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t-. : 'Ol'Iniaraxiee rq'T Accident win happen. The Sl-a-year accident pro-' tectkm policy carried hf haadreda of Statesman read era prove . Invaluable im many ease. t , k The Wealtct . doady today with light . mla Sudajr, Uttle change ta temperature.' Max. Temp. Friday 51, Ilia. 82. River M feet. Xoftheaat wlad. " - EIGHTY -EIGHU TEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday' Hernias; January 14, 1939 Priee Set Newsstands 5e No. 251 4 Craslta - m n, a i a a w w j i r v "r r- . z - A V7,r v BW B mr T ILPie .FIaime Year9 to Air TO Convict Killed In Escai Leader of Barker-Karpis Gang Dies in Prison After Failure Four Make Break m Fog After Sawing Through ' Bars of Cells (Br the Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. lS.-i -Arthur (Doc) Barker, 40, once one of gangland's terrorist lead' era and kidnapers, joined four other convicts in an amazing at tempt to break away from "escape proof" Alcatraz today and lost his life. I Shot in the head and through the legs by guards as he made ready for a desperate swim into fog shrouded San Francisco bay. Barker died at 6:45 p. m.. tonight In the prison hospital. I Barker, who was shot as he allegedly ignored a guard's order to halt, had Joined fellow felons in sawing his way out of a steel cell block in the island federal penitentiary In which he was serving a life term for the Edward G. Bremer kidnaping. Slip Out In Tog After Bars Sawed In one of the thickest fogs the rock prison island had experienced since It became the terror of fed eral convicts in 1934, the five ' prisoners slipped quietly through the bars they had severed and out Into the darkness. At 4 a. m., a guard noticed the empty cells and saw tbe severed oars, in a moment the entire 12 acre Island was aglow with light. Bat even powerful searchlights oia not penetrate far into the for which Warden James A. Johnston eescribed as "like a mass of wool.' Guards a!onr'ln4 fsla'ndV rim finally sighted-the jfjsoners flee- w luwira Tuners oi ban jrran- cisco hav. Dale Stamphill, 27, Oklahoma uanaper, was shot through both legs. ; The" other three fugitives sur rendered. They were William Me Cain, 31, a kidnaper; Henri Young, 28, bank robber, and Wil liam Martin, 25, negro, a post office robber. One Convict Gets To Water's Edge Martin was bruised and cut as he slid down the rocky northwest aide of the Island toward the water. Warden Johnston said th convict was collecting pieces of armwooa and tying them to gether, when ordered to sur render. Federal Prison Director James V. Bennett left Waahtnrto-n lt la the day for San Francisco to take personal charge of the in vestigatlon of the escane attemnt How the convicts got the saws remained a mystery. Johnston aald the prisoners were permitted to have no direct contact with anyone from the outside. Whether they filched the instruments from ute prison machine shop was matter of speculation," the war den said. The saws were not ZOBBd. To get out of the cells, each prisoner had to saw through sev eral steel bars, each about three quarters of an Inch in diameter. "it must have taken them long time," Johnston said. The warden declared there would be a rigid eheckup in an attempt to solve the mystery .the saws; , - i:'-' of .j . . - .. Friday 13th Birthday$ Run" in This Family PORTLAND, Jan.aS.-i)-FTi-day the Uth should hold no ter rors as a natal day for the young man bora to Mr, and Mrs. Wllbert S. Elckenberger, Portland, today. - Bis maternal grandmother and Us paternal grandfather were both bora on Friday the 13 th, Aldricti, States peTrv J. r 'From Road Commission Soon .i B. B. Aldrich, Pendleton news . paper publisher, announced while attending a' highway commission meeting here Friday that he con : templated retirement from his po sition within the year. . Aldrich would not state when he would re sign but Indicated that it might be at an early, date due to private business demands which were call tag for his attention. . - , ,r - Aldrich, jwho ' represents .' the commission from the second eon . gressional dlstrict,'k,took office March 23, 1937. His term expires March 31, lM0.:-;;'-- Governor' Charles A. Spfague made plain that he was not seek . lag Aldr ich's retirement and would not move to disturb 'Aid rich unless the latter voluntarily retired."' - .. .u-.. '. - -.. The governor Indicated - that , Hermaa Oliver of Joha Day, prom- inent ' stock raiser and banker. would be the probable selection 11 Mouse Advises Italy to Avoid War Nazi Head Conveys View to Mussolini Through Von Mackensori . Chamberlain Pays Visit to Pope to Talk Over Peace Problems ROME. Jan. 13-tiPY-PrimeMin later Chamberlain's diplomatic draw" with Premier Mussolini was thrust into the background momentarily todav by reliable re ports Adolf Hitler advised II Duce to avoid war during 193s in seed ing to achieve Italy's "natural a pirations" for colonies. The Tisitine British prime min ister meanwhile paid a cordial vis it to the Vatican, canvassing hopes for peace and the thorny refugee problem with Pope Pius XI. Hitler's views were said by per sons close to Germans to have been conveyed to his axis partner; Mussolini, through tbe German ambassador to Rome, Hans- George Viktor Von Macksen. Nazi Envoy Talks ' , With Count Ciano Von Mackensen conferred toaay with Foreign Minister Count uaie- azzo Ciano for tbe second time since Chamberland arrived Wed nesday. It was Ciano who used the phrase "natural aspirations" in a chamber of deputies address Nov. 20. touching off fascist clamor against France for colonial conces sions. Many who have been watching the development of fascist claims on France expressed belief Musso- lini, wanted to keep out or war. Spine Italians have said theiUIf ferences with France could be set tled without it. An Italian communique said the ronveraations between Chamber lain and II Duce reaffirmed their intention "to develop relations ex isting between the two countries in the spirit of friendship" -of the British-Italian accord signed last Easter. States Allies Will Pursue Peace It added that both nations in tended to nursue a policy directed "toward the effective maintenance of peace." The British delegation was un derstood to have approved tbe Italian announcement which as serted that "major questions of the moment and relations between the two emnires" were examined in the conversations which were "marked by the greatest cordial ity" and which "led to frank and full exchance of Ideas." British indicated Mussolini told Chamberlain he desired peace without making any commitments to that affect, however. He was understood to have made the re mark as a generality without re ferring directly to France. U Duce's insistence on "peace with Justice". was interpreted to mean he expected rranee to meet fascist demands for wider sway in the Mediterranean in some ulti mate negotiations. Masked Pair Beat) . Baker v Ickmith BAKER, Jan. 13.-P)-Mr. and Mrs. Emll Weber were bound. beaten and. robbed last, night by two masked men, they reported to police. ; Weber, a locksmith, said ! the couple was bound with strands -of copper wire while the men 'ran sacked the house and took be tween S3 5 and $50. The aged cou ple also 'was beaten with .brass knuckles. Weber" worked himself free and rode his bicycle several miles for aid. . . - He'll Retire f Aldrich left the 'commission. Oli ver has been a member of the board of higher education in Ore gon since it was first created. Should he take the highway com mission position It is expected he would resign from the education board. . - Meanwhile F. I TouVelle; of Jackson county denied reports that he had sent his resignation to Governor 8orague.i ' r.:- ; The governor asked mt to Ire- main on the commission until my term expires and I consented to do so,; TouVeUe declared. TouVlle was appointed AprU 4, 1931, and his term win expire March 111 of this Tear. He also Is a democrat. Henry F, Cabell, Portland, Is chairman of tha' commission He is a republican.'. Cabell was first appointed a member of th com mission March 31, 1935, and was reappointed March 10, 1939. : term expires la 1141. - 1 t ThisYear fon SI ir nil ? CHAMt. .RLAIN 4 -r - vVU 4' -v" i-iv -x s At mm - x Premier Benito Mussolini was among those to welcome Prime Minister Britain to Rome when the latter arrived for conference on the future G. Ciano, Chamberlain, Mussolini, sation. This picture was radioed Japan Is Alarmed At Guam Proposal Admiral Says Fortifying Island Near Japan Is Unnecessary TOKYO, Jan. 14-turdayJ- (P)-Rear Admiral Masao Kana zawa, navy spokesman, said to day that Japan regarded with grave concern the united States naval board's proposal to fortify the island of Guam. Speaking personally, Kanaxawa said he saw no necessity to Justify any foreign power In strengthen ing fortifications near Japan. This country, he said, will watch close ly the progress of American de fense plans. Kanazawa withheld comment on what Japan would do to meet the new military situation vhlh would be created by establishing of United States submarine and aviation bases at Guam, which is only about .1,500 miles from To kyo. (The naval board's proposal was indorsed in President Roosevelt's defense message to congress Thursday.) Japanese officials and newspa pers have expressed growing ap prehension over United States na val expansion, which - they de scribed as threat against Japan. Scarlett O'Hara Search Is Ended HOLLYWOOD, Jan. . 1 3-flPr- Selznick International studio an nounced tonight that Vivien Leigh, auburn-haired English ac tress, has been signed for the part of Scarlett O'Har In the film, version of Margaret Mitch ell's best seller, "Gone With the Wind." .. i-r; , Leslie Howard, blond stage and screen star, has been signed for the role of Ashley Wilkes, the studio announced, and Olivia De Havllland 'undoubtedly will take the part of Melanie. rs - Selection of Clark Gable for the role of Rhett Butler, leading male character, was announced some time ago. ' . " ' Last Ronndnp Set For Horse Heaven MADRAS. Jan. lS.-tPl-Ths Jefferson county court moved to day, to rid Its vast rangelands, stretching from the Deschutes to the John Day rivers, of unclaimed wild horses. - .V--u-., Elden and Numa McCain were ttren the court's permission to clear the ranges of the large numbers or . cayuses and hang- tails. The court said : the big roundup would comply with Ore gon regulations for disposition of abandoned horses, Range riders win he bonded. - Frederick Is Secretory Of Joint' Union Board PORTLAND Jan.: 4. Frederick. Portland Cooks' union secretary, was chosen secretary Of the Joint executive hoard of six lo cal unions of hotel and restaurant workers and bartenders today. He succeeds Gertrude Sweet,, recently made vice-president of the Culin ary . Workers' International alli ance. . WELCOMED TO 11 "';i""-" -.i 4 ' N ' - ' t ,1 - 1 " and Count Dlno Grand!. The parley from London to New York. Escort Promoter Finds an Escort PORTLAND, Jan. 13.-WV Three promoters of an escort bu reau learned today police already had a well-established service. The awakening came while J. W. Bllyeu, Patrick and Gijes 0'Callaghan,"the promoters,' were interviewing 40 males wishing to help lonesome ladles while away evenings at the ladies' expense. Bilyeu went to his parked car for application blanks, only to find police had escorted it to the mu nicipal garage for breach of a traffic ordinance. Dog Teams Hurry ' To Rescue Fliers ATLIN, B. C, Jan. li.-m-A rescue party left Tulsequah, 60 miles south of here, today with two dog teams to rescue Pilot Les look and four passengers who made a forced landing on the fro zen Inklin river Monday. A rescue plane flown by Pilot Len Cope of Marine Airways, Ju neau, Alaska, has since taken two of the plane's six passengers to Tulsequah, but owing to the soft field there was .unable to take off again. Awaiting rescue with Cook now are Dick Landry, dominion gov ernment telegraph lineman of Nahlin, B. C and Gred Graham, Fred Uane, and Nick Myatlc, all of Atlln. Senate Group Okehs For Job on Supreme Court Bench x :::.-: vv -' - - " V -xA : : Fonowina Felix FtanJkfarter's testimony before a c 1 nato ludldanr . sub-commiUee ta Waahfngton; which was conalderlas his noaina . tioat to tha supreaao oowrt, the eoxnmittee crowded around Che Bar vara law profeaaor eacer to ruike bis hand. Left to rixhtt Sen. W. aV. Borah (R-Ida) ; fien. T. Connelly: (D-Tex) Sen. U. li. Xelry, (behind FTaakfnrter) J.'.TVa)i cbatanaa, a Frank! oxter, hie , san-coarmrHfre approvca tt ypotntnsenta - Relief CONFERENCE V "f v - V:';;.::v Neville Chamberlain of Great of Europe. Left to right: Count ended after a 75-minote conver Murphy Is Given j 2nd Endorsement Senate Body Acts Again After Cabinet Member Speaks for Hour ? ' WASHINGtON. JaalV-Cff)- Frank Murphy, former governor of Michigan;, received today for the second time the unanimous endorsement of a senate sub-corn mittee considering his nomination as attorney general. The committee a e t e d after listening to the newest cabinet member discuss for an hour, at his own request, his handling of sit-down strikes in Michigan dur ing 1937. Previously the group had voted to recommend his confirmation without the formality of a hear ing. Murphy, however, had heard that some members wished to question him about his actions during the sit-downs, and he re quested an opportunity to make a statement. "I believe that I did my duty, he told the committee. "I have never condoned the sit-down strike or countenanced disobedience of a court order. From the very beginning of the labor trouble In Michigan, I warned the union representatives that the sit-down strike was Il legal, and further, that Us use would alienate publie opinion. Frankfurter Fund Coalition Vote o Rebels Asainsi - .:..- ... . .. G ' .... 1 ' $725,000,000 Funi fcess by $150,000,000 Than FDR Sought it Republican Leaders Are Jubilant Over Effect of Coalition WASHINGTON, Jan. IS - UP - The house, rebelling against Pre sident Roosevelt's spending poli cies, passed tonight a $725,000,- 000 emergency relief appropria tion $150,000,000 less than re commended Jy the chief executive. Speaker Bankhead announced that the vote was 397 to 16. Republicans, their ranks aug mented by the November election, roted with conservative democrats In an effective coalition to slash the fund before final vote was reached. The vote on the slash was 228 to 137. Pay Variation Section Added The ehamber Inserted restric tions aimed at the elimination of polities from relief and, contrary to the wishes of the administra tion, It adopted an amendment to provide that pay rates for similar work should not vary by more than 25 per cent throughout the country. Southern democrats were solidly behind the amendment. The day's developments brought partial fulfillment of predictions made by political observers since the elections of last fall, that the session would see the emergence of a coalition of conservatives of both parties sufficiently numerous to balk the president on many points of his program. Boll CaD Vote v Is Prevented The Issue of appropriating $725,000,000 instead of $875, 000,000 was presented under par liamentary circumstances which prevented a roll call vote on the size of the appropriation. The bill as it passed the house contains a provision preventing the administration from going through with an executive order blanketing WPA administrative employes into the civil service The provision prohibits use of WPA funds to pay employes so blanketed. The chairman of the house civ il service committee, Rep. Rams- peck (D-Ga), tried to lift the ban but his amendment was shouted down after Rep. Dirksen (R-Ill) told the house its adoption would "freeze" - the , appointments of many WPA officials In Kentucky and Tennessee who, he said, had been "Indicted" tor political ac tivity by the senate campaign expenditures committee. Republican leaders who ear lier had taken a 214 to 154 beat ing on a fundamental amendment were Jubilant. Privately they predicted that, by adroit maneuv ering, the . coalition which went Into action today could be kept together to combat other adminis tration measures still to be r ceived. April in January Worries Stockmen HEPPNER, Jan. 13 -Wr-Stock- men and ranchers in wis section were worried today by the appear ance of spring in January. The maximum temperature has . been mors than SO degrees, an unheard of mark for the season, for three days. Danger of a water shortage in the summer has been created by verr little snow in the mountains. Residents in outlying districts said buttercups were blooming. MILWAIJKIE, Jan. lS.-(Spec- ial) -Salem's Vikings scored a 39 to SI victory over the Maroons here ; tonight to remain at the head of the No-Name loop. . -. Taylor, lanky guard who gath ered 12 counters, and Daryl Ma son, substitute ptvoter playing his -. first rarslty . ball,- led ;. the Invaders to their, third straight leame victory.: Mason, coming la for Cosser in the second quarter and- after playing a full halt in ' the preliminary, scored,-eight points, r Richardson, , Milwaukie guard," paced - Taylor with : It points, ,r - The Viking Bees staved off a rally by the ' Milwaukie second team to eke out a SI to 19 victory. Kerns, vwith seven; and McKee, with six, led the win despite play ing bat the first half. S3 Milwaukie Sebern I -' Quackenbush 1 Goeser S Taylor IS ' S Baty 19 Kgglman i- -- 1 Howe r 1 Ttnrna McRae 1 It Richardson Sub, for Salem r Mason t. For Milwaukie: Whipple t. v.- ndin Plans Late Sports - Wife oi Russian -yx, ':ii::p;-f Misa Xathasha Gorin (above), 83, was arrested by federal acenta fat Loa Angeles and held by the government for asserted theft of naval inteUigence papers. Her husband, Mikhail Gorin, was arrested earlier in connec tion with the same case. Mrs. Gorin la shown in the county jail at a time when she visited her husband. (AP Tefamat). Spanish Loyalists Leaving Ebro Area Barcelona Bare of Males as all Men Hurry to Repel Insurgents BARCELONA, Jan. 13-6IP-The Spanish government announced tonight evacuation of the Ebro river area to a. line at Hgspitalet on the Mediterranean to prevent advancing insurgents from lsolat ingc. troops and civilians. Hecpitalet is 24 miles abrth of Tortosa (whose fall was an nounced by insurgents this morn ing) and more than naif way be tween Tortosa and the Important port of Tarragona, which is 50 miles southwest of Barcelona. It was announced a few hours after informed sources said the government had launched a new counteroffensive in the Brunete area west of Madrid in an effort to counteract the Insurgent's east ward sweep In northeastern Spain. A communique admitted the forward movement of the insur gent line north of Montblanch. Further north, heavy insurgent at tacks were said to have been re pulsed. Five Insurgent warships were reported attacked by government planes. They were said to nave moved off toward the insurgent base at Mallorca, apparently after suffering some damage. Barcelona was quickly becom ing a city of women tonight as ev ery available man made ready to leave for the front. Offices, stores, factories and even government buildings were more deserted than ever as men and boys raced to complete the last formalities of enlisting. Sprague Approves Session Cost Bill Governor Charles A. Sprague Friday signed house bill No. 1, appropriating $50,000 to help de- tray the costs of the current legis lative session. -- - The 1937 legislative session, which lasted nearly CO days, cost In excess of $190,000. Other ap propriation bills for payment of expenses of the current legislative session probably will be required later. Bridges Due to Attend CIO Council Launching PORTLAND, Jan: -(Ap proximately-zo delegates repre senting Oregon Congress for In dustrlal Organization unions will 'meet tomorrow to organize a state CIO counciL - ' ' Harry Bridges, eoast CIO direc tor, was expected to attend.- , Hopkins Confirmafo i0nP WASHINGTON, ? Jan. ItHfiy Harry L. Hopkins Joined his crit ics today In suggesting ways of keeping politics out of relief, only to have his . confirmation as a cabinet member delayed until next week at the earliest, . , : 'Members of. the senate com merce committee concluded their grilling of the lanky former relief administrator and then decided to hare the record of three days hearings printed before taking a formal vote on his appointment as secretary of commerce. - Friends and critics agreed that there are enough favorable votes, both In the committee and ta the Plane Plunges In Snow Batiks After Flaming Ship Bursts Into Flames . After Normal Takeoff From Miles City Salvage Crew at Scene? Air Investigator on Way to Spot MILES CITY, Mont., Jan. 13- . (if-A Northwest Airlines passen ger plane carried four persons to death in. flames on snow-covered creek bottoms near Miles City tonight. The four as listed aboard by the . airlines office in St. Paul, Miaa were: Mrs. Clara Morris, wife ef a . Northern Pacific railway conduc tor at Mandan, N.D. . " Richard S. Zahnlser, about 12, of Bismarck, N.D. Pilot C. B. (Cash) Chamberlain of Minneapolis. The St. Paul-to-Seattle boaad plane crashed about two mfles west of Miles City, in eastern Montana. After Takeoff Bursts Into Flame After an apparently .normal takeoff, it burst into flames and fell into the Sunday creek bot toms, L. H. Bliven, manager of the Miles City airport, said. He reported he witnessed tbe crash. First reports conflicted on the number of occupants. One report said five persons we're on the ship, but the North west Airline's dispatcher's office at Spokane, Wash., said H- V. Hewitt, a company employe rrom Parkwater, Wash., left the plane at Miles City before its westbound takeoff. The plane, flying trip No. 1, was due at Miles City at 7:35 p.m., (Mountain standard time) but arrived late. It was beta aero for a considerable time because of snow and adverse weather con ditions. At 11:20 -o'clock, tonight, Loa . . . GrilL managing editor - of the Miles City Star, said salvage crewe' --V. led by Coroner Ralph H. Gray had surmounted Icy roads and baa weather conditions and reached the scene. So Effort Made To Get Bodies No effort had been made to re cover the bodies or the plane s cargo of mail and express. Clinton M. Hester of Washing ton, D.C., administrator ef the civil aeronautics authority, left Missoula, Mont., tor the crash scene on an eastbound Northwest airliner. He said he could make statement before viewing the wreckage. An investigation, he said, weaM be conducted by the air safety, a, board of the civil aeronautic au thority. Manager Bliven said "the plane made a normal takeoff at f:14 o'clock, westbound. "I watched its course for dis tance and when I turned my head for a moment then looked again I saw a flash of fire which flared up about a mile directly west ef the airport. "I went to the scene and found the plane had dropped into a coulee In the Sunday creek bot toms about a mile away from where the crash occurred, ft was demolished and the occupants must have been killed Instantly. The Friday the thirteenth crash, first airliner wreck of 1939V a almost concluded for the pilots when they met death. The dispatcher at Spokane W." D. Markey,, said Pilot Chamberlela ', and Co-pilot Norby; were to have ended their stretchy of flight at Billings, around 100 miles airline from the crash spot. 1" , : While hundreds Of persons were restrained at the airport from go- , lag to ' the. twisted . wreckage, . searchers . dragged three charred bodies from the ruins. They re- . ported one body not yet recovered. AH were horribly burned. The Sunday creek bottoms are coulee-gashed and are called "badlands" because, of their ma- . Ugn terrain; They are a scant half mile from the airport. ' , The air mishap occurred Just a year 'and : four days after IS per sons were killed in the crash of a Northwest' Airliner in the Bridger mountains, northwest of BozenunV In south central Montana. - senate, to assure Hopkins his new Job, but Chairman Bailey (D-NC), . -said the publication of the record was a "customary formality. - ' : During ; a lengthy'- 4l ? with r whltehaired Senator Johnson (R- ' Calif.) over politics and reHef. - . Hopkins said he favored barring all federal employes from political ' activity and placing relief admin- Istrators under -"real - civil . serv--': . Ice." "I don't like the idea of petty politics in relief.'' Hopkins said emphatically at one point. "There la nobody in the United : States ' that the politicians dislike ttTtore" than mC ; -- - ' t-