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Tlic Weather
Clear today and Sunday
with lower tempera! are,
higher humidity. Max.
Temp. Friday 96. Mln. 01.
lUver .2.0. Northwest wind.
POUNDOO
EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, July 16, 1938
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800 Men Fighting Flames
in Smith River Blaze;
Two Areas Closed
Smoke Drifts Over Salem
as Citizens Swelter
at 96 Degrees
Clouds in the forenoon. and a
smoky haze in the afternoon Fri
day failed to provide .much pro
tection from Old Sol's assault up
on Salem's sweltering population,
the official mercury at the" air
port climbing to 96 degrees, only
four less than on the two preced
ing days.
The smoke, drifting in from the
Smith River fire or one of the ap
proximately 60 other fires burn
ing in Oregon forests, served to
emphasize the warning Issued by
State Forester Ferguson of the
present highly inflammable' con
dition of the woods.
Acting upon Ferguson's re
quest, Governor Charles H. Mar
tin issued proclamations closing
two forest areas to entry. One of
these was the Tillamook burn.
Wolf Creek and Wilson .River area
in northwestern Oregon; the oth
er was the Booth-Kelly mill and
logging operations in eastern Lane
county. A third proclamation pro
vides for camp fire permits in
eastern Josephine and Jackson
counties. Smoking is prohibited in
all these areas.
200 Acres Burn '
In Lane County
The Smith River fire covering
2000 acres of timber in Lane
county is the most serious of the
present fires. More than 800 men
have been assigned to fight It.
Only a small amount of merchant
able timber hasneen "destroyed,
Ferguson said. - -
"In both the eastern and west
ern part of the state the hazard
is extreme, Ferguson declared
"In the former there has been a
dense growth of grass and weeds
as, a result of the damp spring
weather.
"In the western part of the
state there has been two months
of drouth, making conditions ripe
for serious fires.
. Ferguson said a number of
woods operations had closed vol
untarily while others were work
ing early morning shifts and clos
ing during the beat of the day
He said an absolute closure would
prove a hardship on thousands of
workers; .
"Only through extreme care In
the use of fire in the woods will
it be possible to avoid both addi
tional area and operation clos
ures," Ferguson declared.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 15-(JP)-It
wasn't the heat so much as the
humidity in Oregon today.
Most points reported tempera
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d d i tics
. . . . in the New
AVILL1AMSPORT, Pa., July
15!p)lostniaster F. E. Pian
kenhorn has been taking the li
cense Dumber of automobiles
whose drivers violate the no
parking rule around the federal
. building. He noted one and In
formed police.
Captain Harvey H. Zuber re
ported: "That car belongs to F. E.
Plankenhora.
"I thought that number
seemed familiar, "the postmas
ter said.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., July 15-
P)-Head down, Herbert Smith,
deaf and dumb cobbler, bicycled
toward work today.
.Pedestrians saw him approach
a railroad crossing. A passenger
train, was coming. They shouted
and the train's whistle blew fran
tically. - Unhearing, Smith rode Into the
engine and was killed.
WASHINGTON, July 15 P
The Howard Hughes flight dem
onstrated the tricks that " speed
can play with man's accepted sys
tem of time. '
This was pointed out today by
the National Geographic society,
which said:
- "In his four days ' of' flight
Hughes and his companions saw
the son rise five times while all
the other inhabitants of the earth
outside the Arctic and Antarctic
circles, could see it rise only four
times. This was: because Hughes
flying in the same direction that
the earth was turning on Jts axis,
actually outdistanced it one com
plete lap. "
"His experience can- be com
pared to .that of a man running
forward on a speeding train: He
moves over the ground more rap
idly than the train does. With the
combined speed of the earth and
its atmosphere, and the speed of
his airplane, Hughes took five
whirls through space around the
earth's 'axis while the rest of as
made only four trips." " ; .
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Tired but triumphant, Howard Hnghes, millionaire sportsman, and his crew of four leave their plane
after circling the world In less than four days. Foremost In the picture is Richard Stoddard, radio en
gineer; Edward Lund, mechanical engineer, standing behind him, smiling; Hughes Is Immediately be
hind, wearing a hat; in the doorway of the plane, is Thomas Thurjow, navigator. Harry Connor, fifth
"J member of the crew, does not appear in the photo. J I " '
Oregon Vital Spot
Is Farley's View
Says if Sweep Made Here
Democrats Will Carry
all West States
PORTLAND, Ore., July 15.-(;P)
-If the democratic' party can car
ry Oregon it can sweep everything
west of the Mississippi, Postmas
ter 'General James A. Farley
opined today during a five-hour
stopover en route to Seattle and
the national convention of the
Young Democratic clubs.
Farley warned it would "look
bad'! if : Oregon slipped into the
republican column at the Novem
ber election.
Farley recounted the objectives
of the Roosevelt administration
and the agencies created to carry
them out. The problem was, he
declared, one of bringing more
equality in living between those
who have the comforts of life and
those who do not.
."There may be persons so cnl
cal and hard as to assert that be
cause 'crime and poverty and dis
ease and war have always existed
it is not only useless but unde
sirable to attempt to eliminate
them," he said. "But you may be
sure that is not the sentiment of
the vast majority of civilized men.
' "Because a desirable thing can
not be accomplished in a single
stroke is no reason for not try
ing." SEATTLE, July .-(-Postmaster
General Farley tonight
called upon young democrats to
"give us a Roosevelt congress" in
this fall's congressional elections.
In a speech prepared for deliv
ery before the national conven
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A ir Service A cross Atlantic
May Be Established by Fall
NEW YORK, July 15.-(JP)r-
Commercial airplanes will resume
'survey flights across the North
Atlantic next week, and prospects
are good that the common citizen
with enough cash for a ticket can
reach Europe by air this autunfn
The trip from New Yori to
London will require about 24
hours: The fare Drobablr will be
$ 4 5 0. A first class ticket on the
liner Queen Mary costs $316, tips
extra. - ".
'Riironean rearmament and
highly involved political consider
ations have delayed the estaniisn
ment of regular airliner service
between Europe and America for
at least four years. '
To land at a foreign port, an
atmlane reanires a nermit. Na
tions not yet ready for competi
tion on the Atlantic air ' lanes
have been loath to grant such per
mits except for "survey flights.
'Let everybody start even, they
argue. -
Now. however, the United
States is practically ready to be
L ZS ROUNDl
White Wings Say jj
Hughes Just Ton j
Under Lindherghj
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NEW YORK, July 1 S.-CTheyl
measure returning heroes by the
ton here that is, the sanitation!
department does. j
Today, after the demonstration!
for Howard Hughes and his erewj
of record-breaking world-circlers j
the department cleaned up .1,8001
tons of paper confetti in two:
hours from the parade route, us
ing 1,600 drivers rnd sweepers,!
75 flushing machines and 75
trucks. 1 I
The Lindbergh welcome brought
about 1,900 tons of paper and the
American Legion parade approx-i
imately 1,000 tons. j
State Woodlands' !
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Protection Uppeq
WASHINGTON. July 15 HH
Approval of the first of a proposed
series of agreements to increase1
forest fire protection on 2,500,000;
acres of timber land in Oregon
was announced today by Secretary
Ickes. ('-.-. ' !: 1 1
The agreement was made with
the Forest Fire association of
Oresron to safeguard .1.670,000
acres of land in Lane a.-.d Benton"
counties. ' t j j
The association will take action
in nntrnl all fires orisinatine on
or threatening the land and main! '
tain all necessary facilities anc
fire protection organizations
Ickes said. The interior departf
ment will reimburse it at the rat
of 2 cents an acre until Janu
ary 1, 19 39, and one cent an acre
thereafter'until June 30, 1939.
gin shuttling between the two
continents with passengersj mail
and express. It actually jcoul-1
have started in 1934, with equip4
ment then available. i f
The new S3, 000-pound flying;
boats being completed in Seattle
are rated considerably in advance;
of anything which Europe has tq
offer. ; ! - i ' j
The British probably are closer
to transatlantic service than any
other foreign power. Their Im4
proved "Empire" i flying j boats
ought to be ready for scheduled!
flights in the fall, and hints have
been dropped by Pan i American
Airways, . the United States com-j
pany. that regular transatlantic
service awaited only the complej
tion of the bigger- equipment.
Fifty "survey" nights will be
made by the British, Germans and:
French this summer .; and fall
When the Germans land a cat-j
apulted seaplane at Port Wash4
ing ton, Long Island, next Friday
It will mark the start of theiij
a . - KJ
tween New York and the Azores I
WORLD SHIP
McNutt's 'Palace'
Plans Co Forward
Philippine Commissioner
to Have "Cottage" to
Cost $151,200
WASHINGTON. July 15.-()-
High Comm. Paul V. McNutt is to
have his summer palace In the
mountains of the Philippines, de-
spite republican congressional
critics, who termed it an outrage.
Bids for construction of the
building were opened at the treas
ury today and the H. R. Goyke
and . company of Jacksonville,
Fla., was found to have submitted
the lowest one, $151,200.
War department officials said
the summer residence, to be lo
cated In the mountains of Bagulo,
would be completed early next
year.
Construction work already Is
under way on the high commis
sioner's "regular palace" at Ma
nila. Funds totaling $750,000
were appropriated ,by congress
two years ago for construction of
the two Philippine palaces after
the ones previously occupied by
the American governor general
were turned over to the Philippine
government upon Inauguration of
the new commonwealth.
The sites were selected and the
funds approriated before McNutt
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$100,000 Budget
Aim for Minerals
PORTLAND. July 1 5.-(;P)-The
legislature will be asked for a
$100,000 budget for the next bi
ennium by the state board of ge
ology and mineral industries, the
directors decided today.
The amount is the same grant
ed when the legislature created
the board two years ago.
An off - the - record discussion,
however. Indicated the board may
alter division of funds, particu
larly as they affect grubstake
loans. In the last budget, $40,000
was assigned to grubstakes.
The board reaffirmed Its posi
tion against a mineral exhibit at
the San Francisco exposition in
1939 unless sufficient funds were
available to assure a worthwhile
display.
Smith's Condition
Reported Better
GRANTS PASS, July 15.-V-The
condition of Raynor Smith,
20, Willamette university student
who" suffered a fractured skull
Wednesday fn an auto crash near
the Oregon Caves in which Clyde
Dunn. 19, Portland, lost his life,
was reported ood" . today. Col
mar, Lombard, Portland, hart , in
the sa?ne wreck, was reported out
of danger. .
.
Drops Use of
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Kers
Say WPA Employment by
Public Bodies Is An
Unfair .Usage
Rickman Says Practice Is
Unfair to Men Not on
Relief But Jobless
Revolt against WPA was
launched by the-Salem water com
mission Friday night when its
members voted to discontinue use
of labor supplied by the works
progress administration on exten
sion of mains on August 1, pro
vided that this did not conflict
with the agreement entered into
by the city council with the fed
eral relief work agency.
Commissioner M. J. Rickman
declared that employment of
WPA labor by public bodies was
an evil; that as a result of this
system men who could not or
would not qualify for relief were
unable to get Jobs. He said it was
unfair to men who owned their
homes and were, regular patrons
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US Observer Sent
To View Refugees
Mission Is to Observe
Persons Who Wish to
Depart Germany .
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France,
July 15-P)-The United States
sent an official observer into Ger
many.' today,' at the " end i of the
32-nation refugee conference, to
gather information for a report
on the situation of potential ref
ugees in Greater Germany.
George Brandt, who holds the
rank of consul in tfie American
foreign service and who was at
tached to the American delegation
at the conference, left under in
structions from the state depart
ment for visits In Berlin, Vienna,
Stuttgart and Hamburg.
A spokesman for the American
delegation said Brandt's mission
would be "to gather Information
from American sources concern
ing the number and type of per
sons who desire to leave Germany
under the sponsoring of the per
manent refugee organization es
tablished by the London confer
ence. He is to report to that body af
ter its members assemble Arig. 3
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AFL Clerks March
Before Groceries
PORTLAND, Ore., July 1S.-(JP)
AFL retail grocery clerks union
pickets pounded hot pavements
before the red and yellow Safe
way stores today but the major
ity of the chain's 80 units opera
ted with managers and salesmen
who refused to Join a strike.
The walkout, sanctioned by the
central labor council, affected
about 1000 workers. The council
authorized all other unions con
nected with the Safeway organis
ation to-support the clerks.
The union, in negotiating a re
newal of the 1937'contract, insist
ed upon unionization of man
agers, claiming that unit execu
tives in other chains were affil
iated. Safeway officials asserted
their managers had presented a
petition against union member
ship and declined to accept the
condition.
New Business for
Lumber Mills up
' PORTLAND, July 15-()-Last
week's new business of 76,895.
000 board feet of lumber, report
ed by 120 mills, was more than
3,000,000 feet above. the previous
week, the Western Pine associa
tion said today. 1
Production reached 48,527,000
board' feet, a decline of about
20,000,000 feet from the previous
week, due largely to the short
Fourth of July work period.
Orders were about 10,000.000
feet ahead of the corresponding
week a year ago.
403,000 Allotted
For County Roads
. WASHINGTON, July 1S-UP)-Senator
Charles McNary's office
was notified today the president
had approved WPA allotments
for the following roads:
Marion, county $403,000, Lane
county $183,000. Linn county
$134,000 and Benton- county
$9,000. ... . ,
Mil it ary Chiefs St ate
Hugh es Flight Proved
US Aviation
Army Reveals Plane Had Motors of Secret Type;
Huge Crowd Showers Ticker Tape on
' Fliers on Trip up Broadway
WASHINGTON, July 15 APArmy and navy officers
said today that Howard Hughes' flight proved again that
American military aviation leads the world.
Without minimizing the contribution of civil aeronautics,
they said advanced equipment perfected for the army and
navy played au important part in the flight's success.
O By special permission. Hughes'
Devers Preparing
To File Mandamus
Seeks Order Compelling
McMahan to Call new
Judge for Trial y
Developments In the condem
nation case of the state capltol
commission against Arthur and
Mary Boeschen continued Friday
despite the tact that the trial had
been postponed to July 25.
J. M. Devers, assistant attorney
general, prepared a mandamus
complaint, to be filed Monday,
asking the state supreme court
for an order directing Circuit
Judge L. H. McMahan to call In
another judge to try the case, or
in the event the judge refused,
that the supreme court appoint a
judge to hear the proceeding. -
Dever's action followed Judge
McMahan's refusal to recognize
an affidavit of prejudice filed
against him In cfrcuit court here
Thursday. McMahan contended
that the affidavit was invalid for
the reason that the state was a
party to the litigation andUlje was
a state officer.
The original suit against th4
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Inquest Ordered
In Heiress' Death
$4,000,000 Estate Willed
by Heir to Horlick
Milk Fortune
TORONTO, July 15-(Canadian
Press) Atty. Gen. lordon Conant
tonight ordered an inquest into
the death last Wednesday of Mrs,
Maybelle Horlick Sidley, 1-year
old heiress to the Horlick malted
milk fortune.'
The action followed upon a con
ference between Conant and po
lice officials. No reason was given
for ordering the inquest, which
was set for July 26.
Mrs. Sidley died at the home of
W. Perkins Bull, Toronto lawyer
and long-time friend of the Hor
lick family, where she had been
a "guest for almost a year.
An autopsy, performed with
the permission of her son. Wil
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Clackamas Sheriff
Recall Hits Snag
OREGON, CITY. Julv li-JPi-
A recall movement against Sher
iff E. T. Mass of Clackamas coun
tv stalled vesterdav when spon
sors failed to Tile petitions with
the county clerk before the aeaa
line. Stanley Mitchell, recall group
attorney, said the necessary sig
natures had not been obtained.
Sponsors charged Mass. with
neglect of duties as sheriff; with
diverting legal business to a
newspaper to strengthen his poli
tical ambitions and with making
irregular fee collections.
Statesman's Rejrigeration
Show Held
The refrigeration exposition
sponsored by The Oregon States
man at the armory for the past
two days has been held over for
today and tonight, with extra at
tractions listed, during the show.
The exposition displays the
most sensational showing of elec
trical equipment ever exhibited in
Salem and Includes washers,
ranges, refrigerators and radios
of all the outstanding manufact
urers. Each Salem firm exhibiting
has special equipment to show
visitors. , : - -
Last night a series of films,
among them the- dedication cere
monies of the new state capitol
building were shown and tonight
the showing will be repeated by
popular request. The event Is
staged for 9 o'clock. - .
There are to be gifts for all
the youngsters who accompany
their parents. - Singing mono
zephyrs are, (he souvenirs to be
Sup re mac y
plane was equipped with two
Wright Cyclone 1,100 horsepower
motors of a secret type carefully
restricted' to American fighting
planes.
Moreover; the army air corps
lent ; Hughes the services of a
scientific ace, Lieut. Thomas L.
Thurlow, to be navigator on the
14,824-mile race around the top
of the world.
He employed in the aerial lab
oratory the pick of special devices
he helped develop as chief of the
air corps' experimental navigation
section at Wright field, Dayton,'
Ohio.
These included, it was reported
without official confirmation, an
intricate robot navigation instru
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Cut in Plantings
Asked by Wallace
32 per Cent Decrease for
Wheat Sowing Sought
to Fight Surplus -
WASHINGTON, July 15-P)-Secretary
Wallace asked Ameri
can wheat farmers today to cut
their 1939 plantings about 32 per
cent; to prevent greater surpluses
from complicating the problems
raised by this year's bumper crop.
As an inducement for reducing
their seeded acreage from 80.
000.000 for 1938 to 55.000,000
for next year, the agriculture de
partment will offer growers bene
fit payments which may total
$125,000,000.
The national, 55.000.000-acre
allotment the minimum allowed
under the new crop control law
- will be divided later among
wheat-producing states and coun
ties land then distributed among
Individual farmers under formu
las set up in the farm act. Grow
ers are not required to comply
with 'allotments, but only those
who do so are eligible for maxi
mum benefit payments and gov
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Fear Riots After
-
Bazaar Explosion
JERUSALEM, July 15 - (JP) -Truckloads
of British troops
manning machine guns streamed
through the twisting streets of
ancient Jerusalem tonight to fore
stall possible new disorders aris
ing from explosion of a bomb In
a crowded bazaar.
Twelve Arabs were killed and
at least 29 were wounded when
the bomb burst among throngs of
Arab peasants In David street
market place.
The Incident was one of the
most serious In the 11 days of
Jewish-Arab disorders In the holy
land.
Casualties since July S have to
taled at least 372. Of these, 29
Jews and CO Arabs were killed.
and 17$ Arabs and.101 Jews were
wounded.
Police closed all gates of the
old1 city after the market place
explosion. Soldiers with fixed bay
onets forestalled a threatened
riot among Arabs who had come
to the city for Friday morning
prayers in a nearby mosque.
Over Extra Day
distributed. Each adult will be
offered a drink of Gideon Stoltx'
new drink beverage Alc-Tlme
and other sifts are offered to all
visitors.
Entertainment has been plan
ned at various intervals through
the day and an instructive as
well as interesting time Is assur
ed. - Firms displaying electric refrig
eration . include: Teater and
Rash, the PEP company. Hogg
Brothers. Nelson Brothers, Ham
ilton Furniture company. Sears
and Roebuck, II. L. Stiff Furni
ture company, Good Housekeep
ing Inc.. Miller Mercantile.
George E. Allen Hardware, Im
perial Furniture company. Mont
gomery Ward, and Heider's Elec
tric and Radio Service.
' E. H. Barkus, radio sales and
service with Nelson Brothers. In
stalled a loud speaker system for
the convenience of listeners.
New Appointee
Was NY Labor
Commissioner
Served Under Roosevelt
During His Term As
Governor of NY
Appointment Surprise to
Many as Andrews Not
Much Mentioned
EL PORTAL, Calif., July 15
(JPy President Roosevelt today
appointed Elmer Andrews, New
York state industrial commllon
er, to administer the new wage
hour law.
The announcement of Andrews'
appointment came late in the Any
at El Portal, after Mr. Roosevelt
had made a daylong tour of Yose
mite national park.
Press Secretary Stephen EarTy
said that Andrews bad - "exten
sive experience" with wages and
hours in his job as New York
labor commissioner.
Andrews was assistant New
York labor commissioner while
Mr. Roosevelt was governor of
New. York. He was named com
missioner by Governor Lehman.
The appointment came as a.
surprise to many persons. An
drews had . been among those
least-mentioned for the Job.
Southerners Are,
Disappointed .
The appointment of an eastern
er was a disappointment to many
southerners who had hoped that
a resident of their region would
be named. Under the wage-hour
law, a differential between sec
Uons of the country may be made.
Eastern. legislators had argued
that no differentials were neces
sary but southerners had ront ud
ed that some considerations
should be given their section ef
the country.
Weeks-long speculation had
brought the names of scores of
persons Into the discussion as to
whom would be appointed the
wage-hour administrator.
The announcement of Andrews'
appointment was made by Early
shortly after Mr. Roosevelt board
ed his special train for Los An
geles. The president had spent most
of last night considering the ap
pointment.' He talked with As
sistant Secretary Charles V. Mc
Laughlin of the labor department
last night from the cruiser Hous
ton In San Francisco bay after he
had reviewed tha United States
fleet.
Andrews Job will be to admin
ister the board, new wage-hour
program enacted in the closing
days of congress after an extend
ed fight.
The wage-hour program pro
vides minimum wages starting at
25- cents an hour and roaxlmim
hours starting at 44 a week.
HUtory of Wage
Dill Stormy
Roosevelt for more than a year,
provoked one of the bitterest
congressional fights of the last
two years.
Originally passed by the senate,
the measure was pigeon-holed la
the house last winter.
Only after renewed administra
tion efforts was It again brought
out of committee and approved
by the bouse.
Then, a Joint senate-house com
mittee worked for days lu an
effort to formulate some com
promise between differing senate
and bouse bills.
The compromise finally wcrk
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Loyalist Forces
Regain Mountain
HENDAYE. France.. (At the
Spanish Frontier), July lS-(Ay-A.
violent eountercfft nslve un
leashed by Gen. Jose Miaja's
forces In eastern Spain today car
ried the red, yellow and purple
banner of the government atop
strategic Marcos mountain.
The peak is neaa Tales, about
34 ml lea. airline north of Valen-'
cla, near the Mediterranean.
It was re-capturer' by the gov
ernment militiamen as tbey
fought steadily to dam the on
rushing wave of Insurgent troops
toward Valencia, former govern
ment capital.
( The peak gave the government
a position from which to threaten
the nearby Sueras and Onda sec
tors 'and possibly neutralize the
Insurgents' recent gains "In the
coastal sector.
Inland some 45 miles from the
Mediterranean the belligerents
fought in extreme heat In the
Sarrion sector, southeast of Ter
uel, " along the Teruel-Sairunto
highway which the Insurgents
seek to control.
(A Madrid dispatch said Insur
gent warplanes killed 13 persons,
and Injured 20 In a raid on Alrl
ma de Alfara on the Teruel-Sa-gunto
highway.)