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t. PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 9, 1939 n w Case es Legion Prober Testifies Doyle May Hare Given V Bloney in Case (Continued from Page 1.) conspiracy to deport him because of bla onion activities along the waterfronts.' .- "Did. .Doyle oversell yon that he offered money to Bakesy to get an affidavit on Harry Bridges?" Glad stein -asked Knowles. The witness said he did not re member. , "It might hare been' told to yon but you don't remember?" "It might hare beei possible," Knowles answered. Landis Interrupted, with a ges ture, and remarked "that answer interests me." , Landis Pins Down Legion Prober "You are willing to leave an Inference in the record that Doyle was 'the kind of man who might have offered another man money to make a statement nnder oath?" Landis Inquired. - "I don't think that is the in ference I intended, at least," Knowles replied. "Counsel asked me If it might have been possible.- r , "It might have been possible?" Landis repeated. "Bat surely, Mr. Knowles, if you are in a sense a sort of business associate with a man and somebody else makes an accusation of very serious charac ter against him, it "you know that man well . . was your reaction that such an accusation might pos sibly be true?" - 'Well," Knowles said, -"my re action would be that he hadn't ". made such an offer. That would be my reaction." : But you wouldn't put it be yond the bounds of probability?" "It is possible, . yes. I don't know.- . Knowleajtestified Captain Bak, csy was, "to the best of my knowledge,- a "personal emiloye" of T.-G. Plant, San Francisco steam ship line official, and an officer of . the Waterfront Employers' asso ciation In 1936, at least, .when Knowles said fee and Bakesy had a conference with Plant. : Knowles said Doyle's reports on subversive activities were fur nished to the executive secretary of Charles Martin when Martin was governor of Oregon. Cladatein tried unsuccessfully to learn who paid for Doyle's activities. Pisto and Rifle Matches Friday Events, Open to General " Pnblie at : 3 p.m., ; Southeast Salem ? Pistol" and rifle matches for Oregon Legionnaires and the gen eral public will be held during the Legionconvention at the Sa lem rifle-range southeast of town. Friday at 3 p. m. ' nnder the chairmanship of Lieutenant Ken neth Dalton. i Pistol competition will begin at ,3. p. m. for the .22 caliber divi sion, la which 20 shots will be fired at a 25-yard range at a standard American target. Pistols " of .31 caliber or larger will shoot 1 rounds at 50 yards at the same target at 3:30 p. m. Slow fir will be the rule for all com petition, both pistol and rifle, according to Lieutenant Dalton. r Open to Public. - ;Ia the rifle matches, the open ing contest at 3 will be with .22 caliber guns firing 20 shots at 50 yards, using iron sights and an SB targeLA half hour later the same caliber rifles will com pete at 100 yards, using the same sights and target. Awards will be made to first and second in all matches, and a separate medal to the aggre gate winner in both pistol and rifle competition. A special award will also .be -made to the high est Legionnaire who competes. All matches are open to the public, it was " announced, and none will be fired unless 10 or more entries have been made. An entrance fee of 11 will be charged all competitors who are not reg istered for the Legion conven tion. Legionnaires here for the convention will be permitted to enter free in an or ail math. Information about the matches may be obtained at the headquar ters, tent on the courthouse lawn. 'Gable Burglar- 1 l" .:' TTQard J, Break!' Here's ths' burglar Clark Cabls, ths actor, captured in his North Hollywood home. He Is WOard J. CroskL -who Is being held a Van Nuys, CaL, on a burglary charge. Gable surprised the jocth and overpowered him, later finds - v Held Paid for Speaks Tonight .-.-y.i Her. Fred F. Weatberf ord, of Medford, wb wfll speak to night at service at the Kasa rewe church, ISth and Center, telling aboat the erangelistJc mmA hoane snlssfcm work being done by the eharch. - ' NY Fair Admits Attendance Bad Average Is Only 129,000 Daily, Under Half What Expected NEW YORK, Aug. S. (JP) The New York world's fair acknowledged tonight it had just about halt the drawing power its promoters predicted when their $155,000,000 spectacle opened last April .30. The expected attendance was 270,000 a day; the actual aver age has ; been 129,000 or less. The certified public accounting firm of Arthur Anderson it iCo. reported that up to July 5, 'the gate ticket sale was 5,680,000. The fair reported Its total at tendance for the same period as 11.976.000 leaving over 6,000.- 000 admissions unaccounted for. The fair explained the 6,000.- 000 this way: 2,851,000 were people who bought special bargain ticket book before the fair opened; 2,394,000 were fair employees and other pass holders; 4S.a00 were, school children admitted free: 269.000 were emergency passes issued to workmen finishing up the lair after it opened. When the fair opened, sponsors predicted , a total attendance . of 6Q.00P.000. with 20.000.000 "the Asked tonight whether the ?whc fair would run a second year, a spokesman' sald "we don't know." The fair promoted part, of its cost by a 330.000.000 bond issue. Lately the. bonds hare been sell ing at around 60 cents on the dollar. . .. Tomcat no Liker Of Plane Travel PORTLAND. Aug. 8.-(j!p)-Mack got in today on an airliner from Washington, D. C, and when they turned him loose at the home of Mrs. Herbert Brown he dove be hind the furnace and stayed there despite offers of liver, . fresh sal mon and milk. Mack, a Persian tomcat and life long pet. of a friend of Mrs. Brown's who will arrive In Sep tember, thus displayed his ad ver sion to air travel and the howl of the motors. When he became con vinced he really had his feet on the ground he came out and made friends. Two Little Guys , Turn out Heroes MINEOLA, Texas. Aug. &UP Two Utile fellows, Jim Ingram. 10, and Billy Jim Blankenship. 11. smashed down a door and carried Mrs. Bettle Otterboch, 84, from her burning, home.' . They scooped up sand and extin guished her burning hair and clothing. But they were too late Mrs. Otterboch died a few hours later. Tonight Jim and Billy were modest heroes. Their ages had prevented them from joining the Boy Scouts. - Scout officials said they would be invited. Psychic Concludes Engagement Here, ; Some Questions Will Still Be Answered hu km appearing at taa Qnni theatre, has evsclodra her tuu tat bm aa4 av jaora qunUoa will he accepted far Mtwrriag ia the celaant ef The SUtasaaaa. Hewever. aaawera te aeiaatiaaia air. 4? received will eoatUaae te he yebliahea fee a ahert Urn: Q. Please tell ne what became off say stecklaee, missLag some time ago Will I snake the move I ana thinking of ia beuiavese? J. JK. C A. Tonll make the more you an thinking of ht business, and it will prove very successful, par ticularly the first of November. The necklace was stolen by a young man. .Tonll never have it returned. " C-AJ"' L V- - . UQ Win I loan money to a man tV boy a fan la X; Y. state? Win It be O, Is there any thing la store for sac good? May 19S8 1 lost an agate broach. Win I ever get it? WD! my son hare success if h bays a farm?, & K. tr;J" v- i! ; , : "r -v- A. ' X would advise you not to let the man'have the money in New York sute, g if Would be slow In returning to yon.;. The pin was lost ia a fcountry place .and never, will be returned. Tour son win be successful In the farm. I ; Q. Could yon ten me anything !vnt my brother who disap No Letup Seen On Fire Front Fire Fighters Withdraw From Saddle BI onntain . Conflagration (Continued from Page 1.) Logging company camp, No. S. The company's No. 1 cams also was in danger. Fire 'fighters reported that residents of the Converse Hitch man logging camp near Wilson river and the Dixon mill camp ear Mountaindale in Washington county were preparing to evacu ate aj the fire drew near. The blase was reported within 309 yards of the Converse Hitchman camp. Weary fire fighters held the Elsie blase in Clatsop county within its lines. The 5000-acre fire In Dutch canyon In Columbia and Washington county was mov ing only on one fringe. It forced partial evacuation of the Pisgah home for aged men and nearly claimed the lives of four log gers, George. Cliff and Art Kit tleson and one identified only as "Smoky." Mm Save Selves by Digging In. The Kittleson brothers and their - companion saved ; them selves by digging a pit and cover ing themselves until out .of danger seven hours later. One of the men's hand was seriously burned. -The others suffered singed faces and hair. Kyle estimated 2000 men were fighting the Saddle mountain. Elsie and Dutch canyon confla grations. He ordered the crew to begin backfiring in an effort to save Flora company property City firemen were called into action when flames began threat ening Macley park along the western Portland city limits. Sev eral homes were in danger. The forecast of the government weather bureau brought no cheers from the fire fighters. It was for above normal tempera tares in the Portland area and Increased heat east of the Cas cades. Fogs were expected along the coast and there was hope they would spread over the fires In the northwest section of the state. The fire weather forecast: "Fair tonight and Wednesday, with local fogs on coast; warmer In east portion; continued low to very low humidity in interior gentle to moderate north to east winds." Taxicab of 1914 Still Runs Okeh Troop Transport of Marne to Appear in Salem, Ballets Marked -An . ancient Renault taxicab. still showing the bullet holes re ceived when it ferried French poilus from Paris to the first Battle of the Marne on Septem ber s, 1914, will rumble through baiem streets under its own pow er as a. feature of the 40 et 8 parade tonight. The taxicab won its fame at what later historians have con sidered perhaps the lowest ebb of French fortunes during the World war. The German advance through Belgium and northeast ern France during the first month of the war had placed the French definitely on the defen sive. Joffre, the French general. naa decided to make his stand at the Marne river. French Outnumbered His troops stood off the Ger mans, who outnumbered them greatly, at a point only 25 miles from Paris. The French need for reserve troops grew desperate as the battle continued on the second day, and word was sent to Paris, the nearest depot for re serves, to send men at all costs. But the railroads were choked with wounded, and no army trucks were available. The general commanding the Paris garrison was at a loss until he suddenly hit upon comman deering all the taxieabs of Paris to transport his' men to the front. This was promptly done, and the necessary support troops careen ed to the front in Renaults and Citroens which had oven then seen better days. One of three of these cabs still In existence was given to the Portland Legion post recently by the French government as a ges ture of good will. It is being brought to Salem for the conven tion, and will be on exhibit in the showrooms of Herral-Owens on Commercial street after tonight. peared some time ago? 22 years ago. Mrs. Jt B, , . ' A. Tour brother joined the World war, and I believe if yon write to the United States war department, giving his full name, vouTI get a letter concerning him. f Q. Am very worried aboat mr girl's health. Should I go to more expense and to another doctor, or wm ano oatgrow this spine sola. placement aad stuns? Are the treatments the right thing for her? Row ran I get my diamond ling- back? Will my. husband maae us aext test? Win my boy also have-gland tromble an his life? A. B. if . . A. Tour daughter should be taken to a clinic in Portland to go through a series of examina tions. I see correction of r her Win she oatgrow this spine mia- With electricity.- Tour son Win pvercome his gland trouble. Q. Will I narry the bub I jam going with now? Is the picture I saw at the home of Mrs. XV. mine? Is so, how did It get there? B. M.O." r A. The picture is not your, as yon must remember there are jots of pictures alike. Ton win marry this man you're-now going with and, make a more and a change1 out of the state of Oregon. ddltloo l ihm Vests LONDON. Aug. .VIot: One ten-torn baggage car tilled with bathing suits, sunburn oil. tennis racquets and beach chairs by London Northeastern rauroao last Saturday. Railway searchers admitted they are still baffled. Five hundred vacationers who wanted ths carload of things tor the week-end are still gloomy. Just ill ease ths car number Is SSS8S. EVANSYILLE, IncL, Aug. S. JP) The "kick" of a wood em horse was so powerful ft dislocated the knee of Miss Eleanor State villc. Deaconess hospital lime. The steed at rack her as she attempted to disaaout from moving naerry-go-rowjMl. . SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. S. Fisherman Grid Nleodemus of South Bend told- this story today and swore by It: Last night, while fishing In Chain 'Lakes, west of here. Nleodemus hooked s fish, but it got away with his artificial fly in It'a mouth. Nleodemus put on a new fly and resumed fishing. A half hour later, he hooked and landed ha eight-inch rock bass In its month were both of his flies. Choker Sought In Rose Death Corsage Left With Young Girl, Strangled on Lover's Lane CAMDEN, NJ, Aug. - &-&)-A bone-crushing strangler wjth pow erful hands and a liking for red and white roses was sought to night as the loTers' lane . slayer of auburn-haired Wanda Dwor- ecki. The flowers,, detectives said, must have been a gift of death to the; pretty 17-year-old Polish Baptist minister's daughter from the killer. When she left home last night to "gol to a drug store" she had not enough money to buy them. When her bruised body was found in a weed patch today a corsage waa pinned to her rain-soaked coat. I Letters Examined Detectives took for examina tion a bundle of letters presum ably correspondence from boy friends and started a shop to shop check of florists. They hoped for information that might show: 1 Whether any of the church youths she knew might hare had a . motive for choking and beating ner, then throwing the body be side a lane eight blocks from her home, i 2 Whether her death might be traced: to telephoned threats po lice said followed her abduction and beating four months ago by two men in an automobile. On the verge of coUanse. the girl's father, the Rev. Walter Dworecki, said she had been able to give him no information to help identify the two who abduct ed her last April. She was released only recently from a hospital where she was, treated after that beating which left her dazed and wanderinc along an Auburn road. "Slow-Cat Zone" Sign Is Sought By Feline Lover SEATTLE, Aug. 8-ip-The city council public safety com miUee today naked the board of works for recoouneikLatioiu on Edmond H. Foss' request he be permitted to erect a traffic warning sign front of his home. ' Fobs, petitioning as "a man who is owned by fonr Persian cats" named Wootle, Wattle Wow. Katie Kattle and Dipple Dapple Dee Dee said they la sist on playing ia the street and he wanted to protect them with a alga: "Slow Cat Zooe." Martin P. Craose. depnty road engineer, investigating why Foss could not restraia his ratserom makiag a catwalk of the road, said he foaad Foss really is owned by the cats. ''They climbed into the chairs, and we had to ait on the floor daring my visit," Craase report ed. Wallowa Educator Dies as He Fishes i . - . WALLOWA. Ore . Aue. WPV- Roy Conklin, 70. Wallowa school superintendent and widely known eaucator in eastern Oregon, died mis aiternoon while fishing the Wallowa river near here. i When Conklin failed to return home' near the expected time, a search was formed and the body found. Searchers said he appar ently had suffered a heart attack. Well Digger Hurt By Powder Blast OREGON CITY, Ore.. Aur. 8- ff)-L. 3. Xeeth, 67, Beavercreek resident, was in critical condition tonight from Injuries suffered to day la a dynamite blast. . utaie pouce saia tae man peer ed over the brink of a wen he was digging when, the dynamite failed to explode. It went off and he was struck by earth and rocks. Bar Liquor. Sale Bill Is Opposed PORTLAND. Ore, Aur. sWJPW Walter P. Fell. Eugene, nresideat of the Law and Temperance league of Oregon, said today the league would campaign Vigorously against an initiative bill to abolish state liquor control and restore 0 over the bar sale of hard liquor Stunt Parade To Open Show Committee Meetings Are on Slate of Events for Today - (Continued from Page 1.) library building-move west on Court street to Commercial, south oa Commercial to State, ast on State to the Willamette university campus. Parade officials are B. E. "Kel ly" Owen, chief of staff and "pa rade commissioner; Capt, Edgar R. Austin, adjutant; Major B. F. Pound, Major Willis Vincent, Ma jor VanSwaverud, Walter zosei, James Cook and James Turnsuii Cherrtans to Head 40 et S Parade The Salem Cherrians will head th parade. Ia the reviewing par ty will be Charles W. Ardery. na tlonal correspondent of the 40 et 8: Governor Charles A. Sprague, National Commander Stephen F. Chadwlck of the Legion. State Commander John A. Beckwith, Grand Chef de Gare Henry Heisel, Brigadier General Thomas E. Ri lea. Mayor W. W. Chadwlck, Phil Jackson and Herb Sichel. The first division will be commanded by Captain Laban A. Steeves, sous chef de chemin de fer (national vice president). . Commander Brazier C. Small of Capital Post will command th e second division, composed of Le gion post units; Carl D. Gabriel son, general convention chairman. will command the third division and Chef de Gare Waldo Mills of Marion county voiture the fourth. The 40 et 8 will hold its annual banquet, entertainment and "wreck" or Initiation at the Elks Temple immediately following the parade, winding up with the pro menade caucus at midnight. Its events will close with the prome nade Thursday afternoon, follow lng a short memorial service at 4:30 o'clock. Thursdays highlights in the Le gion convention will be the me mortal service at the Elsinore theatre at 9:30 a.m., the air cir cus and barbecue at the airport at noon, and the Junior band and dram corps competition and Sev enth Infantry military demonstra tion at Sweetland field at 7:30 p.m. The Streets of Paris, on South Liberty street between State and Ferry, will open at C o'clock to night. Dancing at Crystal Gardens will start at 8:45. Legion convention commission members reported to the police Tuesday that vandals had torn down some of the street decora tions. Police were investigating. 'A M iav x Let The Statesman Follow You ! While on your vacation, keep informed about your capital city, your state, and the folks at home. There's no better way to return from an enjoyable vacation well informed. . . . Dial 9101 . . . give us the address ... we will see that The Statesman follows and at no extra cost. The Statesman will also give you travel accident protection for the small sum of $1.00 per year . . less than 2c per week. ETi? r-? anHy . cUj You Can Be Covered for $10,000 for loss of life in a rail road accident and $20.00 per week while injured. 11.000 for loss of life in an auto mobile or pedestrian accident $10.00 per week while injured. DONT WAIT. . . It may be too late . . ; (!all at the Statesman office, 215 S. Commercial St, or phone 9101 for further details. There are hundreds who have found this Statesman Accident Policy to be a dollar wisely in vested. - : 1 - (laiMtcd , to Statesman swiwrillwis "or snesnbrn of the family . brlwrrn ' the" ages of to to iW.) v ' Seaman Struggles To Port After CORDOVA. Alaska. Aug. UP, Leaving behind him two drowned men in the stormy north Pacific. Seaman Ben Ray mond numbed, , exhausted and beaten by both ocean and mount ain atorms arrived here today in an old akiff to recount a saga of the north that few men could have lived to tell. Caught In Sunday's big storm that did widespread damage aad grounded the freighter Depere Raymond's power boat capsized in Prince William sound. His tow ' companions, Henry nun, id, ana William V. Erick son, 25, were trapped and drowned In the boat's cabin while Raymond dived and succeeded (Continued from Page 1.) sach as Stephen F. Chadwlck, the LegJoa's national root-' maader whose graadfather was aa early Oregon governor, aad Lonis A. Johnson, past national commander and present assist ant secretary of war. Their messages will be of outstand ing interest to every American. The American Legion appreci ates the warm hospitality of the city of Salem. It hopes to show that appreciation In the days to come by its conduct while here and In the sound Americanism of its official acts. From every section of Oregon Legionnaires are coming. And, mistake it not, you of Salem will know when they arrive. Mystery Solved; Corpse Is Straw BEND. Aus. 8--The atate police wrote "case solved" today to another would-b mystery. Tourists reported late yester day they saw a man's body lying below the Oregon Trunk bridge in Crooked river canyon. When po lice went to the scene last night. darkness hid the body. The police returned today. spotted field glasses on an object lying In the 300-foot canyon and reported it was a scarecrow with a rope tied around its neck. ' r R-,-w I TTEEM Y ' oD SCOPE thr JERRY OWEN mm Name. Occnpation Postoffiee . Street or R.F.D. No. Name of Beneficiary. Relatipiisltip New Subscriber O Over Land and Sea Boat Sixties, Pals Die In getting hold of a skiff his boat was towing. All night long, Raymond drift ed helpless with the tide and wind until he reached bleak Hawkins Island. From there he struck out over land. He climbed three moun tains, fought through storms on the slopes, swam streams and In lets and at last reached the oppo site shore of ' Prince William sound where he found an old skiff. He was found off the city dock today, coming into port nnder his own steam, half-dead, half-alive. His account of the tragedy was in coherent until he pieced the story together after medical at tention In a hospital. Hunt Is Widened For 2 Lost Girls High School Pupil Left Homes to Pose for "Talent Scout" MIAMI. Fla.. Aug. 8. -(-Police widened the search tonight for two pretty high school pupils who left their Miami homes yes. terday for Palm Beach to pose for pictures .through which they hoped to land screen or radio con tracts. Detective Chief L. 0. Scarboro asked police throughout the coun try to seek for questioning a man listed as Charles Jefferson, who said he was a'movte talent scout. The girls 1 6 - year - old Jean Bolton, blues-singing night club entertainer, and Ruth Frances Dunn. 17. high school dramatics leader left their homes about 9 a m. yesterday with the man iden tified as Jefferson. They were to have returned from the C 9mile trip within a few hours after having pictures taken at an unnamed Palm Beach hotel. Police held as a material wit ness a 24-year-old woman listed as Beth Collier, who said she met Jefferson in Denver, Colo., about 10 days ago and married him shortly afterwards. "Crash" Is False Alarm An accident call to the vicinity of the Checkerboard station on the Pacific highway north of Salem last night at 9 o'clock was dubbed a "fake" by the crews of the city first aid car and Salem Taxi am. bulance which sped to the scene. No trace of a highway crash was found.. . By Mail $5.00 per By Mad 50c per Mo. Bv Carrier 60c per Mo. i INSURANCE APPLICATION BLANK of Benificiarj. Start The Statesman at Above Address "Lepke" Drive In Full Swin? j Federal Grand Jury Gets Started on Campaign Against Crime NEW YORK. Aug. 8-(P)-ln secret chamber connected by a passageway with the G-men's headquarters, a specif federal grand Jury heard Its first wit nesses today in a drive to demol ish an "underground railroad" of crime, believed to be sheltering the nation's most-wanted man. Louse (LepE) Buchalter. In the meantime, police head quarters turned out the first cir cular offering a $25,000 reward for the fugitive racketeer, dead or alive. The federal government has offered J 5 000 for apprehension of the stocky little man with the piercing, shifty eyes. The city re ward was raised from $5000 to $25,000 yesterday. Man of Many Alia&cs Lepke he has so many aliases that the authorities refer to him by his peculiar nickname, which is the diminutive of the Hebrew spelling of "Louis" is wanted for jumping bail on a federal anti trust charge and on state indict nients for extortion in the fur, garment and bakery Industries. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey has accused Lepke of caus ing at least five killings in an at tempt to wipe out witnesses dur ing the two years he has been in hiding. Both state and federal sources agree that Lepke has a neat nest egg from the years when he prey ed upon legitimate business by selling "protection from the acid throwing, gun-toting members of his own mob.- They agree that he is a dan per ous man, hidden from arrest by in fluential connections with a coast-to-coast combine in crime. It is in an effort to break this network as well as to bring Lepke to book that the special federal grand Ju"Ty was established yes terday. Identities of its witnesses today and in the days to come would not be disclosed, federal prosecutors said. No Cameras on McKenzie; Noise of Planet Feared EUGENE. Aug. S-flP)-There probably will be no cameras grind ing the story of Abraham Lincoln on the banks of the McKentie river east of here tomorrow. Officials making the film fear airplanes taking part in the 1SS Oregon air tours might get In the range of the cameras. Hi Year Affe. Old Subscriber Q