Late Sports '
. v A world'! .- heavyweight
title ..fight baseball, or
oft ball game - you'U find
the result fint always In
Che -sports pages of the
Horning;? Newspaper.
The Veather -
.Parti cloudy today and .
' fatnrdayj unsettled i north- -'
, went portion. Maximum '
"temperature ' Thursday 78,
snlntnmm 55. Hirer
1.7 ft.
West wind.
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, July 1, 1939
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Crisis Rumors
Are Pondered
By Statesmen
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Little Evidence Is Seen
. of ComingShowdown v
- Despite Talks
Doubt Arises as to What
Britain Would Do if
Danzig Taken
(By The Associated Press)
Alarmed European statesmen
pondered a welter . of rumors
and bristling official pronounce
ments last night in search of an
answer to the question: Is there
a new crisis In the wind and
where?
Putting two and two together
they found' little concrete en
dence of an Impending show
down. At least the) eonld : not
pat a finger on - uch aminous
signs as preceded European cri
aes of the recent past. t
London official circles insisted
with "emphasis there would be
"no retreat" by Uritain In Eu
rope, but last of clues on Adolf
Hitler's : Immediate plans a n d
technicalities , of the British
guarantee to Poland gave rise
to speculation over whether Dan
sig was an imminent danger
spot j . " .
British officials said a dec
laration by Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax Thursday that Bri
tain's "first ; task is to resist
aggression'! was intended in the
first place to eliminate any
doubt as to whether she would
fight for Danzig.
How About Nazi
'Ingenuity
One Important Question con
cerning ' Danzig appeared, how
ever, to lie outside his state
mentwhat would : happen if
Germany used "ingenuity," as a
Nazi spokesman put it, instead
of force?
The British foreign office
wouldn't say whether that would
be regarded as aggressionbttt
It" waa emphasized that ; Britain
would be compelled t. fight for
Poland if she decided to resist
with force. ,;
, Nazi officials, who hare denied
any Intentions of an Impending
coop In Danilg, expressed amuse
ment at French reports of an ef
fort to settle, by negotiation the
German-Polish dispute over the
free city. '
Informed Berlin quarters said
there were no indications of an
effort by either Poland or Ger
many to settle the matter directly
but that "it might be that France
and Great Britain are trying to
step in as mediators.' They doubt
ed that Hitler would compromise.
Nazis Unimpressed -by
Waraings ;
Topflight nails professed to be
unimpressed by Britain's warn
ings and assarted Germany would
strive unswervingly toward the
goal set by the fuehrer return
of Danzig to the retch and a sov
ereign right of way across Po
morse, the Polish corridor, to con
nect Germay proper f and East
Prussia. -
In Danzig Itself the tree city's
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Witness Is Held'
In Trooper Death
THE DALLES, June S0.-V
State police today . held' Leonard
Strand, 23, as a material witness
In the shooting 10 days ago of
State Trooper Willard Tubbs. !
Strand was picked up en route
to Condon from Portland. He said
he had been in Portland a- week.
He disappeared after the shoot
lng. ' - - - -,
v Tubbs was killed by Lee Col
lins, Seattle, when he and- Ar
lington Marshal Webb Turner at
tempted to question him. Turner
wounded Collins who is still par
tially paralyzed but out of dan
ger. Collins was removed to the
Wasco county jail todiy where he
wiu awzu uiiiiam county grano
Jury action. - . -;
New; School
Over Du ties of His "' Office Today
By BEULAH CHAPMAN
Frank B. Bennett,' n educator
ot 19 rears' experience, officially
takes over duties here today as
superintendent of .Salem city
schools. , Although . he has " been
working at his new job for the
past several weeks, his term of
office opens with the new fiscal
year, July 1. . j--y--v-;,".
First on the busy Mr. Bennett's
list of activities is attendance of
the National Education association
conference In San Francisco July
2 to 8. He wilt leave for Calif ornia
either tonight or early tomorrow
morning and will return next
weekend.
: Although he believes br placing
emphasis on progresslTenesa In
education, the new superintendent
does . sot endorse the so-called
"Progressive Education" : move-
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KIDS PARADE PETS AT PLAYGROUNDS
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Minnesota Abbot
Heads Educators
Abbot Thomas Meier Made
Vice President for
Benedictines
c HT. ANGEL, June 30 Rt
Rev. Alculn Deutch,'OSB, abbot
of St. Johns college, Collegeville,
Minn., was- reelected president of
the National Benedictine Educa
tion association here this, after
noon as it concluded its three-day
session. . . , ; . " ;
" Abbot Thomas Meier,. OSB, of
Mt Angel college, was elected rice
president and Rt. Rev. Lambert
Burton, OSB,sSt. Martins college,
LaceytWaslu was reelected secretary-treasurer,
a post he has
held for 20 years.; . ,
t The closing sessions were de
Toted principally : to discussions
seeking to evaluate current edu
cational theory and' practice. '
. The Benedictine schools, said
Father Prank Clement, OSB, reg
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Fair Wpather Is
Due for Weekend
PORTLAND, Ore., June 8 O.-i
-Oregonlans headed for beaches,
mountains and lakes today as
fair weather and mild tempera
tures enhanced .vacation spots for
holiday weekends.
Except tt Newport where
6-lOths of an inch of rain fell, the
state was dry last night and to
day.. The forecast was for gener
ally fair weather Saturday - and
Sunday with slight temperature
drops in the east portion. - '
Baker got the hottest reading
Thursday, J8 degrees. Bend had
84. Brooklngs-4 2, Burns 12, Eu
gene 72, Hood River 74, Lake
view 84, Medford 8f, Newport 84,
North , Bend 88, Pendleton 84,
PorUand 78," Roseburg ,78, Siski
you 8ummlt 70.
Superintendent Takes
"Practices in '.education' are
changing' all .the time,; and' will
continue to. change," he said In
an interview yesterday. "And ho
system can be considered good tor
all time."
? Some of the ideas of the Pro
gressive group Mr, Bennett agrees
with, but others are already out
moded, he said.' Child centered,
bat no child directed, activity
meets with his aprovaL Curricu
lum must be based on the fun
damentals which the child win
need, in life - activities and which
grow out of the child's native in
terests, hesaid. Art and music are
gaming a more important place
for themselves In the curriculum,
he added. ' ' . v--
Mr. Bennett is a graduate of
Willamette university in the class
of -1821. Previous to starting to
the university, however, lie bad
Glimpse of pets on parade, as a
teraaj visited annual pet day
Onager Mary Lou Allen, at
whose two dogs. Patsy and Ml try -grinning from the doll carriages,
won the best dressed prize; said right, Jeanne Hoffman, whose pet
kitty short time before escaped np a tree. At Leslie,, left George
Miller is np on Bossle, with whom he won the biggest pet prize,
while Sister Betty stands at her head.
Doggies Snatch Prizes
In Annual Pet Parades
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Cats Close Second and Many a Mortal Combat Is
Narrowly Avoided as Felines and
Canines Strain Leashes
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From the number of canines entered in the annual pet
day parades on the. city playgrounds yesterday, dogs must be
children's best friend as well as jnari's. Eight of Jhe 14 prizes
were copped by the canines in pet. shows that drew 40 en
tries at Olinger and 28 at Leslie.
; Cats were a close second to their mortal enemies, and as
a consequence little masters wereO
oftimes hard put to stave off bat
tles that threatened to demoralize
the parades. But frogs, alligators,
minnows, chickens. Peruvian cav
ies, cows, earwigs, ladybugs, gui
nea pigs, goats and fleas also had
their -day at the pet fair.
Olinger winners were: Mackle
McLean's dog, for largest pet;
Peggy Frantz two i doll buggy
dogs, for best dressed;. Pearl Fer
guson's baby frogs, for smallest;.
Billy : Stepanek's baby alligators,
for most unusual; Alice Faye
Dougherty's toy terriers, best
trained; Donna Shalt's bulldog,
ugliest; and Lavon Mathis' kitten,
prettiest.
At -1 Leslie first prize winners
were: 1 George Miller's cow, larg
est; Dick Turner's flea, smallest;
Bud Smite's dog, ugliest; Rona
Nelson's Pekingese, prettiest; Bill
and Bob Heisler's duck, most un
usual; Katherlne Cunningham's
"Terry" dog, best trained; and
Cynthia Needham's ''Nigger" dog
best dressed. 1
About 600 spectators witnessed
the two pet parades, in which the
biggest attraction was probabl;
Billy Stepanek's baby alligators,
which he toted around in a wagon
filled with water
A program at Leslie consisted of
vocal solos by Delia Saabye, Char
lotte Mae Mof fett, Elaine Ander
son, j Margaret Dougherty and
Donna Whitely; poems by Cynthia
Needham and Francis Baker; and
a duet by Gloria Scay and Marian
Lee Cunningham. . ;
Shiny neto Automobile ,
' Get Good Salt Bath
: CANNON BEACH, June 3.0-m
-A California motorist, Wayland
Dunham, drove his brand new
automobile too close to the surf
here yesterday and it sank in a
crab hole.
Salvagers planned to dig it out
at low tide. .
already had one year's experience
as a teacher in a small elementary
school in Idaho. He has also held
positions ? In Westport. S Prairie
City, Enterprise. Tillamook . and
Albany. In the last four places he
was superintendent. -
! He is active in the work of the
Oregon : State Teachers associa
tion and is a member of the scope
and sequence division ot the cur
riculum revision of that organiza
tion. " ...
;- Golfing and fishing he lists
among his favorite outdoor recre
ations, but he prefers activities In
which all his family may partici
pate. He and Mrs. Bennett have
tire children, an of which will
enter Salem schools this fall.' His
only daughter, a sottban star, will
be junior in high; school. Four
sons will be in the Sth, 7th. Ith
and 2d grades.
Statesman staff photographer yes
at the city playgrounds. Above, at
left, helping: Peggy Franta, center.
LaMoine R. Oark
Is Welfare Chief
Governor Names Chandler
Brown, Jack, Minto,
Potts to Body
Three new members were ap
pointed to the Marion county
public welfare commission yester
day by Governor Charles A.
Sprague.
i LaMoine R. Clark, recently-retired
"principal of Leslie junior
high school, was named chairman
to succeed Rev. George H. Swift,
who had resigned. John D. Minto.
hopgrower and former Salem city
councilman, and Chandler Brown,
young Salem businessman, were
the other new appointees, taking
the positions formerly held by
J. F. Ulrich and H. V. Collins.
George W. Potts of Jefferson was
retained on the commission. The
three i members of . the county
court make up the remaining
membership.
Appointing w e 1 f a re commis
sions for all 36 Oregon counties at
one time. Governor Sprague sr.ld
he had endeavored to make them
''broadly representative and bipar
tisan and to - select persons who
combine a lively sense of respon
sibility - with human sympathies.'1
At least one woman was includ
ed on each commission, the gov
ernor Madded, "in recognition, of
the responsibility of the commls
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400 Chickens on
Menu Following
Spreef Patient
It'll be chicken dinners for sev
eral days at Oregon state institu
tions after; what , happened Wed
nesday. .' . J:"-
-An epileptic patient at the Cot
tage Farm operated in ; conjunc
tion with the Oregon state hospi
tal, became disturbed after eating
a Quantity of cherries, and wrung
the necks of 400 of the best chick
ens on the place, i ' i, -
Dr. John Evans, superintendent.
who reported-the incident yester
day, refused to divulge theame
of the patient but said the, man
had been at the Cottage Farm for
several years and previously had
given the officials no trouble. - - -
CCC Enroltee Drops Dead
After Wrestling Contest
DETROIT, June 30 Eloi Wick-:
ander, 18. CCC enroUee at the
Mary ; creek camp here, dropped
dead here this afternoon while
wrestling with other enrolees dur-r
tag a recreation hour.' Efforts to
revive him by artificial respiration
and a pulmotor rushed from Bend
failed. He is survived by his mother.-
Mrs- Hammett Wlckander of
Cherry Grove, Ore. ? -v-
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Measure Sent
To Executive
Near Deadline
Roosevelt States Four
Provisions of Bill
Are Not Good
$1,755,600,000 Is now
Immediately Available
for Agencies
WASHINGTON, June i0-(JP)-Presldent
Roosevelt signed the re
lief bill tonight, thereby making
11,788,600,000 available to WPA
and other agencies for the fiscal
year starting tomorrow.
At the same time he asserted in
a statement that the measure con
tained tour provisions "which will
work definite hardship and in
equality on more than 2,000,000
American citizens."
He said that the measure had
reached him from congress at 10
p.m., and "obviously I eannot
withhold my signature and stop
work relief for the needy unem
ployed." (Funds contained in existing
appropriations expired at mid
night). The president said in his state
ment that these hardships would
be imposed by the bill:
1. Requires that security wages
In different localities shall not be
varied in greater degree than is
justified by differences in the cost
of living, but in the same provision
requires maintenance of the cur
rent national average security
wage.
"The net result of this," Mr.
Roosevelt asserted, "will prob
ably impose a redaction in secur
ity wages In northern and western
areas, and a corresponding rise in
that , portion of the nation which
has a-warmer climate." , v s
Objects to Lay Off
Provisions
2. A requirement that project
workers, excepting veterans, who
have been employed continuously
on projects tor more than 18
months shall be laid off- for 10
days.
In this connection Mr. Roosevelt
noted that a senate amendment
which permitted exercise of some
discretion in the case of families
in "dire need" was deleted at the
insistence of house members of a
joint senate-house committee
which worked out a compromise
on the legislation.
Z. The limitation ot administra
tive expenses to 8.4 per cent.
While this is about the same as
for the present fiscal year, the
president said, a reduction of
more than 1500,000,000 in the to
tal of the relief appropriation
means that the overhead for the
smaller sum .will be on a higher
percentage basis if equal efficien
cy is to be maintained.
Hits Abolition ,
of WPA Theatre
4. Abolition of the federal thea
tre project, which Mr. Roosevelt
said "singles out a special group
of professional people for a denial
of work in their own profession.
"It is discrimination of the
worst type, the statement de
clared. "I have not objected to
the provision that a portion of the
cost of projects for artists, musi
cians and writers should be paid
for by local governments and
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Washington 3Day
Law no Deterrent
VANCOUVER, Wash., June SO.
-(jp)-Washington's three-day no
tification law proved no deterrent
to the little guy with the three
cornered, pants and the archery
set during June. v
Cupid brought 808 persons to
the altar during June up to a late
hour today, the biggest marriage
license month: tor Vancouver
since June, 1837, when 815 Ucen
ses were issued,- County Auditor
K. W. Durgan said. " -;. -
' Durgan said : about a' fifth of
the applicants side-stepped the
three-day delay, by filing inten
tions by mail. The superior court
issued 20 waivers of .the delay. .v
Most of the applicants' were
from Oregon. '
PORTLAND, Ore., June 30.-ff)
-Oregon's marriage law requiring
both parties to submit to physical
tests to obtain a license' reduced
June's license total from 287 last
June to 240 this month,' the coun
ty clerk reported today,. ;
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Tillamook !ator :
:: Dies Fropi ffijiiry
TILLAMOOK, Ore., - June 10.
(SVHarry Sherman, 85, Tilla
mook amateur', flier, died today
from injuries suffered la an air
plane crash Thursday. . .
! Wlnslow Etiilweu, SO, !a tit
plane with Sherman when tt
stalled and crashed en e farm, re
mained in critical coodlUon. v.r
App
Neutrality Measure Is
Passed by Hoiisel With
Arms Embargo Left in
Vote on Final Passage Is 200 to 188; Senators
Get Bill Next With Stormy Session
for Measure Predicted
WASHINGTON, June 30 (AP) The house passed the
neutrality bill tonight after overriding administration wishes
and including a modified arms embargo provision.
' The vote on final passage was announced by Speaker
Bankhead as 200 to 188.
The measure now goes to the senate where an adamant
O "Isolationist bloc" of senators al
Construction Hits
Six Months' High
Dwelling Permits Record,
but Commercial Falls
Below Normal
New dwelling construction in
Salem attained a new flrst-six-months-of-the-year
high, it was
ascertained at the close of the city
building Inspector's books yester
day, but commercial building fell
far behind even a normal leveL
Permits for 155 new dwellings,
aggregating a value of $360,650.
have been issued this year with
last month's 28 overshadowed
only by March, which saw permits
for 35 new houses issued. The in
crease In new dwelling construc
tion over the same period in 1938
was nearly 50 per cent, as but 84
new dwelling permits that aggre
gated only $242,172 were issued
for the first six-months of last
year.
Total permits Issued for the
first six months of this year were
47, valuing 8464. 8S5 a figure
less than half of the total value of
construction for the same period
in 1938, 81,171,915, and far short
of any similar period for several
years back.
Last month saw issue ot 79 per
mits, raining 186,349 23 of
which were for new dwellings that
aggregated $76,385. Yesterday's
issue listed permits to C a It in
Bressler, to reroof a dwelling at
1865 North Church, $75; Mark B.
Powell, to alter a dwelling at 1895
North Church, 815; A. H. Bunn.
to repair the roof of a dwelling at
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Police to Start
Parking Arrests
The Salem police department
wlU start Monday making good
on its. recent warning that or
dinances prohibiting automobile
and truck parking on the wrong
side of the street and In restricted
and no-parking zones was going
to be stringently enforced.
"We have been issuing warn
ing slips on illegal or irregular
parking to give motorists a chance
to park right," Chief Frank A.
Minto said. "Beginning the first
of the week, we will give them
tickets citing to appear in court."
The department's decision to
enforce parking regulations more
closely, in, residential as well as
business , districts, was brought
about by two recent serious acci
dents attributed to obstruction of
autoista' view by wrongly-parked
vehicles.
BENEDICTINE
Benedictine educators who read papers at the Rational Cenedlctine
lege durin the Past three darst
aer, Et. Vincent's collej-e', PcanrylTania; Kt. Kev. Abbot , rrocopius
St. EernartTs eoUese. Alabama: dement A rank, lit Ansel
Conception college, tllorlj Sylvester Sehmita, SC Benedict's ; college, Kansas; jamei Laser, $tY
Cads saHc XUhMis, : Paschal Cota. Et, John's smlrersity. Dm , k . ,
roves
ready has threatened to prolong
the session all summer rather than
permit the bill's passage in the
form desired by the administra
tion. Defeated, in their efforts to pre
vent inclusion of the arms em
bargo, house administration lead
ers narrowly escaped a complete
rout. A motion to send the bill
back to the foreign affairs com
mittee which would have had!
the effect of defeating the bill!
and continuing the existing neu-
it. i j j ,
i.
only two votes. f
The harried leaders desperately
fought through an uproarious ses
sion lasting far into UK evening
to remove the arms embargo re
striction, making three attempts.
Each time, they were beaten,
though speaker Bankhead, a vet
eran of the congress which de
clared war against Germany, went
down on the floor and pleaded in
a dramatic speech for elimination
of the restriction.
The roll call vote, ratifying ten
tative approval given yesterday to
an amendment by Representative
Vorys (R-Ohlo) prohibiting the ex
portation to belligerents during
wartime, of "arms and ammuni
tion," was 114 to 173. ,i v
The ; provision " represented a
UlUUillLAtlUU, UU , CI CI UL C" I
latfnar law whlfh hunt anloa tn T10I- 1
ligerents of "implements of war"
as well as "arms and munitions'
Vorys said he himself was not
sure what difference this lan
guage made, but that he presumed
it would permit sale of airplafces,
oil and other products not strictly
classed as arms or munitions.
Troubles Double5
For Man Charged
On Check Counts
His troubles doubled when
George E. Williams, Salem route
six, was brought into justice court
iere yesterday on a charge of is
suing a check without sufficient
funds in the bank. The court
promptly bound him over to the
grand jury under $500 bond on1 an
old, unsettled check charge, and
ordered him held under 8350 bail
on the new one. '
Williams was given a prelimin
ary hearing last August on the
old charge, involving a 85 check
cashed at a service station, and
was told to . return September 2
to hear the court's decision. He
didn't return until Adams arrest
ed him yesterday. He said he had
been in a veterans' hospital.
. The new charge Involved an 88
check cashed by Charles Krauger.
grocer. .- j : ' - -
. Williams failed to make bait on
either charge and was taken ' to
the county Jail to await prelim
inary hearing set for 8 p. m. Mon-,
day. - . - ' rl
SAVANTS CONCLUDE MEET
tlrft to rtrht. front row) t rather.
RSik Bill
A - - -I. '
Senators Talli
Agree to Vote Wednesday
on Whether to Revive
I Expired Power
Senator Tydings Speaks
Coup de Grace ior
Filibusterers
WjASHIXGTOX. July l-(Sat-Hrday
) (P) F ought trium
phantly by a relentless band of
republican filibusterers In the
senate, the Roosevelt admini
stration's power to devalue the
dollar and to operate the 92,
OOO.POO.OOO stabilization tamA
expired at midnight last night.
However, before adjourning,
the senate agreed in the wee,
smaQ hours of the .morning te
take, a vote next Wednesday on
the administration's monetary
bill-pthe bill which would hae
extended the powers.
The administration men and
thehf critics were in bitter dis
agreement on the question
whether this later Tote, even if
it went in- favor of the admini
stration, would revive the
monjry powers. The 'opponents
contended that under the law
the powers died at midnight,
and (that the "continuing leg!-
jwVtilfi VWkt kvf n i ! .1 mm
back; to life. It would be eces-
saryj they argued, to start from
scratch with new legislation,
and jaU the deiay.lt involves.
But Majority Leader Berk
ley D, Ky.) read to the senate -an
opinion by Attorney General :
Murphy holding that passage
of . the pending - legislation at
any time - wonld . revive th-
powers. . ; . ;., -. - , - :: , .? - -
Te senate then 'a Jo'urned.
1
UndlMidnight
To Delay Vote
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WASHINGTON, July l-(Satur-day
)4 (JP) President Roosevelt's
power to devalue the dollar died
at midnight,' stamped out in the -senate
by relentless republican
filibusterers who gleefully left lb ,
last, killing speech to an im
placable democratic 'foe of lb .
chief executive. x
That speech was delivered by
Senator Tydings (D, Md.), who
declared in stern, measured toues
that Congress must keep its his
toric powers over money to itself.
Stabilization
Fnnd Also Goes
With the dollar devaluation
power expired the 82,000,000,000 "
exchange stabilization fund, with
which! the treasury for five years
had endeavored to protect the for-jf T
eign jralue of the dollar against
the raids of other governments
and of speculators.
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June Has Nearly
Inch of Wetness
Nearly one inch of rain, or 0.88
inch, jfell on Salem' during the
month of June, the official record
er reported yesterday. The mean ;
average for the month Is 1J3.
Las year in June there was but
.08 ineh of rain following the re-:
cord-breaking wettest" j. June,
19S7,iwhich set a mark of 4.41
inchesir '. ; V'?5-'.;;
: Thig year .17 inch rainfaU was'
registered June 4 and 18. The last
rain felt on the 20th. , .-
eoavenlln, tel.
t, Ar 1 col. ."
Cfrissmnd. Ac . . ! :
TeUx Tell, .'v
of Usle,
1IL; Cjlrc.tcr Tar?- -
college. (Hack row), 11 - ALVa, '
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