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AT " .Vacation Days . , ' Are here promising plenty -off pleasure. Vonr trip will be even more pleasant If yon call 9101 and nave The Statesman follow yon with tba kwi of home. The Weather Unsettled with local chow today and Friday. Max temp. 74, xnln. 48. River I JI ft. West wind. PCUNDOD 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH TEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday , Morning, June 15, 1939 Price Sc; Newsstands Se No. 69 Deputy Adpite Falsif n ttamoey 9 -.N. ' A. k. is wwm i -V II Is .lies Three Groups In Convention Name Officers Fredricka Dntton Heads Daughters of Vets; Meet Ends Today Madison Sons' President and Mrs. Ray, Salem, Auxiliary Chief Daughters of Union Veterans of Civil War, meeting In Salem for their list annual contention this week, elected Mrs. Fredericks Dntton of Portland president yes terday. Other officers are Alice Horning of Salem, ' senior vice-president: Elsie Mae Cinino of Hillsboro, Jun ior vice-president; Virginia Cyus of Roseburg, chaplain; Amelia Handy of Portland, treasurer: Ethel Burns of Newberg, Eva Heffner of Portland, and Lillian Simonson of Astoria, council mem bers; Grace Reece of Portland, pa triotic instructor; Faith Wallace, inspector; Sue Breckenridge of Albany, delegate at large; Mabel Needham of Salem, alternate at large, and Ora Cox of Medford, na tional officer. Delegates to the national con ventfon will be. Mary Bobbins Clarissa Devereaux Virginia Brog den, "Susie Stannard, Helen Dick over, Winnlfred Millard, Lillian Simonson, Edna Kindred and Elva Craig. The convention' swings into Its final day this morning with a business session scheduled for 8:30 at convention headquarters at the Elk's lodge. It will be fol lowed at 12:16 by a past depart ment presldentsMuncbeon at the Spa. The convention will close with installation : of officers this afternoon. Organize Group of Granddaughters " , . ,. . -.' A granddaughters' group "was .organized as an auxiliary to the Daughters of the Union Veterans at a luncheon yesterday noon. Miss . Marie Bennett, Portland, was elected president and Jean John son, also of Portland, secretary treasurer, Theodore Penland, de partment commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was named "granddaddy." - Memorial , services were held during the morning session, and a parade size troop flag was pre sented to Boy Scout troop 20 of Hayesvllle. Following the annual formal banquet last night, exem plification of ritual by Martha Bamford tent 16 of Eugene closed the second day of the convention E. W. Madison of Grants Pass was installed as department com mander of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil ? war, and Mrs. Bertha Ray of. Salem was in stalled as president of the auxil iary at a Joint ceremony last night. The installation closed the 17th annual state encampment of the groups held In Salem this week. Earlier In the afternoon, a dele gation from the Sons and the aux iliary presented a flag to Gov. Charles Sprague at bis office. ' Other officers of the Sons In stalled were, U. G. Borer of Sa lem, vice commander; Rev. F. I mander; Frederick K. Davis : of Eugene, H. R. McWhorter.of Sa lem and J. D. Carleton of Port land, council: Walter C. Harmon of Grants - Pass,' seeretary-treaa- urer; - Herman S., Reichard t of Grant Pass, patriotic Instructor; Rev, G. R. Stover of Salenu chap lain, and H. L. Howe of Hood Riv er, counsellor. - ; - Salem Women Win Several Offices Besides Mrs. Ray, who was re- - elected president, , several other Salem women were installed as officers of the auxiliary. Mrs. Hat- " tie Cameron of Salem will be on the council for the year. Mrs.- Rose - Rellly will be treasurer and Mrs. Mettle Schramm Is to be ehapUJn. Other officers are Mrs. Margaret 1 .Burton ' f Portland, vice-presi dent: Mrs. Adah Newgard and Mrs. Mlnda Satteriy of Portland, council members: Mrs. Helen Lamar of Portland, patriotic In structor: Mrs. Myrtle Eyennan of Springfield. Instituting and In nulling officer, and Mrs.. Rosetta - Buchanan of Portland. Dress. Mrs. Buchanan. Mrs. Satterly, Mrs. Era Baker and Mrs. Lamar are to be delegates to the national ' convention. , , Memorial services, with Rev F. L. Cook in charge, preceded the Installation of officers. , Nautical School ; Seen for Oregon WASHINGTON, DC, June 14. (Representative Mott of Ore- rnn eaia toaar jua -ww share the cost of esUblishing intical school in Oregon. x uott'a statement cams with his proposal that legislation permit ting certain siaies w inent-alded nauUcal schools, be v.. Med la include all states. Mott said he was confident the ntval affairs committee would ao ..t vi. elan, and thU aasnd- ntory, leglslaUon wlfl pren ,to Block V Addis to Grange Argues Issue of Cost Zimmerman and Gill on. Opposite Sides; no Conclusion yet Salem Gets 1940 Meet; Support of 3rd Term Movement Denied JCORVALLIS. June 14-(P)-Cost of production, perennial farm leg islation topic, struck the Oregon state grange convention today and left a temporary rift in the execu tive committee. . Peter Zimmerman, Carlton, sup ported a resolution favoring the so-called cost-production bill now before congress. State Grange Mas ter Ray Gill left the chair to op pose it, stating the national' grange had already disapproved the leg islation. The dispute was recessed when all resolutions dealing with the subject were made a special order of business for Friday forenoon The grangers acted on about a dozen of 70 resolutions. One, fa thered by Ex-State Representative O. Henry O'leen, St. Helens, asked the national grange to back a plan of . admitting only such quantity of agricultural imports as could be absorbed without lowering prices of American products below, the cost of production. T .-.-4 The familiar oleomargarine tax resolution was approved despite the argument of W. L. Baker, Ca nary, that the way to deal with 'oleo Is to advertise that butter is better." Other resolntions asked greater sugar acreage allotments and a change in hunting laws to permit farmers to shoot rodents and other predatory animals on their own lands without license. Cooperation Asked By Fanners Union Harley Llbby, Marion county, state president of the farmers un ion, urged the grangers to cooper ate with his organization in com bating unfair taxation and cam paigning for lower rural school costs through consolidations. A thousand delegates kept the state grange convention In west ern Oregon today when they se- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Milwaukee Strike Nears Settlement MILWAUKEE, June 14.-(flV Vlrtually all major problems have been cleared up" In the strike that is keeping nearly 7,500 work ers Idle at the Allis-Chalmers Man ufacturing company, It was an nounced tonight by Gen. Otto Falk, company board chairman. He made the statement follow ins a conference with Governor Ju lius Hell, who presented contract proposals offered by representa tives of the striking United Auto mobile Workers (CIO) union. Falk'e announcement was Inter ereted as meaning the anion's pro posal, terms of which were not re vealed, was acceptable in the main to the company. ? llartin to Speak PORTLAND, June Former - GoTernor Charles - .n. Martin will speak on The wel fare of the i Demoeratie Party- be f r e the :' WUlanMtte Demo cratic society here tomorrow, Of Production Netti r Parole Board on Job; Sprague Praises Old One Confirmation of the appoint ment of .Fred Finsley of The Dalles as parole director and . the outlining of tpioceduro to be fol lowed," marked the opening ses sion of Oregon's new parole board here Wednesday." the day the new parole law became effective. Offices for the board, members of which are Paul R. Kelty of La fayette, chairman: Gerald Mason of Portland and Roy S. Keene of Salem, have been provided in the sute library building. In addition to hearing the cases of convicts eligible tor parole and directing the work of. probation, the new board has the duty, entirely new to Oregon penal procedure, of fix ing minimum sentences of all convicts after circuit fudges have set maximum sentences. Governor Charles A. Sprague, attending this first meeting ot the new - board; eommended; the ; old board and particularly praised the work" of " Dr. Floyd Utter et Sa ie of Kiilan Orient C Relieved Host, Poison Banquet s Tomakazn HorL former Japanese consul at Los Angeles who was understood to have been the host at the Nanking poison banquetH at which poisoned wine caused two deaths and made 18 other Japanese and friendly Chinese officials ID. Horl was made only slightly 111. 1IX photo. Infant Suffocated By.Slayer, Report Clues Meager in " Slaying of 10-Weeks old Babe Near Clyde, Ohio CLYDE, O., June l'.-(ffV-An autopsy tonight indicated that the killer who snatched baby Haldon Fink from his home suf focated the Intf Lt with his blanket before throwing him Into a creek seven miles away. A mysterious stranger reported in the neighborhood and a strange call to police Inquiring about - federal agenta provided but slim clues for the forces of Sheriff H. L. Myers and Federal Agent J. R. OHara. The body of the 10-weeks-old baby who . was snatched while sleeping - in his crib ' without arousing the family dog, was found today in Green creek 12 hours after the kidnaping. Coroner D. W. Phllo stated: "After examining the lungs I found they were not water logged, therefore death definitely was not . due to -drowning.' It probably was due to. suffocation by placing the blanket' over the baby's month. - . - - -, . "Preliminary examination dis closed no trace of poison." -t r..- . . Lebanon Man Dies As Pipe Explodes . ... ' ALBANY Ore., Jane 14.-(AV Morrls Hoffman, 40, a Lebanon Ore., blacksmith, was killed to day when a sealed pipe he was aeatlng w 1 1 h a blowtorch ex ploded. Fragments severed his Jugular rein, windpipe and corotld artery. Hoffman's father fcnd William Bohle, Albany, standing nearby. were uninjured. lem, ' chairman, utter served on the old parole board tor several years and was among those Instru mental In bringing about enact ment of, the new, parole . legislation.-,' -kj$ ::tJ- t'i t We can't expect too much from the new law," Governor Sprague said. It cant be perfect. "You are dealing with unstable material and your job Is to build some stability into it, I hope you wont be dis couraged if things ' dont go just right."-; x , : - r 5 Governor Sprague warned against extravagance.. He said he hoped the new board would do superior job In setting up and ad ministering the new system. Meet Ings will be held In Salem four times monthly. - Pending the next meeting of the board Flnsley will consider all ap plications for deputy parole direc tor and four field parole officers. ' Tat new hoard Inherited IS prW son parole cases from the pre vious Doaxo. . :: gm risis Supplies Kept Off Island by Three Vessels Tientsin Deadlock More Pronounced; Nippon Conditions Cited tt Appropriate Measures" Promised, Speaker in British Commons SHANGHAI, June 15-(Thurs day) - () - Three Japanese war ships have isolated Kulangsu from the mainland, halting passenger traffic and preventing the landing of vegetables and other supplies, foreign residents ot Amoy report ed today. A Japanese spokesman was quoted as saying the purpose of the blockade was to "bring the municipal council to Its senses' with respect to Japanese demands, Including one which would give Japanese control of the Kulangsu international settlement govern ment (Japanese last month were re ported ready to take over the set tlement but British, French and American naval detachments were landed there to maintain the sta tus quo.) (By the Associated Press) A bitter quarrel between Great Britain and Japan at Tientsin, im portant north China port, involve Ins;, the . century-old. special statuarfC ot occidental powers in China ap peared to be a tighter deadlock than ever today. Japanese military officers at Tientsin, apparently working with free hand granted by Tokyo, tightened their blockade about the city's British and French conces sions and imposed five new con ditions for amicable settlement Of the auarrel. The British government indi cated it would take "appropriate measures" in retaliation for the blockade. R. A. Butler, foreign undersecretary, said that the gov ernment had not yet decided what action would be taken and that it would depend on what steps were taken by the Japanese. Informed sources said the reprisals probably would be economic. Five new Demands Made br Japanese The Quarrel, bringing to a neaa tension between Japan and third powers which has existed since the beginning of Japan's invasion of China nearly two years ago, had Its immediate roots In the re fusal of British authorities to hand over to the Japanese four alleged terrorists. While the British have offered to settle the dispute, through three-power commission, Japanese Insisted on outright delivery oz the Chinese. Today they added five new demands for amicable settlement, declaring the British must quit protecting "anti-Jap anese and communistic" elements. supporting Chinese currency 'hoarding goods in Tientsin," us ing an "unregistered radio station In Tientsin." and refusing the use ot Japanese-prepared echoolbooks In the British concession. The Japanese said they would keep the British and French con cessions Isolated until tne new ae- msnds are met. The population ot these areas, 120.000, Including t 000 foreigners, was virtually cut oft from food and other supplies, and traffic of foreign and commer cial steamers to Tientsin was stopped completely. Denies Japanese Boats off Alaska PRINCE RUPERT, BC, June 14 -(CP)-George Kltagawa, secre tary of n Japanese fishermen's or ganization, said here today Jap anese halibut vessels operating out of this port do not enter waters off the Alaska coast. K Kitagawa Issued a statement In connection with a report from Juneau .that Japanese boats were taking soundings in an Alaskan bay and said vessels from Prince Rupert do aot go any further than Dundas Island, about 25 miles from here. - - He said he was confident a mis take had been made and added there were only 25 Japanese hosts engaged In the Industry , and only two of these were of large sue. Mill Worker Suicide ASTORIA, June 14. --Arthur Van Volktnburg. If, Warrenton sawmill worker, killed himself to day with a pistol shot in the head. Coroner Hollis Ransom reported. The motive was not determined Relief Bul ls Declared Curb On Past Abuse Improvements Conceded by GOP but Further , Changes Wanted Passage Soon Predicted After light on limit of Project's Cost WASHINGTON. June 14.-ffV- A new relief bill, ordering : ex tensive changes In WPA prac tices and appropriating $1,477,- 00,000 to finance the agency through another year, started through congress today as 'the culmination of months of fight ing over relief policies and ex penditures. Presenting the measure to the house on behalf of the appropria tions committee, Reprerentative Wood rum (D-Va) was roundly cheered when he said lt would clean up WPA," eliminate "the relief racketeer," and make the nation s relief dollar assist a greater number of people. For the republican minority of the committee, Representative Taber of New York asserted that the majority had "tried as far as they could to Improve the ad ministrative setup and method of operation of WPA," but should, instead, have brought In a bill decentralizing relief by turning its administration over to the states and localities. Passage by Friday Generally Forecast With these developments, the house began a three-day battle over the measure, a contest which all concede will result some time Friday evening in passage of the bill, but which is expected to bring; several sharp conflicts over Its Individual pro visions. No difficulty was expected oyer the amount appropriated, (Turn to Page J, Col, Jewelry Is Taken In Burglary Here Family Away so Time of Visit Unknown; Light Seen Saturday Eve Jewelry valued at around $500 was stolen from the H. H. Wein stein home at 875 Market street some time between June 8 and yesterday, according to a police re port made yesterday by Weinstein, proprietor of the Smart Shop. The burglars, believed by police to have gained entrance through a rear door leading Into the gar age, disturbed nothing else but Jewelry and left a number of the less expensive pieces of that. Included in the haul was a dia mond bracelet valued at $200, a diamond stickpin valued at $100, a number of pendants and earrings valued at$25to$40 each, a string of pearls, a box of fraternity pins, two rings and rhinestone hair clips. As they were In and out of the house from last Thursday until Sunday night, making trips to Portland and the coast, the Weln stelns could not say when the burglary was committed. A neighbor,-Mrs. Rex Adolph, told Inves tigating officers she saw a light In a bedroom of the Weinstein home Saturday night but supposed the family had not yet left tor the eoaat. GEORGE FINDS OUT HOW CCC OPERATES ; '.'-- ' - ' .a ,--vqr v v. -. .. ........... . : r The workiri cf a CCC camp are Fort Cunt, Va. The ktnf Is at EUxaoeth, una Concealed Of Discovering "Mistake" Is Statement Quoted by WitneB -" "'- . Flint Auto Strike Reported Settled Homer Martin Says so but CIO Officials Claim He's Unauthorized FLINT. Mich., June l4.-(iip-Two hours after 85 Michigan state policemen were ordered to the scene of strike violence here pickets of the AFL United Auto mobile Workers were withdrawn tonight from Flint General Mo tors plants. Homer Martin, president ot the UAW-AFL, announced later in Detroit after a lengthy ses sion with General Motors execu tives that a settlement ending the six-day-old strike had been agreed upon. Details were not revealed, but Martin said they were mutually satisfactory and recognized his union as a bargain agent. Cor poration representatives made no comment. Martin aides left for Flint and Saginaw to submit the terms to union members. Leaders of the rival CIO auto workers voiced skepticism con cerning Martin's announcement and R. J. Thomas, president of the UAW-CIO, telegraphed Wil liam S. Knudsen, GM president, that "any understanding reached with Homer Martin will have no standing with General Motors workers, tor whom only the UAW affiliated with the CIO has the right to speak." Orders were issued to 73 state patrolmen and 12 sergeants after members of the UAW-AFL, which called the strike to en force demands for recognition as bargaining agent for GM em ployes, and ClO-atfillated UAW unionists turned streets near their headquarters close to the Fisher Body No. 1 plant into a battleground. Six persons were Injured in hand-to-hand fighting; rocks and pop bottle flew In another en counter. Insurance Action Will Be Appealed Preparations are being made to carry the Salem Manufacturing company's $20,000 insurance pol icy suit against the First Ameri can Fire Insurance company to .the federal circuit court of ap peals, George A. Rhoten, one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, re ported here yesterday. The case was dismissed from the federal district court in Port land last week because, the court ruled after hearing the company's testimony, the tacts surrounding the incendiary burning of the com pany's box factory in West Salem November 20, 1937, do not con stitute a riot under the Oregon law. The plaintiff's counsel re lied on a one-sentence Oregon code provision defining riot. Stephen llatthieu of Portland is associated with Rhoten In the case.'"' Hembree Is Elected PORTLAND, Ore., June 14-p) -Walter Hembree of Portland was elected president of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers to night. explained to tbdr isajestles as Ciry left, wtta capt Gair uenoerson psoases, as sn Shortage Alleged FiLmipnlation of Ledgers and Vouchers, and Issuance of Checks for Private Business Claimed Defense Objects to Checks, Contends Many Such Transactions Handled in County Of f ices, Refund Made "The one mistake" that W. Y. "York" Richardson feels he made as deputy Marion county treasurer was his conceal ing the shortages that have brought, him to trial on a charge of larceny of public money, he was quoted at his trial in cir cuit court yesterday as having told John Lichty, Portland at torney for a bonding company. Lichty said he was sent here last November by his client. Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance company, which issued the $5000 public official's bond covering the deputy to inves tigate the $23,520.41 shortage reported by state auditors. That investigation included questioning of Richardson in the office of Abrams & Ellis, local agents for the company. Richardson, said Lichty, told him he had not taken any county money but said he had discovered "a mistake" early in Marlene Dietrich Sails Sans Gems Jewelry Held for Surety She'll Return, Face Income Tax Case NEW YORK. June 14-(ffy-Mar-lene Dietrich's luggage was seized on the liner Normandie today, but was soon released when she gave up llOO.eQO worth, of 'jewels as assurance that she- weald return to face the government's charge of non-payment of $284,000 In come tax In 193C-J7. Government agents appeared suddenly and, brushing aside au tograph seekers, had all her va cation finery except the modish clothes she wore removed to the pier. There were 34 pieces ot lug gage and they were shuttled from her suite to the pier so often they had the porters dizzy. Finally, after the big liner's de parture was delayed 40 minutes and the tide was turning unfavor able for the launching, Miss Die trich sailed with plenty ot clothes but a bit short of brilliants. The actress' lawyer appeared In the crowd during the excitement and protested. John T. Cahlll.US attorney, showed up with four as sistants and 20 federal agents went up the gangplank and then down again. Least perturbed in the little drama was Miss Dietrich herself. The German-born actress, who re cently became an American citi zen, said "it's all a riddle to me." She said the first she heard of lt was this morning at her suite In the Sherry Netherland, where she had been staying since Monday, when, she arrived from the west coast. Bowes to Be Honored PORTLAND. June 14.-flH American Legionnaires of Port land will honor one of their fellows 'tomorrow night when Commissioner William A. Bowes, long prominent in Legion affairs. Is feted at a banquet. , 1: tnrpect a company cf tie beys at (eenterj ana uenert jreenner, w. in Mope vnis service to the county and had "falsified tne records to cover up until he could find the mistake." Other testimony yesterday brought out alleged manipulations of vouchers and ledgers at yearly intervals to cover up .shortages, "salary" advances to county em ployes and to persons and a min ing firm not serving the county and Issuance of county checks for Richardson's "private business." The defense indicated lt would contend, however, that In all in stances cash was placed In the treasurer's till to cover the checks and advances. Falsified Entries For Years, Quoted -. "Every year yoi falsified an en try for 14 or IS years. . : till It had amounted to $23,000?" Rich ardson was asked, Lichty told the Jury. "He said he had," Lichty de clared. Richardson, Lichty continued, said he did not change the dates on warrants, said he had not told" anybody abont falsifying records but maintained "some one else had changed these warrants." By warrants Lichty said be meant the altered tax vouchers frequently referred to by other state's testimony. "He said that was the one mistake he had made not tell ing anyone else," Lichty re counted. On cross examination the at torney said lt was his position that his client company's boat "should run to Mr. Drager (county treasurer jointly indicted with Richardson)" and not ts the state of Oregon as it was actually written. "It is my opinion' he ex plained, "that Mr. Richardson Is not a public official and liable as such ... but liable only te Mr. Drager." "Are you willing to pay?" In quired Francis E. Marsh, assist ant attorney general and prose cutor. "I have the draft In my pos session, for $1111.10," Lichty replied,-.., - v .'" :..:. k The bank draft,; paying back the last of the shortage to the ' county, was -delivered to county officials later in the afternoon.. Checks to Figure In Testimony Today Ten county treasury checks, drawn on the treasurer' bank account, made payable to aoa county employes and to various firms, were admitted In evidence at adjournment time yesterday afternoon and 'are expected to figure prominently In this morn lag's testimony by F 1 y d K. Bowers, state , auditing ataff member who has been on the stand most of the time since Tuesday soon. Tea other, similar checks eere admitted aand identified In detail yesterday after - the de fense, had objected strenuously to their relevancy. As - to each. Bowers testified that Richardson had admitted having : ssuei them,; placing his initial, "R,m below the name ot the treasurer oa the check, and that Richard son affirmed that they - were "drawn . for other than county business." " A $20 county check "drawn September I, 1I2J, In favor ef Charles 1L Archerd. whw, earlier was Identified as interest ec w lib Richardson In I certain imlnisg ventures, atarted, an r argument between ?"ounaeL;', ;; :-- ; ? U These eheefca. Mif ri.u Yk e e e h .Richardson's attorney. mr9 Mcompeiem unless tne state can tie the matter up to show Richardson did not turn the money ; over to the treasurer's office . w hen. the vhecka were issued." -- , . Says Many Checks' Candled that Way v ? ' , There have been hundreds of cheeks handled 'In that way in this courthouse," K e e e a de clared. T7 say It's a burden oa the state (to show) . if the cash dacca't halaacs ca that day (day the check was Issued)." r- (Turn to Page x, CoL 1) 1 the house soon.