FRWon'tAid
Conservative .
K One Named
Executive Says He "Won't
Aid Campaign if Suchv
Action Taken
Declares Nomination of
Conservative Would
Be "Suicide?
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1
President Roosevelt tonight told
the young democrats' national
convention that If his party In
sisted on nominating " conserva
tive or lip-service candidates" In
1940 be would take no active
part In "such an Unfortunate sui
cide of the old democratic party.
The chief ' executive, in a "mes
sage read to the crowded open
ing meeting by Pitt Tyson Maner,
of Montgomery, Ala., retiring
president of the young democra
tic clubs of America, asserted
flatly he would not support
conservative in 1940.
"If we nominate conservative
candidates, or lip-service candi
dates, oh a straddlebug plat
form," he said, "I personally,
for my own self-respect and be
cause of my long standing ser
Tice to, and belief in liberal de
mocracy, will find It Impossible
to have any active part in such
an unfortunate suicide of the old
democratic party."
- He predicted the democratic
party would "fail if it goes con
servative next year, or if it is
led by people- who can offer
naught but fine phrases."
Giving no hint as to how he
feels on a third term, Mr. Roose
velt, added he did not expect a
conservative to be nominated
"for I believe the convention
(next year) will see the political
wisdom, as .welt as the national
wisdom, of giving to the voter
of the United States an opportu
nity to maintain the practice and
the poller of -moving , forward
ith a" lluvirnaearwttft
program." : ' " s?
Senator Pepper (D-Fla) , Id t
keynote speech following Manor's
opening address, favored a "third
term for Roosevelt's Ideas" in
1940 and assefied the "king
makers of Wall street'! already
had picked Got, John M. Bricker
of Ohio, for president, and, he
believed, Thomas F. Dewey, New
York district attorney, for , Tice
presldent, ; t
Mr. Roosevelt struck out at
"republican and democratic re
actionaries" who "want to undo
what we have accomplished in
these last tew years and return
to unrestricted individualism of
the previous "century."
"Republican and democratic!
conservatives - admit," he said,
"that all of oar recent policies
are not wrong and" that many of
them should be retained but
their eyes are on the present;
they glTe no thought for the fu
ture and thus, wihout meaning to,
are failing to solve even current
social and economic problems by
declining to consider . the needs
of tomorrow."
Be aaid radicals of all kinds
"have some use to humanity be
cause' they have at least the im
agination to think up many kinds
of answers to problems even
though their answers are wholly
impracticable of fulfillment in
the immediate future," adding:
"Liberals on the other hand are
those who, unlike the radicals
who want to tear up everything
by the roots and t plant new and
untried seeds, desire to use the
existing plants of civilization, to
select the best of them, to water
them and make them grow not
only for the present use of man
kind, but also tor the use of gen
erations to come. 1 --
'That u why I call myself a
liberal, and "that Is why, even If
we go by the modern contraption
of polls of public opinion,- an
overwhelming majority of young
er men and women throughout
the United States are On the Jib-
era! side of things."
Congressman Mott Returns
Home Hailing Valley Plans
Congressman James W. Mott
returned home from 'Washington
yesterday and brought with him
Ray Shepard, fanner Polk county
resident, who will conduct the en
. gineering studies ; oil which loca
tions of the Willamette valley pro
ject dams will be based.
The project authorization, Mott
declared, . is the i greatest - single
piece of legislation affecting Ore
. gon ever put through congress.
Nearly 1 6,0 00,000 was appropri
ated as a starter toward the even
tual 264,000,000 cost of the pro
ject, he -pointed out..
Dynamite and sensitive instru
ments will be utilized together In
determining the proper locations
for the dams.' Shepard ? brought
along one of the instruments, Mott
said, which In recording the shock
of the blasts will Indicate both
depth and quality of foundation
rock. - ' i -
Pleased at the successful con
clusion of the long fight to es
tablish & naval ale base at Tongue
Fire
Weather Aids Fighters
As Fog and Less Winds
Slow Fires in Forests
Saddle Mountain Blaze Expected to Be Controlled
in Day or two as Its Pace Slackens;
Yamhill Fire Is Worst
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10. ( AP) Fighters, f orthe
first time in two weeks, stood
est fires of the Pacific northwest and British Columbia.
Weather aided them as coastal fogs and slackened winds
halted the westward advance of Oregon's disastrous Saddle
mountain blaze. The 22-mile-long fire continued to creep
. - - O slowly southward but Fire War
Danzig's Fuehrer
Hurls Poles Defy
"Hour of liberation" Is
Coming Says Forster in
Rally Speech
Tree city of daxzig, Aug.
10-(yP)-The Nazi leader in Dan
zig, Albert Forster, at a vast out
door protest meeting tonight
hurled defiance at Poland and
appealed to citizens of other na
tions aligned against Germany
to prevent war but gave no hint
of the plans of Adolph Hitler,
the German fuehrer. ' ,
He said he had no startling
disclosures to make.
The f i e r y spokesman, who
hastened back to Danzig yester
day with full knowledge of Hit
ler's views gained in long inter
views, declared however, that
"Poland may rest assured" i Ger
many and the fuehrer "are de
termined In the event o attack
to stand at our side.'? '
As fer Danzig, he asserted, the
Free City was prepared to defend
its rights "with its blood."
Forster spoke in a huge, gath
ering amid the spotlights, loud
speakers and color , of a typical
Nazi rally, with the old Nazi re
frain, "one people, one reicn, one
fuehrer!" ringing in his ears,
Nazis estimated 40,000 persons
many of them uniformed storm
troopers stood in tne-square De
fore Forster and that C 0,0 00
others were gathered under loud
speakers In other squares and
communities of Free City terri
tory. '
But If Forester gave no hint
of Hitler's plans, he left no
doubt of his ultimate Intentions.
"The Danzig population," he
declared, "believes implicitly that
the hour of liberation is coming
and that the Free City will re
turn to the reich.
"The Danziger looks with
especial veneration upon their
fuehrer, Adolph Hitler, of whom
they are convinced that he will
fulfill their wish and thereby
again give the right of self-determination
that place which has
been denied It In 1919.
Baroness Is Wed
ToSpreckelsHeir
RENO, Nev., Aug. 10-(ff)-Bar-oness
Emily von Romberg of San
ta Barbara, Calif., widow of Bar
on Maximilian von Romberg, and
Adolph B. Spreckels, heir to the
sugar fortune, were married here
today, :. .
The ceremony was performed at
a Reno hotel by Justice of. the
Peace Harry Dunseath. Mr. and
Mrs. Spreckels, who gave - their
ages as 27, left by plane for Santa
Barbara.
.Baron von Romberg, killed In
an ' airplane crash at Fairhaven,
NJ, in June 1938, reportedly left
a $10,000,000 estate.-
Spreckels, thrice-divorced, in
herited 12,156,000 when he -became
of age in 1933.
point in Clatsop county, Mott an
nounced construction bids would
be opened August 25. He win join
other members of the house .naval
affairs committee In Inspecting
the base site August 11.
The political picture is - rosy
for the republican party, the con
aid Ha nredlcted both
presidential and congressional
victories ior tne pariy ne
regardless of whether or not Pre
sident Roosevelt sees a uura
term. ' .
Th a nresident would - be tne
strongest "candidate the democra
tic party could pick, to Mott's way
of thinkinr. but he expressed a
hit or Rnnaeveit does not-have a
chance to win.
"I believe he will accept a third
term nomination If be thinks there
is a chance to win the election,"
hn added. '
-. Senator Arthur Vandenburg of
Michigan stands out at the mo
ment as leading contender tor the
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Bangers
their ground today against for
den Leonard Rush of Tillamook
predicted it would be "controlled
in the next day or two" if favor
able weather continued.
Hottest spot was west of Yam
hill City, where 1000 men made a
desperate stand in the Evergreen
mountains. Large quantities of
down logs, green timber, trestles
and several logging camps have
burned.
Washington's Columbia nation
al forest blaze, covering 4000
acres of fine timber, was "presum.
ably under control," forest offi
cials said. However, independent
reports Indicated it was advancing
slowly, without spectacular crown
fires that marked its sudden
spread last night. The conflagra
tion moved north and east from
the town of Willard. Five evacu
ated mountain homes escaped de
struction. Fire fighters said a continued
weather break would see the
12,000-acre Dutch canyon fire,
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Dr. Pound Heads
40 :t 8 Societe
Ray Scoffren of Astoria
Made Chef De Train in
Sole Contest
s
Caucus recommendations were
ratified at the grand promenade
of the 40 et 8 societe Thursday
afternoon with Dr. B. F. Pound,
Salem, . unanimously elected
grand chef de gare, succeeding
Henry Heisel, Tillamook, who be
comes cheminot national.
Other officers elected were Ray
Scoffren, Astoria, grand chef de
train, : In the only : contest that
reached the floor; "Matt Lermer,
Portland, grand conducteur; W.
J. "Bill" Courtney, Lafayette,
grand commissalre intendent;
Merle Wadsworth, Portland,
grand guarde do la porte; Ralph
R. Anderson, Baker, sous grand
guarde de la "S porte; Colman
O'Lfughlln, Klamath Falls, com-
mls toyageur; Bert A. victor,
Salem, cheminot national alter
nate; grand eheminots, " George
Rotegard, Portland: Waldo O.
Mills, Salem; John Bowers, Cor
vaUls; Bern Moll, Pendleton j Ed
B. Moeller, Baker, and Ernest
Brugger, Medford.
Grand Chef de Gare Pound an
nounced the following appoint
ments: Tom Collins, Portland,
grand correspondent; Dr. B. R.
Wallace, Albany, grand medicin;
C K. Logan, Salem, grand pub
lico, and Julius Cohn, Portland,
grand advocate. Other appointive
offices will be filled later.
A memorial service in charge
of Chef de Gare Waldo Mills pre
ceded the official business ses
sion. Features were solos by Dick
Barton.
The grand voiture adopted a
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Armour President
Talks With Mayor
CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-ff-R" H.
Cabell, president of Armour A
company, conferred with Mayor
Edward J. Kelly today concerning
the dispute between the huge
meat packing firm and the CIO.
While fresh strike threats
came from union headquarters,
Cabell reported bis visit with, the
mayor was designed to "acquaint
him with the facts and with our
position- la labor matters as pre
viously set forth in published
statements.
: Kelly, who had; discussed the
controversy recently with leaders
of the packing house workers or
ganizing committee, offered no
comment.
Earlier the PWOG stated- a
strike had been authorized at the
Armour plant in Denver to sup
port demands for -the reinstate
ment of St unionists f who had
been dismissed. Shortly ' after
ward, , however, CIO spokesmen
told reporters no walkout would
be ordered there because the Den
ver nl&nt management had agreed
to rehire the 26 and to hire "two
extra men to obviate the speedup
which caused the dispute leading
Jo the discharges this morning.-
Expert Denies
Leech Charges
i In Alien Case
Handwriting Expert Says
Changes in Affidavit
I Made by Leech
Keegan Tells of Signing
i Letters He Did not
I Bother to Read
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-(ff)
-A noted handwriting expert tes
tified today at Harry Bridges de
portation trial that an "adverse"
witness, who claimed his affida
vit, had been altered, had made
the changes himself.
The witness, Edward 0. Hein
rlch" of Berkeley, Calif., brought
his powerful microscope and lab
oratory materials to the Angel Is
land hearing and, after extensive
tests, took the witness stand.
Heinrlch was subjected to a
belligerent cross examination by
government officials.
Government Counsel Thomas B.
Shoemaker persisted in asking
whether another expert who might
be called might not disagree with
the witness' findings.
"I doubt It," Heinrlch replied.
John L. Leech, a house painter
of Portland, Ore., had testified
that a communist party delega
tion at Los Angeles had coerced
him into signing an affidavit that
Bridges was not a communist par
ty member and that he had been
offered as much as $10,000 to say
the Australian-bora CIO labor
leader was a member.
Bridges has denied he is a com
munist. The government Is at
tempting, to deport him on the.
grounds he is a member and thau
tht -partyteachea violence.
Expert Contradict
Leech's Charge. .
Heinrlch, whose career as a
handwriting expert and criminol
ogist began In the Pacific north,
west some 20 years ago, contra
dicted Leech's charge that some
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Britain "in Dark"
In Air Raid Test
Half of England Plunged
Into Black of Night
for Practice
LONDON, Aug. ll-(Frlday)-(
The first streaks of dawn at
4 a.m., today (10 p.m., EST),
Thursday) ended Britain's great
est air. defense practice blackout
which i plunged half of ; England
Into the darkness of a pit.
A quarter of an hour before the
signal C for If lights on" Sir John
Anderson, lord privy seal and
chief of air raid precautions, said
the experiment would prove of
"great value" but that it was Im
possible yet to "express, a con
sidered Judgment."
As daylight blotted out the
beams of anti-aircraft search
lights London came to life.
The blackout was Britain's
greatest peacetime air defense
drill.
In an area enclosed by a line
drawn straight west from Hull on
the eastern coast to Stockport near
Manchester, then south to Bour
nemouth on the south coast, house
lights were turned off or shielded
by black paper, street lights were
extinguished and traffic lights
were visible only through narrow
slots.
Special police with white sleeves
directed passengers to buses.
NOTABLES GUESTS ON AIR JAUNT
Their ride marred ornly by smoky cemng" hanipering vlsihllity, theee notables of city, state and Amer
ican Lesion department convention were guests" of the Oregon Air tour on an observation trip 40
f Portland and retor yesterdaji afternoon aboard the tour flagship, a United Airlines Boeing luxury
i plans.. Left to right; are Onas 8. Olson, executive secretary, Salem conventfoa commission j Wallace A.
r Sprague! representing Oregon Steteanuui, King Bartiett, airport barbecue chairman ; - Emma Pearce,
auxiliary convention committees Dr. Laban A. bteeves, grand cheminot, 40 et 8 society; ueryi ror
ter, chairman auxiliary convention commltteej Secretary of estate Earl SnelL Stato Treasnaer Walter
E Pearson, Mayor W. W. Chadwick of Salem. Miss R. Kelleher, stewardess; Governor Charges A.
Sprague; unidentified UWA assistant; Captain C C Coppin, chief pilot; Brigadier General Thomas E.
JUfea. and Carl Curlee, Albany, tour director:
SilvertoiiBand
Is Top Juni or
Musical Corps
Junior Drum Corps From
Klamath Falls Best
for Division
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Seventh Infantry Guard
Mount Display Wins
Crowd Approval
By WALLACE A. SPRAGUE
Silverton's Junior band, smart
in blue and gold uniforms, and the
Klamath Falls junior drum corps,
trim hi uniforms of the same col
or, though of Spanish cut, literally
marched away with first honors
in their respective divisions at the
junior bands and bugle corps con.
test held last night on Sweetland
field as the closing chapter of yes
terday's Legion convention pro
gram. The crowd estimated at 2,000,
also watched Virginia Hall, of the
Albany corps, nd Billy Ellswick,
of Clatskanie win drum majorette
and drum major championship
awards in competition with the
leaders of the six other bands and
drum corps.
Seventh Infantry
Mounts Guard
Between the band and drum
corps contests the band and men
of the Seventh Infantry put on a
display of formal guard mount,
followed by a demonstration of
playing and maneuvering by the
band alone. Both brought loud ap
proval from the crowd, especially
when the band formed in single
file before the stand and saluted
the state with "Oregon, My Ore
gon," followed by "God Bless Am
erica." It was announced by Le
gion authorities that the regimen,
tal. band's maneuvers would be re
peated tonigbt.
The Klamath Falls Junior aux
iliary Zouave drill team, directed
by Carl Cook, demonstrated a
smamy-exeeuteeV. military ;4rfTl on"
a specially constructed wooden
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Portland Fliglit
Made by Officials
i
United Air Lines la Host
to Dignitaries on
Air Junket
Ten Salem citizens, Including
state officials and members of
the American Legion, were guests
of United Air lines yesterday
morning for a flight from Salem
to Portland and return as a part
of the Oregon air tours show at
the local airport.
The flight was made In one of
the company's ten passenger Boeing-
twin-motor : monoplanes that
had acted as flagship of the air
tours fleet of some SO to 0
airplanes.
Starting at 12:60, the ship and
its passengers followed a course
directly north above the Pacific
highway, -Circled over Swan Is1
land airport, and then headed
west out over St. Johns and the
Columbia before turning back to
ward the Salem airport. Landing
was made at 1:40.
. Visibility was limited owing to
excessive smoke conditions pre
vailing an along the course of
the flight, and local landmarks
were clearly visible only when
the plane was under two thous
and feet in altitude. The 'atmos
phere was relatively clear above
4,600 feet. fi '
t Those making the flight in
cluded Governor Charles A.
Sprague, Secretary of State Earl
Snell,- State Treasurer Walter E.
Pearson, Mayor W. W. Chadwick,
Captain Laban Bteeves, Onas 8.
Olson and King Bartiett of the
American Legion, Beyrl Porter
and Emma Pearce of the Legion
Auxiliary,; and W. A. Sprague,
press representative.
Air Show Visitors Get Rations
t' Of Beel and Beans Like Buddies
' r i
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4-1 " -'.-t ,
Conclave's Grand
March Scene Set
Main Legion Parade Starts
at 7; Children to Vic
for Prizes at 1
Music and strutting marchers
will monopolize public attention
on today's program of the Ameri
can Legion department conven
tion as the Junior legion parade
is staged this afternoon and the
grand parade and military display
tonight.
The junior parade, expected
with its numerous prizes to at
tract boys and girls in large num
bers, will form on Court street
east of Cottage at 1 p.m. and
move at 1:30 after judging has
been completed. The line of
march will be west. on Court to
Commercial, south to State, east
on State to winter, where It will
disband. " ".
Fifteen musical units will add
aural color to the junior's dis
plays of pets, costumes, floats,
decorated bicycles and Boy Scout
uniforms ' t - -
The - grasd parade, leaded 01.
battalions Of regular army-men,
national guardsmen and by Veter
ans Who learned to march. 20-
odd years ago and will never for
get how, will form at Marion-
square and get in motiou at 7
p.m., heading south on North.
Commercial ; street. The march
will turn east on Ferry street
to Liberty, north , on Liberty to
Chemeketa, swing a round , the
city hall block to High, south to
State, east i on State to Winter
street and i south to Sweetland
field where it will be viewed by
the official party of legion, city
and state officials.
The parade Is expected to take
two hours In nassinK tha re
viewers, official' and the general
public In the grandstands. The
column will be directed by Dr.
Ben F. Pound, grand chef de
g are-elect of the 40 et 8 society.
assisted by Brigadier General
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Girl Thrown out
Of Fast Car Dies
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10-tip)
-A comely blonde of about 20,
identified as June Potter, Port
land, died in a local hospital to
night a few hours after she had
been picked up from the north
Nortland road. Identification was
by a friend, Hazel Gibson. .
Policeman Don Batchelor and
Kenneth Raley said they believed
she had been thrown from a
speeding automobile onto the road
where the car of H. P. Watts,
Portand, ran' over her. ' Watts
told Batchelor he did not see her
In time to stop. -:
Physicians said her skull prob
ably was fractured and that she
suffered T contusions and lacera
tions that appeared the result or
sliding or rolling along on a pave
ment Batchelor said her shoes
were found several yards from
where she had been lying.
J '.. .
Beef and beans were, the rations
for ex-soldiers and sdr circus
fans alike at the local airport
yesterday afternoon, and here
. are soms intimate shots at
lunch time. Above, left to right,
Eunice White, Gladys Clay, .Li
bert a St. Clair and Pearl Victor,
all of Salem. Below young Tom
my DeRocher of Brooks has
cleaned up on the beans and Is
here making inroads on the beef
sandwich.
Smoke Hampers
Air Stunt Show
Tex Rankin Gives . Great
-Show; Crowd Smallest -
- Jonr" Bar Seen !
By RON GEMMELL
' Both the ceiling over Salem's
spacious airport and the spirits
of the air show sponsoring com
mittee of the American Legion
were almost sero-sero yesterday,
with forest fire smoke holding
aerial acrobatics of the 1939 Ore
gon Air Tour uncomfortably' near
the earth's surface and lack of
attendance causing Legionnaires
to wonder if they would have to
dig -under that surface to find
the where-with-all to pay oft
guarantees.
' The daredevlllsh flying of Tex
Rankin, for whom the 2500-foot
celling held, no terrors, helped to
save aerial exhibitions that were
severely handicapped by the lack
of ceiling, but what was to save
the budget from a huge deficit
Instead of he profit expected, was
last night still a mystery to Ron
ald Jones, American legion con
vention finance chairman.
F e w e r than 2000 persons,
smallest crowd encountered by
the circus along the tour, paid
their way into the show, according
to Jones, while the guarantee to
the air tour was alone 11075.
Rankin, in two spectacular ex
hibitions, demonstrated how he
two years ago won the world
stunt flying championship. His
hedge-hopping acrobatics, in a
red-whlte-and-blue biplane, drew
voluntary bursts of applause.
Never using more than 1000 feet
the Sir maestro put both the 165
horsepower biplane and a low
winged - monoplane through lat
eral figure eights, square loops,
flaming geysers and the difficult
outside loops. 7
- While Herb Stark of Browns
ville early in the afternoon before
the smoke pall settled tightly over
the 'drome accomplished a bat
Wing : parachute jump from the
1000-foot mer Faye Lucille Cox,
world champion . delayed-e h u t e
jumper, was forced to make a
later leap from 2500 feet. It was
her 4-3 5th Jump.
'Dignitaries, including Governor
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Sportswriter Hero as Blaze
Makes Fistic
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 10.H?V
Five hundred fight fans escaped
injury tonight when a fire that
caused an estimated loss of $1
000.009 destroyed. the Fairvlew
boxing arena, a lumber yard and
a warehouse containing $750,000
worth f Civilian Conservation
Corps equipment.
The conflagration broke out in
lumber yard Immediately ad-
Joining the arena shortly after
10:30 p. nw and for nearly an
hour menaced huge. nearby gas
oline storage tanks.
Fire Chief Frank Pulaski, who
called all of the city's fire fight
ing apparatus and firemen Into ac
tion, announced at 1 1 : 3 0 : p. m.
that the blaze apparently was un
der control. - : -
Firemen were unable to deter
mine Immediately the cause of the
blaze. J .
Lt. Col. C. W. Jones, command
er of the western ' Idaho-Eastern
Oregon CCC district, estimated
that federal government equip.
Grand Parade
Is Scheduled
At 7 -Tonight
Membership Reported at
High Mark ; Four new
Posts Added
Koehn Reports IMovement
for General Pensions
"m-Advised"
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS IN
BIG LEGIOX OOXVEKTIOX
AU day Registration, head
quarters at Courthouse square;
carnival; Streets of Paris; golf
: tournament at Salem Golf club.
l t a.m. Reveille and flag rala
. Ing, Seventh Infantry, Courthouse
'square. 4
8:30 "a.m. Auxiliary business
session, senate chamber.
: a.m. Convention business
session, hall of representatives.
1:30 p.m.- Legion Junior Par
ade (forms at 1 p.m. on Court
street near Willson park).
3 p.m. Service officers school,
capitol; pistol and rifle matches
at rifle range.
5 p.m. Retreat ceremony, Sev
enth Infantry, Courthouse square.
7 p.m. Grand convention par
ade ending at Sweetland field
followed by senior drum corps ex
hibition, military demonstration,
special attractions.
9 p.m. Convention dance,
Crystal Gardens.
By RALPH C. CURTIS
If, as may be discerned with the
naked eye, the 21st department
convention of the American Le
gion in Oregon is a complete sue
pess, that is only fitting in view
of the organization's progress la
the past year as shown in reports
at the opening business session,
held in thehall of representatives.
In the state capitoL , - i ;
Present Legion membership in
Oregon is 11,743; the national '
membership exceeds a million for
the first time since 1931 fad is
crowding the all-time high, De-'
partment Commander John A.
Beckwith announced in his report
on the "state of the Legion
which, dealt also with the child
welfare legislation, Americanism
and employment activities. Four
new posts were added in the past
year making the total number
115.
Over 2200 boys participated In
the Legion Junior baseball pro
gram and the Beaver Boys State
held recently at Portland was an
outstanding success, the comman
der reported.
Another outstanding report was
that of George L. Koehn, retiring
national committeeman, who .
pointed out that the Legion's na
tional defense program had been
annroved hr conrres tor ether
with additional benefits for disO
abled veterans and expansion f
the veterans hospital program,
to balance against failure to ob
tain enactment of the universal .
draft law. f
Pension Move
Til-Advised"
Koehn reported there was a
movement, 1 which he termed ill
advised, in some quarters for, ge
neral pensions for veterans. His
advocacy of withdrawal from FK
dac, international veterans or
ganization, drew general ap
plause. He said Fldac ' member
ship was costly and had not help- r
ed to promote international good '
will.
A report showing the Legion
to be in good financial condition .
was read by Finance Of fleer
Thomas D. Stoughton. Alfred P. ;
Kelley, judge advocate, made
brief report favoring elimination
of a section ' in the department
which he i said recognized con
scientious objection v to I military
service. Several other constitu
tional "amendments are to come
before the assembly. James West
of the rehabilitation - commission
and Gene Llbby of the American
ism commission reported On those
activities. -
The convention ratified the list
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Arena Inferno
ment eosting $ 7 5 0,0 00 was de
stroyed.' . He said none of the government
property was Insured.
- The CCC equipment was stored
in a - building- which housed the
tight arena. " r - .
: The structure was owned . by
Mrs. H. H. Bryant, of Boise, sister
of Henry Ford, Detroit,. Mich., au
tomobile manufacturer, and her '
son, Melvin Bryant.
: The building, ' constructed 18
years ago, was valued at 50,)00
and was partially, Insured.
. : In the building also was stored '
automobile equipment owned by'
the Hitchcock Oil company, which - .re
placed Its losses at several thou-. :
sand dollars, and heavy mining
machinery owned by the Sawtooth
company and valued at upwards
Of 125,000 v. . , , '
The Stone Lumber company -p
1 a c e d its ' losses at around V!
135,000. " - -
Out of smoke of the conflagra .
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