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f i Vacation Dayi':.. i Are here promising plenty Of pleasure. koar trip will be even more pleasant if yon - call OlOl aaI have - Tha Statesman follow yoa with the news of home. The Weather . Generally' fair today' and Friday with rising tempera tore. Wednesday temp. max. 71, min. 50. Hirer feet. 8W wind. EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, June 8, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 63 li Monarch Arrives im PCUNDOD I65I .: ' .Briiti imitted. Marry Bri DemandQuery In "Sales? of Sprague Acts on Word Attorneys Get big Fees for 'Fixing' Report Asserts Convicts Led to False Hope of Baying Release Investigation by the Oregon State Bar and the Marion coun ty district attorney i n t c the practices of certain atttrneys who allegedly ask and sometimes obtain substantial fees for "ar ranging" paroles or pardons for convicts In the Oregon peniten tiary, was asked Wednesday by Governor Charles A. Sprague. The request was made follow ing receipt of a report prepared by Cecil Edwards and ''erald W. Mason, members of the old parole board which soon ends its services. These two board members had been asked to make the investigation. Dr. Floyd Ut ter, chairman of the board, said Wednesday night that he was not present at the meeting at which the report was signed but that he "approved it most heart ily." "For 'their exorbitant .fees, usually . running into the hun dreds of dollars which their vie. t!ms can ill afford to pay, these attorneys render , absolutely no ralld service," the report de clared. "Fixing" of Paroles la Cited to Clients Prospective clients are civen the impression, the report bar ges, that a part of the "fee" is to be used to "fix" or bribe cer tain unnamed official.-'"Ms- im-1- pression, the " report: continues "is reflected among convicts and their relatives, among whom there exists a widespread atti tude of suspicion evidenced by expressions of the belief on the part of some that pardons and paroles can be had for a price . "The extent to which this un founded i suspicion . prevails . is evidenced by the receipt by the executive office of a letter i om the family of one . convict' in quiring as to the amount of the 'fee' required., to secure pa role. Attorneys Can't Aid -In Paroles, Reported c There is no reason for prison ers to . be represented by ;. ttor neys In consideration of their cases, the report sets forth. "There are seldom any legal questions involved and the cases eome automatically before the board for - consideration . either as they become eligible for clem ency or npon application .for re- Tlew. The board has all of the pertinent facta and factors nec essary before ' It and there is nothing left to be legitimately supplied by an attorney in ex change for a fee." i ': - ; The specific incident of the release of one Oscar WUu un der a I conditional pardon, re ceive 'mention ' la the report, which contains documentary evt dence tending to show ' that Salem attorney was ' paid $520 br relatives of the eonTiet, who were to pay 2 80 additional for the attorney's services. The re port states that the attorney at tempted to discuss the ease pri vately with members of the board but that they declined. - Relative to the report and to the WUson case. Chairman "Jtter of the parole.-board made the following statement: . - "Governor 8prague requested Mr. Mason and Mr. Edwards to make the investigation an! had I been present . when the report was made I certainly would have signed it. I have for four years discouraged people from hiring (Turn to Page z, cow i "Mars Ft' Paroles Here Unlucky Flier Faces CAMDEN, . NJ, June 7-(-Wearlng handcuffs Instead of a hero's wreath. Cheston L. Eahel man, 22, of Carlisle, Ps, returned tonight to the airport from which he started his asserted "flight to Mars" that ended In the Atlantic ocean, some 44,000,000 miles short of his goal.- The young ; airplane mechanic was lodged in the Camden county Jail four hours later In default of $ 5 0 0 0 bond fixed by Police Re corder George E. Tost, of Penn sauken, ou charges of larceny of the airplane and instruments. The " warrants were sworn -to by John Farles and Edward Walx, officials of the flying school from, which Eshelman rented the plane. He dropped it in the Atlantic' ocean off the Georges banks, and; was picked up by a Boston bound fish lag schooner, r, "" - Wall said the plane was rented ft Fshelman .only for restricted e A. t O Box Factory Fails in Court Try to Collect $20,000 Riot Insurance Federal Judge Rules Burning of Mill Cannot Be Classed as Riot Under Oregon Statutes so Payment on Policy Ruled out PORTLAND, Ore., June 7. (AP) Federal Jndge Claude McColloch ruled today that the burning of the West Salem Box factory in 1937 could not be classified as a riot and the Salem Manufacturing company could not collect $20,000 on a riot insurance policy from the First American Fire In surance company of New York. The suit by the company ended abruptly when Judge McColloch instructed the jury to bring in a directed verdict for the defense. The court declared there was no creditable evidence to show that force and violence was used as specified in the Oregon riot statute. The mill was burned by three men during a campaign to union ize the plant. Th'se three, Ernest Carson, John Newland and Cecil Moore, pleaded guilty to charges of arson as did A. N. Banks, ac cused of complicity. All four are serving terms in the penitentiary. Albert E. Rosser, former head of the AFL teamsters in Oregon, later was convicted of complicity in the case and his conviction as affirmed this week by the state supreme court. Mexican Air Ace Dies in Potomac Sarabia's Plane Falls ' in River; Homeland Rumor . Hints US Sabotage WASHINGTON, June T.-UPy- Four minutes after he had taken off on a 1,700-mile flight to see his mother in Mexico, Franeisco Sarabia plunged to his death today in the Potomac river. The 39-year-old flyer, Mexico's foremost civilian airman, had just bade goodbye to his wife, Agrl pina, and his 10-year-old son, Francisco, Jr. His low wing mono plane, heavily-loaded with gaso line, rose slowly about 100 ieet above the army's Boiling field then dived suddenly into the water. The accident occurred in fuu view of his wife, son and brother, Santiago, also a flyer. (Turn to Page 2, col. Z) Freight Airplane For Forest Work The state forestry department's new freight airplane, one of a few of its kind in the United States, will arrive in Salem July 1, J. W. Ferguson, state forester. reported Wednesday. - The plane cost approximately 114,000, Including a trade-in, and will e a r r y approximately 980 pounds of freight. Ferguson said the plane would be used in carry ing food supplies and equipment in eases of serious forest fires. The state forester said -he had not vet decided definitely on a pilot. He Indicated that he had interviewed - J e r r y Andrews of Portland. T:";:'rr- Man Who Piloted First Portland Streetcar Diet PORTLAND, June A. Workman, 12, the first man to operate an electric streetcar in Portland, died last night at bis homo in Riverside, Calif. Workman took the first ear out of the. bant when electric street cars were introduced here in 1S8S. Encs in Jail; flights near the Camden, airport. - ."I guess I missed it a few mil lion miles., grinned v Eshelman when he arrived here from Boston, accompanied by a Camden police man, in a plane piloted by Walx. The - adventurous youth, ctm wearing a , white neckjcarf " and stained khaki, overalls, said he didnt have $2100 . to. pay for the sunken plane but that he hoped to -find a way to fix it up with Mr. Walx." - . - 'Eshelman arrived In Boston today on the trawler Villanova, which fished him out of the sea ITS miles from that port as the plane aank.-.. ' -. : . -. The vessel's catch was recorded on a big blackboard in the Boston fish pier trading Toom as 1 0,0 00 pounds of groundflsh and the flier. - v. Taken aboard a police boat as the fisherman neared the. pier, he clung to his story uxai j&ars wasi his destination. . Charg -9 M ; o - o - New Real Estate Board Is Named Ross, Shively of Portland, Williams and Chilcote Named by Sprague Members of the new state real estate board, created at the 1939 legislative session, were an nounced by Governor Charles A. Sprague on Wednesday. The members are W. H. Ross and W. B. Snively, both of Port land; Lowell Williams, LaGrande, and E. M. Chilcote, Klamath Falls. Claude H. Murphy, Albany, by virtue of being the state real es tate commissioner also is a mem ber of the board. All members of the board are real estate operators, as provided by the law creating the new de partment. Murphy was appointed real estate commissioner several day ago and will receive $3100 a year. The new department , will be come operative June 14. ' ' Pro-British Bill Blocked by Croup Favorable new Neutrality Bill Is Timed With King's Visit, Held WASHINGTON. June 7HflJI- On the eve of the visit by the Brit ish king, an embattled group with in the house foreign relations com mittee blocked today an effort to rush action on a new neutrality bill which, it is generally conced ed, would be a benefit to Britain in case of war. The Tote against holding a late afternoon and night session on the administration-approved bill re pealing: the arms embargo and making other neutrality law chan- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) King'll Eat Cake, Courtesy Bakers WASHINGTON. June T.-iffV-A baker's truck roUed up to the White House today carrying a 100-pound cake as a token of good will to .the king and queen of England from the Bakery and Confectionery Workers Interna tional union. The delicacy was in the form of, a tier of three crowns, with jewels of candy. It rested on a red candy plUow. ; . . r-,r: SUSPECT, HELD IN DUCHESS OF1 KENT CASE 'A I The defease of Lndwedge Vincent Lawlor, 45, charged with firing a ahotgaa Bear fh aatomotile ef the I ' Dachess ef Kent, was that be bad na permit, a police constable testified at Lawlor preliminary Hearing, juawior is saowa acre, JET jabots - " -' Deport Charge Considering Is To Be June 27 Federal Officials Hand Summons to Leader at Everett, Wash. Coast CIO Head Says Hearing Is Secret; to Be at SF. EVERETT. Wash.. June 1.(JP) -Harry Bridges, west coast CIO leader, revealed tonight he bad been summoned to appear June 27 at the United States immigra tion station on Angel Island in San Francisco bay for a special hearing relative to deportation charges filed against him. Bridges said two federal immi gration officials walked into the closed convention hall where he was addressing the annual meet ing of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific today and handed him an "order to appear." He said he .understood the "hearing would, in all probability be secret." Bridges did not en large his announcement. Bridges arrived here today from San Francisco. He is president of the International Longshoremen and warehousemen's union. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) British Will Cut Russian Red Tape Plan to Dispatch Special Envoy to Moscow to Speed up Pact (By the Associated Press) The British government, which in nearly three months of negotiat ing has failed to bring Russia into the British-French camp through normal diplomatic channels, de cided yesterday to dispatch a spe cial envoy to Moscow to cut red tape. A special foreign office expert, a career diplomat. Is to go to Mos cow to bring about an early con clusion of a British-Freneh-Rus-slan mutual assistance pact. The chief obstacle to this agree ment, sought by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to counter balance the Rome-Berlin axis, was this: Russia has demanded that as sistance guarantees be given to her Baltic neighbors Finland, Lat via and Estonia. But these nations do not want to be guaranted, they hare told London, for fear It would compromise the strict neu trality they desire to maintain. "It is manifestly Impossible to impose guarantees on states which do not desire it, Chamberlain told the house of commons. Soviet officials held to the rlew that Britain and France should guarantee the Baltic states wheth er these small states like it or not Fred Crawford Injured Am Spray Gun Explodes Fred Crawford, SI, suffered a sever facial Injury when a spray gun exploded, the cap being blown into his face, early Wednesday night. The city first aid crew at tended him and he was taken to the Salem General hospital. jsu nas paruy ctmeeasng ms race, .. --- lese Aver Cruiser Fires Upon Airliner 4 Ship, 'Apparently British' Charged in Incident -East of Hongkong . Japanese Plane Unhurt Although Shots Are Close, Reported TOKYO, June 7.-flP)-A foreign warship, "apparently a British cruiser," fired on a Japanese air liner east of Hongkong at' 11 a. m. (10 p. m. EST Tuesday), the Japanese news agency, Domei, reported today. 1 The pilot said: the plane escaped damage although ten shots were fired and several shells exploded within 100 yards of his plane. The Domei dispatch was dated from Taihoku, Formosa, whence the airplane departed at 1:15 a. m. bound for Tokyo by way of Swatow. While "far outside British waters" and cruising at 8,000 feet altitude, the pilot was quoted as saying, a warship carrying British flag and similar Insignia painted en her sides, suddenly swung her anti-aircraft guns into action. After the first shot the pilot began climbing and zigzagging, He returned at once to Taihoku after escaping the shots. While some Chinese gunboats are known to be equipped with anti-aircraft guns, Japanese naval sources said none had been sighted In South China waters for many months. SHANGHAI. June 7 .-()-A Japanese spokesman today threatened "summary action" in cluding possibly indefinite deten tion or even execution against any foreigners whose acts are considered dangerous to Japanese forces in the occupied areas of China. , Reliable quarters Interpreted the ' etatement as : a aew : attempt by Japan to assume the rights of a belligerent while avoiding a declaration of war against China, which might stop war supplies from the United States and else where. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Tractor Worker Can't Bear Bear Snuffing Around BEND, Ore., Jnne 7.-(JP)-V. A. Butler, tractor greaser for a Fort Rock district logging outfit, reached the end of his rope today and pot in a caU for help to the state police. Butler said a big black bear came snuffing around every time he started to grease trac tor, greatly reducing the effi ciency of tractors, camp ax Bvtler. The bear lives somewhere la the Deschutes game refuge, which prevents Butler from as tag his shooting irons. Recently the bear not only prevented Bntler from greasing Us tractors bat chased him into a cabin and kept him there aa til weU past qnitttng time, Bat ler said he was not certaia whe ther, the bear was maaeater or aot. He figures he has foaad oat enoagh abont the bear al ready aad is aot of a mind to carry the experiment to State Officer Douglas U. Bar ren got a description of the bear aad went lata the woods after accompanied oy a police - " Japan British Royal Couple Is Greeted - In US oh First Visit in History Waterway Project Revival Is Seen Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Link to Get Notice by King's Visit WASHINGTON, June 7-(-King George's visit to Washington will give the Roosevelt administra tion a chance to push for action on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence deep waterway. This project would permit large ocean-going vessels from Europe, Asia and South America to reach inland ports like Cleveland, Toronto, Detroit, and Chicago. Assistant Secretary of 8tate Adolf A. Berle, jr., expects to see Premier MacKenzie King of Canada and urge him to yet greater efforts to induce Canada to sign a treaty. The premier will be here as mlnister-ln-atten-dance to the king. The administration effort to get a waterways treaty, is now just a year old, the state de partment having sent its draft treaty to Canada last May 28. Canada's expense was to be rela tively only a small fraction since she was to be credited with the amount she had already spent on such Great Lakes develop ments as the Welland canal. Nevertheless so sign of great enthusiasm has come from Can ada in the last year. Premier MacKenxle King Is believed here to be wholeheartedly in favor of the project, but he has had opposition from various sources. Portland Crowns Rose Fete Queen PORTLAND, Ore., June 1-(Jf) -The Rose City crowned Its queen tonight and inaugurated its annual three days of volun tary monarchy, the Rose Festi val. The list annual Portland fi esta opened in crowded Multno mah stadium when Jean Heaver, lc-year-oia high school girl, sur rounded by her court of eirht princesses, was enthroned. Mayor Joseph K. Carson proclaimed the city her vassal state and Secre tary of SUte Earl SneU offered her the homage of Oregon. Mo tion picture Actor Edward Ev erett Horton was the first to about "Long Live the Queen." The coronation pageant was followed by a program of "rill team exercises, maneuvers ly. the ma us cavalry of Monterey. Calif., a pyrotechnic disnbiT and dances. Clerk Unafraid Of Holdup When Sure GiiriV Toy K SPOKANE, Wash. June -Plucky Anita Buhrer, clerk in a finance company office, used her Jungs today . to - bring : about the capture of a holdup man when she saw that the gun he carried was only- a toy. - .v.-';- The bandit, booked at the police station as ' Edward H. ; Stockman, a WPA : worker, scooped . Silt from a cash drawer and fled when Miss Buhrer refused to giro him the money. The clerk telephoned the police, then gave chase, shoute ingj -Catch that man! He's a Hrobber! - - , - ! Pedestrians and a patrolman made the capture. "I knew I eouldn't fight him.- Miss Buhrer explained, ' "but I wasn't afraid, even before I knew the, gun' was a toy."-, - -; Colored DUh Turn$outt6Be?Grace' ST. HELENS, June 7.-CTV-S. E. Taylor, EL Helens mill . worker, saw what he thought was a eolored " dish , floating , near the edge of the Columbia river today. When the "dish" started to paddle away he caught it and found it to be a painted turtle about 4 by W Inches.7 5' t-y-.p .... s. On its shell amid green, blue. yellow and white decorations was the word "Grace," ' ' - l' 5 Xt :AN V 1 Above, King George VI aad Qaeea Elizabeth, who reached United States soil late Wednesday for British royalty's first visit to ' this nation. Below, Secretary CordeU Iall,'who greeted them and will present the royal con ,. pie to Preaident aad Mrs Roeae relt today. MacLeish Naming Stalls Argument Representative Says FDR Administration Filling Posts With Pinks - WASHINGTON, June t-Pf K charge by. Rep. Thomas (R NJ) that the Roosevelt adminis tration had been filling key gov ernment positions with friends of communism touched oft a fu rious argument in the house to day, during which Rep. Rayburn (D-Texas) cried "slander!" Thomas began by asserting that Archibald MacLeish, . omi- aated by President Roosevelt to head the library of confess, was "one of the leading 'fellow travelers of the communist party today." , He said the appointment "once more raises the vital and alarm ing issue of communistic influ ence on appointments emanating from the White. House." v Rayburn asked Thomas what he meant, by "fellow traveler." (Turn to Page 2, CoL ) - German Palestine. Newspaper Halted 4 JERUSALEM, '-. June ?-P)-The German news agency, DNB, which published a thrice weekly bulletin in German, was suspended lor a fortnight for an undisclosed - rea son by the government tonight. ' The action was taken on a day of renewed outbreaks of sporadic violence in which one Arab was killed, another injured and three Jews were' wounded Sy"" Two bombs were exploded at Tel AriT, causing alight' damage. ' v:' : f :. ... , Washingtqhj DCj Ends Weeks Of Planning, Is All Ready : Washington, June ivPr-A king and queen are coming to town, tomorrow and Washington is ready to make them .welcome with the daxjling grandeur of of ficial pageantry r and the loud, friendly acclaim of countless plain folks who can't forget their story book days. " -c For George VI of Grtat Britain and his queen, : Elixabeth,. Presi dent Roosevelt, and many another, dropped everything-to see to It that, their S C-hour, stay is one of unbroken enjoyment. . . : - six months of worried planning at an end officials looked at the alternate Union Jacks and Ameri cas flags along Pennsylvania ave nue, reehecked Jthelr arrangement for police protection, and. announ ced,, with a - suggestion - still of hopefulness, that everything was ready. And "everything" includes a lot,';, ' .; - ... The royal couple Is scheduled to arrive at 11 o'clock, accompan Royalty Speeds Toward Capital For Fete Today Secretary of State ! at Niagara Falls to Welcome Travelers US Border Is Crossed by Ruling Monarch for First Time NIAGARA FALLS. N.Y- Jusa T-CtfVFor the first time in his tory, a reigning British monarch set. foot upon United States soil tonight when King George and queen Elizabeth arrived here and were greeted with democrat ic lniormality by Secretary of SUte Hull. Just It minutes after the rov- al train crossed the unfortified border from Canada at 9:39 p.m. t just j, it spea .southward to ward Washington, where Presi dent E oo s eve It and his official family will receive the king and Queen tomorrow at the begin ning of a four-day state visit. Armed guards were mounted around the railroad station to night as the Tennessee-b o r ar secretary of state, host for the government on this historic oc casion, stepped forward to .reet the nation's royal guests. Simplicity Marks Welcome by Hull Secretary Hull extended a wel come shorn of the ceremony Which had attended the progress of the couple through more tbaa f.000 miles of a Canadian tour, but it was one which they ap peared to appreciate. It took less than fire minute for the blue and silver 12-ear royal train to cross the bridge over the rushing Niagara river below the falls, whose floodlight ed crest could just be seen from the train windows. When the train reached the station on the United States side, it slewed down and: stopped es actl y, opposite a long red .carpet on -which' stood ' Secretary a a d Mrs. Hull apd Sir Ronald Lind say, British ambassador to the United States. A cheer went up from the crowd jammed on the statioa platform as the engine steamed past. A salute had been boost ing from the moment the traia reached the United States boun dary. The crowd stood In silence as the train slowed to a stop at 9:43. There was a theatrical mo ment of suspense. The red door of the observation platform open ed and the king stepped out, smiling and bowing slightly,' shy ly it -seemed. He was dressed im a double-breasted pin Krlp lounge or business suit, were white collar and dark tie. The queen had changed agaia, the fourth time for the day. but was still wearing blue, with a halo hat. She was smiling aad with eagerness stepped down ta the red carpet. Secretary , Hull moved forward and his serious face -lightened with a smile a he grasped the king's hand firm ly. Mrs. Hull was beside him ia an ensemble of light blue chif fon with matching hat, gloves, bag and; shoes. For a few. minutes the king and queen stood with the Ameri can group on the platform while presentations were made. Thea the whole party climbed aboard and the train moved out, of the station, not more than five min utes having been require, for the welcome. . Double lines of troops were oa the station platform . preventing ny one from touching, the train. "Big Man" of Gambling jailed in Kansas City KANSAS CITT. June 7.-4P-Ctarles V. Carollo, called by Fed eral Judge Albert L. Reeves "the big man" In Kansas City gam bling, was convicted tonight of op erating a gambling game and was sentenced to a year in jail. : ied from the Canadian border by Secretary Hull and a reception committee from the state depart ments At Union station, Hull will escort them," between double flies ot marines, to the presidential re- ception room.' y- ; z f i- There, President and Mrs. Roosevelt will be awaiting their arrlraL The secretary of state, will present the king and queen to the president ' and first lady,? r 'After meeting the members ot tbe royal -party, Mr. - and Mrs. ri Roosevelt win lead the .way outside;-where' a special guard , of honor win be drawn up. k.,-'- While all stand at the entrance. the marine band win . plar the British and American national an-;' themsand in the park a abort dis tance away, a booming 21 -gun sa lute will bo fired la honor of tbe arrival of the head of another "tat, , t. , ' Then will begin the procession -i (Tura to page 2, CoL 6) .