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. : r- : . :i - . Softball Tourney Pint complete reports of t ate softball . tournament games next week will b carried as usual la The Oregon Statesman. , ' The Weather Cloudy today and Sat urday. Maximum tempera ture Thursday 72. Minimum 55. River -3.7 feeC Moder ate northwest wind. POUNODD 1651 EIGUTY-EIGUTIT YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 19, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 121 ee Probes Bridl o 'Vr, d iCTDTlTiH TiTTl Jl fl Ac .ge: Canadian, tJS Amity Hailed By Executive President and Premier Place Friendship as Nations' Example Roosevelt Assures That US Would Aid Canada in War Emergency THOUSAND ISLANDS BRIDGE, US-Canada Border, Aug. 18-JP)- Canada and the United States were placed before the world to day by their chief executires as an example of friendship which the people of both nations are de termined to preserve and defend against any onslaught. President Roosevelt, receiving an honorary degree from ancient Quems university, told an audi ence of thousands of applauding Canadians: 'The Dominion of Canada is part of the sisterhood of the Brit ish empire. I give to you assur ance that the people of the United States will not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil is threatened by any other empire." Prime 3IlnIter Answers in Kind Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada answering- the president's declaration - ' few hours later, asserted: 'I think I speak the mind of both countlres when I say that not only are we determined to preserve the neighborly relations and the free ways of life which are cur priceless heritage, bat that we earnestly wish to see - them become a cart of the com mon heritage of mankind. ... "It is a joy to me to be able to Join with the president in draw ing to the attention of the citizens of other lands, ' as well as our own, the wide significance of to day's proceedings., k - . f t , Botlwjexecutives. Joined In Xh dedication of the new' $3,000,000 Thousand Islands bridge which links Ivy Lea, Ont., and Collins Landing, N.-Y. Prime Minister King and Lieut. Got. Albert Mathews of Ontario met Mr. Roosevelt at his special train and rode with him in an open car through lines of ap plauding spectators to Queen's university. There, President Roosevelt re called to his listeners that a Bra zilian audience had cheered when he "included the Dominion of Canada In the fellowship of the Americas." Good Neighbors True Friends' "We as good neighbors are true friends," he continued, "because we maintain our own rights with frankness, because we refuse to accept the twists of secret diplo macy, because we settle our dis putes by consultation and be cause we discuss our common pro blems In the spirit of the common good. Then, asserting that both the American and Canadian govern ments sought to be "scrupulous ly fair" both toward each other and their own citizens, the presi dent said that neither govern ment could or should control the processes of public opinion. He added: "We cannot prevent our people from having an opinion In regard to wanton brutality, in regard to undemocratic regimentation, in regard to violations of accepted Individual rights." - Democratic governments, the president said, can only seek to aid their citizens In receiving factual and fairly-stated informa tion about what is going on In the world. "No country where thought Is free can prevent every fireside and home within Its border from considering the evidence for itself and rendering lis own verdict: and the sum total of these con elusions of educated men ' and women will. In the long run. be come the national verdict," he said. "That la what we mean when we say that public opinion ulti mately governs policy. It. is right and Just that, this should be the case." Prime Minister King did not address the Kingston - audience, but to other thousands at the bridge he said that in politics, as la road-making. Canada and the United States have learned and practiced the art of bridge build ing. ' ' He referred to the United States-Canada Joint commission which settles all differences along the 4,000-mile border as a "peace bridge" typical of the two na tions friendship. Martin Andrus, Portland, Elected 20-30 Club Head EL PASO. Tex., Aug. 18--Martln Andrus of Portland, Ore., was elected president of the na tional 20-30 clubs at the final general business session of the national convention here today. San Francisco was chosen the 1923 convention city. - . ' OICo nnbr A i7 ' 747 -V -.- yj-. rsat ion Administratiot of FDR New York Representative That President's Purge Is "Escalator -to a Dictatorship" in US NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (D-NY)i asserting "the president's attack on me and other members of congress is an escalator to a dictatorship," asked the nation to back him tonight in his fight on the Roosevelt administration. ("Let's have it out," he. said in an address prepared for O delivery over a radio networks T ' Til I "If the people of the United JaDaneSe l laiieS States desire to extend an lnvl V I tation to a dictatorshin. we should Hit at Air Base Naval Force Reports That 32; Chinese Aircraft Ruined in Raid SHANGHAI, Aug. 19-Friday) HiPi-A Japanese raral air fleet late yesterday invaded deep cen tral China and reported destruc tion of 32 Chinese planes in a tre mendous air battle over Hengyang airport, Hunan province. The Japanese struck at the air base! while other warpjanes and warships about 300 miles to the northwest on the ' Yangtze river, bombarded Chinese positions in redoubled - efforts to craek the Chinese line defending Hankow. Chinese reports from Heng yang, on the Hankow-Canton rail way,! disputed the Japanese re port i of tbe air battle, asserting the Japanese lost four bombing planes as against one Chinese pursuit plane. . In' Shanghai, the United States consulate was asked to protect mail to the Chinese-American Publishing company against Jap anese mUUary censors. ..' .The- American hook - sailing lirm charged that censors had re moved magazines and books from its mail arriving from America publications dealing with the Chinese-Japanese war., " : The company asked for the privilege of having its mall come from the United States in diplo matic pouches. Entombed Miners Rescued Unhurt SCRANTON, Pa.. Aug. !.-,&)-Flve miners, entombed in the Shawnee - Coal company mine, were rescued tonight and rushed immediately to a hospital. They were found to be suffering only from shock, i Rescuers reached the men about fire hours after they had been 'trapped by a runaway mine car, loaded with rock, which smashed timbers, causing the roof to collapse and block the entrance to the slope. A steam shovel was rushed to the scene to help In the excava tions. Communication was established with the men an hour before they were brought to the surface. Through a pipe driven into the debris by the rescue squads, the miners reported that all had es caped injury. Committee Still Tabulating Hops Tabulation of estimates looking toward a determination of the to tal hop production in the Pacific coast states was still under way late Thursday night as the grow ers' allocation committee of the hop control board continued in session, and no announcement of the basis for allocations was forthcoming. The tabulation will be completed today. The allocation committee Is continuing in session following windup of the hop control board's organisation meeting. Republican Holman Declines Job of Democratic Finance Tom Hohnan of Salem, presi dent of the Oregon Food and Bev erage Dispensers, was the target of some friendly "ribbing by his friends Thursday following an announcement from Portland that Holman had been named on the finance committee of the demo cratic state central committee. These friends know Holman to be a registered republican. There was no mention of this latter fact, however, in Holman's letter to Frank Tlerney, chairman of the democratic organization, declining the appointment. - The essential portion of the letter follows: i "In declining to serve I will state that as president of the Ore gon Food and Beverage Dis sksf. eking . w M in, on Asserts in Radio Talk (AP) Rep. John J. O'Connor know about it Just as speedily as possible. "If the 'purge is going to york In America, the sooner we know it, the better. I, for one, have no hesitancy . in snatching up the gage which the president has thrown down." O'Connor, placed by the pres ident on the administration's "purge" list, said the Issue was "which shall it be democracy or monocracy?" ! f He said tbe president had read at his press conference , a New York . newspaper editorial con taining "a brief, but viciously untrue reference to me,' and had added, "you can interpret that as coming from me." ; "Nearly every man In public life . . . has been insulted by that newspaper. But it is Quite differ ent," said O'Connor, "to be in sulted by the president of the United States. One naturally feels It very keenly and naturally Is at a disadvantage to r e p 1 y In kind "I would be derelict, however, in my duty as a representative elected by the people and as an American citizen. If I did not ex press myself as to what I believe to be - the Issue now definitely raise la this country. .OTConnor said thai "If we are o TeTert to a one-man govern ment, the people 'should be made conscious of the Issue at once. . . . If they submit to the change. they should do it with their eyes .open. Spanish Loyalists Twice Victorious Report Gains on Almaden and Ehro Valley Lines of Civil Battle HENDAYE. France (At the Spanish Frontier), Aug. lS-ypy-The Spanish government today reported - victories on the two most important civil war battle fronts in the Ebro river valley and west of Almaden, the Mer cury mining center. Barcelona advices said Ebro river forces had smashed their way back into complete control of hills dominating Gandesa, recov ering positions lost to the insurg ents since the July 26 push across the river in south Catalonia. The victory In the south, where the Insurgents have been striving to take over some of Spain's richest natural resources, was purely defensive. The govern ment reported, only that It had blocked the two-pronged drive toward Almaden. ' Insurgent dispatches Indicated the southern Insurgent campaign merely was being held up to per mit reinforcements , necessitated by the new government resistance. Blast Fumes Kill Worker in Tunnel HILLSBORO, Aug. 1 8-;p-Dy-namite fusses in -a logging rail road tunnel under construction 12 miles southwest of Glenwood yesterday killed William Erick son, 54, Portland. Sam Kare, a fellow workman, escaped asphyx iation when other workers heard his groans. The two set off a blast and entered the tunnel be fore the fumes cleared. pensers, Inc.; I cannot engage In party politics. The officers of the group of which I am president will not advance the cause of either party, but, of course, will reserve the right' to recommend to the membership that they sup port candidates who will promote Oregon Industry by advocating and encouraging the use of tem perance drinks, which are to a large extent manufactured in this state, in preference to Intoxicating liquor, and who will enforce liquor laws and regulations fairly and Impartially without discrim ination against our members. "This letter is handed to the press so that it win receive the same publicity among our mem bers that notice of appointment has received." - . Negro Refutes in Rackets Trial Repudiates Statement in Which Hines Linked to Schultz Gang .- :" . v.' Death Threats Made by Gang Told by 2nd Negro Witness NEW YORK, Aug. lS--A hulking, red-haired negro, once an election captain for Tammany District Leader Jimmy Hines, was recommitted to 'jail as a mater ial witness In the policy racket trial of the democratic boss to day after he repudiated a sworn statement linking Hines to a member of the Dutch Schultz pol icy syndicate.. Jailing of the witness, Julius (lied) Williams, 46, followed a day of testimony in which evi dence was offered that the late Magistrate Francis J. E r w I n , named by Dist. Atty. Thomas E. Dewey as having been "influ enced" by the Schultz combine. dismissed 42 prisoners taken in a policy raid. Pleads Threat Made of Prison Pleading that he was threat ened with imprisonment by a Dewey assistant, Williams denied be actually had made a state ment in which he was quoted as saying Hines sent him to Har lem policy racket headquarters in 1932 to obtain employment from George Weinberg. Schultz hench man who lias pleaded guilty to the ricket indictment. The witness declared under cross - examination j by Defense Counsel Lloyd Paul Stryker that Sol Gelb, a Dewey, assistant, dic tated the statement. Williams added that he did not know what was in, the statement because, he said, he could not 'read and was ashamed to admit Illiteracy. ' His usual smile gone grim, District Attorney Dewey took ov er the nervous negro on re-di rect examination and confronted him with grand jury minutes In which he was quoted as saying substantially the same thing as In the signed. statement. Another Negro i Tells of Threats Wilfred Brunder, 43, another West Indies negro, took the stand for the second day to tell of death threats he said members of the Schultz mob made to his partner in a Harlem policy bank. Fred McLaughlin. The threats, he said, were made when Mc Laughlin refused to turn his "business" over to the Schultz gang. Brunder said he learned when he left prison in 1932 that Schultz had "moved In on the policy racket, squeezing out smalf Individual operators, and making it a "cold monopoly." Brunder's testimony corrobor ated Dewey's statement in his opening address yesterday . when he said the Schultz mob manip ulated the game so. that no one could make big winnings. He told of a meeting with J. Richard "Dixie" Davis. Schultz lawyer who has pleaded guilty to the Indictment on which Hines is Jbeing tried, saying that In 1933 he was working as a collector for Schultz, and called oft -Davis to protest an ordered cut in com missions from 30 to 25 per cent " 'You're not earning the mon ey, but we are," Brunder saia Davis told him. "I told him the gjsme was pure and simple luck whether we won or lost, and he said, 'That's what you think ' 13 Die in Crash Of Italian Plane VARESE, Italy, Aug. 18-W3)- Testimony -mln wnPvmiv whenJ" Stmuel K. Dennis said "it seaplane were killed today whenT" . . f m. tn ,t the blr twin-motored ship fell shortly after taking off here on a sight-seeing flight over this Italian-Swiss border town. It was Italy's fourth civil air disaster of the year. The plane, owned by the Mac chi Aircraft Construction com pany, was piloted by Giuseppe Purei, holder of a number of sea plane flying records. - The prefect of Yarese, Mario Chiesa, and members of his fam ily were among the victims. The accident brought to 6$ the number of persons killed this year In Italy's four major civil aviation crashes. Arsonists Blamed For Blaze Series FOREST GROVE, Aug. 18-(P) -A series of fires were Investi gated by authorities today in the belief they might be the work of an incendlarist. " In the last eight days five blazes have occurred on farms, burning down out buildings, prune dryer, hop dryer, a barn and a i RESCUERS 7T r .'i Foiled fn an attempt to plunge) to nara Mary, 24, was booked on a charge or in toxic ation in San Diejco, Cal. The attractive young woman was perched precariously on the ledge for almost an hour before a fireman and a- civilian snatched her back to safety. Several times she threatened to leap, shouting at hundreds of spectators below, "Will yon get ont of the way? I don't want to hart you." Photo shows the woman as she sat on the ledge ten stories above the street. i . Corrigan Invited To Lay Over Here Lions Send Telegrams for "Wrong Way" Hero to Visit in Salem Telegrams Inviting Douglas Corrigan, flier of the Atlantic ocean in a 1929 made-over air plane, to be a guest of Oregon's capital city were despatched to Detroit, Mich., his current stop ping place, after Salem Lions club members yesterday had ex pressed approval of the - move, suggested by Its publicity com mittee. Mrs. Bjarne Erlckson, sister-in-law of Corrigan, joined in urg ing the 'east-ls-west" flying Irish man to hiake Salem one of his nationwide, tour stops. "Salem Lions club Invites you to visit this capital city on your nationwide tour,. wired Al Ram Beyer, club president. "Mr. and Mrs. Erlckson will be happy to see you. Would like to arrange reception and banquet for you. Please wire collect If possible for you to visit this city. Airport fa culties excellent." The Ericksons also sent a per sonal invitation to Corrigan to stop here. The Albany chamber of com merce and an Albany flying or ganization have asked Corrigan to attend an air show to be con ducted there September 25. Ex-Public Enemy Given Sentence BALTIMORE. Aug. 18.UP)-A circuit court judge guided by life expectancy tables sentenced Charles Bird, 26-year-old ex public enemy "No. 2." to 45 years in state's prison today on seven robbery charges to which the mldwestern gunman pleaded guilty. Sentences totalling 140 years could have been Imposed but would be absurd for me to give you the maximum . ; . figuring It m a t h e matically In accordance with Insurance statistics . your ex pectancy of life is 38 years. The sentence I am going to give you will fix It so that you'll be so old and decrepit when you get out that -you will be useless as . a gangster." Desperadoes Hide In Oklahoma Hills BROKEN BOW, Okla.. Aug. 18. -UFi-The hill : country of south eastern Oklahoma tonight hid des peradoes Floyd Hamilton and Ted Walters from a posse of officers from three states. . The pair, shot from their auto mobile near Dequeen, Ark., last Saturday, was believed to' have appeared at a farmhouse and de manded food near Hochatown, north of here. The posse of nearly two score federal, state and county officers from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas shifted their search to that area. - . - FOIL GIRL'S DEATH LEAP . v -. J - - 1 ,..:;:,. vv,K rju''t f i her death after si ttlnjr o,n a tenth Stand by Order Given Recruits O f Nipp on Army TOKYO, Aug. 19-(Friday)-(P)1 The Japanese war office today Issued a "stand by" order to all members of the recruit division of the nation's fighting forces. There were no official figures, but It was estimated 1,000,000 men would be affected, i They are recruits, not reserves, and con stitute a special group between the ages of 24 and 34 who hare not received active military train ing. Martial Law Ends For Maytag Plant NEWTON, la., Aug. 18.-(p)- Gov. Nelson G. Kraschel tonight ordered the Immediate withdraw al of national guard troops from the 'scene of the Maytag washing machine strike at Newton, la. The 125 guardsmen and eight officers, all that remained on duty of the 250 originally sent into the strike zone July 20, likely will move out of Newton tomorrow. the governor said. k Withdrawal of the troops Is de signed to facilitate a friendly set tlement of. the three-months old labor controversy between the company and x Its CIO union, the governor added. . Blast of War Material Kills 2 in Greek Town ATHENS, Aug. 1 9. -UPV-An ex plosion of a privately-owned ware house filled with war materials left by the allied army in 1918 vir tually destroyed the Tillage of Cordelio, at the outskirts of Sal onika, and killed two early today. Salonika- Itself was shaken, and windows there were shattered. . Lindberghs View Air Stunts As Guests of MOSCOW, Aug 18.-(P)-Col. and Mrs. Charles A.' Lindbergh watched Muscovites at play to night. . , , - The American couple paid an after dinner visit to Gorky, park of culture and rest where they watched a performance of the ballet, "The Prisoner of Cau casus, in the picturesque "ureen theater.";, '-' it :! " They witnessed the show, on an open-air stage separated from the audience by a lagoon, as guests of the civil - aviation fleet - which took part during the afternoon In a spectacular three-hour air spec tacle In celebration of s o v i e t aviation day." The presence of the Lindberghs in Moscow was variously inter preted in f o r e 1 g n diplomatic circles. - ' ,' '. ; Some observers conjectured he was investigating the possibility of a new airline between Moscow and New York by way of Alaska. Others foresaw Increased American cooperation In building up soviet air strength as an out come of the flier's visit. Colonel Lindbergh, himself, re mained silent. V floor window ledge, Noreen Leo- Minister Admits Slaying p( Maid Pregnant Girl Poisoned, Then BurnetJ to Cover up Misdeeds STANTON, N.D., Aug. 18-iip)-State's Atty. Floyd Sperry of Mer cer county said tonight the Reri Helo Janssen, 51, Evangelical Lutheran minister at Krem,' had confessed the fatal poisoning and burning of Alma Kruckenberg, 16, who had been a maid at his parsonage. Perry said the Rev. Janssen had confessed after lengthy ques tioning. The minister was taken to S Mandan to await trial In dis trict court. The tragedy occurred Monday night shortly after Mrs. Janssen had gone to Bismarck for medical treatment. ' Sperry said burning of the ten room parsonage was the first de velopment In the case. The min ister told the authorities the fire started from chimney, sparks. "The story seemed unreason able," Sperry related, "Further Investigation located tbe badly burned body of the girl In the basement and revealed that she was pregnant. ; "He told conflicting . stories, some of which were unbelievable, especially when it was learned that there had been no fire In the furnace. Upon- consistent grilling, he finally confessed to night. "Threats by the girl to tell Mrs. Janssen about her condition were said by the reverend to have brought him finally to put some poison crystals in a glass of wine given the girl," Sperry stated. asserting that the minister had committed a statutory offense against the girl about three months ago. Soviet Chiefs puring the afternoon air show, daring soviet pilots put on demonj stratlons which held hundreds of thousands of Russians spell-bound and, incidentally, showed ths Lindberghs a thing or two about soviet air prowess. The American couple witnessed the show from seats among soviet officials, out. of sight of diplomats and other foreign observers. " It was reported' -that they enj joyed. the whole program, which began with ths' ascension of 4 gigantic portrait -of Joseph Stalin, lifted by a globe-shaped balloon on which was painted a map of the, world. ; ;: , " A special feature was whole sals stunting by dozens of sail planes and gliders released above the field by huge towing planes. Some of the motorless craft were carried up In "trains" numbering as high as nine at a time behind a single ferrying plane. . There were ' mass parachute jumping demonstrations, with hundreds of parachutists partici-J pating. For. a. moment the open ing parachutes seemed complete ly to fill the sky In front of the spectators. . Affidavit Says $500 Offered To Keep Qiiiet Irving Markheim States in Affidavit Trip to Mexico Offered Bridges Says Evidence Against Him Bought and Paid for WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-UP)- The house committee investigat ing un-American activities pro duced an affidavit today assert ing that a Los Angeles 'attorney offered to finance a trip to Mex ico for a manwho said Harry Bridges, CIO maritime leader, was associated with communists. IThe affidavit was signed by rving Markheim, who said in an other affidavit he had seen the west coast seaman at several com- Jiunist meetings, farkheim Names' Los Angeles Man j Markheim swore that A. L. jVirin. with an office in Los A geles, made the offer. Markheim Said he Identified the location- as the office of the American Civil Liberties union. L Called to the office by Wirin t July 18, Markheim said Wirin remarked: j "We know you know something about it (the Bridges case) and would like to work with you." "I Insisted I knew nothing about tbe case," Markheim said he remarked. I He returned the next day at Wirln's suggestion and said in the affidavit that Wirin declared: Claims Offer Made Of Trip to Mexico I "We have knowledge of the affidavits you have signed and I am empowered to offer yo $500, also expenses to EnsenatW Mex., where we want you to stay until I notify you to come back. "I said I didn't understand it nd that I could not do anything bout it, Markheim asserted. Before Wirin made the offer. arkheim said Bridges epole to lm and then left the office. Markheim said his visits to irln's office followed telephone calls from a man who demanded to know whether he had signed affidavits regarding Bridges. Markheim said he gave no Infor mation. On one occasion he re lated how the man, unknown to .him, said, "You are going to be sorry you signed those papers. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18.- p)-Harry Bridges, west coast CIO director, contended deportation AwrtjVjkMMA ae-i(nat Vi lm ssjrsstm i "framed, bought and paid for." Bridges, who has persistently denied he was ever a communist. disclosed prior to today's testi mony concerning him at a house committee hearing, that part f the evidence against him con cerned a communist party mem bership card signed In the name of Harry Dorgsn. Bridges Denies Card-Is His "The information," Bridges said, "is. that my mother's maiden name was Dorgan. By process of deduction that connects it up with me. There are supposed to be notations in my handwriting on the back. It they have such a thing, I'll leave the country vol untarily. They won't need any hearing." By hearing, Bridges referred to a deportation hearing which or iginally was set to open here last April 25, but was deferred. Last year when Gov. Charles Martin of Oregon termed Bridges a communist, the labor leader said the governor's "evidence" was manufactured. - The Oregon governor said he had informed President Roose velt evidence was obtained dar ing one of Bridges' visits to that state. Bridges replied that during the visit to Oregon a recording ma chine was planted. in a room next to his with a hole bored in tbe -wall to catch his conversation. ' "We were aware of the micro phone long before we reported, it to the hotel management," Bridges said. "We called in some newspaper men and spent an eve ning of good clean fun staging an one-act play which must have giv en taesnoopers. plenty to talk about." ?We called in the newspaper men to have plenty of witnesses. We are in the unique position of having written both the words ad music for the song that the governor sings." Bridges - blamed "big business Interests" for the attacks upoa him. - Barry Spent $063.31 WASHINGTON, Au g. 1 8--Alex G. Barry, Portland. Ore., re ported to the senate committee a campaign expenditures today J e had spent $863.34 in his cam paign for the Oregon repuli- senatorial nomination. H i 1