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Vv .. -V ...w v"w 2T5v. rX "7 XVTv - Late City Newi - Hews columns of TU Statesman are kept opes un ! til 2 man. thus assuring readerg ners of lata eltjr ; happenings, - ' a - ' - 1 The Weather : Cloudy with rains today and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Mar. temp. Thursday, S3 mln. 3d Hirer &8 ft. South winds. PCUNDOO 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Homing, November 18, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 6c No. 202 Trade Pacts Concessions to III II II I I -V I X I I II I ' 'WL-fckV-V.W - I I - - ... I I 2 n Baiter Relates Torture Story Before Jurors 'Abducted Man Declares i Berry Tortured Him for an Hour Ex-Coast Guard Officer Breaks Down on Stand as Tale Told OLYMPIA, Not. 17-(flVIrvinL Baker, broad-shouldered automo bile dealer and former coast guard lieutenant, told a superior court Jury here today Dr. Kent W. Berry tortured him for more than an hour the night of Aug. 19 and tion would close Its testimony Fri an isolated gravel pit after threat ening to rape Baker's wife, Sus anne. Raker Is Final State. Witness Baker appeared as the final im portant witness lor the prosecu tion in the trial of Berry, 50-year-old phyBician; William K. Mc Aloqn, former peace officer; Ro bert H. Smith, dairyman, and James Reddick, 27, taxi-driver, on charges of first degree kidnaping and first degree assault. Prosecu tor Smith Troy said the prosecu left him bound hand and foot in day. Baker declared Berry tortured him slowly with pliers and a hea vy belt used as a lash, while he lay helplessly bound and Smith held him down. Reddick, he said, held a flashlight and at one time had a surgeon's scapel with which Berry proposed to emasculate Ba ker. McAloon, he added, stood guard a short distance away and urged . the physician to "kill the ... . . . 1 laker Breaks Down At Testimony End - Baker began his testimony In a clear voice, but grew more ner vous as he described details of the abduction and assault., finally breaking down completely when he related the injuries he recIv : ed. ..; ' '- Leonard Tjabis attorney, went to his side anT remained close to the witness stand the remainder of the afternoon. After a short Interval. Baker, recovered suffi ciently to continue his story of the events; but defense attorneys ask ed that cross-examination be de layed because ' of his condition. Judge M. Wilson agreed. Baker positively identified each of the four defendants as the men who took him from his home the night of August 19. Asked by Pro secutor Troy to say whether they were in the court room, he point ed a shaking finger at one after . the other, calling them by name. He also electrified the court by declaring that though he was so weak after the torture that he could not stand for any length of time, he had Insisted on being taken home rather than to a hos pital. - "I wanted," he shouted, "to get a gun and kill Dr. Berry' Party Lines Fade, Declares Pearson PORTLAND. Nov. 1 7-iiP)-Drew Pearson, Washington columnist aid today the November election reflected disappearance of partv lines. He said there was a wholesale desertion of party labels and that the issues "were, between conser vatives and liberals, regardless of party." He expanded this statement by declaring that in cases democra tlce votes had lected republican governors, CIO support put a re publican senator in office. . He said President Roosevelt was the most surprised of all the democrats. . v Japanese 'Regret' of Acid HANKOW, Not. 1 8-( Friday )-(A-Japanese consulate officials expressed regret today over an In rident in which Japanese soldiers were said to have thrown a li quid disinfectant at Dr. Lagan H. Roots, American missionary pby siclan. . Japanese soldiers were said to have thrown the disinfectant at the missionary doctor,, who was unharmed, when he closed the .gates of his mission at Wuchang, across the Tangtxe river from Hankow, to Japanese seeking Chi nes refugees. Portland Jews Plan Persecution Protest PORTLAND, N o T. 17. - (Jp) -Portland Jewish groups will add their Toices to the roar of protest that followed Jewish persecutions In Germany. They will participate In a mass demonstration Sucsay Four congregations will, be Id In prayer by Rabbi Henry J. Berk owit.1- - ' - Tossing 'TORTURE-KIDNAP9 TRIAL NEARS CLOSE - ... ; .j; g : - - Dr. Kent W. Berry; 50, socialite physician of Olympia, Wash., shown above, center, with Mrs. Berry and an attorney, as he listened to testimony in his trial for the "torture-kidnaping" of Irving Baker, auto mobile dealer and former coast guard lieutenant. Dr. Berry and three accomplice allegedly seized Baker and took him to an abandoned gravel pit where he was beaten with a belt and tortured with a pair of pliers. Mrs. Berry claimed she had been attacked, but refused to sign a complaint against Baker. Diamond Robbery Foiled by Police ITartman Window Broken, Rings Taken but Soon Recovered Quick work by Officer Harold Deacon, who nabbed a running man just a minute after hearing & police radio call of a Jewelry store robbery, may have nipped in the bud a $3500 diamond robbery at Hartman's jewelry store early this morning. Joseph Russo, 160 Union, whom Deacon picked up at 12:33 at the corner of Liberty and Chemeketa streets almost immediately after a radio call was issued, was being held by police for investigation in connection with the crime. A charge of drunkenness1 was also lodged against him. -- .', . While no accurate count was available, it was believed most of tnc diamond rings taken from one ot the store's display windows, were recovered. Ten of the rings, estimated in value by Ray Hart man at about 13300. were recov ered cached in the alley back of Hamilton's furniture store. An other was found dropped in ftont of the window which the thief cut open with a glass cutter. Police said four witnesses saw the robber break the window and snatch the diamond sets. They followed him down the alley, where they lost him. Police re covered the diamonds cached be hind a telepnone pole in the alley after a brief search. One of the rings bore a $595 price tag and another was marked at $585. Displays of diamonds are us ually removed from t" 3 display windows each night, Hartman said, but last night were inadver tently left on display later than Is usual. Hartman arrived to re move the diamonds only shortly after the robbery was committe. Eight MUe Walk For 81 Birthday PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 1T-(JP) -C. WT. West will observe his 81st birthday anniversary Saturday in a tame manner compared to previous birthday antics. He plans to take an eight-mile walk before breakfast at 7 a. m. The hardy Portlander observed his : 7 6 t h birthday by riding a surf-board up the Willamette riv er to Salem. On his 75th he drove a midget automobile to Multnomah Falls and across the bridge which spans the cascade half way up the cliff. Governor and Both Appear PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 17-(P) -Oregon' governor and gover- j nor-elect shared the platform with ; Fred Brenckman, : the National Grange's Washington representa tive, at today's session of the 19.38 grange convention. .' Governor-elect C h a r 1 e r A. Sprague told the grangers "We don't want a mere, peasant agri culture. We don't want agricul ture on a factory basis. We 'are particularly anxious to save the farm home." ' :'..'. Governor Charles Martin com plimented the grange for being "sane and broad-gauged' in its approach to the national agricul tural problems "in a period which has been cursed by -selfish and grasping political blocs." . - Agricultural exemptions under the wage-hour bill drew the fire ot Brenckman as being "more imaginary-than real." He predicted the act would Increase production Trade Pacts Have But Small Effect On ;Backy Chawer9 WASHINGTON', Nov. 17-(tf) The man who "chaws terbac cy" will find little over which to ruminate happily in the British-American trade agreement announced today: The negotiations left tariffs virtually untouched on: Tobacco. False teeth. Spittoons. CIO Hurls Threat Of Ford Boycott Collective Bargaining Is Sought for UAWU in Ford Plants PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17-(P)-The Congress of Industrial Organ izations hurled today a threat of boycott by its claimed member ship of 3,790,000 against the Ford Motor company unless that con cern agrees to "bargain collec tively" with the United automo bile workers union. The sudden action was a climax to an exciting day in which the 500 delegates mapped a broad so cial security program, stood and cheered approval of a resolution requesting an exhibition of their unity, and endorsed the "human itarian and social program" of President Roosevelt. Early in the day a delegate, George Bucher, of Philadelphia, had endeavored unsuccessfully to have the rules suspended to en able consideration of a resolution placing the convention in favor of a third term for President Roosevelt. At the request of Lee Pressman, general counsel of the CIO, the request was withdrawn. In Detroit Harry Bennett, per sonnel director for Ford, asserted the UAWA was "not representa tive in Ford plants" 'and that "we'll iron out difficulties" with the union "wherever they are rep resentative ..." The CIO's support of the auto mobile workers came in the wake of a demonstration of loyalty to the CIO by the UAWA, delegation. Mrs. Honeyman Leaves To Wind up Her Duties PORTLAND, Nov. 17.-P)-Nan Wood Honeyman, Oregon's con gresswoman defeated by Homer Angell, republican, departed yes terday for Washington, D. C, her last official trip before retiring in January. She will close her capital office and attend several conferences. Governor-Elect at Grange Meet costs and said congress had de stroyed the possibility of achiev ing price parity between agri culture and industry "making it increasingly difficult for these groups to exchange products on a fair and equitable-basis." Absence of provisions to pro tect the American market against commodities from countries ; with sub-standard labor conditions he described as a glaring error. Economic, law stakes precedent over any law congress may pass or any ruling that may be made by a governmental bureau, he warn ed, and when the economic law is violated the penalty is sure and swift. His report' said the grange favored- governmental reorganisa tion for simplicity, efficiency and economy, but opposed a movement to transfer the forest and soil eon servaUon services and the biologi cal surrey , from . the department of agriculture to the department ot Interior. Jews in Suspense As Martyr Buried Young Diplomat Is Given Funeral of Hero by Nazi Leaders BERLIN, Nov. 17-(P)-Jews lived in dire suspense today as the nazis solemnly buried as a martyr the young diplomat whose assassination -occasioned tha latest outburst of antl-semitism. The government withheld fur ther restrictive decrees that Jews had expected after the services for Ernst Vom Rath, fatally wounded by a Jewish youth, Her schel Gryszpan, in the German embassy last week. But two officials in funeral Orations for Vom Rath in Dussel- dorf warned that "we understand the challenge (of Jewiy), and accept it," and no measure of terror can bring Germany back to slavery.'1 Relchsfuehrer Adolf Hitler attended the services, but did not speak. Though there were no new de crees, there were new prohibi tions, such as a hotelmen's bau on Jewish guests, and new hints that thousands of Jews might be evicted fTom homes overnight. Jews hoped for the fruition of an Anglo-American plan to help them emigrate, but nazi news papers unloosened new attacks on the United States and Great Britain. Douglas Miller, United States commercial attache here, was called to Washington today, less than 24 hours after the depart ure of Ambassador Hugh R. Wil son for Washington. Various in terpretations were placed on each action. Satterwhite Gets 15-Months Prison PORTLAND. Nov. 19"-)-L. L. Satterwhite, who pleaded guilty to a charge of involuntary man slaughter, today was sentenced by presiding Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt to serve 15 months in the state prison. The charge grew cut of the death of Elmer S. Bell in a car crash near here April 14. Satter white's car and one driven by Glen R. Metsker, St. Helens attor ney, crashed head on. Bell was a passenger. In Satterwhlte's car. T. B. Handley, chief crim'nal deputy district attorney, told the court' that Bell's relatives had made a written request that Sat terwhite be shown extreme len iency. Widow of Warden Lewis Reported Seriously III Mrs. James Lewis,? 0, widow of Warden Lewis of the state peni tentiary, who died recently, was reported seriously ill at the Salem General last night. Lane Logger Killed EUGENE, Not. 17.-(i!P)-J0bn Spores, 27,- Wendling. lost his life yesterday when" a" tractor line broke and struck him Tat Camp Five of, tha Booth-Kelly Logging company. He. was employed as head rigger. Draws 12-Year Term ; .ROSEBURG. N ot, ll.-W)r James Redhorse. 49, transient. who pleaded guilty to a morals charge, today was sentenced to iz years in thj state penitentiary. Hobiian-Hit.bra- PORTLAND. Not. 17.-UP)-Ru- fus Holman," Oregon's - senator- elect; was confined to his home today with a mUd attack of in Xluensa. . . $106,219,433 Figured State Bienniuin Cost Tabulation Reveals Sum Needed for Agencies During 1939-40 $13,575,802 Represents General Fund Okehed by Budget Body Approximately $106,219,433.29 will be required to conduct all state governmental activities dur ing the 1939-40 biennium, a tab ulation prepared here yesterday revealed. Of this sum $13,575, S02.43 represents general fund appropriations approved by the state budget department. The general fund appropriation for the 1937-38 biennium aggregat ed $13,242,000. Included in the total, other than approved expenditures for the appropriative units of the state, is $78,841,244.99 for the self-sustaining departments, boards and commissions. $92,832,813.51 Due From Motorists Estimated revenue to be rais ed by. the self-sustaining units for the biennium totals $92,- 832,813.51. This revenue repre sents a charge levied against the citizens of the state in the form of licenses, fees and the special sales tax on gasoline for motor vehicles. Of this revenue, $14,- 984,7 53.49 will be applied to various activities for other pur poses than operating expenses of the self-sustaining unit raising the revenue. The highway commission will receive $26,850,000 from the public utility commission motor transportation fund, the gasoline sales tax and the motor vehicle registration fees. The general fund of the state will receive the benefit of $9,633,315.14 in direct contributions and allocs tiona which offset demands on monies from the general fund. Counties of the state will re cede $5,210,763.35 directly from these funds, in addition to allo cations benefiting them from other sources. $2,321,222.08 Assured Colleges Under a 1937 act the state board of higher education re ceives $2,321,222.08 from money (Turn to page 2, column 4) Hungary Reported After Czech Area Ruthenia Said About to Be Annexed; Magyar Troops Massed BUDAPEST. Nov. 17.-ftfV-Re- ports circulating tonight said ne gotiations were under way by which Hungary hoped to annex all of Ruthenia. autonomous eastern section of Czechoslovakia. Predictions were freely made. particularly by Polish officials, that Ruthenia would become Hun garian territory within a few weeks and that Poland and Hun gary would obtain the common frontier both want. Germany Involved Poland was said to be negotiat ing the matter with Germany which, heretofore, frowned on the idea of the two states getting the frontier at Czechoslovakia s ex pense. The Hungarian government was silent, but the Budapest press de voted considerable space to Ru thenia, where disorders were re ported. Published accounts told of pitched battles between Ruthen- ian rebels and Czechoslovak sold iers. Hungarian troops, serving as an army of occupation in the terri tory ceded by Czechoslovak to Hungary, were reportel massing along the border of Rnthenia. Medford on Schedule For new US Building MEDFORD,-Not. 17.-(JPi-Yol-lowing a conference of local pos tal officials with William Platn. postal inspector, and W. O. Bend er, treasury department architect, it was announced construction of an enlarged federal building here will be started early next sum mer. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 17 -Jefferson high school won Its third consecutive Portland Inter scholastic league football title to night by beating Grant 7 to 9, Jefferson .finished the season undefeated and ran its consecu tive victory string to 10 games. , PORTLAND, Ore., Not. lp-ijf) -The Portland Buckaroos, un beaten in Pacific coast hockey play this - season, . slipped into the once tied class tonight with' a 3-3 deadlock , against the Vancouver Lions. Valuable M Treaties May Widen Foreign Trade Greatly Agreements Carry Hull's Program of Slashing Trade Barriers Germany Only Nation not to Benefit From Pact of US, Britain WASHINGTON, Nov. 17-()-Two important new trade treaties, reducing American, British and Canadian tariffs on a wide vari ety of commodities, made their ap pearance tonight amid official predictions of a broadly increased foreign commerce and some signs of domestic controversy. The pacts, designed to carry forward Secretary of State Hull's program of eliminating the bar riers to world trade, among which he considers tariffs the foremost, were signed at a White House ce remony by Hull, Ambassador Lindsay of Great Britain and Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada. Roosevelt Happy At Pact Signing President Roosevelt watched with pleasure the signing of the two pacts, the latest of 20 such instruments negotiated by Secre tary Hull. The benefits of the new pacts go automatically to all nations with which the United States has so-called "most favored nation" treaties which means every country except Germany. The reich is on the United States eco nomic "blacklist" because she is accused of discriminating against American products. Many otficials clearly consider ed the new agreements a reply to the challenge presented by total! tarian nations' trade practices, such as the relch's barter deals." Great Britain Tariffs Cut Broadly speaking, Great Brit ain reduced her tariffs on long lists of American products, includ ing agricultural commodities, in return for, principally, a cut in American duties on the output of England's huge yarn and cloth in dustry. Canada cut its duties on fruits. vegetables, fishery products, pa per products, some wood products, automobiles, machinery, aircraft and aircraft engines, numerous textiles, and chemicals. In addi tion it eliminated a special three per cent tariff so far as all items affected by the treaty were con cerned. For these concessions, the Unit ed States reduced its imposts on Canadian cattle, hogs, cheese, eggs, grains other than wheat, po tatoes, fishery products, some pa per products, silver fox furs and Christmas trees. Treaties May Cause Dispute Since the reciprocal tariff pro gram has been the subject of a vigorous controversy since its in ception, the treaties are consider ed likely to arouse a renewed dis pute when the new congress meets in January. Protests are expected from the textile industry and from the dairy industry, which in several areas has main tained that even the previous rates were too low. The program was authorized by congress over vehement republi can opposition. President Roose velt was given the power to re duce the tariff rates of the Smoot H a w 1 e y act by a maximum of fifty per cent in return for com pensatory tariff rednction by oth er countries. County Commissioners Face Problems of Taxes, Highways The joint' attention of county judges and commissioners from all parts of the state will be fo cused on such problems as tax de linquency, relief and road finan cing and timber land classifica tion as the annual convention of the Association of Oregon Coun ties opens at the state capitol at 10 o'clock this' morning. The as sociations of county clerks, re corders and treasurers will meet at the same time. - , Governor , Charles H. Martin, Governor-elect Charles A. Sprague and Mayor V. E. Kuhn will greet the visiting officials at the first morning seession. C. 3. McCul lough, assistant state highway en gineer, will speak at a luncheon at the Marion hotel at 12:15. " Afternoon speakers will Include Mayor -Charles H. Hoggins of Marshfield, Judge Carl W. Cham hers of Umatilla county, Secretary of State Earl Snell, Dean Roy M Lockenour of the TTlllamette unl versity college 'of law. County Clerk W. B. Dillard of Lane coun ty, Attorney General L H. Van- arkets Gwefi Freed From Jail Helen Hulick, 28, Los Angeles school teacher, - is pictured shortly after she was released from the county Jail because she wore slacks into Municipal Judge Arthur Guerin'a court The., judge felt the dignity of his court had been Impugned when Miss Hulick appeared to testify in slacks. Slie was sent enced to five days bnt was re- leaded on a w r 1 1 of habeas ' corpus. ' Appellate Court Considers Style For Court Wear LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17.-iJP) -Municipal courtroom styles and sneers became matters of consideration today for the ap pellate division of the state su preme court. . Helen Hulick, 28 - year- old teacher, wore slacks on wit ness stand in defiance of a -Judge's order. And so her perversity and slacks were discussed pro and con before two judges by a dis trict attorney's deputy In be half of Municipal Judge Arthur Guerin, who objects to slacks, and Miss Hulick's attorney, who appealed the a 1 a c k-wearer's contempt sentence. The teacher ' spent a few hours in the county jail Tues day after Judge Guerin found her in contempt when she ap peared in slacks. Deputy District Attorney J. J. Sullivan argued the judge took exception to Miss "Hulick's "sneering" expression rather than her costume. Attorney Cbarlese J. Katx contended the judge's decision was based on his client's attire rather than her expression, rr gning that slacks are neither -indecent nor immoral and that a court of law has no right to regulate fashions. The court took the case un der submission. Winkle and State Coordinator Ralph E. Moody. Father Alcuin Heibel "of ML Angel will speak at a banquet at the Marion hotel at 6:30 p. m. in which all visiting officials vill Join. - J. W. Barney, Hillsboro, was elected president of the Associa tion of County Engineers yester day and Paul B. Bynnlng was named secretary. ' Their business sessions finished, the engineer hare been invited to visit Silver Falls state park today,, ,: : Convention and executive com mittees ot the judges and commis sioners organization met yester day. , One committee spent virtually all of Thursday discus: 'ng ar pro posal to reclassify a large area of forest lands... The argument wax advanced ihat 'much land ' row classified for; grazing ::waa' more valuable 'for agriculture. . Mem hers of - the committee s aid a change in the classification: of these lands would add materially (Turn to page 2, column 6) if , -C - " 'A I SaSSaTnrrIT1n'"' i A":' 1 " " ii jj' i )V j "ft Mi --y - -fo Canada Drops Preference in British Marts Lumber Section of Pact Closely Related to Canadian Treaty Full, Effect of Treaties- Awaits Repeal of US . Import Tax WASHINGTON. Not. 17.-WP)-Trade agreements signed tonight with the United Kingdom and Canada wsre said by state depart ment officials to provide valuable concessions for American lumber in markets of the kingdom and certain British colonies. f The concessions Involved the relinquishment by Canada of "a large portion of its preferences in those markets" with an agree ment that there would be addi tional concessions if the United States import tax on Canadian lumber was repealed. The tariff act ot 1930 imposed, a duty of SI a 1,000 feet on lum ber of pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, and larch, other softwood lumber and practically all hardwood lam- . ber remaining free of duty. By the revenue act of 1932 an additional tax of $3 a thousand was levied on lumber of these species and also on other softwood and hard wood lumber. Old Pact Cuts Duty in Half The agreement with Canada ot 1936 reduced both duty and tax by 50 per cent. The $4 charge vir- -tually prohibited imports of Doug las fir and western hemlock and the supply of vfhlte pine and spruce in the United States, was Inadequate. - The . lumber section of tb treaty with the -United Kingdom is inseparably combined with the Canadian agreement. The United -Kingdom has been for many years the principal foreign market for wood and paper, normally- taking from one-fourth to one-fifth of the total exports. Some of the more important concessions made to the United States on its exports to Canada included: . ; - Dressed Lumber Tariff Slashed DresBed lumber tongued and grooved: 20 per cent to 19 per cent. Shingles of cedar, creosote, vulcanized, or otherwise treated: 20 per cent duty removed. Wooden furniture: 33 V -per cent to 32 per cent. Although the full effect of the trade agreement as concerns lum-v,;--ber must await a repeal of this country s tax, the state depart ment said substantial immediate reductions in duty had been ob tained for softwood lumber and . doors, and some reductions la 'a number of the other products in the lumber group. -Furthermore, if the tax was repealed against Canadian exports to this country, provision was made or free entry into the United Kingdom for a considerable proportion of Ameri can softwood lumber. The immediate concession from the United Kingdom will be a re duction of the present 10 per cent ad valorem duty to about 4 per cent On all softwood lumber, i q u a r e sav (other than box- uoaiuB, railway Sleepers, and sleeper blocks) when rained at approximately 130 a standard for 1,980 feet board measure.- Barnes Circusman Atta ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Not. 17-P)-Terrell Jacobs, youthful lion trainer with the Al O. Barnes-Ringling shows, was at tacked and. clawed during a per formance heve today by a 475- ' pound , lion. Lying on his back, Jacobs fired four ! blank cartridges from a pistol, driving the animal from him. Ring attendants -applied a tourniquet and Jacobs finished the act. He then, was rushed to a hospital where fourteen stitch es were needed to clore the in--juries. Jacobs' wife, : Dolly, who was In the audience, fainted when the lion attacked her hus band. ,. : ". . . Realtors Will Appoint " Nominating Committee The nominating committee to propose candidates for offices la tha Salem Realty board for 1939 will h9 -i chosen at ' tha v board luncheon at the Golden Pheasant today. .There will be no outside speaker at the luncheon. - - At tonight's real estate class, Horace ,Dryer. farm appraisal au thority, -will be the special speak er. ' - ' -r- eked by