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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem," Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July 13, 1938 Yakutsk Next Halt of Plane Plane" in Constant Touch With Soviet Weather, Airways Bureaus . (Continued irom page 1) to fir orer without halting and then pats Krasnoyarsk and Kansk before winging Into Yakutsk. Foarth Lrjr, To Take It Honrs This foarth leg was expected to take about II hoars. Early summer dawn was Just breaking OYer mid-Asia when the firing laboratory got away. Hughes spert aout four and half hours In Omsk. Hughes landed his huge mono- place more than 20 hours ahead of the eomparatire globe-circling time of Post which he set out to beat. It was stilt daylight in this an- dent, northern city, center of car- ran routes and Important station on the trans-Siberian railway. when the millionaire sportsman pilot and his four companions set their twin-motored plane down at t p.m. Moscow time (1 p.m. EST). Omsk. . CI0C miles from New York, Is approximately the half way point of the scheduled 14V 7 c 9-mile course. The plane's wheels touched the -Ooask field only 42 hours and 40 minutes after the takeoff from New York in a flight to better the 1933 record of Post, made in sev- en days. It hours and 49 minutes. Compared with Post's time of ( hours and 17 minutes from New York to Novosibirsk slightly mors than two hours fly ing time beyond Omsk Hughes' gleaming cruiser was nearly a day ahead. " The American flier covered the 1111-mile distance from Moscow la seven hour?,' 35 minutes., He left the soviet Russian cap ital at 1:11 p.m. (5:25 a.m. EST) after a stop of but two hours and 12 minutes for refueling. His previous hops were covered la IS hours and 35 minutes. New York to Paris; and seven hours. 49 minutes, for the 1675-mile leg from Paris to Moscow. He still had nearly 4000 miles of. Siberian steppes, to cross be ' fore striking out j over Bering Strait, for Fairbanks. Alaska, and home.- j Here's Highest and Highest Priced Garden i In. the shade of skyscrapers '" r . i i r V ( , A is ! ! I - J "' ' - ... - v - - Precarious perch! One of the most unusual Jobs In the United States la that held by John Buckley of New York whoa duty It Is to plant and care for the sky garden atop famed Rockefeller Center. Eleven stories' above the street la this terraced roof where vegetables and flowers grow In an attractive atmosphere of shrubs and trees. This miniature garden, probably Corner of the sky garden L, the most expensive piece of aerial agriculture lav the world, has a vegetable plot 250 feet square and winding walks landscaped In a manner which would do credit to any country home. Now accustomed to his unusual job, Buckley goes about his duties with a casual manner which seems to foretell the. distant day when sky gardens will be common. Six Nazis Given ' ! Sentence in NY Brick Works Fire Ends Famous Kiln (Continued from page 1) the fire started about 8 p. m. whea a wooden tramway for han-1 dling hog : fuel for the kilns caught fire from a furnace. The . factory, which had been closed down . for several months ewiag te a labor dispute, had Violation of Civil Rights Law Charged Against Germanic Croup RIVBRHEAD. N. Y July 12 UP A Suffolk county Jury de liberated less than two minutes today and then convicted six of ficials of the German-American Settlement League. Inc., and the league itself for violation of the state civil rights law. Judge L. -Barron Hill, in met ing, out near maxium sentences. said he would ask the district at torney's office to forward minutes recently been reopened for oper- Xi .i - " , r I of the trial to the proper au ction. It normally employed from th0rltles- Ia .WashIa gton. . ' T5 to SO men. O. K. Edwards Is manager of the plant. The brick factory, one of the largest of Its kind, has for years supplied brick to the construction trade and many buildings at Portland. Salem, on the Oregon State college campus at Corral lis sad other cities have made use of Its products. He characterized certain ac tions of the defendants at the trial as "amaiing," referring to one of the defendants who gave the nasi aalute to the American flag In the courtroom and when asked it that was the American salute, replied: - i No, but it will be!" The specific charge : accused leaders of the league an affil iate of the German-American bund which claims 400,000 mem bers of conducting a secret oath taking society without filing a list of members with the secre tary of state. i , - Judge Hill Imposed the max- Imnm 1fl AAA mva?.... . I. PORTLAND. Ore, July 12.-W l". " V V ' . " .T " 7 -CIO longshoremen picketed the Mueller, league ! president, to uip weorge i. uison loaay sna 1 r,. n vear in the counfv 1tl CIO Longshoremen Won't Load Ship declined to losd 300.000 board feet of lumber from the West Ore gon sawmill. CIO lumber workers picketed and fined him $1,000 The other defendants were fined 1500 each and sentenced to one year in 2ail, but the sen- the mill becsuse It recently signed I tences were suspended -during an agreement with the AFL. Tie up of the comparatively small shipment did sot seriously affect the West Oregon's opera tions. Union officials did not com ment, however, on whether the action would be extended to other ships loading the mill's products. , The AFL asserted the long shoremen were bound by contract with the Waterfront Employers association to load ail vessels. good bhavlor. f Engineers Quiet For Mink's Sake Rescue Man From ASTORIA, July XZiJPAxmy engineers, who were told sereral weeks ago that operations of the Drokfleld company on a Lewis and Clark river dike might cause mother minks at a nearby fur XXT Til j larm to devour their young, WaSte X lie rire thorIxed the company to con tinue work today. workers were1 ordered to Pro ceed Quietly, however, and to re frain from burning brush near the Lewis aad Clark mink farm. The coast guard board resum ed today a hearing on a claim for SC7SI by mink farmers who said low-flying coast guard am- pnibiaa planes i had frightened mother mink late frenzies. EUGENE. Ore.. July Knocked unconscious by a wood slab. B. C. KarL Walton, worker at the Keith lumber mill, fell forward onto a conveyor belt which carried hint to a burning traan pile. Rescued by bystand ers. Earl was In a serious condi tion at a hospital. Veteran Stricken By News That Son Is Killed by Car Robert Burness. of Garibaldi, leader, of the Tillamook boys and girls' band sponsored by the Vet erans of Foreign Ware of that dis trict, collapsed Tuesday morning when he received a telegram that a son. about 12. was killed when run over by a truck. After receiving first aid Bur ness was placed In ore of a physician and flown to the coast by Lee U. Eyerly. The lad's name Is not known here and the tele gram gave no details of the acci dent. Burness was attending the state encampment here. Ancient Preparin Walker Hike or GRANTS PASS, July 12-(P)-If Adam Ziegler, 55-year-old ath lete, does a marathon here from San Francisco, via his feet, he can look for no pot of gold such as showered Flying Cloud. In fact, 100 postcards of himself seems to be the whole prospect of re ward. Ziegler, warmed up by a. 106 mile walk from Trucked to Sac ramento, was poised today In San Francisco to take oft on' his walk ing-running jump to Grants Pass, via the Redwood highway, hope ful of breaking the record of seven days set 10 years ago for the 470-mile trip by the Indian, lying Cloud. The 65-year-old walker hopes to do the trip in five days. Zieg ler, who was an entrant in the famous Pyle bunion derby of oth er years, said all he was waiting for was an automobile from Grants Pass to check his time. However, the question of whether he gets an official timer is up to Clyde Edmondson, of the Redwoods Empire associa tion in San Francisco. Loyalist Troops Are Holding Own BENDAYE, France-(At the Spanish Frontier). July 12-lfPV- Spanish government troops were reported tonight to be holding their own in the wild Espadan mountains north of Valencia aft er stopping an insurgent push to ward key highway cities. Despite previous admissions of retreat, government forces report- en tney were holding the highest peak in the range and surround ing strategic positions. President's Visit Spurs Treasure Isle Building Core Curriculum Theory Discussed Competent Teachers Need for Making Education Theory Success EUGENE. July 12-fl)-The Core corrlculum theory of educa tion rests upon competent teachers and an up-todate curricula. C. C. Trillingham, Los Angeles, and Dr. IA X Macomber, University of Oregon professor of education, told a conference of educators as sembled here to study how to put the theory Into practice in Oregon. The speakers explained the theory as a fusion of related courses starting as early as the age of six and continuing through high school. Instead of studying arithmetic, grammar, spelling and the like, teachers would Instruct on the basic functions of life. Such functions would Include study of the development and con servation of human resources, non-human resources, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services, communica tion, transportation, recreation, achieving spiritual and aesthetic needs, organising and governing and education. The primary purposes is to teach the child to relate what he learns to actual experinces. Patton Corner Value $45,600 Similar Frizzell Case Is to Open at 9 o' Clock This Morning (Continued from Page 1) than the average that the commis sion had paid for. other property tn fh two blocks sonxht for cap- itol site extension, on a basis of area. : . ; -, - It waa brought out in closing ar guments, by the defense, repre sented by John H. Carson and Custer Ross, that the per SQuare foot prices paid by the state had included: Henry:: Meyers, $1.84: Staley. $1.31; Kimball. SS; Frank Meyers, S2.44; Baumgartner, $1.81: Huntington, $2.38; Wil liams, $1.98; Bowersox, $2.12; Lachmund, $2.62; Bean, $2.27. The awrd la the Patton case amounts to about, $1.83 in com parison to the average of $2.18 ac cording to defense figures. Defense Bays . ? Offer Low : The defense , stressed these comparisons in contending that the state's offer In the Patton case was unreasonably low. The state attorneys, J. M. Devers and Rex Klmmel, relied largely upon the appraisals of the Salem Real ty board appraisal committee and that of Albert E. Bullier. Witnesses T u e s d ay forenoon were Ed Rosteln, real estate 'man who estimated the property's val ue at $59,024.4". an' O. K. De- Witt, who had cooperated with Rosteln in making the appraisal and backed up his contentions. F. N. Derby, the final witness, said hef paid $25,000 for the Flem ing property which figured large ly in testimony and argument be cause" it was a private sale. Investigate Death oi Heiress Martial Lay May Be Palestine Lot JERUSALEM, July 12.-0P)-Martial law was believed immin ent tonight In the Haifa area of Palestine, where British marines fought an armed guerrilla band. Another battalion - of British troops was landed to aid In quell ing Jewish-Arab disorders. Ma rines from the British battle cruis er Repulse hurried to aid the de tachment battling a barricaded band near. Haifa. The new clash came after a Jewish bus was overturned and bombed, with Injuries to one pas senger. . Sydney Moody, acting govern ment chief secretary, was in Hal fa, conferring with northern dist. Gov. ' Morris Bailey and Comdr. J. H. Godfrey of the Repulse on advisability of proclaiming mar tial law. ' i Such 1 a proclamation was ex pected, at least in the northern district, where Haifa has been the main trouble point in disor ders which resulted in 820 cas ualties since July (. The casual ties included 47 Arabs and 24 Jews killed. 14$ Arabs and $7 Jews wounded and five British soldiers wounded. In addition, IS Arab members of organised units have been killed and scores wounded. -' $8,985,157,600 h Spending Program .. (Continued from page I) Last year revenues fell short of expenditures by only $1,524. 713,050. the smallest deficit in seven years. The president said the reces sion would make inroads on every important branch of the treas ury's revenue. Total revenues, he said, probably will fall from $4,241,661,227 last rear to $5,000,270,000 this year., ' His revenue estimates Indicat ed a decline of. $600,000,000 in the yield of the income tax. as compared with last year, a drop of $370,000,000 in miscellaneous taxes, and a decrease of $80,000, 000 in customs receipts. Reflecting increased unemploy ment, social security taxes, which are based , directly, on payrolls, are expected to fall about $506,200,000, as compared to about $60,200,000 last year. Japanese Troops Halted in Drive (Continued from page 1) holes in warehouses and wharf buildings. Barbed wire entanglements, trenches and sandbag redoubts were erected in the streets. Most civilians had fled. For eign missionaries established an emergency refuge tone at Kuling, a mountain resort 13 miles away. Eighteen bombers carried out a.jaid on Wuchang, across the river from Hankow, and killed or wounded 200 Chinese. United States missionary In stitutions. Including Boone uni versity, St. Hilda's school, St. Joseph's hospital and .Christian Missionary Alliance mission were endangered by some of the 100 bombs dropped. V With Prevklcat noosevelfs visit a little more thaa a w.eefc away, work on the administratlosi building, the Sua Tower and other structures en Treasure Island waa rushed in order that they may be com j lcte for the presidential Inspection tour. .The president will lunch and deliver a speech from the ad-j- .'nMratloa buihllng of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and then tour the man-niade lilaad ea a preview glimpse of the fair. Photo shows a section of the exposition buildings looking from the OaVland aide of the Saa Francisco bay. Ia the background la Sam Francisco's skyline. Same day Itoosevelt win review the United State mate fleet ia Saa Francisco bay after which he will head for Yosemlte valley, Los Angeles and Saa Diego to embark for Pensacola, Fla. US photo. Martin Installed In new Quarters Governor Charles H. Martin formally moved into his new auar- lers in the state capltol building at 4 p.m. yesterday. The gover nor indicated that he would be at his desk all day tomorrow, v, The executive . department I n the new Oregon - capltol building Is equally an elaborate as the -governor's quarters in the Washing ton state capltol and contains ail modern conveniences. The Wash ington capltol cost $5,000,000 and the Oregon capltol $2,500,000. Included In his suite are a re ception room, public office, pri vate secretary's office, conference room, stenorgraphers rooms, gov ernor's private office, and quar ters for his assistant private secre tary. A shower bath, such as in stalled in the offices of the state treasurer and secretary. of state, was omitted from the governor's suite. Medf ord Unionists, Mill Heads Confer BEDFORD, July 12.-aVIn-dustrial employes union represen tatives of millworkers and the management of the big Medford corporation, lumber producers, met last night in what waa de scribed by James H. Owen, gen eral manager as a "backfire chat to discuss differences. Owen said all questions were tti amicably, although the mattters at issue were not divulged. The plant employs about 300. Flame t Destroy Studio At Newport Owned Here NEWPORT, July 12 -"() -A building housing a photo stndlo and owned by Mrs.. Mildred Dwyer, Salem, was destroyed by fire today with an estimated loss of $1200. Obituary Knight Lory H. Knight, 73. at the resi dence at Jefferson. July 12. Sur vived by - widow Mrs. Louise Knight, sons, Elmer B. and Har old . L. Knight, all of Jefferson ; daughter, Mrs. Claude Armstrong of Livingston, Mont.; brother, Ed C. Knight of Berkeley, Calif.; sla ter, Mrs. Mattie Wruck of Winona, Minn.; "also three grandchildren. Announcements later by the E. E. Howell Funeral home, Jafferson, and . Walker V Howell Funeral home ot Salem, In charge. r." - ' ; Wood i . Fred A. Wood, at a local hos pital July 10. Late resident of 2015 Trade street. Survived by widow, Mrs. Cora Schweiafnrth and Mrs. Minnie Apple, both of Salem. Mrs. Nora Roberts of Tur ner; sons, W. A. Emery, James. Carl and Everett Wood, all ef Salem. Services were held from the Walker & Howell chapet Tues day. July 12, at2:30 p.m. prwt poned eommflal, services wllj be held Wednesday, July IS. tX fO a.m., at City View cemetery. Ontario autnonnes launched an intensive investigation into the death of Mrs. Maybelle Horlick Sidley, American heiress to a $7,000,000 fortune, after her death at the Toronto mansion of W. Perkins BulL Canadian barrister, where she had been staying for the past year. The investigation was ordered by Attorney General G. D. Conant of Ontario because of the minions involved and the fact that she was 1 an American citizen. Buying Flurry Is Cause of Upswing NEwl YORK, July 12-(ff-The midyear - market was resumed In Wall street today with a flurry of buying la stocks .which sent prices to around the tops of the upswing-, recahed 10 days ago. After several days of . Indeci sion, , in which i the market fluc tuated narrowly, traders switched to the buying aide and sent lead ing issues up $1 to more than $4 a share. The average price of 80 repre sentative, issues rose $1 to $48, biggest rise since Julv 1. and within 40 cents of the 1938 peak reached the Saturday before In dependence day weekend. Sixty -r five individual Issues reached hew top prices since last autumn, and j hundreds more came within striking distance of their recent highs. i : ' Sees friend Sink Before His Eyes "SPOKANE. July 12.-!p)-EarI William Pellltt, 37. Spokane pipe layer walked off the end of a log boom In the Spokane river today while a life-long friend watched helplessly, j ' Christ Schuler. who said they had been friends since boyhood, said Pollltt walked ott the end of the boom into swift water, grasp ed a log nearby, slipped loose and sank. The body was recovered an hour later.) "I shouted "but he didn't seem to even hear me," Schuler said. j - Ask Yamhill Courthouse McMINNVlLLE, July 12 (jp) Yamhill county planned today to apply to the PWA for assist ance in constructing a $300,000 courthouse. Battle Over Word, So They Separate ! SPOKANE, Wash., July 12-() -A, word to the wires. - i Count your syllables before you speak If you want to keep peace in the family. In Judge Louis Bunge's court here today, Mrs: V. L.x Gage testified she and her husband separated when they quarreled oTer the word 'reticent.' Mrs. Gage said when she de scribed a girl as reticent,'' Mr. Gage said "shy" was. the proper word, and accused her of shownig off. Mrs. Gage was granted a di vorce. ' Umpqua Jetty Workman A.OS0S Laje m Ucean MARSHFIELD, July 12-WV- Floyd Tobin, 28. ot Winchester Bay lost his life In the surf .to day when a wave washed him from the south Umpqua Jetty where he was employed on a re pair crew. An unidentified work man, swam 50 feet through the surf to recover the body. HarKoring Charge Placed on Woman PORTLAND, Ore., July United; States Commissioner Kenneth Frazer today bound Mrs. Jean Miller, operator of a small Portland hotel, over to the federal' grand Jury on a charge of harboring and concealing An thony Garguilo. accused of kid naping an Idaho farmer. Mrs. . Miller was released on bond after her attorney made an unsuccessful effort to hare it re duced from $5000. D. D. Swenson, agent in charge ot the federal bureau, of identifi cation, told Fraser Garguilo had been arrested at the hotel, after Mrs. Miller previously said he was not there. Swenson also said $300 had been left at the hotel by Garguilo, alias. Charles McCul lough and taken as evidence. Garguilo and Lee W. Tomble son, Portland special police offi cer, are accused ot abducting Thomas Lowe, Idaho, and taking him to Spokane, where, as "Unit ed States marsha's," they took $$70 "ball- from him. They will be given preliminary hearings Fri day. . ,. Windsors not to Meet King George WHY SUFFER? WHY BE DISCOURAGED? Tv 1TEMOKKHOIDS (Pile) f Sr ' : ...... " v. u r i n,...".' r . murm Ulcars. AU lUctml. I "1 " Ctea and Stck troubles 1 oapttlr liaiaatwtth. ' I j sel MrttM Mlxmt j -.-,V ! all thr aiathosa katra ! tailed. Wa bar 4om itaW- i tor taofda ( thars w cam 4s it to yo. 2 7ars sa Portland, rRIK BOOK LIT mt Tor rauMC Call mr write Dr.CJ.DEAfi CUNIC XJt. Cor. K. Bornsid aad Graad At. Talapaoaa KAat 1S ForUaad, Orom CANNES, -France. July 12-iff)-The Duke and Duchess, of Wind sor sailed today on a yacht cruise ot Italian and Dalmatian waters that will keep them away from france throughout the state visit of King George and Queen Eliza beth in Paris July 19-22. All possibility of the first meet ing .between Edward tend George since the elder brother's abdica tion Dec 12. 1936, thus seemed definitely eliminated, though. 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