The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 01, 1938, Page 1, Image 1

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' The Weather " - .
Partly cloudy today and
Friday, overcast on coasts J
Cooler. Max. Tenip. IVed-iJO.
, Min. 54. River j -3.9 feet.
Northwest wind. . : '
1 Forei
' A large part "of European
- V and far eastjcrri news breaks ,
Just . before the morning1
" newspaper goes to press.. '
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E1GUTY-K1UUTH YEAR
; Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 1, 1938
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 135
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Britain
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Premier Says
Three Nations
Potential Foes
Germany, Italy, Hungary,1
Named by Daladier as
" French "Enemies"
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Labor Grows Hostile to
Cabinet Efforts to
I ' ': Speed Output -
) . PARIS, Aug, 31-;P)-Members
of the chamber1 army committee
I disclosed tonight that; Premier
; Edouard Daladier, by implication
-bad arraigned: . Germany,- ttaly
! and 'Hungary - as potential en-
i emles' of ' "France v In a possible
j" European -war. .' ' ' .
t As allies of France members
I said, Daladier grouped England,
Russia -and Czechoslovakia.
The premier, who also, is na-
tional defense minister,- spoke at
a secret session of the 4 4-man
' committee of the chamber .
r deputies, called to consider. -the
effect on France of the :nnpre,ce
dented maneuvers r in Germany
Used Information .;
i " f iathered . bv Snies v' -
I It was indicated he used h-
! formation gathered by , French
I diplomats and secret agents for
a detailed analysis of tthe po-
tential opposing forces. ; should
I war arise from the minority dis
pute In Czechoslovakia - ,' '
. listing the forces, under arms and'
their armaments, but also their
reserve stocks of materials .and
food, and the productive powers
of the principal: industries of the.
countries. . '
It was not disclosed what con
clusion Daladier drew from the
analysis, except that France her
self was strops enough for any
emergency.
One apparent danger In the
, situaUon. as faT as France was
concerned, was the growing; Kos-
T tility otfabor 4 tie cabinefs
effort to speed "up production by
" scrapping the 4 0-hour work week.
Decree Declared, '
-Anil and Void'
- The strong general confeder
ation of" labor declared" the de
cree lengthening the work week
-null and void." A r
The administrative committee
for the organization, grouping
.together more ,than 5,000,000
"' workers', announced it will sup
port. any workers who refuse to
remain in factories more. than
the number of hours provided
'for under the social lawSiX'r.
That meant open defiance by
organized labor tff the cabinet's
"decree of yesterday suspending
the 40-hour week In defense ana
related Industries. ' '
The confederation's "decision
5- foUed Premie Daladiera asaur
i inees in the afternoon .Iren to
the army committee of the cham-
i oer oi aeruiies. uitinuve
armed . forces are ' ready , for any
.eventuality. r "
Confederation Plans
Rational Campaign .'.
The confederation announced
a nationwide campaign would, be
carried on by its unions to show,
' where the confederation stands.
It said a confederation-congress
would be summoned "eventually"
-to consider a means of meeting
-this attack on . 'social legisla
tion'."' " -I.'' - : i.i. .
PrevlousTy Daladier had told
the army committee at its after
' noon session that the French
military machine was at Its high
i est efficiency since the World
-war. ' - - . ' (
A auestlonnaire. said to have
been approved previously by Da
ladier, was submitted to the, premier-defense
minister by cominit-
e Chairman Edmond Mieiieu
fepnlvine to It. .Daladier drew
a complete picture of the Euro
iuii crial centering, on relations
between Germany and Czechos
lovakia and guardedly furnished
orae f acts: and figures , on Ger-
- Ttait.n on a , nthpr armed
forces which had been tgathered
by the French secret service.
Advice on Ballot
; Said not Needed
r PORTLAND. Ore. Aug. 31.-4JP)
-C. M. Rynerson; Oregon Labor
Press editor, told nlcnicklng Mult
nomah county republicans tonight
that yoters iwould select tneir
own candidates without White
HAnM dictation in Oregon. .
- Rynerson tnoke In behalf of
Charles A. Sprague, Salem, repub
1 1 c a n gubernatorial' candidate,
-who was In Eastern Oregon. Ryn-
erson urged !a large majority vote
for Sprague in the November elec
tion "thus adding Oregon's name
to the honor roll of states. whose
citizens refuse to surrender the
Tight of free and independent
franchise to the . . . i . . White
House."
Rnfus CJi Holman, state treas
urer and candidate for a .United
States senatorship, asserted, "aft
er fire years of experimentation
this country finds the same unem
clovment situation, a doubled na
- tional debt, and, I say, why per
sist In such ; damn oolahnessi
No Deportation
Hearing ior Him
Secrietary Sticks
To Bridges Guns
Miss - Perkins Steadfast
in Refusal to Co&iply '
With Dies Demand
WASHINGTON, Aug. .31-;P)-
New demands 1 by Rep. Dies
(d-Tex) for quick deportation of
Harry Bridges, militant leader
of CIO maritime labor on the
west coast, proved unavailing to
day. ';'.: -
Secretary of Labor Perkins
stuck to her decision to delay a
hearing in the Bridges case until
the supreme i court -has decjded
another cse which, she ffaid,
presents similar issues. '
Dies, chairman or the nouse
committee ' On un-American ac
tivities, contends the labor de
partment should ' proceed forth
with against Bridges on the
ground he is ja member; of the
communist party. After Miss
Perkins accused Dies last night
of trying to Interfere with-, an
executive function, .Dies replied
today that Miss Perkins had tak
en the "astonishing" . action of
practically dropping the Bridget
jrase.- ! i : . .
The disputed case now await
ing supreme I court . action in
volves Joseph Gv Strecker of Hot
Springs, Ark, In deciding it, the
fifth circuits court of appeals
ruled that the i law doea not for
bid aliens to belong to any party
unless it advocates overthrow of
the government- by force.
Miss Perkins1 said that the sus
pension of the Bridges case was
In line with thp government prac
tice or avoiding muiupie uuga
tloft in the j liwer courts when
a test case is pending iin t the
higher ones.! pies j contends that
the two cases ire not similar and
that if ; BrldgeV case Is delayed
"all the witnesses will be gone
ana mere wur oe no use to pro
ceed." ' , j ! J -
Guards on Levees
Watch Rio Urande
River Rising Steadily as
Flood waters Rush on ,
Toward Gulf
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BROWNSVILLE,! j Tenn Aug'.
3 1-(JP Guards tonight watched
for threatened - breaks in! levees
lining both! sides of the Rio
Grande as the swollen' river,
poured floodwaters, that drowned
ten i In Monterrey,! Mex., toward
the Gulf of Mexico. ! -
Bankf ul and over roads in some
low ; sections of the- Rio Grande
Valley, the river still was rising
for a 'distance of 100 miles up
stream, i :
Guards on - the npper reaches
kept a sharp lookout for the
bodies of drowning victims who
were swept j away ; when ; sudden
flood watersj reached through
Monterrey i smashing 400 ! houses'
and damaging many others.
The Rio Grande was two miles
wide at Rio Grande City, Tex.,
and had been gauged at 31.4 feet,
10 feet above flood stage. The
Retamal and the Las Russlas In
lets on the Mexican side were
opened. . ; j J , .'
Mexican I workers . piled sand
bags along a weakened, spot in the
levee near' Las Russlas to prevent
collapse-or. tne eartnen Darners.
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-r H ARRYII BRIDG ES
Charges Made Against Arany
Ordered Probed After Meet
Charges against I Leo "Arany as
manager and lessee of the Salem
muTSIcTpaLairport .will be inves
tigated and Arany given an op
portunity" to present his defense
before consideration Is given to
making any changes in the port's
operation, the city council air
port committee decided following
a hearing conducted in Chairman
E. B. Perrine's office last night,
-A. list of 12 charges ranging
from allegations of. poor service
to others of 'rule violations and
personal abuse was presented. In
writing to I the " committee' and
orally by , Thomas Allen, spokes
man , for a group of 13 , prtvate
fliers and students present. The
charge- - wer similar to those
Primary
v to i urge
McAdoo Concedes Defeat,
Blaming Pension Ijlan '
. for Downfall r :
Loss In California . Said
Greatest Buffet to
; ' t New Deal Camp
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. tl,-UPk
-Returns from 9645 precincts out
of 2,438 in. the race for the sen
ator 1 a 1 democratic nomination
gave:';: ,.- .. .
Downey
McAdoo,
316,988
291,024
17,208
56,977
67,722
Mellen . .
Presfon)
-Riley
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21.-(JP)
-Sen. William ,Glbba McAdoo,
President . Roosevelt's choice, to
night conceded defeat for renom
Ination by Sheridan Downey, lib
eral champion of a $30-a-week
"scrip" pension movement, - and
predicted the plan if adopted
wouid "ruin California."
The pension idea crashed Into
the primary with surprising force
and suddenness, aiding also an
other liberal, Gulbert L.- Olson, in
his successful race for the' demo
cratic nomination for governor,
and rolling up big totals for other
candidates who defended it.
l)owney supporters Joined with
democratic party leaders in assert
ing the pension advocate's victory
was not to be construed as a re
buke for President Roosevelt, who
thrice came to McAdoo s assist
ance and disapproved the pension
scheme as a fantastic "short "cut
to Utopia." .
A large portion of the unre
ported precincts remained in Los
Angeles and other southern pen
sion-minded counties where Dow
ney received the bulk of his sup
port, y I
Among the republicans, who
kept out of - the pension arena,
conservative ' Gov. Frank F. Mer-
riam won renomination and Ray
L. Riley, A veteran state officer.
took the lead in the senatorial
contest after trailing Philip Ban
croft, militant farmer 'end new
deal critic, all day. ( ; j
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6mJp
Sen. William G. McAdoo's defeat
in California and Sen. Ellison D.
Smith's smashing victory in South
Carolina "gave a double set-back
today to President Roosevelt's at
tempt to shape the make-up of the
next congress. - tV
Some administration adherents
indicated there had ' been : little
hope1 that Smith would be j de
feated, but that McAdoo's failure
to gain renomination was a stun
ning blow. ' , i
There was rip indication, how
ever, .of any inclination to ( ease
off on the congressional "purge"
campaign. I l
President - Roosevelt - himself
was presented by aides as neither
surprised nor disturbed br the
renomination of Smith In Tues
day's primary. I !;l.:: '
Mr. Roosevelt had spoken out
for Smith's opponent; GoVilOrih
D. Johnston, but White House
secretaries, 'said he had expected
the-senator to win. ?
Stephen Early, a secretary,
said the president predicted yes
terday that Smith would gain the
democratic nomination inSouth
Carolina equivalent to, election
by 40,000 votes. -;.,--
Some administration adher
entsappeared far more concerned
over the vote piling up in Cali
fornia for Sheridan Downey, ad-.
vocate of a 330-every-Thursdayl
pension plan for the aged, than
over the unsuccessful outcome of
the effort to "purge" Smiths
.. Senator-Logan ; (d-Ky), an! ad
ministration supporter, predicted
that unless the late California
returns reversed the standings
of McAdoo and Downey i there
would" be a concerted effort in
congress - with in ' the next j two
years for more liberal old age
pensions. t
The new deal itself was not an'
issue between Downey and J Mc
Adoo." - I I '
made in two petitions for Arany's
removal received by the council
in the last five months, f I
Arany asserted to the commit
tee that "the. same crowd fought
me when 1 -was getting the air
port lease" and later attempted
to have , him indicted byt the
grand jury. ' ! '
, The . pretesting flier objected,
at the 'opening of the hearing to
a. proposal that they be inter
viewed individually and then sub
mit to cross-examination. Arany
was accompanied by bis attorney
and a stenographer who made a
record of the proceedings. .
Mayor VTE. Kuhn insisted
both sides, in the eontroversy.be
Ktven eaual. -fair treatment and
their .stories fully JnvestjgatedU
Of Legislators
hi 'f'!"t!i
Mob Mouthpiece
Gives- Testimony
"DE5IE DAVIS"
Heights to Seek
City Water Line
petition to Be Presented
j County Court Asking
, Special Election
SALEM HEIGHTS, Aug. 31
Steps to form a water district
whereby Salem Heights may se
cure water from the Salem city
system were ordered taken at a
meeting of 65 residents of the
community tonight,. i
The first ; step -will be taken
Thursday .morning -with presenta
tion of petitions to the county
court for a special election. The
required S30 filing fee was raised
at the meeting tonight, j .
The citizens also' tonight asm
Inated eight - candidates for the
five district directorships ! that
would be created under the elec
Hon proposal. They are C. D,
French, W. R. Newmyer, J. W.
Douglas and C. A. DuRette, of the
temporary committee, and E. T
Barkus, Dr. F. M. Erickson, Paul
Griebenow and Paul Acton.
No definite boundaries for the
water district were decided on
but it was held likely Ewald
avenue, would be the south line,
Candalaria. heights would be . in
.eluded and the north line might
take in part of the area immedi
ately south of Salem now served
by the city water department if
that could be arranged. :
Big Boeing Clipper
Tries Her Wings
SEATTLE, Aug. 31--;P-The
42-ton Boeing Clipper tried her
wings today the first time since
the installation of new twin rud
ders i and slight alterations in
the angles, of- the sea wings.
On a series .of high speed taxi
ing and takeoff tests on Lafce
Washington, Test Pilot Edmond
T. AlleriHifted the big ship from
10 to 20 feet off the water sev
eral times and once rose more
than 50 feet. I ..
The testing crew had ("the ship
in action nearly five hours.
Late Sports
. LOS ANGELES, Aug.! 31.-(JPj-First
Game: ' !
Seattle . 9! IS 0
Hollywood -2 8. '0
F. Hutchinson and j Spiridel;
Babich, R. Hutchinson, Osborne
and Brenzel. " j- ,
LOS ANGELES, Aug.! 31.-JP)-Second
game: . I
Seattle -..L. 2 Jt
Hollywood .11 14 1
Barrett, , PJckrel, Beck, Jonas
and Fernjindes; Tost and Hartje.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 31.-(ffy-Night
game:
Los Angeles 3 7 0
San Diego - 4 ..'- 3
Carnett and Collins; Craghead
and Hogan. -
- SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aug. 31.
-?py-TlrU night game: ! -
Portland .........Pi 4 - 0
Sacramento L 1 1
Hilcher and . Dickey j SherrilI
and : Franks. ' "
SACRAMENTO, Calif Aug. 31.
-P)-Second night game: -,
Portland .0 I 0
Sacramento ,' ' , 4 -: n 0
Thomas and Cronin;f Newsome
and Franks. ' ; t
OAKLAND, Calif,, Aug. 31.-(ff)
-First night game: -San
Francisco ., 1 " ' 0
Oakland ' I 0
Stutx and Sprinz; Bittner and
Raimondl. - j v -1
OAKLAND, Calif." Ang. tl'cff)
-Second night game: i?
San Francisco , , .1 ?1J . t
Oakland 1 1 , 1
, Shores, Mann . and Sprlns, Mc-
BaacajLUdeloyee and Cpnroy.
Dutch Schultz
Ex-Mouthpiece
Tells on Hines
XJ 13 X CSU11C3
Hines Got Tliousands
From Policy Mob !
Says Hines Got Release
of Policy Defendants v
From Courts'-
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-(A,)-J,
Richard (Dixie) Davis, the broken
mouthpiece of the once powerful
Dutch Schultz policy racket, swore
in supreme court today that Tam
many District Leader James J
Hines was paid thousands of dol
lars by the - mob and in return
fixed court cases and had police
men transferred .
The cocksure little disbarred
gang lawyer also said Hines Inter
ceded with the federal -govern
ment on Schultz's behalf when the
gangster, was a fugitive from in
come tax. evasion charges.
"Boy Lawyer"
Unruffled
Outwardly unruffled at his first
appearance on the stand, the bril
liant "boylawyer" who was In
dieted with Hines and pleaded
guilty, gave Justice Ferdinand
Pecora and the blue ribbon jury
a comprehensive picture ,- of the
operations of the' cunning Schultz
who .turned an old Harlem gam
bling game into a ?20,000,000-a
year, racket.
Corroborating the testimony of
Ueorge weinDerg, tne mob s bust
hess manager, who likewise plead
ed guilty to conspiracy and racket
charges, Davis testified:
That Hines, at the gang's be
hest, obtained the release of pol
icy defendants before .Magistrate
Hulon 'Capshaw;
That Hines did the same in an
other policy case, heard before
the,., late Magistrate Francis J.
Krwfn; i "-
Says Hines Picked
Dodge for DA
That Hines picked William C
Dodge, as his man for the district
attorneyship in the 1933 election
because Dodge was "stupid";
That in pursuance of this sup
port of Dodge he collected 630,000
- or more from the Schultz mob to
help finance Dodge's campaign,
and also' brazenly asked that
Schultz engage "floaters" to cast
thousands of votes for Dodge;
That Hines attempted to block
the appointment of Thomas E
Dewey, now prosecuting him as
district attorney, as special rack
ets prosecutor after Davis warned
him . that Dewey was "a tough
man," .
That 500 a week or more was
paid almost openly to Hines for
"protection."
Davis testified finally that
Hines "saw" the lawyer-. Max. D.
Steuer, when Schultz. was a fugi
tive and asked him to visit the
then U. S. Atty. George Z. Medalle
to see if he could compromise the
case for Schultz. Medalle, Davis
said, refused.
f Davis' declaration that Hines
arranged for the transfer of sev
eral policemen who had taken
part in raids on the policy banks,
corroborated Weinberg's recital of
a strange tale of Intimidation and
conniving, and also supported the
testimony of four or five of the
policemen who testified they were
transferred to remote districts ap
parently because of their raiding
activities, although no reason was
given them.-
Love Loses Profit
In Massachusetts
BOSTON, Aug. 31-)-LoTe, at
midnight tonight, ceased to have
cash value in Massachusetts.' -
A law enacted by the legisla
ture last May, banning breach of
promise suits, took effect at that
hour. ' -
Rep. Katherine Foley, of Law
rence, sponsored the measure as
a move to "take-thexacket out
or love," declaring that Tmmey
is not 'balm' for any woman who
sincerely suffers in an unhappy
love, affair. - - i
Breach of promise actions filed
before midnight were not affected
by the new. law, as were actions
filed within 90 days from propos
als of marriage made, before mid
night and later broken. :
VIrs. Krueger-Said
Crippled for Life
' LOS ANGELES. Aug. Z1-JP)
-Mrs. Kar Krueger, wife , of the
Kansas - City symphony orchestra
director, will be crippled for life
if she recovers from b n 1 1 e t
wounds -In file ted, the state
charges, by Charles E. McDonald,
unemployed electrician. --. : :
1 JJrs.' Krueger'a physician,. Dr.
Lawrence Chaff in, ; testified at
McDonald's preliminary hearing
today, saying her condition was
J stmcrjyjMLj
Typhoon Strikes Japan
Qn Quake Anniversary;
Wide IXestruciio
Weather Bureau Says 75t
Worst . in 30 Years' as Homes Destroyed ;
Large Steamers Blown Aground j '
T OKYVO , Sept. 1. (Thursday) -(AP) A typhoon
blowing 75 iniles an hour which the weather bureau said was
the worst in 30 years struck Tokyo early today and. left in
its wake vast destruction across eastern Japan.,. - 1 v
At least four persons were dead and several hundred
injured. Authorities said they expected the death count
Labor Peace Hope
Brightens in SF
Maritime Situation Better
With all but Two of
Groups Signed
r . ,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31
(JP) Peace prospects brightened
today on the various labor fronts
of the city.
CIO warehousemen and their
employers still were deadlocked
in a dispute which has closed
more-than 150 bay. area plants,
but the latter disclosed today
they were giving "serious con
sideration" to the latest and
modified union peace proposals.
The union settlement plan pre
viously had been rejected by the
employers. Today, James ' Reed,
president of the association of
San Francisco distributors, said
the proposal was being consid
ered as a basis of future nego
tiations. Reed made the an
nouncement in declining an invi
tation from , the union to have
an association speaker appear .at
a uhidn mass meeting tomorrow
night. ' '
The ' maritime situation also
showed improvement. A. E. Roth,
president of the waterfront em
ployers association announced
all Pacific . coast maritime con
tracts " except two had been . re
newed for one year.
On the other fronts, 7.000 de
partment store employes called
a mass meeting tonight to map
their future course in a threat
ened strike against 27 major de-"
partment stores.
Flag Salute Required
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-UP)
-A school regulation requiring
salute to. the flag' was upheld. by
the' state supreme court' today
with, the observation such salute
tends "to" stimulate in the minds
f youth" an "unfaltering loyalty
to our government and its instltu
Uons." '
'BUSMAN S HOLIDAY Bus
men, they say, go for bus rides
on their holidays. Letter car
riers go for walks. Movie op
erators go to the theatre and
look at pictures.
It was a mite fortunate that
a certain movie operator, whose
name wasn't ' learned, dropped
in . at the State theatre last
night. There was a little flare
up of fire in the projection
room. Such. occurrences are
common, and never dangerous,
for projection rooms are abso
lutely fireproof and extin
guishers are always at hand.
-Usually the patrons never know
there is any fire. '
But in this case the flames
showed on the screen just at
the moment that the picture
stopped.' A half dozen or so
patrons started hurriedly to
ward the exits . . .that sort of
thing is much .more dangerous
than fire itself. 'p
.. But the?. visiting movie opera-;
tor had a ' big booming voice
that commanded attention. He
advised everybody to keep their
seats. They did: A moment liter
Al Adolph fame in and an
nounced that all was under con
trol. But the wiring couldn't be
repaired In time to proceed witn
Kfhe show.
so "rain checks"
were Issued.
7 h ree Loco mo I
As Silverton
Stf-VERTON, Aug. 81 Three
big logging locomotives 7 hare
come to rest at Silverton awaiting
new ownership after 25 yean
with the Silver Falls Timber
c o m p a n y. Logging officially
ceased In the Silver Falls camps
Wednesday. Because delay on ac
count of weather conditions, op
erations will not be entirely com
pleted before the end of the
week. - . " --. .
Mill officials stated Wednes
day that the closing of the' camps
will make no difference. In mill
operations. Purchases and log
ging contracts have been com
pleted to assure mill operations
here for many years to come, i
... Logging first opened up in Sil-
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Mile an Hour Typhoon Is
O would rise hourly as reports ac-
cumulated.
1
. .. Communications an.d train serv
ice were paralyzed. . j
Tokyo Isolated C
By Storm f
Tokyo was virtually isolated,
without, a train' arriving from any
direction. A million . commuters
were 1 marooned and unable, to
reach the city.
Striking at Yokohama, 18 miles
from Tokyo on 'the coast, at 2:45
a, m.,' the typhoon came on the
15th anniversary of the. disastrous
1923 earthquake . when'. 150,000
lives were lost. . '
Seven-of the' largest districts of
Tokyo were thrown into darkness,
and Yokohama was without light
or power.
The -Associated Press office,
though on the seventh floor nof an
office building,- was ankle deep
in water from the -rain blown
.around closed windows.
Thousands of homes collapsed
from wind and flood, and Omori,
one of Tokyo's outlying wards.
alone reported hundreds of dwell
ings damaged or destroyed.
Four steamers went aground In
Yokohama harbor, the largest the
15,346-ton Chltral of the Penin
sular and Oriental line. Other
ships weighed anchors in an effort
to reach open sea.
Exonieratioh Given
Williams by Jury
Portland Man Tells Story
of Beatings His Wife.
Had Given Him
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug.' 3 lr(ff)
A thin, small man told a cor
oner's jury today of beatings his
wife had - given him and won
from the jury exoneration for the
shooting' of his spouse at their
home August 24.-
Despite the jury'! verdict. Dis
trict Attorney James Bain decid
ed to let second degree murder
charges placed against the man,
M. A Williams, 54, go - before
the grand Jury Friday for dls
position. .
- Williams, his health visibly
poor, recounted to the Jury how
his wife, -Laura, had hit, him.
with a hammer and otherwise
abused, him, finally' producing a
.32 calibre pistol o Intimidate
him. In theij struggle the weap
on was aiscnarged.
The husband, a retired rail
roader, said his wife, who was
a considerably larger person, had
made his life "miserable'! with
her pets dogs and bulls. Pass-ors-hy
were attracted to "the home
when; they saw a dog standing
before a gate on which was pan
ned a note o( "death Inside.
Officers found Williams sitting
on a porch- and bleeding from
wounds; . . ' . '
Green Disfavors
Party for "Labor
ATLANTIC CITY. N.k J.,Aug
31.-JPJ-WilUam: Green, president
of the American Federation of
Labor, predicted tonight labor
would lose "the balance of power"
if it formed an independent po
litical party. ! . j
Green said that on the basis
of primary election results this
year in which both the CIO and
the AFL have played Important
roles,- the federation was satisfied
its tradiUonal non-partisan policy
was "practical and successful."
ives En d Days
ver Falls Timber eompany hold
ings In the Silverton Hills coun
try In 1913.' During the past -25
years, 24,000 acres of timber
have been logged off. The logged
off land Is being ' definitely recognized-as
reforestation land and
will be taken care of as such.
W tin. the closing down of the
camp, the railroad will come out.
There is talk of making the road
bed af scenic county highway.
It taps a strip ff beautiful moun
tain scenery t which at present
has no other3 outlet.
The r Santiam country is furnishing-most
of the logs at pres
ent for the mill run. On an av
eraae 450.000 feet of Umber
come in daily to the local mill
overthe .Southern .Pacific tracks.
hogging
Stops
British Envoy
Cpmmunidatidii
Nazi . Officials Believe
Henderson Carries
Vital Message
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German . Naval j JElxercises
Extensive in Scope
With 60 Units
BERLIN. Aug. 31.-(55j-Great
Britain's ambassador. Sir Neville
Henderson, reached Germany .. by
plane tonight -bearing-what nazi
officials considered an Important
communication from the, British
government' concerning central
European war tension:
Fresh from long consultations'
with the British cabinet and high
est British officials, Henderson
was expected to see .Foreign Min
ister Joachim ton" . Ribbentrop
soon. : "
Whether he would see Adolf
Hitler apparently had not been
decided tonight and exact where'
abouts of the reichsfuehrer re
mained a mystery.; Presumably
Hitler- was still , la the -French
frontier region where he started
a fortifications - inspection tour
five days ago. 1 . . ...
' While German.-officials await
ed Henderson's report on his hur
ried trip to Londjon. it was dis
closed that Germanyjs current na
val exercises in the North Sea are
far more Inclusive tan was at
tirst announced, t '
' Field Marshal Hermann Wil
helm - Goering's mouthpiece the
National Zeitung, termed the ex
ercises biggest since the World
war In view. of the fact the 2,-000-ton
battleship. Gneisenau is
participating along. with the 10,
00 0-ton pocket-battleships Admir-
Iil Graf Spee, Deutschland and
juunira ocaeer.
iSixty units participating in the
squadron- games will assemble for
even bigger maneuvers In the
first part of September.
LONDON. Aug. 31-P)-Great
Britain applied stronger pressure
tonight on both sides of , the German-Czechoslovak
dispute for
conciliation, but all Europe wait
ed a fateful decision from Adolf
Hitler which might mean peace
or war.. .
.Whether this answer might
come through a Sudeten German
reply to hew Czech proposals for
settlement of the' minority issue
or a pronouncement next week
at the Nurnberg nazi party con
gress, was uncertain. -
It was 'generally believed that
with Hitler, rests the final deci
sion whether the present crisis,
gravest slnoe 1914, will lead to
another major war.
The parade of foreign diplo
mats to the foreign office showed
the gravity with - which all nations-
considered the .situation.
United States 'Ambassador Joseph-
P. Kennedy was keeping in
close touch with developments
through both Foreign Minister
Viscount Halifax, and Jan Ma-saryk,-Czech
minister to' London.
Another significant caller .was
the Polish charge d'affaires, "An
ton! Jazdzewska, whose country
lies between-Germany and Soviet
Russia a possible corridor for
Soviet troops to go to the aid
of their Czech allies.
Charles Corbin. the French
ambassador, brought Halifax a
full report of decisions of the
French cabinet yesterday to prepare-
the nation for any emer
gency. r- - . -
Huge French Ship
Completes Flight
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.,
Aug. 31;-;F)-The 41-ton French
flying boat Lieutenant De Vais
sean Paris, aviation's largest' op
erating' transport, : arrived today
from the ' Azores, : setting some
thing of a slow speed record.
The ship covered the 2,397
miles over the "North . Atlantic
from Horta in 22 hours, 48 min
utes, for an average of 104 miles
an hour. ' &
The same course has - beencov-
ered repeatedly , by the jSermans
this summer in thelraiesel-en-gined
catapult planes7 in from 1 5
to 10 hours. 7 -
Aboard "The Lieutenant" was
a-crew of -eight commanded by
Capt. Henri GiullaumeL.
..The plane took off from Bor
deaux, France, - August 23, and
flew to Lisbon, Portugal. - The
following day it flew to Horta.
There Jt was held by unfavorable
weather nntll yesterday. 1
Four Quarryinen
I Dead From Blast
I ASHEVILLE, N. C.v Aug. 3L-(if)-Four
men working 100 feet
np on the scrap rock of a quarry
wall were blown to bits today by
aa unexplained dynamite explo
sion. '
j JL if If Ur was missing after the
explosion of a case of dynamite
killed his fellow workers, who
were filling drill holes :withrthe
explosive,.
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