The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 17, 1938, Page 1, Image 1

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ja Throws
Sudden Attack
Government Takes Rail
Tnnnel and Mountain
in Counterattack
HENDATE. Trance (At the
" Spanish Frontier), Aug. l$-P-Spanish
government reinforce
ments In troops and artillery were
reported tonight to hare blocked,
at leaat temporarily, the insurgent
drive, oa the.Alaaaden mercury
mining center.;
A sudden counterattack today
which marked a stiffening of gOT
ernmeat resistance . gave General
Jose Miaja's men control of a
mountain and railway tunnel,
three-mile east of Cabexa Del
Buey. The town lies about 20
. miles west southwest of Almaden.
The Insurgents, in control of
. ' Cabeza Del Buey, were preparing
a new thrust against what had
been for 'days a steadily receding
. defense line when Miaja's men
struck.
Tanks Brought up
Tanks rumbled along a hillside
to the mouth of the railway tun
nel oa the eastern side of the
-mountain. Government shock
troops followed, shielded by
r heavy artillery fire. -!
Within two hours the eastern
i mouth of the tunnel was In gov
i eminent hands and government
forces bad crossed the mountain,
taking positions at the western
i. opening of the tunnel.. -
Gorernment dispatches said
1 09 ,t insurgents with machine
guns and; rifles were trapped In
side the tunnel. They were killed
j by hand grenades hurled Into the
darkness when they refused to
surrender. '
Front the mountain top govern
meat uns can pound the Insur
gent froat Una base, Cabeza Del
Buey, and lnsurgert supply lines.
Hospital Is Legal,
Van Winkle Rules
Attorney General I. H. Van Win
kle (eld the board of control yes
terday that the contract for con
struction of the proposed $200,
C 00 -tuberculosis hospital in Port
land" is legal, and that the 1939
legislature must equip the build
ing. , I .
The PWA. which Is paying 90.
000 of the construction cost, had
withheld approval of the contract
until the state guaranteed it
would .provide the equipment.
Van . Winkle ruled that ths
1937 legislature, which appropri
ated $110,000 to pay the state's
share. -did not provide for the
equipment and that none of the
$110,000 could be spent for
equipment.
The board of control voted last
week to use the entire appropri
ation for construction and to ask
the legislature for an appropria
tion for equipment. -
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Mihvlrakie line
Merger Planned
CHICAGO. Aug. lC--A plan
for consolidation of the Chicago,
Northwestern, railway and the
Chicago. Milwaukle. St. Paul &
Pacific railroad is being consider
ed by representatives of stock
holders' committees of both roads
and, may be made public within
to 23 wek or ten days, spokesmen
said today.
Savings in operating expenses
might exceed $10,000,000 nnder
the program. Milwaukee officials
said. The plan, when agreed upon,
may be submitted to the manage
ments of both roads for comment
before being filed with the inter
state . commerce commission.
- The two "roads, with combined
- assets exceeding $1,435,000,000.
operate nearly 20,00.0 miles of
mala track;. Railroad men said
most of the possibilities for oper
ating economies through merger
lie la the near northwest where
the roads serve much the same
territory. ,
Disaster Averted
By Eyston's Mask
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
run. Aug. ItHlVPossIbIa dis.
aster was averted on this accident-free
speed course today when
a gaa mask saved Captain George
E. T. Eystoa from fumes which
crept into the enclosed cockpit of
his 'juggernaut "Thunderbolt.' ,
Warming, up his 34 cylinder
mechanical giant for an assault on
his own world measured mile
'speed of 311.43 miles per. hour,
Eystoa thundered across the
white track at an estlmated370
miles per hoar.
The retired English army offi
cer, his face .begrimed and his
white - overalls splashed with
black, .climbed out of the machine
and said:
"I'm mighty glad I was wearing
that mask. Otherwise it might
have been most diftlcalt.
fumes front the two motors
and brakes poured into the cock
pit, closed tor the first, time.
Ellis Barnes Dies
Following Illness
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug, H-tfl
-EUU W. Barnes, J . Portland in
surance man and member of the
state legislator in 1134, died to
day after a long Illness. r
Barnes led the list of demo
cratic candidates for representa
tive at the last election. lie was
chairman -of the committee of
public Institutions which handled
all legislation relative to construc
vtioa of the new state capltol
building. -
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President Roosevelt Greeted by President of Panama
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Arriving at Pa as ma after aa extended fishing trip la Pacific waters. President Roosevelt was greeted by
Jaaa D. Arosemena, president of Panama, at right. Roosevelt was en route to Washington. D. C, to
resume his duties as chief executive of the United States. He has been vacationing on the Pacific
- aboard the cruiser Houston since bis cross-country trip, which ended at San Diego, Cal., Jnly 16.
', Photo shows (left to right) Colonel Edwin M. "Watson. President Roosevelt and President Arosemena.
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Heat Wave Blasts
Eastern iteeions
Deaths and Prostrations
Result in Several of :
States From Heat
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(By The Associated Press)
Old mother nature,' turned on
the heat yesterday (Tuesday) for
virtually all of the east and much
of the Test of the country. Deaths
and prostrations resulted in sev
eral states. I
Providence, HI, at 95, and Bing-
hampton, NT, at 93, felt their hot
test day of the summer and hot
test August IS ever. Two died in
Rhode Island, j
Four died during Pennsylvani
a's two-day heat wave, with the
thermometer touenmg tae year s
high at 95 In I Philadelphia, 100
in Lancaster. 94 in Pittsburgh, 96
in Wllkes-Barre. .
An east wind halted the rising
mercury in Boston at 10 a.m..
when it had touched 93. Five died
in New England..
Rain in Des Moines, la., brought
relief, the mercury sinking to 75.
The upper Ohio valley agaJn saw
93. Nebraska temperatures stayed
in the 80's. 1
Three died In Metropolitan New
York where the temperature was
91. ' r- . :
Thousands of federal employes
were dismissed from offices in
Washington as the temperature
hit 94.5.
The thermometer registered 89
in Cleveland: 90 in Syracuse; 93
in Albany: 95 in Baltimore; 94 at
the Newark airport. .
Testimony Heard
In Beatup Trial
LOS ANGELES. Aug. U-VP)-
Tbe prosecution introduced fur
ther testimony today regarding
beatings charged against members
of the Teamsters' union .in Los
Angeles. j
A truck driver, Allen Calkins,
testified three of the nine union
officials and members accused of
assault, conspiracy and extortion
beat and kicked him as the result
of nnion dissension. He also said
he heard President Dexter Lewis
of Teamsters' local 208., one. of
the defendants, tell a tracking
manager to f'ruu things the way
I want them, or else ..."
Calkins said 1 he was beaten by
Lewis, David Belanger and Dewey
Copeland. They . knocked him
down, kicked him and left him
with two broken ribs, two more
ribs cracked and a fractured nose,
be testified. i s
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15,000 Mill Fire
At Cottage Grove
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore., Aug.
1 6-jF) Cottage GHre was plung
ed into darkness tcIght for near
ly two hours by a fire which de
stroyed the Cone Lumber com
pany plant at Saginaw and burned
two railroad box cars. ' 1
) Loss was estimated at $15,000,
none of it covered by insurance.
Cottage Grove and Creswell fire
men held the blaze to the sawmill
grounds.
Submarine Blast
Kills Machinist
HONOLULU. Aug. 16 - () -Clarence
B.- Shepherd died ; at
3:15 p. m. today of Injuries re
ceived in an explosion of pll fames
aboard the submarine Nautilus,
navy intelligence officers re
ported. Nary officials said six others
Injured in the same exposion,
which only slightly damaged the
Nautilus, were "doing all right.
Shepherd, a chief machinist's
mate, was born in Paris, Idaho.
February 12, 1909. He is survived
by his mother, residing at Paris,
and by his widow and three-year-old
son, living here. A brother
lives at Montpelier, Idaho.
The explosion occurred while
the crew was making engine ad
justments after the 378-foot sub
mersible returned from a sea trip
yesterday. Nary officials attrib
uted the blast to oil fumes from
the crank case of a diesel engine.
Dr. Bibb Departs
For. new Position
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16-()
-Dr. Thomas W. Bibb, who re
signed last spring as President of
Albany college, bid friends good
bye and left this week for Mar
shall, Mo., where he will become
president of Missouri Valley col
lege, a Presbyterian school 80
miles from Kansas City. Dr. Bibb,
a native of Missouri, left Albany
after 10 years service when the
school was transferred to Port
land. -: .
Welder Is Killed as ;
Carbide Tank Blasts
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16-(JP)
An exploding carbide generator
killed Henry Heln, 40, welder, to
day. His body was found amid
wreckage in, the corner of a gar
age where he had been working
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Drive to Mines
Police Foil Leap
Of Girl on Ledge
Teeters on 10th Floor as
j Crowd Watches Until
Cops Spoil Fun
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 16-fP)-A
pretty girl, described by po
lice as intoxicated, gave thousands
of persons a morbid thrill today
when she teetered on the 10 th
floor ledge of a downtown hotel
for 30 minutes before two men
snatched her to safety.
Mrs. Frank Macy, the former
Noreen ("Mickey") Leonard, 24,
crawled out on the ledge about
9:30 aun. She wore a blue print
dress, and had a red ribbon in her
hair.
As she sat poised on the ledge,
dangling her legs, a large crowd
gathered In the street. Firemen
spread a net, and police officers,
reporters and photographers
poked their heads out of windows
on the 10th floor.
She remained defiant, and
turned a deaf ear to the persua
sive arguments of firemen and po
lice. "I can't disappoint my pub
lic," she shouted.
i Finally, as she cupped her face
in her hands, Assistant Fire Chief
George Courser and Dion Crocker,
a i spectator, dashed out on the
ledge and grabbed her. They
dragged her in, kicking and fight
ing.
At the police station she . was
booked on charges of intoxication,
disorderly conduct and disturbing
the peace
Lindberghs Land
In Polish Capitol
WARSAW, Aug. 16-;P)-Col.
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
landed in their black and orange
monoplane at the Warsaw air
port tonight on a surprise flgiht
from England to Moscow by way
of Hanover, Germany.
Lindbergh said 'they planned to
leave for soviet Russia tomorrow
If weather conditions were fa
vorable. It was understood Lindbergh
planned to attend a meeting at
Moscow Thursday at which Rus
sian North Pole fliers would dis
cuss possibilities of a flight from
somewhere near the North Pole
to the South Pole area.
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own cara thousand thrills await
you across the border and in the
maptifiant Canadian Rockies. The .
ease with which you may reach these 4
delightful playgrounds by motor jH
by Princess steamships from Seattle,
and Canadian Pacific trains from j
Vancouver, British Columbia-going 1
from one resort to another will give j
you new travel thrills daily. The
many attractions of Canadian Pacific
Hotels will make your tour one com-
pictcjracation. f -;--..".
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Oregon, Wednesday Morning,
Guerillas Still
Fighting Japan
Manchoukuo Bandit Bands
Active After Years of f
Japanese Effort
HSINKING,' Manchoukuo, Aug.
IS (ffV- Japanese army officers
admit Chinese irregulars still are
active in Manchoukuo after seven
years fighting to stamp them out.
They expect the "bandiC trou
ble, which they say is largely
communist inspired, to increase
when and if a war with Soviet
Russia occurs. ; -
Official figures state that the
bandit irregulars have been re
duced from an original 200,000 to
100,000. t .
Most of the irregulars' operate
nnder names of patriotic societies.
While a certain part of their ac
tivities may be dictated by eco
nomic necessity the need for
food and clothing their main ob
jective Is to war against Japan.
Equipment Modern
Hsinklng, capital of this Japanese-inspired
empire of 34,000,
000 people, and Harbin, one of its
chief cities, have museums exhib
iting bandit equipment which con
tains some of the latest articles
used by the Japanese army. Reli
able circles say -such things are
sold to irregulars by native Man
choukuo troops which Japanese
gradually are building up to help
Garrison the country. -
It has been reported widely,
but officially unconfirmed, that a
large force of Manchoukuoan
troops mutinied in Jehol province,
adjoining China proper, in Jane
and joined the Chinese army of
General Fu Tso-Yl, Suiyuan pro
vince warrior.
Japanese Cautions
Travel by rail through any part
of Manchoukuo shows that Jap
anese are taking constant precau
tions against irregular raids. All
trains are curtained at night. For
eigners find it virtually impossi
ble to obtain lower berths, pre
sumably because authorities want
to prevent them from signaling
through the windows or because
they wi&h foreigners to be pro
tected in case of attack, j
How much damage isolated ir
regular forces could accomplish
from the inside if the Japanese
army in Manchoukuo fights an
external war remains problemat
ical to observers. The fact that
they still exist after a seven-year
campaign against them suggests.
however, that they are determined
to paralyze communications and
other vital objectives as chance
permits.
Clanging of Anvil
Bothers Sleepers
HARPSBURG, Pa., Aug. 16-(Jpy-lt'n
not the heat but the
clanging of an anvil which is dis
turbing the sleep of Pleasant Val
ley district resident these stifling
dawns.
Henry Hofer, the Tillage black
smith, pounded his anvil at t
a.m., today,. the beginning of an
other 17-hour trick.
Business is too rushing to stop,
he explained.
The sleepless residents com
plained to Allegheny county
(Pittsburgh) detectives. Hofer
obtained the assurance of an at
torney that no one would legally
stop him from working.
The 63-year-old smithy brought
his hammer down emphatically
and blurted:
"I could hire ten men - but I
can't find any blacksmiths who
will work.
"I didn't make a cent for eight
years. Now when I have so much
work I can't handle it alone they
want me to stop.
this
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August 17, 1938
Big Fossil Forest
Found Near Bend
Mineralogist Estimates It
Is Larger Than Same
Kind at Ginkgo
BEND, Ore.. Aug. 16-W)-Dr.
H. C- Dake, Portland . mineralo
gist, located today in the isolated
Trout creek aTea of Jefferson
county what he believed was the
largest fossil forest In the Pacific
northwest.
. He estimated it was larger than
the Ginkgo forest of Washington.
"There are dozens of denuded
trees standing in vertical - posi
tions, some with - upright - trunks
five feet and more ln.dlameter,7
Dake said.
He added that huge sections
were beautifully opalized logs snd
that there was considerable frag
mentary material scattered over
the grounds. He said there was
evidence the old forest grew on
the shore of a shallow lake, later
burled in volcanic ash, possibly
from the exploding cascades.
The opalized trees, he said, ap
peared to date from the mid-mio-cene
age, the epoch when three
toed horses, rhinos and ancestral
camels ranged here.
Owners of the stand, on the
Priday ranch, said preservation
steps would be taken before the
exact location of the forest was
divulged.
Searchers Pursue
Escaped Convicts
HUNTS VHXE. Tex., Aug. 16-(P-Searchera
closely pursuing
eight convicts who seriously
stabbed a guard,' John Greer and
escaped from Eastham . prison
farm today, shot and killed Jack
Kinsley and Charles Aaron, two
of the fugitives this afternoon
She cried fowi the
OF
It's You I Want !"
rrNrr Pv&rnai had everything a girl could ask of life beauty, wealth
social position, and an abiding, reciprocated love. But suddenly, one day, her
fiance married another girl ... and Whitney's world came tumbling down around
her bewildered head. -
She had loved Scott since she was fifteen . her universe had been built
around his every whim; his hopes were her hopes, his ambitions were her ambi
tions. Yet he had thrown her love in the face of the winds when he rushed into
' impulsive marriage with a grasping blonde. ,
As. week after week passed into the retreating months, the cadences of her
tortured heart pounded out without cease its anguished message, "It's you I
' want But when the way was finally made clear, Whitney
I. . MEAD ALLEN E CORLISS ABSORBING STORY
IT'S YOU I WANT!
Starting Tomorrow in
Uhe
and recaptured W. E. Garner, al
leged leader of the break. -
. Kinliv. 25. was serving a Zv
year sentence for robbery by as
sault and Aaron. 24. was sen
tenced tq four years ror ieiony
theft.
r.arnor 25.. was sentenced to
100 years In 1938 for robbery by
assault and felony theit.
Mule Deer Season
Is Dropped Again
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug.. 16-(P)-The
game commission baa
gone woman a couple better. It
has changed its mind a third time
on whether hunters ' could stalk
the mule deer of Lake and Klam
ath counties this season.
The third decision is that they
can't do it. . Y '
First the commission decided
to have a season on the deer. It
voted to reconsider this action
after 700 Klamath Falls sports
men protested. Then the commis
sion decided: to go ahead as origi
nally planned after experts as
serted that tbere was danger of
deer starring to death because of
lack of winter feed.
Woman to Testify
On)Bridges' Case
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1
Chairman Dies. '(D-Tex) of the
house committee investigating un
American activities ' said tonight a
woman, whom he declined to
name, had offered to testify con
cerning the efforts to deport Har
ry Bridges, west coast labor leaden-"
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. Dies said the committee, would
Ijeaf her In private before decid
ing whether to put her on the wit
ness stand. He said she came from
the west coast and appeared to
have considerable knowledge of
the case. -
A SHATTERED LIFE...
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Ross Asks Study
Of Electric Law
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Would (Determine Rights
of Power Districts
to Distribute
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 16-
-An analysjs of Oregon's public
power law to determine rights of
districts to distribute Bonneville
dam power was ordesed today by
Administrator i. D, Ross.
The Bonneville federation of
Oregon', an association of munici
pal electric systems and public
utility districts, asked the study.
Joseph W. Mc Arthur, superin
tendent of the Eugene water
board, told Ross, "If we are to
bring Bonneville power to our
homes and farms and stores at
cost, we must have districts ready
to distribute It.
"Washington, which has a
tested, well-drafted law. has 21
districts which are preparing to
acquire distribution systems to
serve their citizens. Although the
Oregon law is more than seven
years old,! we have only two small
districts, neither of which is sell
ing power." .
Ross said a report on the study
would be made in two weeks at
Salem f
Convicted Fanner
Glimpses Capitol
McMINNVILLE, Aug.
James F. Hutchens, 65-year-old
Peavine Ridge rancher who never
saw the state capitol before, got a
fleeting glimpse of It on his first
trip from here this week to enter
prison for a two-year term. ,
Hutchens chose to go to the
penitentiary rather than pay $750
costs of a court trial at which ha
was convicted of firing a bullet
into a neighbor's home.
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