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h-vu .tt.u -MM? ri't kta 0.:r;if- rrr PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, October 22, 1938 Holmstrom, Burg Find Boat Wreck River Runners Say It May Indicate Jack Aldritlge Died in Venture . GRAND . CANYON, Ariz.. Oct. Jl.PDaring Haldane "Buzz" Holdistrora, who has twice mas tered the raging Colorado river, and (wq companions reached here today with a tale cf finding -a wrecked "boat which might indi cate the death of Jack Aldridge, Pa I cu; Springs, Calif. Holtustrom, of Coquilel. Ore., had' with him Amo3 Burg, Port land; Ore., photographer for the Kajtional Geographic society, and' Willi Johnson, who joined the party at "Green .River-lake, Wjo., nQ,. miles farther north than other expeditions have launched their boats, ' ". J. - , - frolmstrom said the overturned boat , was found .across the mouth of the Little .Colorado river, a boat 29 jtttles east of here. Aldridge baa, been missing tvro months and Holmstrom, the only man to run the. .-. river solo, expressed . the opinion Aldridge had perished. T v, The expedition 'will leave for Boulder dam Sunday. Students at Bush School Examined First , and fourth .graders at Bush school have received com plete physical examinations this weekv by the Marion county de partment of health. On Wednes day 4 6 first graders received ex aminations and on Thursday 45 tn j the . fourth grade were ex amined. In. the. first graders 10 were foupd with no defects and IS had been .vaccinated. Twenty-three seeded dental attention and seven, had. had tonsils. Forty-five par ents were present at this clinic. Among the fourth grade students foijr, , were found to be free from' physical defects and 34 had len vaccinated and Immunized. Ten had poor posture in this group. Twenty parents were present for the examinations. M i s s Lseflle Ayers was the nurse In charge and Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, health officer, was In charge of the examining. Salem Credilmen Plan Fall Party ' Members of the. Salem Credit association and their friends will make- i merry next Wednesday night, . when the credit group holds Its first fall social func tion at the Woman's clubhouse. Plans for the affair, entirely In formal, were announced at the Friday noon Creditmen's lunch eon meeting by President Hngb Adams.".'.""--. . " ".'"J- " Committees for the party ln elude- ; Ursule Wolfer, Medora Woodry, ' Jim Clark, J. Vinton Scott, Harry Scott, John Riches, Julian Burroughs, Francis Smith", Howard Grimm and Phil Corbett. Petitions Demand Linn PUD Election - ALBANY, Oct. 21-0F)-Petitions . demanding an election on power districts In all inhabited portions of Linn county were tiled with County Clerk R. M. Russell, who was checking them today. . They recommended rural sec tions join with' the municipalities of Lebanon, Harrlsburg. Halsey, Sweethome, Scio, Brownsville and Sodaville. The population in the area is about 22,000 and the as sessed valuation $15,76 6,000. Albany voters defeated a plan .to form a district at two elections and would be excluded from the new district.' Justice Is 66 ?v 1' Justice Harlan Ft Stone In zcellent health, Justlet Bar laa flsks Stone of tha 12. S. su preme court passes his 66t& birth- day by attending court at usuaL lis Is shown departing from the Ugh court In Washington tor his home, What Doing in the (Continued from page 1) -Hvorcd the master stroke In the administration's "purge" of Governor Martin last spring. Irkos will be in Oregon Sun day, pusibly in -Salcai to in spect the near capitol tbut tarious democratic. leaders are bop.ng to get to him , early rnoeii, ..and tfclki ta him con-; linringty enousu.! to keep the fcetretauy of the interior a mum :s possible aout poll Iks, and uy all means aoout Mania, uuie he b iu the -state. ' ; ! . - - " ,' Several nawspaper stories and ed.i.ia..i rpo.i tuai lucre is no i&teesi iu tat c&tuyaigu, ai-e ii'oia the canuiuaieo anu pti&und uvtc.iy i mtereoted oi' .ao.iily utci. iu pjl.Cica. et in its way, tue c-iuupaign is oue oi. tu.e siMt iUkciise n rb. 'lur cituuiuates ore covering tue state tuotougiuy, tue rad.o is being used more extensively, mor-; meetings are be.J" arraugedlhau ever be.ore. It v. ill certainly be the people's own; fault it they uon't kuow all about the candi dates and the issues by Novem ber 8. :il Far instance an naprecedent ediy large non-partisan meet ing la sueduleu for the Port .km! civic aiHikeriaai on the night of Friday, ' November 4. Kuru the Mix candidates for the three major offices - of in terest to Portland voters will appear. It is sponsored by the Federated Mal.nouiah County Community club, which has a membership Oi 35,000 not i n di v i d a a 1 s but families. Spragwe, Hets, Hohnan. Ma h.nc;, Angell and Honcyman are the scheduled speakers. The women's Sprague for Gov ernor club and the women s Snell for Secretary of Sttte club held a well attended meeting at the Marion hotel Friday after noon. Just to show the power of this column, it wasn't supp osed to be a tea but when we erroneously said it was, lo and behold it became a tea. Speak" ers were Dr. P. O. Riley, who discussed the necessity for etern al vigilance In defence of democ racy, and Cecil Edwards,. -who analyzed, the positions of the wo gubernatorial candidates on the matter of pensions, labor and relief: i The straw, ballots seem to be making their appearance unnsually late. The . . Willam ette Collegian reports that a campus straw vote went. 6 tol for Sprague for the governor ship. The student count was Sprajrue 372. -. Hess 7H,- with three votea . for Governor. Mar-. tin. The f acuity vote j was Sprague 36, Hess 4 ; : . v , This afternoon! at 2 o'clock in the basement room of the city library there will be a meeting tc discuss the problem of old-age pensions, sponsored by the Social Welfare society of which Theo dore Nelson Is executive secre tary. ' A croon of pension advo cates from Portland, Including W. - H. Chapman, former secre tary of the largest Townsend club In that city, will be present. Cottage Crovers Ask High way Job A delegation of Cottage Grove citizens appeared before the state highway commission Friday and urged immediate; construction of the proposed new section of the Pacific highway through that city. Realignment cf the Pacific highway through Cottage Grove was adopted by i the commission several months ago but actual construction work was deferred. The highway commission Indi cated that some time might elapse before construction work got under way due to a lack of funds.. s The proposed j new alignment would - eliminate a number of dangerous turns. Industry Mishaps Take Three Lives There were three fatalities due to industrial, accidents . in Oregon during the week ending October 20, the stat eindustrial accident commission reported Friday. : The victims, were John J. Ack- son, Fort. Klamath, taller; Lau ren Cumins, Oregon City, sawyer. and Fred Abo, Astoria, faller. There were 835 accidents report ed to the commission during the week. i Late Sports LEBANON, Oct. 21 Lebanon high defeated Independence 31 to 0 in a football game here tonight. Lebanon led 18 to 0 at half-time TACOMA, Oct. 21-(i!p)-College of Paget Sound scored a 6 to 0 victory over Pacific Lutheran college here tonight as relations between the two schools were re subed after a five-year lapse. Pu get Sound recovered a fnmble in the third quarter and marched 54 yards to the lona touchdown of the game. -.. ;. i : ;. (i) 1S1I L KJ Silver Falls Men Discuss Contract 40-Hour Week Is Sougbt by. Members 'of Local ' - at Silverton - SILVERTOX One' of the larr gest gatherings of Sliver Falls itlJ Local No. 23 met Friday uight in special session to dia eus terms of a new contract to be negotiated with Silver Falls 1 imber company ' In December when . th present contract" ex pires.; - ." ' The old contract was read and Us clauses were discussed and voted upon individually. Points discussed .were: working hours, wages, closed shop, . and length of term of the contract. ... 40-heur Week Asked The men voted for a 40-hour v.cek. TUe local has worked under a common-labor f minimum . wage of 62 cents an hour since its oegmmng and expects to con tinue. Local: officers declined to say 'what action had been taken by the men on the closed shop clause. A special committee was appointed, however, to go to Portland to study legal aspects of the clause which will be brought to a secret ballot vote of the members before it is writ ten into the final contract. Huge Date Cargo Taken From Boat PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 21-V Twelve hundred ton? of tooth some dates from the sandy loam of Iraq probably the biggest shipment of dates ever made to the Pacific coast were broken up here today for trans-shipment, charged by the motorship Silver- Five hundred tons were dis- guava. Another 300 tons were trucked to another dock for ship ment to Vancouver, BC. The re mainder will be discharged in California ports by the Sllvergua va. Shippers said the shipment held unusual significance to Pacific importers and waterfront work ers. Heretofore dates from Ara bia have always entered at New York. This is the first Important shipment direct to the west coast. UCC Clients File For '39 Benefits Claimants of unemployment compensation already are taking advantage of the commission a invitation to file for 1939 bene fits, it was announced Thursday, Records of the central office here show 19 orlclnal and 30 new claims already on hand. Claims for 193 S benefits total 84,084, of which 72.442 have been determined valid. 10.280 non-valid and 2202 await determ ination. Benefit rights have been exhausted for 1938 by 27,593 claimants, the commission report ed. Total distribution of benefits has reached 15.145,275, repre sented by 4 59,540 checks. Dr. Marcotte now Occupying Manse . The Rev. Henry Marcotte, DD. ad interim pastor of the First Presbyterian church, has moved to the city and, with Mrs. Mar cotte, is now occupying the new ly redecorated manse. Dr. Mar cotte will now be available throughout the week for any pas toral service needed. The sermon topics announced for Sunday are: "God's Beauti ful World" for the morning, and "Love" for the night. The latter Is one of a series on "Regnant Ideas" which has created a great deal of Interest. Music for the service will be played by Frank Churchill, organist, and sung by the chorus choir under the direc tion of Prof. William Wright. Local Tombstone Granite on Dock PORTLAND, Oct. il-iJP)" Loading winches yanked 60 tons of red granite blocks; quarried in Finland, from the hold of the motorship Vancouver. . They were for delivery to Port land- and. Salem granite works to be used in tombstone and headstone construction. Jurors Look Over; County Poor Farm The state training school for boys, near Woodbarn, the state school for the deaf and the coun ty poor farm were Inspected yes terday by the Marion county grand jury. The Jurors bad lunch eon at the boys school. The jury is expected to visit other state institutions when it reconvenes at 10 a.m. Monday.' lAny ; r Longer? WHEN OTHEKS FAIL I UN our Cblnea remedies. Anr.Trt StCCESg for 6009 yean la CHINA. Ho matter witn what ailment you ara AFFLICTED disorders, ataualtia. .heart, tang, liver, kidney, stomach, gas, con stipation, ulcers. dJabeUs, rhcu- ' taatlsm, fan and bladder, lever, akin, female complaint Charlie Chan Chinese Derb Ce. A. B. rone t years ' practice tn China. Offioa hours to jn. except Bun day and Wednes day, t to 10 ajsv. 123 M. CmX BU Saarsm, Ora, d d 1 1 i co . bi the Neug NEW YORK. ' Oct. 21-JPy-A. wife ! who- left her husband two weeks latter their marriage and demanded a separation because he was too ardent, got no sym pathy today from Supreme Court Justice Edward Rlegelmann in Brooklyn. ..... Denying temporary - alimony and counsel fees to Mrs. Cath erine JHnfcnerman pending trial of her separation suit against her husband, Charles, r the Judge noted that Mrs.' Zimmerman had been married before and said: . "Presumptively, at .least, she might have anticipated ' that a man does not ' court and marry a woman for the mere pleasure of paying her ' board and wash ing." i Justice Rlegelmann is a bach elor." i Mrs. . Zimmerman complained that her. husband would come home even during working hours to lavish his attentions on her. He admitted going home but said he went only to eat lunch except for one occasion.. ATLANTIC CITi XJ, Oct. 21-(jP)-Judge Joseph A. Corio today ordered George Smith, 38, to let Sirs. Smith take over his VPA job and "you stay home, do the rooking, and take care of the kids. "That suits me judge," re plied Smith. Probation Officer Preston Cook told Judge Corio In do mestic relations court that Smith was behind in payments for support of his wife, and their four children. HENDAYE, France (At the Spanish Frontier), Oct. Zl-(Jpy-Airplane "bombing" of Burgos, Spanish insurgent capital, with silk stockings and other articles of clothing was described today in advice from across the bor der. ; Tons of stockings, shirts and other; pieces of, apparel were dropped by government planes In an effort to emphasize that textiles were scarce In Franco territory. The textile "bombard ment? also was the government's method of answering fliers who dropped bread on Barcelona and Madrid to stress the shortage of cereals In government territory. Tillamook's Last Veteran Of Civil War I Called TILLAMOOK, Oct. 2 l-CP)-Wil liam B. Flagg, 93, who crept I A New . . . Different . . . Exciting . . . IT 0 it n ffl 0 1 X, f. 7 EVERY V -A y ; I How Good a reOGHOSTlCAlt are Yoh?. . Project Approval Notices JReceived TB Hospital, Indian School Projects Among Those Given Go Ahead Notices of approval for WPA projects at the state tuberculosis hospital, the Sale mlndian school and the West Salem water de partment have been received from Washington, DC, the dis trict WPA office announced here yesterday. The hospital project, a con tinuation of one now in progress on grounds and buildings, makes 16364 additional in WPA funds available,1 to be matched by $2401 In institution funds. The Indian school project may not be started until next spring since it involves the oil-surfacing of streets through the school grounds, as well as construction of additional sidewalks. The WPA will allot $6778 for the job. The West Salem work is pre liminary to the street paving program which the voters re cently authorized to be done with WPA and PWA assistance. Nei ther agency has as yet approved the city's applications. The wa ter department work will con sist of replacing old mains aad laying new lines. Expenditures of 14071 by the WPA has been approved. Labor Postpones Vote Selections The Salem organised labor legislative committee decided af ter a tour-hour meeting last night to confer further before making recommendations of No vember election candidates and ballot measures, C. W. Crary, chairman, announced. The group, representing the various locals, will meet with the Salem Trades tr. Labor council' Tuesday night and probably disclose its endorse ments at the close of the session, Crary said. through confederate lines once and snatched an enemy drum, will be burled Sundav. He was Tillamook county's last survivor of the union forces in the Civil war. He resided at Bay City. - tawtin China Slay Take Peace Terms if Not Over-Harsh - -.--.- LONDON, Oct. 21-JP)-A Reuters (British news agency) dispatch from Chungking, China, quotes - Former- -Premier Wang Ching Wei as saying China might accept peace terms from Japan If they did not' hamper the na tion's existence. Wang, - who resigned the pre miership in 1935, is chairman of the central political council of the Kuomlntang, or national party. -" - - ' - - Reclamation Canal Ground Is Broken REDMOND. Ore., Oct. tl-JP)-Twelve simultaneous blasts setoff by Congressman Walter M. Pierce and Regional Director C. rC-Fisher of the reclamation service broke ground today for the 65 mile long main canal of the 18, 000,000 Deschutes reclamation project's north unit. Fire thousand central Oregon residents and 200 delegates to the Oregon reclamation congress wit nessed the ceremony. F. O. Hagle, secretary of the Na tional Reclamation association. told the delegates the group's ac tivity had Increased federal ap propriations from 32,000,000. sev en years ago to 870,000,000 for the current fiscal year. He de clared 75 per cent of reclaimed lands are producing crops and there is need for further reclama tion because the United States im ported farm produce valued at 82,600,000.000 in 1935. Ma jority Workers Are Under Age 35 WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (JP) Two thirds of the men and wom en employed In Oregon business and industry are under 35, the so cial security board estimated to day. The calculation was based on a 10 per cent random sample of ap plications for social security ac count numbers received from Ore gon workers prior to January 1, 1938. Of the sample of 29.608 appli cations, 12.670 of the 21.918 male applicants and 5.408 of the 7.69Z female applicants were under 35. 1 Baker Jlill, NLRB Attorneys Differ BAKER, Oct. 21.-1!PHCatIona labor relations board attorneys. hearing charges of unfair labor practices "against: the ; Stoddard Lumber company, attempted to--day- to .determine the. number . of union men -who voted against a proposed pay cut. ' The NLRB sought evidence as to whether the company discrim inated against, union men laid off. Francis Lamb, one of the work ers laid off. testified Jils work had not been criticized but that he had ' not been rehired when operations resumed. Defense wit nesses sought to show that he would not have returned any way because of employment with the forest service. . Clyde. Conklin and C. F. Ne becker testified that they signed a ; petition against a wage cut. but that Conklin withdrew his signature and Nebecker signed only because "everyone else did and 'he did sot want to be the only one not signing. .During the morning session, company attorneys sought to show the similarity between woods and mill operations in an endeavor to present evidence that one union should cover both. NLRB men contended a collective unit was not plausible because of the dif ferences in the work. NYA.Sctup Helps Many in Schools Many needy . Marion county youths who require financial as sistance so that they may buy books and supplies to continue their high school courses, are being aided by the National Youth Administration. It was an nounced yesterday by Ivan G. Munro, Oregon NYA director. Eight schools In Marion county receiving monthly allotments are: AumsvHle $20, Hubbard $22. Jefferson $6. ML Angel Academy $12. MU Angel college ARTHRITIS! NEURITIS RHEUMATISM Kea4 a Book that ia t t A copy latest cdi- ealea' aad postpaid Addrcsa the author today H r Clearwater Pa Ds33 BHanra Ms day! bigh 110, Salem $116. Scotts M ils $10, Silverton $65, Sisters of St. Mary $6, Stayton $12, Tur ner. $6. Woodburn $35. Appor tionment of the individual quot as aad direction of the program at each school is in the hands . of the principal of the institu tion." -To receive aid under the student aid program, applicants must have passed their leth birthday and be under 21 years of age. California Fisher . Drowns in Rogue - GRANTS PASS; Ore., Oct. 21. -,!p)-Frank O. Edwards, Glen dale, Calif., resident and former Los Angeles county fire chief, drowned in the Rogue river while fishing today. Edwards drowned within the city limits while on his semi annual Rogue fishing trip. At tempts at resuscitation failed. Hi was accompanied here by Mrs. Edwards. "V . NEV OEE1V1CE To San Kraocix-o and All California Toints (Effective Oct. 22, 1938) LEAVE SALEM 9:05 A. 51. This Is in addition to present service leaving SALEM at 1:15 a. m., 10:10 a. m.. 3:55 p. m.. 8:45 p. niv (To Medford only, leave Salem 12:45 p. m.) Low Fares to All Points DEPOT: New Senator Hotel PHONE: 4151 n:tnHl!lilHi