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Local Photos ; - , Pictures of - local - newt events sad local people are fonnd more frequently in The Oregon SUtesman than any other Salem newspaper. The Weather Fair today and Wednes day continued warm. Bias Imam temp. Blonds jr 89 1 minimum 54. Riven -8Jt ft. North, wind. PCUMC3D 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 25, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 103 Japan Pleased, But Britain Is Still Troubled England Recognizes War Rights of Japanese . in Some Areas Appeasement of Germany Is Denied as Is Talk: ' of Loan Parley - (By The Associated 'Press) ; Facing two fronts, far east and middle Europe, Great Britain yes terday sought partial appeasement of Japan by promising to giro her - army the right of way in occupied regions of China, bat denied a similar ' more was' underway toward Germany In the shape of a loan to ''buy off Adolf Hitler. . The house of commons had hard ly had time to digest those two eUtements. from Prime Minister Chamberlain when Sir Samuel Hoare announced a "gun powder plot" to blow up both houses of parliament, attributed to the out lawed Irish republican army with the backing of a foreign power. Japan "Requirements Are Recognized . As an outgrowth jal the Intense anti-British campaign in Japan and the parts of China, Chamber lain announced the terms of a pre liminary agreement under which England recognized that "Japan ese forces in China hare special requirements for the purpose of ' safeguarding their own security and maintaining public order in ! the regions under their control." The agreement, reached In To- kyo between the British ambassa dor and the Japanese foreign min ister, forms the basis of further negotiation of the local dispute over Tientsin," where the Japanese army has blockaded the British and French concessions since June -14. -z-z . .i t--,: In Tokyo the agreement was hailed as a "sweeping diplomatic victory that granted Japan vir tual belligerent rights in China, hut Chamberlain denied it in volved any: changes of policy toward the undeclared Chinese Japanese war. Hudson Parley v . ' Unsanctioned ... , Faced with a gathering political tempest over one of his Junior ministers. S ' Hudson, secretary zor overseas uaae, cnamDeruin told parliament that Hudson's "private conversation" with Dr. Helmuth Wohlthat, German trade expert, about a loan and a settle ment scheme was without the cab .inet's knowledge or sanction. He exonerated Hudson of any Impropriety. Pressed by opposition members for assurance that the government did not entertain further appease ment Intentions or intend "to be gin discussions which might look like bribery to Heir Hitler in or der to buy peace," the prime min ister replied: "It is not the intention of the J. government to initiated any dis cussions of this kind." Germany; officially and emphat ically denied that Wohlthat was - authorized to discuss any plan for economic concessions or a Joan. As for the "gun powder plot" Sir Sampel, who is home secre tary, said "a very carefully worked out" document had been discov ered which outlined virtually all terroristic acts of the last six months 127 bombings since Jan nary. 67 of them In London. He said terrorism In England was being "stimulated by foreign organizations' and the house promptly advanced to third read ing an emergency bill designed to help crush the IRA. Giving Doughboy Bath Is Problem 1 Of County Court Members of the county court were confronted yesterday with their second problem in civic beantiflcation since they or dered the flagpole on High street repainted a bright silver white last! week In preparation for the coming American Legion . convention here. The second matter was how,' to give the doughboy statue on the courthouse lawn a proper bath and polish before bis liv : ing comrades arrive in Salem. Downtown soot and the eccen tricities of certain birds have deprived the figure of an olive drab uniform which would pass army Inspection, It Is thought. Two schools of thought have, been reported to exist -en the matter. One declares that a: . bath, including water and soap, and perhaps a shine to bring out his natural luster Is all the military gentleman needs. - An other believes in the efficacy of certain mixed polishes. A de cision In the matter is expected shortly, ' . Vincent, Hammond Raised in Army Cantaln Willis E. Vinoent. aide to Major j General , George A. White, commanding general of .the 41st division of the national guard has been promoted to major, ac cording to announcement made by General White here aaonaay. wtrat j Lieutenant William H. Hammond, in charge of the motor t.Mii a division of the secretary of state's office, was advanced to captain and succeeds Vincent as Planet Mars Approaches Closest . ToEarihforlSYearsTomorrow Not as seen through "Buck" Bradley's telescope.' through which many Salem people have been viewinst bat in a drawing made from color photographs of the planet Is Mar shown above. Tomorrow the red planet will be 86,000,000 miles away from the earth Instead of the usual 50 to 60 ' million miles. Nearness of the planet has enabled astronomers to deduce already that the second smallest planet, oi vegetation, inanging colors great masses of plant life. (IDt photo.) 4 Salem Star Gazers Spy Mars as It War Planet WiU Be Mere Tomorrow in CIosesApproach to Earth Since 1924; Observatory Busy - '( By BEULAH CHAPMAN Hearing that this week Mars is nearest the earth it has been for 15 years, Salem star gazers have been rushing; out to B. L. "Buck Bradley s observatory just south of town to view the bright planet that rises in the southeastern sky in the early evening. About 25 both Saturday and Sunday nights, Mr. Bradley said. ' ' ' " o Reed Quickly Back In County Lock-up Released . Saturday Morn, He's Back in Again for Burglary Police were forced to conclude yesterday that Carl Reed Is either planning a book on "Jail Life In Salem," or merely likes the board at the court house. Reed, at any rate, was released Saturday morning from the coun ty Jail after serving a 30-day term for Illegal break and entry, but by Sunday afternoon was booked again by city police on a charge of burglary of the Charles Mar shall home at 15th and Grant streets. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary before Justice of the Peace Miller B. Hayaen yesterday and was bound over to the grand Jury. When he failed to post 500 bond, he was committed to the county Jail. According to police, Reed, when picked up, was wearing some of the clothing he had taken from the Marshall home after entering through a side window when an attempt to force the front floor had failed, i- ,- . ,. ' Z. Police also said that Reed had admitted to having attempted to pass two fictitious checks yester day morning, and to having taxen a flashlight from a parked car. ; Bars Fail to Hold Yost Second Time W00DBURN, July 24-i!P)-Bars bad tailed again to hold young Donald Yost, who once escaped from the fourth story of the Mult nomah county courthouse. He es caped from a Woodburn training school cottage Saturday night. Two companions were captured almost Immediately. Southern Oregon Woods Hit : By Fires as PORTLAND. July 24-Sr-High temperatures , and . strong winds! swept forest tires across southern Oregon today, as the state slm mered under its third day of heat Temperatures, w h lie not up with the 100-degree weathe of Saturday and Sunday, were un comfortably high and humidity was low. , . " r , The state's worst fire, in the Sis kiyou national forest at Horseshoe Bend, jumped from 1.000 to 2,eo acres despite efforts t 700 fire fighters. ( They said the hottest section' of i the blazo : had been trenched, although it was not un der control. . . Near Bend a grass fire, sweep ing westward from the deep Des chutes gorge near Crooked river Junction licked at marginal Urn her in the Squaw ridge area of Jefferson county-Smoke from It darkened central . Oregon skies this evening and lookout estima ted the blaze- was moving forward on a two-mile front. A fire in cntover land south of N Of . ns ' the annroach of Mars to earth. in the solar system snpports types on Mara indicate to astronomers Gets Closer 36,000,000 Miles Away people visited the observatory But those who hoped to get a better look at the planet were disappointed, for although It Is eloser. to the earth Jhan. usual, in this latitude it does not rise high enough above the horizon to clear the earth's atmosphere. At its highest point it is only 18 degrees above the horizon. There is, therefore, much more atmos phere between the observer and the planet than if the planet were more nearly straight overhead and the added atmosphere obliterates surface details. Tomorrow Mars will be 36, 000,000 miles from the earth, the closest since 1924. It has been swinging closer to the earth each night by 200,000 miles and Friday It wlU start moving away again. In South America it is straight overhead, so astronomers there are getting a good chance to make observations. Mars Is one of the most easily recognized of all the heavenly bodies by most amateur star gaz ers. Rubicund and untwinkling, it rises now Just as the sun sets. The telescope shows it to have a surface thought to be mostly (Turn to page 2, col. 4) , Russians Reject Japan's Demands MOSCOW, July 24.-P)--Soviet Russia tonight rejected a Japanese memorandum which alleged ob structionist tactics against Jap anese oil and coal concessions in northern Sakhalin island and in turn complained of violations of concession contracts and laws by the Japanese. . (Sakhalin, 600-mile-long. island north of Japan is half ; Russian, half Japanese. The dispute over Japanese oil and coal concessions in the Russian, or northern, half became acute July 21, when a Japanese naval ministry source disclosed part of the Japanese fleet was assembling In northern waters as a result of : a soviet threat to confiscate the Japanese concessions. ' Heat Keeps Up Bend spread rapidly under the 90 degree temperature and low hu midity. A tire which spread from the Grants Pass city dump yesterday swept orer a four-mile front today and was roaring up Fielder moun tain this evening. - Other fires leaped up In the area as the day progressed, but none have reached serious propor tlons. - ' . - Smoke from burning timber hung over Klamath Falls. A 2,-000-acre fire blazed on Owens Butte, near the Klamath -Lake county mule deer refuge, but it was partially controlled. Two hundred men were holding their own with a fire in the Pokegama region near the California-Oregon line, and backfiring halted spread of a big blaze in Modoe county. Calif., also near the line. Ninety men controlled a 120 acre fire in rich timber near Ba ker's - desolation district. Other fires were stamped out in the Ba ker territory. Police Officer Tells at Probe Ofevolution' "Bnllets, Not Ballots" Is Held Communist Plan -: for Overthrowal . Party Infiltration Into Army and Navy Told by "Witness SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 4. -CP) Communists were told "the revo lution will bo fought with bullets, not ballots," Patrolman ? Merriel R. Bacon of the Portland, Ore., police force testified at Harry Bridges deportation hearing to day. Bacon was summoned by gov ernment attorneys as an "expert witness to prove that the commun ist party advocated the violent overthrow of the United States government, an essential link in the government's efforts to , de port the west coast labor leader. Bacon testified that he Joined the communist party in It SO un der instructions of Leo V. Jen kins, then Portland police chief, to look for violation of the Oregon criminal syndicalism law. Received Reports As Policeman, He said he was a member of the party for a year and had received reports from agents In the party as a member of the Portland po lice special radical detail. Bacon quoted Paul Cllne of Los Angeles, whom he described as "still high in national communist party leadership" as telling a par ty meeting at Portland: "We want new members but they must understand that it is hard to be a communist; that they must, upon demand, give up Sat urday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day; that they must follow the de cisions of the party; and that the revolution will be fought with bul lets, not ballots." The policeman took the witness stand after Theodore Marion Stark of Blaine, Wash., near the Canadian-American border, had testified to attending meetings of the party at which infiltration in to America's armed forces was dis cussed. Army Penetration Held Object Th aim and objects of the par ty is to overthrow the government and establish a workers' and farmers government," Stark test! fled. "We were always told to pre pare for a revolution, to penetrate Into the key positions in transpor tation, commerce, the shipyards and railroads. We were taught we must penetrate the army and navy." He saia he had heard a com- m u n 1 s t unit once functioned aboard the battleship Oklahoma; that party members were em ployed In the Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton, Wash., and at the Boeing air field In Seattle, home of the army's "flying fort resses." Once, he said, a unl formed and masked soldier at tended a party meeting. Under cross-examination Stark admitted serving a reformatory sentence for steaung an automo bile, an arrest in Belllngham for distributing party literature, and quitting the party to escape disci plinary action. US not to Bow At Japan's Whim WASHINGTON, July 24-pV-A feeling that there would be "no far eastern Munich" as far as the United States is concerned was apparent in high circles to night, after word was received that Great Britain had recognised Japan's "special requirements" In China. Secretary Hull expressed this government's concern over the in creasing number of assaults on Americans by Japanese police and j military. He announced the set tlement of two such Incidents through the punishment of the Japanese responsible for them. But at about the same time, the navy received a full report on the attack upon Robert A. Baker, warrant officer of the united States gunboat Guam, at Hankow by a Japanese sentry Saturday, after which Baker was detained for three hours by the Japanese. Secretary Hull, apropos ot the Anglo-Japanese i agreement, fell back upon his statement of last June that the United States, was eoncerned. with the "broader as pects" of the controversy at Tien tsin between Japan and Great Britain. Rehearing Request jailed for Nelson Petition for rehearing of the case of Henry Stanley Nelson, un der nine years : penitentiary sen tence for the slaying of Richard C. Earl, Depoe Bay, fishing boat operator, was filed in the state su preme court Monday by George Mowry, Portland attorney. Nelson was convicted of man slaughter in the Lincoln county circuit court and this decision later was affirmed by the state supreme court. " Nelson pleaded temporary - in sanity and testified that he shot in self defense. The slaying occurred after Nelson had leased Earl's boat on which to perform a "mar riage ceremony. KEEPING COOL CAN JBE FUN i w s- v - lk-, x , -.a.,, - ..r 'TTouVe got to be philosophical about ft aU even heat and cameramen, Is what little James Edgar Friese, (top," above), young son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Friese of 1850 lew street, seems to be say ing to himself as he pauses between a dip In the Marion square wading pool. Vera Strong and Albert Sturtevant (below, left) express more satisfaction, bowever, as they take to deeper water to avoid the beat wave which has toasted Salem steadily for the past several xlays. Hume Downs (below, right), has the best bet, though, as he enjoys a quiet sail on the cool Willamette. FDR Housing Bill Held up in House Reports Lending Measure May Meet Same Fate From Coalition WASHINGTON, July 24.-ff)-A republican-democratic coalition within the house rules committee blocked the Roosevelt administra tion's $800,000,000 housing bill at least temporarily today, and there .were reports tonight that It would seek to do the same with the $2,490,000,000 general lend ing hp. The committee has the right to give or deny a privileged status to legislation. Despite testimony the house leadership wanted Quick action, the committee ad journed today without passing on the bill, and Rep. Cox (D-Ga), an opponent of the measure, said we may never vote. . Congress settled Into its an nual adjournment drive, with the hope ot ending the session about the middle of next week. Night sessions tor the senate were scheduled beginning Wed nesday, and Senator Barkley (D- Ky), the majority leader, ap pealed to his colleagues to avoid losing, time unnecessarily in quorum calls, i This situation developed after a day In which the administra tion's lending bill made little progress in either house or sen ate. This measure is the one piece of legislation upon which ad journment most depends. (Turn to page 2, col. 3 ) Japanese Prepare For Canton Block HONGKONG, July 25-(ff)-The Japanese navy was reported today to be nrenarlnr to blockade the Canton river between Hongkong and Canton beginning Thursday and to impose at the same time a blockade ot the British ana French concessions at Canton. ' luiiittl, innrrn said Jananese intended to block all shipping be tween this British crown colony and Canton; and extend their pa trol to nearby coastal waters. - It was said Japanese sentries would patrol both bridge entrances to Canton's Sbameen island, where British and French conces sions are located, and would search all persons entering 1 leavlne. ."iv ... . The United States consulate and American business houses are located on Sbameen. rf ffiit v . -i . . ' Z Z Farmer Will Get Irrigation Setup But He's Agin It McMIXNVHJiE, July 24-(JP) -Sheriff O. W. Manning today ended Fred K. Wagoner's one man feud with resettlement farm workers who insisted on putting an irrigating system on his farm he didn't want. Saturday Wagoner, a resettle ment farmer, and his wife chased the Irrigation crew off the land. Manning, informed by the regional FSA office the crew. . was properly authorized to in stall the system took charge and Wagoner, although .still protesting, did not interfere. Wagoner objected to the irri gation plan because he didn't think it would work and be cause the cost would be charged against his farm. Hurt Man Packed Over Woods Trail ENTERPRISE, .July 24-flVA group .of men, treating over treacherous mountain trails, car ried Sidney Casteel of Wallowa to Wallowa Lake last night after his horse slipped and crushed him. Dr. A. Martin and CCC enroi- lees carried Casteel eight miles. They were assisted the remainder of the way to the lake by an En- . . . - m lerprtse rescue group, neauea oy Sheriff A. B. Miller. 2,000 Watch as Pushes Back League Standings . - W V Pet. Square Deal .. ,,. 8 3 .727 Waits ; 7 Schoens .... ' ,7, Pheasants .. ', J Paper MU1 2 Kennedys ....... 1 S .700 3 .117 B i .645 9 .182 8 .111 Two widely separated softball styles were represented to the bet ter than 2000 filberts who fil tered into Sweetland last night, as Square Deal rebounded " from last Saturday night's upset .. de feat to regain the lead with , a scintillating, 4 to 2 win : from Waits and the Golden Pheasants came from behind, amidst a mess ot untidy ball, to force the Pa permskers into an 'extra- frame and beat them out. 8 to 7. And what the wild night did for the season's second largest crowd was no whit less than what it did for the standings as the league started down the home stretch., As a result of the tilts four teams, . the Dealers, , Waits, Schoens and the Pheasants, have Heat Is Less But It's Still Hot Enough - Salem's four-day ' heat stretch cased off a bit Monday, the mer cury slipping to 89 degrees from the season highs of 101 Saturday and 100 Sunday. Typical Oregon cool summer nights, with Jnlnlmums of around S 4 degrees allowed residents to obtain some comfortable Vest and a tempering - northerly breeze made the sun's rays more bear able yesterday. ' A great exodus was made' over the weekend to ; nearby coast points where ' fogs and clouds of fered somewhat cooler weather. Others sought swimming places in and near the city and Olinger and Leslie pools reported over 3000 : swimmers , Sunday. . Monday's check at the two pools counted 1740 at Olinger and 1675 at Les lie. - More warm weather for inland Oregon was the forecast tor to- : day, but the coast will probably be cooler, it was said, with occa sional fog in sight there. I ' f Pop Divine's new Home Threatened Bombing Note Is Tossed Through Castle' Pane at Newport, R. I. NEWPORT, RI, July 24-aV A warning that the Newport man sion of Mrs. Angela Kaufman, re cently offered to Harlem's Father Divine as a "heaven" for his "an gels," would be bombed unless the negro evangelist keeps out of Newport was contained tonight in a crudely-written message police said was found at the residence (Turn to Page 2, CoL 9.) 3 Montana People Injured in Crash McMINNVILLE, July 24-(ff-An, automobile which overturned near here today injured three Butte, Mont., residents, , two of them critically. " Doctors .said recovery of Helen Brennan, 31, teacher in Butte's McKlnley school, was doubtful. She suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. Her brother, George, 20, sustained a skull frac ture but probably will recover. 4 Mrs. Alice Brennan, 75, their mother, was only slightly hurt. Square Deal Wait Team 4-2 mathematical opportunities t o reach the loop play-off that car ries with it the right for two teams to represent Salem in the state tournament . In beating the Meatmen for the third, time the Dealers merely lit on Pitcher George Roth for 12 hits and earned three of those four tallies, while Hank Singer limited the butcher boys to four hits and was in trouble only from wildness. The Radiosters rammed an unearned tally , home In the second on the only error of the ball game. Tommy Drynan's mo mentary boot of Henry Singer's hit to right field, and then smacked three home in the third on four good blows. . A double by Lon Singer, singles by Brothers Bill and Dick .Gents- kow and rarrun, ana weisners sacrifice tlx . provided the punch that put those three tallies across, and only errorless b a 1 1 by - his mates from there on saved: Both from a worse beating. A clutch two-bagger by George (Turn to page 8, col, 4) 1 I - t I .", McMahan Tells Jurors to Han Attorney Page District Attorney Isn't to Be Allowed to Go Before Inquiry Judge Again Charges Pay ; of District Attorney Exceeds Limits : 'Convened for a brief ten i min utes yesterday morning, the Mar ion county grand Jury was instruc ted: by Circuit Judge L. H. Mc Mahan in terms which all but smoked that District Attorney Lyle J. Page "is not to be allowed' to appear before you" in connec tion with the proposed investiga tion of the Marlon county court. "You are to neither consult with liiui, ue guinea oj turn, or tnow him in the grand Jury 'room while you are investigating county af fairs, unless you call him as a wit ness," the judge declared in his instruction which marked the lat est development in the controver sy arising from his request made two weeks ago that a special pros ecutor be appointed by Governor Charles A. Sprague to investigate Marion county affairs. Following refusal by the gover nor to appoint the special prosecu tion at MaMahan's request or at the behest of County Judge John Siegmund, who demanded investi gation ot McMahan's department of the circuit court, District Attor ney Page had announced last week that he would ask both Judges Siegmund and McMahan to testi fy before the grand Jury yester day morning. Judge McMahan's instruction, which effectually barred the dis trict attorney from appearing in the case himself before the grand Jury, was the result. The brief drama was enacted before a vir tually empty court-room. Page Rejects ; Judge's Idea District Attorney Page, who made ho comment to the grand Jury following the court's instruc tion, yesterday afternoon declare that prior to the grand jury ses sion yesterday morning he had re-' fused a request of the presiding Judge that he , voluntarily declare himself disqualified. He main tained his willingness to ask a special prosecutor to assist the grand jury whenever, the latter body found sufficient evidence to indict a county officer. It was to his "utter astonish ment," Judge McMahan stated, that he had heard of the district attorney's request that he and Judge Siegmund appear before the grand jury. "The conduct of the district attorney under all the cir cumstances of the proposed inves tigation was grossly unethical and constitutes contempt of court. Judge McMahan further assert ed that the county court has paid M (Vnn V e AAA ,m Wa wui, luau f u,vvu iu ill o uAaLxicb attorney in excess of the salary. prescribed by law, and that this lst. now ucmg augmemea vj l urine r payments by the county court to him of $7 5 a month. "As no law directs the county court to pay to the district attor- -ney this money, he has received it by the sufference of the court only.' The. law provides neither that it should be paid nor that -it could be collected." Page Replies to Charges To this charge Page replied yes terday by stating that these pay ments, were to defray the expense of stenographic service and office rent for the district attorney, whose work is not housed in the , court house, and that "there has been an adjudication in the cir cuit court of Marion county auth orizing such payments, and there are several opinions. of the attor ney general upholding the legality of such payments." v "The law does not permit any district attorney so situated to conduct an investigation of the of ficial conduct of those to whom ke is under obligations of this kind and to whom he has been and is now a legal adviser, the court con tinued, referring to payments made to the district attorney by the country court. The rule is based on the age old maxim that no man can serve two masters at the same time." Judge McMahan stated that "a competent". attorney would be ap- the Marlon county investigation. It was reported yesterday that the Judge was endeavoring to secure an attorney from outside of the county to conduct the special pros ecution. - . ' . v ' ' - In continuing his instruction the ' court discussed the future of the investigation. In your Investiga tion you must proceed with an open mind, free from prejudice for or against any person, . . During the last 10 or 12 years the county court has expended probably 1 8, 000.000 of the taxpayers' money. -, , X. believe that almost : every ; taxpayer in Marlon county now expects you to intelligently advise them as to whether or not this great sum ot money has all been expended in tl.ejr Interest and in accordance with legal i require-" ments. . . . - . -, , DA Denies He ..... Favored Bequest District Attorney Page yester-. day afternoon denied that he had . ever favored the request of . the circuit jndge for a special prose . (Turn to 'page t, col. 1) , , r General wnitaa aiu