EIGHTY -EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 8, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 24S
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3COM MOONEY, who for 22 yean hits been the "cause eelebre of
nlUtant Ubor throughout the world and key figure In the out
standing labor caae in American icgai nisiory, waa given rau
pardon by Governor Colbert L. Olson, new governor of California,
- before the , legislative assembly at Sacramento yesterday. Photo
shows Mooney , as he left Sacramento for the California state
capital. Story in adjoining column. (UN photo).
HuiS CHCNQ LEI, 82;- of Hons
officials ln';San FVanclaco; after
.e ainoEinf opinm was round m
rtmnki The yonz,. c2nanv wa
polico fingerprint expert. (AP
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JiURSK EDITH ALBRIGHT is shown holding nine-pound baby boy,
- who Dr. Morton Wolfe of New Albany. Indn said was born about
. 15 minutes after the mother had died. A Caesarian operation waa
used. The mother waa Mrs. Vivian Wheat, 2S. Dr. Wolfe said the
baby waa doing fine. (AP Telemat).
i KHIKNCE'S BABY ROBOT, a machine that talks, aa It waa demon-
; st rated la rhiladelnhla tr 8.
and Sirs. Helen Jlarpcr, at the keyboard. By the niannal operation
of keys aad levers,- the machine can be made to" speak, sing, laugh,
i scream tr Imitate any animal tow cam bum. Bet like sv baby,
learnjas to talk is .difficult, and the robot is having trouble pro
nouncing "L'V It wiU be demonstrated at the New York and Saa
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Kong was held by U. S. cmstoins
thonsands of dollars worth of
he iaue bottom or her ptmswp
: nnable to -apeak, EBglish. She fSa
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8. A. Watklns. a telephone engineer.
om:Modney Goes Free
Governor Falls
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In Faint After
Strain of Day
Olson Collapses Before
Making Slated Speech
at Fairgrounds
Mooney's Voice Breaks
Only as He Vows Aid
to W. K. Billings
By RENNIE TAYLOR
SACRAMENTO, CaliL, Jan. 7-
(jfy-Thomag J. Mooney. labor's
long-lmprlsoned symbol of ."class
persecution," went tree today on
a gubernatorial pardon and dedi
cated the rest of his rfe to the
peaceful building of "n new and
better social order."
California's new "liberal' gov
ernor, Culbert L. Olson, official
ly absolved Mooney of ail guilt
in the 1916 San Francisco Pre
paredness day parade bombing
a sensational crime for which the
labor leader spent more than 22
years in prison.
Strain Too Much
For Governor
The strain of the pardon pro
ceedings added to a "teepless 48
hours apparently were too much
for the governor. He collapsed
at the state fair grounds here
later in the day as ho' was ad
dressing an estimated crowd of
130,000 persons at a celebration
barbecue. Taken to a hospital,
Olson was found by physicians
to be suffering from "nertous
exhaustion as a result of over
work" and was ordered to have
"absolute quiet and rest for sev
eral days."
The pardon was unconditional
out Olson asked Mooney, erst
while firebrand among class con
scious -workers ot past genera
tion; to urge the people against
plunging themselvea into "a fu
tile and inhuman chaos of blood
shed and revolution."
Olson handed the pardon to the
calm, smiling 5 1-year-old prison
er In a dramatic and perhaps un
precedented hearing at which the
chief executive reported ne nao
received new information .in the
last 48 hours supporting his be
lief in Mooney's complete inno
cence.
Mooney stood to receive the
document, mounted the rostrum
by Olson's side and said:
Mooney Dedicates .
life to Democracy
"Governor Olson, I shall dedi
cate the rest of my life to work
for the common good in the bond
of democracy. Dark and sinister
forces of fascist reactionism are
threatening the world.
"The present economic system
Is in a' state of decay not Just
here but throughout the world.
It wiU be replaced, and, I hope,
by a new and better social order.
"To that end I pledge my ef
forts, and to .work for the com
mon good. ' .
Although , Mooney spoke
smoothly and with apparent calm,
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Democratic Party
Leader Indicted
HARRISBUBG, Pa., Jan. 7-fl)
-A special grand jury indicted to
day the chairman of the demo
cratic party in ; Pennsylvania ; on
charges of blackmail, violation; of
the elections laws and conspiracy
and then obtained permission to
continue its investigation of Gov
ernor George H. Earle and others
high in the state department.
David L. Lawrence, who has
served as secretary of the com
monwealth at 110,000 a year while
also heading the democratic or
ganisation, was accused In three
bills., w
They were returned by a grand
jury which a month ago began in
vestigating the charges that de
veloped against 14 top Pennsyl
Tenia democrats d u rrag last
spring's primary. .
Tho IVeatliGi
The Weather 3Ian, good dem
ocrat that he Is, brought on the
gale warnings yesterday and
then after a peek at the reao
t tion hnrriedly yanked them
'down again. The meteorologists
studied a meteor that waa w his
sing past, sneaking a ' ride ' on
the tail of Bailey's comet, and
came oat with a statement for
the press : that a disturbance
centering off British Columbia
had diminished and the legisla
ture would keep Salem warm
; lor a few weeks, .
Official weather bureau fore-
east for Oregon waa: Cloudy
Sunday and Mead ay i light
showers la west portion Sun
day? little change in tempera-
tare; .moderate south to west
, wind off coast. " ,
Maximum temperature fat Sa
lem Saturday was 43 degrees
and minimum 85 degrees,
He Frees Mooney
And Has Collapse
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CULBERT H. OLSON
Dallas Youth Dies
In "Cat" Accident
Russell Elliott, 26, Killed
When Log Thrown Into
Air Crushes Him
DALLAS, Jan. 7. Russell El
liott, 26, a resident of this vicin
ity all his life and former basket
ball star for Dallas high school,
was killed Saturday afternoon in
logging accident in the upper
Salt Creek area near Aebl s mllL
Elliott was employed as a trac
tor operator hauling logs down to
the truck road. There were no
eye witnesses to the accident - but
it is believed a log being polled
bv Elliott's tractor caught on an
oak snag, was thrown into thd air
and landed on the tractor, y
The youta theinSfWWWd' Ut
and Mrs. W. M. Elliott and resided
at the family home one mile from
Dallas. He was born there Novem
her 10, 1912, and attended Dallas
schools. Besides his parents, he is
survived by five sisters, Winifred
Elliott of Portland, Mrs. Dorothy
Kemp of Oakland, Ore., Helen El
liott of Fossil, Ore., and Florence
and Gladys Elliot of Dallas. A
brother, Kenneth, also resides at
Dallas.
Services will be held from the
First Methodist church, of which
the deceased was a member, Tues
day, January io at z p.m.
Crashers of Mint
Put on Probation
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7UP)
Two 15-year-old boys who last
month gained entrance to the sup
posedly impregnable $1,000,000
US mint through a partly-opened
window were placed on probation
today for three years by Federal
Judge A. F. St. Sure.
The youths, William Gallagher
and Paul Joseph Francis, will not
be returned to the San Rafael
school they were attending at the
time they tested the impregnabil
ity of the fortness-like building
Charles Upton, probation officer.
said school authorities expressed
the belief other pupils might
"make heroes' of the boys, and
suggested change in schools.
-Francis will attend a Dominican
school at Ukiah, and Gallagher
will be placed in a private school
in Santa Clara county. ,,
Keenan Condemns
Roosevelt Critics
PORTLAND. Jan. 7-(i!p)-Tbe
same kind of "unthinking and
vlsionless people", who criticised
Andrew Jackson aro criticizing
President Roosevelt, Joseph B.
Keenan, assistant to the attorney
general of the United Suites, de
clared in a Jackson Day address
here tonight, 1 '
Keenan, principal speaker at
the annual banduet of the Jack
eon Club of Oregon, declared
that -Jackson and Roosevelt "both
saw. heyond the ' necessities of
today to the fair requirements
of tomorrow.H ;
Iindy Is Sought
To Advise Solons
WASHINGTON, Jan. T-0P)-Chairman
Vinson D, Ga. of the
house naval affairs committee
said tonight he Intended to Invite
CoL Charles A. Lindbergh to ap
pear before, the committee. -; ,
Vinson said he would -write to
Lindbergh, who Is spending the
winter in Paris, after President
Roosevelt had sent his message
on national defense needs to con
gress.? .'- '"::"
- The Georgian said he would aak
the noted flyer to "give congress
the benefit of his knowledge o:
aviation,'
Mr. Roosevelt
Calls on Party
To Seek Unitv
Democratic Faithful Pay
$100 a Plate to Hear
FDR's Speech
Says Republican Gains
ill Bring Together
"Real Democrats'
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1-UP-.
rresiaent tiooseveit called for an
end to bickering arione demo
crats tonight and warned a glit
tering party rally that the only
alternative to party unity was
defeat in 1940.
After telling an Irish Joke in
a broad Irish brogue which kept
nis listeners in gales or laugh
ter, the president pointed the
moral of his anecdote by saying,
aiso in an Irish brogue:
If wo democrats iar for each
other now, we can be sure that
1940 is the corner where the
American people will be laying
ror us."
His Irish story had concerned
parade of the "Orangemen
who had borrowed a drum from
the Fenians, but only on condi
tion that they remove it from
danger at Queen street, "for
that's the corner where wo Fen
lans are going to be laying for
you."
Mr. Roosevelt spoke at the an
nual Jackson Day dinner, a mag-
nmcent affair in the ball room
of the Mayflower hotel
Party Faithful
Pay 1100 a Plate
For the privilege of eating fi
let mignon and being served two
wine courses, the faithful of the
Party
hoped"
reduce the
party deficit as a consequence.
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Ships Aid Rescue
Of Liner Aground
Oil Poured on Storming
Seas to Smooth Water
for Rescuing
MANILA, Jan. 8-( Sunday )-
(AVRecue ships poured oil on
raging seas today hoping to
smooth the water sufficiently to
remove passengers from the
steamer Hoegh Silvererest,
aground at the southeast tip of
Luzon Island.
(Agents for the Silvererest said
yesterday in San Francisco they
bad been informed the passen
gers already had been removed.)
Officials of the Roosevelt
Steamship company, Manila
agent for the Silvererest, said
the steamer SUreryew reported
she was discharging., oil around
the stranded ship.
The Silvererest is badly
aground on Montufar Point,"
the Soosevelt company said. "At
present there u no attempt be
ing made to refloat the ship on
account of the heavy seas. There
is apparently no danger to life.
Passengers are expected to be
taken off the vessel today."
Private advices from Montufar
Point said the Silvererest was
pounding heavily and probably
was badly damaged.
The Silvererest, a 3,360-ton
ship, carried 12 passengers. When
removed, agents said, they will
be brought to Manila, destina
tion of the Silvererest which left
San Francisco December 17 on
her maiden voyage from the
American Pacific coast.
State Worries Along Happily
Between Every 2ndi January
By RALPH C. CURTIS
In between legislative sessions
the state seems to worry along In
pretty fair shape and not many
people think of. any need for new
laws.. But when it's time tor the
session, e small minority suddenly
begins to discover, numerous cry
ing .needs and starts the machin
ery toward enactments to fulfill
them.-, .
. There "are predictions that the
coming session will last 50 or 0
days,- but there may ; be, some
successor to. the (politically) late
Rep. Height from - Canyon City,
imbued ' with the Idea that the
session serves no usett purpose
at all, and demanding that it ad
journ almost before it convenes.
: It so happened that shortly af
ter legislatures and" parliaments
were Invented and before they had
become thoroughly established In
stitutions, certain kings and . po
tentates also vers struck with the
Idea . that they were unnecessary,
not to say a nuisance. They sought
to. make sessions as ; infrequent
and as , brief as possible. So the
legislators fixed things uSo-they,';: (Turntft page tt columnjjconsideration of the proposal.
Stowaway Wife Arrives
In Miami Sans Nightie
In Second Place Plane
i
Determined Mrs. Holderman Makes Aviator Hubby
Open Door as Plane Takes off in Air
Race for $3500 Prize Money
' MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 7 (AP) Mrs. Dorothy Holderman
of Rochester, NY, who admits she ought to know better.
stowed away in her husband's
morning; when he was about to take off on a race to Miami
and arrived here five hours and 44 minutes later without
even a tooth brush for baggage.
Japan May Seek
Parley With US
Discussion of Problems
Arising in China Is
Thought Aim
TOKYO, Jan. 8-( Sunday )-)-Authoritative
sources said today
that Japan might propose a Japanese-United
States conference to
discuss both problem arising
from the conquest of China and
long-standing differences between
Tokyo and Washington.
Such a conference, it was said,
would attempt to reconcile the
respective positions of the two na
tions on conflicting interests in
China. (The United States on De
cember 31 bluntly rejected Japan's
"new order" program in the far
east and announced it reserved
all American rights in China.)
Long-standing differences to be
settled were described as: the
Japanese exclusion clause in the
United States immigration law of
May 15, 1924 laws of certain
states against Japanese ownership
of land; and tariff barriers' which
could be considered as aimed
mainly at Japan.
It was stated in reliable quar
ters that the new government ot
fascistie Baron Kiichiro Hirannma
would take the position that the
United States has no right to de
mand that Japan make conces
sions while what is considered
discrimination against Japan by
the United States remains un
touched. I
Cleveland Sleuth
Hopeful on Clues
Pursuer of Torso Killer
s
Believes Chase's End
Drawing Near
- CLEVELAND, Jan. 7.-;P)-De-
tecuve reter Aeryio, dogged vet
eran of a three-and-a-half-year
search for Cleveland's mad torso
killer, rubbed his hands hopefully
today over the latest development
in his blood-splattered chase.
He called "a very precious clue
the best tip we've had" a letter
police received! from a person in
Los Angeles purporting. to be the
long-sought slayer.
"There are j certain things in
that letter that makes me believe
its writer knows plenty about the
torso cases,"; Merylo commented.
"For instance the tells of killing
somebody out there and severing
the head. Then he buries' the head
'minus features. Several of the
heads ".we found here were dis
figured with lye."
The letter; said the latest vic
tim, the head minus features,"
was "burled in a gully on Century
boulevard," Los Angeles.
The letter also contained refer
ences to Pasteur, science, and the
inedical profession, "which Merylo
said confirmed his belief the
killer Is a madman, experienced
in surgery, i who is attempting
some fanciful experiment . with
human blood, f
Seven men and five women are
listed by Coroner S. R. Gerber as-
victims of the maniacal slayer.
would have to be called into ses
sion regularly and not dissolved
loo summarily; they made appro
priation of funds for only brief
periods, and saw to It that the
appropriations weren't voted un
til they had done the other things
tney thought needruL
And so it lis that Oregon's leg
lslatare must meet every two
years, and cannot go home until
It I votes the! money necessary to
run the state two year; and that
means anerf tne joint ways - ana
means committee finishes Its dif
ficult, and protracted labors. 'Any-
One who wants to estimate the
length ot the session has only to
keep track of the ways sad
means t group's progress through
that ponderous volume ot dlssy-
ing tables, the proposed budget.
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i The SO members will all be
In" town- tonight and the ' senate
and house .til( .hold. heir sep
arate caucuses at which presid
ing officer; will b elected- Just
a formality s this time and prin
cipal clerks! and other employes
airplane in New York this
s she had chased the twin-mo
tored Lockneed plane 01 ner nus-
band, Russell Holderman, as it
taxied down the runway at Floyd
Bennett airport. New York, for a
takeoff in the $3500 race, and
hammered on Its door.
The determined young woman
succeeded in opening the' door and
clambering inside. The plane
swept into the air and headed for
Miami.
Well known as a gilder pilot,
Mrs. Holderman rode in the plane
which came in second. First prise
money of $2000 went to Max Cof
tant of Hollywood, Calif., who
flew a BeechcraftN owned by Jac
queline Cochran's, the nation's
foremost flier and holder of the
world's speed record for her sex.
Accompanied by Dick Richards,
also of Rochester, Holderman col
lected $1000. Third place and
$500 went to Arthur Bussy of
Royersford, Pa.
Murphy Declares
Jobless Need Aid
New Attorney - General Is
Speaker First Time in
new Office
DETROIT, Jan. T-(flVFrank
Murphy, making his first address
since he became, atterney-ceneral.
said tonight that unemployment
Is the. nation's "most pressing
pfoblem" and '. It ''becomes more
pressing as the challenge of dic
tatorship grows constantly strong
er."
The former governor told Mich
igan democrats at their Jackson
day dinner that the objective of
the administration "must be a use
ful job at not less than a living
wage for every man who is will
ing and able to work."
"Industry should be given every
reasonable and sound encourage
ment that will help In the recov
ery program," the attorney-general
said. ". . . It is clear that
government must lead the way.
with sound measures that will
help legitimate business and pro
vide employment for idle men and
women."
Saying "a temporary boom that
will end with us no better off
than when It began" Is not suf
ficient, Murphy advocated exten
sion of the social security pro
gram to "those deserving work
ers now without protection."
Indep's Blow Was
Just Hurricane
INDEPENDENCE. Jan. 7 J.
T. Hopp, official in charge of the
Salem weather bureau, spent
Saturday forenoon in Indepen
dence to determine Just what kind
ot storm hit this community last
Monday night. After reading the
barometer at the R. A. Sylvester
drug store, and investigating the
damage, he stated that he was of
the opinion . the it was a freak
hurricane and not a tornado,. .
He also found that the baro
meter 'did . not "show a , sudden
drop as it would have in case of a
tornado. He stated tlrt most bar
ometers will not withstand a tor
nado, that they are broken by the
sudden drop In atmospheric pres
sure. Although found many freak
happenings he decided it was just
a hurricane. . . - -
Hopp expressed the opinion the
same hurricane struck 'the Ken
neth Hulae farm south of Salem,
where e, barn was raxed, and the
state penitentiary - flax . sheds.
three of v-.hlch were blown down.
g
Of Panana Canal
i WASHINGTON Jan. 1-yp-
Congressional proposal for en
largement of the Panarta canal's
facilities,- - or construction : of - a
new canal, across Nicaragua,
gained assurance today of serious
study at the present session. 4
f Chairman Bland f Va) of the
house merchant marino commit
tee introduced legislation' to su
thorize the -Nlearaguan canal's
construction, together with a bill
for construction of .s third set
of locks for the Panama canal
Bland's action was ragarded as
significant, for although - the sec
ond canal has been' proposed fre
quently, this Is the rirst time in
recent' years It naa received, at-
tenuon from a
committee cnair-
I man in a position to force serious
Propos
Lnlargin
Ninety Solons
Are Due Here
For Sessions
Two Houses Will Debate
in Fine new Building
for First Time
Preparation for Caring
for Lawmakers9 Needs
Is Completed
v-
Whether better surroundings
make for better legislation, is yet
to be determined, but when Ore
gon's 90 legislators take their -places
in the senate and house
chambers of Oregon's new marble
capitol late Monday forenoon, they
will be occupying a legislative
plant much more efficient and
comfortable than ever before and
distinctly in contrast with the
makeshift quarters utilized in the
last two sessions.
Supplementing the work of the
architects and builders who
planned and conceived a capitol .
calculated to meet every legisla
tive need, the staff of Earl Snell,
secretary of state, has been ex
ceptionally busy with detailed
preparations in the last few
weeks. Secretary Snell -made a
trip of inspection through the leg
islative chambers, committee ' and
hearing rooms Saturday afternoon
and announced that all waa in
readiness.
The work of placing supplies on
the legislators' desks was com
pleted late Saturday and all fur- '
nishings had been installed in the
committee and hearing rooms. The
capitol cafeteria will be in opera
tion Sunday. There are approxi
mately 40 committee and hearing
rooms available for the legisla
tors at the 1939 session.
Legislators Praise
Physical Plant
Legislators who arrived here
yesterday : praised the physical
legislative plant and expressed the
opinion that the convenient setup
would expedite the work of both
the -lawmakers and the legislative' '
employees. - - ' -- -
Oa each legislator'! desk will ,
be found a liberal supply ot let
terheads and envelopes, pens and
ink, pins, rubber bands, lead-pencils,
stamps, muscilage, bill file,
blotters and s copy of the Oregon '
code.
These supplies are the property
of the legislators and any left
overs may be taken home by
them when the session adjourns.
Stamps will be Issued on requi
sition as they are required by the
legislators. The stamp bill at the
1937 session aggregated more1
than 15000.
Assignment of janitors and
HKiiuiueu ivr iue acasiuu wen
made by the secretary of state
early Saturday and most of these
men reported for work later is
the day. Approximately 15 addi
tional janitors and watchmen
will be required during the leg
islative session.
Cafateria Modern
In AH Respects
The cafateria which is located
in the basement of the capitol "
building is modern in every re
spect.
Most of the com-nittee and-
hearing rooms are located on the.
third and fourth flootc 'of the
capitol. One ot the largest ot .
these has been placed at the dis
posal of the joint ways and .
means committee.
Placards have been placed at
the entrances of all committee
rooms for the convenience of .
the lawmakers. An Information
booth, for the convenience of ;
both legislators and the public,
will be operated during the see- :
slon.1-
There , will be two public ele
vators In operation from t h e i
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F. D. Roosevelt JO
WASHINGTON. Jan. T-UPW
franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sri-,
5-month-old son- of Mr. and Mrs.;'
Franklin D. . Roosevelt. ' Jr., was
christened today at the White
House in the presence of Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. --
Bishop Julius Atwood, 82-year-old
former Episcopal bishop 4 of
Arizona, officiated. Godfathers
were A. J. Drexel . Pasl, Jr., of
Philadelphia, and D. Eldredge
Jackson, jr., of New lotk. The
godmother was Mrs. James P.
Polk, Jr.,, ot Long Island, New
Tork. - - - -.
All the godparents were mem
bers ot the wedding party when
tall young Franklin married Eth
el Da Pont In Jane 1937.
The ceremony-today was. Is an
vpstairs sitting room which once
served as a cabinet room. .
YoutJit C.
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PORTLAND, Jan., 7 (.T) - A
daring daylight holdup ia the Be
UCU HUlWUlt VMJ ., J IWV
to two youthful ' . bandits who
slogged . Grant C Braman, Bedell
company credit manager, with r
pisto). Braman was the only per
son to seejthe, bandits. .