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May Be Topic
Viscount Halifax Will Go
With Prime Minister
' on Rome Trip
(B The Associated Press)
' LONDON, Nov. 28 Britain's
traveling prime minister Ik to U.ir
oveV'with Premier Mussolini in
Rome the British policy of Euro
pea? appeasement which has be;n
balked temoiarlly by Germany's
drire on Jews.
The foreign office announced
tonight that, Prime Minister Cham
berlain and Foreign Secretary
Viscount Halifax,, both of whom
wero in Paris last week on an of
ficial visit, proposed Journeying
to Rome in the first half of Jan
uary. - II Dace's Suggestion
' The announcement said Musso
lini had suggested the trip to
Chamberlain when they met Sept.
29 io Munich and, in answer to
the later British proposal of mak
ing the meeting in the first half
of January, had stated "he would
iu principle welcome a Tisit from
the pr'im e minister- and foreign
secretary at that time."
Authoritative sources said Jan.
10 vcas ft likely date for the states
men: to meet; - -
Three Questions t'p
It was expected that hign on the
agenda for taeir talks would be
tare questions:
1. j Improvement of Anglo-German!
relations, now clouded by
Germany's anti-Semitic policy.
2. ' Improvement of Italian
French, relations.
Z. The Spanish civil war.
The prime minister was de
scribed as confident that by per
sonal contact with II Due he
might sit. in motion negotiations
hich: would lead to a broad ac
cord, among Britain, Italy, Ger-
m2iy and France.
It was believed that Chamber
lain ; rather would have visited
Chancellor Hitler first, since ex-
nln. r.orn.onv nn et 1 1 It t oa Rrlt.
aia's $i eat diplomatic problem.
Kermit Roosevelt
Involved in Crash
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28-(P)
-Official approval of an out-of-court
settlement of damage claims
today disclosed Kermit Roosevelt,
son of the late President Theo
dore Roosevelt, was a participant
October 4 in an automobile acci
dent which injured 7-year-old
Mary Ann Johnson at an inter
section here.
Superior Judge Louis H. Ward,
on petition of Glen R. Johnson,
the child's father, approved a
300 compromise settlement. Cit
ed in the petition, in addition to
Roosevelt, were his wife, Belle
Willard Roosevelt, and their son,
Joseph Willard Roosevelt, all al
leged to have been occupants of
the car which struck -the girl. The
child Incurred a .compound leg
fracture.
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'Australia Feel Doubling
k Navy Is Best Insurance
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Nov. 28
!P-Australia, in doubling her
naval squadron and trebling her
air force In a program to cost
460 000,000, feels it is "the best
security we can buy," Sir Samuel
Walder, Australian merchant and
former lord mayor of Sydney, said
on his arrival here today, en route
to London.
Dog's Barking Prevents
Death of Pair in Blaze
GRANTS PASS, Nov. 28 -iJPf-
Awakened.by their dog just in
time, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Peabody
of Glendale early today escaped
from their flaming home above a
theatre. They fled in their night
clothes. The theatre and ft near
by drug store were damaged. The
loss was set at ?4000.
Fire Refugees
hi
Ia the wake of southern Calif ornia's worst fire in years, hundreds of
. refngee from the stricken area were forced to aeek shelter at the
homes of friends, while others, like those shown, la photo, were not
so lucky and had to sleep al fresco. Although millions of dollar
worth of damage was done, no official reports of any deaths hare
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: near Santa Monica, Cal. The brush fire swept through the canyon, laid waste to some 300 home as a
' high wind fanned the blaze. Photo shows all that is left of the Maramount Studios and courts which
was located near the swank Brentwood district. Only a shack, at upper left, survived the scourging
flames. (IIS.)
Irwin Starts
Serving Term
Slayer of Model Handed
139 Year Sentence in
Dramatic Scene
NEW YORK. Nov. 28-(iT)-For
the shocking Easter morn, 1937,
slayings of a beautiful yor.ug
photographers' model, her moth
er and their apartment boarder.
31-year-old Robert Irwin today
began serving a 139-year prison
sentence iu a closely guarded
padded cell.
Sentence was pronounced byT
General Sessions Judge James G.
Wallace and I r w i n silenced
amid a dramatic courtroom ora
tion against "rich man's Jus
tice" was taken immediately to
Sing Sing.
Will Be Segregated
Warden Lewis E. Lawes said
the "mad sculptor" who had
studied his art under tomo of
America's masters and for the
ministry at. St. Lawrence univer
sity would be segregated.
Even with time off for Rood
behavior Irwin would have to
serve about 92 years. For the
murder of Frank Byrnes, Trwin
received a sentence of ironi 99
years to life. To this was 4ded
20 yem to life tor the killing of
Mrs. Mary Gedeon and the "ante
for the slaying of her daughter,
Veronica.
Sentences Consecutive
"These sentences are to b9
consecutire and not to run con
currently to assure your incar
ceration for the rest of your
natural life,- said Judge Wal
lace. Handcuffed. Irwin was taken
back to The Tombs by 15 guards
and then to Ossining. Deputy
Sheriff Joseph Brandt said Jr-
wln told him:
"I'm going to get oJL within
10 years. No man -or prison will
hold me."
Jew Haven Offer
Is not so Simple
ST. HELENS. Ore., Nov. 28.-GPV-It
appeared today that Mrs.
Laura Baxter's offer of a Colum
bia river haven for Jewish refu
gees had some strings attached
The county clerk said today the
property In the San Francisco
woman's name on the tax rolls
was not great and that nearly
half the 1500 acres specified in
her offer was listed as belonging
to other heirs.
Sleep in Open
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the once beautiful homes In the
Suite of Offices
Awaiting Holman
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-P)-
A suite of offices occupied by two
former OregBn senators will be
taken by Rufois C. Holman when
Oregon's junior senator comes to
the capital.
He has been assigned suite 348
in the senate office building.
Robert Parkman, regarded as
one of the finest legislative ex
perts on capitol hill and who was
a member of Senator Fred Stel-
wer's office staff was expected
to continue on with Holman.
Japanese Warship
Held Biggest Yet
German Naval Publication
Says 40,000 Ton Ship
Is on Ways
BERLIN, Nov. 28-J)-A Car
man naval command publication
said today Japan "probably" is
building the largest warships in
the world, but added that if the
United States remains in the
Philippines the Anglo-Saxon po
sition in the far east could be
made "unassailable."
The statements were made in
tho "Nauticus," yearbook of the
naval command, which appeared
on the stands today.
Japan is building two nsw
ships of between 40,000 and 1 ,-
000 tons displacement, the an
nual says, each of whlcn would
carry nine 40.6 centimeter guns
(15.98 inches).
Britain's Biggest Now
(The world's present largest
warship. Great Britain's battlo
cruiser Hood, Is of 42,100 tons.)
The statement was considered
significant in view of close re
lations between Germany ind
Japan.
Nauticus" said that the only
meats of ending Japanese-Anglo-
Saxon "tension" would be ac
knowledgement of a Japanese
"Monroe doctrine" for the ar
east. Recognition of such a doc
trine, said the annual, "is mare
improbable today than ever."
According to the publication,
Japan is reinforcing her -.aval
bases In the far east and also
pushing new ones "as far as
possible into mandated regions
la the south and southeast."
Old Indian Scout
Passes at Age 86
, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. tl-JP)
-Charles F. Caldwell ,86, who was
with General Custer on scouting
expeditions in Wyoming in. the
70s. died of a heart ailment to
day. .- , .
Caldwell, who roamed five west
era states as a bullwhacker, miner
and cook In early days was born
at Collinsvllle, Conn. -
: When he was 21, Caldwell team
stered with a scouting expedition
Commanded by Custer in western
Wyoming. He campaigned with
Caster: again in 1874 against tres
passing gold-seekers and the then
wild Sioux, In the Black hills of
South Dakota and Wyoming.
Fired 4 Shots in Store
" Because Owner Disliked
MEDFORD, Not. 28.-ff)-Roy
E. Thompson, S3, told Sheriff's
Deputy William Grenbremer that
he fired four rifle bullets through
the window of a general store at
Trail Sunday night because he
was angry at the proprietor and
had been drinking. Thompson was
held in the county jalL
Klamath Log Truckman
Crushed, Beneath Load
' KLAMATH FALLS, NoTf ' 2 W
(flVErwin Nichols, 28, w a s
crushed to death today when
binder chains of his logging
truck parted and a big log rolled
Off.
The accident occurred in the
woods near Beatty.
Noted Orchardist Dies
MEDFORD, Nov. 28-P)-Rio-ert
J. Henry, 699, prominent or
chardist and wild life conserva
tionist of Rogue River valley
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Topanga canyon residential district
Oregon School
Cost Revealed
$17,663,161 Spent During
1937-8 f or'Elementary
and High Schools j
The cost of operating Oregon's
grade and high schools during the
1937-38 school year was 817,'
663,161, annual reports compiled
by Rex Putnam, state superin
tendent of public instruction,
showed yesterday.
The figure was the highest
since 1933-34 when the operation
cost was only $13,149,384, low
point of the depression. In 1931
32. however, the total was more
than 818,000,000.
Most for Salaries
Of the total operation cost,
89,628,487 was spent for teach
ers' salaries ana i,2,j ior
debt service. Other Items Includ
ed 11,660,686 for plant operation.
81,570,355 for capital outlays,
and 8952,155 for supervision.
School revenues during the
year totaled 817,426.541, of which
65.4 per cent came from local dis
trict taxes. 16.7 per cent from
county school funds, 10.9 per cent
from the two-mill elementary
school fund, 4.9 per cent from
the high school tuition fund, and
2.1 per cent from the state's ir
reducible school fund.
Indebtedness of school districts
totaled 816,663,950. of which the
bonded . Indebtedness total 115,
068,003, lowest in 10 years de
spite the extensive PWA and WPA
school building programs. War
rant indebtedness totaled 81,484,-
680, one-fifth that of 1933, and
other Indebtedness was 8111,267.
Enrollment Record
School enrollment was 210,219,
including 62,063 high school and
148,156 grade school students.
The school census, including all
children between four and 20
years of age, was 269,063, high
est In history and 12,000 more
than 10 years ago.
Twenty per cent of last year's
high school graduates entered col
lege, three per cent more than the
previous year.
The average salary paid teach
ers last year was 81061, high
school teachers averaging 81315,
Junior high teachers 81378 and
elementary teachers 8930. There
were 595 grade teachers who
earned less than 8700 per year,
735 more who earned between
8700 and 8800, and 723 who re
ceived between 8800 and 8900.
Jury Is Selected
er Trying
SEATTLE, Nov. 28-6!pr-Selec-
tion of a Jury to hear the first de
gree murder case against De Casto
Earl Mayer, 44-year-old habitual
criminal and a woman the state
says Is not his mother, Mrs. Mary
Eleanor Smith, 73, proceeded
slowly in superior court today.
The Jury was still incomplete
when court adjourned, and Ques
tioning of prospective talesmen
was to continue tomorrow.
Prosecutor B. Gray Warner, in
his Questioning, indicated he
would seek the death nenaltv for
both defendants, accused by the
state of killing .and butchering
James Eugene Bassett of Annap
olis, Md., here 10 years ago.
Slashing Fire Injures
Three in Coast Range
PORTLAND, Nov. 28.-P)-A
slashing fire that started Sunday
spread over an undetermined area
on the west slope of the coast
range near Wolf Creek highway
today and injured three of 350
workmen who were fighting It.
. The trio, Ray Fox, Henry Ba
ker and Roy Steadman. was
brought to ; Portland hospitals.
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Body Found Near Home
MEDFORD, Not. 28 (J3) The
body or wiron urew TUrpln, 83,
was rouna near nis noma on
Foots creek Sunday with a rifle
bullet in his head. Coroner Frank
A. Perl said the man was a sui
For May
Still Unfound
Yakima Police Say Pistol
Found Here Is Wrong
Calibre
YAKIMA, Nov. 2S.-(JP-X gun
found in the Salem, Ore., rail
road yards- thought to hava been
the one . used in the slaying of
John Dee Moore, Yakima auto
mobile dealer, November 7 was
not the gun sought Detective
Harry Thompson said 'tonight, as
it was .38 calibre and Moore
was shot with .32.
Roy Wright, 18, of Wataonvllle, I
Cal., who Thompson said con
fessed the slaying of Moore, told
the detective be tossed his gun
into a creek near Salem while
riding through, on a freight train.
A search of the creek south of I
Salem failed to disclose the gun,
Thompson said.
Department of Justice ballistics
experts at Washington, D. C,
will be asked to compare slugs
fired from the gun found here
with those taken from Moore's
body before it is decided finally
whether or not It is the weapon
used by Wright Sergeant Donald
Nicholson of the Salem police de
partment announced last night.
The gun, a .38 calibre Harring
ton & Richards ntckle plated re
volver, was turned over to city
police Sunday by H. A. Budlong,
1547 Oak street, after he had read
in The Statesman that Yakima
officers were here saarching for
Wright's weapon. He said he
found the gun and a flashlight
hidden in a woodpile near the
Southern Pacific depot.
Two chambers in the gun were
empty. The other four contained
cartridges whose lead bullets had
been cut with a knife so as to
mushroom upon hitting an object.
Sergeant Nicholson said.
Deputy Sheriff Bert Guns and
Detective Floyd Luce spent Sat
urday ana sunaay morning in a
fruitless search along the South
ern racific tracks south of Salem
for a revolver Wright said he had
thrown into a ditch from a mov
ing freight train early this month.
Tractor Purchase
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rut dv ireasurer
The board of control yesterday
approved the state highway de
partment's recommendation on
purchase of several large tractors
despite a protest by the Interna
tional Harvester corporation
which submitted a bid 81.500 low
er which did not meet the speci
fications.
The department, through Chair
man Henry F. Cabell, said that
the International tractors would
not be satisfactory, and warned
the board that to change the spec
ifications would break down the
department's purchasing system.
State Treasurer Rufus C. Hol
man said he felt that the Inter-1
natlnoal tractors were satisfactory I
and that the department did not
surrey the tractor field before
drawing up the specifications.
"I p rotest the wasting of 81500
of taxpayers' money to accept the
department's recommendations,'
Holman said, "inasmuch as the
International tractors would do I
the work.
Refloat Freighter
Damaged by Blast
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.
-The Hamburg-American line's
ship Vancouver, damaged by -n
explosion in the Oakland estua-y
several weeks ago, was refloated
today from the Moore drydock,
with the hull reinforced with
new plates.
Repairs to the damaged inter
ior of the ship will require anoth
er month in the opinion of of
ficials.
District Attorney Earl Warren
of Alameda county said today the
investigation to find those re-
sponlsble . f or the blast was con
tinuing, though it was announced
last week following of all clues
sad so far been fruitless.
Landon Is Named
As Peace Student
ABOARD S3 SANTA CLARA
ENROUTE TO LIMA, Peru, Nov.
28-(-Secretary of State Hull to-
dayappolnted Alfred M. Landon,
the republican presidential nom-
inee of 1936, to a committee
charged with studying the prob
lem of strengthening peace mi
chlnery at me coming ran-Amer-
lean conference in uma.
As chairman, Hull convoked the
i first full meeting of the United
States delegation enroute to the
I conference. - -The committee to
which he appointed Landon was
one of eight he set up to study
topics likely to come before the
parley.
Eden to Address
NAMV Convention
NEW YORK, Not. 2 8-VThe
National Association of Manufac
turers announced today that An
thony Eden, the former British
cu-rolorr fnt faretrn affairs, had
agreed to come here to address its
annual convention December 9.
Eden's talk, which will be I
broadcast (10-11 p.m. NBC and
Mutual Broadcasting System) will
bo on the subject "Democracy and
the Modern World.
Charles R. Hook, president of j
NAM. said he understood Eden
would sail for America this week-
Lieutenant Oscar Jahnsen (left)
viewing toe aamagea hail of the nazi liner Vance over, 'hortly after the vessel was pnt In drydock. Al
though sabotage was at first believed to have been the cause of the blast which sank the ship, invest!,
gators are not overlooking the possibility of faulty equipment as caue for the explosion. On aaothei
German vessel, the "Weser," in San Francisco bay, a longshoreman was killed when a cable snapped.
Lives of several of his companions were endangered. An investigation showed that not sabotage bat
wear was the cause of this mishap. The cable bad worn thin and snapped, investigators declared. UN
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Otovaanl Martjiwffl, Maria Caalgna and Lawrsoce Tibbett
New Tork society turns out In full force for the Metropolitan Opera
season now in full swing. Performances of old and new stars thrill
opera lovers, especially the work of this trio, shown taking a bow,
Left to right, they are Giovanni JaartlneTIL Marls Canlgiia, younf
Italian singer who Is making her debut, and Lawrence Tibbett. This
marks Martinelli's twenty-fifth season with the Metropolitan and
TTbbett's fifteenth,
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Agamst great odds, Henry L.
Walther, 24, races against time
from the Alaskan wilds to Chi-
cago to be at the bedside of his
dying mother. Friends fear the
youth wont be able to complete
the 8,000-mile dash In time.
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and Inspector Jack Smith of the Alameda county, CaL, police are shown
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David Dubinsky, president of the In
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rjnlon, is pictured abova. At a
secret meeting? of the union, in
Washington, Dubinsky 's union
unanimously voted to separate from
CXO, to remain Independent until
that organization and the AJ.oXL.
settle their differences.
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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
StUl on the go, Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, wife of the president,
is snapped by the camera In San
Francisco en route to HoUister,
CaL, where she visited her son,
James, who is convalescing front
a stomach operation. Mrs. Roost
velt has been in Seattle where she
visited her daughter, Mrs. John
Boettiger.
Andrea Leeds
Injured by a fall during a game of
badminton in Hollywood, Andrea
Leeds, young screen actress, now
must spend several weeks at
home. Start of her new picture
will be delayed.
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