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Women' Pagea V On iu society pages Tfce i V , Statesman carries tested re,v eipes and valuable bouse - hold hints as well as com plete news of the social world.' 't The Weather Unsettled with rains .toVl;-, . day and Saturday. IJttl ' slisintfsB 1st 4mnAaiiM ff w asv la M.uin.isiiiiivt vue Temp. Thursday 50, Min. -pi 44. River -1.S feet. Sooth wind. POUNDOD 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 2, 1938 Price Sc; Newsstands 5 No. 214 VTTV' ' 7 of Bui ir in ha y - i is i iii ,1111 ii ii ;iiii II I . Mlim.V---isT X. I I I I r I I m --.-- ' - I I I . 1 1 , I 1 I 1 II' ,SL-2?igZ& 0 All III II I V .A. V II II I II I I II Crash With ram Kidnaped Girl Returns Home After Seizure Friends Say Brown Girl Seized by two Men in a Truck i - Collapses After Coming up Lane to Farmhouse After Release ; OXON HILL, Md., Dec. -JP) Mary Brown, 18-year old school girl mlsslngsince yesterday after noon, was returned to her larm home near here tonight In a hys- Friends of the Brown family said Mary told them she had been seized by,two men In a truck, tak en to nearby, Washington and held there until this eyening. She then was put Into the truck, the friends said, and was taken to a spot about a half-mile from her home where Bhewas released. Girl Collapses After Return Persons at the Brown home said Mary, with her clothes tat tered and her body bruised, col lapsed after coming up the lane to the house. Rnhsrt I. Manning ft friend of the family and a retired Washing ton detective, said Mary told him she had not been attacked while being held captive. State police in charge of the case gave out no information after talking to members of the family. Margaret Brown, a sister, came to the door of the home to tell reporters: "Mary.is back and safe." CCC Enrol lees Join in Search " -Responding to a request from Governor Harry Nice of Maryland, the Civilian Conservation corps had sent 115 men to the scene in ten tracks tonight to join In the search for the missing girl. Mary's father earlier appealed for the assignment of federal agents to the case but was said to have been informed that tney could not participate until evi dence of a federal law, violation developed or the passage of seven days establishing a legal presump , tion that such a violation had oc curred. Lucy Brown, 15, who told fran tically late yesterday of her sis ter being seized by two men who offered them a ride while they were on their way home from school, failed to identify two youths paraded before her in a line-up at Washington police head quarters. This pair and two oth er men previously held for ques tioning were released. -w m ' m A wk at United Air Denies riane m irounie i . - SAN FRANCESCO, Dec. 1-;P) -United Airlines officials said to night reports their . Medford-to-Oakland airliner was in trouble were unfounded. Reports were received both from Santa Rosa and Eureka ' that the shin was in distress United officials said the reports apparently arose from amateur radio operators' misunderstand Ing of terms used by pilots. - The southbound plane left Med 'ford at 4:10 p.m., the takeoff de layed by adverse weather. The plane swung a little from Its nor-. mat course to skirt a snowstorm and when near Santa Rosa ran Into squalls. - The, pilot, then following usual aa r mm a vi vv dioed Oakland, asking that the Santa Rosa field be lighted in case he should want . to land. By the time at reached Santa Rosa, how ever, flying conditions had im proved and he continued on his course, landing at Sacramento at 7:49 p.m., behind schedule but having made the flight In virtu ally the normal time. , Tribunal Blocks Judgment Action The state supreme court yester- - day blocked proceedings to com pel Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan to enter final Judgment in the Patton condemnation case when it refused to assume Jurisdiction overthe matter. The mandamus action was tiled with the high court earlier in the day fay Rex Kimmell, one of the attorneys who represented the state reconstruction commission in the case In which Edith Louise Patton and Louella M. Charlton were awarded a $45,000 verdict for thaTatton 'corner at Summer and Court ; streets last summer, Kimmell contended no valid final Judgment had been entered : and peal the case. v. - a motion for final judgment whereon the commission could - file a second appeal notice, on the cronnds that the elerk of his court had-entered a valid Judgment . based on his oral order. a Blazing Schooner's Men Rescued After Drifting 12 Days out Dramatic Tale of Rescue Message From Liner Sighted Fire, NEW YORK, Dec. 1 'f lantic tonight wireless cracn. rescue of the crew of the schooner Allen F. Rose, afire with its stern held together by wire, 12 days off Newfoundland. The rescue was made by Mormacsun, which sighted the O blazing schooner about 250 miles north of Cape Race , this noon, sped to its aid, and took aboard Its captain and crew of four. In the laconic language of the sea, . Captain Benjamin Benedettl of tha Mormacsun wirelessed the Radio Corporation of America to night. "11:05 a. m. (EST) Sighted two-masted schooner Alien F. Rose all afire off St. John's New foundland with only one jib set heading east and wallowing heav ily in trough of rough sea. Pro ceeded at once to locality. Noon arrived alongside distressed schonoer, found rudder missing, vessel afire in waterlogged condi tion. Captain J. Keeping of schoon er requested immediate removal of crew. . "Maneuvered about schooner and effected transfer of captain and four men all OK at 12:30 p. m. They had been drifting for 12 days keeping afloat by pump ing. Captain said stern being held together by heavy wire passed un der counter and would not have held through gale we are now ex periencing. Schooner bound for St. John's." The Mormacsun is bound for Gothenburg, Sweden. English Announce Wartime Program Government Prepares Plan foe " Switch-OverE Wartime fcasiT ' - - LONDON, Dec. l-iip)-Efforts to mobilize every English house hold for yoluntafy peacetime na tional service were announced today while the government stu died plans for a quick switch over to a wartime basis in the event of a conflict. Sir John Anderson, lord privy seal and minister for civilian defense, told the house of com- nions 20,000,000 handbooks would be sent to householders giving details of services open to volunteers, outlined other details of a broad voluntary project, and announced plans for a shift to' compulsory wartime registration which he said "may become ne cessary." It was understood the govern ment had rejected the idea of industrial conscription in war time but Prime Minister Cham berlain was expected to announce soon the membership of an ad visory committee of industrialists to share responsibility with the government of planning an ef ticlent meajis of changing to a war basis. - The scheme - might include moving vital plants from exposed areas ana some form or com pulsion so that workers would follow the plants, although gov ernment officials were under stood to believe they could vol untarily bring industry and la bor together in this respect. Sir John disclosed that ma chinery was being set up to ef fect compulsory civilian mobili zatlon within three weeks " in case of war and said a voluntary legister by localities would be combined in peacetime with measures "for insuring that all who wish to serve their country shall have the means of know ing how their . services can best be utilised." Rumania Anxiously Awaiting Fascist Fight BUCHAREST, Dec. l.--Ru-mania waited anxiously tonight to see whether the outlawed fascist Iron guard would seek vengeance for the killing of its chief, Cor nelia Zelea Codreanu, and IS fol lowers, or whether, as officials said, "the guard is dead." : King Carol II, who only three days ago was acclaimed as a suc cessful promoter of international friendship on his return from a 15-day tour of Europe, emerged In a strong position while author ities took stern precautions against any outbreak of terrorism. - Codreanu, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for high treason, and his followers were shot to death yesterday when, au thorities announced, they tried to escape, To forestall any outbreak of re- of Control at S Told in Radio Vr osun Which ' Crew From far out on the At- yhe dramatic story of the after drifting helplessly for the American Scantic liner - Roosevelt to Give Personal Message President Confers "With Bankhead on Outlook for Congress WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Dec. 1 -(-President Roosevelt and Speaker Bankhead surveyed the congressional outlook and the international situation today and announced afterward the presi dent would deliver his annual legislative message in person January 3. , Beyond that, all they would say at a roadside press confer ence was that they talked about cabbages and Kings," they smil ingly borrowed the walrus's quo tation from "Alice In Wonder land" to describe the extensive range of their discussion vlthout going into detail. After their hour-and-Lalf talk at the "little White House" on Fine mountain, the chief execu tive drove his congressional guest to Georgia hall, white-columned administrative center of the Warm Springs foundation, and parked before a group of report ers and cameramen. Bankhead nodded agreement when the president opened the Interview by saying there was no news. . ;" , "We talked about cabbages and kings and whatever, the rest of the quotation is," said the speaker. "Of shoes and seal ing wax,' supplied the president, laughing.' v. ...",r ; - . In the same Joking spirit, the president said they had discussed international as well as national affairs, and the public would know all about it January S and not before. Cupid Still Works In Marion County Lack of Required Blanks not to Halt Issuance of Licenses Lack of -the health certificate blanks prescribed by -Oregon's new marriage examination' law will not prevent the issuance of marriage licenses to eligible ap plicants in Marion county, U. G. Boyer, county clerk, announced yesterday afternoon after con ferring with District Attorney Lyle J. Page. " Until the state board of eu genics supplies the proper forms applicants for a permit to wed may secure their license if they obtain a statement from their physician as to freedom from physical defects listed in the ex amination act and the statement is approved as sufficient by the district attorney, Boyer ex plained. The clerk said that unless he received a supply of examina tion certificates this morning, he would telephone Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, secretary of the state board of health, in Port fond to find . out when they would be made avaUable. As a result of his conference with the district attorney, Boyer accepted the first application for a marriage license in this county under the new act. The appli cant- said they wished to secure their license In time to be mar ried Monday. . ' Developments yenge, police were ordered to shoot anyone caught at crime or violence.- Today passed without any untoward events. , ' - - The country celebrated, though a bit nervously, the 20th anniver sary of the annexation of Transyl vania, a part of Austro-Hungary before the World war, ' Cabinet ministers attended re ligious observances and many pub- lie offices were closed. ; No more fires were reported from Cernantl where anti-Semitic demonstrators yesterday burned two synagogues and other proper ty of Jews. . ' - The royal resident governor of Bucovina province, however, is sued a decree prohibiting the use of the Yiddish language In publie places. Strike Chiefs Are Punished By Dismissals Daladier Heading Toward Showdown on Scheme of Economics Socialist Party Charges all Labor Benefits now Smashed PARIS, Dec. l-VPremler Da ladier took stern measures against participants in France's thwarted general strike tonight and head ed for a showdown on his three year plan of "economic mobiliza t!oif7' Despite moderate demands for "gesture of appeasement" fol lowing his easy victory in quash ing yesterday's abortive walkout. the government and big Industry decreed 1 punishment for striking workers. Leaders of the strike movement in public services were ordered discharged and thousands of workers in private Industry who joined the movement were dis missed. Scattered Strikes Aew rroDiem Scattered walkouts of workers in sympathy with those discharged gave the government a new prob lem. The premier announced he would convoke parliament next Thursday. His action against the strikers, alienating him from left ist parties, was regarded as hav ing thrown him on the mercies of the extreme right. - The socialist party charged he had combined with "fascist" sym pathizers to smash all benefits labor had gained under the peo ple's front government since June, 1936. Government sourcel put the number of dismissals of workers throughout France at "not more than 70,000." The socialist party, however, charged that 1,500,000 workers had been punished be cause of the abortive strike which Daladier broke with a show of military force. Labor Leaders Want Grimly Labor leaders warned grimly that serious developments might be expected if punitive measures continued. Through its newspapers Le Pop ulate,, the socialist party said 1,500,000 workers bad been fired or locked out throughout France, including 100,000 in the Paris re gion. Increasing numbers of scuffles between police and mobile guards and workers were reported throughout the country. The rum blings of discontent from work ers' organisations were more ser ious than the spirit which pre vailed during the general strike At Sous-Les-Bois workers sym pathizing with punished comrades attempted to force the gates of a tube factory.. Three soldiers, a moniie guard and a police ser geant were injured. At Gundolsheim, in Alsace, trains were delayed when signal wires were found to have been cut. Six strikers and a mobile mobile guard were injured fight ing before an automobile factory at Sochaux. At Romans, shoe department, shoe workers locked out by the management stormed the factory and smashed machinery. Board not Averse To Building Loan .Reports here Thursday indi cated that members of the state industrial accident commission are not opposed to using their funds for construction of a state office building, provided the loan was adequately secured. The proposal to erect another state office building through the use of accident commission funds was made here some time sgo. "The commission would con sider a state office buildin loan a safe asset the same as any ether good loan," a member of the commission declared. The building, if constructed would be located on Court street directly north of the present eap ltol grounds. Erection ol the building prob ably will be considered by the 1939 legislature. Amos Burg, sr., Is Dead at Age;75 PORTLAND. Ore., Dec A heart attack was faUl today to Amos Burg, sr., 75, father of the well-known Oregon explor er and lecturer.' ; Burr. , a native of Norway came to Oregon 47 years ago from. Iowa. He owned a large laundry. Survivors Include his widow and eight chUdren. " His- son. Amos Burg. Jr.. re turned a week ago from explor ing the Colorado rlrer. AMgidshed Parents STRIKE CRIPPLES CHICAGO STOCKYARDS x .;'.-iy.'.'?.',rv vriw.v.M. - u , ? . .; iv, -vV... i :w - iv , v . -I-M A Yf t 1 pi - - ?t T rf T: ;i VT'; I ft : 23rK i K l 7J f ( ' "v :'A ' x " V 1 - ; j y -xc o ? - . a f , vs v s -Sa M i Strike of livestock handlers at the Chicago stockyards cripples the huge yards. Spokesmen for the CIO union said the strike was called to support demands for a signed contract providing 62 cents an hour, an eight-hour day, a 40-hour week, time and a half for over time and TacaUon with pay. Shown above are pickets on duty. . O . Picket Regulating Measure in Force Six Other Bills Passed by Voters Effective by Proclamation Seven measures approved hyl toe voters oi uregon at tne last general election became effective Thursday by proclamation of the governor. These Included: To regulate picketing and boycotting by labor organisations. Requiring that both men and women applicants for marriage licenses shall submit to physical examination.. Two anti-gambling bills re ferred by the 1937 legislature. Stream purification measure. Giving the governor 30 days after the legislature adjourns to veto or approve bills. Directing the legislature to ask congress to call a constitutional convention to adopt the Townsend old age pension plan. Eugene Motorist Dies onMcKenzie BEND, Dec. l-JPy-An automo bile accident on the McKenzie highway nine miles west of Sis ters resulted in the death today of Mrs. Ted O. McGuire, wife of a Eugene service station operator returning with members of her family to South Dakota. The car smashed into a high way maintenance truck which had skidded crosswise of the snowy road. Mrs. McGuire died en route to a hospital here. Her sister, Mrs. M. N. Tomp kins, Eugene, was in a hospital for bruises, cuts and shock. Mc Guire was discharged after treat ment for head injuries. Sharlee Tompkins, 10-month-old daughter of Mrs. Tompkins, and Joe Riner son, Chester, SD, McGuire's neph ew, escaped injury. Mrs. Tompkins is the wife of a Eugene creamery worker. Maison Appointed For Police Post , H. G. Maison yesterday was ap pointed deputy superintendent of state police to succeed George Alexander, recently appointed warden of the Oregon state peni tentiary. Malson's appointment was announced by C h a r 1 e s P. Pray,' superintendent of state po lice department. Maison was ; captain in Salem headquarters and has been con nected with the state police " de partment since its creation in 1931. . . - ' ' : The appointment Is effective December 15. - Drunkometer Called in ; To Convict Portlander GRANTS PASS, Dec l.-UPf- Josephine county's "dmnkome- ter," never before u nsed, . was called - into action last night. It "convicted" Robert E. Warren. Portland, of - drinking alcoholic liquor. Today he' pleaded - guilty to drunken, driving, - was- fined $100, sentenced to 30 days In jail and -had his driver's and liquor licenses revoked. " .n)',':. - :. - :vi': -- -A V & Q V Coos Man Freed In Knifing Case COQUILLE, Dec. 1. -()-Jesse L. James, 5, Coaledo, was ac quitted by a Coos county jury to day of a second degree murder charge in connection with the fa tal stabbing of his neighbor, H. E. Henderson, 45. James asserted he wounded Henderson in self defense during a fight last July 1. Circuit Judge J. T. Brand instructed the jury that Henderson was the aggres sor. The jury deliberated six honrs. Brief Gale Rakes Oregon Seacoast Waterfronts Are Damaged at Marshfield, Toledo by Heavy Storm ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. l-flVA brief gale, of almost cyclonic in tensity, raked the Oregon coast today, delaying j shipping, endan gering fishing Ztoats and damag ing waterfronts jat Marshfield and Toledo. High waves crashed over the Columbia river bar, forcing 14 freighters and tankers to swing at anchor in the protection of Astoria's harbor awaiting favor able crossing weather. Some of the boats have been tied up since Tuesday. The river was hit by a 46-mile wind, bearing rain and hail. Pilots estimated eight ships were riding the heavy seas out side, afraid to try to enter the bar, flanked by ominous Peacock spit. A 15-minute blow at Toledo top pled the 50-foot stack of the Creamery Package company and wrecked 400 feet of the C. D Johnson Lumber : company aerial tram and loading crane. Damage (Turn to page 2, column 3) Grants Pass Schoolhoy Killed as Car Strikes GRANTS PASS. Dec l.-(jp)-An automobile, Coroner Virgil Hull said' was driven by ' Mrs. Emms Colby, New Hope school teacher struck and killed 10-year-old Ro bert N. Warren, ' Grants Pass schoolboy, as he alighted from a school bus yesterday. x ' - II I ii. l 1 ff " - ' 1 . "0. S ixth Battleship Contract ' Is Awarded WASHINGTON, Dec The administration'! Quickened national defense program pro duced a navy contract for a sixth new battleship today and an ar my order : to streamline s muni tions supply plans. The n a v y contract was for construction of - the 85,000-ton battleship South Dakota. Total ing. $52,794,000, It was awarded to the - New York Shipbuilding corporation of Camden, N. ' J.- -- The army order was given by Louis Johnson, assistant cecre tary of war. to more than 200 munitions -procurement special ists here for- their first national conference. . - - "V.";... ' The officers are In charge of preparations - for mobilizing in dustry . to , supply munitions to the army and navy. ; - -r i Johnson told them that In the F Leader of Strike Victim of Attack QO Stockyard Unionists Chief Escapess Injury From Gunmen ' CHICAGO, Dec. l-PV-Herbert March, a leader of the CIO strike st the Chicago stock yards, es caped unscathed today from an attack by unidentified gunmen. Police Captain John fcGinnis said March told him ke was driv ing north in Ashland, avenue on his way -ti the picket lines when three men drew alongside in an- o:her automobile and' fired four or five bullets. March leaped from the car and fell to the pavement, the captain added, while his assailants sped away. One bullet struck the door of his machine; March is an or ganizer for the packing house workers organizing committee. Earlier in the day District At torney William J. Campbell re ceived a letter from the striking livestock handlers' union com plaining of "attacks - on unions' members . . . by sluggers who are not employes." .Campbell said-he forwarded it to Attorney General Homer S. Cummings. . : Meanwhile, the strikers consent ed to sale of 8000 animals exhibit ed at the international livestock show on the strike-bound markets at the yards. Farley Recognizes Patronage Chiefs PORTLAND, Dec l-iiPWames A. Farley, national chairman of the democratic party. ' advised Oregon leaders today he had agreed to recognize Frank Tier- neyr state chaVman, -and How ard F. Latourette. national com mitteeman, in dispensing pat ronage. "-''.: Farley, meeting , with western democrats in Chicago, was quot ed as saying Congressman Wal ter M. Pierce, La Grande, the state's only democrat In congress. would act only in the second district. r Chicago conference reports said the national . chairman was informed failure to distribute patronage properly had t Erupted the party's . campaign for the general election. by Navy Chiefs event of war the high command did not want rthe experiences of 1917-18 repeated He noted that in the World war American - soldiers ' had to use numerous British and French weapons because of American shortages, and said 14 months elopsed before a : full ' American division was on the battle line. : .Urging simplified ' monitions plans, - Johnson ' referred appar ently to Germany In stating that "In " a - certain ' foreign-, country designers strip : all non-essentials fiom . Important war equipment items. - The ' assistant " secretary urged the army officers to hasten com pletioa of detailed specifications and drawings for all munitions the - army j would need ' In war time.' Theyrt re now . only 7 School Bus Hit ast Train In Snowstorm Seventeen Others flurt; Parts of 'one or two Bodies Unknown Witness Says Bus Made Stop, Then Drove Onto Rail Tracks SALT LAKE CITY, Dec l.-W) -A freight train speeding a mile j a minute In a snow storm crashed into a school bus at a little used crossing today, killing possibly 22 students and the bus driver, Hysterical parents identified 23 bodies at an improvised morgue in Salt Lake General hospital. In addition, authorities sought identification of what Dr. R. J. Alexander, superintendent at the hospital, said were parts of "one or two bodies." - ' ' Seventeen Students Are Injured Seventeen of the more than 40 students on the bus, enroute to Jordan district high school sear Midvale, a Salt Lake City sub urb, were Injured, six critically. Conflicting test! mony . ham pered officials who sought to de termine the cause ol the accident, one of the worst of its. kind Is the nation's history. . Students who escaped death in the demolished, orange bus told how Driver Far rold Silcox, 29, stopped near the crossing in accordance with Utah law, then went ahead. They told of reduced visibility because ef a snowstorm. Engineer S. L. Rehmer stated in his report to -Denver and Rio Grand Western railroad officials that although a light snow Wat falling, "visibility Was at least 1. 200 feet." Bus Stopped, v t Then Moved On Brakeman G. M. Kelley report ed seeing the bus come to a Stop and then when "the train- wav kn engine and two car lengths from the crossing the bus started. Fire man and I hollered 'big hole fan emergency cry on board train to ndlcate a coming crash). ; The engineer made emergency appli cation of brakes. Crossing whistW was properly sounded and Was still sounding when we came to , the crossing." The 50-car train 'The Flying - Ute" apparently struck the bus just ahead of Its middle. The body of the bus wss tossed nearly 104 yards to the left. The chassis was wrapped, around the front ef the engine and ground under the wheels. Bodies Tossed Under Train Bodies of the children, their school books, lunches, band . In struments and even a pair fP shoes, were tossed about under the train. Some of the children, who escaped death, were thrown from the bus at the impact. . - Although the speed of "The Flying Ute" could not be defin itely determined. Sheriff S. Grant Young said the train was running almost two hours late because of the storm. Its normal speed at (Turn to page 2, column 1) Toothache Saves One Child's Life In Crash Horror SALT LAKE CITY. Dec A toothache, oversleeping and a last minute decision .to ride to school with dad," saved three chil dren today from death or serious injury in a train-school bus colli sion south of here that killed more than a score of students. -Two of the spared students were children of county official! who went to the crash scene expecting -to find their youngsters. ' Because George J. Bills. Jr.. et Riverton, son of a Salt Lake coun ty sheriff, had a toothache, fee missed the bps. " ? The daughter of Vern Gardner, superintendent of county garages, overslept and failed to catch the ill-fated vehicle. -.. - - : . The daughter of Deputy Sherirt George Beckstead decided, a few moments before the bns was due, to 'ride to school with dad." -. 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