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Newspaper Page Texti- s v- .1 PAGE TWC Tic OREGON STATESMAN, Sales. Oregon, Thursday Morning July 21, 1923 French Seek British Pledge to Aid Czechs Against!; GerMamj Viewed Means To KeepP eace Political Leaders Discuss Pledge With Halifax as King Yisits PARIS. July JO--Strentth- ened diplomatically by the lUU visit of King George and Queen Ellxabeth. France today sought a British pledge to reslat Germany's campaign against Cseehoslovakia aa a way of keeping the reneral European peace. While the British monarch dee- orated France 's tomb of the un known soldier In a second day of ceremonies. Trench political lead ers attempted to conTince British . foreign Secretary Viscount Hall fax Af the need for definite Fran co-British military guarantees to Czechoslovakia. A central figure in the talks -was Stephen Osuskv, Czechoslo vak minuter to Paris. A central factor was believed to be a plan offered by Richsfuehrer . Hitler for solution of the Czechoslovak problem which was brought to Paris by Halifax. Htraln Peace Threat The strain between Czechoslo vakia and Germany is one of the most long-standing threats of gen eral war heightened last Febru ary 20 by Hitler's declaration he would "protect" German minor itie such aa the 3.S00.00O Sude ten Germans within Czechoslova kia. To back up their arguments against B r 1 1 a 1 n's noncommital policy regarding protection of the central European republic against nail aggression. Premier Edouard Daladler and Foreign Minis ter Georges Bonnet brought four oth er French diplomatic and political leaders- into lunch-time conversa tions at Qua! D'Orsey, the foreign Office. There four Former Premiers Camilla Chautemps, Leon Blum and Edouard Harriot end the French ambassador to London, Charles Corbin Joined Daladler, Bonnet and the Czechoslovak en joy la telling Halifax that France waa determined to march to Czechoslovakia's aid Id event of a German attack. V A UV Sift WW wi. have to enter such a struggle on .the Czechoslovak - French side sooner or later and might fore stall a fight It she came out open ly now. Hero B'uW Palls on Flier (Continued from peg 1) meant to go to California but his compass was set wrong, planned to aall for borne by the middle of next week. He will have no trouble getting hack. Five steamship lines were begging him to be their guest. (The latest offer came from the .United States maritime com mission, which plans to take Cor- rigan and his plane to America in Its steamship Lehigh. iThe US department of com merce decided to do nothing about punishing Corrigan for flying the Atlantic without a permit until he gets home.) . Martial Law Rules After Strike Riot '(Continued from page 1) who cleared the streets, took charge of the area and established a military tone, prohibiting public gatherings of all kinda. The Maytag plant closed May 9 when 1,400 employes walked out, refusing to accept a 10 percent eat. Two days ago the company resumed production with a skel eton force of several hundred hack-to-work advocates, but to dsy the plant remained closed, only a few officials and 100 of fice workers being permitted to enter. , New Deal Power Program Target (Continued from page 1) threatened by the federal gov ernment's activities. Townsend said the power ques tion would be emphasized in states where huge government aa Nebraska and states in the programs were underway, such Tennesse Valley Authority, area. Gov r n m e n t reorganization, proposed by President Roosevelt but up to now turned down by congress, also will get Its share of attention. Townsend said. We are always glal to consider loan applications for business purposes, for home ownership and motlcrnizAtlon, household equipment and automo bile parr base, and for personal Bscs. ; D. W. Eyre, Manager . Crime Commissions Aid Police 7 ' . v:i ' ii ; i A- V I 8.00000 convicted 1 1 ; Q I. 4 criminals to P. 8. h j - '! y . . U jj i kV it . I i I . I Carry Cirrrsmhetm ;f ' - ' f J UO.000 murderers I H I I are at large Vg45ft Crime commissions are coming- to the fore as aa invaluable adjunct of law forces la reducing: crime. Working; Independently of consti tuted authorities,' these civic bodies help to expedite Justice, im prove penal conditions and cut down causes of crime. Both Balti more and New York have model groups of this kind. In New York the commission, headed by Harry Guggenheim, has been of great help in cleaning up rackets and furthering the work of such as Thomas Dewey, district attorney. Baltimore' commission Is the "oldest In the United States, having been at work since 1923. More than a score of large cities and a dozen states now have 1 privately financed organizations siding; in law enforcement. Cook's Portland Band Will Play For State Fair A 23-pIece Portland band has been designated as the official band for the 193S Oregon state fair and will liven lair week Sep tember 5 to 11, with martial airs and concert music, manager Leo G. Spitxbart has announced. The group is the widely known Ashley Cooks Portland band. It will play for the fair at the night horse show, during the horse races and stock Judging and will present several concerts, accord ing to the present schedule. This will be the first time in several years that a Portland band has been designated to play for the state's big agricultural and industrial show. Manager Spitxbart says. For . the last three yearg Salem groups have played. i The same rules for commun ity and organizational bands will be applied this year as last, it is announced. AH bands appear ing in uniform will be admitted to the Salem grounds free. Deadline for UCC Tax Payment Near Oregon employers delinquent for 193 (.contributions under the state unemployment compensation law have only six more days to day the stato tax and gain credit for the amount of contributions with reapectto employment dur ing such year, officials announc ed yesterday. ! , If the 193S contribution is paid by July 2C the employer so paying can then demand a credit of 90 per cent of the amount due. Or. if the employer already has paid the 193 C federal lax, he will be able to obtain; a refund of 90 per cent of it from the federal government. 4 Mrs. Savage Dies In Washington DC , -: i ; - - -i - Word was received in Salem Monday of the death of Mrs. Carl ton Savage of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Savage was formerly Beth Godbold of Spokane, Wash. ' She received her education in the schools of Oregon and Washing ton and at the Northwestern uni versity of Chicago. Mrs. Savage will be remembered by her Oregon friends as head of the department of speech at Oregbn State Normal school at Monmouth. Loan Applications Invited L. C Smith. AssUMgr. Pair of Houses Damaged in Fire Fire, which city firemen sail broke out -along a connecting ga rage yesterday afternoon did con siderable roof damage to a three story frame house at 647 North High and scorched the south side and cracked windows of an ad joining house, occupied by the W. H. Rottlnk family. Assistant Fire Cheif William Iwan said the fire evidently start ed outside the connecting garage, on the north side, and, fanned by a northeast wind whipped up the side of the house. , Interior of the house was not damaged, other than from water. A cat, in a third-floor room, suf focated from smoke. Security Failure Is Poling's Topic Citing classic examples ' of , fail ure to achieve "security" artifi cially. Rev. Paul Newton Poling. Presbyterian minister of El Paso, Texas, classified as equally futile the present-day "security" pro grams of nations and economic groups, in an address before the Salem Klwanis club Tuesday noon. Armaments do not make na tions secure and carefully devised social security programs do not even provide for tomorrow's safe ty of the individual, the speaker ar-serted. Security is an unsought gift to those who labor construct ively and righteously, he : con cluded. - Regret Expressed At Tree Removal Regret that so many trees have been sacrificed at the new state capltol site was expressed here .yesterday morning by Mrs. E. S. Hedberg of Medford, a visitor in the city. v, Mrs. Hedberg spends some time nearly every summer in the cap ital city, and has been for many years an admirer of the state house surroundings, especially the trees. She praised the beauty of the new capltol, but lamented the interior summer heat due . to re moval of shade trees. Depot: New Senator Hotel Phone: 4151 - EFFECTIVE JULY 17. fltJ.J,s C)S& t . .xvl for14'- J Morgan Claims Hush-Hush on Congressional . Probe of i Federal Agency Has Stormy Session (Continued from Page 1) policies that resulted In the Toss of million of dollars. Jenkins moved that 'anyone be permitted to interview any TVA employe ai any time. His mo tion was i seconded by Senator Da via (R-Pa.) Representative Mead (D-NT) protested t that Jenkins' ' motion would permit "utility officials and everyone else" to go Into the TVA files if personnel were In terviewed without direction. 4 The committee voted to table the Jenkins motion until tomor row, with Mead explaining the committee had agreed in Wash ington, on the procedure to be followed In interviewing TVA personnel; and obtaining records and rues. UVSW Say Wagner Act "Monstrosity'' Ask Bridges' Deportation; Elect W. J. Hoffman 1 as Commander McMINNVILLE, July 20 -rV xne united veterans of the Span lsh war unanimously adopted to day a resolution presented by Robert Campbell, Portland, term ing the Wagner labor relations act a "legislative monstrosity" which should be immediately repealed or modified. The resolution deplored the leadership of "alien agitators and in the same sentence referred to the Wagner act, asserting that rather than diminishing labor controversies it has resulted in an Increase i of 500 per cent in the number of labor disputes as com pared to 1932." The deportation of Harry Bridges, San Francisco longshore men leader, and "all other alien agitators;" who promote strikes and lockouts and have tied up the lumber industry also waa asked. The veterans elected W. J Hoffman, McAlinnvilie, comman der for the Oregon department. succeeding Samuel L. Hanson, Portland. Hoffman defeated P. O Urban, Corvallis. Margaret Rodg ers, Roseburg, was elected presi dent of! the auxiliary and Ruth Grant, Salem, chaplain. j Band in Concert J ' 4 i At Square Friday Another outdoor concert will be played by the Salem civic band Friday night in Marion Square, H. N. Stoudenmeyer conducting. Following the concert, there will be i a display of the fountain in Willson park. Mrc rJUtionl Ftneiblea" Sobm OTertore ".From Dawn to Twilight" i . . Bennet Wslti "Bleepiac Beauty" Balet Tsehaikowak-r Popular (a) "Page Miaa Glori"Warren b "I'm an. Old Cow Hand"af ereer (c) "Ii toe inapei la taa .Moon- lia-ht" Hill Comic Opera Selection Wonderland Herbert Characteristic 'In a Honaatcrr Gar- den" Ketelby Intarmlsaion March "The Gladiator" . ..Sousa A Summer Idyl "'Amour the Rosea J 1 . i t Lake A Joyoot Flirht "The Merry Lark" from "Btrdland" Suite.. -Bendlx Kxerpta from " Sweethearts' Marrh "The Craaader" Final. ; I .Herbert Sousa Retirement Plan For Biink Workers A cooperative retirement ' plan for employes of the United States National bank Is announced bv Paul S. DJck, president According to the plan, which becomes effective' August 1, em ployes who have been with the bank one year or more in all of the bank's 23 units will be eligi ble for compensation at certain ages of retirement, 0 years for women and 5 years for men. Under arrangements made with the 'Prudential Insurance com pany of America, employes will contribute .a percentage of their earnings toward the retirement fund and the hank assumes the remainder of the expense, mak ing the plan cooperative. Examples of Low Fares - OneWayBdtp Rosebars; 2.65flO Grants Pass S.85 6.05 Medford . 4.40 7.05 Names Suspect Evelyn Morris, waitress, who pointed oat two men in a Los Angeles court recently as the men who shot and killed Har old Thompson, might club oper ator. Those J den ft fled are Jo- sepn xrfuriscy ana lyie wooio mes who will stand trial for murder in the first degree. 15-Year-01d Girl Saves Boy of 13 MEDFORD, July 20.-6P)-The story of a 15-year-old girl's res cue of a boy last Sunday from the Rogue river near Central Point was told here today. The boy, Ellis McCurley, 13, got beyond his depth and became exhausted trying to reach shore. As he slowly sank. Patricia Whee ler, 15, saw him and swam swiftly to his aid. He had sunk when she reached the spot inhere he was last seen. I Diving nervelessly, she grasped his body and pulled him ashore. He was soon resuscitated. Hawaiian Service With Army Open Major H. D. Bagnall, Portland army recruiting officer, has in formed Sergeant Joseph Scarpa, in charge of the Salem sub-station in the postoff ice- building here, that a new quota, for Hawaiian service has been received. ' The new-quota authorizes en listment of five men for Infantry and ten men for the corps of en gineers to sail from San Francisco early in August for Honolulu. Two Million Ladybug Can't Fly Away Home ASTORIA Ore.. July 20 (JP Two million lady bugs, remov ed from cold storage hibernation. were released today by the Burk Pea cannery in an effort to halt Inroads of aphis which annually threaten the Clatsop county pea crop, , , i The ladybugs were hatched In insectories. ... Floods in India CAIXJUTTA. July 2 (M-TV-Thou- sands were homeless today as a result of floods rasing; through out Assam, British province in northwest India. I Many cattle, were drowned and rail communications severed over wide areas of the province. Portland Gas & V Save up ia 20 ( S F03inE4BIGI0DS OS K v coorxijjo Y nOUSS CEATXXf o HATSS CSATIHO (ffliji nrrniccnATioH r Colunibia Yields Body of Biinill Missing Lumberman From ' Portland Was Mystery Since June 8 PORTLAND, Ore., July 20p) Waters of the Columbia river at Vancouver, Wash., today gave op the body of Forrest Collier (Frits) Burrill, 3$, Portland, lum berman whose disappearance last June S. had provided the most pur- sling ease in recent years. Burrill's body was found in an automobile . discovered near a dock when the river level drop ped. He attended a lumber meet ing at the Portland golf club last June 8, .drove away alone about 2 a. m., never to be seen alive again. . Points to Accident His friends and family express ed utter amazement at his disap pearance. Coroner E. H.. Rider said cir Cumstanees indicated Burrill, fac tory superintendent of the Ralph Smith Lumber company, either bad planned suicide or met death accidentally It was not clear why Burrill had driven to Vancouver. Skid marks at the edge of the dock and a shattered car window Indicated Burrill attempted to free himself. ; The case still is clouded on the cause of Burrill's disappearance Friends and family said his af fairs, both at home and in his bus iness, were In excellent shape, his health bad been good and he was not known to have any cause for despondency. Fleet's Vanguard Arrives, Portland PORTLAND, Ore., July 20.-JP -Leading a three-day parade of naval craft up the Columbia river from Astoria tor the city's annual fleet week, two destroyers, the Zane and Perry, arrived here at 5:30 p. m. today. Tomorrow several auxiliary craft, such as hospital and relief ships, enter the river and on Fri day the major movement will be underway with eight cruisers and eight destroyers steaming inland. The craft remain here for a week with the exception of the Perry and zane, which wiU leave Satur day after picking up 130 Portland naval reserve sailors for a south ern California cruise. Minnesota Picnic for July 31 MM, . " Former residents of Minnesota, their families and friends, will gathers Sunday, July 31, at his toric Champoeg park, near New berg, for an all-day picnic. A large attendance is in prospect. as thousands of former Mln nesotaas are now residents of Oregon; " A program of sports for young er persons and entertainment for adults 1. Is being arranged, and former residents of the Gopher state wilt be among the speak rs. ' m " Major George E. Sandy. Port land, is president, and . Don Mac Arthur, program chairman. Court Balks at Bill From State " The Marlon county court made demand Wednesday for an item ized statement before it will nav a bill presented by the state agri cultural department for sealer of weights and measures service. The bill won't be paid until we know what we are paying for." County Judge John Slegmund said. Commissioner Melson also Ques tioned the bill and said it was the largest ever received by Marion county for this service. Educated 'Janitors PULLMAN. Wash . Jnlv 2(WZPk Featuring complete "lab" fa cilities, the . first course in Jan itorship offered by Washington state college opened this week with an enrollment of 30. Fee real cetalort i aWMOaar. let fa 4 trig lobs fa for 1 Modern ?os costs less tha other' aototBtttie applioace Th opt wtlag ceet Q . 'Tw enJy. the ; yew pay. Ask lev U tails today. Coke ConpAUY M LcttcX, PftlNAG-SWCPA I Incorporated t !jt's a Mouthful i The Penny Mothers New Age Pospel-Slop War White Cross Peaee Army, Inc., filed incorpora tion papers in the county clerk's office Wednesday. Incorporators of the non-profit organisation are W J. B a tier, L. W. Willford and Rosa Brown. ' iThe . purpose . set. forth Is pro motion of a world-wide peace movement, using such methods as economic boycott, moral suasion and publicity. fl I ' in - Palestine Films I To Be Screened l !2 Ted Jackman, World-Wide I Traveller . at Gospel Church on Friday f Moving pictures of Palestine will be shown Friday night at 7; 45 o'clock at the Foursquare Gospel church, 19th and Breyman streets, by Ted Jackman world traveler and lecturer, who has be"en to Palestine twice. ' .'While living in Jerusalem in 1935-36 Jackman was a student of the American School of Orien tal Research and Archeology. In this connection I he secured many unusual pictures, including the only moving pictures ever made of the actual work of excavating the ancient city of Jericho. He also made the difficult journey to Petra, mysterious city of stone. He was the first to photograph the city and the beautiful temples and tombs of the Nabateans with full color film. I I Holy City Included 1 i f Jackman will also show views taken in and around the Holy City, including an unusual view of Mt. Calvary. The reels of pictures Include "action shots" of demon strations of the Arabs and their starord dances which the Jaekmans saw during the riots of 1936, and are concluded with views of the new Jewish colonies and modern istic homes. New Quints' Home I Plans Discussed I NORTH BAY, Ont., July 20. f Canadian Press) A 1 1 y. Gen. Gordon Conant and other Ontar io government officials met today With guardians of the Dionne quintuplets to discuss plans for a Jew home for the famous little girls. M': ; - i Mr. and Mrs. Dionne and their seven other children all-will live together in the new domicile, thus ending one of the main points of contention between the parents and government authorities reg Ulating the lives of the quintup lets as wards of the king. 5 Colorado Journey f By Boat Resumed t GRAND CANYON. Ariz.. July 0.-UP)-Norman d. Nevllls, Mex ican Hat. Utah, leader of a Colo rado river expedition which stop ped here enroute to Boulder dam, said today the boat trip down the turbulent stream would be re sumed Friday morning. r : Annabella Carrie Coal To Newcastle or Hat To Pari Sam e Thing NEW YORK, July 20-SVPar- isienne- chapeaux builders will be jnightily miffed when they see what Annabella. the French movie star, is taking back to Paris with her. .. ; .. :, m . i She sailed' on the S.S. Queen Mary today with about a dozen made-on-Fif th avenue hats which she had bought during the morn ing. ' I 1 i fa i lit"? Arrange accommodations Arrange to meet friends Obtain road, fishing, weather and other informa tion quickly Tale your voice homo to loved ones Relievo anxiety. TCE PACIFIC TELEFuCHS Picket Injunction Denied Merchants Oregon Gty Court Holds Labor Dispute Exists so Lines Lawful i OREGON CITT-iifrVC I r c u 1 1 Judge Carl Hendricks, of Fossil, sitting in a hearing of the re quest of four merchants for an injunction to prevent picketing, ruled today that' when an em ployer is being picketed by a la bor union In an attempt to con vert his employes to a union shop, a labor dispute exists. On this ruling the Judge declin ed to issue the injunction, which the merchants sought against a local of the Retail Clerk's union. The dispute here, dating back several months, attracted atten tion when the merchants put on bargain sales in an effort to draw trade and the union hired buses to take customers to Portland in hope of preventing them from sboppign here. The. dispute broke 'out last March, 20 and since then about 20 stores have been picketed. Pickets have remained before the stores throughout the extended court Proceedings, the union's main objective being a closed shop, which the merchants and groups of their employers have opposed. Rail Unions Told CHICAGO, July 20 ?P) H. A. Enochs, chairman of the car riers joint conference committee, told 1,000 representatives of 18 railroad labor unions today they were slowly killing the goose which lays the golden eggs." Assailing what he called "a feeling of antagonism for em ployers" among railroad labor or ganizations, Enochs reiterated the Position of railroad management that there waa no alternative to the 15 percent wage slash pro posed for an estimated 900,000 employes of class one carriers. A. F. Whitney, president of the trainmen's brotherhood of 140, 000 workers, asserted his group would "go down the line" against any reduction. George M. Har rison, association chairman, did not comment on the conferenec. ists Resist Insurgent Drive HENDAYE, France (At the Spanish Frontier), July 20 P) Fierce government resistance at Ragudo Pass on the Teruel highway to the sea was reported today to , have diverted the Spanish insurgent drive on Viver, Segorbe .Sagunto and Valencia. Italian troops fighting - under Generalissimo Francisco Franco's red and gold banner shifted the brunt of their mechanized assault to the Begis sector, five miles west of Viver. The insurgents reported pen- etratioff of the Begis fortifica tions, 35 miles northwest of Val encia,' wliUe defense forces clung to their positions at Ragudo pass, barring .the direct southeastward path to the Mediterranean. Japan Press Says Soviet in Sweat TOKYO, July 21.-(Thursday) -iJPy-The Japanese, press publish ed reports today of feverish activ ity by troops of soviet Russia in the vicinity of Changkufeng, where Japanese allege Manchou kuo territory, was invaded July 11. . - ' . Asahi reported -the original so viet force of 40 men had been tripled, and waa busily engaged in erecting fortifications on the mil itarily important hill near the junction of the borders of Man- choukuo, Siberia and Korea. .1 atf' v mi tSJ TELECFIJ "CC::?H!IT They Slay Loyal m j-V". . a. .Hi. J 2 1 iT?--. a 0 -4'4(e.ff. it. 'if;. t' '"I'l :if 136 S. High Phone 5919 c- 740 State Street Telephone 3101;