The 7eather
Increasing; cloudy today
and Wednesday, becoming
unsettled. Xtttlo cbaase la
temperature. Max. tea p.
Monday 50, mia. 24, riTer
7.7 feet. North wind.
-. Valley Newt!
' B I g b t y correspondent
situated la strategic, palate
fcrlas complete Willamette
valley wows to readert of
The Statesman.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH TEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, February 21; 1939
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MecMer Beaten
! A.
Braid.
Meettiiig
Two' Convicts Herr J
TiwySleiv Texas Father,
Death Penalty
Upheld; Pilots
Bill Is Vetoed
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Governor Exercises Axe
for First and Second
Times; Tells View
Dickson Resolution Goes
Down in Senate With
1 Vote of 17 to 10
The Oregon senate refused, by
a 17 to 10 Tote Monday, to refer
to the r o t e r s Sen. Ashby Dick
loa'i resolution for a constitu
tional amendment abolishing the
death penalty in Oregon.
Dickson, declaring his resolu
tion "the most important measure
presented to the senate, de
manded: "Who has the right to
take a lite on the theory of pro
tection to society? Why not let
the people express themselves at
the next election?"
Sen. U. S. Balentine retorted
that there was no clamor for sub
mitting this issue to the people,
"Our responsibility is to submit
those questions for which we feel
there Is a real public demand. Use
the initiative. Let's quit clutter
ing up the ballots.''
Voting for the proposed amend'
ment were: Republicans Booth,
Childs, Kenn, Zurcher; democrats
-Chaney, A. Dickson, W. Dick
son, Eayrs, Mahoney, Strayer.
Veto Axe Utilized
First, Second Times, ..-
The reto power was . exerctsed
U. i 4t. . v " a n
the controversial pilot commission
bill. Later In the day, the governor
also vetoed a boose bill which
would hare enabled cities and
(Tarn to page 2, col. 4)
Indian Building,
Just Completed,
- Razed by Fire
BURNS, Ore., Feb. 20-CAV-A
$26,500 - federal Indian service
building Just completed for ..the
Piute Indian population here
abouts was destroyed by fire to
night a few days before it was
to hare been dedicated.
-' Burns firemen , rescued. Mrs.
Gladys Hutchinson, . an Indian
schoolteacher, her infant child and
aged mother, fromtheir second
story quarters. The origin of the
blase was unknown. Robert Mc
Leary, Indian superintendent, said
the building which contained In
dian school quarters, community
center and vocation equipment,
was a total loss. The fire occurred
about 7 p. m.
Status of Gtizen
Need on WPA Job
v All WPA workers must sign af
fidavits before March 7 stating
? they art United States citizens, In
accordance with an order from the
' new national administrator, it was
announced at 'the district WPA
offices here yesterday. The order
forbids continuance on a project
after that date of any worker who
has not tiled such an affidavit.
WPA officials said affidavit
blanks were being distributed on
the various projects.
More Industralized Oregon
Urged Upon Employers9 Meet
Oregon could secure the indus
trial payrolls it needs to boost Its
farm and city trade if Its citizens
would pay more attention to In
viting and encouraging Industrial
development and less to golf, rose
gardens and other diversions, de
clared W. D. B. Dodson, executive
Tlce - president of the Portland
chamber of commerce,' in an ad
dress before the second annual
convention of the Associated Em
ployers of Oregon here last night
' Water power that could be util
ised to bring needed . Industries
ls running to waste while we
caterwaul and' fight. Dodson as
serted. - He said Oregon citizens
should unite. In securing develop
. ment of all the state's natural re
sources. He named pulpwood.
f ruit and vegetable processing and
dairying, as well aa water power.
as needing concentrated promo
tion.
-. Labor - relations problems . are
easily solved when it if realized
that "both employer and employe
have, a community of Interest In
making a .'business . profitable,'
. said Ernest P. - Marsh, federal
commissioner of conciliation for
- Oregon, la another convention ad
dress.
ThV-associAtion. elected-Gilbert
Same Taxesl
Utility, Demand Voiced
At Third PUD Hearing
Lack of Limit on Indebtedness Also Criticized;
Requirement of Vote on Every Bond Issue
Favored; Ross Plans Another Bill
Opponents of legislation designed to make it easier for
peoples' utility districts to finance themselves told the senate
railroads and utilities committee Monday night that PUDs
should be forced to pay the same taxes as those now being
paid by private utilities.
Other objections to the Burke PUD bill amending the
O
Water District's
Formation Urged
Vista Heights Would Buy
Salem Aqua; Petition
Is Due Today
Petition for an election to form
a water district to serve suburban
areas south of Salem will be filed
with the county clerk today, spon
sors of the proposal announced
yesterday.
To be known as the Vista
Heights water district, the organ
ization would supply water pur
chased from the Salem city system
to approximately 150 residents
along parts of Falrview. Vista,
Ratcliffe, Salem Heights, Hanson
and Iowa avenues, it was estimat
ed. Principal backers of the plan
are Walter A. Barkus, C. A. Dur-
George Averett and O. Waddle,
The district would begin about
three blocks south of the city
limits and extend southward, with
the Summer street extension as
its eastern boundary, into the Sa
lem Heights district.
The sponsors said the proposed
boundaries took in approximately
one-fifth ' the area anticipated
when the project was first dis
cussed In meetings at tho Salem
Heights school last fall.
Under the law the count; clerk
must call the election between 30
and 50 days after a proper peti
tion has been filed.
Oothes Wringer
Rolls Life From
Three-Year-Old
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. U
-(fl'y-Three-year-old John Thomas
Howe was crushed to death today
in the clothes wringer of his moth
es's wsshing machine.
While the mother, Mrs. Leonard
Howe, was upstairs, the boy went
to the basement laundry and threw
the switch starting the washer.
He apparently had reached np
and touched the revolving rollers.
His head and a shoulder had been
drawn through the wringer when
Mrs. Howe found the body.
Shock and pressure on the boy's
chest probably caused death ai
moat instantly. Coroner Harmon
C. Wolfe said.
Postmaster Okehed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-flJ)-The
senate - confirmed today the
nomination of George B. Holmes,
to be postmaster at Eagle Point,
Ore.
O. Madison of Salem, secretary of
the Chadwick Hotel eompmny.
Inc.. as general chairman to suc
ceed Carl W. Hogg of Salem. Di
rectors named were Reynolds Al
len. Salem; James Rodman, Eo
cene: Ed Heydenbnrk, .Grants
Pass: R. C. Denman, Marshfield;
Harry Walther, The Dalles; C. W.
Barrick, Tillamook and Ralph
Wiltse. Bend. Daniel W. Hay was
reappointed executive manager.
Defeats of senate bin 281, pro-
vidinr for licensing and bonding
of credit reporting organizations,
was urged In one of the resolu
tions adopted at the business ses
sion. The resolution asserted the
bill would lmpair the credit fa
cilities of all business men la Ore
gon." . .;
Other resolution endorsed pro
posed amendments to the nation
al Wagner "act,' expressed grati
tude to former Governor Charles
II. Martin, Sheriff Martin T. Pratt
and the district attorney of Mult
nomah county, Ralph E. Moody
and others credited with "clean
ing up terrorism in Oregon and
commended Manager Hays. ' ? -y
: Budget of the state association
was set at $11,000 tot the coming
year.
f Again Say
as Private
present law so that districts could
issue revenue bonds were that
there would be no limit, to in
debtedness of a district, and that
the district voters should be re
quired to approve every bond is
sue, instead of only tho tint Issue.
Speaking in behalf of seven
power companies, Allan Smith,
Baker attorney, said: It is es
sential that PUDs do business on
basis comparable to our own.
They should be required to meet
all obligations, including bond in
terest, depreciation and operation
costs out of revenues. And they
should be prohibited from taxing
property to meet these costs.
The legislature should require
them to pay the same taxes as
we do, IS per cent, not the six
per cent which they offer to pay
if the district so votes. They also
should be required to maintain
the same accounting system as we
do so the public may learn f t the
close of each year which has made
the best showing. The time has
not yet come, w'hen individual ini
tiative shouVd be sacrificed, tor
government 'ownership." t i
James E. Burdette, McMlnn
ville attorney, termed "silly and
asinine" the provision that dis-
(Tnrn to page 2, col. 2)
Calif ornians Eye
Local Goods Ban
FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 20-iTV-A
proposal that the state of call
fornia be prohibited from buying
or using the products of other
states which impose discrimina
tory taxes or restrictions on Cali
fornia products is under consid
eration by Assemblymen Hugh M.
Burns of Fresno and James E.
Thorp of Lockeford, they an
nounced here today.
"California farmers and manu
facturers are gravely concerned
with serious losses in business suf
fered recently through discrimina
tory laws and regulations of oth
er states, particularly in Michi
gan, Ohio, Oregon, Georgia and
Arkansas," the assemblyman said,
and have asked us to present
legislation at Sacramento to com
bat this trend."
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tho da of visitors weleomed
Gate IntesMtksaal ExpositioBU As GoTersor Calbert J4. Olsoa of Cal
if omia tamed a Jeweled key la the symbolic Goldea Gates, PresW
: Cent Roosevelt gave ft. tiree-cvaiuxe careen awes? ue ra.
Sons
Brothers Here
With 18-Year
Terms Confess
Claud and Elmer Tenison
Repeat Slaying Tale
Before Officers
'Could't Forget It, Claim;
Texas Officers Study
Bones of Child
Two brothers, serving 18 years
In the Oregon . penitentiary for
bank robbery, nervously told two
state parole board members Mon
day they killed a father and two
of his children near Perry ton, Tex
as, seven years ago.
Claud Tenison, 40, short and
thin, and burly Elmer Tenison,
42, said J. M. Cone promised to
pay them S1J00 to murder his
two sons, J. M. Cone jr., 10. and
Vernon Cone, 6, because "the fa
ther had too many kids and didn't
want to take them with him when
he was going to run off with an
other woman."
They continued that the father
paid them only $250, so Claud
shot him. They said each shot one
child, and buried them 20 or 25
miles southeast of Perryton.
The bones of a child were found
Saturday 25 miles southeast of
Perryton by a WPA worker, sher
iff's officers asserting they be
lieved the bones might be those
of one of the two children.
Texans Regard Act
As Escape Plot
When the Tenisons first con
fessed the crime two and-a half
years agCv Texas off teen- discount
ed it. Sheriff l. 8. Taney or per
ryton asserting In a letter to Ore
gon prison officials that the Ten
isons "are only trying to get
moved from there (the Oregon
prison) with the hope of getting
a chance to escape."
Elmer Tenison, questioned to
day by Gerald Mason and Cecil
Edwards, parole board members,
said "I tried to forget It and
couldn't, so I told the story and I
feel better for It I'll have to go
back to Texas to face it sooner or
later, so it might just as well be
now."
Claude. Tenison. however, re
fused to say whether he wanted to
go back.
They were admitted to the pris-
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Giant Boeing Clipper
Loaf g into San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 20-4P)
-The giant Boeing Clipper 17, en
route east . to Inaugurate trans
atlantic passenger and mail serv
ice, flew here leisurely today from
San Francisco, where rigorous
flight tests were completed. ,
RUSH THROUGH
official taaagwaclom of the Goldea
Brazilian Dies
In Plane Fall
In Heavy Fog
At Least Seven Planes
Crash at Pensacola,
Florida, Field
Other Fliers Tate to
'Chutes; one ' Plane
Reported Missing
PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 21-
.(Tuesday)-(AI)-A Brazilian naval
officer was killed and at least sev
en planes crashed late last night
when a heavy fog closed in after
a 12-plane squadron had gone
aloft for a night instruction flight.
Lieut J. P. Monroe, aide to the
naval air station commandant,
said Lieut. G. F. Presser, sr., a
Brazilian navy officer, was killed
when his craft crashed near Corry
field and burned. Presser was
student pilot.
One plane was missing and
four had landed in Alabama. Lieut
A. C. P. Horta, another Brazilian
officer, was among fliers who
bailed oat in parachutes and were
safe.
The planes took off about 5:30
p.m. (central standard time). By
11 p.m. the gasoline supply was
exhausted. The fliers, most of
them students, were forced to take
to their parachutes or attempt to
find a spot where they could see
to land.
Three pilots landed safely near
Atmore, La. They were Cadet J
E. W. Wbitener, an Instructor;
Lieut. W. G. Jackson and Lieut,
J. H. Brett, jr.. Cadet A. C. Mc
Donough brought his plane to
earth safely near Greenville, Ala.
Lieut; Monroe said those be
sides Lieut. Horta who saved
themselves by jumping were Lieut.
E. G. Osborn, Cadet R. F. Chal
mers: Lieut. C. D. Cummins and
Cadet C. W. Harbert.
Harbert's home is at Bristol, W
Vo. Addresses of the others were
not available Immediately.
rUgnttf fXorrjr field and the
municipal airport were .turned on
but were almost useless in tne
thick fog.
All students were advanced.
night flying being one of the last
testa to be passed.
Most of the fUera who Jumped
came down near tho naval sur
station and their ships fell in the
vicinity.
Montana Governor
Hits Easy Divorce
HELENA, Mont. Feb. 20-OP)-Governor
Roy E. Ayres lata today
vetoed the bill reducing the resi
dence requirement for beginning
divorce actions In Montana to SO
days.
The governor in his message
said "I do not believe that Mon
tana should have the stigma of
commercializing upon the unsuc
cessful and unfortunate marriages
and domestic troubles of her sis
ter states."
Rep. O'Connor, of Carbon,
moved that the bill become a law
notwithstanding the veto and his
motion will be voted on tomorrow.
GATES AS EXPOSITION OPENS
lag opening festivities at Treason LanJ. TJ tfesifect rpc&a
froos Key West, Fla. OpeaJbag program for tito axpositiosi was fjaas
mar wit interest from 9 a. aa,
rag pboco - X:i.r-A---?t tt
Britain Asks
Italian Press
To Go Easier
(By the Associated Press)
Britain revealed yesterday that
$5,250,000,000 of her gigantic
$7,500,000,000 rearmament pro
gram would be spent in the first
three years of the five-year plan,
and sought to Induce Italy to ease
her press campaign against
France.
Indications were, however, that
Italy was steadily Increasing her
forces in her African colony of
Libya, adjacent to French Tuni
sia signs which fortified many
European diplomats in their be
lief t h a t a "March crisis" was
shaping up. Diplomats, however,
were careful, as a rule, to point
out that a crisis might lead to a
diplomatic settlement and not
necessarily to war.
Sir John Simon, chancellor of
the exchequer, asked the British
house of commons, for authority
to borrow $4,000,000,000 for
armaments and indicated the In
creased borrowing would ease the
Immediate burden on Income tax
payers. British Industry, he said, was
so in into "full blast of produc
tion" to speed the stock of planes,
guns and other war equipment
The British representations
against Italian press attacks on
France were delivered by the
British ambassador in Rome who
called particular attention to the
periodical, Relazione Internation
ale, which has declared force
might.be used to take Corsica and
to keep Britain and France from
mixing in the Spanish situation.
It was announced officially in
Britain that Italy had Increased
ber Libyan troops from 30,000 to
60,000, and In Rome diplomats
heard the fascist forces there
might be raised to a "war foot
ing" of more than 100,000.
Fascists explained that France
had increased her Tunisian forces,
which they estimated at 100,000.
Weather's Pranks
Felt Over Nation
Heat-Waves, Gale; Snow
and Rain Elsewhere;
Springlike Here
PORTLAND, Feb. 20.-(ft)-8piing
was supreme In many parts
of Oregon today although Klam
ath Falls shivered in freezing tem
peratures. A 15-degree minimum waa re
corded at Klamath Falls, with 11
above In the Modoc lava beds and
nine above at Crater lake.
The sun climbed to a maximum
temperature of 60 degrees here,
luring many to golf courses and
other outdoor centers.
(By the Associated Press)
Nature produced a freak varie
ty show In the United States yes
terday. It encompassed "heat waves,
sub-zero cold, buffeting winds,
snow, rain and rapid changes In
temperature.
Strong winds, accompanied by
rain, swept over the Pittsburgh
district. Trees were blown down,
windows shattered and scores of
small buildings demolished. The
county airport reported the wind
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mmta aw as. thm foOowtsts;
Madisort Square Is
Scene of Disorder
While Kuhn Speaks
Jewish Hotel Worker Advances Upon
Bund leader; Storm Troopers
Knock Him to Floor
New York Police, Quelling bigCrowd
Outside Hall, Come to Rescue;
Bundmen Boo President
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (AP) Fighting broke out to
night on the stage of Madison Square Garden At a mass
meeting of the pro-nazi German-American bund.
A man later identified by police as Isidore Greenbaum,
26, a hotel worker, jumped to the stage while national bund
leader Fritz Kuhn was speaking and advanced toward Kuhn.
Uniformed "storm troopers" knocked him to the floor
and beat him severely. City policemen leaped to the platform,
pulling the victim from the storm troopers. His clothing in
shreds, he was hustled by police from the Garden.
In scarcely more than a minute the incident was over and
Kuhn continued his speech almost immediately.
O The fight was participated la
" 1 T. 1 I by perhaps a dozen storm troop-
LOUnCll lCClineS er. and at least an equal number -
I of police were used to oreak it up.
ToOwn,OilKoad
Turner Road Within City
Declared Slill Owned "
by Marion County
The city council last night de
clined to take over Turner road
and oU it, as per a request ten
dered the city body by petition
two weeks ago, by adopting a com
mittee report which revealed the
road as the property of Marion
county. -
As the property, owners spent
several hundred douirs In land do
nations endvfor moving back of
buildings, with the understanding
the county was to grade and pave
the road, the committee said it
felt "it would be an Injustice to
those property owners of the city
took over the road as the owners
would have to pay paving costs."
According to the findings of the
street committee, Marion county
took over that portion of the road
within the city six or seven years
ago for the Santiam highway.
County records found by the com
mittee show the county took over
the road as an entrance to the city
from the Santiam highway and al
lowed damages to property owners
along it.
The council passed a resolution,
introduced by the airport commit
tee, for the Installation of proper
lighting on the Incinerator swoke
stack, the lighting to conform to
specifications of the state board of
aeronautics and the US depart
ment of commerce.
Albany Aviatrix
Oregon's Second
Feminine Officer
ALBANY, Feb. fO.-UPV-Mrs.
Evelyn Burleson, Albany aviatrix,
became Oregon's second feminine
aerial police officer when she was
sworn in here.
Her police commission was giv
en by Police Judge Karl Horton
under sponsorship of the Aero
Policewoman's association of Am
erica. Duties will be limited to en
forcement of air traffic rules and
aviation laws, but she will be sub
ject to call for duty .in emergen
cies.
Bessie Halladay, Portland, was
given a similar commission two
weeks ago.
Alderman O'Hara Insists on
Knowing Costs of Research
"We already have a bin for
$500 submitted by an unofficial
body tor work done In codifying
our laws, something I was under
the impression we were going to
get done, cheaply, and we , don't
yet know how we are going to pay
it," Alderman David 0Hara told
the city, council last night in in
sisting that . complete specifica
tions be given the council before
bills presented by unofficial bod
ies be aJlowed.- . ,
? O'Hara's insistence grew out of
a" request by municipal .bureau -of
research WPA workers for two
city maps, on whkk to chart the
city's assessment . free . property.
The maps were, estimated to cost
a total of $4. s: "wv- :
f Upon O'Hara's motion the re
quest waa tabled until further in
formation Is submitted the coun
cil as to the exact use of the maps
and the value they wUl be to the
city after finished. . , ;v
X Although the 'street committee
approved adequate lighting facil
ities for the redwood; tree! a
North Summer street. It reported
the tree aa betas a definite traffic
hazard and that It should be cut
down,
The extent of the victim's in
juries could not immediately be
determined, but he appeared con
scious as the police, moving ia a
running wedge, lifted hira above
their heads and rushed out with
him.
Although his trousers had been
ripped off, Greenbaum did not
appear seriously hurt. He was
hustled to a nearby police station.
Verbal Attack on Jews
Signal for Outbreak
Kuhn had been bitterly attack
ing the Jews when the disturb
ance occurred. '
The outbreak occurred In the.
presence-of irewd that, packed
the Garden. From the great
throng shouts arose. But the audi
ence generally kept to Its pieces.
A few moments before, mount
ed police outside the Garden forci
bly dispersed a lusty, quarrelsom
crowd that waited nearby tor the
end of the rally.
The crowd was routed after a
15-minute street fight that start
ed when the demonstrators at
tempted to pierce tightly-held po
lice lines to march on the Eighth
avenue sports arena.
Advancing down 48th street,
where the crowd was wedged, ze
mounted officers drove tho men
and women back for a block er
more. Horses pranced even into
doorways, driving the crowd
along.
Several persons were knocked
down and injured, some by police
men's fists.
.While police estimated that 20,
0.00 had Jammed into the Eighth
avenue sports arena before the
doors were closed at 8:65 p-m.
(EST), they also figured that
100,000 anti-nails, sightseers and
passersby were packed around the
area,
Isolated from the Garden itself
by a ahoulder-to-shoulder ting of
1,600 policemen,, would-be pickets .
vainly bucked the defense lines
and shouted demands for their
Tight to picket."
In onslaught s gainst thellnes,
several persons - were knocked
down, but no one was reported
hurt.'.:
Two men were arrested for dis
orderly conduct,
Entering the Garden Beneath
banners emblazoned with . anti
Jewish slogans, the bund mem
bers assembled before a backdrop '
depicting George Washington in
whose honor the rally was called
standing between swsstica em
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A resolution, - authorizing the
mayor and recorder, to apply for,
the proportionate part of dog M- -cense
fees that, the city is enti
tled to from the county, was
adopted. The recorder was also in
structed, througb a resolution, to -advise
dog owners, by newspaper
advertisements,' of their duty to
obtain dog licenses by March 1.
The new city truck will be a
GMC, bought from .Wallace Bone
steele at a net price of $822.98,
according to the council's action.
Though not the lowest, the street -committee
recommended accep-'..
tan ce of the Bonesteele bid, which .
was HOlClfi less $113.19 for the
turn-In of a 11 SI Ford truek; - .;
A communication from " H. B.
Reed, KSLM owner, advocating y,
the council Insistent that the fire
department be given a s I m p la
number on the tront page of the
new city telephone directory,-was
referred ' to the tire committee .
with power to act --
Though . West Salem's petition
for use of the Salem incinerator .
waa reported unfavorably lo an in- -c
is era tor committee report signed
by one member, the report wai
sent back to' the " committee to ,
I further study. ;