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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salon, Oregon, Wednesday Homing, December 28, 1SJS
Industry Slum
Crime Breeder
Sociologist Finds Slums
Around Factories Are
Crime Producers
By Stephen j. Mcdonough
Associated Press Science Writer'
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. :7-fP-Maay
of the nation's Industrial
Laden were declared today to
be Indirectly responsible ' for a
majority of the, crimes commit
ted in the United States
The industrial ; slams" around
factories-produce the most crim
inals, both old and young, Dr
raul L. Schroeder of C iesgo.
III., told the American Associ
ation for the. Advancement 01
Science at its opening meeting;.
Crime "Across Tracks"
As director of the Institute for
Juvenile Kesearch he found that
the farther he went "ac.oss the
tracks" into the Industrial
neighborhoods more criminal
and. potential criminals were
found.
In these areas children start
by gathering into "gangs" and
committing minor offenses, from
which they go on to commit
major crimes such as burglary,
theft,'-bank-robbing and murder
as they grow older. Dr. Scbroe
tier declared.
These criminals "are largely
the product of influences oper
ating in the community in which
they lire," he declared. "These
influences are felt in early
.childhood when children reflet
the attitude of the adults - who
are forced through economic
limitations to live, m eagerly an J
who bear a strong feeling of re
sentment against the more fav
ored families."
' Portland Studied
From a study of juvenile -de
linquency and reports of jail' and
penitentiary admittances' in Chi
cago, Boston. Philadelphia, Rich
nond, Cleveland, Los Angele.
Denver, Seattle and " Portland.
Ore., he found that the ' blighted
areas usually lie adjacent to
lcrge Industrial centers." In
6ome of them the ' number of
children arrested for delinquency
and minor crimes was 30 pet
cent' of all children In the com
munity. "A fairly regular de
crease in the rate is observed
among the children as one
moves from those areas to the
better residential sections," Dr.
Schroeder added.
Val Clear to Give
Address to Lions
1 Charles Val Clear, director of
the Salem Art center, will speak
at the Salem Lions club luncheon
at the Marion hotel Thursday
noon, Arthur O. Hunt, club publi
city chairman, announced yester
day. ' He will be introduced by
Floyd Miller.
. Before coming to Salem eight
months, ago, Mr. Clear served as
director of the Washington, DC.
Art league.'-; - s.
The Salem club will : send a
large delegation to Portland Fri
day morning .to attend the annual
all-Lions breakfast, to, be held at
the Benson hotel from 7:30 to 9
a. m. In urging a large represen
tation from Salem, Hunt pointed
out that a lively show would be
presented at the breakfast meet
ing and that , those who had at
tended the annual morning get
togethers reported an enjoyable
time had.
Four Prisoners Refuse Holiday "French Leave"
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Christmas eve. Below, four other prisoners, who refused to take the opportunity to escape and Sheriff
Jim Callahan, center, holding keys. (AP photo.) "
Southern Pacific Chief
Say. Railroads Need Aid
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-(P)
-Although the railroads antici
pate Increased traffic in 1939.
they will be unable to make both
ends meet unless some public ac
tion is taken to help them, A. D.
McDonald, president of the South
ern Pacific, Bald in a year end
review. ,
Transient Admits
Throttling Woman
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 37-()
Detective Sergeant Lee Mark
wood said tonight Barnes Leo
Smith, 40-year-old transient la
borer, had signed a written con
fession to the sex-slaying of Laura
Kruse. 18, at Minenapolis In 1937.
Markwood said Smith confessed
Saturday night to beating, chok
ing and criminally assaulting the
beauty operator, but the written
transcript was not offered him
for signing until today.
Markwood reported that a let
ter arrived today from Minneapo
lis authorities, and it was the ba
aia of 'further Investigation In the
case." He declined to disclose the
letter's contents. , ,.;
Smith was arrested here last
week on a drunkenness charge,
and Markwood aald he confessed
voluntarily to the assault-killing.
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Bids on Buildings
At OSC to Be Due
CORVALLIS. Ore.. Dee. 7-fl
-The building committee of the
iaie Doara 01 nigner education
said today bids on two PW A nrn.
lects for Ore eon Stata
would be opened tomorrow at
Portland. . -. -;
One bid involves a 160,000 ag
ricultural engineering rebuilding
project, the other new entrances
jo science hall, a 6000 first step
in a 75,000 remodeling project
-, 10 o completed next, summer.
Fixless Tags Due
For Overparkers
"Fixless" overtime parking tic
kets will make their debut in Saf
lem along with the new year, ac
cording to a decree voiced by
Chief of Police Frank Mlnto yes
terday. . ,Not only will overtime parkers
be unable to get their tickets
"fixed" after January 1, but also
warrants for arrest will be issued
for those acquiring as many as
two tags.
"When anyone receives a maxi
mum of two tickets," Bald Chief
Mlnto, "a warrant for his arrest
will be issued. He will be brought
into the station and charged 33
for the two instead of the $1 each
they would have cost him had he
brought them in at the time of
their issue."
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Gasoline Refinery Is
Damaged by Explosions
PORT ARTHUR. Texas.. Dec.
27-(p)-A series of e x p 1 0 a i ons
which j shook Port Arthur resi
dences nine miles away tonight
caused damage estimated at sev
eral hundred thousands of dollars
to a gasoline cracking unit at the
Atlantic Oil and Refining company
plant.
No one was Injured in the blasts
and the fire which followed.
Hopkins May Plan
Speed up of Jobs
Rumored new Commerce
Department Head Has
Employment Plan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-P)-Members
of congress, who soon
must tackle the relief problem
again, m heard with interest today
that Secretary Hopkins - was con
sidering a national campaign to
find jobs in -private industry for
the unemployed. a
Most of the legislators reserved
comment, however, until they
could learn more about what the
new secretary of commerce has in
mind.
It was learned that Hopkins has
sounded out several leaders of
the business world about a drive
to create a "re-employment psy
chology." fust how this might be done
was not disclosed. Well informed
persons said, however, that study
of the possibility had progressed
to the point where a fairly defi
nite program has been outlined
one that could be undertaken
within a few weeks so as to take
advantage of the expected season
al upturn In business next spring.
Hopkins, it was said, intends
rely greatly upon the commerce
department's business advisory
council and other organizations of
business men to carry it out.
Chamber in House
Gets Sound Wires
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-OP)-
Assembling ' congressmen found
today that the house chamber had
been wired for sound.
Workmen put the finishing
touches to a public address sys
tem described by Davie Lynn, Cap
itol architect, as the "most up-to-date
in existence."
Two previous attempts have
been made to equip the house
with amplifiers, the first during
the Harding administration. They
were abandoned because, ajs Rep.
Cannon (D-Mo) explained!, today,
many members go the mistaken
impression that they were to be
used to broadcast the proceedings
of the house to the nations. The
tgjjeaders feared that most of the
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make a speech every day.
Norwegians Grateful
WASHINGTON, Dec. ZIMFt"
The Norwegian government today
expressed its gratitude for the res
cue of 22 men and women from
the Norwegian steamer Smaragd
last Friday morning off New Tork
by the crew of the American
steamer Schodack.
Nazi-US Relations Strained
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Dr. Bans Thomsem
U. S. state department'a refusal to apologize to Germany for Secre
tary of the Interior Harold L Ickea denunciation of dictatorships
In a recent Cleveland speech projects these men into the news spot
light. At the same time, diplomatic and commercial relationship
between the United States and Germany was seen as edging toward
the breaking point. Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles blunt
ly rejected the Nazi demand for an official AmerkAn apology. Welles
told Dr. Hans Thomsen, German charge d'affairS, that his govern
ment's request came with ill grace and Impropriety in light of per
sistent attacks on American leaders by the controlled Nazi press.
Dr. Thomsen is taking Ambamaor Hans DieckhofTs place while
that envoy remains indefinitely", in Germany.
Woman Who Was First to
Swim Golden Gate Dies
ALAMEDA. Calif., Dec. tl-(&)
-Mrs. Nell Schmidt Hauk, first
woman to swim the Golden Gate
and widely known for her spec
tacular diving and swimming ex
hibitions during the 1915 world's
fair, died here today at the age of
47, of pernicious anemia.
She swum the treacherous wa
ters of the Golden Gate in 1911.
Fight on Tuna
Held in Offing
California Industry Is to
Seek Uniform Rate for
Whole Coast
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec.
Glen Murdock, delegate from the
Pacific " coast fishermen's union,
returned from a tuna conference
at San Pedro today with a predic
tion Oregon and Washington tuna
industries would be engaged in
an interstate struggle with Cali
fornia next year.
Murdock said California inter
ests would seek uniform tuna
prices for the Pacific coast in or
der to prevent the superior Oregon-Washington
pack from pene
trating markets held until last
year by the southern state.
Freight Costs High
During the 1938 season, pack
ers paid five cents less for alba
core delivered here than for those
delivered in California, largely be
cause of the cost of freight and
handling to the south. Murdock
said that California fishermen
promised to retaliate by sending
huge tuna clippers into northern
waters if the Oregon-Washington
albacore pack depressed prices
generally.
The Industry believed here that
it would be impossible to reach
parity prices with California, be
cause of the expense Involved in
canning albacore, compared to
other varieties of tuna, and be
cause of higher labor costs in
northern waters.
Murdock said .that aside from
opposition voiced by fishermen
operating boats owned by Cali
fornia industries, fishermen gen
erally praised the infant Oregon
industry and hotly criticized any
move to kill it.
Narcotics Cache
Is Thought Found
ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec.
-Samples of a white powder, be
lieved to be a narcotic jettisoned
here by a drug runner fearful of
capture,. were sent to state police
at Salem for Identification today.
Sergeant Paul Parson, state po
lice supervisor here, said he was
holding 57 tael cans of the pow
der and officers were searching a
water-filled ditch near Yoncalla
for more of the discarded supply.
Later, Parson said 29 more
cans of the powder were found
near Yoncalla, boosting the total
to .
A. W. Hunter, 19, Port Angeles,
Wash., a hitch hiker who found
the cans, was held for investiga
tion after Parson said he admit
ted hiding the drug while seeking
to Identify it, in the hope of later
selling the supply.
Famed Artist Dies
MONTEREY, Calif., Dec. 27-(P)-Francis
J. M c C o m a s, 64,
world famed artist whose paint
ings of Monterey cypress trees
adorn many museums and private
homes, died here today after two
years' illness. He was born in Tas
mania and . came to the United
States in the '90's.
Youngest Solon
Christmas Candle
Crabbed by Thief
RYE, N. Y., Dec. tl.-tJPlnte
town fathers posted a S100 re
ward today for the arrest of the
thief who filched the 12-foot com
munity Christmas candle from the
historic village green here. .
"The man who took that candle
is the world's meanest thief." said
Paul C. Morris, chairman of the
Tillage Christmas celebration
committee.
The candle disappeared Christ
mas eve from a spot once visited
by George Washington and other
revolutionary heroes.
Postof f ice Heads
Saving on Sacks
WASHINGTON, Dec 27-(Jf)-Postotflce
officials took a lesson
in 1938 from thrifty housewives
who cut down father's trousers
to make pants for Johnny.
When the bottoms of 100.206
mail bags wore out, tho officials
ordered them cut off and the
sacks re-stitched Into smaller
bags. More than 300,000 . other
sacks were repaired.
Postmaster General Farley
estimated in his annual report
today this saved the government
S135.309. .
British Order Planes
BURBANK, Calif., DecV 27-(fl)
-British Airways has ordered two
more Lockheed 14 standard trans
port planes, Carl B. Squier, Lock
heed Aircraft Corp. vice-president,
announced today. Costing approxi
mately 8220.000, the planes will
be used in the daily run between
London and Paris and between
London and Stockhohn. .
Archer Bags Boar
SEA ISLAND BEACH. Ga.. Dee.
7-(fl3)-Uslng a bow and arrow.
Henry O. Bartol, ir- of Toccoa.
Ga., bagged a 300-pound wild boar
on a weekend hunting trip at the
Sea Island hunting preserve..
Bartol shot with a long. bow of
80 pounds pull.
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Llndley Beckworth
Only 23, Llndley Beckworth of
Texas win be the youngest, mem
ber of the new house of repre
sentatives. Beckwith, a former
school teacher, unseated Repre
sentative Morgan Sanders, a vet
eran of 18 years in the house, in
- the Democratic primaries.
Railroad Plan
To Be Offered
"Postal iy-fag" Passenger
Business Scheme Is -Hastings
Idea
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-(fl5)-Ylgorous
John A. Hastings, a for
mer New York state senator, came
to town today, rented an office
and prepared to sell the nation on
his one-plank scheme tor solving
the railroad problem. . ,
He calls It the "Hastings plan
for postaltxlng transportation." -
"It's the only answer to the
railroad problem." he inslstedr 7
Hastings, who claims support
from all sections of the country.
Including "very substantial manu
facturers in the middle west, al
ready has launched a newspaper
advertising campaign . with full
page displays in the New York
Times and the Chicago Tribune.
' Money Available
"Within the next 60 days," he
sand, "we plan to place advertis
ing in sixty newspapers through
out the country. I have no Idea
how much it will cost, but the
money will be available."
"Postalizlng transportation sug
gests the application, to the pas
senger and freight service of the
American railroads, of the rate
principle successfully and profit
ably employed for a hundred
years In first-class letter carri
age," he explained.
Under his proposal all subur
ban fares, within a 40-mile limit.
would be 15 cents, or 25 cents tor
a round trip. He proposes that
the country be divided into nine
regions, and that five types of
passenger service be offered. The
coach fare from Chicago to New
York would be only 81 and the
parlor car charge. $3, with fares
ranging up to 815 for limited de
luxe trains, plus a "nominal" ad
ditional charge for extra services,
Frisco for a Finn
New York-to-San Francisco fares
would start at $5.
Freight charges would be slmi
larly fixed, but Hastings has not
worked out details.
Eventually, Hastings said, he
hopes for a national scale of pas
senger fares and freight charges.
Instead of the zone system.
He estimated "conservatively1
that passenger business under his
proposal would increase 200 per
per cent. Instead of a heavy an
nual loss, he predicted the rail
roads could operate passenger
service with a yearly profit of
8300,000.000 to 8500.000,000.
Funds for financing his cam
paign will come from well-to-do
supporters, he added.
Workers Go Back
To Jobs at Mill
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27-(JP)
Fifty workers were called back
to their jobs today by the B. P.
John Furniture Manufacturing
plant, marking the termination of
a wage dispute existing since Oc
tober 4.
More than 200 will resume
work Wednesday and the regular
staff of 500 will be taken on
gradually In the next ten days.
A three and three-fourths cents
an hour wage reduction was ac
cepted by the furniture workers'
union. The company had previous
ly asked a 10-cent cut.
Approximately 1100 workers
are out In a similar controversy
at the Doernbecher Manufactur
ing company.
Teachers' Meeting
Will Open Today
PORTLAND, Dec. 27.-WV-The
holiday season will be shortened
tomorrow for the Oregon State
Teachers' association, although its
pupils are at play. The teachers
will open their 39 th annual con
vention here tomorrow.
Nationally known educators
will speak. Discussion on major
education problems have been
arranged.
Tho State High School Athlet
ic association will also meet hers
in conjunction with the teachers'
sessions.
Basement Fire Is Halted
In Statehouse of Idaho
BO I SET Die. 27.--Fir
broke out in the basement of the
82,290,000 Idaho statehouse to
night. It waa quickly extinguish
ed, and damage was slight.
Veteran attendants said it was
the first in the capltol in their
memory. Cause of the blase was
not determined.
Geneticist Dies
LOS ANGELES. Dec 77.-13-
Dr. Calvin B. Bridges, 48, one of
the world's ereatest reaearrhAni
into the science of renetica. dtad I
in a hospital here today after an
illness of four months. 1
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whose node body was found trussed in a gunnysack after her kill
ers had mutilated the body, tossing it Into a creek. Authorities sus
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Facing the death penalty, Frank Salaxar, 23, a Mexican relief work
er, was held for trial at Austin, Tex., in connection with the slaying
of the parents of his "dream girt," Wilms, Kennedy, 16. Salazar
was said by police to have admitted shooting Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Kennedy to death and hacking two other young daughters with an
ax before abducting Wilms in Miles, Tex. The two sisters were in
critical condition, with only a slight chance to recover. Miss Ken
nedy said Salazar forced her into his car at gunpoint and held her
for two days.
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Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary, Is pictured with Mrs.
Eden aboard the Qims Afory at New York as they embarked on their
return voyage after visit in the United States.
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his alias of F. Donald Coster. Discovery that the respected head of Mc
Kesson ft Bobbins was member of the notorious family of swindlers finally
led to Muaica's suicide at Fairfield, Conn.
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