i i ... , , , .v -i;.'J: --.i y 1 ." A J' , ,- wL-iiX - 1 ADOLPII won youS5 Nefl Blomenstela first place In the char acter representation dlrisloa of . yeaterday Iternoon'a spirited American lion Junior pwadew-Witb "Mein Kampr der Ma nrxn, "neiT on his lips, a eater ai&ia side and bis boots tn goose step gait, the characterization waa nnmistalcable. : ' Pittenger Named Sheriffs Deputy 89 -Year -Old Legionnaire to Be in ; Charge of Crime Division '''," -IF.. 'r''! 4 Lawrence Lv Pittenger. 3 -year-aid Legionnaire and i former Ore gon state policeman . and . Kansas City of leer, was appointed deputy sheriff in charge ot criminal mat ters by Sheriff A. C. Burk here yesterday. He will assume his du ties at once as successor to B. G. Honeycut, whose badge was turn d in-Wednesday. . . i "Mr. Pittenger comes, to this of fice with the highest recommen dations ot the officers he worked with and under and X feel he will he a big help In this line, ot work tn Marion county Bnrksald in (Turn. to page X, eoL i) i .... ;.. i , i i - County to Point Bridge Over Breitenbush River t Built more than IS years ago by the federal government, the 15 Or foot steel bridge span across, the Breitenbush - river three - miles from Detroit will be painted by the Marion county bridge crew next week. This will be the first time it has - been painted since the county took It over some years ,.' ( " "A It Silverton Red Game in Wichita Semi-Pro WICHITA. Kas.. Aug. 1 Two west coast nines Silverton, Ore., and the Los Angeles Shells rallied late to change apparent defeats to slugf est victories over midwestern teama t In opening games of the national semi-pro baseball tournament tonight be fore 10,000 fans.,, v .. The SilTerton Lumbermen trail ed 1 to S nnttt a i 4-run eighth inning, i then held : oft a closing threat, to win S to 8 over Golden, Colo. ' Husky Roy Helser ; let me Colorado champions down with t hitv and struck. out 14 batters while his mates pounded. Bud Rose and Warren Freshour, . who relieved Rose ln.the fatal eighth, tor 10 safe blows. SILVERTON, Aug. 11 Total darkness, didn't dim the joy of the crowd that Jammed McGlnnis park here rriday night to receive the play-by-play wire account ot the Silverton Red Sox'e S to victory oxer the Golden, Colorado, Coors, as the national semi-professional baseball tournament opened ; in Wichita, Kas. . . They .reyeled as Roy". Helser struck out 14 to give , Silverton the victory that advances the Sox into, second-round play, with the clamor crowing ' loudest in .' an eighth inning that saw the. Sox .-.v LEGION JUNIORS ON PARADE yesterday afternoon, as caught by a Statesman photographer. From left, Drum Majorette Delores Caldwell, who led the hip-swinging negro Junior band; Horace Beldln, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smart, Salem route one, holding the nanny EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Letch Quizzed In Effort to Learn Errors I ueiense ruts w ltness Through Long Probing on Stand Discrepancies Revealed in Testimony of House Painter SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. -The defense hammered away to day at John I Leech in efforts to bring out discrepancies In testi mony of the Portland, Ore., house painter at the deportation hearing of Harry Bridges, west Coast CIO labor leader. - - Leech twiddled his thumbs. Tan bis fingers over his face and hair and teetered in his chair as he snapped answers at Attorney Au brey Grossman. When Grossman brought the questioning around , to Leech working on painting and decorat ing jobs while not a union mem ber, Thomas B. Shoemaker, chief of the government's counsel, pro tested against the Interrogation on "so-called scabbing." Examiner " James M. Landis ruled that it it could be shown the witness was hostile to organ ized Jabor the questioning was relevant. : "As I understand it." Landis remarked, "this questioning is not from the point ot anti-labor bias. This is an attempt to Impeach the credibility of the witness. -I think we all realize that the testimony of this witness if be . ; (Turn to page 1; col. 8) Sox Win 1st score four times on the strength of singles by Kirsch, Pesky and Schwab, a triple by Andy Hurney and Bonneys sacrifice fly. - Up to the fifth it was 0-0, and as the Coors crowded a tally home in that Inning on two singles and an error the Silverton faithful held their breaths. The Sox, with Pesky, Schwab and Hurney all singling.! drove one across in the first of the sixth,, but the Coors went out in front. with a run in their half, accomplished on two blngles. . ':j .- . : The - seventh was ': uneventful, (Turn to page 2, col. 1) - Non-ffi District Audit Is Okehed : The Marion ' county non-high school board wound up its busi ness for the 1938-39 school year yesterday afternoon by accepting the completed audit of the non- high district's books and ordering tuition and ether bills paid to the regular school districts. The board also tentatively ap proved district contracts for the 1839-40 year. They will ; carry light revisions from those of the pas V it was Indicated ' Local ..."'' tf.v.-. .y.v v.j. ivSUv. Fires Possibly National Office Grand Parade Climaxes big ion Event Two-Hour Long Event Is Viewed by Thousands on Streets Eugene Radiators Given First Prize as Best Marching Unit By WALLACE A. SPRAGUE "Marche milltaire" was the dominant motif of downtown Sa lem last night, with a dash of 1812 Overture" and "Egmont" thrown in as seasoning, as an es timated 2000 marchers wound out to Sweetland field along crowd-lined streets. in the elimac- tical parade event of the current American Legion convention. From Petty-clad drum major ettes to real McCoy top sergeants of the Seventh US Infantry, every marcher and every member of the crowd was stirred by military mu sic played with enthusiasm by some 25 bands and drum corps from Legion posts all over the state which participated In the pa rade. The theme continued to be carried out during a twohour military and drum corps demon stration on Sweetland field. The military note was set at the start of the line of march by the appearance of Brigadier General Thomas E. Rilea, grand marshal of the parade, and his staff, who passed mounted In front of Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague, Sena tors Charles L. McNary and Ru-fus- Holman, former Governor Charles H. Martin, Representative James Mott, National Command er Stephen F. Chadwick, Oregon Department Commander John A. Beckwith, and other dignitaries seated on the reviewing stand on Sweetland field. , , Reserve Officers . ' Form Unit ''"", Immediately following was the band and contingent of the Sev enth Infantry - from Vancouver Barracks, succeeded In turn by a company Ot 85 officers of the re. serve corps from Portland, Salem, Corvallis and other valley cities (Turn to page 3, col. 1) - RFD Lads Gather In National Meet - PORTLAND, Aug. llJPy-Th 43ra t anniversary of me unitea States' rural free delivery service will be observed here when dele gates from all sections ot the na tion gather Sunday tor the na tional convention ot the National Rural Letter. Carriers' association. The conclave, opening Monday, will run through Friday. - The Weather Fair today and Sunday with morning cloudiness in -valley, fogs on : coast. Max. ' temp.-. Friday 79, mlm. 69, river : ,-8.9 f W northwest wind, . . .,. Leg 1 goat that -won him the "largest pet award; "Care Man" Lynn BIu tnenstein, of 667 Knapp street, who took the award for the most un usual costume; Emu Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James 8. Da vis, 109O North Sth street, with her Mexican Chihuahua that won her POUNODO 1651 Salem, Oregon, Saturday Incendiarism Is Held Likely iii BoiSeBlase As Gasoline Can Found Wenatchee's Fire Shows Linked With Northwest's Strug of Mysterious Conflagrations ' BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 11, (AP) Ashes of conflagra tion that caused nearly $1,000,000 damage and threatened the lives last .night of 600 boxing fans smouldered today while police and fire officials probed possibilites of in cendiarism. Police Chief Austin Utley reported tonight that a two- gallon can containing some gaso-O line and covered with finger prints was found in the street in front of the buildings including the Falrvlew sports arena de stroyed in the blase. "The police department is as sisting Fire Chief Frank Pulaski in investigating the cause of the fire," Utley announced. Fire Chief Pulaski said: "We are. making a thorough investigation, but hare not learned, the cause of the fire. It broke out so suddenly and pro gressed so rapidly and Intensely it is difficult to find out what started it. We may never know." WENATCHEE, Aug. ll.-(ff)-Still fighting a "water resistant" 340,000 Biles-Colman - fruit box warehouse fire that has been burning 18 hours, Fire Chief H. W. Bryson and State Fire Marshal William A. Sullivan tonight agreed that "we hare no evidence involving . incendarism in any of three fires last night." Police Chief Carl Hansen de nied widespread rumors here that a pyromaniac suspect had been Jailed. Mrs. Ella Jones, her four chil dren, and Miss Vernol Smith all sleeping, were routed from beds as flames licked at their rooms at dawn this morning when two newspaper photographers saw the blaze while developing pictures taken of the box warehouse fire. No Air Raid Fear, Declares Johnson PORTLAND. Aug. 1 l-P-Am-eriea's defenses are "adequate for this hemisphere," Louis A. John son, acting secretary of war, said tonight on his arrival in a giant army air transport plane, v . He said there would be "plenty of bombers and pursuit planes to protect the north Pacific coast In event of an Invasion" and asserted America's air defenses were far ahead ot the rest of the world. ; "Why England : and -France are waiting , for our i engines : before they can make routine crossings of the Atlantic ocean, he sald.v - He said all air .bases of the na tion Including the newly ap proved base, at Tongue Point at the mouth of the Columbia river in Oregon were to be improved under the expansion program au thorized ty congress and the pre sidents J - v - if Morning, August 12, 1939 Fight Foreseen no Evidence It Could Be 2 Youths Confess Mclntire Robbery Robert Carter and Friend . Held at Reading for Local Officers Two young men under arrest at Redding, Calif.,' have confessed that they were the pair who last Saturday afternoon bound and robbed Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mc Intire at their residence nine miles south of Salem on the Pa cific highway. District Attorney Lyle J. Page announced yester day afternoon. One, Robert Carter, 22, was released from the county Jail the day before the holdup after serv ing 75 days for 6 reckless driving. He is still on parole from a six months jail sentence for larceny. The other was identified only as Dewagne E. Lee, who visited Carter frequently while the lat ter was In Jail here, Kenneth (Turn to page 2, col. 8)' John Ridgtcay Has Plenty Of Cash for Hit old Age ; John N. Ridgway, Portland, had plenty ot money today, the state inheritance tax division i said. Ridgway, 109 years old. Inherited $78,000 from his daughter; who died last December. - . Ah Jenkins9 Records Quest Ends as Gas Overcomes Him - BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Aug. ll-(!P)-Ab Jenkins' quest for new world automobile endurance records ended at 10: 08 "p.m. (MST) tonight, halted by of fa cials of the American" Automobile association who declared Jenkins and Rex Mays, relief driver, un able to continue 'after both had been overcome by monoxide gas. The .order came after Jenkins had been overcome in the 14th hour of his projected 24-hour run when 'i the , cockpit cover ef his "Mormon Meteor Srd" loosened and fumes swirled np from a split elbow on left exhaust manifold. : - The veteran, ptah speed driver, . first place in the smallest pet division; and Drum Majorette Jean Crittembe of Portland, whored the Bandon band. Story of the Junior parade with complete list of prize-winners appears on Page Two, alone with additional pictures. (Photos by Statesman staff photographer). Price 3c; Newsstands 5c Mcepcllaary Departmental Elections End .& t, " -' ; .;" -" ;- ". -1 Session Today National Committeeman's Job Hotly Sought by 3 Candidates Assistant War Secretary to Address Veterans This Afternoon CLOSING DAY'S PROGRAM OF LEGIOX CONVENTION All day Registration; carni val; entertainment on downtown streets; Streets of Paris. 8 a. m. Reveille, Seventh In fantrjr, courthouse square; auxil iary session, state senate chamber. 9 a. m. Legion business ses sion in hall of representatives; address by Louis A. Johnson, as sistant secretary of war; election ot officers following recess at. 10 a. m. 9 p. m. Dance, Crystal Gar dens. Dance and Streets of Paris close at midnight. By RALPH C. CURTIS They may have taken time out to see part of the big parade, but otherwise the American Legion convention politicians worked overtime Friday night with good reason. Most of. them were totally in the dark as to the trend in the outstanding political battle of the session; and if any of them knew all the answers, ' . they couldn't prove it, for nobody was conceding anything. - ' The big convention battle In volved the national committee se lection, and on the face of things the contest lay between Ray H. Bassett of Salem, Joe Chamber lain of Corvallis and E. L. "Buck" Knight ot LaGrande. Predictions as to who was in the lead, or even as to who were the top pair, de pended entirely npon the numbers on the cap ot the veteran who ventured the forecast. ". There were hush-hush reports that ' one candidate - would with draw, but these reports from vari ous sources mentioned all three - (Turn to page 2, coL 1) r groggy from the; fumes, pulled into the pit and was' lifted from the machine. Mays jamped Into the Meteor and roared around one lap of the 12i-BiUe coarse before he, 'too; waa orercome. : P i f Mays recovered-1 partially "and tried the high speed 'again; but tailed to shake off the gas effects and Jenkins appeared enable to continue. vv The' Jinx that has halted two previous runs had struck again. 4 But4 this - time Jenkins had achieved at least part of his goal to capture tee endurance re cords held by Captain George E. T. Eystoa. of England. .-, V:- -V: No,119 Flames Break Out as Salem Viws Parade Youth Says He Saw Fir Downtown StartedfTiy Three Men One House Is Destroyed, Others Damaged in Series of Fires Incendiarism was scented by the Salem police and fire depart ments as the cause ot at least one of five fires that broke out be tween 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock last night while the- American Legion convention parade was moving through the business district and past the central fire station. One house was destroyed, the" roof and attic ot another rained, the kitchen ot a third damaged and the rear ot a downtown beer parlor gutted by the almost simul taneous fires. Losses were believed to have, exceeded 87000. Flames flared brightly against adjoining buildings and attracted throngs of parade spectators when fire broke out at the rear ot the Foreman & LaBranch beer parlor, 130 Jiforth Commercial street shortly after 8 p.m. Three Men Tossed Matches in Rubbish Three, young men threw lighted matches into the pile ot waste.pa per and other rub Dish piled against the frame wall where the beer parlor fire started, Harry Phillips, 16, ot box 225, , route four, Salem, reported at The Statesman office a few minutes later. They dashed down the al ley and disappeared into the pa rade crowd on State street, he said. "I think there's something to It," commented Patrolman Claude Litchfield after a Statesman staff member had -notified the police department concerning Phillips' report. - Instructions were left at the Phillips residence for the youth to report to Chief Minto this morn- ' ing. , He described the three men aa between 18 and 21 years old, dark haired, wearing dark trousers, 1 one wearing a red sweater , and the other two in shirt sleeves..1' Litchfield said possibility ' of Incendiarism also was being in vestigated In connection with the second fire of the series, one that- (Turn to, page 3, col. 6) ' "Am l a Sucker?" : Asks Joe Singer, . Refusing to Talk PORTLAND, Aug. ll(p Talkr "even little bit oft the V record' f a 1 1 e d to : interest j Joseph F. Singer, United States -: senate doorkeeper, on bis re-!- tarn to Portland today. ; "1 :cant say a word about .: polltlt, the veteran senate - figure - protested. "Don't yon -' know about the Hatch hUI? Don't yon know the penalty for - " violation of it Is removal from - - office? Am I a sucker? Ton . ask mer :-.-'- - v v' j' t 1 Singer wOI remain here until the senate convenes In January,