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.... - t'-S.J H I- JT - 1 Tsnday Festarea - laaV.foatner . Interesting and varied enh jeets are treated by feataro r writers la every Sunday, is ; ' - sac of The' Statesman, only : - newspaper published Sunday im the snid-Willamette Tal I I v . I I I I I 1 I I I II Local showers followed by clearing: Sunday, lair, Mow i day with rising; temperatare Satarday.' temp. max. 03; Bala. 48. River -l-ST feet. S W wind.' - ' ' PCUNDDO 1651 KIGHTYNINTH YEAR Sakay ' Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jane 4, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 60 A - aw a a a a i m : s a 1 E - i.4i : . ii I I .Brill Sin! of 9$ .Biggest Mistory Garner Ready To Seek 1940 Party Vice - President Believed Decided to Ran' Even Against FDR Advisors of President Urging Him to Take Part in States WASHINGTON. June 3.-(i)- Close friends of VIce-PreBldent Garner disclosed today that he has decided to seek the presidential somination at tbe 1940 democrat ic convention even if President Roosevelt should be a candidate. Garner was said to be convinced tbat bis name should go before the convention, regardless of the strength of any opposing aspirants for tbe nomination, and tbat con sequently he bad approved efforts of supporters to line op conven tion delegates in his behalf. , Headed by E. B. Germany, Tex as democratic state chairman, a Garner-f or-president organization alreadlas been formed and has mailed about 30,000 letters to democatic voters urging support of Garner for the presidential nomination. Recently, Garner him self has had several off-tbe-record talks with state political leaders. Some of the vice-president's po litical advisers were said to be urging him to participate actively in state primaries and conventions which will choose convention dele gates next year. Hit friends feel, congressional Insiders said, that be would have an excellent chance for the presi dential nomination if he exerted bis influence to win delegates. Evea it it appeared he could not be nominated, they said. Garner-pledged state d e 1 e g a t ions would give him a strong voice in the convention. f-. V Informed persons told reporters that some ot;Garaer'a auppsrters bellereia.. could maka pollticajt eapitii by hreaking hi' self-imposed rule of silence and speaking out on national Issues during the next few months. Reports were that Garner has listened attentively to that sug: gestion, but has given no sign as to what course he will take. Figuring also In current politi cal talk on Capitol hill are reports that some senators, looking for ward to 1940. now are seeking ac tively to heal differences between democratic factions. Well-adTised legislators said one harmony effect was a senate luncheon this week for Thomas G. Corcoran, new deal - adviser. Given by Senator Ashurst CD Aril) , the luncheon was attended by such administration followers as Senator Barkley (D-Ky) and Schwellenbach (D-Wash) and such non-new deal senators as Harrison (D-Mlss) and Byrnes (D-SC). The luncheon . waa similar to earlier ones given for Chairman Marriner S. Eccles of the federal reserve board and Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Reconstruction corporation. Senator Brown - (D Mlch), chairman of the democrat ic senatorial campaign committee, also has been planning a series of Informal get-togethers among rep resentatives of divergent party factions. " . - ' Sharing attention with demo cratic nolltical developments, there was capita 1 talk about Senator Vandenburg's ( R-Micn ) r e c e n i statement indicating his. availabil ity for the pOP presidential nom ination. -::u n;- Vandenberg said today he had received numerous letters -. from it aeetiona of the country saying his was a "good statement." As serting he would- have nothing more to say abont tbe cut nom ination at present, he reiterated that ha was Drimarlly concerned with hie duties a a senator and his projected race for re-elecUoa. Willamette Opens Exercises For, Granting Degrees to 88 l Events of Willamette universi ty's - 97th' annual - commencement are onder wSy this week, with the baccalaureate service sched uled today at XI a. m In the First Methodist church with Pres ident Bruce R. 1 Baxter delivering the sermon. Commencement exer cises will be Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Elsinore theatre, with Governor Charles A. Spragne the speaker. ' Other events ,6f commencement day will inclada the senior break fast at S a. m. on the campus, the annual trusteesV. meeting at a. m., dedication ot,the law school building t . and the alumni banquet at s:S0 p. m., fol lowed 1 by the alumni - business meeting. " . The reception of President and Mrs.-Baxter ot the senior class ill be Thursday night r. at o'clock at University House. The - annual senior chapel. was held last ; -Friday."- , -; . -Eighty-eight baccalaureate de grees will be conferred. It was made known when the official list WEST. SALELI;BF &,S BIG PAVING JOB r v- Vy West Salem, the little city with courage enough to pave all ita streets begin materializing yesterday aa WPA workmen, shown above, spread the first not, bituminous mater lal on the rabgrade of Gerth avenne between Edge water street and the railroad. Five tniles of paving. 10 miles of curb-laying will be done before the project is finished. The dry's share of the cost will be around $50,000. ' Refugees Waiting In Cuban Waters Possibility Looms Jews May Be Admitted for Three Alonths MIAMI. Fla., June 3-UPV-A re liable sources said tonight the Ger man steamship St. Louis, with 807 refugee German Jews aboard, ap parently had not changed, its po sition today or tonight. This would indicate that the vessel was hove to somewhere out- aide the territorial waters " of Cuba and was not proceeding across the Atlantic to Hamburg. The reason for the belief that the. ship was not under way was' not stated. .; , :.r HAVANA, June S-jpWA possi bility that 907 refugee ' German Jews on the homeward-bound Ger man liner St. Louis might be per mitted to land in Cuba after once being , turned down was disclosed seml-olllcially tonight. : Well-informed sources said the treasury department was consid ering a new regulation to modify Cuba's immigration law. The reg ulation, expected to be Signed by President Frederico Laredo Bra within a-few days, would permit the landing in Cuba of all foreign- era desiring to remain not over three months. They would be classed as pas (Turn to page 2, column 1) Bat Wing Stunter Gets Broken Back DENVER, June i-Vf-George Cook, J 7, of Los Angeles, Calif., suffered a broken back today at the Denver air show when his parachute fouled after he complet ed a "bat wing" flight from an airplane 10,000 feet in the air. He struck the ground with ter rific force before 6000 spectators at the municipal airport "When I was about 75 or 100 feet from the ground a gust of wind sent the 'chute into a bend, partly collapsing it," Cook relat ed. "I lit on my feet. But at that In stant I threw my feet upward, striking my back. Otherwise my legs would have been driven up into my body. I would have been killed instantly." L - - . Bernadine King of Los Angeles had a close brush with death when the ' cowling on her ship - ripped away in a power dive. She man aged to land without further dam age. After the cowling was repair ed she resumed competition. of graduates was released .Satur day. The list includes: --. : Bachelor of Arts " . Marian Louise Chase, Salem; Aldus Clyde Smith, Rigby, Idaho; Elisabeth Clarke Williams, Port land; Clay A. Racely, Pender, Ne braska; Marjorie N. Church, Can by. " ' J. Manning Nelson, Salem ; Nor ma Datlene Fuller, Portland; Bar bara Bernlce Kurtz, Salem; Mar garet - Dunsmore -Macy, . . Salem; Merle' Francia Brown. Independ ence. . ' t 1 . ; , 1 Elliott D. Becien, Astoria; Doris Danielle, Spokane: Paul Gordon Stnrgea, - Salem Ruth A. Tocom, Salem; Irrin Franx Wall. Dallas; Marjorie Webster Jones, Woodburn. Martha Alko Okuda, Salem; Frank Manley Guerln, 'Portland; Lawrence Culler Edwards, Salem; Blllie Kind Richardson, Portland; Orval-Melvin Whitman, Salem. Leonard Stewart Laws, Salem; Jean Ardell Lauderback, : Salem ; Jane Marianne Aathelm, Mon-i (Turn to page 1,CoL 4) - F V Report of Death Made by Mistake SILVERTON Francis S h e p pard of Sllverton, injured when his automobile crashed into a tele phone pole at Albany Friday, was recovering satisfactorily in a Sll verton hospital, his mother, Mrs. Lela Sheppard, was advised Sat arday. His Injuries were not con sidered critical although he suf fered a skull fracture. A States man, headline Saturday morning erroneously reported that the ac cident had been fatal. Manton Gnvicted By Federal Jury Former Judge of Federal Orcuit Court Faces Year Sentence NEW YORK, June S-(ffV-For- mer Federal Circuit Court Judge Martin T. Manton was convicted by a federal court jury tonight of conspiracy to obstruct Justice and to deprive the United States ot his impartial services. He faces a maximum of two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. George M. Spector, former con fidential agent for the later Pro moter Archie M. Andrews, was convicted of the same charges. - Three other original co-defendants pleaded guilty at the start of the trial. The Jury, 10 men and two wom en, received the case at 6:15 p. m. (EST) after a trial of 11 days and returned their verdict about four hours later, after taking an hour out for dinner. Benjamin Colder, of Manton's counsel, asked that ball be con tinued for Manton pending the fil ing of a motion for a new trial or notification ot intention to take an appeal to a higher court. Manton's ball is $10,000. His co-defendant Specter is held in $17,000 ball. . The continuance of , ball was granted and a hearing on a mo (Turn to page 2, column 6) BRITISH NAVY WORKS FUT r i This was the sceae from tbe air mm reacaera claaibered abont tbe tail : of tbe sunken submarine Tbetia jmst before a strong tide swept .the Jotting stent under the) water of Liverpool bay and Impeded efforts to rescne 5)0 men stl Imprisoned tn the adcrseas craft. British na 1 v, i; at oace, saw the surfacing program Pepco Investors Group Organized Body Urges Non-Payment of Light Bills When Dividends End An organisation declaring its intention to be to protect tbe In terests of bondholders and minor ity stockholders ot the Portland Electric Power company, particu larly as to reorganization proceed ings now pending in federal court in Portland, was effected at a meeting at the Marlon hotel ye terday afternoon. There were 191 persons present. Designated as Bondholders' and Stockholder's Protective commit tee, Portland Electric Power com pany, minority group, the organ isation, elected E. A Miller who called the meeting, as permanent chairman, E. K. Plaseckl as sec retary and J. F. tjirlch as treas urer, all of Salem. The chairman was empowered to name one ex ecutive committee member each to represent bondholders and stockholders. The committee's first formal &c tion was to go on record urging all bondholders and stockholders to "discontinue payment of light bills." The proposal was made by Ulrlch, who asserted "we have just as much right to refuse to pay our light bills aa they have to deny us dividends." An official of the Portland Gen eral Electric company said Satur day night that if this plan were carried out, it would mean that some stockholders would, in ef fect, be collecting dividends while (Turn to page Z, column 8) Traffic and Industrial Mishaps Take two Lives PORTLAND, Ore., June One traffic and one industrial ac cident cost two lives here today. Joseph H. Ogle, 38, became the city's 23rd traffic fatality of the year when an automobile struck him as he walked away from his stalled car on Barbur boulevard. Leslie Root, 47. mechanic, was crushed to death in helping unload the body of a railroad flatcar from another car. . - ... Vote Probe or Is Prediction Roosevelt Told Congress May Probe NRLB if no Vote Made Democrats Believe House "Would Approve Action to Study Body 4 WASHINGTON, June S.-iff- Fresident Roosevelt has been told by some of his closest congression al friends that unless congress gets a chance to vote on Wagner labor act amendments this ses sion, a house investigation of the national labor relations board la inevitable. ' This became known today as influential house members started a quiet campaign to obtain sup port for an investigation resolu tion which Representative Cox (D-Ga) has introduced. Cox said he would ask the rules committee to approve his resolu tion unless the labor committee reports amendments "in time for action this session." House May Seek Special Probe - Some democrats expressed the opinion privately that the house would certainly adopt, if brought to the floor, a resolution to create a special committee to Inquire in to the board's activities during the summer and fall and report back Jan. 1. The inquiry would look into qualifications ot the three board members and all regional directors and trial examiners and the argu ments that the law should be amended. Representative Anderson CD Mo) already haa introduced legis lation for such an Investigation and informed persons said" a sim ilar one was being drafted by oth er legislators. Cox said either would be ap proved by the rules committee, of which he is a member, and he pre dktedw the?, ly floor opposition would come from staunch new dealers. ' Representative Martin (R- Maas), the minority leader, agreed with Cox. He expressed the opin ion that "about 95 percent" of the 168 republican members would give their approval. That wonld mean the resolution would have to receive the support of only about 60 of the 260-odd demo crats. Advocates ot changes in the (Turn to page 2, coL 1) Round-up's Queen Is Good Top Hand PENDLETON, Ore., June S.-(P) -Blue-eyed Barbara Kirkpatrick, 18, a top hand on any cowman's ranch, was announced today as the queen of the 30th annual Pen dleton round-up, September 13 to 16. Queen Barbara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. - Finis Kirkpatrick, pio neers of this region, has ridden horses since almost before she could walk, is an honor student, and has worked as a paid ranch hand. She is exacly five feet in height, and weighs 105 pounds in her boots and spurs. The new ruler was an attendant to Queen Cathryn Collins in 1937. 1LELY TO SAVE 4 On Labor Body val experta bad hoped to cat a bole la the Tbetia stern to aapply tbe imprisoned men wtth fresh) air, the enlarge the hole to permit them to escape. Xfcia jlctsre was test ty Wirt to Loafioa and by cable to KewTork.t , - Futile Rescue Efforts For Trapped Mm Dr aw Censure for Admiralty Repercussions in Parliament Predicted as Result of Tragedy of Submarine; Many Ask Why US Navy Did Better Job LIVERPOOL, Ens- June 3 (AP) Britain's man-in- the-street, stunned by the Thetis disaster, was sharply crit ical today, along with some newspapers, of the futile rescue efforts. It was predicted freely there would be repercussions in parliament and the possibility was mentioned of a civil as O well as an admiralty inauirv. 131 BUTC3.ll Aide 1 i Mr f StJGSk tiGTG I WW ill fcSfWU w LOUIS A. JOHNSON Johnson to Visit State Convention Assistant War Secretary ' on Program for Meet of Legion r - V Louis A. Johnson, assistant sec retary of war and past national commander of the American Le gion, will be a distinguished guest of the American Legion state con vention . in Salem next August Carl D. Gabrielson, general chair man of the convention announced yesterday. Johnson has advised John A. Beckwith, Oregon depart ment commander, that, flying weather and foreign situations permitting, he will fly to Salem direct from Williamsport, Pa., in an army bomber, arriving here the morning ot August 12th. The assistant secretary of war will be the featured speaker on the convention program that morning. His subject will be "The American Legion and National De fense," concerning which topic he has intimate personal knowledge due to his long service as a leader in the ranks of the American Le gion and his connection with the war department. Louis Johnson was elected na tional commander of the American Legion at the Portland convention six years ago, and has a great many warm personal friends in this section. He wrote Commander Beckwith. "Oregon has always held many pleasant memories for me and I am looking forward to (Turn to page 2, col. 3y SUB CREW to"-" ' f - .v. 1 I rv 4 - ! 1 v " Tne tone of newspapers became increasingly muer wnen u De- came apparent there was no hope nf .nvin-. tho IrnnnM mn Th Sunday Express in London in front-page headlines asked "Could these men have been saved?" "Public opinion . demands a prompt and full explanation from the admiralty. Why could not we do what the United States did?" The Sunday Pictorial headlined this demand: - "Who was to blame?" Marine circles generally with held judgment until all facta were known. They pointed out that the layman has little . knowledge of the extent of technical problems Involved in submarine operation. Typical of the immediate reae the comment of one man: "Look what the Tanks did when tion by the man-in-the-street was the Squalus sank. Why should they be more efficient than we are? Their boat was deeper down than ours." Thirty-three of 59 trapped In the Squalus were saved and only four of 102 were rescued from the Thetus; the Squalus was in 240 feet ot water, the Thetis In only 130, with 18 feet of her stern above the surface for a time. The wife of one victim said "It certainly looks to me as if they eould have done something with all the time they had." The Thetis was first located Friday morning at which time those aboard were estimated to have had about 18 hours supply of oxygen, left, , Fumes From Blaze Overcome Firemen PHILADELPHIA, Junei,-(yP-Thirty-seven firemen were over come tonight from carbon monox ide fumes as they strove to subdue flames in a sub-cellar supply room of city hall. ' The firemen were placed on stretchers lining the west wall of the building, menaced by sporadic fires three times within 24 hours, as they were brought to the sur face. ,. A small , group of . physicians worked furiously to treat the vic tims. None was reported in seri ous condition. Judge Acquitted In Bribeiy Case NEW YORK, June SHKings County Court .'Judge George W. Martin was acquitted by a su preme court jury tonight of charg es of accepting a f 1,000 bribe to dismiss a Brooklyn abortion case. Spectators in the courtroom broke into a frenzy of shouts as the jury announced its verdict. Tbe jury deliberated three hours before freeing the natty 13-year-old Jurist. . ' '' Czech Resistance Troubles German Leaders in Moravia BERLIN, June 3 (JP) Czech paasive resistance la disturbing the German officials of Bohemia and Moravia which Germany took over in dismembering Czechoslo vakia. -v ... ;: !.-''-; t Sabotage and reluctance to work with German authorities are said to have become so annoying that Baron Konatantin von Nea rath, relch protector for Bohemia and Moravia has come to confer with Hitler on what steps to take. Von Neurath has had several long talks with Hitler recently. . . 1 What . measures were : decided upon for an effort to win over the Cxeeb people to cooperation were not disclosed bat Informed sources admitted something; was pending. Officials declared they are.. not Inclined to take a serious view t developments in Bohemia -Moravia, however. - -'-' " ; One asserted Germany had giv en tin Czechs "a great flesl of rope In governing themselves and that tho three months since they were absorbed by Germany were sot sufficient to get things run ning Smoothly. -v. . Actions and atalAmmfa"- if Csech emigres abroad, particularly' the activities of former President Eduard JBenes In the United States and the existence of a Csecho-Slo-vak ' pavilion at ; the New Tork world's fair, were cited, by officJals as baring Influence on some sec tions of the population. .. .. All Hope Cone For Men Shift In Iron Grave Four Men Who Escaped Not Allowed to Tell of Disaster Broken Cable May Have Cost Lives of Men Left on Ship (By The Associated Press) BIRKENHEAD, England, June 3 Hope vanished tonight for 98 men at the bottom of the Irish sea in the sunken British sub- ' marine Thetis the greatest num, ber ever to perish in an under- seas disaster. The admiralty gave the men up for dead nearly 15 hours after tbe air supply was calculated to have . been exhausted behind the Thetis' silent, thick steel walls. Admiralty officials acknowledged . that slow seepage of water into the submarine's batteries probab ly had formed chlorine gas and that the fumes had suffocated the men. A British medical authority ex pert said that if they died front chlorine gas poisoning, the men probably met a painless and easy death. "Chlorine gas fumes, in a con fined space like the interior of a submerged submarine, would cause early asphyxiation, immedi ately preceded by loss ot con sciousness," said the authority, who la an official of a leading medical association. Salvage Ships -Place Hawsers - Salvage vessels attempting to raise the hull of the Thetis suc ceeded today in placing hawsers : under her. It waa disclosed to-' night. Experts said, however, that it would be impossible to raise, her before next Tuesday. ; "Then, we will make for shal low water, probably on Anglesey coast (eight miles away, an of ficial of the Thetis builders said. At 1:40 a.m. (7:40 p. at EST. Friday nlght) 38 hours -- they deadline for the Thetis'- sealed-un air had passed since the new. 31,(00,000 submarine dived into . Liverpool bay in a test on a trial run for acceptance by the British navy. " For six hours after that divers tapped urgently at her sides for a signal that life . still flickered within: They got what they be lieved might have been their final, faint answer at 2 a. m. today (8 p. m., EST, Friday night) al though some thought they might have heard only loose gear rat tling against the swaying sides of the hulk. Then, at 4:30 p.m. (10:0 a.m., EST),, after incessant rescue at tempts spurred by the trapsed men's ebbing chances had failed-", the admiralty abandoned hope. " ' Admiralty Gives -v. Vp Last Hopes It issued a statement saying "there is now no longer justifica tion for hope that any further lives can be saved from the The tis.- . . v . But it said salrage -work was continuing.' 't- -,.vir .--:' - Posted for grieving" relatlvea of the entombed men . to see, a tele gram from : the admiralty was placed in the window of Cam me 11 Laird. Ltd., builders ot the Thetis. It read: - . "Regret that - hope of savlnc victims in Thetis must now be abandoned.''-'" The Thetis, her nose burled in 85 feet of mud in wreck-littered (Tarn to page 2, coL 3) . News about the emigres la net' printed In newspapers bat gets about through clandestine pamph lets and by .word of mouth. . f- The throwing of acid on a group -of 30 German soldiers in Pilsen April 28 showed one phase of Csech resistance, carried on in spite of what Germans insist are better economic conditions aa the result of Germany's absorbing the unemployed and higher prices for; farm products. ' ? Stories c 1 r e u 1 a t e through ; Prague that farmers are . holding -back their products. But stores stUI seem to , hare well-stocked ' Shelves. Some articles are disap-' peering, however. .' - . Czechs continue to emigrate at- though the ..government demands a special pais before anyone, eith-' or native or foreigner; can enter or leave Bohemia-Moravia. - - r . One. hundred Czech? iviators sailed f from ' the - Polish port - of Gdynia this week on their way to Trance. General Lev Prchala, who commanded Czech forces In Csr-patho-TJkralne last March; reached Warsaw as a refugee saying "the entire Csech nation Uvea with the -aingle thought of Csech legions be- - lax formed in Poland and 'ranee." , , ' All aviation flighU over Bohemia-Moravia were prohibited this " week No official reason was. giv- -en, but unconfirmed reports con-' nected ft with the' emigration movement. a