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.HlfeavMY ' inn Vt. 'RevUionof Nemi y&lLaws1 '- M Deimb Leader Eccles rBySpragueto Budget Office Succeeds Wharton jToday ; Prominent as Writer j , , and GOP Worker , Treasurer Pearson to Be Sworn i" in; Session's I Lineup Prepared By RALPH C. CURTIS ' i DaTid YT: Ecclet ; of ! Portland vaa named Monday night by Got-ernor-lect Charles A. Spragne as hi choice for executl ye secretary and budget director. Since- hii predecessor, Wallace Wharton, has taken office as a member of .the -tax commission; lt was arran ged through -cooperation of.GoT ernor Charles H. Martini that Ec cles begin his duties as budget di rector this morning, girlng him a week to familiarize himself with the state budget In advance of the eonrening of the legislature next week. - : Weir known In Portland as ! a writer and economist and former editor of "Business Surrey," Ec eles, who Is 32, was the "organ izer of the Toung Republican club Jn Portland and terred two . terms "as that organisation's na tional - committeeman and one term as president of 'the- Multno mah chapter ol tne uregon-republican, club. He Is now a" mem ber of the execuUre, emmlttee.iOi Che Republican' Pregram Commits tee and is regional chairman of the Northwest Republican Pro- ' gram committee. ' ! ' '. a native of Ogden, Utah, "he was educated in the ; publie schools of that city and In Port land .and at. the University of Waahinrton. He and Mrs. Eccles hare one-child. . . . : , " r. It can hardly be said that there has been any lull in politics since the November election, but wun the turn of the year and with the legislature convening in less than a week, activity around the statehouse will assume a faster tempo today. (Governor.-elect Sorague has completed work on his message, to be delivered to the legislature next Monday at a joint session of the two houses. Walter E. Pearson; recently ap pointed state 'treasurer, will ar rive in Salem this - forenoon to take the oath of office. It will pro bably' be administered' by ft mem' ber oC the state supreme court., Ernest Fatland. destined to-b speaker of the house, win;, arrive In town today or Wednesday to confer with some of his colleagues ' en various matters and to survey (Turn to Page Z, CoL ) New Year's First Larrv Gene Weathers was Sa lem's Xld 1131. born at 10:2S , Kaw Tear! , merning to" Mr. and lira. Eutene Weathers of route at the Salem Deaconess hospital. SILVERTON Enverton'e Hew Tear's b a b i' for 1SSI was born Monday morning at the Silverton - hosniUl to Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd rox. Thta. like the II 38 baby, was a boy and weighed Expounds and four ounces. This Infant will be the recipient of the gift .from the Silverton Merchants. , i Joseph, Albert, Named Dies Aged 70; Salem Native Joseph Holman Albert 'died , January 2, ISIS, at the famUy, residence at 24' North; Winter street He was born In Salem March t, 11 . thus being In hU 1 1st year. His family- were pio neers In the building of the state and of Ealem. His; mother, liary Holman, was the first girl baby born la this city. The family was active In founding; and prom tnent In the early history of Wil lamette university. Mr. Albert lived his entire life la Ealem and was keenly. Inter ested in te development-of the ' town. Kls falter; Jcla U: Altcrt. was found ar tt the Crpitol Na tional bank tad at his death his son succeeded tiu as president of ' the hank. In 1I2 Mr. Albert ac cented . the Bositiott .as . head of Ladd Bush trust department and continued In this' office until his death. He had the respect and confidence of the entire communi ty, and took most seriously his responsibility tor the care of the estates of many Salem people. In 1S95 he was married to Jes Massachusetts UiddleRoadeT - ! - t Heads Strengthened House UUF JOSEPH W. Yakima Escapees yr. Chapnelle and Tudor Are Captured; Roy Wright Gives Himself up DLYMPIA, Jan. 2 -()- State Patrol Chief William Cole an nounced tonight the two remain ing fugitives in the Yakima jail break had been captured in the Squaw Creek region of Kittitas county and were being ; returned to Takima. They are Cecil B. .Chappelle, 36, recently convicted of second degree assault, and James Tudor, 39, facing a mail theft' charge. Three others who escaped Sat urday were captured previously. The capture was effected with out gunfire. Deputy Calhoun re ported, in the sagebrush-covered Squaw Creek region 'near the Kit tltas county line, u v V. I , Escapees "Pretty TiredVY "They i were, pretty t tired and didn't make much fuss;! he said. Chappelle 'was -named by Roy Wright 18-year-old Watsonville, Calif., convicted murderer, as the ringleader of the break. Wright, who surrendered himself at the Toppenlsh i police- station last night, said Chappelle and Tudor "ditched him." ; ' ; . Besides Chappelle, Wright and Tudor, others in the break were E a C e n e C. Terwilliger 22, charged -with petit larceny, and Rector "Rex Watson, 30, one legged prisoner charged with f org erT." . i " ' . ' .; r -:'' foo Bpt jo Handle9 U '4 JDurrdng Theatre $ Show ,8Ti LOUIS. Jan.,S.-(VA tire swept through the star theatre in a ' negro community early today causing" 13600 damage. The mo vie; "Too Hot To Handle," was the current presentation. . ..... 'i '. . . , . ... .... -. Civic Leader : them were horn two1 daughters, Mary Jane and Josephine Holmasv Joseph. Hoimajfr'was auunguisaea by his Interest; In yoam people, and there are many successiu bankers today who loon naca wun gratitude upon the neip ana enj Mnrsrement wnicn. ne gave to them In their younger days. Us aided many young men ana wom en .tat xecuring an eaueauon. to this end he established annual nrixes in Willamette : university. oreron State college and tie Cnl- versitr of Oregon. Tnese awaraa were granted to : those -students w-.i l.ii ciads tla crtitcst pro gress toward the id?al In charac ter, asrrlee and wholesome tnnu enea. Eiallar nwardr wera made tn hia-ii schools of the state oa the basis; of the' same standard of Attainment. His own life and In fluence-perfectly mustrated these QuallUes-ad It Is aigniacant that he kept in helpful contact with all the winners of these awards fhronrh the subseauent years. He was an early president of the chamber of , commerce and ah r . j j 'eeoaeiSS:' MARTIN, JR. . Moderate Uiosen ITmiCA aPOP fTilAs-1 JJl VlilCl I 'nFSPZ T"r: ;TT--rrT'T Alartin oxjlass. Succeeds " I Bertrand hnell; Actire in 1938 Campaign WASHINGTON, Jan. ! 2-(5VRe- publicans In the house elected Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts by acclamation to night to lead a majprity greatly strengthened by thd , November elections. . ! . Martin, 5 4-y ear-old 1 publisher- lawmaker, has Interpreted the general elections as a mandate for congress to be more Independ ent of the president. " , -... u . He was nominated by Rep. Al len T. Treadway of Massachusetts as a man behind whom all fac tions of the party could unite In preparation for the 1 9 4 0 p e s I dential election. ' . S? ; . i$ x Martin, regarded by many as sociates as a "middle-of-the-road? republican baring neither ultra liberal nor ultra-conservative leanings, had ' been chairman of the congressional campaign com mittee which helped swell the re publican membership of the new house to 169, nearly twice its strength In the last congress. He also had been assistant to the minority leader he will suc ceedRep. Bertrand H. Snell of New.Torkv'who retired volunta rily after 2i years at' the capltoL - - V , - " - k t May Set Record : NEW-YORK; Jan..2H3-Pat-rlckr Breen, 29,- teleroae com pany employe -on Taeatir)1; get off: at 11:05 o'clock (LCT) ; tcsht from Floyd Bennett ainort In a tiny, 8-year-old plane .'with a two-i cylinder, SC-horsepower engine in an effort to fly non-stop to 111- aml. Fla. .- - .-- He carried gallons . of - gi line, most of It tn an Improvised auxiliary tank set Is tie cockpit, 1 and no flying Instruments save a compass and bank Indicator. . Airport officials said the trip If successful would set a record since no such mldzet plane ever had done the trick. . Breen never has been a professional filar," al though he has had some 1,000 hours In the air. . , - Coplono Rainfall ' 3tarl3 Vicvr xcor The heaviest tingle day's raial ua In ' Salem alace Ceceiaser 2 to recorded ia Ca!:n yc:tsriy. The r lntermltteat ""dowTyours of the 24-hour period es at T:S0 vu t'lta cn U 1.01 laca. On Dececl r I tier was Lit tzciejl of raiz. rf . r. . Perth Will Hc'Se ci British Envcy to Uczxe tXJXDON, Jan., 2iT-Tha Sari of Perth, who la IS years old, .will rstire In April as British, ambassa dor to Rome. " . Sir Percy Loralne, British am bassador to Turkey since lUt, has been approved by King George Fomemtt GOP Victories Need Analysis SaysBanldiead Meet PnbUc Opinion" Is Advice of Veteran on ; Eve of Congress Republicans Hopeful of Greater Voice; j Seek. . to Form Coalition By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, Jan. l-fly-On the eve of a congressional ses sion which finds the Roosevelt administration beset by an In creased opposition. Speaker Bank head tonight predicted a broad revision of numerous highly con troversial new deal laws. - In fact, he urged his colleagues of the democratic party to study the republican victories of last fall's elections, to determine whether the laws that have been passed or the administration of such laws led to those victories. If so. he advised the democrats to ''meet public opinion" by modi fying and correcting the laws. - He foresaw changes In the Wag ner labor relations act. the social security act, the administration Of relief and the crop control act. In addition, he. forecast anoth er effort to enact a governmental MiiM.nU.tlAn Kill mmA Ann raA that national defense would be a foremost subject before congress. ft la taaaohabia Id f""1""";. w": Aitwiamm. at anm lanaHh i4 will wlU probably make some very deft (Turn to Page i. Col. 2) . Southern Florida Suffers Isolation Telephone, Radio Services Cut When Plane Snaps Wires; Flier Hurt .FORT LAUDERDALE," Fla., Jan." 2.-tffVA workaday airplane pilot lay unconscious tonight, un aware .that his plane crashed Into the nerve center of. South Flori da's communications at the hour when maximum attention was fo cused upon it. - .-, l Joseph E. Marks, 1 8, acciden tally flew his crop-dusting plane Into -the telephone 'cables two miles north of - here," snapping thenu and causing v his ' plane to crash to the ground.' . - ! i AH telephonic communications with the north ended abruptly. L- A picture of , Tennessee's - first touchdown In the Orange Bowl came tn progress at Miami was moving on the nationwide Associ ated Press wirephoto elrenlt when the wires went dead. Associ ated: Press teletypewriter printers, humming with, news grew silent. Countless ears all ever the coun try were fixed beside radio loud speakers to hear Ted Juslngs ac- (Torn to Page a. col 4 GRACIOUS COURT RULES OVER ROSE FETE These loveUes decorated the sceae mem rallied for a breathless 7-S lent of Roses of which Barbara riixinijr DougaU, center, was - t , .. : . ..... I MghtyTrojan ves to Win ; At Game's End Score in Last Moments Gives California 7-3 Win Over Duke Touchdown Beats Earlier Field Goal Booted . by Tony RuiEf a By ROBERT MYERS ROSS BOWL, Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 2-(A,)-Southern California's mighty Trojans, i riding to tne peak of the comeback trail with a 11. -yard touchdown! drive in the last minute of play, defeated Duke university's big blue eleven, T to STibefore 11,000 spectators today. 5- W recking Duke's proud boast of never a loss, never a tie and never a 'point surrendered In nine games ef the 1938 schedule, the warriors of Troy, celebrating their return to the Rose Bowl after an absence of six years, traveled through, the air to victory about W BWVUUS UCtUl XJ UiQ AU1M t.U. The gigantic, overflow throng, gathered under bleak , skies for this 24th consecutive tournament of roses grid spectacle, saw an unheralded substitute and sopho more team up to break the .un matched record of the iron Dukes with four straight passes. The substitute story book back was Doyle Nave, and! the sopho more end was "Antelope AT Krueger, the lad from -Antelope Valley. Krueger took Nave's last long pass, good for 18 yards, as he waited in one corner of the end sone, and there went: Duke's hope of victory tn Its Inaugural appearance in the big bowL For three quarters It was a battle between the men of Troy, fighting for Southern California's fifth triumph In the bowl, and Erkf (tSev, Red). Tipton .Duke's one-man joffensive threat,. For three quarters neither team could get inside the other's 35-rard line, but the Dukes finally drove to Southern California's 15 hack of a 23-yard pass from Tiptom to George McAffee, and set ithe stage for the appearance of Toffy Ruffa. the place-kicking star of the Blue Devils. ; ... Place-Kick Specialist Boots Oval Trwly - With the ban en the 23, Ruffa kicked It high; and - squarely through the. uprights. The- three points looked as big as a house. 8. C. suddenly! caught fire, and the Dukes seemed caught m the conflagration. Bob Spangler, Duke safety man, v fumbled Trojan punt, Phil Caspar "recovered it and It was B. C ball on the' Duke's 10. But the Dukes refused to yield and the Trojans tried a field goal from the 25. Gaspar's boot missed. Tipton kicked out to the Tro jan 39, and Grenville Lansdell quarterback running star for S. C. engineered a drive that took the ball into Duke territory. Lans- dell made S, Bob Peoples added 1, Lansdell made T and first down on the Duke 4f. He made I more off right end ahd Krueger picked up 4 on an end-around play. Lans dell fired a short pass over the line to Peoples for I, to reach the Duke II - - Howard Jones, the Trojan coach, suddenly sent In . Doyle Nave to replace j Lansdell. The head man was going by air for that touchdown, and NaT was - (Turn to Page 2. CoL 1) at Paaadnut yesterday when XTsdvenlfy "of Sonthera California grldV victory ever Duke in the annual Rose Lowl game, "feature of tne Tonv Tw&Bmd in Northwest Storm: rHumcahe -Ul tint. Ri.iMi vr sj aw JKeveveveVevfevjia) ;rr m fii'vvfts, Windows Shalteredand Power Service Cut o Twister Preceded by Heavy Thunder Clap Believed Felt Also in Salem; Storm Center Passes : Throngh Business Area; no One Hurt . ; INDEPENDENCE. Jan. 2 A cyclone, small in area but none! the less damaging to property in a Willamette valley community where such an occurrence is almost unprecedent ed, Btruck Independence at 7:50 o'clock tonight and wrought, havoc in the business district which seems to have borne the brunt of the storm. No injuries were reported. -u Shattered plate glass in doori and windows of business houses comprised the bulk of the damage, but the lubricating department of M. F. FulmerV super-service station was wrecked and this establishment was probably the heaviest ' j ' ' " i oloser.L; Total) property damage Midwest Reports Sunimerv Weather Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska Send Word of Record Jan." 2 ST. LOUIS, -Jan. 2.-()-One of the warmest New Tear's holidays In half a century If not the w a r m e s t was experienced in Missouri and Kansas today. In factj It was almost electric fan weather. A:sttmmer-like sun shone down, sending the mercury upward to all-time highs In many - ef the populous centers. , ' ! In St.- Joseph, one of Missouri's usually cold winter spots, the maximum was 71 degrees, or 18 degrees "above the. previous high mark f or "Jan. XJn the history of tta eatlsaTheafian.--. . Kansas City's 67 today fell only three degrees short of its all-time January high. . OMAHA, Neb., Jan. t.-iJPr-Soaring temperatures that topped Che 70 mark In eastern' Nebraska ' (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) HomeIs Entered," Nothing Is Taken An unidentified prowler! took advantage of a holidays absence and entered, the home of Mrs. Bar bara Anderson, 245 N. 23d street, last night about . 9 o'clock- Mrs. Anderson, who was visiting friends, noticed! upon her return heme, an open window in the kit chen, and upon Investigating fur ther discovered an open cupboard I and misplaced chair in the UvIagU room, nouuiia; . v. - tiuv - ma missed. In response to her call, police combed the immediate vi cinity In a fruitless searchif or the Intruder. Later fingerprint were discovered on a glass handle : of the cupboard. - . ; Last Wednesday, Mrs. Aader son .reports, !a thef tried to enter the .back; door but' became f : lght ened when she screamed, and has tily left. The poUce think ihathe same person was Involved In both cases, as weU as la several other break and enter cases because of the similarity of the type of jim my need. . cmecm. tbe is snovra Here witn net .i," : .- ,: M,-.l v. . amounted to several thousand dol lars with no accurate estimate pos sible tonight. The storm struck suddenly; with no advance warning except that some Independence residents reported hearing a resounding thunder clap which preceded the cyclone's arrival by a scant; sec ond. Best evidence indicated-that it .was . a twister, with the low pressure center apparently pass ing through the business district for all of the windows that were shattered were bldwn out ward. The barometer reading had been extremely low earlier In the dy- ..-'.!'. In the telephone office, where a front window was blown out, all the furniture in a backroom, moved over against a partition and the partition Itself was moved a foot: or more toward v the front of the building. V. ? 4 - Power service washout of f when ft the flag pole iH&ilgii School r?l'r,TOU -'T H-' grounds crashed doibcrc"tkffrSo Gr I? wtree. Service was restored after about. WT minutes. Citizens were lusy,Jate tonight sweeping glass fro in the streets and boarding up broken windows. ' All marquees and awnings on C street from Main to Second rwere wrecked. Skylights were broken and! .tree limbs crashed down In many parts of the city. Business houses which suffered damage, In moat cases the shat tering of plate glass windows or doors, included: A.- L. Thomas hardware, Serv ice Shoe shop Harpole & Coons, The Independence Enterprise, Pay'n Save store,- Jewell jewelry, K. I Wllliaae. Grant By era and Cecil Lehman service stations. office and Addison's furniture tore. In addition to the Fulmer "ito iwugn laoncaiion aepart- ment. . .. Mrs. Fulmer, seated in the serv ice station! vrith her son, said a flash of lightning a moment be fore the atom struck was the only advance warning. She told friends afterward she had a feel ing "something was about to hap pen.' Only the wall of the service station separated Mrs. Fulmer and her son from the lubricating de : -y (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) r 'GtadeP Selected 1938's Best Film NEW YORK, Jan. S.-A-The New York film critics announced today their selection of "The Cita del,' a Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer pro duction.' as the', best motion pic ture or iaisi.j.,.. ;vfv - -James . Cagney and Margaret Sullavan were earned as having given s-thcl bestJ performances of the yearM3agny In the film "An gels With Dirt races. and Miss Sullavan la 'Three Comrades. Ye ar. Holiday Toll 259; Far Feicer Than Yule Deaths , ... (By the AasocUted Pre) . At least, 259persons died vio lently over the. New Year's holi dayless than .h a 1 1 the number who jnet sudden death over last week's ; three-day . Christmas holl- flay.U2.i s- u AntomobUecrashes, as nsual, accanntedf or most Of .the deaths -over v!50. iThe other fatalities were the r' Jt of fires, drown ings -, homlw lea, . asphyxlations, plane eracknr j, and other.csuses. : la :ti . -x York' jnetropclitaa area: fourticr' persons, depressed by t.ie' arrive i of 19. " were swi ciies. Oae. of them. Dr. Henry EUU.. Ilr Livingston Ilanor,- N. ffstlst tired a bullet Into his tea i ix a Times 'Square hotel will i revelera roared a greeting to Ce New Year in the street out side. . - ' - ' I ' '' f -Near Greenville. Ala4 an auto mobile carrying a family on" a holiday . outlag- plunged ' Into a creek. Seven of the cara 'eight occupants Were drowned. .A father ancV three children died In a car ? collision near . Most! Vessels 1 , ito Two Offshore Gown Boulderpool and GreeS -Steamer Riding out Storm, Is Report Severe Blow out at Sea ; Augurs Continuance of ' Rough Weather ' (By the Associated Press) , Two persons lost their lives. t shipping was forced to cover, lew- lands were flooded and highway '. travel and communication lines were disrupted i as Kid 1939 blew. Into the north Pacific coast area with hurricane force over the New Year holiday, j . -The dead were: Maylan G11L 18, drowned In the Chehalia river near Hoquiam, his home, when a rowboat capsised, His two brothers saved themselves by clinging to snags In the stream, Andrew Johnson, 13, electro cuted at Campbell River. B. C ' . on Vancouver Island, when struck - -by a high tension wire- blown in a high wind with a power pole. The steamer Boulderpool lost a. deckload of cargo yesterday after- noon during a'Ci-mfle wind off the -Washington coast. Later, ast .y7 night, the coast guard - reported the vessel said she was proceed tag to Victoria, B. C, and riding eut tne storm. ' c , -- h A . : e " gottler.eafller reported ia- diffl- C culty south of Vancouver Island,' ; last. night hove to and was also riding out the storm. ' r j't lOO-Mile Hurricane 'y-'. . ' Reported at Sea The Merchants' Exchange In r' Seattle was Informed by theMat- ' son steamer Mauna Ala, outbound for Honolulu, that a 100-mile hur ricane was blowing about 80 miles , off the mouth of the Columbia "river. . " As the gale and hurricane coa-.JL tinued to churn up the Columbia river bar, 19 ships lay at anchor Inside and eight or more-, were j standing by near the lightship, b dispatches from Astoria, Ore. Howling winds, from B U:irx miles an hour in intensity, started : Diowing- on ine uoramoia river mouth Saturday, and continued . throughSunday and last night. crasntnr nower lines ana xeie- phone" poles darkened Seaside,',. Cre.,1 for several hours. . Lights and telephones also were ont at- Ilwaco and Long Beach, in ex treme southwest Washington, for J a time.."-' v . . Hoquiam, on Grays Harbor, re ported Its . third . day of 1 0 miles an hour g al es. During the 4 1 - hours ending at a p, nu. last , night, ,4.44 1 n c h e s of rain had -fallen. . . ; v ; . ' , The Courtenay river, which runs through Courtenay, B. C on --i Vancouver Island, was backed np by high winds and a high Tide. ' One thousand acres were flooded. Ifanv.famillM left their hamaa tor higher ground. An auto camp was flooded with two feet of wa- - ter, as were basement storereoma oa. wain eueec X Lowlands near the month of the Kooksack river in the Bellingham. 4. Waah district, were flooded and - the river was bank rail trom steady downpours of rain. ? , none, Aia-, xouri man scaooi. am- - i)..t. mm Kara Ait . Attmtyt, mttmr m. school boa and a car collided. - . e w -.. ticstvuf sv vaa ejsvvHvM - were resorted. haH'-'". .Ten w deaths .f r em 'gunshot --rf.-wouhds were listed. Falls killed ' ' several, and more the n,a score lost their lives In nres. inciuaing five la Pennsylvania and five ia . . jaawew.j-- x.y-: . i t- ? t--...--. : Leading the fetates was Illinois with 2l4saths. -i y : . Alabama It? Arlsoak i At- r ska I. California S4: Colorado 7i K.: ; a 1 1 1 inn;, zbt i-'.-m. r im mi mt . mm. Jl-. mm.- T ... ., e.;1Tau' A' l?0tnrr S? Ijnl:!- siara ;tr Maine 9 , liary! ?. -4' 4; '?h aunnesoia Missocii . .-i, -2 1 Nebraska 1 j i;e sr. Jers X H Naw York 11: Ohio 1i -Cklahoma . . . ..rt . , i - I; , Orejon' 4;"Pensylvaaia ll; South Carolina 4 : South Dakota 2; Tennessee 2; Texas ll: Xtah ' 2 ; - Virginia 21; Washington ; west Virginia j,-.nucuwa t. sie XkJmacle of Ealem asl to '-(Tarn to Page 2, CoL 7) . as Lord Perth's successor, - court. -V ' Healdsburgv Calif., and near Koa- I