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Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning; December 31, 1933
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No. 239
Nazis Assert
Ickes' Speech
Hits Good Will
Press Says no Hope for
Good Relations Until
Protest Heeo'ed
Official Statement Is
First News People
Hear of Affair
Berlin, Dee. zo-vpt-Gtr-
many. through her official press
agency. Bluntly Informed the
United States tonight there was
bo hope for improving German
American relations as long as the
state department defended Secre
tary of Interior Ickes.
The warning, issued In a com
munique by DNB, at the same
time gave the German public its
first knowledge of the rejection
by Acting Secretary of State Sum
ner Welles of a German protest
against Ickes' criticism of Ger
many, Dec. 18 in Cleveland.
The communique let the United
c a t government know that Ger
many did not take Welles diplo-
matic rebuke lying down.
There apparently were no talks
in Berlin with American embassy
officials before it was issued, but
responsible Germans seemed to
lis., a r! ran PA knowledge Of the
move pince DNB, immediately af
ter the communique published co
ntains exeernts of an inspired ar
ticle from Voelkischer Beobecb-
ter, central official organ or
Reichsfuehxer Adolf Hitler ana
th nail nartv. .
The article asked "Does the
United States want at all costs to
proroke a conflict with the Ger-
man nAODlef "
It charged President Roosevelt
with forgetting that he assured
Hitler before the Munich accord
that hundreds of millions in the
world would recognize it as a
great historical service lie were
- tor settlwHha,. Sudeten; issue- wKh-
etttt vaanrt lo arms.
DNB's communique said that
Ickes attacked Germany's leaaer
shlp"in an tin warrantable man
ner" In his Cleveland speech and
that "the sharpest protest" had
been, made in Washington. oy ur.
liana Thomsen. German charge
d'aff airs, to acting Secretary of
State Welles.
It then said:
: "Thu American foreign office.
however, did not as is a. matter
of self -evident procedure other
wise In matters of this kind in In
ternational relations disassoci
ate Itself from the utterances of
the American minister of the in
terior, but tried to defend them.
It must therefore be stated
that aa lona as such a procedure,
which obviously serves Jewish. in
terests and leaves out of account
the. real German-American Inter
ests, continues in the conduct of
relations of the United States of
North America with Germany, the
hope expressed by the American
foreirn office to the German
narr d'affalra for an imnrove-
. ment of mutual relationship lacks
very foundation."
(State department officials re
ceived the statement m silence but
It was noted that the department
had given no Indication It had ex
pressed hope to Germany lor un
nroved mntual relations.
(Ickes, speaking before the
Cleveland Zionist society, charged
that Germany's treatment of Jews
earriftd her back "to a period' of
1 tutor when man was unlettered.
benighted and bestial." He cri
ticized the acceptance by Henry
Ford and CoL Charles A, Lind
bergh of German decorations.)
Hitler apparently regards the
American action as so serious ne
declined to cooperate for the im
provement of relations until the
state department changes us tone
and attitude.
.Mote 7m .lapan
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Bire
gard 6New
Ore
em
Turn to Right
For New Deal
Garner's Idea
Brake on US Spending
Is Believed Goal of
Vice-President
Cabinet Members, Mayor
of New York, Others
Call on Leader
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, Dec. HWJPh
Vice President John Nance' Gar
ner, stepping out today as a lead
ing if not dominant figure of the
coming congress, started what
looked like a high-powered drive
to swing the new deal to the
right.
Four days before the opening
of the session, his spacious suite
in the senate office building was
the center of all congressional
activity, the scene of continuing
conferences dealing with the mo
ment's lively subjects of legisla
tion. And the word went round that
"Cactus Jack" was urging, among
ether things, that the brakes be
applied to government expendi
tures and that local communities
be given more control over
spending of relief funds.
Just around the corner from
Gamer's suite, the office of Sen
ator Barkley (D-Ky), the demo
cratic leader, was barren of call
ers. Barktey wearily worked away
at a revision of the senate's dem
ocratic committee assignment,
trying to evolve a list that would
suit the conflicting ambitions of
all the senators of his party.
A democratic caucus was call
ed for tomorrow to give approv
al there is expected to be no
row about it to Berkley's se
lections and to name him again
as democratic floor leader. His
only possible opponent. Senator
Harrison (D-Miss), Tithdrew to
day in his favor and in the in
terest of party harmony.
But it was Garner's office that
newsmen watched, and they saw
the unusual spectacle of two
members of the cabinet, the
mayor of New York and the lead
er of the majority in the house
calling on a man whose office.
by all the traditions of American
politics, is one of futile gavel
rapping.
Prominent Officials
Call on. Garner
Garner, in whose behalf an in
fluential Texas group recently
started a presidential boom, was
in high good spirits. Many a re
sounding vice presidential laugh
could bo heard In adjoining
rooms as he received the follow
ing callers:
. Secretary Wallace, whose crop
control bill of last year has had
rough sledding, due to the year's
unusual yields of wheat and corn
and the refusal of tobacco and
rice farmers to accept marketing
quotas proposed by his depart
ment. : . -'
. Secretary Hopkins, ' just ap
pointed to the head office of the
commerce department, after tak
ing a critical ' bombardment as
head of the works progress aa
ministration. (Work relief is a
foremost congressional topic, and
In addition- Hopkins' nomination
must be passed on by the sen
ate.) .
Dead Youth's Trail Scanned
For Possible Poison Plots
Steps of Robert Thomas, 18-year-old
Silrerton youth; who
took a fatal dose of poison here
Thursday night, were retraced
by state police yesterday In an
effort, mainly, to ascertain where
he secured the poison end wheth
er he planted any tn the homes
of persons against whom he may
have held a grudge.
Officers said that Thomas had a
set of keys, stolen f r m a Silver
to high school instructor, that
would open any door In' the
' school building and that he had
buried a tin can and a fruit jar
containing an assort .ent of pow
dered and tablet-form chemicals
and two small vials of mercury
ir the garden at his home, si
Cak street. It was believed that
part but not all of these ma
terials was taken from the school
chemistry laboratory, from which
.small quantities of supplies had
teen missed.
. Because Thomas was reported
tc have .said after he swallowed
the poison, in capsule form; that
be Vwas going to get a lot more,"
and because of certain dislikes
' cf persons he was believed to
have harbored, - the families ' of
these persons were - warned yes
terday to examine their food sup
plies carefully to avert the poBsi-
bility of being poisoned, police
disclosed. ''---. -
,? State ... officers discounted re
ports that Thomas had quarrelled
with his father, -A. H. Tnomas,
before leaving home Thursday
night, presumably to go to a
show. Instead he held up Joseph
Erpeldlng, Silrerton, and Velma
Hopfer. ML Angel, forced them
tc drive' him to Salem at gun's
point, ' required Erpeldlng to un
cork the bottle from vhlch be
took the poison capsules, and
left them. .While the couple were
en route to police headquarters
to report the incid at, Thomas
entered the sheriff's office and
threatened to shoot Deputies
Wayne j Parker and H. H, Dan
iels, but left when Parker ' got
the drop" on him.
"-Found sitting on the Salem
city hall steps a few V minutes
later, Thomas was taken to Sa
lem Deaconess hospital where he
died a short time later. -
' State officers said they would
not request Coroner L. E. Bar
tick, who took charge of the
body at their suggestion, to have
en autopsy performed to ascer
tain the natuie of the poison
taken by Thomas.
Former Senator ,
Victim of Crash
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JAY H. UPTON
First Passenger
Airliner Arrives
Southbound Plane Is on
Time but Northbound
Fails to Stop
Leo Arany, Salem flying service
proprietor, set his four-passenger
monoplane down on schedule at
the municipal airport here yester
day afternoon from Portland on
the fireJocal stop of the Oregon
Air unes aauy two-way air trans
port service serving cities between
Marshfield and Portland. South
bound, Arany took off for Albany,
Eugene and Marshfield at 2:35
p. m.
No explanation was available
other than possibly unfavorable
weather for failure of yesterday's
northbound plane to Btop here. It
passed over Salem at 10:30, near
ly an hour late, and conUnued on
toward Portland. Local persons
interested in the new service said
the northbound pilot may not hare
received Salem-etop orders In
time.
Arany, flying the northbound
trip, is due here from Marshfield
at 9:36 o'clock this morning.
Rockets Betrayed
Loyalist's Vessel
Neutral Gibraltar Used as
Base to Set Off
Warning to Ships
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 10. -65V An
Investigation was started to ascer
tain who fired rockets from neu
tral Gibraltar early this morning.
betraying the Spanish government
destroyer Jose Luis Dies and
touching off attack by insurgent
warships.
British authorities removed the
destroyer from Catalan hay beach
where It ran aground in the dark
ness aS it was shelled by insur
gents. Five of the . destroyer's
crew were killed and 11 wounded.
Insurgent casualties were believed
to be considerable. . . .
It was believed that before
grounding, - the cruiser, a virtual
prisoner here since August, with
insurgent warcraft waiting for It
to nose out of the harbor, sank
the 1,500-ton insurgent sloop Jup
iter. .. . .
Captain Juan Castro of the de
stroyer and the survivors of his
crew were held tn a Gibraltar bar
racks. It was understood the ship
would be Interned. - - '
Bridges Will Get
Review of Ruling
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec 10.-W3)
-Harry Bridges, west eoast CIO
director, today won the right to
a state supreme court review of
his recent contempt conviction by
charging the high tribunal with
ruling differently on similar
issues to a case involving the Los
Angeles Times.- :' ' - - 1
I After having once : refused to
review the Bridges contempt ease
the high court vacated that ruling
and agreed to hear his conten
tions at a sitting in Los Angeles
next March 7." ..-:': ,"'"-:-':
t Bridges originally was ; held
guilty of eontempt and fined 1135
because he publicly termed "out
rageous" a decision by Superior
Judge Ruben Schmidt authorising
receivership for the San Pedro
local of the International Long
shoremen's . association during
dispute between . that union and
CIO elements.
Car Skids on
IcyLoopRoad
And Is Burned
Victim Was Well-Known
in Oregon Politics,
Bend Attorney
Mrs. Upton and Bend Man
Escape From Crash
With Injuries
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10-WV-
Jay H. Upton, 59, Bend attorney
and former state senator who fig
ured prominently In Oregon poli
tics for a quarter century, was
killed today when his automobile
crashed and burned one mile east
of Rhododendron on the Mount
Hood Loop highway.
Upton died in an ambulance en-
route to a Portland hospital. Mrs.
Upton, suffering from shock, and
Ward H. Coble, 52, Bend insur
ance man whose leg was broken,
were taken to the hospital after
being pulled from the wreckage
by a party of skiers.
The attorney, prominent repub
lican and one-time primary can
didate for governor, was at the
wheel when the automobile struck
an ky patch on the highway,
skidded Into a concrete culvert,
overturned and caught fire.
Escaped Injury In
Recent Accident
Only two days before, Upton es
caped Injury when his automobile
skidded on wet pavement of Mc
Loughlin boulevard, Portland, and
was wrec.ked.uTbe- return trip-to
Bend was delayed until the car
could be repaired.
Upton was born at Colfax,
Wash., and was educated in Port
land schools. He received a law
degree from the University of Ore
gon in 1902 and practiced law
here from 1903 to 1915, when he
moved first to Prineville and then
to Bend.
Jay H. Upton has been a prom
inent attorney of central Oregon
since 1915, maintaining offices
both in Prineville and in Bend
part of that time. His home has
been In Bend since about xszz
From 1903 until 1915 he prac
ticed law in Portland, having
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Capitol Grounds v
Get WPA $26,000
WASHINGTON, Dee. 3 -
The following Oregon allotments
were announced today by the
WPA:
State eapitol grounds improve
ment, drainage and curbs, I2,
000; 8ilverton water supply im
provement, 6800; Baker school
Improvement, $2100, and John
McLoughlin park improvement at
Oregon City, 31700.
Loyalists Aim .
Drive to Split
Rebels9 Center
Insurgents, However, Say
Northern, Southern
Wings Advanced
Government Troops Said
Routed on Northern
Battle Lines
HENDAYB, France (At the
Spanish Frontier), Dec. 30.-(P)-Spanish
government troops
launched a counter-attack against
the center of Insurgent lines to
day in an effort to split two wings
of the offensive Generalissimo
Francisco Franco is aiming at
Barcelona, government capital,
v Insurgent reports reaching the
border, however, said that the
advance of both Franco's northern
column against Artesa and the
southern column beyond Grana
della was Increasing In intensity.
The government counter-attack
developed south of Lerida in the
Ldirection of Sarroca, an Important
communication center three jniles
behind insurgent lines.
Counter Attack
Ob Italian Troop
(Dispatches from government
general headquarters said the
counter-assault was directed
fgainst a sector which was be
lieved to be held largely by Italian
troops.)
In the north, Insurgents re
ported they had pinned down the
government's shock trbops by cut
ting jtmportant commanlcation
lines.Htasurgent dispatches said
the highways were under such
heavy artillery fire that govern
ment troops had lost all freedom
to maneuver.
Insurgents reported they had
broken-, the government's strong
Une-'of? fortifications along the
border ot Tarragona profinco In
the southern sector of the eastern
Spanish front.
Government Reported
The fifth Navarrese division
under General Bautista Sanchw
was said to have turned the gov
ernment retreat south of Grana-
della into a rout, capturing the
villages of Pobla De Granadella
and Rbobera.
The Insurgent dispatches Indi
cated the offensive was driving
along highways to Falset and
Tarragona, opened up by a hard
day's fighting.
The Spanish Insurgents In their
Barcelona offensive drove through
strong government defense lines
at Camarasa today after 24 hours
of hand-to-hand fighting over a
500-yard stretch of frozen no
man's land.
The insurgents reported they
occupied Camarasa, 22 miles
northeast of Lerida, putting them
selves within ten miles of stra
tegic Artesa, "gateway to Cata
lonia," and about 75 miles from
the ultimate objective, the gov
ernment capital of Barcelona.
At the same time a second
column pushed south toward
Artesa, fighting to form a junc
tion with the Camarasa unit be
fore this key Industrial town.
Impregnable" Mint Is Easy Mark
For Adventurous 15-year old Boys
4
William Gallagher, left, and Pan! Francis, Baa Francisco boys who
broke Into the closely guarded United States mint there "Just to see
If they could.' They took only a small "sonvenir" to prove they had
beea tbere, and tben reportea to ibe ponce. ujx pnoco.
Ex-Ashland Resident's Slaying
Prompts Quest of Missing Man
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This picture of Mrs. Daisy TiUotsen, found slain near Auburn, Wash.,
wm made from a roll of films found among her belongings. She
was the daughter of an Ashland couple. I1X photo.
O
Nazis Plan Huge
Siibmarine Fleet
Great Britain Informed
Germany Will Build
up to Parity
BERLIN, Dec. SO.-Cffennany
Informed Great Britain today that
she intended to build up to parity
with the British fleet in subnuf
rines, the dreaded German World
war weapon which was completely
banned by the treaty ot Versailles.
When Germany signed a naval
treaty with Britain in 1935 she
agreed to limit her shiny new
u-boat fleet which has sprung
from nowhere in the last three
yean to 45 per cent of Britain's
submarine tonnage.
The pact with Britain, how
ever, recognized Germany's right
to parity, and there was an es
cape clause which permitted the
reich to build beyond the 45 per
cent "In the event of a situation
arising which in Its (the German
government's) opinion makes it
necessary.'
Today's announcement means
Germany Intends to more than
doable her present submarine
tonnage of about 31,000 tons, in
construction or complete, since
Britain's Is about 70,000.
(London political observers felt
Germany's demand was a hard
Jolt to Prime Minister Chamber
lain's appeasement policy. British
officials explained Germany was
taking advantage of a loophole tn
the 1931 treaty. They said Ger
many's reasons were "very gen
eral." (British naval circles feared
that Germany was building a vast
fleet of Ingenious "minnow" sub-,
marines In preparation for a pos
sible war of destruction against
merchant shipping.)
Doernbecker Held
DiOTarding AFL
SEATTLE, Dee. St - Oft - Re
gional Director Elwyn J. Eagen
announced tonight the national la
bor board had Issued a complaint
charging the Doernbecker Manu
facturing company of Portland re
fused to bargain with furniture
makers' and finishers union, local
1090, AFL. rr
I The complaint said the anion
represented the majority of em
ployes. It also accused the com
pany of dismissing Clifford La
Rud and demoting Herman Ha
berman because of union membership.-'
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A hearing was scheduled for
January 23 at Portland, Eagen
said. The trial examiner has not
yet been named.
Errant Motorist
Taken From Road
HOOD RIVER, Dec. 30.-(ff)-A
railroad worker had to let state
police tn on his secret puzzle after
be found himself parked off the
Columbia River ' highway and his
automobile Ignition key missing. .
, He had a bruise on his head.
Inflicted, he reasoned,-by a hold
up man. Police found his automo
bile had collided with another and
the other driver displayed ' good
will toward men by removing the
errant car and its celebrating
driver from the road.
. Th railroad worker paid for
repairs to , the other car and got
his key. back.
Accused Man Is
Said 'Revengeful'
Mother of Slain Woman
Sayg She Dislikes
Leslie Wheeler
ASHLAND, Ore., Dec. tO.-jn-
Mrs. George Allen, mother of Mrs.
Daisy Mae Tillotson Moore who
was found slain near A n burn.
Wash., yesterday, declared today
she "disliked" Leslie Thomas
Wheeler, the man accused of the
slaying in a murder charge filed
at Seattle. .
Mrs. Allen asserted she had dis
liked Wheeler because' he was
"revengeful."
The mother Indicated she did
not believe her daughter was
killed with robbery as the motive.
The 58-year-old daughter, she
said, had no jewelry or valuables
other than an automobile, fur coat
and wrist watch.
Mrs. Allen and her husband
started north today to claim the
body of her daughter. The moth
er said she was not positive
whether Mrs. Moore had divorced
Bill Moore, her third husband, be
fore she was slain. About a month
ago she wrote her mother she
would "divorce Moore and marry
Wheeler soon.
Mail Fraud Case
Investigation Set
NEW YORK, Dee. 30.-tfV-Fed-eral
officials, ignoring the holiday
season, worked tonight to com
plete their , case against William
P. Buckner, 31, scheduled to be
arraigned next Wednesday on an
indictment charging him with mail
fraud in the promotion of Philip
pine railway bonds. v . .
. Assistant U. S. Attorney Wil
liam Power Maloney and Postal
Inspector Charles H. Clarahan,
the complainant, said they wanted
to "iron out a few more details"
concerning the persons connected
with the case. - :- - ' ; --
Movie actors who allegedly were
duped by Buckner, congressmen
he allegedly tried to use in ma
nipulating the railway stock and
chorus ' girls he reportedly took
to Washington parties have been
mentioned in the Investigation.
Nippon Plans
In China Are
Unrecognized
Missive Is in Reply to
Japanese Note 'Open
Door Ohsolete
Message Is Written In
Firm Tone, Without
Belligerency
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-(Sat-nrday)-fls)-The
state department
this morning announced that Am
bassador Joseph C Grew today
delivered a new note to the Jap-
anese government at Tokyo which
It was understood here contained
a firm but flat refusal to recog
nize Japan's effort to establish a .
"new order" In war-torn China.
The note replied to a Japanese
note Of November 18 In whicsT
Japan attempted to maintain that
the principle of equal opportunity
and the "open door" in China had
become obsolete there In view et
changing conditions.
Japanese Contention
Flatly Rejected
; It was understood the United .
States flatly rejected the Japanese
contention that obligations et
treaties to which this country is
a party could be unilaterally bro
ken and that the only way treaties
eould be brought up to date was
by international agreement
The note, which it was under
stood stated the United States'
fundamental position to Japan,
carried a tone of finality to that
government.
It followed repeated protests,
representations and notes to the
Japanese government with respect
to American property, rights aad
interests which had been discrim
inated against in China since hos
tilities began in July, 1937.
The Japanese government ta
several recent statements on Its
effort to- establish a "new; order"
in China replacing the "open
door" principle has said condi
tions of the past eonld not apply
today and tomorrow.
No Discrimination
Japan's Promise
At the same time Japanese gov
ernment officials hare stated that
there would be no discrimination
against other governments which
recognized this situation.
This Information has been offi
cially conveyed to Ambassador
Grew by Foreign Minister Arita tn
Tokyo and was fully considered
when the state department draft
ed today's note which, had beea
under preparation here for mora
than a month. . j
It was understood the not,
though drafted in Strong toaas,
carried no air of belligerency.
A somewhat similar note whfch
reserved American rights was de
livered to the Japanese govern
ment in February, 1932, following
the campaign In Manchuria which
led to the establishment of the
puppet state of Manchoukuo
"Strip Tease'' Act
Halts Fire Panic
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-ip-Broadway's
"strip tease" art,
though toned down by the etty
fathers, still proved entertaining
enough today to help avert a pos
sible panic when fire broke oat
in the basement of the Republic '
theater off. Times Square.
The revealing artistry of Ruth
Donald, burlesque dancer, and the
puns of three comedians diverted
the attention of 100 patrons from
the smoke - that -drifted throngs'
the auditorium. ' ' -
Finally, Comedian Thomas
Bundy suggested that the patrons
leave in an orderly manner, pick
ing up "refunds" at the hex
office. The theater' was emptied'
In 10 minutes.
Talk About Isms in School.
State Teachers Are Advised
PORTLAND, Dec. SO--The
t'me has" come to "talk about
fascism and communism in the
classroom,'' Dr. W. Ballentine
Henley of t h e University of
Southern California told the Ore
gon state teachers association to
day. . "If we can't talk about fascism
and communism in the class
room, where can' we talk about
them? We should - discuss them
tot to indoctrinate but' merely
to present the facts. When that
happens we have nothing to fear
tor the , future of constitutional
representative democracy ; he
said.' ".-3,.; . '.;-;. :.-t
The best .v ay to meet an Idea,
he continued, u - with ; a - better
ideav He charged that American
fcchool , actually are imperilling
democracy with their silence on
communism and fascism. "By in
ference we're told Jimmy and
Johnny we -can't meet the argu
ments of fascism and commun
ism. Parents have refused to per
mit teachers to discuss these doc- -trlnes.
. ; So we've practically
forced inquisitive . students to go
down alleys where Lalrbrained
agitators expound them In the
guise of championing the under-'
dog." .
He suggested that . specially
trained and certified teachers be
assigned to explain the totalitar
ian -doctrines. ' -
He said the way to make de
mocracy more efficient : was to
confine politics to the "political
arena: eliminate them from ad-
toinlstratlon, and . develop a bur
eaucracy of teehnicla-s.
Mrs. Myrtle Hooper; Dahl, presi- f
lent of the Minneapolis Educa- -tioa
association, came to the de
fense ot the married school teach-
i "It seeWshosaid. "that
marriage is conduct unbecoming
a teacher." She attacked ' preju
dice against married : teachers,
arguing, that It discourged worn
en from selecting teaching as
lfe work. . .. .