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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1939)
The bSECOIl CTATEoilAN SaUo, OrecaV Frl-Jay Morning JuirlStf )39 banners Move -Hit by Labor AFL , and CIO Together la Denouncing Request of !dt'Vage.Exemptioxi .... WASHINGTON, Jin. 1 TJesflAsserlcan federation of Ls-bor-ead the CXOIotned. today la opposing a reqeest of the fruit aad regetable indastry tor broad er exemption from the fair labor standard act for workers In han dling and processing, agricultural products. , . . Testifying at "a wage-hour ad ministration hearing- on tn indus try's requests Donald Henderson of the CIO said additions exemp tion for agricalte.ral labor woold "damage tha economic interests of the farmers' and "speed p the shift at industry from high to low wags areas. ' t Lower Wages Prospect - Boris Shlahkin, an AFL econo mist, asserted it would defeat V e purpose of the act which was to put a floor under wages and ceil ing orer hours. v. Merle D. Vincent, chief of the exemption $ section, told the : In dustry and labor representatives at the end of the hearihrthat they would Bare IS days in which to submit briefs on their testi mony. I . The wage-hour law provides for exemptions of workers engaged In processing farm products in "the area of production." Processors Protest Ruling '""-. Elmer F. Andrews, wage-hour administrator, has ruled this meanr operations done on a farm, or the processing of agricultural of horticultural commodities ob tained .from a farm 1 nthe imme diate locality. His regulation also limited the exemption to establish ments employing not more than seren persona. Protests against so restricted a I definition came particularly, from the riorwa, camornia and Texas regetable and citrus Industries.: Industry witnesses presented I pictures vot me growing, pacaing, i storing and canning of fruits and I regetables as an Integrated opera- uon. uone m many instances oy i grower-packer cooperatlTes with- in a radius of as much as 199 I miles ez tne pout or production. Frankfurter Gets Committee's Okeh Nevep Commtuiist, Either in Party or Beliefs, He Telia Senator - . I- (Continued from page 1) show lot hostility, he asserted: ? f t n Knllava, tiaf din erer taken an oath to support the aw aaww swas w w Ha .vw u w v constitution of - the United States I with less reservation than I hare, I and would now. Nor do I beliere you are more attached to the the- orles and practices of American-1 ' Ism than I am. I think I offer to rest my answer in that form." Alter several senators had skirted the question without ask ing it directly. Chairman Neely (D-WVa), with apologies for his I bluntness. Inquired: "Are you now, or have you erer been, a communist! MI hare never been and I am not now a communist, waa the rantvJ n "fi ma VeHarran W .In, "that you hare nerer been en- rolled as a member of the com- munist party?" MlT mean more than "that," Frankfurter said. "I mean that I km nn ftMn aifrnllad and 1 I hare j nerer been enrolled because ttiat dnaa nnt renreaant mv of Ufa or vnv view of rnwrumMt " I - In the same anlrlt of blunt, dl-l reet ! questioning. Senator Borah 'iR-Ida asked: "Do tou beliere in the Amerl- i eaneonstiUutionr V(t "1 most assuredly do." Frank- furter replied. 'Croppers Armies Remain Encamped .(Continued from page 1) them 4 acres of ground, tools aad teama. . I audit 3 Wi rASRINGTON,' Jan. lz WV I Farm security administration of-1 flciala expressed concent late to-1 flay I oyer reports that roadside I canvass of the rolls would dls- cppeals in San Francisco, yes demonstrations o f dissatisfied close "many thousands neither I terday, was released from Jail sharecroppers and tenants in I southeast Missouri were spread ing.--' ' . . Messages from local FSA offi cials said that scores of tenant families la Mississippi, Pemiscot and Dunklin counties had Joined many New Madrid county families In camp along highways In Mis souri's eottoa belt. : r Airlines MayBe Reorganized now Possibility that Oregon Airlines, In& - whose Marshfleld-Portland air service waa discontinued yes terday, might he reorganised and a fresh effort made to secure aa airmail contract wast, reported at the Salem airport yesterday. Leo Arany, of the Salem Flying serr lce was hollared; to be In Port land - working toward reTislng plans for the air tine. . . . Dally serrics etch way aad been maintained between Portland and Jlarshfleld anta yesterday, with stops at Salem within- the last few weeks.,'; ' . CoU Tluppert Condition Is Reported Unchanged NET7 YORK," Jan. 12-(ff)-Tne grave condition - of CoL Jacob Ruppert, brewer and owner of ' tte world champion New York Yankees, - waa reported unchang ed tonight by his personal phy sician. Dr. Otto Schweretfeger. The 71-year-old bachelor - was able to tc3La nouiishmen daring the day. - 4 f'!":. . iV Amis' T,e l UVf rV XCfA a ampuibiam planes) ulFr VV l-gg, Mexico "pt Wbiie ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, and airplanes, headed toward the Caribbean m for war iuml tt was reported. President Roosevelt wowld "cruise to the "war" none to see the manewrers and - to relax. Drobably saillntr front Charleston. SC. la February. This maw and planes are converging oa the Panama-Caribbeaa area. Naral Teasels stationed aloaf; the romte, aa shown, were marking Che route of the narys giant patrol bombers down the west coast AP Telemat. Croft and Beanter Service Doable Funeral Scheduled for 2 Shedd - Sistert KiUedTby Train : irnivv a 4.,ki- tr.H and her sister. Mrs. Jessie A. Bea- mer. members of a prominent pio- anr uuuij in u oucuu iuim- ity. when the women drore their car onto urrgou 'f way track near Tangent In front - n 11 It I oi anapproaewng irain. i . Double funeral serrices win be held at the United Presbyterian rhnrrh In Shedd. Satnrdav at 2 1 avioev neT. Georae Rohrbough ReT Arnold Finkbelner offi- Mitlne - and burial will be in the pnrh cemetery: The Fisher Fun- rai hams is making arrange- ments. I Were Oregon Natires Mrg. Croft and Mrs. Beamer were daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S. p. Brock, early pioneers of Linn county, and had spent their en-1 lre lires In Oregon. Mrs. Croft llring continuously in Shedd, while Mrs. Beanter nad resmea thar most of her life. Mrs. Croft was born in Shedd October 8. 1880. Itt June. 101. J ft was married to Joe Croft. She has one daughter, Mrs. Edith Steward of Shedd, who sunrires. r ivbvj ici iu cuureu tun ut uio WCTU. Mrs. Beamer waa born in Oak- ridge May 1, 1886. She was mar-1 nea to noy oeamer on vciooer i 9, izu. Mr. earner surrires. Mrs. Beamer waa also a member of the United Presbyterian church. I The two women are also sur-1 viTed by two brothers, Irrin Brock I of Salem, and R. is. Brock or Spokane, Wash., two sisters, Mrs. Mary Arnold and Miss Tempa Brock, both of Ehedd, and one aunt, Mrs. Jennie Snyder ot River- side, Calif. Debate Due Upon Cut in WPA Fund WASHINGTON. Jan. 12-ttrV The movement In congress to as- aert Independence and slash $150,- 000,000 from the fund President Rooserelt has requested for the WPA reached the house floor to- 1)1 with lh, Klaaatna- nf tha nns. I erf ul house appropriations com- mtu . I n.fAM ik. K.... . I A.t t4in. ii... . T0te on the question, probably i.tft m h. 'JLmutJL v vi t I Telt.g hopeg of getting the fuU a e aaa v. J . Jl.j erate the work relief agency until June SO. It recommended that the house limit the appropriation to $725,- 000,000 and that it nullity a pres idential order placing supervisory personnel ot the WPA under the civil service. . Tee ea Awael s m! a tVa Mam. bershin. the groun exoressed tha opinion that the works progress administration's rolls ahould be l purged oi "malingerers and many l others who manage to remain en I the rolls continuously." and aaid I also that It thought a thorough rightfully or Justifiably thereon." War Minister . Ijsalis Hore-CeUsha, Great Br!taln8 secretary of state for war, is shewm atartiax for a &orstsgJa skiisg en the faaoQs Crarrald ESI, at Straa, hoara; lraace. where he spent Lis , vacation Saturday , - -r - ti ; f v. d d 1 1 1 o o . . in thm Neum ROME, Jan. 11. -tin- Prime ' minister unimoentiii loamj uwu i a "Tiring squad" or a iiauua I squadron, BO lads from ilx to eight years old, daring: a fascist youth display. The boys, who marched with bayonets fixed on miniature rifles, g?." " J?? direct lm at th Cnamberlaln was TMtly naei ... .- almultaneonslT I nr "ou mnl guns in the exhibition hn ..nA him w. vu tmA mi.nii, ww. .,. h. nAar1. ioBt hi hi. .... 1 I wtnnwnvr xr v t i I j-idaho. shag'gy mongrel dog hA ttrrtwi natinnwida tion two vpin m whn ha was I triad hnfnra a inatfoa nf th amm I on a charge of causing a boy to drown, was dead today. The black-haired dog. owned by Victor Fortune, Just a puppy I at the time of his trial, was struck and killed bran automobile last nig&t. 1 Idaho was accused of Jumping " "o l suieu sreiet 14. while the boy was swimming. causing f mi-to arown. ue was wo years oi conime- ment by Justice of the Peace Ho mer Benedict. Fortune kept Idaho fastened to a rrmt In ft 1st verl netffl ira 4ath MONTICELLO, N. T., Jan. 12. (Wi Threa - months - old James McClean suffocated today because I ni parents could not afford a I mattress for his crib. His unemployed father, Robert, I found the boy with his face bur-1 led in a folded quilt, used as a I mattress, and - which apparently I waa too soft to permit mobility. Arms Request Is Cheered, Jeered LONDON. Jan. 12.-(AVPresi- i dent Rooserelt's message to con gress calling for a half billion dol lar defense program encountered cheers from Europe's democracies and sarcasm from the dictator countries tonight. British - and French applauded the United States rearmament proposals, nasi Germans and Ital- ian fascists asked against whom the American government wanted to defend itself. President Roosevelt's nronosais were displayed prominently on the front nirm nf all mnrnina- nawa. 1 ninen in nrlln. twa of w h 1 e h I rnmmenteri hitinrlv. I Said the Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitunc: "rT, mav wn v nnoa nn I who In the world is thinking ot attaovm- imr(i. antianiv. who. .arinnai m.rin h m. I thing chases shadows and sees ghosts that are not of this world." Mazurosky Freed As Case Reversed PORTLAND. Ore Jan. 12-0P1 -Joe Maxuroskr. Portland lewel- er Whose Conviction on charge ot using- the mails to defraud was rerersed by the circuit court ot today on 11,000 bond. United State District Attor ney Carl C. Donaugh said he would hare to tudy the appeal decision before . deciding wheth er Mazurosky would be tried again.' Masurosky waa convicted In connection with act! Titles ot ava alleged ring of take eye. doctors tad. ru sentenced to seven, yeara tn prison and a fine of $11,000. Japanese Vessel At Seattle Pier I Irawfl hmlrMT nrnm v.. f r.. I tng signs protesting "Japanese ag- ; gresslon" la Chins is women and one man demonstrated today near a tr where tha Jananeae mntnr. Ship Blkawa Mara waa tied. I Mrs. Edith Stelnmetx,. a mera- f-er of the roup, aaidahe aad her Iblleaguea were -Christian Deo - Wo.. t'- . I ' v f s ? r une siga suuee: . ? , . This shipment (of freight) saus unaer vnnsaaa protesi.- ; Another said: ."Christians like Japanese nee - pie, but not Japanese aggression. 5ay lloplune li-bocialist 2S52'a&&-2a retary er. Commerce , Harry : U popklna is shown on board -of eiecuoas recordx as hating been registered . here as a sodaliat jtarty member in 1115 and Ills, I T9ARMVE l' nit shows the rem tea by which ships US Fleet Steams Into Panama Bay . c IT!. . n w rvm wuicn u a; use Through Canal fpr big Caribbean Tactics PANAMA, Panama. Jan. 12- steamed into Panama bay to- nlght, all lights Diaxing, en through the loute to passage lw"w " hiiuuru iuo maneure. There Vas no attempt to main tain the secrecy with which the 100 fighting ships set sail from Bn wego, calif., Dec. 27. To More This Morning Canal authorities anponneed the fleet's transit throurh the closely guarded canal would be- tin at 6 a, m.. tomorrow, with all preparations to halt commcN cial traffic nntil the bar la cleared of the war fleet. Westbound traffic in the ca- nal already had been suspended tor 48 hours. I The war games In the Atlantic twill be Joined by 140 warships and 600 planes. Last Curtain for Jack Byrne, Actor NEW YORK, Jan. lz-p-The final curtain couldn't wait for the "climax" of Jack Byrne's stage career. After a quarter-century in the theatre he celebrated the anni rersary use summer Byrne sign IN I lew weeks ago lor the lead role in George Abbott's "Mrs. O'Brien Entertains. Byrne and Abbott were so confident that he would be smash hit that when Byrne fell sick, Abbott held up the produc tion pending his recovery, and even made out his contract to that effect. But today death abrogated the contract. Byrne died in the Co lumbia medical center. A Teteran rauderllle, stock and Broadway performer, Byrne was born in Brooklyn and made his debut at Young's Atlantic City Pier when he was 23. "Sonny Boy" Case Principal Killed CHICAGO, Jan. 12-(;P)-Walter f Stoma, deputy chief o'detec- tlTeS, announced tonight that John Quinn confessed he had ahot and killed his brother-in-law, Gordon E. Mordotf, a major figure In the list "sonny boy paternity tangle. L0 ?XJijL"?i I aide home about seren hours after it. Moraoii was latauy wounaea afternoon while running from his office In suburban Wllmette. The "sonny boy case began Feb. 12. 1020, when Miss Margar et Mann, 24-year-old clerk, ob tained a warrant charging Dr. Mordotf with kidnaping the child then abouUhree and a halt. Circuit Judge Rudolph Deaort finally ruled the youngster was Miss Mann s. World Conference On Wheat Planned LONDON, Jan. 12-PV-The in ternational wheat advisory com mittee, attempting to solve double problem of huge surpluses and low prices, agreed today to i call a world conference to consid er the wheat situation. Such a meeting, the first since ISSS. will be subject to general acceptance ot an agenda. A sub committee including the United States, Britain. Argentina and Canada, was appointed to work out details ot that problem. At eonunlttee sessions today 10 exporting nations tarored satnl- xnunt price agreements aa a eola- f Inn nf wnrH arliaat (Tta ,m 41. I gates from 12 importing eo wre uawinu swi UTima avB c- I Uil fT-M T35lia I mua j ajuaa A UTaJUi; I - , ' - Bonds Are Acted I j The West Salem elty eouncil. 1 al a special meeting this week. I passed "ordtnancea calling for aids i on a SiO.OffO serial bond issue for I tu ahare of a WPA narlusr nrtw t ject xor au atreeu ox the city. I The bids will he opened at the 1 next regalar eoaneU aaeettBsr. I Monday, February C At that time the ceauoca: orer selection of citr attorney win alas ha aattlad. I ror joia ma tut. I' Indian Pbrer 7i r SEATTI, Jani r : li-wvJeff I Heath, 22, Clereland Indian, bat- I ting. star, and Mies Aithea Belie iCaliand. If, obtained a. marriage license here today. onton, Italian Do not Yield Meeting la Held 'Draw as " Both Strengthen . Favor at Home ' (Continued from page 1) taliaa foreign minister, a partici- eant la the talks. Mnasolinl hlmseir spent a baa hour, yesterday with the newly ar rired Japanese ambassador. To- shlo ShlratorL A spokesman f or . the British delegation aaid aa announcement that Chamberlain and Mussolini each had stat4 his wosJUoa and understood that of tJfe-tthr-didl not mean their points ot Tiew war Identical. ' r - - It merely meant, he carefully explained, that they "came to an understanding ot one another." Frestth to Be Told .. ' Farleye Outtcosne s. -' - r The formal eonTersatlons were concluded tonight although Cham berlain's Tisit to Rome still had more than a day to go. British Foreign Secretary Viscount Hall- fax will go to Genera tomorrow night for a League of Nations council session and will inform French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet of the results of the eon Tersatlons.. . i " The 'Trench had been appro henihre lest Mussolini present de mands oa them through the Brit ish. .,' - '- (la Paris, Edouard Herrlot, ad dressing the chamber ot depu ties on the occasion or his re-elee- tlon to the presidency of that body, called on France to speed up and perfect her armament In face ot Italian dangers to her colonial frontiers. - ("Free peoples do not bargain for their frontiers," Herrlot shouted, "-they defend them.") The BrIItsh spokesman said. Our position could not haTS changed since we started on the expedition and that position Is sufficiently wen known. That was Interpreted aa mean ing the British still were unwlll ing to grant Spanish insurgent Generalissimo Franco belligerent rights, for instance, unless "sub stantial' number ot Italian troops were withdrawn from Spain. Italians hare indicated it was Mussolini's attitude to let Franco fight toward .rictory on the pres ent basis. Short Wave Ban Lifted NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-0PV-Two American broadcasting chains an nounced tonight that a three-day bait on ahort ware broadcasts to America concerning Prime Min later Chamberlain's rlsit to Italy would be lifted tomorrow. Men's and Young Men's 1 1 i. : I HATS I MaBory Contract line Held at $4X0 and $5.00. All Others Reduced , JJkTEST SHAPES AJfD SHADES - Snap Brim TTata Quality wool To close at ., &79 Fine Far Felts to close oet at Yahwe to SJOO Sweaters Newest styles tn hwttoa dow flarttan ! ' at-- i m atl fi6SSI r .am; fflMaaWaWaaae . i ..--.S-.- . - - . Caumningrjr atop a gtaaft holds the smallsat motor sat axhihitiaB BOXChed New York City. The big engine, largest la the show, weighing 20,760 poods, wI3 be used br the U.S. Coast Guard. The little one, weighing eight-end-e-htlf pouada, works ap one-half horsepower. First Lady Asks Anti-Lynch Bill WASHINGTON, Jan. 12-P-Urging that the rights of mino rities be observed, Mrs. Franklin D. Rooserelt told the national conference on negro problems today that she would like to see antl-lynching legislation passed. As her audience of nearly 1, 000 negroes applauded, the first lady also declared thit "the right to work should know no color line" and suggested that the remedy. If work discrimina tion exists, would be in "better organization." "Organization which knows no color line," she added. And la a good labor organiza tion, she said, workers must en dearor "to giro better service as well as to get better treatment." Special SIT $485 Two Features Groups of Oar Regular $20.00 and $25.00 Brooks Suits and O'Coats Store-Wide Choice of $30 Values $ . Alt If - J.1 all 0- 111 .a - au xuoacis, au Latest Styles for Manhattan Famous mm A "Brand Mew mine Manhattan trtalluaa as Nationally . Advertised: Wore Madras, Imported Broadcloths, Poplins, White om White SCoCtfa, gftUd Cskn, Pmttena. Brttaria Strlpea. Standard Price 2.C045 Standard Price StSOOS 3.50 We Pass These Barings Along to .Tow .. llxnhattan Pajamas -- America's best sad real . IJ09 ralnea st htaahattaa i ,.-( sL ' Of " $1.80 pajamaa '2 JLi&S ltaahattaa silk and lazary fabric. SMMM V-lff dteeal marine engine. Anita Speeht at tha National nal ssotoTooet snow tn Hitler Warms up To Riissian Envoy BERLIN, Jan. ll.-ifVRe I ens fuehrer Hitler surprised the for eign diplomatic corps today at his New Year's reception by talking especially long with soviet Rus sia's ambassador, AlekseJ Mere- kaloff. Both Hitler and the ambassa dor omitted the- conrentional ex pressions concerning the friend' ship of their countries at their prarious meeting, July 13, when Merekaloft presented his creden tials. The chancellor appeared at the reception, held In the new and im posing wing of the chancellery which he designed, in black trou sers and the usual brown coat dec orated with a swastlca arm-band and Iron cross, instead of in full evening dress. Purchase Added Attraction to Our Mid-Winter Sales Now On I lis AT BROOKS REGULAR CASH PRICES You'd Save From $5.00 to $10.00 on Suits and O'Coats So Now Compare the Values and Greater SaTings for This Event igru styies. Ail sizes in tne Men and Young Men at Stock. AU Latest Ge Shirts Vr 05 One of Stores Yalue. Neckwear Silks and tares. Reg. 85e qaallty sats 39s Reg. $1.09 finest hand-made tlea e . C HQ 456 Oregon Reps Put 3 V Bills Into House Duty-Free Flax Machinery Importing; - Battleship Oregon Bills in WASHINGTON, Jan. U.-h(JP)- Representatlre Knutson (RrMinn) proposed todayr a constitutional amendment to permit the federal gorernment to tax Income from state-issued securities sad state governments to tax Income from federal securities. Identical bills to establish min imum prices tor agricultural prod ucts were Introduced by Repre aentaUTe. Pierce CD-Ore) anal oth er representatives. . Other Bids Placed : Dimond D-Alaska) To aire control of Alaska .fisheries, except fur-seal and sea otto, to Alaska; to appropriate $200,000 for con struction of a bulkhead along the Nome waterfront AngeTJ (R-Oregoh) To permit free Importation ot flax scutching machinery; to authorize the sec retary ot the nary to cooperate with Oregon in preservation ot the battleship Oregon as a na tional memorial: to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in com memoration ot the completion ot the Bonneville dam. New Farm Bill Is Put to Congress (Continued from page 1) than the coat of production price 4 for products which they purchased or processed for domestic con sumption. They would periodically deliver to the secretary ot agriculture their warehouse reserves and ex port quantities, to be disposed ot "to the best adrantage In the world market." If the world price of a product were below the domestic price, the tariff on imports Of that pro duct would be raised to the amount ot the difference, plus 10 per cent. The bill would leare Intact the soQ conservation program, adjust ments in freight rates on farm commodities, development of new uses and new markets, the federal surplus commodity corporation, loans on agricultural commodities and refunds to the department of agriculture of 20 per cent of the duties collected on imported farm products. Lemke referred to the bill as a "streamlined rersion of the Mc-Adoo-Elcher bill," which failed ot passage In the senate at the last session by only six rotes. . aai I Yes," Sir t Two Pants Suits' are included ' and Highest Priced Salts Jn the Store. Proportionately Quality t.ii -" We Purchased Entire Stock from - Retirinr ' Owner of Longviewg Finest Men's for a Fraction of the Real . Slacks and Pants A7J wool Latest patterns and sty lis.' Gabardines, coverts, cheviots and fine - worsteds. Valnes te S.tl aad $5.10 now 2 w 3 SllEiiI STORE