The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 01, 1938, Page 2, Image 2

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NewWardenls
Lewis Admirer!
Alexander yill Strive to
Carry on Work of His"'"
Late Predecessor
Soft-spoken, youngish George
Alexander, who looks several years
younger than his 54 years, wants
to carry on In the tradition of the
late James. W. Lewis when he be
comes warden of the state peni
tentiary two weeks from today.
Alexander, a heavy-set man
With. aravlna- hair and hn win
gold rimmed glasses, wants to be j
strict and fair, traits that caused
convicts to call Lewis "Square
Deal Jim'
To Retain Staff
' The new warden, with 22 tmm
of law enforcement experience be-
nind him, said he would keep the
present- - prison staff. Including
Acting Warden E. C. Halley. who
win oe Alexander s deputy.
The only thing that worries
Alexander is whether his 10-year-old
daughter will like liTing in
the warden's colonial house on the
prison grounds. He is afraid it
eight affect her adversely.
: He is pleasant to talk to. but
behind his exterior is a sternness
tempered by sympathy. Alexan
der believes in trying to rehabili
tate criminals, but adds that most
rimlnals are beyond redemption
when they enter prison walls.
. Won't Coddle Criminals
"t was raised to believe in an
eye for an eye and a tooth for a
iootn.- he said. 'Tor this reason,
I believe strongly In capital pun
ishment. T don't .believe in coddling
criminals, and I have no urmnnlhw
for -organizations which do any
coddling, some organizations send
representatives to call nn nri.nn.
; ers they don't even know. I don't
uxe -mat and the convicts don't
like- it either."
The new job will not be so
arrange to Alexander, since he
comes in daily contact with" most
of the prison staff.
Alexander's fondness for the j
te warden dates back 16 years
wheb Alexander, then Washlnrton
county sheriff, brought prisoners
. to tne penitentiary, which Lewis
then headed.
Experience Lengthy
Alexander's police career began
tn 916 when he was appointed
sheriff of Washington county. Two
yeare later he was elected sheriff,
serving untll 1927 when he was
appointed head of the state's pro
hibition enforcement officers.
Ha held this Job until 1931,
then becoming deputy superin
tendent -of state police, the Job
be now holds. He dislikes politics,
his police experience convincing
him that politics and police work
don't mix.
H plans to tour
son , in an inspection of state po
nce oeiore ne takes over at the
penitentiary.
Yamhill" County's
Relief Funds Ebb
McMINNVILLE, Nov. 30-n-Glen-
C. Macy. relief committee
chairman, said today Yamhill
county was "through with relief
for the rest of the year" because
budgeted funds were exhahstc i
and .WPA projects at an end.
The last WPA operations, a 50
nun! job at Newberg. will close
tk is week. The chairman advised
the fconnty court only immediate
steps to gain new projects would
remedy, the situation.
.r;fMtr.tt,d " WM 'mpoasible
'o add the 50 men af v..v...
01 80 Ployables receiv
T" direct or indirect relief be
cause It would curtail assistance
for unemployables.
Portland Fugitive
Is Captured Here
8alem Officer Hobart Klggins
yesterday noon cut abort the
wuuam Brnmbough
from Portland police, picking the
zs-year-old man wanted by Port
and police bn charges of assault
and robbery, burglary and lar
ceny, off the rnmmr- nf Win-
- - . 'U1W tuu
South Commercial stceeu after
"""""w naa mtch-hlked here
uvui.rorutna.
Said to hav mmmiI v-
room at the Portland police
uiuiuriers, urnmbongh at
tempted to flee the car of Officer
KiMina at he was being taken to
:he local headquarters.
Brumbough, who was later yes
terday tarned awmr- tn. Drti..i
- v w All u
ofticerg, gave his home aa Toledo.
'Jregon.
Abduction Count
Gives Five Years
OSHAWA. Ont, Nor. 3 0-CP)-Albert
J. Hubbell was sentenced
to five years in penitentiary when
te appeared in police court here
ioday oa a charge of abduction.
He was sentenced to three years'
tmprUonment on a second degree
charge of false pretenses, both
v sentences to run concurrenUy.
Hubbell. taken into custody at
Portland. Ore., after a six-weeks'
search, orevlonsiv
;-,uilty to the charges. With him
, 'hen arrested was EUzabeth
ijymes, 22, a graduate nurse, who
ihe crown alleged had been ab
Jucted. .v,.,
Late Sports
-Litae Dado won a 10-ronnd de
cision and CaUfornU recognition
was the flyweight champion of
VuWOrId la her tonight
with 'a Tilipino compatriot, the
veteran Small Montana.
Youta and speed were too
much for Montana, : who won
njy ' the first round. Dado was
credited with seven rounds and
two were even.
Two Saved,
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Wage-Hour Chief
Asks Compliance
(Continued from page 1)
rather than by spreading employ
ment, congress may enact further
legislation. I will not attempt to
predict what its attitude might
be, but the record shows that
previous to the national Industrial
recovery act, a 30-hour work week
am passed the senate of the
United States ..."
Andrews estimated the act had
Increased wages of 760,000 per
sons ana snortened the work
week 'tor 1. 500.000. H warned
employes, particularly labor un
ions, to avoid lor cm g the compli
ance issue until contracts with
employers had expired.
Of the 1200 complaints handled
Dy nis start, Andrews estimated
oniy z& per cent appeared valid.
Still nursing a stomach ache en
gendered by his hurried "fact
finding" tour of the nation, An
drews left this evening for San
Francisco.
Ford Acceptance
Doesn't Mean He
Likes Nazi Ideas
DETROIT, Nor. 20-ff-Henry
rora Mia in a statement tonight
mat nu acceptance of a decora
tlon from the Germany govern
ment "does not .. ; involve any
sympauy on my part with nasi
lam."
The motor magnate added that
"it is my opinion that the Ger
man people, as a whole, are not
in sympathy with their rulers in
their anti-Jewish policies, which
is the work of a few war-makers
at the top."
The statement was Issued after
a conference between Ford and
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, of Tem
ple Beth EL Detroit.
Church Burglar's
lerm Four Years
PORTLAND, . Not. 30 - (P) -Losses
r exceeded, profits today
when Anderson F. Collins- 28. i
sentenced In circuit court after
pleading guilty to burglarizing a
church. He netted $141 in a
thnrch robbery here and was sen
tenced to four years in prison. ;
He also admitted robbing about
a dozen other Portland churches
and two at Oregon City.
Five Missing After Airliner Forced Down Near Cliff
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O Upper picture, view from top of cliff
v waiiH mmm iunxu uuwn in me
uuic nunu 01 san xTancisco, eariy x n e s a a j morning. Captain
Charles Stead and Isadore R. Edelsteln, a passenger, were the only
aurrlvors. Lower picture, closenp showing all that was left of the
fuselage of the luxury airliner, which was successfully set down on
1. A 1J . m . .
" iriTen asuore ana
vi mc lumurs, wiui a propeuor Diane sucaing apv iin photo.
Ghost Beam Gets
Blame for Crash
(Continued from page iy
Rukema," associate professor of
radio engineering at the Univer
sity of California, suggested the
"ghost wave" and sunspot factors
as a theory of the tragedy.
Pointing to the flight log show
ing Stead as believing there was
"something wrong" with the ra
dio beam long before the plane got
Into actual trouble. Dr. Rukema
aaid the difficulty possibly was
due to the peculiarity of overlap
ping of directional radio signals.
Pilots refer to these overlapping
signals as gnost beams."
Sunspot activity, which fre
quently plays tricks with radio
traiiic, couia easily have account
ed for the "too good" radio re
ception which reDntedlv rm th
plane strong signals from Salt
iaae mty and other distant sta
tions but anoarentlT nothlnr frnm
nearbr Oakland, tha atari An wnna
beam Stead was trying frantically
io una.
Lloyd Jones. CO-nllot whn mat
ms aeain in tne crash of the
United Airliner off the California
coast Tuesdar. vu Aaitat
night by Harry B. Read of Salem
as the fourth of his former flying
instructors who have
In the past seven years. Reed, a
nying enthusiast, is owner of ra
dio station KSLM.
Coyote Hunter Is
Faster Than Prey
PORTLAND. Or v
-Oacar ,W. Ehn. federal hnnt.i
in Clatsop county. Isn't aa fast
as a COTOtO h'B tmtar ' .
Roy Fugate, biological surrey
predatory animal control head
here, said Ehn renortd a rnvnia
broke loose from a trap as he
approached. , .
: -"As I had no gun or anything
else to kill her with, it nn
to me to run her down, so I did,"
i!.ra reportea. -x caught her by
the neck With mv har hanrta
within JO feet ot the trap."
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,
"J
5 S,
HAKMMtMoaetspau
to the airliner which, with sevenO
jracmc ocean at foint iveyes. 84
torn to pieces. At upper left Is
No Property Tax
For State's Uses
(Continued from page 1)
1939. An additional 1178 77
saving to the county's taxpay
ers was affected when the tax
commission announced the ele
mentary school tax levy would
be IJ3.721.23, as against the
s9.ouv estimate made In the
budget.
These savings and elimination
01 tne t,ooo courthouse con
struction levy which the voters
rejected last month rrfnpwi tv.
county tax budget to 3677,494.-
3. Because or the increasing de
mand for relief and social se
curity funds, the county court
expects to add 14000 to that
amount, however, since It can do
so without exceeding the six per
cent limitation.
Tree Break Fatal
For High Climber
ROSEBURO. Not. 20-JPV-The
kind of accident all high climbers
fear killed Cecil Calkins. SO. to
day.
Calkins, tree-tooner for tfca
Harmsen-Wakefield Logging com
pany, had Just taken off the top
of a tree for ase as a soar nole
when the tree, snapping free from
ue weignt or tne falling top,
kicked back and struck Calkins
with such force that hla aaft
belt was broken and be fell to the
ground, '.fatally injured.
Early Model Auto
Is Located Here
One Of the first ntnmn),n.
to come to Oregon was found
jeaieraav m an upstairs store
room In the downtown district
here.'
The car was flrat .i.t...
July 20, 1909. It bears its orig
inal tires.
Old-timers here said the auto
mobile, a steamer, was purchased
by the Willamette Pulp and ra-
per company for the use nf it. I
officials.
OregoV Thursday Monringv
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Notice of Appeal
Filed by Nelson
TOLEDO, Ore., Not. 30-)-
uenry s. neison. Portland sales
man seniencea uctober s to nine
years in the state prison for the
slaying of Richard Earle, Depoe
Bay excursion boat captain, tiled
notice or appeal to the state su
Dreme court todar.
Nelson is held in Jail here on
a stay of execution order granted
by Circuit Judges James Brand
of Marshfleld.
Earle was shot to death last
summer in an argument over
payment for a deep-sea excur
sion.
Driver Convicted
Of Manslaughter
ROSE BURG, Not. 30-(p)-A
noaaible sentence of on tn , 1 K
years in prison was faced today
by wuuam Mayer, eiaeriy retired
hntcher. who was convicted hv a
circuit court Jury of involuntary
manslaughter.
Mayer pleaded Insanity and
lapse of memory in connection
with a wild automobile ride last
October 22 which ended when he
collided with another machine
killing Mr. and Mrs. Allen Moore.
District Attorney 3. V. Long as
serted that Mayer, la a dispute
with his wife, flew into a blind
rage and drove recklessly.
Machinery Firm's
Budding Damaged
POBTI.lKn Om.. Not.
A two-aiarm nre in roruana'a
antiquated First and Oak streets
district tonight damaged the
Portland Machinery company's
three-story building and burned
m.olilnarr nf that TTnllT Ptmh
Damage was estimated at 325,
000. VlimM ahnt 100 feet Into tha
air after the fire .broke out on
the secona iioor, occupiea oy
the Holly Press.
Sprague Heart Andrews $
To Attend Dalles Event
DiirlM A. Rnranie. rovemor-
mnAAA tha TTiAAti-na at
whirh Rimer F. Andrews, federal
wage and hour law administrator,
spoke .in Portland Wednesday.
Sprague will attend tne Eastern
Oregon Wheat 'leagne meeting in
The Dalles Friday and Saturday.
One-Woman Show
Pleases Audience
Dorothy Crawford Artist
in Multiple Roles on
Stage at Leslie
By MAXINE BUREN
Dorothy Crawford gave some
thing new in entertainment to a
Salem audience last night when
she appeared in a program of
character sketches at Leslie audi.
torium under the sponsorship of
tne baiem community concert
association.
Her success was proven by the
spellbound attention with which
the audience listened throughout
the complete program. One wom
an alone on the stage, acting the
parts of a dozen characters, must
be a real actress to hold the au
dience. Her parts ranged from that of
an American woman trying to
make the waiter in a French cafe
understand her French-in-fifteen-leesons,
to a woman accused of
murder. The artist writes her own
saeicnes.
The sketch of an Italian fish
erman'a wife . waiting anxiously
lor her Tony to come home,
through the tog was especially
annreciated. Her fear- for his
aafetv contrasting with her and
aen anger wnen ne arrived, with
out fish, was characteristic of
the fine dramatic work done by
Miss Crawford.
Sosnect la Cleared
The second aketch was that of
three witnesses and a woman ac
cused of murder. Her witnesses
were a plain English maid, a
frivolous friend of the accused
and a self assured, eum-chewinr
telephone operatog. The dramatic
climax wnicn nroved an unex
pected alibi for the accused was
effectively done.
A studio evening, with the
hostess introducing three dis
tinguished guests concluded the
evening's nerformance. The noet-
ess who compared her own and
others' poems, the princess who
toia eu aoout Kussia in five min
utes: and the singer with the
sniffles who brourht hark a new
method of singing from Europe
each summer, were characters
portrayed.
A m par A ehanfru nf nostrf vl?
or hat only prepares the listener
for the difference in character
which is actuallv produced by ex
pression and voice.
Piano interludes by Morgan
Rees added to the Interest of
the evening and he was applaud
ed after his group of solo num
bers. His encore was a Brahms
waltz.
McCarthy to Be
sentenced Again
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nnv. So-ZiP
-Circuit Judge John P. Winter
said today he would resentence
Leroy Hershel McCarthy, 28, to
die in Oregon's new lethal gas
chamber at Salem for the slaying
of Floyd Fuelner. service station
attendant during a holdup.
Sentence will be pronounced
Saturday, the judge said. McCar
thy was convicted and sentenced
to die last January, but his ap
peal to the state supreme court
delayed the execution. The court
affirmed his conviction.
McCarthy will be the first man
to die in the gas chamber.
Aero Club Ruled
Not Tax Exempt
PORTLAND. Not. SO-UPWThe
Aero club of Oregon will do for
"hangar flying" but not for scien
tific functions. Circuit Judra Al
fred P. Dobson decided today in
rejecting a petition tor tax ex
emotion.
In place of laboratories and re
search bureaus, the Judge aaid he
round the club fitted with
lounges, ballroom, bar, restau
rant and numerous other ad
juncts more conducive to what is
anowa to aviators as "hangar
nying" than to the pursuits of
aeronautics as a science."
Willamette Wins
2 Drake Debates
Both men's and women's debate
teams of Willamette nnlr.r.it.
won victories over the traveling
T"v 1 a . a.
vraKe university teams from Dea
Haines Iowa, Wednesday night In
Waller hall. Donald Gahhrt
the Judge.
Helen Newland and Doris Dr.r
nielle composed the Willamette
women's team, onnosin- Rmv
Frisby and Jane Gibson of Drake.
Aldus Smith and Bill Thomas of
Willamette onnosed
and William Wisdom of th tw.
school.
Last Survivor of
1852 Party Dies
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PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov xnri
-Mr. Laura Gibson, t Jt, last sur
vivor of a group of pioneers who
crossed the plains to Oregon in
ioax, aiea here today. t
Why
Suffer
Any
Longer?
VBZM mmi Warn SP
Cnlnea nmtdiaa. amasinii
aoccKsa for 0000 mm
Cera. Ho matter with what
Uaaant yog a tfTUCRa.
?.1"ort?T. suroaltn, heart, tuna.
Uver. kktnay. stomach, ru. eno-P"OB-
aloera, dlibetu, rhw
matlam, ran an4 bUuklar. smc
f-maleeoiaplain
Charlie Chan
Chlajf Herb Ca, ,
& B. Fane, I yan
practice la China,
omeaiioun to o
Vja. xcmpt ana
oy and Wdna
Uy. o 1 aaa.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Not. 30.-JP)-
Capt. R. F. Weller of tne Neoras-
ka state highway patrol has In
dlan trnnhlos"
Returning from the Winnebago
Indian reservation in northeast
Nebraska. CaDt. Weller said:
"We've got to figure out some
way of keeping these Indian pe
destrians from walking down the
middle of hiahwavs. and especial
ly keeping them from going to
sleep on the highways wnen iney
get urea." ; .
WASHINGTON. A'ov. SO.
- Farflnra rit m ronntrrf eitrr to
observe traffic regulations may
land him in fail.
Assistant Postmaster General
It a m s e y- 8. ' Black : cautioned
postmasters throughout the
country today against accept
ing newiy-reportea roumrmn
I1U DllIS.
The bills are of "fairly good
workmanship." Black said, but
" the counterfeiter forgot to en
grave a license Dlate on an au
tomobile appearing in a picture
or tne treasury.
NEW YORK, Not. SO. Johnny
Jones, who flew into New York
non-stop from Los Angeles today
in a plane which could be parked
in the backyard, tried to take off
without his mother s knowledge,
u was learned here;
Monday morn in r sh walked In.
to his bedroom with a newspaper
in ner nana.
"Going some place?" asked Mrs
Bertha Jones, of Van Nuys, Calif
Here s a piece In the paper.
Yeah." h renlied. Thniifhf
T J . ..... . .
a maae a nine trip."
He waited fbr her to protest.
nvii, sne commented, "m
aneaa, out aon't get hurt."
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Martin to Write
Legislature Talk
Retiring Executive and
, Governor - Elect Will
Offer Messages
The work of nrenarlne- r.i.
nor Charles H. Martin's message
to the 1939 legislature Will eet
nnaer way within the next few
aays, Wallace S. whartnn
tive secretary, announced Wed
nesday. Wharton said the message
would not be as lenathv aa t,.
one presented to the legislature
iwo years ago, due to the fact that
governor Martin retires from of-
uce January 9.
Sorairne ta KnonV .
Charles A. Spraeue.
governor, also will present a mes-
aKe 10 me 1939 letlslatnro Jt
was expected that Governor Mar
tin and Governor-elect Sprague
would confer on a number of im
portant legislative subjects prior
.v mo session.
Both Governor Martin and r-
ernor-elect Sprague will probably
have considerable to say in their
mrassw regaramg relief.
David Johnson Is
To Be "-Secretary
To Idaho's Qiief
BOISE, Not. ZJF-Gov.
elect C. A. Bottolfaon j
tonight appointment of David N
Johnson, 2 . Boise newspaperman," I
uio accreiary.
Tfif11' ldano manaer of the
Lnited Press for the last year and
- menaea Willamette unt-
rersity at Salem. rr
city editor of Th n.n. -rm
at Ashland, Ore., and formerly
o".emp ?yed b7 th Southern
rauroaa at San Francisco.
Medford Family
Flees Home Fire
MEDFonn xr -a ,
52 wTS
IWO Children narrnvl o
e"lT lr from a fire which de-
;V"'fu neir nome, Talued at
vug uorrm was burned about
tne head, arms and in vt.
... , .vo uv .Mia.
coffin, a teacher, suffered foot
UUI" mey ned, unable to sare
a thing. The children were not
m j urea.
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Select Your Christmas Cards Now
A real buy, 25 Christmas flTl TTiTK
Cards for only $19 with your V iJClTl
name imprinted. XLOQjy QJ
it
Also another, large variety of
Christmas Cards at a reasonable
price of 11.69 with your nam im
printed on them.
Come In Today and See the
Large Assortment of . . .
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Party Gaines of Every Description
Children's Books 15c and up
Counter Cards for Every Occasion
Boxed Christmas Cards Starting at 49c
Shaefer and Parker Pen and Pencil Sets
Good-Looking Leather Notebooks Reason
ably Priced
A,Whole Store Full of Gifts for You at
Cooke's Stxitioncr y Co.
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Uniform Rate Is
Favored by Ross
Tax Problem Is Viewed at
Conference; to Seek
Funds for Lines
CENTRA LIA. Nov. 30-kFi-
Bonneville Administrator J. D.
Ross, meeting here today with
commissioners of 28 Washington
and 14 Oregon public utility dis
tricts, decided to poll each district
board to determine what "reason
able taxes" these power, systems
should pay toward support of lo
cal government.
No agreement was reached to
day, except that taxes, donations
and free service should be includ
ed in a single levy.
Ross said he would send ques
tionnaires to each district board.
The administrator said the levy
would be on gross revenues.
Ross announced he planned to
visit Washington, D. C, early in
1939 to seek additional funds for
transmission lines to radial cen
ters in the Bonneville area.
Each district Durchasinr Bonne
ville power will pay the same
rate $17.50 per kilowatt year
he said. The administrator esti
mated transmission lines could be
completed within 18 months.
He advised districts to build
competing lines if they cannot
acquire existing systems at a
fair price.'
Mrs. Brickell Is
Accident Victim
Mrs. Louise F. Brickell. 60. for
mer Salem resident when she was
in the government Indian service
at Chemawa, died Tuesday in
Portland of injuries received when
struck br an automnhilo them
las Thursday. Mrs. Brickell's
death was the 60th-auto tarality
of the year in Portland, and oc
curred under mysterious circum
stances since the injured woman
was round later by her sister in
her apartment.
Services will nrohahlv h hM
in Portland today.
Mrs. Brickell was home eco
nomics department head at Che
mawa from 1919 until HPVfr.nl
years ago when she was sent to
the Genoa, Neb., Indian school as
custodian. She retired and came
to Portland to reside with her
daughter, Miss Virginia Brickell.
sne was a member of Chapter G,
PEO sisterhood.
Survivors include her daugh
ter and a son. Kldon RHcfeeii nt
San Francisco, formerly of Salem;
two sisters. Mrs. Mrrtle Waddeii
and Miss Ermine Freeland, both
of Portland: brother Horkort
Freeland of Fresno, Calif.
Punchboard Count
Jails Depoe Trio
TOLEDO, Nov. 30-ftPl-Twn
men. and a woman -or n i-.m
today accused of outsmarting the
punchboard averages.
Police asserted the trio punched
out -several holes and l'onf ih.
winning numbers, then returned
and produced more winners. Offi
cers claimed they forged the pxlze
numbers on duplicate slips, took
them back to the boards and anh.
stituted them for the numbers ac
tually punched.
They were arrested whn a
Depoe bay tavern owner detected
the alleged forgeries.
t T tha first sign, of a
a. Cold- maka tin mn
mind to avoid as much 'of
the sniffling, sneezing, sore
xtess and stuffy condition
your noscrus as posstoie.
Insert Mentholatum in
each nostril. Also rub It
TlsnroualT on vmh riixl
Toull be delighted with the
way aaeninoiatum comoats
cold miserv and helna ra
store comfort.
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