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Got a Garden? If yon have you'll find a j great store of gardening In- j traction - and information j In Ullle L. Madsen's garden colonin every Sunday. j The Weather dear today and Wednr day with fogs on roaat. Maximum temperature Mon. day SO. Mia. 411 .River -3 7. Moderate northwest wind. POUNDDD 1651 E1GHTY-E1UUTI1 YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morulas:, August 16, 1938 Priet Sc; Newsstand Se No. 121 H JtKBF ecll ini w Air i two Fuehrer Views German Army As Fear Rises Reservists JDrafted t for Drill With Army 1st Time Since War Fear in Czechoslovakia Allayed hy Assurance of no Aggression BERLIN, Aug. 15.-CP)-Thou-sands upon thousands of German reservists dressed up in swastika decorated uniforms -today and re ported for nation-wide maneuvers with the regular army opera tions which military observers es timated would put between a half-million and a . million men under arms. Feichsfuehrer Hitler himself witnessed part of the first day's operations on a visit to Jueterbog. 4 0 miles south of Berlin. The terse announcement of his pres ence gave no further details. The Jueterbog camp, one of the largest in Germany, is" k n o w n especially as a camp for reserve officers. No Attempt to Hide Misgivings ' There was no longer any at tempt to hide public misgivings over the forthcoming demonstra tion of military power. Such misgivings, said the corre spondence service Dienst - Aos . Deutschland, were but natural in view of the facts that: -1. Germany for the first time since the World war was drafting reservists for maneuvers with the regular army, end , 2. The1 government for the first time had invoked a law au thorizing requisition of private equipment and goods. ; j The correspondence service. which usually reflects government views, spoke . approvingly of the r effect abroad of a statement feat urdav Issued .through DNB (Ger man official news agency) which asserted "Interested foreign circles' had tried to "stir up un- J easiness in the European general nubile over the fall maneuvers "Within the framework of the present International situation the autumn maneuvers really are not f much interest," the correspond ence service commented. Britain, France Make Inquiries Renorts from Praha. Czecho Slovakia, bore out a belief that Britain and France last week In quired formally in Berlin concern ing the maneuvers.' The Praha reports said Paris and London were told that -the maneuvers were not . aggressive This, to some extent, allayed fear in Czechoslovakia that Germany planned the demonstration to in timidate" her In the dispute with the Sudeten German minority. Authoritative circles in Praha indicated Czechoslovakia was willing to accept this indirect as surance. They asserted that a regular meeting of the Czecho slovak supreme war council to morrow would have no unusual significance. The first two weeks of the Ger man reserve training period was expected to be devoted to funda mentals, with joint operations of new reserve divisions and stand ing army units to start about Sept, 1, reaching a peak before the middle of next month. The maneuvers w 1 11 be held sectionally and will not be si multaneous. Nor were all the re serves called at one time. Gov ernment spokesmen were careful to explain ; that a simultaneous massing was avoided so as not to cause greater international un easiness. Aden and Friends Discover SPOKANE, Aug. 15.-(P)-Tbree hiking members of the Spokane Hawks baseball team discovered late today in a wooded section at the edge of the city the body of Eleanor McSparren, 22, who had been missing since last night from the! home where she was employed; One hand still clutched a .45 automatic!- Dr. I. S. Collins, coun ty coroner, said the case was un . mlstakably suicide, although no motive was apparent. ; The ball players who stumbled onto the body were Wes Schul xnerlch, - Dwight Aden and Ted C witter. $250,000 for Aged Each Month From Government PORTLAND, Aug. 15-(P-The federal government is spending more than $250,000 a month In Oregon for aid of the aged, de pendent children and , the blind, government officials said today. About 22,000 persons are being aided and since the first grant in April, lS3t. nearly f 5,f00,000 in federal funds has been dlstrtb- Corpse New 'Ecf$ Fire Slielton Ditch Problem to Be Taken in Hand I . - ' i ' ' '' Council to Ask WPA for I Construction of two I Gbntrol Dams Engineer Tells Council Ditch; Should Be All i Stone-Faced The first definite steps since 1934 toward developing the Shel ton ditch-Mill creek flood drain age system on a permanent basis ' . - . . ,, were taxes Dy me cuj council last night when it voted to buy a five-acre quarry site from which tp obtain rip-rapping material and to ask the WPA for a $17. 784 project for construction of two control dams. The two dams will make it pos sible to : regulate the relative flows of the two streams but will not alone solve the high water problem, ; W. M. Bartlett, "-state planning engineer, and G. R. Boatwright, district engineer for the WPA, fold the council. Bart lett : declared that the - banks of Shelton ditch should be stone- faced throughout their entire length and suggested the work be carried on steadily over a three or four year period if possible. County Agrees I To Pay Third iThe county court yesterday agreed to pay one-third the $3,- 791 estimated local cost of the dam project, or up to $1500 and the state board' of control tenta tively offered similar cooperation, Fred A. Williams, special ; sewer committee chairman announced. ' - - The" two dams will be located approximately a mile southeast of the penitentiary, where water from Mill creek is diverted into Shelton ditch. They will replace temporary structures built In 1934 a n d washed almost com pletely out by last winter's un usually high water. The creek banks will be walled np with stone 100 feet above the dams and the banks of both streams rip-rapped for a distance of 200 feet below. Option Is Taken On Quarry Site Alderman Williams advised the council his committee already had taken an option on the quarry site, seven miles southeast of the city, near Witzel school. In ex change for .2000 yards of rock, the state forestry department will open the quarry, which contains a good grade of sandstone, he said. j Mayor Kuhn yesterday after noon expressed the hope that Shelton ditch would be made not only safe from the standpoint of floods but also j an attractive stream, "not just an ugly ditch." I Immediate efforts to eliminate flood threats along the ditch were urged by City Attorney Paul R.. Hendricks in a report on a claim by Arnold Braat for dam ages to residential property along the stream. f Representing two other proper ty owners, George N. Patterson and Hannah E. Purvine, located near the old city auto park, Guy O. Smith, attorney, informed the council they were ready to coop erate if given assurance their lands wool d be protected from floods next winter but warned that they had court remedies on which to fall, back. Shirley Joins Force i PORTLAND, Aug. 15 Shirley Temple became a mem ber of the Portland police de partment today when Police In spector Leon Jenkins, learning that the child actress is a col lector of police stars, sent her a Portland police badge, v Senator George Trip Second WAYCROSS, Ga., Aug. 15-6!p) In a cheer-punctured speech. Senator Walter F. George mili tantly declared today he would repulse President Roosevelt's ef fort to drive him from the senate and Inferred the president was misinformed" in - condemning him as a foe of liberalism. The democratic party Is not and cannot become ; a - one-man party," the senator said. "It must allow freedom; of opinion and speech if it is to remain a true liberal party." 1 In his first address since Mr. Roosevelt's Barnesville Indorse ment of Lawrence S. Camp to suc ceed him, the grey-haired law maker termed the almost ; un precedented battle an "uneven contest" because "of the party chief's powA, but added firmly. I have no fear of the result. He said the dominant question Mystery Death? Girl Surrenders For Questioning by Detectives " - ' ' ' ' - ' ' ' - i . - , N - ' X " y-i i:: A,:-: -. : - v. . ; . ,. - v ' : - y . . , - : t 1 ' - -' - I 7 - - ' ' , - , y r T ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' J ' V--. , " - - " x axm - " y - - Ta ' i .j . je ' ' : : . . . - X ' - ' Rose Fields, FHA secretary, who clsco police for questioning in connection with the mystery deaths of Walter Cv Vibert. prominent FHA executive of that cltr. Viberva body was found in a hotel room of a noisy party. Witnesses said shortly before Vibert's body was police search, gave herself up spectors Charles Dullea announced, "Vibert was killed during a wild party in his room. Three other men were involved. There was a fight In -the room." An autopsy proved Vibert's death was caused i by a brain hemorrhage. Gar Fortune Heir Drowns in Canada Dodge Jumps or Falls Into Bay After Being Hurt in Dynamite Blast LITTLE CURRENT, Ont., Aug. 15 -(Canadian Press)- Daniel George Dodge, 21-year-old heir to the Dodge automobile fortune, drowned in Georgian i bay near here today as he was being taken to a hospital after an accidental explosion of dynamite. First reports said Dodge, mar ried Aug. 2 to Laurine MacDon aid, a former Gore Bay telephone operator, jumped or fell Into the bay from a motorboat in which he was being taken to the hospital. The motorboat bearing young Dodge, his bride, Mr.' and Mrs. Lloyd I Brant and Frank Dulli quette was only a short distance from this Manltoulln Island port when Dodge,; apparently in great pain, fell or leaped into the wa ter. The body was not recovered. Every person In the party was badly injured when a stick of dy namite Dodge was handling ex ploded. ; ? i i - Mrs. Dodge and Dnlliquette, the camp helper, managed to drag the young husband to the motorboat despite their injuries, however and start for Little Current, about 20 miles east of the Dodge sum mer camp. f -; ;; ' Dodge was the son of Mrs. Al f red G. 'W i 1 8 o n of Rochester, Mich., and the late John F. Dodge, one of the founders of the Dodge Motor company.; Says FDR's Georgia March was whether the people "are capa ble of choosing their " own serv ants."; -. i - - - :i - - J - Senator George said he was not worried by "headlines. In 'the pa pers about federal funds flowing into this state." : "I serve notice now that yon cannot buy Georgia." r To the accompaniment, of hand clapping, shouted encouragement and an occasional rebel yell, the perspiring f veteran t termed Mr. Roosevelt's speech a "s e c o n d march through Georgia" and ex tended his Civil war analogy when he cried: - , "We answered this question before when federal bayonets stood guard over our ballot boxes and when! honest men walked down under the shadow of bay onets In alien, . carpet - bagging hands and cast honest ballots for the redemption of this state." Station recently surrendered to San Fran- after other guests had complained a girl ran screaming from the hotel discovered. Miss Fields, objw of and was questioned. Captain of In Woods Operations Qose at Valsetz Union Officials Contend no Strike Exists, for no Whistle Toot VALSETZ, Aug. 15 Woods and mill operations of the Cobbs-1 Mitchell lumber company halted today after c o m p a n y of ficials posted notices Sunday to the ef- feet that demands for a 60 cents 1 on nnnr minimum mm wrmln I m m,- AanA. voiced at a conference Saturday at which spokesmen for the loggers' and millworkers' unions said they would not go to work today un-i, less the higher scale was estab- lished. i However, union officials said today that the crews reported de spite the notices, but that the whistles didn't blow to start work; therefore they contend that no strike exists. "We wanted wages restored to f-ti,m - r'fnZZLT IX- Latham, president of loggers' lo- cai no. Z69Z. We thought we were working on a sliding scale when we dropped to the SOj-cent minimum. The scale was to rise as the price of lumber went up. Lumber has gone up but wages haven't. . "Mr. Starr (C. L. Starr, general manager) said he could pay 51 cents but didn't offer it. Before May 1, 60 cents was the mini mum, as everywhere in the lum ber industry. State Can't Make County Pay Share PORTLAND, Aug. IS.-iJPy-Cir-cult Judge James P. Stapleton and John P. Winter ruled today the state relief committee could not compel a county a pay half of the county's pro-rated share of the general administrative ex penses of the committee. In so ruling the judges upheld the contention of Multnomah county that it was required by statute to pay only one-half of the cost of direct relief cases in the county without taking into account the general operating ex pense oi me state committee. ; : The action was brought by the I bursed approximately $60,000. lrasn Victims round I MEXICO CITT, Aug. 15.-KPrl A searching party today found I the efforts of the Myrtle Point j he ran over a fire hose In an auto the charred bodies of 11 persons 1 fire department and dozens of I mobile .the officers said they be- who died last Friday in the wreck j of a Villa Hermosa-Mexico City airliner which crashed and burned I in a mountain gorge of Yeracrus I state. I All the victims were Mexicans, ' Sought Ask PWA Fund For Truck and System Talk of Suit to Recover Dog Money Is Dropped on Recommendation Dismissal of Lessee of ; Airport Requested in Formal Petition Application to the PWA for aid In securing not only a 130,000 fire alarm system but also a new east Salem fire station and a new fire truck wag authorized , by the city council last night at the re- quest of Alderman Merrill D. Ohl- ing, fire committee chairman. Ohllng said PWA official, naa - - . . . . offered to aid the city in securing the station and truck as well as the alarm system voted for earlier this month. The city's 55 per cent of the cost will be paid from the fire tax fund. : Talk of legal action aimed at recovering money collected by City Dog-Catcher Carl Radke for dogs delivered to the University of Oregon medical school was dropped, on the recommendation of City Attorney Paul R. Hen dricks. The council, however, in structed Radke to enforce the dog pound ordinance to the letter and to keep complete records of ani- mals received and of their dispo - I sltlon. I Slayor Condemns I City Methods I "The pound situation is just I another example of how the city s -Business lacxs attention ana ai- rection,'- Mayor v-. JC.unn ce- ciareu. Auuuer u iu uicci ordinance, aaoptea oy mis coun cil, on the books but not en- forced." dispute broke out again before the council in a new petition. signed by Thomas W. Allen and others, requesting an investiga tion and ouster of the present lessee. The petition asserted Sa lem was becoming known among fliers as a city with one of the best airports In the state but with unsatisfactory management. Diversion to the Bancroft Im provement bond sinking fund of the $25 a month rental being paid by the Portland General Electric company for use of the millstream was voted. The payments will al- most wI,pe OU Unpaid, KK sessments and interest standing atost ter department prop- asv v I 1 I Other actions by the council: Ordinances read and. referred to committees150.000 bond issue for municipal stadium and sports " : .... : "on i on the bond issue; bill for- bidding paving projects where old liens are delinquent against 10 1 per cent of the property affected: torn rorbiaaing trespass, ruDDisn i dumping and game Killing on city property outside city limits. First budget meeting set' for September 6. Hollywood Community! club re- Qoest lor anti-billboard ordinance .t-a fi. ' Payment of $175 to Cherrians on capuol opening ceie oration deficit ordered. Dance hall license granted Otto Klett for Crystal Gardens. y Parking : meter proposal re ferred to committee. Father. Son Held As Holdup Couple PORTLAND. Aug. 15.-P)-Two cruising policemen, attracted by a cry of "robber," arrested father and son who were held on boldup charges. The pair was identified by Offi cers John Dow and S. E. Emery as Albert H. McCall, 46; and Er nest W. McCall, 19. Tne omcers said they saw a man flee Into a side street after hearing the yell. They saw him enter a car, and stopped It, mak ing the arrest. . Herbert Townes, service station operator, identified the father as the one who he alleged attempted to rob him. "The man carried a toy pistol. T1 . "n LiiieeSe llailt X ire LiOSS Set 810.000 - Fire today destroyed the Gravel Ford Cheese factory here despite I volunteer fighters. Loss was esti- I mated at 10.000. 1 The flames spread and partially I destroyed a large covered bridge I over the east fork of the CoouUIe I river. Praise Handed Security Laws By President Lauds Congressmen Who Voted for Security Act 3 Years sago Hints Federal Medicine Program May Be Next Government Step WASHINGTON, Aug. 15-&)- President Roosevelt gave high praise tonight to the "legislative fathers" of the social security act among them Rep. David J. Lewis of Maryand, who is campaigning as a "100 per cent new dealer' to unseat Senator Millard Ty dinars. Sneaking to the nation by radio In observance of the act's tnira anntvpmarv. Mr. Roosevelt ex I preS8ed hope that the next con srress would broaden the statute J At his request, he said, federal officials had been studying ways 4 tn tha TiAnnla "more I K.U 4tlr.. V W " r adequate healtn and medical serv ice" and also ' some protection against, the economic losses aris ing out of ill health. Then, In conclusion, he said he wanted to thank publicly four legislators who had steered, the present social security program through congress The first one he mentioned was Lewis, who is campaigning in the democratic senatorial pri mary in Maryland against Sena tor Ty dings, opponent of some I major new deal proposals. Others I lauded were Rep. Robert Dough- ton (D, N. C.) and Senators Pat I Harrison (D, Miss.) and Robert I Wagner (D, IS. Y.J. I . Lewis, who. has stressed in his campaign that Tydlngs voted "present" when the social securi- ty bill was passed arranged to Speak by radio to . Maryland vot- erg immediately after the presl jeot'l talk. At another point, Mr. Roose velt expressed thanks to Secretary Perkins and 'a commission creat ed "34 for their part in bring ing about social security legisla tionJ Speaking from the oral diplo matic room on the ground floor of the White House, the president told his listeners that while the present social security program was."good" It was "not good enough' To be truly national," he con tinued, a social security pro gram must Include all those who need Its protection "Today many of our citizens are still excluded from old age Insurance and nnemployment compensation because of the na- tare of their employment This tn n air nan at A v m v nt sinn if w 1 1 1 w v He spoke "one word of warn ing": In our efforts to provide se curity for all of the American people (the word 'all' was under lined in the president's text), let us not allow ourselves to be m ta led by those who advocate short cuts to Utopia or-fantastic finan clal schemes." Report 500 Dead In China Bombing SHANGHAI; Aug. 16- (Tues day )-(53)-Flve hundred Chinese were reported killed and 800 In jured today in a Japanese air raid on Tangsin, a town In the path of Japanese forces driving toward the Canton-Hankow railroad. Many of the casualties were In flicted when bombs struck a hos pital ctcupled by wounded Chi nese soldiers. Chinese reports said 100 bombs were dropped on the town 55 miles west of Kluklang, Japanese- captured port on the Yangtze riv er 135 miles below Hankow. Incendiary bombs were said to have set fire to , many houses whose occupants were trapped in the relentless attack. Police Nab Bandit Who Made $7000 Haul From Ferry Line SEATTLE, Aug. 15P)4a state- patrolman - and Renton po lice tonight captured a man thtey said was the handkerchief-masked bandit who held np and robbed the Black Ball ferry of flea fof 47,000 at busy Colman-dock to day. ' ; State Pa trolmap Frank Wilson and Renton Policemen Fred II- (the man, who gave his name as George, Turner, to the curb after lleved was stolen. ; . The officers found two bags of money In the car containing what they said was "virtually all the stolen cash." They also found a change of clothing, two'revolvers Giant Patrol Ship Crashes in Bay at San Diego Reserve Three Die in Afternoon 'When Airship Falls Mysteriously Upon Mesa During Army Maneuvers Two Cadet Pilots Die in Air Collision 1500 Feet Over Dilley, Texas; Parachute" Fails to Open SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aufir. 1 (AP) Four navy fliers were killed and five others were injured in two separate crashes here today and tonight. Three men died this afternoon when a plane mysteri ously fell upon Camp Kearney mesa during maneuvers and none of the crew resorted to parachutes, although the ship was reported high enough for occupants to bail out. A giant patrol bomber, practicing landings in prepara tion for a flight to Coco Solo, Canal Zone, crashed in the bay tonight, killing one crew member. Five others were injured. ty o 1 auspect salesman Of Frome Slaying Man Held on Charges of Assault Similar to Desert Murders EL PASO, Texas. Aug. A former patent : medicine sales man was confronted at Pecos, Texas, today by two men believed to be the last persons to have seen alive Mrs. Weiton G. Frome of Berkeley, Calif., and ber daugh ter, Nancy, whose cruelly tortured bottles were .found in the west Texas desert last April 3 in one of the southwest's' most baffling murder mysteries. Texas Ranger Frank Mills took the men to Pecos In a suddenly renewed investigation of the four months-old slaying, on the possi bility the prisoners there may have been the mysterious scar- faced motorist seen following the frome automobile on the desert east of El Paso. The suspect was arrested at Plains, Texas, Friday for criminal assault upon three Hobbs, NM, night club entertainers, and held at Seminole, Texas. He was tax en to Pecos today to be confront ed by Jim Milan, El Paso truck driver, and H. Bradford, both of whom reported seeing a myster ious man following the Frome automobile westward from El Paso March 31. Truck Regulation Laws Are Sought PORTLAND, Aug. lSHSVThe Oregon legislature, along with those of 10 other western states, will be asked to adopt uniform regulations covering width. height, length and speed of trucks operating on state -high ways, according to James Mor- rell, executive representative oi the Oregon Highway Users' con ference. Morrell returned today from the annual convention of the Western States Highway Officials' association at Reno, Nev., where the plan originated. He said the recommendation would be for a slight increase in gross load limit, length and width of trucks and would work to in crease safety In eliminating has- ardous vehicles from the high-. ways. me association ravored a width of eight feet, height of 13 feet, t Inches; length of 35 fret: speed limit of 45 miles an hour, weight limit of 18,000 pounds on any one axle. beside the one they took from the disarmed Turner, and the white handkerchief they said was used as a mask In the robbery. Wilson captured Turner after a hand-to-band fight In which Turner's pistol fell beneath him as they struggled. Illlan struck Turner on the head with a flash light as he fought with WUson, and Carpine helped subdue the fugitive. . Wilson then leaped into the car to steer it out of the fire lines and. tangled hose. -He stumbled over the money bags. Then the officers took Turner to the Ren ton police station, and later J brought him to the city jail here. A quick check of the money showed most of the $7,000 Intact, vbut their identities and the eitpnt I of their hurts was not lmmdl- ately known. The filer killed likewise Was not Identified. Another bomber, prartklng night landings In preparation for a 16-plane massed flight to Pana ma, was forced down on Ran DIcko bay near suburban National City, and all six members of the crew escaped Injury. The patrol bomber was In a II. plane squadron that was srhrdul ed for a non-stop flight of more than 3,000 miles to the Canal Zone Aug. 31. Those Involved In the afternoon crash were Instantly killed when the plane dived with terrific tore into the ground. The dead: Mike Frank Mosrlrkl, pilot, aviation, machinist's mate, second class. Don Fay Smith, radioman, third class. Ralph Thomas Carter, ariatloa chief ordnancetnan. All three men were killed In stantly. It was reported. No de tails were given. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Aug. II. O-Two army planes front Kelly field collided 1.S0O feet la the air near Dilley. Tex., today, hurtling two cadet-pilots to their deaths. One of them, Edward Delaarry Willard, 22, of Modesto, Calif., rode the cockpit of bis crippled craft when It crashed to the ground and burst Into flames. He was burned almost beyond recog nition. The other, Cadet Robert Kerns ser Whitehouse, 21, of Ersnstoe, III., xoomed his craft to l.ooa feet after the crash, although part of Its tail was tor n a way, thro Jumped; but plumeted" to death when his parachute did not pea. An investigation showed the rip-cord had not been pulled. Death Takes Five In Auto Crashes PORTLAND, Aug. 15-4")-The auto accident that took the life Saturday of Mrs. Ola U. Smith, 53, Portland, Sunday claimed that of Mrs. Alfred A. Jonea, 49, Tort- land, who succumbed to head In juries. Her son, Alfred A. Jones, Jr., 22, driver of one of the cars, faced a charge of Involuntary manslaughter. LAKEVIEW, Ore., Aug. 1S- W)-Mrs. Ellen Berrtn, 38, and Mrs., Anne Metzler, 4 0, both of Lakevlew, succumbed Saturday night to injuries Suffered when their car crashed off the road near here. OREGON CITV, Aug. 16--V- Willlam Ireley, 13, Jennlmt Lodge, Ore., boy, "was Inatantly killed near here Sunday hes he rode his bicycle Into the car of George Tomlng, Portland. McMINNVILLE. Aur. 15-UV Mrs.. Dorothy rbllllps, about 50, Portland, lost her life near ire last night when her car colll.lfd with one registered to Erin Wil liams, Portland. Her son, Henry, If, suffering a brain concussion and leg fracture, was taken to a McMinnville hospital. Car Plunges Down Cliff, two Unliurl ASHLAND, Aug. 1 S-Un-Luck was a third passenger la the car of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Uroofcs, Klamath Falls. Sunday, The machine plunv-d off the high drive above Ashland's LID.U park, rolled over three times mid crashed down 5 feet onto the low drive. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brooks caped serious Injury.