appealed to Pres ident Roosevelt to intervene, say ing that the hanging would be distasteful to Michigan residents. Michigan does not have the death penalty, except for treason. Mr. Roosevelt telephoned to the justice department, suggest ing that some other state be cho sen for the hanging if consistent with federal law.7 Find No Authority Consequently a conference was held at the justice department to day. Cummlngs refused . to ; dis cuss it afterwards, but it was learned ' that no loophole ' was found which would justify re moving Chebatorls to another state. Under a law passed June 19, 1937,-federal prisoners sen tenced to death must die by whatever method Is prescribed by laws of the state within which the sentence is Imposed. There is no provision for transferring men scheduled for execution into oth er Jurisdictions. ; . ( " ; Chebatorls was convicted in the eastern district ot Michigan for killing a, bystander during the robbery of a bank at Midland, Mich. His execution Is to tske place at dawn Friday at the US detention farm at Milan. I 4,998,713.44 6,16708.44 35,820,2671 ' 169400.00 2,63476J7 - 35,568.53 93,353.06 ' 25,6374 . 319,013.19 5024iH SSSSS $ 8,112,203.64 2S.637J4 246,836.74 38.777J2 100.958.756.16 llllSI .$109,382110 Checking Accounts Trust Department Personal Loans Commercial Loans BiresiT iisiiarci cetroisTies ESTABLISH BANIC CREDIT through the (Poli tfuvci Plan 3 :':(.w.,.,4.'.'. North Unit Work Will Start Soon REDMOND, July . Six hundred CCC enrollees soon will encamp near here as the federal government starts the first of a two-million dollar expenditure to carry out its part of the bargain in making S 0.009 acres ot Jeffer son county Irrigable. I Six million dollars more will be paid out by owners of the Irriga ted lands to complete what ' Is known sthe' . Wickiup project. The "enrollees are expected to spend two years constructing CO miles of canals and clearing the Wlklup dam site. ' ! - Accused Bank Aide Caught in Seattle SEATTLE. July -ai)-IPPer David L. Strom. 33-year-old fugi tive former bank teller, who led federal bureau ot investigation agents a year-long chase through a succession 1 of expensive hotels, nightclubs and 'cocktail bars, was under arrest . here tonight on charges of embezzling $58,405 from a San Jose, Calif., bank, hi ' R. C. Suran, head of the Seattle FBI office, said Strom admitted his Identity under questioning late today, admitted the embezzlement and agreed to waive extradition at a- hearing before a United States commissioner at 2 p.m. to morrow. - - Suran announe'd approximate ly 31000 Of the missing money was recovered this afternoon from a bank safety deposit box, ia ad dition to 3500 found on Strom's person. He said the fugitive had "not yet" disclosed whether any more of the money remained un spent. - r I STATE-WIDX 8SXVXCB WITH 42 COKVINIIKTLT LOCATED T1KST MATIOKAL - BKANCRSS PORTLAND ytftfc. SIctk ui Stark Um Tmwm Sixth ul Morritos - Cast SMe SK. MoctImw m OraaS Umioa mm4 KmcU -42md aad Saa4jr Dwm aad KUpatrick SOthsaSS.X. Stark S2a4 aa4 tLX. Fmr i OTHIK OtIOON StANCHIS ALBANY ASHLAND ASTOKIA ' - 1 BXND CONDON COQUXLLX 'KNTKRPEISX FOSSIL GXANTS PASS CXXSHAM HKPPNXX - BILLSBOKO - HOOD KIVEK KLAMATH FALLS LA OXANDX LAKEVIEW . 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