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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morninr, January 25, 1939
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No. 260
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Delayed by Icy gales mad battering
sighted from an airplane aa she
- the ten snrrlTora of the wrecked
halfway between New York and
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Mrs. .George Ingham, one" of the passengers who chmg ton Ute raft tor
tea howrs after the flying boat pinnged into the sen and musk, is
tag assisted from the rescne shlp
lira. J. Cordon Hotkey woo left
her hnsband, retams a. wiiow,
three persons lost A Telematw
EnrriTors f the CaVaUer Cisaster are escorted down the sanrplank
- t-t .niror. " whirH effected a-dramatlc rescne at Sea. Its liieboat
rwas ipiIJlPd t tie last fcy a hymn, sung by the stout-hearted nr
TlTors. AP TeleanaU . '
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seaa,4he tanker Esso Baytovn la
steams Into New Yark harbor with
airliner Cavalier, forced down
Bermuda during a storm. AP Tel-
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NeirTorlc aboard fh Cavalier with
her hasband harlng been one M the
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lurgetits
to Barcelona Gate
In Speedy Advance
Lack of Defense Prompts Predictions
Capital Will Fall in Three Days;
Army. Within two Miles
2,000,000 Persons
Gty Fear for Lives; Loyalist
v v Government Moves out
, (By The Associated Press.)
A Spanish insurirent army on wheels" rolled up from
the south to the outskirts of Barcelona last night in a sur
prisingly swift dash which made insurgents confident the
government's capital would fall within three days, perhaps
two. -
Within the city, largest in
reported losing a calm they had
Horrors ot war, ieanui ai tne
able to flee to the north.
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Trains were stocoed and
Miss Perkins
; Asks Hearing
Secretary Wants Solon's
Impeachment Demand
Investigated
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-ff)-A
formal demand in the house for
Impeachment of the first woman
cabinet member brought from Sec
retary of Labor Frances Perkins
today a request for "an immediate
heartng." V '
In ImDeachment resolution.
aimed hot only at Miss Perkins but
also at Jam te 4 Heatimav im
migration commissioner, and'jQer
ard D, 'ReiUy,' Ubor department
solicitor, accused the trio of rbigh
crimes and misdemeanors' In tail
ing to continue deportation pro
ceedings against Harry. Bridges,
west coast CIO leader.
Rep. Thomas (R-NJ) introduced
the measure, - which was turned
orer to the bouse Judiciary com
mittee. , ' . K.: -
" Miss Perkins promptly, issued a
statement asklnt for the hearing
so congress and the public "may
be fuUy acquainted with the true
facts ot - the deportation- proceed
ings in .the Bridges case and the
reasons4 why they hare been hsld
la abeyance mporarllyJ,i U ?J?
Chairman Samners (D-Tex) said
iao Judiciary committee' w o a 1 d
meet ia a' day or - two to decide
what course to Uke on the reso
lution, : which: reqnejsts the , com
mittee, to submit to the h o a a e
"such articles ot impeachment, as
the facts may warraat.
- In the : background of tho im
peachment : action ,waa . a long
standing dispute orer the Bridges
case between Miss Perkins and the
bouse committee on nnAmerican
actlTities. Thomas was a member
ot that committee.-. - i -.-h
He cited testimony before the
eommltteO tbat Bridget s waa an
alien and a commualst and con
tended -the commnnist pany oto
eatea - oTerthroir of thi gown-
mentl)7 torce and violence.'
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TP1MlllJWDbre.. Jan. l-Uf)
-Oreton haa too; maay- cnarenes
and some of them snouio pe
closed- C' Ai KeUs, Salem? presl-
dent of 1 the Oregon vouncu
Churches," told Idelerateato a
council conrention today.
; i He warned particularly agalaat
oTercburchlnr" small cemmani
Ues and "c II d as example an
Idaho town of ISO which he
said ad 28 churches, ue caar
ed ; tna?eonBcU should 4 try , b
correct the sltnatiott close some
churches.'?"?' ':;;'.:;'v'--'
; Rer.i Walter Myera of Eutene
was a 1 c it a d preaident of tba
counelVfor ,lHI, and Dr. M. A.
Mar cy of Portland secretary. Di
rectors at 'large Include C." A.
KeUs,. Dr. Bruce Baxter, J. F.
L'lrich, I JusUce " George, " Rossman
ander. O. E. roster of Salem.
Rot a D. Harris ot Dallas,
Prank Bennett ot Albany and
Rev. SV Darlow Johnson f
Grants' Pass, formerly ot Salem.
Irrigation Tallied
IIARRISBTJRO, Ian. t l-ift-
Esuthern Willamette valley farm
ers .'.considered a - plan . today to
diTert . IIcKensie rlrir waters
above Ca Coburg bridge through
lluiiy creek to irrigate leveral
ttoasani3 .acres 'of land in the
Ilarriiburg and Coburg districts.
Frank Iiropt, fanner, estimated
the initial cost at IS an acre In
, addition to an annual assessment
of SO cent an acre for: main
tenance. ..--.i-iJii.r-
Roll up
in Spain's Largest
Spain, 2,000,000 people were
maintained through previous
J 11 7 X A. .aV La
prospect mey nugni, now w
there were few motor vehicles
qt""'1-'' to carry the refugees
away from the ranee io oomos
and shells. Bombings in the last
three' days and nights had taken
an estimated toU ot nearly 600
dead and wounded.
The southern army advanced to
within, a mile and a half of Bar
celona's center after capturing the
government airdrome at Prat de
Llobregat almost without firing a
shot. It was expected to. halt in
the .suburbs -and wait for rein
forcements from other directions.
Reports to the French frontier
Indicated lack ot ammunition
might be the explanation for fail
are of the defending troops to
make a stand.
According to military experts in
Paris, fall of Barcelona would
probably mean faU ot aU Cata
lonia, comprising Spain's principal
industrial regions, within a. lew
! The government left Barcelona
daring -the day tor an undisclosed
destination in the north, probably
Gerona, about 15 miles from the
French border, or Flgueras, 20
miles north of Gerona.
The United States cruiser Oma
ha arrived off Caldetas, Spain, 20
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Subsidy for Flax
roup
Nearby Growers Ask for
t State Official' Aid on
: Action, now
Immediate , consideration by
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
of a prbpofeal bf Senator Charles
I McNary to subsidise the Ore
gon flax industry, was urged by a
delegation ot fcMt. Angel and
Clackamas - county . flax growers
here Tuesday.-x r "
The flax growers asked Gover
nor Charles A. Sprague, Secre
tary of State-Earl Snell and State
Treasurer Walter E. Pearson to
send telegrami to the federal offi
cials stressing the necessity tor
immediate action. --
"The proposed subsidy Is bad
ly needed to stimulate planting of
flax fibre in Oregon," a resolution
adopted by the flax growers read.
The flax growers also requested
a- fargef ' acreage" for the year
1 1 S 9. It was pointed out that op
eration of the several flax plants
would be on -the same basis as in
ItSI, and that any surplus flax
would be taken over by the state.
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Oregorfs Weather
11 Menu Is Variti
i PORTtJLND. Ore Jan.
Fog, rain, snow and freestng tem
perature set' the course ot Ore
gon's weather, east and west o
the Cascade mountains today. ;
:c Shipping and airline schedules
were delayed by fog In the Colum
bia river area. Lakeview reported
the lowest minimum 'temperature
i degreesin ; Oregon and
Burnt was close. behind with; 1
desiees. ". r '-; v3;4?-:r':
Shower in the northwest, light
snow in the-mountains and little
change in temperature were pre
dicted for tonight and Wednesday.
Loa . readings included Baker
10 .degrees. Bend 10 Brookings
14, Hood River 21. Uedford It,
Pendleton S3. Portland S5, Rose
burg . 1 0, : l;-lyou Summit 22,
Newport If . a-J Norm. Bend.lt.'
$10,000 U fevered for J.
: . VcUey Project Agency
' "The Joint way and means
committee decided Tuesday to re
port out 1 favorably the bill of
Senator Douglas- McKay (R-Sa
lem) .appropriating 118.000 for
the creation of a -Willamette val
ley project - commissioa to. o
operate with, federal agencie in
connection with - the proposed
WiUametU .YaUey project.
Pushed by G
T
Hold
Bitter Debate
On W A Needs
Economy Forces Attack
Administration list
of Relief Needs
Close Vote Is Certain
on Move to Slash
FDR's Request
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-V
Senate economy advocates de
nounced administration figures on
relief needs as inaccurate today
at the helgbt of a bitter, slashing
debate on raising or reducing
WPA appropriations. The contro
versy was made the more intense
by the acknowledied fact that a
close vote was expected.
From the administration side
came a warning by Senator Mc-
Kellar (D, Tenn.) that if a pro
posed cut of $150,000,000 is car
ried through, three-fourths of
those entitled to relief will be de
prived ot it by June.
The issue was whether $875,
000,000 requested by President
Roosevelt to finance WPA from
February 7 to. June 30, should be
appropriated, or whether the sum
shoufil be $725,000,000, voted by
the house and approved by the
senate's appropriations commit
tee. To this reduction the senate
committee added an amendment
forbidding more than a five per
cent reduction in relief rolls dur
ing the "cold weather months"
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 7.)
Friends of KO AC
Strengthen lines
Added $500 Is Voted to
Oppose KOVa Use of
PORTLAND, Jan. 24-P-The
siaie Boara ox nigner eaucauon
appropriated an additional $500
today to oppose the application ot
radio station KOT, Phoenix, Art
to use the tame wave, length as
station KOAC, the . state-owned
broadcasting enterprise at Oregon
State college. -, .
- L. : R. : Brelthaupt "-of Oregon
State college Was formally named
the state's representative in the
atrtfgglew.Tha allotment brought
to $1500 the amount assigned to
conduct the" dispute.
E. C. Banunons, chairman of
the finance committee, reported
a favorable bond market had made
it possible or the board to issue
its own bonds and sell them pri
vately rather than turning them
over to the PWA for loans on
building projects.
The District Attorneys'- associ
ation asked continuation of a
crime detection laboratory at the
University of Oregon medical
school, the Aero club of Portland
recommended application for a
pilot training , unit, at the state
college and the . Farmers' - union
urged forceful action to protect
KOAC.
The . board- granted an in
definite leave of absence for
John J. Landabury, dean of the
University of Oregon ai hool of
music. The basis for the leave
as not revealed.. '
Quakes in Chile
Said Fatal to Six
SANTIAGO,' Chile, Jan. 25-i)
-A series of - earthqnakes short
ly before midnights rocked1 this
capital and ,a large - section of
central: Chile - and earrr today
communication i were; disrupted
with the large cities of Concep
tion and - Talca. - (Buenoe Aire
dispatches said temblor were
f e i t in . the , Andean provinces.
Mendoaa and." Baa'. Juao, which
adjoin Chile.) . .,
h First reports from, provincial
areas gave 4 six. dead' - i -
There were no casualtie here.
. Both . -the nary and govern
ment along, with, : private t radio
stations w r trying tc reach
Concepcloaw a "eity f , 77,000
population more than' 100 miles
south ' Of Eantiara' and ' m . iha
Pacific, ' ' .. -:: ::y-
Talca, .- tnUnd . city - of 4 1.0 1 1
midway between ' Santiago " and
Concepeiou. likewise could not be
reached v I 1 - - - - , -..
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Radio irlista; to
Demand Contracts
JJEW YORK, Jan. 14--Mr.
Emily.- .Holt i national axeeatfra
secretary of the American Feder-
Senators
auon or radio artlstsv announced
today "there - la ; no alternative
but to striked If Individual radio
programs refused to sign contracts
with the AFRA.' i .- ,
Contract were Mat ; by AFRA
advertising' agencies handling
commercial radio .prograsi with
the suggestion that they ta Uri
"immediately.' .. .... .
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Bens
For Final Action
House Deletes ;
References to
Senate Amendments Are
Eliminated Despite
Lonergan's Fight .
I
Portland Member Holds
Definite Statement
May Be Required
Final action on Governor
SpragUe's amendment to the un
employment compensation act to
insure certification ot the law by
the social security- board next
week became a special order of
business for the house this morn
ing at 10:20 o'clock as the lower
body Sped through preliminaries
Tuesday.
Thee house put the bill through
first and second readings Tuesday
morning and in the afternoon
adopted the report of its revision
of laws committee that it pass
without the senate amendments.
The committee report was adopt
ed after a motion by Rep. Frank
J. Lbnergan (R, Portland) to
make lit a special order of busi
ness tor this morning, to give
members more time to study the
deletion of senate amendments,
failed! 33 to 25.
Thinks Reference
May Be Necessary
Lonergan, who objected -to the
haste -with which the house com
mitted considered the bill,' said
he believed the senate committee
amendment, which expressly de
clares that the anti-nicketinsr law
ahould' aot '&ffect th vunemploy-
mentact, snouia oe given more
eonsldration. Reference to i the
antl-picketlng law was deleted by
the house committee. . :
VIfthe anti-plcketing law does
not affect the unemployment com-
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auperint
s
Decision
School Board to Take up
Gliser Tennre Later;
1 50 Petitiont in
With one member absent, the
Salem school board . last night
gave no consideration - to the
superfntendency .question, raised
by . the presentation ot 11 . peti
tions at the first January -meeting
requesting that Silas Gaiser
be retained in that position.
The directors ; will I be j called
together to take up : the matter
"when they are ready Chair
man 1 W. ' F. Neptune said after
the' meeting. When that may; be,'
he said he waa unable to- predict.
Nineteen aditional .- petition,
bearing 54t signatures, in Gais
er's support were filed with the
board 1 last night to bring the to
tal number of signer in' hi fav
or to 5 0 2. Names of ministers,
business -men, civic leaders, pro
fessloaal people and . housewives
headed the; petition, which, de
clared; Galser's administration of
the schools "efficient, progress
ive and eatisfsctory." ...
Business transacted by the
board was of a -routine nature.
Purchase of 41 fire extinguishers
. v" (Turn to Page 1, Col. 2); t-
1 VP
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If tny niember -of, th legisla
ture spends a dull evening in a
hotel room tonight, it's nobody's
fault but his own. There are plen
ty of placet to go and event to at
tend. Passing over the hearing oh
the closed shop bill .which may be
over In time tor some OthSa activ
ities, and not trying to mehtlon
them all, the suggestion include:
1. For republicans, the meeting
ot the Young Republican club at
the Marion hotel. S pjn..-l. . .. .
2. For all members, the Salem
grange's benefit dinner and social
evening at the new Grange home
on east D street, half a mile north
east, of the state hospital, from
;3I to 8..MIght take this in. -before
the htariug. A.'Ar Geer,
grange maater, extend the invitation.-
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; On Thursday night the members
are .invited to be guests of . the
Elks; those who belong to the or
der, tor the brief lodge session at
1 o'clock? the others for the spe
cial entertainment at I o'clock.
? r Rep. E. WTJmbeTllng, of
rrairie -City . became, a grand
father for the second time Sat
terday. The repTesentatrre. who
has been - awaiting the pleased
event with some anxiety, was
Ppetinglaw
endency
SMpped
Legislat
Sidelight
auioii
Proposed Bill
Oh Excise Tax
Is Announced
A fairly - complete picture ot
proposed tax changes which will
be placed before the, legislature
was available, on Tuesday . follow
ing announcement ot the general
nature of a bill designed to in
crease the revenues of the cor
porate excise tax.
Already introduced in the house
are bills proposing to eliminate
the intangibles tax, which would
result In the taxing of Invested
wealth' income on the same bas
is as other Income, and to broad
en the base of the income tax.
The corporate excise tax bill is
calculated to produce an addition
al $475,000, which together with
the anticipated increase from the
broadened income tax of $900,
000, would make up tor the loss
resulting from change in the
(Turo ta page 1, col. 6)
Cavalier Mishap
Gets British Eye
Air Ministry Investigates
Crash; Incident Has
Mystery Cloak
NEW YORK, Jan. 24-ffV-The
British air. ministry tonight began
an investigation into the myster
ious power-failure crash of the 19
ton Imperial Airways Dying boat
Cavalier, with the loss ot three
lives at sea, as the captain ot the
lost plane said "definitely" the
tragedy was not caused by icing.
"The. Cavalier was equipped to
combat ice.". , said ". 11-year-old
Capt. M. Rowland Aid erson, who
waa rescued with nmt-other ur-
"At no time did f have the
lightest fear of ice formation
either on the wings or clogging
the carburetors. I have flown
through tar worse conditions. The
whole thing is a mystery to me."
Without elaboration, under
strict orders not to discuss tech
nical phases of the disaster, Radio
Engineer Patrick Chapman cryp
tically .- suggested seme ' strange
!unseen force may, have played
the role of destroyer. i .
"Just before I sent out the
SOS, he said, I saw a dirty patch
ahead and I started getting static
We had been flying in cold, clear
skies." . ... - :
' "It was not normal static, such
as you get on your radio.. It waa a
terrific rush an outburst of stat
ic that created quite a charge in
the plane.
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Pacluiig Company
Lost at Newberg
' NEWBERG, Ore., Jan. H-Cfp)
-Fire of Unknown origin, tonight
destroyed the H. S. Gile company
packing plant here, burning 200
ton of dried prune and about
100 ton ot walnut. . :'v:
. The building and equipment
were valued at $4000 but no es
timate of the value of the content,
aaid to have been covered bf In
surance, was made.
: Portland Baby Victim
JORTLAND, Jan. 24-(P)-SP-plng
under bed covers, Bar bars,
six-months-old ; daughter ot Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Demuth, smoth
ered td death early today,
-Here and there behind and in'
- front of the scenes at the
' 40th Icffislative assembly.
; , relieved wlien b ,roerved,a
.telegram informing him P that a
son had been bom to his dangh-
, , ter, Mrs. Roland . Bradford of
.Prairie City.. The proud grandV.
fither said he had bet Roy
Keating, former bonse employe;
.who became a father last week,
that he would be the first to
receive congratulations but lost.
.the bet. ( r.-s ,
' Mayor W. rAi Weddle of Staytbn
was amoag those given the cour
tesy of the house yesterday.' . He
was a guest of. Rep. George Dun
can,' whose home is fin Stayton.
Also introduced was Andy Zim
merman of Sublimity v '.
Captain Clawnce E. Ash of
Astoria,: one : of 'several
sentatlves who were enei
papermen, looked Uke a dty ed
itor as he sat at bis desk yester
Tday. The captain.' who Is m qnal
- ifjed pilot as well as an ex-Jonr-nallst,
was' wearing the green
yeahade long associated with
those denlirns of th dty room.
- It took a lot : of pinning and
probing to do it hut Rep. Klmber
ling, who ' introduced J inny
(Turn to Page 1, CoL 1.) ;
.Bill Dine
Today
raws
Throng; Code's
No Price - Fixing,
Claims
Board Spokesman; Says
Th
Hearing u
Merits Argued
)
Regulation Needed .
Consumer's Interest Is
Ignored, Argument of
Repeal Sponsors
Pros and cons of the state bak
ery code were debated Tuesday
night before 500 persons who at
tended a committee hearing at
the statehouse. The gathering,
held In the basement room for
hearings, drew an audience from
all parts of the state, an audience
which filled every foot of stand
ing room and overflowed into the
halls.
E. M. Stadel, executive secre
tary of the board, took the lead
in defending the bakery code, de
claring emphatically that the bak
ery board had not fixed prices oa
bread.
The senate Judiciary committee
conducted the hearing. The bill
to abolish the board was intro
duced by Senators Rex Ellis of
Umatilla county and L. H. Wip
perman of Josephine county.
Xerer Fixed Price,
Spokesman Asserts
"The bakery board has never
fixed a price," Stadel declared.
"All that the board asks is that
bakers -file their- price schedule.'
There Is no uniform, price ot bread
In Oregon, . " - 1
SUdeL aaid that ; prior - tortha '
creation ex tne stats Datery board
the baking industry was la a pre
carious condition' and was honey
combed , with unfair, trade prac
tices 's' " . '
."As a 'result of, this, situation
bread was , manufactured , of in-',
terior' ingredients and wt' expen-'
tve-even at eight cents a loaf,". -.
Stadel continued., , ., - (
. Senator . Ellis - asked why - the,
bakery business was a favored. In- J
dustry. in., Oregon. "Why should.
the state, not go into the. laundry .
business, Ellis Inquired. ,
Says Consumers 1 '- ?.
Interest Ignored : r . i
Ellis charged that the. bakery
board, ruled .with an. iron hand
and apparently had not -taken hun
gry stomachs into consideration. '
He also alleged that stool-pigeon
tactics had been used, in jntcnf ,'
lag the sanitary.' regulations and.
said that bakers could be. fined a
maximum of $500 for certain vio- "
latum. r . '.. -Vr
Senator Lew Wallace asked why.
a It-ounce lost of bread was' re-
tailed in Ontario, eastern .Oregon.
at 10 cent while the same weight
loaf could be purchased across
the river in Idaho at eight cents.
Stadel replied that there probably
was a difference In the quality
of tie bread.'"' :.t&.-M.m- .
Stadel was asked by t Senator:
Wipperman if any Oregon bakery'
had refused to deliver bread-to a
reUUerwho had cut prices,. The
reply was ,no. -;. r s
The financial aspect of the bak
ing industry was discussed by Sam - V.
Fletcher, ' Portland - bakery- em-
ploye. He said that prior t en-
actment of the bakery board law
the baking Industry was-on the
threshold of bankruptcy: "The In
dustry is now on a sound fins-' ' .
clal basis and manufscturers.are' ':'
able to meet ' their payroll,".
Fletcher declared.' - '
Fletcher aaid the consumption
ot bread had Increased materially,
since the bakery board waa cre
ated which indicated that the con- -sumert
were satisfied. He stressed
the Increased use of raw materials - "".
and .' employment ;' of - additloaal
worker. ".'-'"'-:'. , ' ' :
Atlantic Stonns
Pass Peat
. LONDON, Jan. 14 --Gale
which had: whipped; the .Atlantic
into a; frenzy of mouataiaous
wave ; yesterday and f, Sunday "
causing at least It vassals to send,
oat SOS signals, moderated today.
. A dosen . ship reached Fal-i
mouth during the day after a ter
rific battering in the storms.' lead-,
lag to hope. that others, some of -them
unreported since sending out
distress calls, would ' be- able, to
proceed unaided as the gales sub-.
ided. V,..' ' r."' ,-r.-.- - V ' -. -'
. Lloyds, , Which Vreceived 603
call from 11 ship yesterday, re-,
ported three of them were mak-'
lag tor. their home porta, - .
. .MTie Veather ,
Oenerally lair today and
i Tharsday, . becoming, cloudy
ThKTsday. Little chaaae: in
? temperatnre.:, Biax. : .Temp,'
Tne. 44, Min. S3. JUvet 1.1
feet,'Botht wind.r
Fury
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'5' ; s' i rj;