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PAGE TWO New Plant for Piremen Begun Modern Station in East ,alem to Meet Needs of Growing City '(Continued from page D better drill tower than we have right here alongside the city hail, where we can execute the work- exactly , as we would II called, to a downtown fire." Fire Committee Chairman nnadmin said hi committee haa not taken any definite .action i rerard to either housing the first aid car at the new station, or to erection of a, drill tower mere. The Mr. one of the most popular ot . city-owned pieces of equip ment, has had no Lousing other than a public garage Jnrlng the winter months in tne better wan two years of its exist nee. The new station will have brick and tile walls, but will be finished in a light color. - prob ably oyster white or cream, to be in keeping with the residen tial district in which it will sit. The 'address is 197 Stat. On the first floor, besides an engine room that will accommo date "two pumpers, will be a completely furnished workshop large enough to accommodate the hook and ladder truck, an office, dining room, kitchen, liv ing room and sleeping quarters tor the officer . In charge. The hop will be equipped to do all rtpair work on 'he city fire equipment. Recreation Room A recreation room and a dor mitory with accommodations for 12 will be on the second floor, while a 12x52 bassment will house a warm-air furnace, a fuel room and an . auxiliary store room. Pecan floors will be laid In the dormitory and recreation rooms upstairs, while the living quar ters on the main floor will be covered with linoleum. The en gine room, workshop and non skid entrances will be of rein- s forced concrete. The living room will be equipped with a modern fire place and book cases, and the kitchen will be a modern, com pletely equipped unit. Situated on the Lite of the old station, pins an additional lot recently purchased by the city, the new station will be acces sible from five directions. It, will bo possible to enter it from the front, oif State street entrance: from 18 th street,, nrope; from South 18th street; from 19th street, through the alley; or from Ferry street, through the alley. ,.' . Corvallis Picked For '40 VFW Meet PENDLETON, Ore,, July 12. (4VDurinr a deafeninr ovation. John Schsm. Portland, police de partment detective lieutenant, to day was installed department commander of Oregon Veterans of Foreign" Wars. The election and Installation ended the annual encampment. Only! one contest de-cloned. .In fc O.f J. Johnson, Pendleton, de fetted Louis Starr. Prrtland. 110 tc ,7J, for junior vice-commander. ' Cdrvallla ' was awarded the 1940 'convention when Grants Pass withdrew. Other officers were 1. D. Can field, Medford, e n i or vice eommander; W. E. McGiffln, Portland,! reelected department quartermaster: Louis Starr, re elected Judge advocate; Dr. J. W. Ingram. Seaside, reelected sur geon; Rev. James S- Reddict, St: Helens, reelected chaplain. For Its president the auxil iary turned to Bettr Hamreus, of Portland, who, since 1929, haa held virtually every office in the organisation. Other officers Included: Arilla Atkinson, Eugene, ranlor vice president; Ethel Beck, Seaside. Junior vice-president; Frances . Kllkoskl, Portland, chaplain; Esther Long,' Silverton. conduc tress. and LelU Vothour, The Dalles, guard. Blast Rocks Ship Of American Navy 't-T (Continued from page 1) . line of the Ranger amldshlp on the starboard side. The mar followed by flame -which swept ue Teasei amiasnip rrom tne wa ter line to the flight deck for distance of aproximately 200 feet. . . . ;,; : v Workmen near the scene of the explosion expressed the nntntnn that leaking gasoline spread on the water near .the hull ot the Ranger had irnited. L Fire raged for ' three hours aooara tne Ranger before it Was brought under control at S p.m. PeacK Marketing Lgreemerit j -, (Continued from page 1) i J which to place In operation the marketing agreement and to at tempt to enforce It. .. ? It points out that recommenda tions made -by the majority of the growers can be mere practically done under chapter 1 1, Oregon laws, 192 9. and chapter 225. Ore gon laws, 1933, as amended, pro viding for establishment of stand ards and regulations of containers. Portland Grade School v- To Be Closed by Fire ; PORTLAND, July 12.-(ff)-The Are which swept the three-story Peninsula grade school building yesterday, doing S5 9,0 90 damage, will force closure of the school un til the second semester ot the next f phool year, L. J. Baker, business manager of the d 1 f t r 1 e t an Bounced today. Bricklayer Confesses Slaying :e aow w y;sotw is - V. .s - t III J A confession that lie murdered at victims has been obtained from v 1 5 V Ail' 44 f : : :'r-:-.-:v -K- 't ' - . ' :- m - y - former slaughterhouse employe, by Sheriff Martin L. O'Donnell of Cnyahoga (Cleveland) county, Ohio. Sheriff O'Donnell also linked Dolezal with two of the other murders. Above, arrow points to uoienai at spot where be admitted tossing victim's head Into lake; below, Kingsbary Ran, where several dismembered bodies were round. . r ? . Diseased Cattle Augmented - - i - Two. hundred fifty dolars was transferred from the county em ergency fund to the diseased cat tle indemnity fund by the county eonrt yesterday In a more to meet the revised federal aid plan under which the state and counties must share in payments to farmers whose cattle are condemned be j cause of Bangs disease Infection. - The county hereafter will pay 4 for grade and SI for registered pureorea cattle that are eon- i demned. the state will pay equal amounts and the federal govern ment, win match the totaL. Farm ers will collect from each source In the same manner as In the tn berenlar Indemnification pro gram. , , ,. i,- f ". -. t : Hood County PUD Held Impractical HOOD RIVER, T July Proposed formation of a publie utility district In rural Hood Riv er county was described -as Im practical by the Hood River farm bureau federation today. V I , ... . t - '.-' ' :.y.-..v...-.-?.. "-- least one of Cleveland's 12 torso Frank DolezaL 52. bricklayer and . , The federation said satisfactory operation of such a district was impossible without participation of the city of Hood River, and it asked the state hydroelectric com mission to reject the proposal. The city rejected and the rural areas accepted the proposal at spe cial elections. Farmer Gives up VANCOUVER. Wash-, July 12. -(pV-Maurice Lies, 20-year-old farmhand, gave himself up to police today and wa held on an open charge , in connection with the kidnaping of lS-months-old Teddy Winston. 1 Police c Capt, B. W- Rogt w sai4 Uea. aigned a confession ad mitting be took , the child from its grandmother's home three and a half hourJefore he sur rendered. He " said he took the child : because Its mother, Mrs. Alice Winston, had refused to "patch up a ouarreL He said be had asked the mother to marry him. r- , - Lies said he returned the boy to the grandmother's home when bo found a police patrolman was following him. The hild was not hart. lii Infant Kidnap The OIIEGON STATESMAN Sm,1 Alleged Idaho Killer Youthful IGnTtmnii,' Hdd Of ficer'i -Slajrcr, -li -Severely Wonnded -, (Continued' from page !) for uptown Pocatello, then trans ferred to a taxlcab and was driven to the city limits. The cab driver. Jim Perkins, said Hargraves wait ed until her returned with change for a 10 bill given him In pay ment of fare. - Maurice r Perkins, employe -o: the store where Hargraves tele phoned, told police he saw. blood on Hargraves' face, Indicating the man had been wounded In the gun fight. ' reruns said Hargraves con versation with his mother was ex cited.': . p . -It's too; late now. It's hap pened. X dont think I killed them though. I'm going to get the rest of them. Dont worry. I'm all right," Perkins quoted Hargraves as saying. I Hargraves, Nelson asserted. went to Bailey's home about 2:20 p. m. and demanded to see his wife, Gertrude Bailey Hargraves. "Hargraves threatened . Bailey, who refused to let him see her," said Nelson, "and he took a shot at Harold Bailey his son, bnt missed." " I During an exchange ot shots. the officer was struck In the heart by a ballet from the slayer's sun, and Blatllne was wounded, said Nelson. l Jack Walking, Alameda Tillage clerk and police Judge, said he received the call from the Bailey home and summoned Hunter. Tho officer started oat of the door without his gun, Watklns declared, adding that he warned Hunter he was unarmed. Bistline, who was visiting Wat- kins, took the marshal to the fire station for his gun, then drove to the Bailey home. There, witnesses said. Hunter got out of the machine and was shot down. Three bullet holes were found In Hargraves' car. The slayer ran 1 behind s building where neighborhood children saw him reload the gun, then go to the corner where he boarded the bus for Pocatello. All available police were called and given orders to "take no chances" as they patrolled the city for the gunman. Physicians reported Bistline was not seriously injured, suffering mainly from shock. Hunter la survived by his wid ow and four children, Glenn, 13; Juanita, 12 r Maxine, 10; and Car- olee, 2 Vt years old. Oregon Leads in Lumber Producing PORTLAND. Ore., July 12-flrV For the first time in history jOre- gon lea tne nation as a lumber producing state . during 1938, a Pacific northwest forest and range experiment station report showed today. - Oregon'a i total cnt -of 3,791. 072,000 board feet topped Wash ington's cut of 3,348,567,000 feet by almost, half a billion feet. The total for the twp states was 7,139,- 639,000 feet, a decrease of approx imately 21.3 per cent from 1937. Lumber production records, go ing back to 1839, showed that Maine was the first national lead er, that Michigan came to the top In 1849, held it until Wisconsin went up In 1899. Washington gained the lead In 1905 but was nosed out by Louisi ana In 1101, regained the title In ltlO.and held it until 1914 when Louisiana went ahead again. Washington remained first from 1915 untU last year. Veteran Southern ator Dies WASHINGTON, July 12-(ff)-Rep. Sam Davis McReynolds, of Cnatanooga, Tenn 67-y e a r-old chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, died Tuesday after a long siege of heart dis ease. ' j McReynolds was stricken last fall, and his persuasive voice on the floor end in the cloakroom had been missed this session by administration leaders. He piloted neutrality legisla tlon through the house In 1935 and 1937. President ! Rojpevelt w r o te Mrs. McReynolds that as a legis lator, McReynolds "brought to his public duties exceptional ability. Integrity and great capa city for work and 'latterly, as chairman of the Important com' a'ittee on !h foreign affairs, he rendered high puolic service." The body will lie in his res! dence here until taken to Chatta nooga, for ;j funeral services and burial today. Death of Miner FoUows Picketing Hi (Continued from pagn 1) on a Harlan street. . Governor A. B. Chandler, at Ashland on a tour of the eastern Kentucky mountain flood area where 71 were drowned last week. immediately ordered 200 addition si national! guardsmen here,' dou bling the strength of the troops. The governor's : order -. included tanks and machine gnn companies. Dock Caldwell, XX. miner of Wilson-Barger, a small coal' min ing camp, was shot fatally. Ant Poison Kills Tot . COUER t ALENK, Idaho, July 12 - (JPi Joyce - Oreeaough, 2)4 year-old daughter ot a 'prominent Spokane, Wash., grocer, franklin Greenough. died today at the fam ily summer cottage on Couer D Alene lake after biting; Into a soft Dropicd Lerisl J I: tube of ant poison. Ort jo"". Ttnreu,T Monune,-July a 11 "" ' """ . ,. , ' - ? la this freak accident at Alhambra, Califs It was the motorist who came oft second best when a plane noted by William MeCane swooped down and bit a car driven by Anna Klefer. McCane escaped sh inaasSiiriii sISBSssnsnnnnnnnnMsnM " serious tajnry, nnt mm suerer landing; at the AThambra airport Reco On Hop Agreement 150,000 Bales of '39 Crop Advised By Industry for Allotment YAKIMA, July li.-VP)-GTOir-ers, dealers and brewers testified today in a department of agricul ture hearing on a hop marketing agreement In discussion of the sal able allotment for 1939 erop hops. C. W. Paulas of Salem, Ore., man ager ot the hop control board, said the allotment recommended to the department was 150,000 bales or 86 per cent of the estimated pro duction. Irving Sullivan, Chicago brew er, said there had been a decrease in the amount of hops used in making beer. He said in 1937-38 a barrel contained .702 pound, and in 1933-39 the amount was .1619. Sullivan gave as reasons for the decrease the high price of hops, competition, changes in taste and bitterness of the product and use of some substitutes. He sought to bring out the need for a fluctuat ing allotment. The Industry, considering pro posed amendments to the market ing, agreement, was instructed to file briefs before July 28 at Wash ingtontf DC- The hearing was re cessed today to reconvene in Sa lem, Ore., Friday. Lincoln Town Is Plan Near Eugene EUGENE, July 12.-MPV-A repll ca of New Salem, III., one-time home of Abraham Lincoln, will be built on the, McKeniie river. 10 miles' east ot here as a motion pic ture location, a film executive said today. Louis Shapiro, of Hollywood, RKO location manager, said his company would film much of its forthcoming picture, ''Abraham Lincoln In Illinois," in this state. About 100 actors will come north, he said, and many persons from this area will work as "ex tras." Raymond Massey, who starred in the stage production by the same name, will enact a similar role In the motion picture, Shapl ro said. Adjournment Bar Put out of Way WASHINGTON, July 11-tflV One potential barrier to adjourn ment of congress disappeared, to day when the house ways and means committee pigeon-holed President Roosevelt's request for legislation to prohibit future is sues of tax-exempt securities. The committee referred the pro posal to its tax sub committee for study dnring the recess period and for possible Inclusion in a general revision of the tax structure sched uled for next year. Chairman Doughton (D-NC) said the committee felt that ad' journment was too Imminent to warrant an attempt to enact the legislation at this session. Investigation of Court Is Delayed Delay In the return of Attorney General I. H. van Winkle from vacation yesterday resulted in fur ther postponement of considera tion by his office of a request for appointment of a special prosecn tor to conduct the impending in restlgatlon ot the Marion county court. He is expected to arrive back In Salem before the week closes. The investigation waa suggest ed to the new grand jury In spe cial Instructions presented by circuit Judge u. H. McMahan. Search Organized For Missing Bo j SEATTLE. July 12-iip-Four-teen volunteers from the county assessor's off lew joined today in the Cascade mountain search for Eugene Buchanan, II. missing since July 1. The new searchers intended to set up a base camp and remain in definitely. - Tho missing boy's companion Richard Holdswortn, was rescued Sunday from a roek ledge to which he had fallen. f ' Early Metho&tt Pastor Of Oregon District Dies HOPE, Idaho, Jury 12-(JV-The Rev. Mr. Robert C Motor, It, pio neer Methodist minister and a Civ il war veteran, died hero yester day. He became' a minister la 1174 tnmendFigiiF 1 Bolt From the Blue Wrecks was onaiy nan. ncuue i ptnae leu soots wnue suuus u w and bit Miss Klefer's car, which was heading oat of a parking area, Duncan Is Tired of : After Pinch-Hitting for few Days "I wouldn't take the office of governor on sflver plat ter." Senator Robert M. Duncan. Burns, told newspapermen Wednesday as he prepared to hittinjr for Governor Charles A. tew days in California. Duncan, by virtue of being president of tne state senate, served as chief executive dnrlngO , . : Governor Eprague's absence. '"There Is too much grief In the office of governor," Duncan declared. HA lot of people come to the executive department look ing for help but the governor cannot assist them. If I told you What I really think of the job of governor yon wouldn't print it." Represents big: Area Duncan has served in the state senate since 1932 from Grant, Harney and Malheur counties. His district Includes approximately one-fourth of the state's entire area. Although born in Illinois, Dun can came to Salem when tnree years of age. He graduated from the law department of Willam ette university and later entered the practice of law at Ontario and Vale. At the end of the World war he located at Burns. At the 1939 legislative session a number of senators and repre sentatives discussed Duncan as a future governor of Oregon. "It is alright with me if Gov ernor Sprague never leaves the state, Duncan concluded. McNutt Confirmed As Administrator WASHINGTON, July 12.-tfp)- The senate confirmed Paul V. McNutt's appointment . as federal J security administrator toaay oui only after the subject of In diana's "two per cent clubs" had been brought up and angrily threshed out. Senator Bridges (R-NH) start ed the hostilities by criticizing McNutt's record as Hoosler gov ernor on the ground that under him two per cent of the salaries of state employes was collected for campaign funds. He de manded that the senate pass a resolution to prevent McNutt from forming two per cent clubs among the thousands of federal workers who will serve under him. r McNutt, who returned to this country announcing he would re sign his 118,000 job as high commissioner to the Philippines, now wiU step Into a new 12,000 post created by the president under his reorganisation ot the federal government. Oregon Patrolmen Nab Death Suspect BOISE, Idaho, July 12.-UP)- Idaho State Police Lieutenant Earl Conn said today that Ore gon state officers arrested one of two ex-convicts sought in eon nection with the' rerolver-slaying of J. W. Clarke, Horseshoe Bend service station operator. Conn, who declared police of the two states hot on the trail of the second man wanted for questioning, said Charles Lual- lan, 38, was apprehended today at Baker. Ore. Conn said James Harrison, 24, was reported camped near On tario, Ore., and that Oregon po lice would be asked to arrest him. Law Enforcement Commis sioner Harry M. Rayner planned to go to Baker tonight to ques tion Loauan. Harrison and Lnallan served two prison terms each In the Idaho prison. Klamath Forest Fire Is Unhalted KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July 12-(ff)-A forest fire was reported to bo raging out of control in vir gin timber on Saddle mountain in the Klamath Indian reservation today. Eighty-five men with mechani cal fighting equipment were at tempting to halt the 300-acre blase. -. Indian Officer John Arkell said he had arrested Frank . Harris, Klamath resident, in connection with tho fire. Log Kills Lumberjack COQUILLE, July 12-4P-John Wersb, . 38,- lumberjack, was crushed to death under a rolling log near here today. He was em ployed at the Kline loggias camp. In Arkansas and' transferred to the old Columbia. River conference In 1SS8. Ho became superintendent of The Dalles district when It was part of the, conference, and bad held pastorates at Prairie City, John Day and Athena, Ore. - Car Being Governor leave for his home after pinch- Sprague, who spent the past 1 Linn Spurns PUD In Third Voting Utility District Proposal Loses by 302 Votes in V Special Ballot ALBANY, July 12. For the third time the proposed, PUD pro ject in. Linn county was snowed under in Tuesday's election. Fig urea ' released from the office of County Clerk R. M. Russell show that it lost by 302 votes. There were 4410 votes cast, of which number 23 S6 were against the forming of the district and 2054 favored it, Brownsville voters were against it, the vote being 101 for and 228 against. Halsey also voted It down 67 to 105, Sodaville 30 to 42, Sweet Home 105 to 141, Leb anon 265 to 497 against. Harrjsburg and Sclo each ap proved the project. The former was 103 for and 74 against, and the latter 121 for and 105 against. Mill City stood 69 for and 22 against; and Fox Valley and Rock Creek each favored the dia trict. Fox Valley was 68 to 25 In favor and Rock Creek 26 to 2 for it. Other districts voting against the proposition Included Berlin, Calapooia, Crowfoot, Foster. Hol- ley. Price, Providence, Strawber ry, Tallman, Tennessee, Tangent, and three precincts adjoining the city of Albany, No. 9, Sunrise and Calapooia, which voted for it at the former election. Shedd's vote stood '48 for and the same against. Tallman was 29 against and only 2 for the formation. Had the district carried the fol lowing directors would have been elected: Frank Bartu, jr., 1755; Frank Betser, 1732; Walter Hense, 732;; Albert Julian, 1724; A. H. Porter 1744. Fair Barns Built In 1904 Vanished Last of the old livestock barns constructed on the state fair grounds in 1904 was demolished this week. Visitors at the 1939 state fair which opens early in September will find one new super barn that will house nearly 4000 cattle, swine and sheep. Only goats and horses entered for premium money will have separate show places. The new addition to tho large display barn will be 722 feet long and 240 feet wide and will -be com pleted July 31. Earl Coons, WPA construction superintendent an nounced. . A number of other WPA proj ects now under construction at the state fairgrounds will be com pleted welt ahead of Labor day. 0SC Meet Hears 1 1 National Director CORVALLIS, Ore., July 1 t-OPi -Education, must bulwark Amer ican ideal v - Dr.: Charl Ormond Williams of Washington; DC, Na tional Ed neat ton association field service director,- told an -Oregon State college institute today. , Teachers are the greatest' force for building Ideologies, he said. warning that "nasi, fascist and communist heads tarn early to teachers to reach children. De mocracies, no less than other so cial systems, depend upon their schools and their teachers for per petuation. 4 -' - No Jfolis Are Due : At5PaiIe:Meet A meet lag', of - the new - state parole, board to-be. devoted, solely to a discission, of policies and or ganization will be held. here FriT day, "Fred Final ey, director, .'an nounced ;Wedaesday.V".; "t-'-CZ rinsler said it -was hot likely that an of the four field' parole officers would be appointed at Fri day's session. There are 250 ap plications for these four jobs. Members ot tho board are Paul R.. Kelty, .Lafayette, chairman; Gerald Mason, PorUandy and R, S. Keene, Salem. HarBridges Is Identified Was "Comrade Rossi' Red Parly Asserts ; John L. Leech i of - (Continued from page 1) Dnring the Portland trial. Mil uer testified that Stanley Morton Doyle, special prosecutor, had not tried to get him to change his tes timony. At the hearing, here he said that Doyle asked him to change it. "MyJalse testimony in the De Jong ease was solely" for one pur pose, Milner said today, "to pro tect' taj standing with the com munists. Landis said he could under stand why Milner might mave tes tified In the DeJong trial con cerning De Jong's 4 communist par ty membership, but could not un derstand why Milner gave tho false testimony that Doyle had not tried to get him to change the testimony. "How could that have helped yon get along with the commun ist party?" XAnais asxea. The witness paused awhile and then said "I Just can t remember. I'm trying to recollect." Doyle To Be Called Examiner Decides Defense counsel said they would seek a contempt citation for Mil ner, but when Landis said he did not think a court citation wouia hold in connection with a labor department hearing such as this, the defense attorneys then said they'd ask the US attorney to cite Milner for contempt on the basis of his Portland trial testimony. Landis told Thomas Schoemak er, chief deputy US commissioner of immigration . and counsel for the government, that Milner should hold himself available un til the defense decides whether It will attempt to cite him for as serted liaise testimony at the hearing. The examiner announced as the hearing closed today that he had ordered the issuance of a subpoe na for Doyle. Says Bridges Used , Name of SF. Mayor Leech, in pointing out Bridges as "Comrade Rossi," said it was the requirement of the commun ist party "or was in 1936" to use names of prominent people in the locality in which ptrty activities were undertaken. When Shoemaker asked him if there was "any significance to Bridges' name," Leech replied "Well, the mayor of San Francis co is named Angelo J. Rossi." Leech testified that he attend ed a communist party meeting at San Francisco early in 1936 at which Bridges "made a report pertaining to the impending cris is in the maritime situation in 1936." He said that Bridges spoke for an hour at the meeting and said that the maritime strike "would be an opportunity for communist members to mingle with nonparty people." The witness said that Bridges' speech dealt with the role of the communist party in the strike, but he added that "he could not re member any details of the speech. Milner Testimony Denied by Doyle MINNEAPOLIS, July 12-(flV Reports in which the name of Stanley Morton Doyle was linked with that of Major Laurence Mil ner, a government witness in the deportation trial of Harry Bridges at San Francisco drew a protest from Doyle here tonight. The reported testimony , of Major Laurence Milner. principal government witness, that I ap proached him with an offer of a job to change his testimony when he was a character witness for Dirk DeJong, defendant in a crim inal syndicalism prosecution at Portland. Ore., in 1934, la not true. "When Major Milner took the witness stand in Portland as a wit ness for DeJong, I knew who he was, what his duties were and by whom he was paid. ... "The published statement that I had been investigated by the La Follette civil liberties committee In Portland la likewise untrue. I have never been examined by this committee. HOLDS FALSE TEETH FOR WEEKSNiV Often Month! OM 52175 tAIT TO WW Meats Q14 Metes NT Uk New Why.: Suffer l-cagci? WHZX OT REUS TAXL! CfcioeM tm4i ' iuilic StTO CES8 for BOOO yk far -CHINA. 'X Maftar with' what !! y -Mre AT? UCTID 4iarm, Mitfc fcrt, , tapg; tiTr,.i4By, " itomarfc,' gam, :estlpfttira,' Jeara 4iabtiav ' rtoamatisa. . CaU - - tMT, - favaay atta, AMM OurHc Chan Chinese Herb Co. ' 8. h. ?oac. S yai -practiea ia CUb. Of tit hoar U B. a. xrt . 4av as Wa4a4a7, - ia a a ol Or
