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Ttie Veather . Fair today and Wedaes dayi wanner with falling humidity; toga on coast. Max. temp. 94, min. temp. Bluer 88 fu Kortla . Local Pictures PIctnree of - local and local errata are found wore frequently la pages of . The Oregon Statesman, than la any otiaer Salem paper. - EIGHTY-NINTH YEAH Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Honing, August 8, 1939 Price 3c: Newsstands 5e No. 115 JFfce .Before K&giinig Forest 1 Bridges Employers Are Held Builders Of Alien Case Legion's Radical Prober U T.1L of Artivitira of Doyle I Defense Contends That i US Did Not Prepare Bridges Case - SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7.-flV Harry Bridge today beard Him self referred to as the outstand - lnr name" in the files el the Am- ertcan Legions radical researcn i committee in California. . Tne siaiemem tu wu w r-rn i h n p leader's deoortatlon hearing jiere, hy Harper Knowles. chairman ui ine jeswu b wiuumv tee. ; ' ' ' . ..: . . Knowles, San . Francisco bus iness man and a former investiga tor of subversive actlrities for the Associated Farmers of California, last fall identified before the Dies congressional committee in Wash ington, many Calif ornlans he said were communists or communist sympathizers. - These included Bridges and Governor Culbert L. Olson of Cal ifornia, then the democratic candi date for the gubernatorial office. Knowles was called by Bridges defense as an "adverse" witness in an attempt to prove improper Inducements were made to gov ernment witnesses." ." Knowles Denies Conspiracy ' ' - He denied that shippers and other employers as charged by Bridges were behind his eommlt- nr that Tia niared a nart in an I alleged etnapiracy: wlUt immig? f tlon officials at Portland and Se attle to bring: about the union leader's deportation. . The defense sought to show the ease against Bridges was prepared by other than government offi cials as part of the alleged con spiracy. Knowles admitted being at meetings in San Francisco at which Ivan Cox, a former secretary-treasurer of the longshore men's anion here, discussed and finally gave an affidavit against Bridges. ;.- Cox, in a suit subsequently withdrawn, also named Bridges and SOO other persons as alleged communist conspirators seeking "to dominate the Pacific -oast." The suit asked 45,100,000 dam ages. Knowles denied any hand In preparation of the suit but admit ted that after it was filled he gave Cox $10. : Doyle Present At Sessions He said those at the San Fran cisco meetings were Stanley Mor ton "Larry" Doyle, former head of the American Legion's 40 et S society and a former special prose- cuior iu .uwau-ruiCw wregon; j. v. uaraer, repreoeni- Ing the San Francisco Industrial association, and Raphael B. Bon ham, immigration bureau direct or at Seattle. - Doyle, now In Minnesota and named by Bridge's counsel as the key-figure In the alleged conspir acy, has been subpoenaed to te tify. --: . Regarding questioning of Konwles, Trial Examiner : James Landls at one point asked: "What Is the bearing of this testimony on this case?"- f : Defense Attorney Richard Glad- stein said: "It the case is prepared outside of the prosecutor's office . by improper methods and then is presented to the prosecutor and umlcu uj uiiu uiiu cvuii iie uiusi ne lainiea u mere is any uuoi in the preparation of the ease. Our , contention is that the US govern ment did not prepare this case.", . No Questions Asked - PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 7.-(ff) -Ray Foredyce didn't stop to ask questions when he stumbled on a seven-foot snake sunning Itself in his back yard. He killed it and later learned It was a buU snake that had escaped from a sage of a nearby resident. , Dorothy " Thompson Returns Dorothy Thompson l writing a column for tomorrow's States man, the first of her columns to 'appear in two months. - She's been out of the paper while on vacation, but not out of touch with the public and world af fairs she write about. What she has to say is sure to be worth reading; t- , f Don't miss the resumption of her three-Umes-weekly ."On the' Record" in tomorrow's States man. , , .. Bp First Aid Car May Get Space in Fire Station Building in - anghlin's Proposal for Awaits Committee Action: Pavment Is I Authorized The Salem fire 'department's be assigned quarters in the East construction as a substitute for a to the northeast corner of .the Laughlin announced last night a resolution to the city counwl ; o W.i MUCinnn uvmoiuun . , (jlVeil IlldlCtmeilt tjg Charges Leche .Made $67,000 in hot Oil' Operations NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7.-WV Reaching high among the politi cal heirs of the late Huey . P. Long, the ; federal government to day Indicted former Governor Richard Leche on a charge he profited by $67,000 through 11 legal "hot oil" operations. Named with Leche and accused Of making an identical sum through evasion of oil production regulations was Seymour Weiss, New Orleans hotel owner and one time financial right hand man to the slain "kingfish." Freeman Burford, wealthy Dallas, Tex., oU man and the East Texas Refining company also were indicted in this transaction, A second indictment announced today by the federal grand Jury elu gedlWetesrrwita.; Income tax evasion 'end still' another made a Similar charge against the dapprr hotel man and Louis C. Lesage, former Standard Oil 'company of ficial here. This same jury In- dieted these men on mail fraud charges a few weeks ago. ' The strapping Leche, Just six weeks out of the governor's chair. appeared at the federal building soon after the indictments and was fingerprinted before - being re leased on $5,000 ; bond. He de clined comment on the case, as did Weiss, who made bond of $15,000. They face possible Im prisonment for two years on each of the two oil counts. Catapulting Pipe Causes 2 to Die SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.. Ang. 7-4JP)-An 1,100-foot section of 4-inch gas pipe became a roaring whip of death today when it tore d o w n a mountain at a speed workers said was nearly a: mile a minute. two lives. Two other persons, -rttlcallv injured, mar diet Killed when the welded pipe shot through her automobile was Mrs. Bess Arnold Ross, 48, Long Beach, Calif. Grant Allison, 71, who drove to the scene, dropped dead of heart attack when he saw Mrs. Ross body. Mrs. Robs' housekeeper, Ann McDonald, 25, riding in the au tomobile, was perhaps fatally In. Jured. One leg was amputated at a hospital Henry Dutton, a workman, was tossed 100 feet into the air by the pipe. His back was broken and physicians said he, too, may die. J. W. Smith, another workman. Bttffered a broken leg when the i nine nit him Rousevelt Would Be Easiest Man to Beaty President Roosevelt can . have the democratic presidential nomi nation if he asks for it, but in many respects- he would be the easiest man to beat, Franklyn Waltman, publicity director for the republican national, commit tee, told a group of 75 republi cans at a luncheon! at the Argo Monday noon. - - - - If Roosevelt ran again It would provide a clear-cut test " of his record, - Waltman - said; and It would be better for the nation if he would (run and be defeated, rather than retire undefeated, for in the latter ease he would be In position to harass his successor through a newspaper column. Waltman expressed confidence In a republican victory "if we can hold the gains made in 1838," pointing out that the electoral votes of the states which elected republican governors or senators, with the vote of either Illinois or New York added, would be suf ficient. He said , the democratic majority of only 30,000 in Chica go's last mayoralty election wouia Charges. PWt East Salem Special Housing of CarDanzIg Senate Decides for Diezer I first aid car and crew may Salem station now under proposal to build an addition city hall. Alderman S. B. after delaying presentation of rrteining to the car. Dr. Langhlin said the proposal to build the city hall addition to I house the car and include quarters in which the first aid crew could give adequate attention to pa tients might be revived later. The resolution, which was post poned for further committee con sideration, would ask the Marion and Polk county courts to contrib ute to the cost of maintaining the first aid service in recognition of its frequent service outside the city in both counties. The eoundlmen took time out to hear two members tell of re cent trips east. .--- "There's a nigger In the wood pile where businessmen object to parking meters," , Alderwoman Gertrude F. Lobdell said she was told by many persons interviewed during an 8000-mile Journey into the eastern and southern states. Taking every opportunity that came to inquire about the Ameri can public's reaction toward park- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Progress Is Seen Rv TiOPiil Airwflvs . . V , f , J I en to Request Hearing on Mail Grant Oregon Airways is making def inite progress toward building np its new air transportation service connecting the Willamette valley with Coos Bay, Leo Arany, opera tions manager, declared here yes terday. Arany came home for a breath ing spell after piloting his five- place cabin plane on 87 consecu tive roundtrips between Portland ana jaansnueia, representing i 882 miles of flying since June 1 when the line began operations. Lieutenant Lloyd Hardesty, army instructor for the Washington na tional guard air corps, has been employed as relief pilot. (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Lost Elephant Is Back in Big Top STAUNTON, Va., Aug. 7.-W)-Two-ton Elsie, fugitive circus el ephant, was lured back into cap tivity today after a safari of 200 police and country folk had stalked her through the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains for a day and a half. . Elsie, footsore and hungry, had plodded through the forests south of here for 33 hours TBlnce es caping from a wrecked circus trailer. She walked quietly from the woods with two fellow pachy derms by her side. They had been freed to entice her from her hide out. Fright engendered by the wreck that killed a circus attendant and another elephant was gone when the fugitive found her mates, and she quickly was loaded on to an other trailer ; and started on the way to Roanoke, V a., where the circus is showing. Says Waltman not balance upstate Illinois' re - publican majority, and that New Tork might also swing to the re publican column. His figures did not Include the electoral votes of Idaho nor Colorado, even though iney elected republican governors, because of the local Issues in volved. Oregon is a bright spot nation ally to the republican party, Walt man said,' and he expressed hope that a trend similar to that shown here in 1138 ; would spread to other Pacific coast states next year. I r Explaining that the national committee takes no part In the selection of candidates, Waltman mentioned the present discussion of Senators Vandenberg of Michi gan, and Bridges or Taft of Ohio, District "Attorney Dewey of New Tork. Governor Bricker of Ohio and Congressman Bruce Barton of New York. He added that In the west, he had heard mention of Governor Sprague of Oregon, who sat. beside him at the luncheon, Poland Takes Point in Row At Free City to C.t Btriptinn on Customs British China Officials I Concerned Over Ships Bombed Sunday (By The Associated Press) ' Poland scored herself a point over Danxlg sails last sight In an official announcement saying the free city senate had agreed to withdraw restrictions placed on Polish customs Inspectors lastlDe tte carnival. The convention week. The dispute, mounting since last Friday, found Poland firm. Her mood was pointed up y ester- I" at ktte P""0" rally where her military commander in sisted she would fight If neces sary to keep her rights in nazi- dominated Danxlg. Poland was given control of the free city customs after the World war, and last night's com munique said "customs control will be integrally maintained in Danzig.' The senate's note was said to have given assurance of no inten ' tlon to present Poland with a sud den stroke abolishing the customs control, and included an agree ment to enter negotiations on the troublesome question. - A Munich dispatch said Albert i rorster, Danxlg nail leader, flew J lOv BaiiDurr. ear ocott-uiuer aiexecutrre aecretary, . announced sercntesgaaen : estate; ana i- though Berlin sources disclaimed knowledge of the visit, Danzig quarters said he had gone to con sult the fuehrer. - British officials In China were increasingly concerned - over the bombing of British vessels and commercial property by Japanese planes near Ichang Sunday, as further details came from a gun boat which barely missed being hit 'We have no Information. said a Japanese army spokesman. "If it happened, it is a regretable mistake." The Chinese Central 'News agency at Chungking reported of ficial concern over alleged perse cution of Chinese by authorities of Thailand (Slam). Some Chi nese believed Thailand might be influenced by a pro-Japanese pol icy. nine more persons were exe-1 cuted Id Spain, raising to 2 the total put to death by a firing squad for the slaying of a mili tary police inspector, his daugh ter and a guard. Spanish newspa pers declared plots against the na tionalist government would be 'inexorably crushed." Twenty- five more persons were arrested and charged with crimes during' the clvu war. Final Major Unit Of Oilingls Done The last major unit of Marion county's 1939 road oiling pro gram was completed late yester day afternoon when the surfac ing crew finished work on the Mt. Angel-Meridian road. The crew will spend the rest of the week on spot jobs non skidding various dangerous curves and making repairs. The biggest task left, aside from applying a sealing coat of on late this month to newly-surfaced roads, will be the non-skidding of East Center street road from the state hospital east one mile to the Stayton cut off intersection. Oiling work to be done by the county for , the Salem Indian 1 school at Chemawa was postponed until next year after the county court Inspected the grounds in - volved and decided preliminaries eould not be completed in tlmelsented. to do the oiling during the dry season. Youth Is Rescuer OfLakeSwii J REEDSPORT, Ore., Aug. -Clifford - Harvey. - yonnar 'dust - bowl- Immigrant, was all-re todar. thanks to r the efforts of ' Jack Barnes, 21, Crown-Willamette Pa per company office worker. Harvey was swimming in Silt- coos lake with a friend when he suddenly sank.' A woman screamed and Barnes came to the rescue. Barnes brought the victim to the surface after nearly fire minutes and gave first aid on a stiff-boom log as he was unable to . reach J the shore, W Session on Be Biggest Event V Final Details Are Given Approval as Capital Post Meets registration Is Ope"1 lvuy " 1,ear Courthouse "The larreat American Iberian convention the department of Ore gon nas ever seen Digger than the 1129 convention here in Salem and that was the biggest to date.' Sach was the forecast of Carl Mo- ser, Oregon department adjutant! of the Legion, voiced at an en thusiastic pre-conventlon meeting of Capital post No. 9, host togeth er with other Marlon county posts. Monday night on the eve of the annual convention which opens for registrations today although the A1. nth.. w w411 proper opens Wednesday. Monday night's post meeting! was well attended and those mem bers not previously registered ob tained their badges and creden- tials at the meeting. Registra tlon, open to the public today In the tent on the courthouse lawn, carries with it admission to Thurs day's air show, admission at any time to the Streets of Paris, and 18 holes of golf at the Salem Golf club. Advance work Is Complete Adjutant Moser declared ad vance preparations lor this con vention were the most elaborate and complete in the 20 years of Legion history, and complimented the convention commission upon its efficiency. Carl Gabrielson, chairman of the commission, also compliment ed his fellow-commissioners on their diligent labors. Onas Olson, that the convention was "ready to go" and, with chairmen oi various committees, urged post members to volunteer for convention jobs not yet filled. There was a special call for vet erans to serve as policemen at the various convention events, espe cially the air show Thursday. In this connection it was announced that parking of cars at the air port for this biggest of convention attractions would be free of charge. King Bartlett, in charge of bar becue at the airport Thursday; Ronald Jones, finance chairman; Raymond H. Bassett, in charge of theprogram and dances at Crystal Garden; Irl S. McSherry, publicity chairman; Monte Brooks, in charge of hospitality and distin guished guests; Jack Elliott, head of the housing committee; B. F. Pound, director fit parades; Ray Stumbo, entertainment chairman; R. D. Woodrow, in charge of con cessions: "Curly" Hofstetter. in charge of the Streets of Paris Charles Johnson, in charge of the convention halls in the state cap ltol; and Chairman Spaulding of the transportation committee, all reported their plans complete with the exception. In several cases, that additional volunteer workers would be needed. Meet Highlights Are Listed Highlights of the portion of the convention that is open to the pub lic include the 40 et 8 parade at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; the joint memorial service of Legion and auxiliary Thursday , forenoon at 9:30 at the Elsinore theatre; the air show starting with the arrival or. the northwest air tour planes at the airport at 10 a.m. Thurs day, followed by the barbecue at 11:30 and the stunt show at 1:30 p.m.; the Thursday night show at Sweetland field including Softball at 6:15 and the junior drum corps and band contests at 7:30, togeth er with military demonstration by the Seventh infantry- Friday events will Include the ILeglonkana junior parade at 1:30 I with all Oregon children eligible to compete; at 7 p.m., the grand convention parade, two hours long, passing through the streets and through Sweetland : field I where following the parade, the senior drum corps will perform as 1 well as the 1C 2nd Infantry, and I others attractions will be pre- Saturday morning at f o'clock there will be a public meeting at the legion's convention hall, the house Nt representatives at the capltol, at which Louis A. John son, assistant secretary of war, will speaks"-"::S--;';'v,? The carnival and Streets of Far- Is will be open , daily and each night from Wednesday through I Saturday there will be dancing at 1 Crystal Garden starting at l o - I clock. Woman Is Sheriff STEVENSON, Wash., Ang. 7- ; WV-Mra. T. II. Borden was sworn in today as sherux or. Skamania county, succeeding her Ausband, who died of a heart attack Sun day at Olympla. The new sheriff's term - will expire - la - November; State Brrr Plenty of Humidity Here , But Jrs all r ! - . . W. Bernard Morse, operator of a two oaagntera, Marylyn ana ueu Mae, togetber wftli Tom Blair, as sistant camp master, and Campers Bob Hollwyler and Park RoaeUe, were having absolutely mo trouble keeping cool here. They were snapped by a Statesman photographer la the tee room of the Capital Ice & Cold Storage plant. Low Humidity Increases Fire Danger Near Salem Temperature Hits 94 as Relative jHriniidity' Drops to an Unusually low l2 ; "lany Brush fires Reported Nearhy A very low relative humidity was registered here yester day, the official weather observer reported, adding to danger of fire in the Salem area while grees. -' At noon the humidity stood at 19, an unusual figure, and in the next three hours the reading fell seven more points to 61 Are Admitted To Law Practice 64 per Cent Are Passed in State Bar Exams; Seven From Salem Sixty-one or 64 per cent of the 95 applicants who wrote in the state bar examinations here July 11 and 12 were successful, the state supreme court announced yesterday. The examinations were con ducted by the state board of bar examiners. Thirty-six of the successful ap plicants reside in Portland while seven live in Salem. Two women were among those who passed. Eight of nine of this year's Willamette university Jaw school graduates who took the examina tion were successful. Two other Willamette graduates, who failed last year's test, passed this year. Salem applicants who passed: Charles Roy Cater, Lee Adam EUmaker, Tyrone Gillespie, Hal Raymond Gross, Franklyn J. Ku- cera, Frank H. Spears, jr., and Samuel F. Speerstra. Successful Portland applicants: Anthony J. Amato, Harlow C Barber, Elvin L. Barton, Richard J. Burke, Harry N. Burnslde, Alan F. Davis, Maxwell Donnelly, Warde H. Erwin, Earl A. Fewless, Hershey Gross, Paul W. Hand, Paul W. Haviland, George E. Holslngton, Lee Irwin Kennedy, J. Graham Kill&m. Jean Lager qulst, , Allen Kendall Lottridge. Kenneth Paul Mahony, Jack N. McLaughlin, George H. McAUis- (Turn to-page 2, col. 4) Governor Seeks Plan for State's Employes A retirement pension plan to Include all state, county and city employes will be , drafted by : a special committee to be appointed by Governor Charles A. Sprague, he announced yesterday. The governor said the proposal would be submitted to the 1941 legislature and would provide re tirement pensions tor more than 8000 state . workers. An enabling act would permit counties and cities to provide similar pensions for their employes. -"I am of the opinion that state, county and city employes should receive -the same pensions as pri vate employes ' under, the federal social security program, Gover nor Sprague said. Public employes are now ' barred from " benefits under, the social security setup.' At the time Governor Sprague in Solid Chunks hoy's farm cants Bear Eola. and his the temperature rose to 94 de -Ql2 at 3:30 p. m. Heavy atmosphere here was at tributed to smoke from nearby brush and grass fires, clearly vis- ible from Salem, Two major brush and grass fires were burning in Marion county yesterday. A large fire of about 2000 acres was reported two miles east of Marion, in the southern part of the county, on what is known as the "Island" on the North Santiam river. A grain field on the west Bide of the Pacific highway about 12 miles north of Salem also burned The fire was controlled by nearby residents. The Salem fire department was called out about noon yesterday when a grass tire threatened re- tween Hazel and Spruce streets in North Salem. No damage was re ported. Glover Reinstated To Law Practice The state supreme court Mon day issued an order reinstating Ronald C. Glover, Salem, to prac tice law in Oregon. Glover waa suspended June 8, 1938, for a period of three years. Petitiona sirned dt virtnll every attorney in Salem were pre sented to the court asking for Glovers reinstatement. The board of governors of the state bar joined with the netltionera. Glover had practiced law here for many years prior to his sus pension.' - - The supreme court admitted James T. Hall, Medford, to prac tice law In Oreron for two veara on a certificate received from the state of Washington. Retirement vetoed the firemen's pension' bUl approved by the 1939 legislature he promised to sponsor a plan under which public employes would receive pensions. Subsequent to the last legisla tive session the League of Oregon Cities executive committee asked Governor Sprague to study social security for public employes. 'The executive committee suggested that the research work be done by : the bureau of municipal re search of the ' University of Ore gon. - - . Mayor H. W. Hand. Corr tills league president, ; told Governor Sprague , that unless a workable program was submitted at ' the 1941 legislature some "very, dras tic and-unwise legislation might be expected Wind Whipping 11 - 1 we ire In 3 Counties Flora Logging Camp Held! Lost; SUmson Camp Endangered State Forester Fliei Over Areaf Control Is Impossible PORTLAND, Aug. T.-(ff-. Flames roared thronrh north western Oregon's tlmberlands to day, cloaking their destruction hi bUlOWinr smoke, as danrerona tire conditions continued also la Washington and Idaho. . Hundreds of firs fighters battled to control the tires In the three states. Fires nipped at both the east and west flanks of Oregon, but the northwestern part of the state faced by far the greatest peril. Logging : operators, : reported "utterly helpless," fled before the racing Glenwood-Saddle mountain conflagration, which the wind whipped across Oregon's Tilla mook, Washington and Clatsop counties. It threatened to assume the proportions of the devastating 235,000-acre Tillamook blaze of 1933, one of the worst In the northwest's history. Flora Company vamp xs loat District Warden Cecil Kvle aaM tonight there was little hone of saving the Flora Logging com pany camp, equipment worth well over $100,000. and between 14 and 15 million feet of down tim ber. He said too there was little prospect of saving the Yamhill Logging company camp, its tour aonkey engines and other equip ment. The'olate roared on tonight toward the McMinnvllle domeatie water system in the Haskin creek region. Latest . estimates placed the fir area in excess of 18,0 acres. . '...'. An estimated 2000-acra fire al so roared through brush and tim ber zo miles southwest of SU Helens, lower Columbia river city, burning an estimated COO acres an hour. Timber in extreme northeast ern Oregon was reported out ot danger after a 12,000-acre grass fire crossed the state line from southeastern Washington. A thousand fire fighters ap peared to have controlled - a 15,000-acre blaze which spread from the Mt, Spokane region ef northeastern Washington into Idaho, consuming several homes and buildings and burning dan gerously close to the little com munity of Blanchard. Cooler weather and a rhanra In vinA irienwooar brought at least temporary relief . 1 1 i . . , . V.J irum a inreaiemng situation. Two of the three big forest fires in northwest Oregon re mained out of control and vir tually impossible ot. control un der existing conditions late yes terday afternoon. State Forester J. W. Ferguson reported after making an aerial Inspection of the fire area in the state's new airplane. Only the fire In the Oregon- American holdings northwest ef Forest Grove appeared to be un der control and diminishing In in tensity. ... . The forester described as "bad" the two large fires southwest ef -Forest Grove, one In the Saddle mountain district and the other nearby in the old Tillamook bum. Fires Started in Stimsoa Camp The Saddle mountain blaze, en circling one of the Stimson log ging camps, had started fires with in the camp, It was indicated, bet had not destroyed it. The other fire, around the Flora Logging company's . camp no. 5, was raging for the most part across burned-over timber left by the old Tillamook blaze. Direction of the wind, speed of the flames and inaccessibility of the old burn area made it im possible to send in fire fighters safely. - The forester said fire crews would have to await a change In the wind or advance of the fire into green timber where it would travel more slowly. , - Eight hundred " CCC enrollees were battling the three fires. Two hundred of them -were enrollees sent in by. the federal forest serv ice ) to assist the State . forestry department. - -zi'- -': Northwest fire patrol officials met at Forest; Grove yesterday noon and formulated plans to ward restricting the tires. i A.' Tll'n(a Tlrfcvn riov : I LONDON, Aug. 7-aVA royal air "force bomber crashed on a ' steep cliff on the English "chan nel at Beachy Head tonight, kill- . ing Its crew of three and a woman who was walking on the "3 5 0-foot precipice. ' '" ; . The big. twin-motored plane toppled over, the cliff and Into the. surf. The' bodies of the crew were not recovered "until the tldei' telL - --