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change la temperature and
humidity. Tuesday temp,
max. 09; mln. 42. RiTer -1.1
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Goons Relate
Before Court
Carson and Newland Tell
of Plans to Do Away
With Watchman
Assert Orders to Burn
Plant Came Directly
From Rosser
PORTLAND, June 6. Slugging
the night watchman and abandon
ing him to the flames were con
sidered by the men who set fire
to the Salem Manufacturing com
pany's box factory at West Salem
In November, 1937, Ernest "Red"
Carson, 24. and John E. Newland,
31, testified here today as witness
es in the firm's federal court suit
to collect on a $20,000 riot in
surance policy issued by the First
American Fire Insurance com
pany. Newland, Carson and Albert N.
Banks, 36, former business agent
for the Salem Teamsters union,
were brought here on plaintiff's
subpoenas from the state peniten
tiary in Salem where they are
serring time for arson, to which
they pleaded guilty in Polk county
Circuit court.
Orders to burn the West Salem
plant, whose loss the company
claims in the present case was
around $87,000, came directly
from A. E. Rosser, former Oregon
teamster chieftain, whose convic
tion at Dallas for conspiracy In
connection with the fire was sus
tained by the state supreme court
at Salem today, Banks testified.
Rosser Insisted
Job Be Done -
Mr. Rosser was the man Who in
sisted that that be done," Banks
declared in response to questions
pufhy George Ai Rhoten, Salem
attorney representing the manu
facturing company. "He was the
last word in this district."
Banks said he had explained
to Rosser, his superior, that ''there
had been continuous trouble over
there (at the box factory)", a
picket had been "mobbed" and a
day later a party of 15 union men
wjo went to the plant to protect
the picket was rotten-egged by
mill employes, he averred.
Relating they had been sent to
Salem for instructions on burning
the factory, Newland and Carson
said they, with Cecil Moore, also
now serving a penitentiary sen
tence for the crime, had driven
by the plant with Banks, then
gone to a Salem restaurant for
breakfast and a conference.
"We'd been sent from Portland
tft An thA 1nh." Cararm testified "
We figured a small building in
back would be the best place (to
start the fire) . . . The watchman
was supposed to leave at 10 or It,
o'clock. In case he didn't, we were
to get him."
One-member of the group, un
identified by Carson, later said
they should "get rid of" the
watchman, he said. - U
' "He was going to hit him over
the head," Carson explained. I '
"Then what?", asked Rhoten.
"Just let him - lay " there and
burn up," Carson responded.
i Newland, who stated it' was
Moore who proposed to sing the
watchman it necessary, said he
and Carson 'decided we'd have to
go back there and see that this
didn't happen.
i That, Newland asserted, was the
reason he accompanied Moore to
the rear of the box factory thel
might of November 19,.. 1 S3 7, orl
early In the morning of the 20th.
Newland said he carried, a can
containing a gallon ot gasoline.
which was dumped on a lumber or
trash pile, and Moore lighted the
match that started the blase that
destroyed the mill and most ot the
adjoining Copeland . lumber yard.
I Carson 'remained In their auto
mobile, which . belonged to New
land, and drove op and down Wal
lace road past the box factory for
about It minutes, when he saw
flames shoot up from the rear of
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Miirphy Accepts
Post With State
i Claude H. Murphy, i Jbaay
real estate broker, Tuesday no
tified Governor Charles A.
Sprague . that he had accepted
the office of itate real estate
commissioner under a . ItSf le
gislative act setting np a new
state real estate department.
; Governor Sprague Monday In
vited Murphy to consider the
appointment. The office carries
an annual salary of S3 f 06 and
will become operative Jnr f-14.
- Murphy is president of the
Oregon Association of Real Estate-
boards. :: ' i rv
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xnent la operated under Hugh
RarU state insurance commit
' sioaer. William ; HY- Graham la
In charge. Murphy la repabli-
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Arson
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Mvrtl
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Overt
Silver Creek
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Salem Woman on Jaunt With Eugene Eckerlen Loses
Footing at Falls' Crest; Was Former
Wife of Dr. John Lynch
SILVERTON, June 6. Myrtle P. Lynch, 37, 373 North
Church street, Salem, plumeted to death over 184-foot South
Silver Creek Falls shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Accompanied by Eugene Eckerlen, route 7, Salem, Mrs.
Lynch was inspecting the falls when the accident occurred.
Disregarding prominent signs of warning, she stepped over
Irish Patriot Is
In Detention Cell
"Headman" of Irish Army
Is Held by Federals
in Detroit Jail
DETROIT, June 6.-(jP)-Sean
Russell, a leader of the fiery, out
lawed Irish republican army sat
in an immigration detention cell
tonight and could bear tbe boom
ing of guns and cheering as King
George and Queen Elizabeth were
velcomed to Windsor, Ont., Just
across the Detroit river.
"Why should I care about tbe
kingand queen?" Russell asked,
and repeated that his arrival here
on the eve of the royal visit was
"Just coincidence."
Russell, who describes him
self as "headman" of the republi
can army which British authori
ties have blamed for terrorist
bombings in London, is a federal
prisoner pending deportation pro
ceedings,
He was arrested yesterday as he
kft a train from Chicago. Federal
authorities said tbe British for.
eign office and Scotland Yard bad
asked that he be kept under sur
veillance during his stay in the
United States.
"I do not like the intimation
my visit here had anything to do
with the visit of royalty," Russell
said. "Why should I care about
the king and queen? I had intend
ed to go from Chicago direct to
New York and then embark for
Ireland, but decided to stop here
and see friends. I wish I had nev
er come here. I assure you I did
cot have the faintest idea the king
and queen were going to be any
where near Detroit."
John L. Zur)rick, immigration
service district director, said Rus
sell would be held here until his
passport is received from New
York, and indicated the case
would be transferred to Washing
ton for deportation proceedings.
Zurbrick said Russell was alleged
to have entered the United States
through making false and mis
leading statements.
Pilot Seeks Mars
But He Gets Cod
Student Pilot Is Picked
From Ocean by- Fish '
Trawler Crew
CHATHAM; Mass., Jnne 6-OP)
-After falling tar abort of his as
serted destination the planet
Mars Cheaton Ik Eshelmaa, 22,
Carlisle, Pa., student - filer, who
waa. fished from the water oa
Georges banks, waa bound for Boa-
ton tonight on the trawler vniaa
ova,. with about 1 0,0 00 pounds of
cod and naddock. I
Captain Astman BJartman, the
trawler's. Icelandic akipper, radio-
ed the Associated Press that Esh
elman waa rescued as his rented
plane sank after he, was forced
down near the VUlanova, approxi
mately 17 S miles east southeast of
Boston at 7:30 a.m. (EDT) today,
The young man waa uninjured, tbe
captain said, but under treatment
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tit Disaster,
LONDON. Jane UP) Sto
ker W. C. Arnold, one of four
survivors of the sunken sub
marine Thetis, said today that
the -victims - greeted the first
hours of the accident with
langhter. - -- r - ' '
There was no panic saM
the ' 29-year-old Arnold in ' en
Interview. They , were all calm
and we felt sure we should get
to the top ourselves within a
few hours.
-Arnold and three others reach
ed the surface vrlta s Davis ; lungs
through . an escape hatch, i Ninety-nine
men: died. Vv ,
"We dived about 1:80 p.m.
Thursday, and then something
happened about three o'clock,"
he ' said - In giving the first de
tailed public story ' of ho the
men aboard reacted to the acci
f ml "Her nose shot down.
Swept fli
n Falls
Edge
ng on
othe retaining wall at the falls'
crest, peered over the brink of the
precipice, slipped, and was swept
over the falls.
Arnold Rohen, a CCC enrollee
working on a trail some 20 feet
from the accident, was an eye wit
ness. He told investigating offi
cers he heard Eckerlen shout to
Mrs. Lynch to come back away
from the falls.
Eckerlen and Rohen dragged
the body from the pool at the base
of the falls. Dr. John L. Lynch,
former husband of the deceased
woman, motored up from Turner
to claim the body.
SUrerton authorities said it was
the first tin e in 35 years any one
had gone over the falls. A man
by the name of Hostettler lost his
life in that manner some 35 years
ago, they said.
Survivors Include the mother,
Mrs. Margaret Pugh of Salem; fa
ther, Charles Pugh of Salem;
daughter. Sharon; son. Richard:
sister, Mrs. Gertmde Clark of
Portland; and brother, Paul
Snapp of Cascadla.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later from Clough-Bar-rlck.
Rain in Prospect
For Kings Visit
Washington Weather Man
not Bit Helpful for
Monarch's Coming
WASHINGTON, June 6-(iP)-A
dismayed city learned the worst
today about the coming visit of
King George VI and Queen Eliza
beth. The weatherman broke the
bad news.
He was very casual about it,
and suggested that his prediction
might have to be revised tomor
row. But Washingtonians who
know the sticky intensity of a
humid day here and the cloud
burst proportions of a capital
thundershower could hardly feel
reassured.
It will be hot on Thursday, the
weatherman said, and he was sure
of that. How high the mercury
would run, he could not predict,
although he did say something
about "92." And for the after
noon he foresaw a fair chance
for a thunderstorm.
So the city settled down to the
prospect ot sweltering thousands
on the sidewalks watching for the
royal procession, and of steamy
statesmen greeting the royal vis
itors in heavy formal attire and
privately 'longing for the comfort
of an air-conditioned room and
cool white linensv
There was apprehension, but
there , were chnckles among the
irreverent, too, at the thought ot
what the thunderstorm would do
to the elaborate garden party
whicn Lady- Lindsay, tbe wife of
the British ambassador, has ar
ranged for Thursday afternoon.
Some could not restrain a mental
picture ot grey silk toppers and
correct cutaways ' getting away
from all that water by streaking
It for the circus tent shelter pro
vided tor such an emergency.
Lady Lindsay, obviously down
cast at the, weather; prediction,
would say only that the party
should go on, rain or shine. It it
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Says Survivor
there was K a rush - of air from
a forward torpedo i tube, and
there was shouting."
Arnold.1 said that doors were
slammed, with difficulty against
the incoming water, : and then
all aboard, from the highest na
val experts to the lowest civil
ian. Joined in discussing how
was the best way to get out.
Three officers and a crew
member tried to get Into the
flooded compartment to open a
suction valve and pump out.
but, Arnold said, the pressure
was "too much for t h e i r
strength- - a? s
With head bowed and his
voice sometimes Just a little
above a whisper, the. seaman
said it was then decided to
abandon the ship.
"Different Jobs of work - were
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Beam
Near Duchess
NotPerturbed
Whether He Aimed Gun
at Duchess Is Still
Not Known .
Middle-Aged Steelworker
Insists He Had Right
to Have Gun
LONDON. Jnna S JPl A
middle-azed cvclist waa nresent-
ed in magistrate's court today
as the man who had fired a
sawed-off shotgun near the Du
chess of Kent and then pedalled
off briskly, insisting solemnly
he was "quite In order."
The sworn story of the strange
perambulations o f Ledwedge
Vincent Lawler. 45-vear-old
steelworker, left unanswered
nowever, tne principal question
in the case whether he had
aimed his weanon deliberately
at the Duchess. Kin Georee's
sister-in-law, or had merely fir
ed at random.
His appearance in Wesminster
police caurt was brief and his
case was adjourned for a week
wniie authorities held him for
a continued investigation into
the gun shot In Belgrave Square
last nirht when the Dnchena
was leaving her residence for
a movie.
Charged with illegal nosses-
sion of a firearm, "with intent
to endanger life or property,"
Lawlor sat ly primly and silent
ly as Police Constable testified
that the prisoner ezensed hla
action, when seized on hia hi.
cycle, but producing a permit
xor nis ?un and saying:
"It Is Quite
In Order ' " .
-I did nol'aionTdM it
It is quite in order. I have a
cerimcate."
The charge against Lawlor
who gave his occupation
welder and his address as in
southwest Londan, was so broad
mat u might embrace enything
from a prank to a serious at
tempt on the life of royalty.
some court spectators saw a
parallel with the lniun' in
which George Andrew McMahon,
an eccentric, threw a loaded
pistol toward King Edward
VIII during a military proces
sion July 16, 1939. McMahon
subsequently served most of a
year in Jail.
Scotland Yard start an in
vestigation to determine whether
a planned terrorist campaign
was responsible for the Belgrave
Square incident and for another
in which a window pane in the
uome or tne irmcess Royal, the
King's sister, was punctured.
The hUSband Of the nrtn r.
the Earl of Harewood, colled'
acouand Yard about he window
which had been penetrated by
a missile. Police found no im
mediate connection hetween tho
two incidents but had under
consideration the possibility that
sympamuers with the outlawed
Irish republican armv were re
sponsible. Several members of
the royal ty-ha tin r ore-anisatlon
have been convicted of bombings
in England.
The Duchess, meanwhile, lreot
an afternoon enraremeat tn
visit an infant welfare center.
Fishboat Is Sunk
To Quench Flames
ASTORIA, Ore.; June - f-tfr
Harry Graham and Merwin An
derson, Astoria gillnetters, sank
their burning gillnet boat in the
Columbia river today to Quench
the flames. .
After chopping a hole In the
bottom of the craft they leaped
overboard and were picked ap by
O. J. Wirkkala, after swimming
about for an hour. "
The scoThed and water-logged
craft was towed ashore for re
pairs. Eugene Money Order
Pots Millionth Mark
EUGENE, June -AVA 1-cent
money order bore the aerial num
ber "1,000,000" at the Eugene
postoffice. -
That meant that la the 76 years
the office has been operated, a
million such orders have been is
sued. :-, -V- . -. '- 'V .
L John' Bell, Bend collector,
obtained the order. And he .had to
pay aix cents for it the custom
ary fee. . .. -"
- One More Moe
v PORTLAND, - Ore.. June
(i!p) Don K. Moe ot Portland,
former Walker cup golfer and
holder ' " of Innumerable cham
pionships,' prepared to tee off
on the matrimonial fairway to
day. A license to wed ' was ' Issued
Moa and Miss : Gila . G. Dealer.
Portland. - - - v ...-
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Pictured above are tbe 16 Statesman carriers, who earned free trips to the San Francisco fair, aa they
appeared Just before boarding the southbound special at the SP depot yesterday morning. Harold
Pruitt, Statesman circulation manager. Is in charge of the group. Below la a group of 51 Future
Farmers of America boys, and their leaders, from Salem, Silver-ton, Amity, Xestncca, McMinnville and
Newberg, who also boarded the falrbonnd train. Above, front row Harold G. Pruitt, circulation
manager, and Carriers Wallace Gilchrist of Salem, Claude Smith of Mt. Angel. Robert Sorenson of
Turner, Bud Keen of Silverton, Kenneth Brisbane of Monmouth and Dale Butler of Dallas. Back
row Don Boley, Everett Wilson, Harold K. Holt, Robert Lemon, Tillman Honser, Richard Schroeder
and James Henry, all of Salem, Llyod Phelps of Albany and Howard Boock of Salem.
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16 Carriers Make
Exposition Jaunt
Winners in Subscription
Contest Go to Fair
on FFA Train
sixteen Statesman carrier boys.
who won the right by selling SO
three-month subscriptions in a
contest that began April IS and
ended June 8, left on the 10:11
southbound special yesterday
morning for a free tour of the
San Francisco world fair.
The boys were accompanied by
Harold G. Pruitt, Statesman cir
culation manager, who will con
duct the boys throughout the five
day trip. The party is traveling
on the same train that carried
51 Future Farmers of America
boys away from the SP depot here,
and that will be carrying some
400 boys when it reaches San
Francisco.
Three Days on Isle
Three days will be spent at the
Treasure Island exposition by the
Statesman boys, who are sched
uled to reach Oakland at 8 a. m.
this morning. They will be trans
ported to Camp Diamond, eight
miles above Oakland, and will
camp there with FFA boys from
all over Oregon.
One day will be spent In "doing
San Francisco," with trips sched
uled into Chinatown, to the Cliff
house, through the Golden Gate
park and over the bridges. Leav
ing Oakland at 8 p. m. Saturday
night, the party will arrive back
in Salem Sunday night. ' ' '
Twenty carrier boys entered the
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Eugene Prisoner
to Face Charges
SAN DIEGO. Calif- June 2S-OP1
-Frank M. Parehen, SO, has
waived extradition and Is being re
turned to San Diego from Eugene,
Ore., ' by Deputy Sheriffs Henry
Adams, Jr., and Chester Grade to
face trial' for murder in connec
tion with the asserted - abortion
death ot Mrs. Martha Wilma An
derson. K, of La Mesa, according
to word received today by the
sheriffs office '
Abo charged, with murder in
the ease are Dr. G. H. Parehen.
chiropractor, and W 1 1 1 1 a m D
Bouldin, navy sailor. -
Bonldin arrived hers today from
Lullng, Texas.. la custory of Dep
uty Sheriff Tom IabelL -
The body ot the girl la alleged
to have been sent secretly to the
Texas town for burial. -
Late Sports
SACRAMENTO, Jane - (JPi -
Tony Jreitas pitched Sacramento
out of the cellar here tonight as
he turned back Portland, i to. 4.
Their defeat sent the Beavers Into
last place.' ' i-:4v-;
The Solons clubbed Bill Thom
as from the-mound la the fourth
inning when they put together six
hits for - five runs. Doubled by
Williams, Vezillch and Freitas and
singles - by Barton, Orengo and
Ogrodowskl produced the five tal
lies. ; . "
Portland r 4 10 ,i
Sacramento ,IL , T 12 S
Thomas, Blr kofer ( 4 ), New-
some (I) and Monso. Freitas and
OarodowsU. s ..-i t. I
andWFABoysG
26-Foot Python
Hunted at Fair
After Escaping
NEW YORK, June -lPy-A 26
foot Regal Python, one of the lar
gest of the constrictor snakes, was
hunted in the New York World's
fair grounds tonight as a fugitive
from the giant monsters show.
The 360-pounder, some 10 inch
es in diameter at the biggest part
and said to be ailing, was reported
missing from his cage after the
morning feeding.
Police, fair employes and sol
diers encamped on the shores of
Fountain lake joined in the search
after the snake's owner surmised
"Jumbo" might have taken to
water, as is customary, to ease the
skin.
He apparently had pushed the
top oft his cage and slithered
through a 10-inch aperture over
a window.
If he took to water, he has a de
cided edge on his would-be cap
tors, for he can submerge himself
15 minutes at a time.
Fair officials took only small
comfort in the fact that a python
is non-venomous. He bites and has
a way of coiling around his vic
tims to squeeze the daylights out
of them.
Jumbo was brought here from
Java this spring soon after he was
captured in the jungle.
3 Oregon Sailors
Weather big Seas
SAtf FRANCISCO, .June I -(iip)
Three Oregon sailors put
their 30-foot ketch "Njord" on
the ways for repairs today after
weathering a blow off point
Reyes that nearly swamped their
craft.
The trioJohn Erlund, Clyde
Johnson and William Lure
left Coos Bay, Ore., a week
ago Saturday. Forty ulles from
the Golden Gate they ran into
trouble;
I wouldn't have given IS
cents for any one of us," said
Navigator Erlund. "We've sailed
the whole Pacific, but we never
hit such a blow i, yon. had
here oft Point Reyes. - It blew
out - the Jib and the - ater came
over green not "Just spray.' "
i The , sailors plan t o a e a d
"southward'! but have no defl
nate . destination . in - ilnd. Er
lund and Johnson worked in
Marshfleld. i Luse recently . be
came a crew member. ,
Rosser Conviction Upheld
By Supreme 'Court Judges
Oregon's highest -court de
creed yesterday - that -Albert - JS.
Rosser, v one-time nlteraatlonal
Teamster's union 'secretary'-: for
Oregon, v must serve a" - 11-year
sentence for labor : terrorism,
-t The, supreme court unani
mously upheld JEtosser's cor cult
court ; conviction ot arson . In
the burning of the West Salem
Box Factory. on Nov. 20, 1937.
This ' record " of crime . and
violence la - revolting.., to -very
right-thlakiag . and law abiding
eitlsen, wrote Justice iiarry H.
Belt in the decision, which cli
maxes the state's war . on Bor
terrorism. V CKf: t
Rosser; appealed on ' the con
tention - he did not have . a lair
trial, : and that : testimony Mt ac
complices was -not corroborated.
The accomplice vera : A. N.
i Banks. . former secretar oil the
German Soldiers
Greeted at Home
Legionnaires "Who Fought
Spain's Battles Are
Given Welcome ,
BERLIN, June f.(ff)-Chancellor
Hitler welcomed home today 18,
000 soldiers he had sent to fight
in the Spanish civil war and de
scribed the expedition as a reward
for Spain's neutrality in the World
war ''despite all racketeering at
tempts on England's part."
The reichsfuehrer spoke freely
for the first time of Nationalist
Leader Francisco Franco's "strug
gle for the rescue of Spain" and
said:
"He was facing a conspiracy
which was fed from all parts of
the world. In July, 1936. I de
cided immediately to fulfill an
appeal for help which this man
addressed to me to such an extent
and for Just as long as the rest
of the world gave its support of
the internal enemies of Spain.
"I ordered this in the belief
that not only Europe but also our
own fatherland would be spared a
similar catastrophe later. On the
other hand, however, I did it out
of deep sympathy for the suffer
ings of a country which, despite
all racheteering attempts on Eng
land's part, remained neutral and
friendly toward us in the World
war. Herewith I rendered the
thanks of the Germain people."
The soldiers, deeply tanned and
In khaki uniforms, stood under a
hot sun as Hitler addressed them
from a tribunal in the Lustgarden.
Above a n d on each side of the
chancellor were some 3S0 memor
ial shields to those who died in
Spain. They were held by members
of the Hitler youth organization.
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30,000,000 Plots
"Awaiting Building
; PORTLAND. Ore., June tO-VP)
Thirty " million .vacant . lots
about one each for every family la
the land are awaiting an upturn
In the building industry, E. L. Os
tendorf, president of the National
association of teal estate boards,
said here today.
' Except Trdm "builders, there . is
little demand for lots; Sad the
slowness of rents to rise make
even builders hesitate, Ostendorf
told the Portland realty board. He
said he expects Increased building
activity In 1939. .
Salem local of thel union, ""-who
plesdedf guilty 'and got ..a 1Z
year . sentence, and Ernest Car
son, John . Newland - and Cecil
Moore, who were x aivea t seven
years each.' v : - :. k". -' v?-..--f.The
'owner of the hoi factory-
refused " to , sign" a union
contract.' The plant was "mraed
by Carson, Newland and ' Moore.
They . said they were paid-; S 10 S
by Banks, ho, in turn, said
he i was - acting t under '' ?oser,s
orders, K'3:,t-',i'":vSl...,"';-r;
Rosser waa - convicted :, at Dal
las, last ; Jnly. He has spent -1 1
months Jn Jail. Tuesday's deci
sion W ill T not "become : final for
20 - days, giving Rosser's attor
neyg time to seek a rehearing.
. In the 'meantime, Rosser fac
ed new difficulties with Income
tax ' eolleetora. The federal gov-
. . (Turn to page x, col. 1)
LandinsHopes
Are Dashed by
Cuban Refusal
Passenger Group Appeals
by Cable to FDR to
Furnish Aid
Negotiations With Cuba
Break Down When Bond
Not Available
MIAMI, Fla.. June 6-;P)-The
German liner St. Louis Informed
Tropical Radio at 11:40 o'clock
tonight that she had set her course
for Europe hearing back to Ger
many the 907 Jewish refugees
who fled that country for Cuba
and were denied entry.
' Their hopes of landing in the
new world dashed by the Cuban
government's refusal for the sec
ond time to give them asylum, the
passengers tonight were bound
back up the Florida coast- from a
point approximately 100 mile
north of Havana.
The big ship had wandered up
and down the coast since Friday,
awaiting the outcome of negotia
tions by welfare agencies with
President Fererico Laredo Bru for
permission for its downhearted
passengers to land.
The message from the St. Louis
was terse and gave no additional
information.
A few hours earlier the craft
had notified Troopical Radio it
still was proceeding toward Cuba.
NEW YORK, June 7-(Wednes
day )-(V-With the German liner
at. Liouis reporting sne naa set
her course for a return to Europe
with 907 Jewish refugees, a com
mittee ot passengers today re
newed an appeal to President
Roosevelt for last minute inter
vention.
This message was wirelessed
from the vessel by the passenger
committee:
"Cabling President Roosevelt.
repeating .urgent appeal for help
for the passengers ' of "the jSt,
Louis. Help them, Mr. President,
the 900 passengers of which more
than 400 are women and chil
dren." HAVANA. June 6-()-The Cu
ban government refused a second
time today to give asylum to 907
German Jewish refugees cruising
aboard the Hamburg-American
liner St. Louis between the United
States and Cuba.
The government said it would
consider no further attempts to
obtain even temporary landing
permits for the refugees and in
formed steamship companies that
no more Jewish refugees would be
admitted to Cuba.
Efforts to reach a compromise
broke down when a noon deadline
passed without acceptance by re
fugee representatives of a Cuban
plan to create a temporary haven
on the Isle of Pines.
The government had asked
Lawrence Berenson. New York
counsel for Jewish relief organiza
tions, to post a bond of 3500 for
each refugee a total of $453,500
the refugees would not become
public charges if permitted to
land. I v. '
An offer of $443,000 bond
made by Berenson was to include
252 refugees aboard two other
ships which in addition to the St,
Louis have been barred by Cuba.
Hnrflicli
By Japan Soldiers
. .SHANGHAI, June 7-Wedas-day)-fl)-A
British former inspec
tor of Shanghai municipal police,
R. If. Tinkler, died la Japanese
custody today after an emergency
operation for injuries suffered is
a scuffle with a Jspanese naval
landing party. : ' "V
The 45-year-old Briton, employe
of a British-owned cotton mill ia
Shanghai, was accused by Japa
nese of firing atv a Jspanese offi
cer and' threatening to kill others
when they invaded the mill te
break , np a fight among Chinese
strikers and. non-strikers.
Tinkler was disarmed in a scuf
fle and was hit on the head wit
a rifle butt. At the Shanghai Gen
eral hospital It was discovered h
had serious head wounds, three
stab wounds In the abdomen , and
a foot-lnjnryv''; -v .
:; . Spending Criticized
'- PORTLAND. -Ore.; June "-
(ip) "The extravagant spn ding
that i has characterixed this ses
sion ; of congress" was' rritlcised
In a "resolution adopted today by
the v-- Oregon : chapter v of Pro
America, national - organization
of republican women. -
24 th Casually Counted ,
? PORTLAND, Ore.,: June l-P)
-Osborne Mlddleton, ' 58, Yancou
ver, Waslu died yesterday and
became the '24th traffic fatality
in Portland this year.' His death
was - attributed to . Injuries suf
fered In aKMh June 1. ' '
',. nan. . ; ' '. "