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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon Stmdaj Morning, Jcnt 11, 1939
Price 2c; Newsstand 5e
No. CI
George aiedlMsalbeA Mesttiimg at Mycie Psurfk
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88 ) M
Sprague Given
Ii;D Honorary
At Graduation
Miss Harriet Long Al6
Honored by Granting
of Doctorate
Governor Sees Flowering
of American Genius
""" in Future
"We ought to look forward to
a f reBh flowering of the American
genins. Perhaps the cycle of the
machine may be superseded by a
richer culture, one which employ
the machine more wisely, which
exalts higher ralues than goods,
which rises abore the economic
and political snarls of today to
planes with broader horizons . . .
Among the leaders to plan and
usher In that culture should be
the graduates of our colleges and
universities."
Such was the challenge pre
sented to the 88 seniors who re
ceived degrees at Willamette uni
versity's 97th annual commence
ment exercises Saturday, by Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague, com
mencement speaker. Govern or
Sprague was awarded an honorary
degree of doctor of laws and Miss
Harriet Long, state librarian, re
ceived an honorary degree of doc
tor of letters.
Discussing "Values in Educa
tion, the governor minimized the
old idea t h a t an education la
something which "may be cashed
in the market place," pointing out
that the rising level of general In
telligence and other factors "di
lute - the supply ot so-called edu
cated persons." Though it may
"Introduce one to the fraternity
of the intellectually elite," jUere
is danger that it may opeh the
-door on a .group of : intellectual
snobs.'!:-:.'-.'...
Hopes Grads not
"Mental Flatheada 5
Attacking the conception of edu
cation as a shaping ot minds to
set patterns ot thought, the speak
er said to the graduates of "this
fiee university" that he was "sure
your minds have not been band
aged to the hard board of fixed
Ideas until you have become men
tal Flatheads." N
Emphasizing education's - value
in maintaining cultural levels, he
speaker pointed to the need for
characters to whom "great deci
sions" come with apparent ease
because they follow the normal
sequence of small decisions.
The Elslnore theatre was filled
almost to capacity tor the gradua
tion exercises. Musical selections
Included a violin solo by Mary
Sennits Duncan with Miss Clara
Eness at the piano, and the tra
ditional commencement so n g
"Farewell Willamette" (Irvine)
sung by Manning Nelson.
Awards and Prises
Announced
Awards and prises announced
at the exercises by President Bruce
R Baxter Included:
, Alpha Kappa Nu: Betty Jane
Craney, Martha Aiko Okuda. Mar
ian Louise Chase, William Walter
, Clemes. Lola Wllma Burton, Theo
dore Edward Lndden.: Margaret
Dunsmore Macr. David Frederick
Bates. Clay Bacely and Aldus
Smith.
Albert prize" of $25, Margaret
Dunsmore Macy. ' '
1 Col. Percy Willis prixe of 1 2 5.
Nell Edward Shaffer.
; - J. H. Booth athletic prise, Neil
Shaffer...- :,
; Class ot lilt scholarship prize,
81. Betty Craney. -
. Library nrizes for reading: first.
George Gutekunst, $10: second,
James Anderson. $8: freshman
prise. Gene Huntley.?
Walter E. Keyes prise In ora
tory: first, Eugene HilL 818; sec-
(Tarn to page zr coi. ij
British Draft War Pattern
For Administrative Crews
I LONDON, June 10-a'Hcnto the
broad pattern ot ita war prepared
ness program the British govern
ment Is .working aft emergency
'plait to ahitt the hulkv ot ita ad
' mtntstrative r machinery t r o m
: Whitehall to safety tones to the
country. '". " - -
The plan 'would send 200,000
' officials to temporary department
headquartera. ' ..-'" - "c :
Only key of ficiala would remain
in Lndon,-working and sleeping
In bomb-proof office basementar:
t Since Germany'! absorption; of
Bohemia and Moravia last March;
every British government 'depart-
'mentihas had 1U basement rt
inforced against bombing. .r -;?
Additional brick partitions have
been built, walls lined with sand
bags and every tasement room
stocked with antt-gaa materiaU
and ether -"emergency equip
ment. ' - ' : -' -' -'
Details ot the plans to move tht
government offices from London
are a eloaely-gnarded en- s -Some
observers believe that Qx-
Bmrees
Girl Charged With Kidnaping v
- Changes Naiiies at Every Turn
K.. . ..
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Margaret Polly Well, who was arrested fa San Francisco for the
alleged kidnaping of 5-jr ear-old Krehe Osborn, first told police
she was Graham Gaylord. Later she said she was Rahana Graham
Thonuu of Chicago aad ftnallj admitted to girl reporter ber
true same She asked f 1000
attempt and claimed she wanted
on her mother's farm at Hassan, If. x. Now her mother la at
temptiag to raise "a part of the $50,000 bail under which the
girl Is being held. (IIX)
Where There's
Smoke Thefe
.... s- ..
Hot Berry Jam
Mrs. Hannah Martin, Marion
county representative, paid no
particular heed, when a fire en
gine's siren sounded outside, as
she sat with members of the class
of '24 at the Willamette university
alumni banquet Saturday night.
But the tire engine was headed
for her home, 2220 South. High
street. Neighbors had noted smoke
1 1 IakIm w Aiit V ina n nnnfl T Ft A
ttem found a ieUle of ! rtn
berry Jam on the kitchen range,
mo jam uaxiiy Kuruicu - uu
bottom burned out of the kettle,
Damage was slight.
Firemen were also called to
the Thomas ' E. Cole residence,
1318 Center, where a box of paper
burning in the basement also ere-
ated considerable smoke but am
no damage.
Extortion Scrawl
Authoihip Owned
BOSTON. June lOWftVA Bos
i,r,r .aid tonleht that a
-nf il,MU)M Cambrldre
man, had admitted to police and
nMtal flffirtal ' the Wrltlnr OI
.mm J.mnutinr iiOO.OOO from
former Governor James M..Curley
and 110.000 from State Executive
ConncUlor Daniel H. Coakley.
The man. Attorney James ' F.
Harrlnxton said, explained he
wrote the letters as a prank, with
out intending to collect the rams
named in them.
- Harrington described hint aa a
man who "at one time made an
average of $7,000 a year, but in
recent Tears his income had fallen
off and he became worried and
was living under a strain.'
ford, ancient university town CS
miles from London, has been se
lected as Britain's war-time capi
tal.
But others think the govern
ment would scatter Its many de
partments over a wide area in
event of .war, to lessen the danger
ot a single mass air attack put
ting the entire administration out
of action. " '
In an emergency some officials
of each government department
Immediately- could be sent ont os
London ' to establish. temporary
hradanarters. -S'vV i l
-. Others, .whose duties are listed
as 5 "non-easentlal would ;; etay
away from their London offices
for two or "three daya to relieve
the traffic congestion that would
be bound to be a major problem
in the early stages of a war. t '
Officials drafting plana tor the
Whitehall exodus say the govern
ment officers nrobably wont be
allowed to use their automobiles.
Many of them now drive to work
from modest homes la the London
anbarbs
sM Willamette
raasom la her amateurish kidnap
the money to pay off the mortgage
oid -Epidemic
Believed Checked
2500 Persons Inoculated
as no More Cases of
Disease Reported
SEQUIM, Wash., June 10-()-
Wlth an estimated 2500 persons
inoculated and no additions to the
approximately 80 known typhoid
feyer health authorities
w
tonight the epidemic in east-
era Clallam county was "definite-
-J -"
we xeei mere is no aanger 10
the people here or to visitors.
said Dr. Leland Powers, county
health officer, "due to the fact
that there has been' no spread of
the typhoid. It is definitely under
control with no new cases report
ed. It started from one common
source hut it has taken some
longer than others to come down
with the disease."
Dr. A. U, Simpson, of the state
health department, salr the out
break was traced to a school
lunchroom at this northeastern
Olympic peninsula community of
I t 800. Handling of lood.hy a
TTPnoia earner, ur. simpsou saio.
I could have spread the disease.
More than 1000 received rnaas
I uomBUuwu iremiuicui wu
I health authorities.' Private physi
clans and nursta Inoculated hun-
I areas 01 oiners.
Red Cross nurses aided In care
ot the typhoid patients, all except
one of them school children. One
teacher contracted the . disease.
BRITAIN'S KING AND QUEEN
mm
t i N
.1 XM..":.
After placing wreath at the
I George VI and Qaeen EHxaheth
I r gronds of the boaae of the
1 aalne4 English mle.ta 1TT5.
Security Law
Change Given!
House's Okeh
Retirement - Benefits to
Be Increased Tax
Kept Static
If Senate Approval Had
Employers to Save
Millions
-WASHINGTON. June 10.-(-
With only two dissenting votes,
the. house approved and sent to
the senate today a set of amend
ments extending and increasing
the. benefits of the social security
law while keeping the old age pen
sion tax at its present level for
next three years.
The vote was 361 to 2, with
Representatives Smith ' (R-Ohio)
and Thill (R- Wis) casting the
Negative votes. Representative
Carlson (R-Kan) first voted "no."
then changed to, "present," be
cause he was paired with a mem
ber who favored the legislation.
The tax amendment has been
hailed as a "recovery step" be
cause it would avoid a 80 per cent
increase next year in the old age
Insurance tax.
It the senate approves the
house's action, it will mean that
the working man covered by old
age insurance will continue to
contribute to his retirement pen
sion 1 per cent of his pay, up to
$8,000, until January 1, 1043.
Rate Goes ap
in 1943
In 1943, the rate will go up to
1 per cent. Under present law,
the rate is due to go up to 1
per cent next January 1.
, . The employer pays the same tax
as' his employe.
A, ways and means committee
report estimated "total savings
to taxpayers during the next three
years would he $1,710,000,000
At the same time, it estimated
that increased benefits would cost
an additional $1,200.000,000 dur
ing the next fire years. The com
mittee said, however, that the to
tal cost over the next 45 years
would be about the same as un
der present law.
The committee also said that 1,
100,000 additional persons sea
men, bank employes and employed
persons (5 and over would be
provided old age Insurance under
amendments which extended cov
erage to these groups, and that
200,000 additional would get un
employment Insurance.
Under the amendments, the
government would begin paying
old age insurance benefits next
year, instead ot waiting until 1942
as present law provides.
Benefits Would
Be Increased
Furthermore, the benefits to be
received by persons who reach 68
the retirement age in the next
few years would be greatly in
creased. For Insurance, under present
law a man making 6100 a month
would be entitled to S17.SQ a
month pension on January 1,
1942, it he had paid the old age
tax five years (since January 1,
1937).
Under the amendments, it this
man reaches (S on January 1,
1940, or thereafter, be could re
tire on a pension of 625.75 if he
were single, or $38.63 it he were
married. -
The amendments also would
(Turn to page 2, coL I)
tomb of Georse 7ashinston, Kin4
went for a stroll arownd the historle
first president, who led tha revolt
Wanting with tha esteem is Charles
Germans Slay
Czekh Of fitter
t After Battle
Tension Remains Heavy
in JTown Where Nazi ;
ppe! -
Berlin Papers Charging
Foreign Nations ;as C
y Czech Stirrers
. KLADNO, Bohemia-Moravia,
June lO-iV-The slaying of a
Czech policeman In a quarrel with
German police was announced to
night shortly after the withhold
Ing ot additional punitive mea
sures against Kladno tor the kill
ing ot a German police sergeant.
A German communique said the
Czech policeman had been killed
last night at Nachod and declared
the shooting ' resulted from an
"unfortunate chain of regrettable
incidents" hut gave no further de
tails.
The impression grew, mean
while, that German police either
had apprehended the slayer'of the
German police sergeant or had
clarified the case to their satisfac
tion.' An investigation of the Nachod
incident was under way and those
Involved were being detained.
Nachod is near the former fron
tier between Germany and Czecho
slovakia. Czech Report
Station Invaded
The Czech version ot this af
fair was:
The Czech policeman, Johann
Mueller, and two fellow officers
were approached on a street cor
ner by a number of German po
licemen, apparently intoxicated.
An exchange ot words followed
and the Csechs, unwilling to ar
gue, withdrew to a small district
police atatlon and locked the
doors, i ., .5 - ' I -
The fieraahi followed entered
th haildlig aad began, shooting.
Mueller was shot In the head.
In Prague, the reich protector
for Bohemia-Moravia, Baron Kon
stantln von Neurath, decided to
"abstain from reinforcing the
present exceptional measures"
against citizens of this Czech in
dustrial town for the killing of the
sergeant, Wilhelm Kniest
Von Neurath, who had ordered
the previous restrictions placed on
Kladon's 19,000 citizens, inter
vened tonight to spare them fur
ther penalties, even though it had
been announced that new "restric
tive measures" would be enforced
if Kniest's slaying were not solved
by 8 p.m. (2 p.m. EST) tonight,
Restrictive Measures
Are Relaxed
One hour before the deadline
von Neurath's office Issued a
statement saying "the conduct of
the population enables the reich
protector to dispense with addi
tional measures on the expiration
of the time limit set by the author
ities." The commander of the German
police, who have taken complete
charge of Kladno since Kniest's
body was found in a street Thurs
day morning, declared. tonight
that "definite progress has been
made." - ,
(In Berlin the Deutsche Diplo-matiach-Politlsche
Korrespondens,
semi-official mouthpiece 1 ot . the
foreign office, accused 7 foreign
countries, especially England, ot
fostering unrest among the
Czechs. The Czechs themselves,
and not Germany, are bound to
suffer as a result, Korrespondens
'laid. i: :
STROLL AT MOUNT VERNON
CI VA sz peris tea tot of tho
Vl wiai the klal is llra Eoraee U. Town. pwaident f the
King and J. P Morgan Talk Over
One Thing and Another at Party
England's king and America's king' of finance, J, P. Morgan, are
pictured aa they recently chatted at a garden narty riven at the
British embassy la Washington,
1,400 persons who attended the
nuers excewaea personal greetings to many. (ULN)
Walt Erickson Is
Given Job at WU
Former Willamette Grid
Star to Take Over
Registrar Post
The Willamette university
board of trustees -at its Saturday
morning session held at Lausanne
hall appointed Walter Erickson,
graduate of the class of 1933, as
registrar of the university, to s
snme the position in September.
Erickson, who has been, principal
of Camas junior high school dur-3
ing the past school year, was a
popular football halfback during
his university days. He will suc
ceed Mrs. Ethel A. Schreiber, who
has resigned.
The trustees authorized the ad
dition of two instructors, one in
economics and the other in his
tory, who will be named this sum
mer. This move was made neces
sary by Increased enrollment at
the university.
George Atkinson ot San Fran
cisco, graduate of 1926, was
elected to the board ot trustees
to till the vacancy created by the
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
Late Sports
SACRAMENTO,- Calif., June 10
(-Portland, coming from be
hind, scored six runs in the eighth
Inning and defeated Sacramento,
8 to 5 in their Coast league base
ball game here tonight. The vic
tory gave Portland a three to two
edge in the seven-game series.
Frankle Hawkins, going in aa a
pinch-hitter for the Beavers, was
at bat twice in the eighth inning
and on hla second trip to the
plate, rapped oat a double that
sent , in the tying and -winning
runs. Tony, Freitas was retired
from the Sacramento moand, and
Ira Smith finished the game.
V Joe Orengo- and Dib Williams
hit home runs tor the Solons.
Portland . . . i" t 11- 1
Sacramento I 10 1
- Hilcher, Newsome (5), Thomas
(8) and Fernandas; Freltas.
Smith (8) and Ogrodowski.
llount Vernoa Ladiea atsodgfJoa.
D. C Morgan was among some
garden party at which the visiting
1
Hauk Is Selected
WU Alumni Chief
Hollingworth, Walker on
Trustee Board Again
for Five Years
Harold Hauk of Salem was
elected president ot the Willam
ette university alumni association
at the business meeting follow
ing the annual alumni banquet
Saturday night at the First Metho
dist church, final event of the Wil
lamette commencement program.
Hank succeeds-John L. Gary of
Wst'"I4nn-'-":'
Don Grant of Portland was
elected first vice-president, Ger
trude Eakin of Portland second
vice-president, Dwight Adams of
Albany. third vice-president. Fay
Sparks of Salem reelected secretary-treasurer.
Executive commit
tee members at large elected were
Walter Erickson, Helen Brelt
haupt and Dr. Ray Walts of Salem.
Mr. Gary becomes an ex-officio
member.
Dr. Carl Hollingworth of Port
land and Judge Arlie G. Walker
of McMinnville were reelected to
five-year terms as alumni mem
bers on the board of trustees and
Judge Walker was reelected alum
ni member of the athletic board
ot control.
The honor class of 1889 which
graduated 60 years ago was rep
resented by six members; William
T. Rigby, elass president, and Dr.
and Mrs. James T. Matthews of
Salem, Samuel W. Holmes ot Port
land. A. W. Bowersox of Albany
and Mrs. Maggie Brown Alderson
ot Portland. The oldest "old grad"
(Turn to pag4 2, eoL 6)
Convict Says He
Wasn't Informed ;.
Lawyer iWas Paid
ASTORIA, June Jj0Htff)-WIll.
lam Oscar .Wilson, whose-, condi
tional parole from the state prison
was cited by the parole board la
criticising r certain attorneys for
collecting fees for service on be
half ot convicts, told Sheriff Paul
Kearney today he had no knowl
edge a Salem lawyer had acted
in his behalf.
Wilson said he did not know
the attorney was paid by his rela
tives until recently.
Harry Bridges
I Agents in US Plane Plants
EVERETT, Wash., June lOrP)
-Barry Bridges reiterated today
his charges that foreign agents are
employed tn Pacific coast airplane
factories engaged In supposedly
secret government woravv l? s
: . fFor example,! the . president
of . the International . Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's union
said, "In the Boeing plant in Se
attle there are 1 0-odd 'members of
the - German-American ; bund, ..in
cluding an official secretary of the
hand working' in the welding de
partment r on r supposedly., secret
workVV r. .. ' , , t.
,.. Be added that agents are also
employed in various California
airplane planted ' Z H
Bridgea made similar, public
charges several weeks ago. He
said today these charges had been
substantiated and were not "fairy
tales.1 ? ' -'?": ; v
In an Interview daring a Inn In
the fifth annual convention ot the
Maritime Federation of the Paci
fic, Bridges alto declared he would
welcome a public investigation of
attempts to deport hint as an un
desirable alien. Such publicity, he
Pair Are Met
By Much Rain
On Auto Trip
Quiet Weekend Planned
for Weary Monarchs :
at FDR Estate
" a
Dinner, Worship, Picnia
Scheduled for two
Rulers Today
HYDE PARKv NT, June 10-V-The
ancestral home of Front.
dent Roosevelt offered a Welcome
retreat tonight for King George
and his queen weary but happy
over the tremendous, day-long
ovation with which New York
city's millions greeted them.
- After a swift drive up the Hud
son river through a light hat
steady rain, the royal couple
turned into the president's quiet
estate at 7:41 p. m. (EDT), there
to bo greeted once again . by Mr.
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
With the president and hla wife
when the royal party swung up
the tree-shaded drive were the
president's 8 4 -year-old mother,
Mrs. James Roosevelt, and his sob,
James.
The president's -wife atenne
forward first to welcome the queen
with a handshake, then turned
and introduced her visitor to her
mother-in-law, after which the
king moved forward so that she
could be presented to him.
Four Flags Hang
Over Porch
Over the great porch hung tear
flags, in this order: the reyal
standard, always evident wherever
the king is; the British flag;, the
American stars and stripes, aad
the president's flag.
Members ot the royal party said
Poughkeepsie gave them the moat
enthusiastic welcome after New
York city was left behind. State
department officials said abeag
1000 persons per mile lined the
highway for the entire 7 5-mile
drive.. .-..vs. .1.
It was only yesterday la Wash
ington: their. .majesties: ana Mr
and Mrs, Roosevelt parted afte
a long round Of formal affairs. 1
The motor cavalcade Whipped
through the well-guarded country
side without delay, once the part
was through with its engagement
at Columbia university. Although
Riverside drive in New York eity
was crowded with cheering thou
sands, the crowds thinned out aa
the party sped upstate, mainly be
cause of the rain.
Within the century-old home or
the president, the royal couple
found quiet and an informal rest
fulness. J)ne bedroom each was set aside
for the British monarchs. And
they could retire as early as they
wished, because no entertainment
was planned after dinner to
which SO guests were invited.
Two Tables for
Dinner Party
Mrs. ' Roosevelt told reporters
there would be two tables because
the dining room is smalL Her sons
and their wives were to sit at
the smaller one. - . i
The Roosevelt home, almost
clattered in spots with bric-a-brac,
hooks"' and . furniture of various
periods, is impressive chiefly for
Its air of mvabllity." .
it is spacious enough ' for tha
family, but most ot the British
royal party had to remain on the
king's blue and silver special train
at nearby Poughkeepsie. Only two
ladiea In .waiting, two gentlemen
attendants ot the king, and Prime
Minister MacKeniie King of Can
ada were able to share In its hos
pitality for the night.
For . three hours tomorrow aft
ernoon, Mrs. Roosevelt s a 1 d,
George and Elizabeth "can do just
what they please." They will be
Invited to drive about the state
or. countryside or to swim in a
sparkling, blue-lined pool twd
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Says Secret :
said, .would give him an oppor
tunity to ."expose the use of labor
spies and stoolplgeons'by local of
ficials of the department of las
migration. ' ' ,...v v:;
While Bridges was being Inter
viewed,' the , publicity committee
ot the federation prepared a state
ment charging Admiral Emory 8.
Land, chairman iot the United
States maritime commission, with
personal responsibility for tie-ua
ot ships designed to open a Paget
Sound-Orient service . nader ' tha
American flag.". t;.-..
The committee said" it under-v
stood the admiral had declared hit
!mind wag made np" : in . connec
tion with proposed methods of hir-.
tag crews for the vessels and de
clared, 1 itukes an act ot cea
greas to make the admiral change
hla .mind, the federation should
Join hands to seethat this is done.
The statement referred to a con
troversy over the freighter Cold-
Drooxnow tied up in Seattle by
pickets protesting the maritime
commission's ; policy ot ; llrltt ,
crews from shipping 'commission
er's lists rather than through un
ion hiring' halls.
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