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PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Satan, Urezon, Tuesday Moraine, December 13, 1938 Court Buffets NLRB2dTime Labor Board Is Reversed in Case Where Sailors f Staged Sit-Down WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-(ff-The supreme court-today thwart ed an effort of the national labor relations board to reinstate 145 seamen who were discharged aft er two ships had beenselxed in sitdown strikes. Without I explaining its action, the court refused "a board request it reriew a decision of the fifth federal circuit court, which., set aside a board order requiring re instatement of the men. . The order had been directed against the Peninsular and Occi dental Steamship company. -V Second Setback It was the second setback with in as many weeks for the NLRB. The court ruled formally last Monday that the board had ex ceeded its : authority in ordering cancellation of contracts between AFL unions and the Consolidated Edison company of New York. As in that case, the American Feder ation of. Labor appeared, in oppo sition to the board in the proceed ing ended today. in the steamship, dispute, the NLRB ordered the strikers rein stated with back pay. It contend ed the men were discharged be cause they joined and : assisted the National Maritime' union,- a CIO affiliate. At the time of the disputethe International Seamen's union t AFL) had contracts with the , company, , which operates the steamers Florida and, Cuba be tween Miami and Fort' Tampa, Fla., and Havana. Strike at Tampa rCrew members on the Florida struck at Tampa on June 4, 1937. asserting they wished to change their union affiliation from the AFL to the CIO. -Members of the Cuba crew Joined the strike. It was settled by Intervention of the labor . department. Two weeks later members of the crew on the Cuba who still fa vored AFL affiliation refused to sail with those who had Joined the CIO, and a new'strike result-' ed. Crews of both the Florida and the Cuba were discharged and the AFL ; union, under ' its contract, supplied new crews. : The circuit court decided the seizing of the ships by sit-down strikers was "at least prima far cle .evidence that the crews were guilty of mutiny." Jvlt added: . i 'It would be gross negligence for a vessel to put to sea with that kind of a crew." . . The AFL contended the circuit court's decision should be allowed to stand. It argued the labor board order "declined to give ef fect to an existing contract." Cole to Inspect Holly Shipments PprOlTlfl TlQ.ln. Vll t f , u.,1UK.uuu; ior tnip- ment to California should take It to C. A. Cole at the state depart ment agriculture today through Friday, County Agent Harry L. Riches states. Riches and his assistant, Rob ert E. Rieder, will leave this morning : for- Corvallis to attend the four-day session of the annual extension conference. They will be back at their desks Saturday morning. Regulations on holly shipments have changed this year, and only the holiday greenery designed for California points needs to be Inspected at this time, Riches states. Garner Boomed for President Portland Has 54th I Traffic Fatality ' PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12-(p)-Mrs. Alma Campbell, 74, became Portland's 54 th traffic victim of the year, when she was hit by a truck and fatally, injured tonight. - The drlTer, Harry M. Gregory, Vancouver, Wash., was charged with involuntary manslaughter af ter Accident Investigator George -Phillips reported that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and had swerved out of control. ; Gregory was released on 11000 ball. ' Miner Uses Hands To Dig Self out nivania rAss, uec. iz-fiip)-Wllllam Frlsch, Holland gold miner, was in a hospital today with a -possibly broken back af ter he; dug his way out of a mine cave-in yesterday. 4 Frlsch told hospital attendants he used his hands to burrow out after a cave-In buried him, and then crawled unaided to the mine entrance, -where he' called for help. Veteran Slashes Throat At Hospital in Portland PORTLAND. Dec. 12j-ip)-rjno Wange, 47, Houghton, Wash., ' took his life by slashing his throat at the United States Veterans' hospital yesterday. Deputy Coro ner G. W. Snooks said today. Phy sicians said Wange, who was to have returned home this week, suffered from an Internal malady. 92-Yecr-Old Woman Diet As Resutt "of bad Burnt ' PORTLAND Dec5 XS-pWMrs. Viola Turlay, 92. was fatally . burned yesterday by flame Irom a open stove. Her - 7-year-old son, Ben ' Turlay, beat out i the flames but-the aged woman died fit short time later. , . - j LaCrande Gets Cold Wave LA GRANDE, Dee. IXHTVA seasonal , mark t was established last Bight when the temperature dropped , td a minimum of IX de grees' above zero. A day earlier the mercury showed a compara tively balmy 59 degrees. - - Bin. Fred Moore, Mrs. Mande Blair, Jesse I Garner and Mrs. J. B. Wright . . . . . ' Before the old Garner home at Detroit, Tcjl, relatives of Vice Presi dent John Nance Garner participate in' a "Garner-for-president' boom. It was in this log cabin, background, that Gamer's mother was' born. Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Fred Moore, niece of the vice president; Mrs. Maude Blair, a sister; Jesse L. Garner, m brother, and Mrs. J. R Wright, a sister. Sheridan Downey Asks End of WPA WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-;P)-Sheridan Downey, democratic senator-elect from California, said today the WPA "is demoralizing the country, and it has got to go.'' Downey, who supported the $30-every-Thursday pension plan In California, said the federal re lief agency should be replaced by a national pension system costing several billions annually. He add ed he was drafting a national pen sion program, with payments starting at either 50 or 60. Although saying he had not de cided .how the payments could be financed, the Californian asserted issuance of new currency might be one way. Lots .Turned Over To City of Salem Twenty pieces of Salem proper ty were deeded by the county court by quit claim to the city y-sterday in exchange for $1536.56 in delinquent taxes. The parcels ranged in size from one lot to one acre. The county originally took the property by delinquent tax fore closure. In order to be able to give good title to buyers, the city then went through its own fore closure proceedings based on street lions. The tax payment represented the principal accrued against the properties, les? the city's share of the various levies and less Inter est and penalty. Marine Reserves To Use old Ship The navy department has ac cepted an invitation from the Battleship Oregon commission to use the Battleship Oregon as headquarters for the proposed new marine corps reserve unit to be established in this state. Navy department officials said the ship could be used for drills and instructional purposes to good advantage. ' The invitation was sent to navy department officials by Gov ernor Charles H. Martin. Abductors Shown By Kidnaped Girl WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-()-Washington detectives said to night Mary Brown, 18, Oxon Hill, Md.. girl "positively" had identi fied the picture of one man and "partially" identified a second as those of two of the three persons she said kidnaped her early this month. The identifications were made Jrom the "rogues gallery" of the metropolitan police. The names of the two men were not made pub-He. esBassvnsaBtfBassaeaiinB T.. X. Im, . D. a OhM. . D. Herbal remedies for ailments of stomach, liver, kidney, skin. blood, glands. A urinary sys tem of men ft- women. 11 years la. service. Naturopathic Physi cians. ; Ask your - Neighbors about pHAN LAM. 23. onnn unn CHINESE MEDICINE CO.! 595 4 Court 8U Corner Liber ty. Office open Tuesday 4k Sat- HIM if A w. tw . C to TP. M. Consultation, blood pressuu urine tests are free of charge. . Qass in Wrapping Of Gifts Offered The first meeting, of a special short unit vocational class in "Package and Gift Wrapping" will be held at 255, North Lib erty street at 7:30 p.m. Wednes day. This is a commercial class and not open to housewives .or others not classified as sales per sons. One or two additional ses sions will be held at times and places selected by those enrolled. Two competent instructors have been obtained and demonstra tions will be made by specialists in certain types of package wrap ping. The fundamentals of pack age wrapping as well as fancy gift wrapping will becovered by the course. A class fee of fifty cents per person will be charged. This class is being offered through the cooperation of the state board of vocational ed'ica tion with the Salem -public schools and local merchants. Fur ther information can be obtained by calling the department of vo cational training, Salem'" public schools, phone 6737. Trotsky Says NewDealMild "V.-.', ' '-. ' - Palliative for Diseased Body, but no Cure, Says Russian TUCSON, Arts., Dec. 1 teon Trotsky, exiled Russian rev olutionary, in an interview re leased, here tonight, describes the new deal as not revolutionary but as "a program pf mere palliatives seeking to cure a badly diseased body." Trotsky, Interviewed in his guarded villa near Mexico City by William R. Mathews, publisher of the Arizona Dally Star of Tucson, said the new deal program "rep resents the culmination of the fi nal . contradictions in tha decay and fall of capitalism. Cure Neglected "It will, of course, fall, because it Is doing nothing to cure the causes xf the diseases," the one time head of the soviet war ma chine declared. "Capitalism has reached its. xenith in America and has ex hausted itself. It is now living on its savings, consuming its own tat "Look at your unemployed. No form of society can continue long that permits such conditions to exist. Ton are doing nothing to increase wealth." Trotsky asserted that the "de mocracy of capitalism is finished." Points to France "Look at France, where it is making dying gasps," he said. "Note how Daladier is asking for full powers. That means dicta torship." He predicted a "terrible revo lution" in the United States, and described Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City as a more powerful figure than President Roosevelt and as the symbol of American political action. The Rockefel lers, he believes, symbolize this nation's ruling class. "You will have a revolution, a terrible revolution," the famed exile told Mathews. "What course It takes will depend much on what Mr. Rockefeller tells Mr. Hague to do. Mr. Rockefeller is a sym bol "of the American ruling class, and Mr. Hague Is a symbol of Its political tools." Soil Improvement Study Opens 19th DALLAS Several Polk county farmers will have a part in the soil improvement short course at Oregon State college Monday and Tuesday, December 19 and 20, and indications are that there will be a large attendance of farmers from over the valley. According to information re ceived at the coupty agent's office, considerable new information will be given on the subject of ferti lizers. Boron, an element found In ordinary borax, has given phenom lnal returns on certain soils and usually it can be applied cheaply. This and other minor elements are to be discussed in the short course. Irrigation and soil fertility trials will also be considered as part of the program. Statesman Policy Pas for Injury " ' Albert J. ' Evan. Jr., Salem rente two, holder of a dollar North American Accident Insur ence company policy issued by The Oregon Statesman to its subscrib ers, has been mailed a $25 cheek to cover injuries sustained several weeks. ago. Evans suffered a broken arm when he was struck and knocked, down by a car he was cranking. Patriotic Essay ; Contest Offered The Salem Lion's club auxil iary, headed "by Mrs. Harry W. Scott, is sponsoring a contest to encourage - patriotism among the school children of the city. The contest is open to all ' pupils of the- social science department cf the Leslie and Parrish junior high schools. The students will be required to write themes on "A Contemporary American and His Contribution To Our Country.- - Miss Joy Mills, head of the so cial scienee department of .-the Salem schools, is directing the contest. A group of social science teachers from the senior high school will act as Judges. A $5 and (2.50 prize will be awarded and three honorable mentions will be given. The awards will be presented at the Christmas assemblies at the two schools. North End School Teachers in Meet W O O D B U R N The ennnal North Marlon county teachers' In stitute was held at Woodbnrn high school Saturday morning with over 100 teachers attending. Har old Davis of Silverton, county president of the Marion County Teachers' association, presided. Speakers included Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public in struction, who spoke to teachers of the upper grade division; Dr. Vern D. Bain, former superintend ent of Woodburn schools, who talked to the high school teachers, and Dr. Macomber pf the Univer sity of Oregon, who spke to de partmental teachers. At a general assembly, Silas Gaiser, Salem, president of the Oregon State Teachers' associa tion, spoke on proposed legislation affecting Oregon schools. Road Heads Back From Taxes Meet Members, of the state highway rommission returned here Mon day from Dallas, Texas, where they attended the national con vention of state highway officials. R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, was one of the princi pal speakers at the gathering. He said every state in the union was represented and a large number of important subjects were, dis cussed. Baldock said the next meeting of the highway commission would be held in Portland Thursday and Friday.' Winslow Firingj : Upheld by Probe Charge of. Discourteous Conduct to Prisoner Found Justified (Continued from page 1) had received the cut alongside his left ear while coming to the station." jt Wlnslow Says He Gave- Warning Wlnslow testified ; he had ear lier In the evening told Suiting to go home but that he had re turned on his beat to find Stall ing, still In a drunken condition, on the street. He said that Stall ing,, when told he'd either have to go home or to jail, swore at him and -took a swing at jhlm. "He pulled back and tried to wrestle away from me all the nay to the station," Wlnslow said. ' ' :- "I was getting tired and out or wind," Wlnslow said when asked If he had not lost his tem per. "1 might have been k little mad." Others testifying for the de fense Included: j Roy Mclntyre, co-propriietor of the Dlnty Moore cafe, ffom In front of which Stalling was ar rested. "I ordered Stalling out of my place earlier. In the after noon," Mclntyre said. . Augustus Dlmlck, who said Stalling was "fighting drunk" and that he had swung an Wins low. Walter Stoltz, Harold Busick and Van Wleder, who J1 test: fled as to Winslow's efficiency as an officer. Stephen A. Stone, reporter who interviewed Stalling as he , was being released from tie jail. Stone testified that Stalling told htm he was not on the floor of the police station and could re member nothing of what hap pened. Printed Budgejts Going Into Mail Printed state budgets for the 1939-40 biennium were being mailed out here Monday by the state budget department. The dis tribution is restricted to members of the 1939 legislature, heads of state departments and the news papers. The budgets contain all depart ment and institutional requests, together with appropriations ap proved by Governor Charles H. Martin and the state budget divi sion. All legislative appropriations must receive the approval of the joint ways and means committee before being sent to the house where all bills carrying appropria tions originate. j Mrs, Jennie Ellis Dies In Portland at Age 76 PORTLAND, Dec. 12-jp)-Mrs. Jennie C. Ellis, 76, long-time resi dent of Albany, died here yester day, j Six sons survive, including William of Salem. j . Christmas Carols Provided Shoppers . ' r ' . A male quartet composed of members of the store staff twice dally broadcasts Christmas carols over a public address system in the Montgomery - Ward store. Christmas musio is featured from the third floor "studio" where Ewald Frant. Neil Fleming, Paul Sllke and Alvlo Helbert harmonize old favorites to the. piarto accom paniment ot Miss Dorothy Leiper. Manager Barkley J Newman in vites the public Jot hear the "broadcasts" on any floor during the morning or afternoon. Regional Realtor Gathering Friday One of the regional meetings for real estate brokers and sales men conducted at intervals by the state real estate department, headed by Hugh Earl and Wil liam L. Graham, is scheduled for Friday night in Portland at the Aero club, 804 Southwest Taylor street. There wlll.be a :30 p. m. dinner followed by a speaking program. David B. Simpson, northwest regional vice-president of the Na tional Associated of Real Estate Boards, will be the principal speaker. Others Include Claude II. Murphy of Albany, president of the state association; Henry E Reed, former Multnomah county assessor who will discuss apprals als; Stanley Freeman of Salem, "Progress and Alms ot the Col lectors In Oregon:" -T. W. Zim merman of Portland, secretary of the state board, and Bernard Eastman of Ontario who will dis cuss the next state convention to be held there next summer. Gov ernor Charles H. Martin and Governor-elect Charles A. Sprague have been invited to attend. League of Cities Meet Wednesday Legislative matters pertinent to' Oregon cities will be explained during a League of Oregon Cities meeting at the Golden Pheasant restaurant Wednesday noon, It was announced yesterday by May or V. E. Kuhn. past president of the league. President Charles Huggins, Marshfield mavor. Executive Sec retary Herman Kehrll and possi biy one or two members of the executive board will meet with city officials ol the" Salem district to explain matters expected to come before the 1939 legislature that are of particular importance to cities. Flow of Christmas Mail At Postoffice Heavier Christmas mail, both outgoing and incoming, began in earnest at the local postoffice yesterday. A steady flow ot patrons ap peared throughout the day at the stamp and the two parcel post windows, but at no time was there congestion. Postmaster H. R. Crawford reports. France, Britain Hoping for Memel Envoys to Express Hope' at Berlin That Nazis Won't Cobble LONDON, Dec. IZ--Great Britain and France conveyed con cern to Germany today over the possibility she may swallow little Memel In another, thrust to tho east. . - -J ; Prime Minister -Neville Cham berlain informed the h o U s e of commons that,, the British and French envoys in Berlin had been instructed to "Join" in "express ing the hope that the German government will use its influence to insure respect" for the 1924 statute ot Memel, which gave the former German territory a meas ure of autonomy u n d e r Lithu anian control. Britain and France are signa tories ot the 1924 convention, but no informed observers in London expected them to do more than protest if Chancellor Hitler should "permit" the Memel Germans to come back to the reich. It was considered problematical whether such a return' would take the form of actual annexation by Germany or conform to the Dan zig pattern of a separate nazl state controlled through. the nazl party from Berlin. Government Club Meeting Tonight The executive committee of the Good Government club will meet at the courthouse tonight at 7:30 o'clock to plan a program of ac tivities for the coining year. The immediate issues to be discussed tonight include: ' The billboard ordinance before the city council; proposal to estab lish a cooperative industrial en terprise to salvage and convert waste. material and provide em ployment; the firemen's pension bill to be introduced in the legis lature;, the "Farmer" Jones bill fcr promoting use of Oregon fruits In wine production; cooper ation with the Marion county re lief committee and other agencies to bring about more satisfactory distribution or relief funds and old age assistance allotments. The general public is invited to attend. Capitol Will Get Restaurant Soon H. O. Tenney, Milwaukie, will equip and operate the new state capltol restaurant. Secretary ol State Snell announced Monday. Equipment will be Installed within the next few days and th restaurant will be ready for oper ation January 7. The 1939 leg-" islature convenes January 9. Tenney has been engaged in the restaurant business for many years. The restaurant will be In the basement of the new capltol building. - Vi ) Pv5k J I i-tx '-v All through the year and all around the clock Chesterfield's milder better taste gives millions MORE PLEASURE estdmeM. . the blend that can't be copied a HAPPY COMBINATION of the world's best cigarette tobaccos Coprtighc 193S. T.icfflrrr &; Mrxu Toacoo On. At Christmas time send these plea sure-giving cartons of Chesterfields packaged in gay holiday colors wel comed by smokers everywhere. You'll find Chesterfields a better ciga rette because of what they give youmore smoking pleasure than any cigarette you . ever tried the right combination of mild ripe home-grozvn and aromatic Turkish tobaccos rolled in pure cigarette paper. - tA
