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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Smday Morning, August 13, 1939
Tliree Ballots
Taken in Vote
... Joe Chamberlain Winner
of Hotly Contested
National Post '
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foreign sou drew strenuous ap
plause.
Ralph Hargett of Lebanon was
elected rice-commander iy a mar
gin of only 13 rotes, 162 to 141
over Ray I Goasett of Portland
In a contest which bore some scars
Indicating it bad been the football
of the more hectic national com
mltteeman race. For one thing.
two prospective candidates had
withdrawn ( . before nominations
were la order.
Thomas D. S tough ton of Port-
; land was unanimously and enthu
siastlcally reelected finance offi
cer. For chaplain, the Legion
chose a Catholic priest. Rev. Jo
seph Clancy of Portlai&f. His elec-
tlon also was unanimous. -Oratory
was brief in the nation-
at committeeman tussle, nominees
being Chamberlain. E. L. "Buck'
Knight of LaGrande and Raymond
L. Baasett of Salem; bnt its fer-
ror - was immediately apparent
- when the first post on the roll
call. No. 1 of Portland, asked
"five minutes to caucus" even at
this lata data. Denied thin nrlvt
; lege, the post "passed" and came
at the close with 10 rotes for
l Chamberlain and 10 for BassetU
. Out of Race
The rotes of several other posts
were divided Sheridan's three
; men all disagreed. The tally at the
clpse of the tirst ballot was Cham
betlain 116, Knight 116 Bassett
76.. Bassett withdrew, "to expedite
the election" but it wasn't expedit
ed,. for .on the second ballot anoth
er tie developed; Chamberlain
154. Knight 154. Some question
arose over belated ballotting by
: past commanders who are dele-
gates-at-large, and the rules were
made more definite for the third
; ballot.
On this count several delega-
: tions switched sides, but it was
; agan a tie until Tillamook, which
l had passed, came in with four
vbies for Chamberlain.
j District commander elections
previously determined in district
dkucuses were confirmed as i'ol-
Ibws: '
. No. 1, Art Steele of Clakskanie;
I no. 2, Harry Humphreys of Uay-
tbn; No. 3, John Power of Cor-
ijalil3; No. 4, Marvin W. Skip-
forth of Marshfield; No, 5, Don
Iraham of Prineville: No. 6.
lugh Bowman of Pendleton; :io.
tarl Graham of Vale.
legates Named
Convention
Delegates to the national con-
Erntioa at Chicago were elected
as -follows:
District No. 1, Floyd Long of
iresham. Jean Ewen. Harry
Wetnstein. Al Greenwalt and Dr.
Villlam Levin, all of Portland;
alternates, Wagner Brown, Har
vey Swan and Lee Boatwiek.
inland. .
District No.' 2, Soren Sorensen,
my; Ray stumbo and Ray Bas-
Ht. Salem; alternates. Hans
Hotfstetter, Salem; Henry Helsel.
Miamook, and George Censky.
Sheridan.
J District No. 3, Ben Dorris. Eu
gene; Joe Chamberlain, Corvallia;
alternates, Z. E. Merrill and Ed
mmiller, both of Albany.
District No. 4, Perry Smith.
jseburg. and Gladwyn Smith.
Granu Pass; alternates. Bob Ebel,
. Medford, and Blake Miller, Kirby.
1 District No. 5, George B-ew-ader.
Redmond; alternate, W. Al
Taylor, The Dalles.
I District No. 6, Carl Hendricks.
Fpssll; alternate, Robert ?ur
Ingame, Milton.
luisu-icc o. 7, j. Kicha.d
Sfiurthwalte, Baker.
Prune Men Greet
eV Invite
jMany acceptances have been
gwen to Governor Charles A.
Sprague's recent Invitation to
prominent Oregon prune growers,
cap n erg and processors to attend
a t market - Improvement confer
ence at the eapitol at 2 p.m. Tues
day, the governor , reported yes
terday. ?The conference was called In an
effort to do something abont low
prftne prices reported in prospect
for the 1939 . crop. Several pos
sible 'solutions , to ' the problem1,
such a marketing agreements, im
proved marketing : practices and
better packaging, were suggested
by. agricultural leaders at a pre
liminary meeting with the execu
tive.; : . .
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Marine and Fisheries ;
Official to Visit Here
PORTLAND, Aug. 12-(p)-W. D.
B.i Dobson, executive rice presi
dent of the Portland chamber of
commerce, said today members of
the United States house of repre
sentatives committee on merchant
marine and fisheries will visit
Portland September 26. Dodson
said he did not-know how many
members of the committee would
be .here. - - ....,,,.- - . ,
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Cviuciy mi !.' these, caueht by a
m'S'H leloa parade. Above ( seated upon a gajly decked Inde
pendence float, are Yvonne Kerr of Surer at left and Betty Toler of
Liberty at right, hop queen candidates. Below, helping to glorify
the Mt. Angel Ftaxarlan float, are two flax queen candidates, Vir
ginia Meek. Mt. Angel, and Faye Clodfelter, Salem.
Netherlands Ready
should Invaders Cross Borders Into
Landibf I&ln War
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AMSTERDAM. Ausf. 12. fAP) If the Netherlands
should be invaded, her citizens may resort to a daring collabo
ration with their old enemy, the sea. in an attempt to hold
off th new foe.
Military experts say that
or flooding a vital area of this
Osteopath Knocks
Hospitals Action
GRANTS PTSS, Ore., Aug. 12-
(JP)-Dr. Blaine B. Pruitt, osteopa
thic physician, charged today an
expectant mother was denied use
of the county hospital unless she
dismissed him aa her doctor.
The accusation revived an old
dispute orer the use of tbe hos
pital. Several months ago, the at
torney general ruled the county
court had the power to bar cer
tain physicians and their patients.
County Judge W. A. Johnson
confirmed that standards for use
of the hospital had been set up
by the county court. Dr. Pruitt ac
cused the Josephine County Medi
cal Society of seeking to bar him
from practice when it demanded
standards set to deny admittance
to osteopaths.'
lolorado Strike
Settling Failure
DENVER. Aug.. 12."-A fed
erat conciliator's attempt to settle
the Green Mountain dam strike
failed tonight when the Warner
Cc tructtou company pf .Chicago
contractor on the project, declined
to send representatives to negoti-
te with four American Federa
tion of Labor unions.
Motorcycle Club Is Aid '
To Police Says Minto
Members of the Salem Motor
cycle club were commended yes-
hterday by Chief of Police Frank A.
Minto for their assistance to bis
department in clearing traffic
ahead -of the American - Legion
convention parade Friday night.
"They were a great help and we
certainly appreciate it," the chief
said. . -
Housing Survey Okehed
WASHINGTON. Aug. lZ.-P)-President
Roosevelt sigred toda
bill directing, the census bureau
to make a national housing survey
in 19 to in conjunction with th
decennial - population census. .
.1 Boy Believed Drovmed f
ASTORIA,' Ore:, AugJ.-12-ff-Coroner
Hollia Ransom ," said to
night he believed Gordon Miles,
17 of Portland, drowned In the
snrf at Cannon-' Beach this after
noon. The body was not recovered.
Craber Bros.
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carefully worked out clans
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vdlkes and diverting the canals- lie
ready in the generals' offices.
The unique part of the "water
line defense plan" as it is called
is that the Netherlands would
be fighting not on the dry but on
the wet side of the line.
They would stay on In the in
undated area with intercommuni
cation assured, they believe, by
certain central roads possessing
elevation enough to remain above
the water level.
Hopes for Neutrality
The Netherlands hopes, of
course, that she can remain neu
tral as she did in the World war
and she is following a cautious
diplomatic policy.
She is very careful especially
not to say or do anything which
might give offense to her mighty
German neighbor.
Get a Netherlander talking In
private, however, and he will tell
you how much he fears the possi
bility of a German invasion if
Germany and Great Britain Ehould
go to war.
The Netherlands' coast, he
points out, would be ideal for air
plane and submarine bases against
the British.
That is why the defense - mech
anism is geared for a thrust from
the east.
: The flooded Section west of this
would include the four principal
cities of the nation Utrecht. The
Hague, and the porta of Amster
dam and Rotterdam.
The Netherlands' worries do
not stop in Europe but go on to
the far east, where the safety of
her empire is a constant eoncern.
Japan's invasion of China and
steady advance southward toward
Java and the other East Indies
islands cause anxiety here.
Guardians
Trying Parachute
PORTLAND, Aug. lt.-(ffV-Ta-;-lng
a Up from parachute-jumping
airmen, the U. S. forest service
experimented with pa:.hntes for
forest fire fighters today.
The jumps were mad . t the
Portland-Columbia airport, but
Lyle Watts, regional forester, raw
the tests showed firemen acould
be landed with reasonable accnr
acy In the vicinity of fires.
Airplanes also damped ' food
packages fastened to small 'chutes
to show the feasibility of supply
ing the men after they- reached
the tire . lines. Parachutes used
were of a new maneuverable type
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PATERSON. NJ, Aug. 12-(P-Haled
into court by a sister-in-law
who. charged that he called her
names, Joseph A. Scielzo was in
structed by Recorder Vincent C.
Duffy today to make his "in-laws"
move out.
"When relatives move in with
yon and trouble develops," said
the court, "the husband's Job as
head of the house is to order them
to leave."
The case was dismissed.
HAZLETON, Pa.. Aug. 13-(JP)-.
.22 calibre rifle notwith
standing, 17-year-old Leo Ravi
na didn't take any chances to
day when attacked by a 160
pound bear.
He sprinted for a tree rifle
In band and scampered up.
From bis perch on a limb be
dropped bruin with 18 ballet
fired as fast as he conld reload.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12-(JP)-Leonard
; Ciavarella, 13, took a
forbidden swim in the East river;
so he was afraid bis dad would
give him a spanking.
Instead, his dad took Leonard
to the movies today, and the boys
on his block called him a hero..
Leonard plunged in yesterday,
after a moment of puzzled delib
eration, and rescued Hugh Mur
phy, 49, from drowning. The man
had fainted while trying to climb
back to the pier.
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Legion Delegates
Reject Resolves
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session, pointed out that all na
tions are not as willing aa the
United States to cultivate friend
ship and understanding.
"So long as some members of
the family of nations make force
and the threat of force their na
tional policies, we must stand on
guard," he declared. "We must
keep well armed. We must be
ready, not for offense, but for
defense, not to wage war, but to
keep out; of war."
Johnson pointed out that the
Job of preserving America comes
to every generation. "Upon some
of ua the) lot has fallen to cave
It by blood and sword in battle;
upon others of us, to preserve it
by example and precept in our
daily conduct," he said.
He struck at "sinister forces.
principally of foreign origin, that
would erect ideological frontiers
between bur citizens, undermine
our spirit: of tolerance and under
standing and destroy America by
propaganda."
The peace of the nation is en
dangered not only by the foreign
influences: boring at our founda
tions from within, but from a re
version to the barbaric code of
"might makes right" that has
swept across Europe and Asia, he
said.
am People
In Motor Crash
MARQUAM Mr. and ' Mrs.
Kach Baty, who are on a vacation
motor trip to Spokane and Cana
da, had their car wrecked near
Tocasket, Wash.
Mr. Baty sustained body bruises
but was not seriously hurt. Mrs.
Baty, who was driving the car.
sustained euts on her left arm and
chest injuries. She is in a hos
pital. Dr. and Mrs. Arms of Filer,
Ida.. Mrs. Mabelle Skirvln and
daughter,' Mrs. Doris Allen of Ya
kima, who have. been guests this
week at the George Bently home
have left for their homes. They
arrived In time to attend the Rid
ings clan reunion near Molalla last
Sunday. Mrs. Skirvln, Mrs. Arms
and Mrs. Bently are sisters.
, Mrs. Etta Jacobaon Rehoe.
suffered a stroke at her home Jus
week. She 4s reported as getting
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Confesses Thefts
Of Over 100 Cars
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RATON,' N. M Aug..-12.-(av
Sherlff B. H. Mitchell said today
Barney Secerd, ; 2 5, arrested in
connection with two car thefts
at Wagon Hound, N. M had con
fessed "as a conservative esti
mate," the theft of It) 4 antomo
biles. r-,-yy;. i
. "1 ran op' my record "while
working in an International car
theft ' ring along the Canadian
border." Mitchell ' q noted ' See'ord
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Gainer Handed
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House Floor Leader Sayi
He' for "LiberaT
Democrat
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Bankhead (D, Ala.), Rayburn.
Vice-President Garner and Senate
Majority Leader Barkley (D, Ky.)
who confer weekly with : the
president during the legislative
sessions. '.
Although Garner's friends Lave
put him definitely in the presi
dential race, he himself has said
nothing.
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 12-(A-Rep.
Walter A Pierce said in
an interview here yesterday "the
capital finds it a little hard to
b e 1 1 e t e Garner's presidential
boom is serious."
"Garner is a fine man, well
liked and respected," Pierce said.
He explained, however, that the
capital' doesn't believe Garner
wants the nomination.
Pierce made the statements
while commenting: on the pro
spective opening by Gen. Charles
Martin, former Oregon governor,
of a Garner headquarters In Ore
gon. Leadership in the Garner-f or
President movement in Oregon
will be taken by General Charles
H. Martin, former governor and
former Oregon congressman, he
said while in Salem for the Am
erican Legion convention.
Garner campaign headquarters
will be opened in j Portland soon
and a vigorous campaign will be
waged, Martin said. Three hun
dred letters have already been sent
to democrats, announcing the ex
governor's plans.
Disposing of rumors concerning
hia own political future, Martin
said he would be a candidate for
delegate to the democratic nation
al convention, and would not run
for congress or for the Portland
mayoralty.
Hauser Urges Cut
In City Spending
(Continued frpm Page 1)
bond issue; band concerts, J1000;
comfort stations, 51171; first aid
car, $6936; health service,
17041; incinerator, $5697.50,
built under $40,000 bond issue:
public library, 113,441; parks,
maintenance, $4925; WPA sew
ing project, $1506; YWCA em
ployment office, $150. Their total
cost, $42,968.50, he said, repre
sents a levy of 2.9 mills.
"Every time an auxiliary func
tion is added it curtails the de
velopment of an essential func
tion unless the tax rate is raised,"
he pointed out.
Soundness of the city's finan
cial condition was emphasized by
the treasurer in terms of debts
and thetr retirement, liens and
their collection.
All bond principal and interest
obligations are being met prompt
ly and there are no city warrants
outstanding and unpaid for lack
of funds. The treasurer comment
ed particularly on the fact that
no additional bonded debt haa
been created this year and that
between December 21, 1935, and
December 31, 1938, the general
obligation bond debt was re-
duced by $163,500, or to
$710,000.
Street Improvement, or Ban
croft, bonds not paid from tax
funds have been reduced in
principal by $257,762.67, leaving
$478,107.30 outstanding, the re
port showed.
Tne treasurer declared the ty
council lien foreclosure commit
tee neaaea oy Alderman David
O'Hara. had been largely respon
sible for the recent restoration of
the lien and Improvement bond
accounts to good condition.
Cavemen Offer to
Fix Mt. Rainier
Same as Shasta
GRANTS PASS, Aug. 13-(p)
-Tbe Oregon cavemen of Grants
Pass awaited an answer today
from tbe Tacoma chamber of
commerce to their offer to add
approximately 60 feet to Mt.
Rainier.
The cavemen telegraphed the
chamber of commerce they
would stretch the mountain six
men's shadows higher for ten
dinosaur eggs. They explained
the cavemen of old dug the
Oregon caves and Crater lake,
piling rocks on ML Shasta.
"We will dig cave side of
Rainier, push top up front un
derneath," Chief j Bighorn
W. Lightner telegraphed.
W.
Reed College Institute
Faculty Travels South
PORTLAND. Aug. 12UPl
Faculty members of the Reed col
lege Institute of i Public Rela
tions were en route today to Palo
Alto, Calif., where, a second in
stitute will be held. The Institute
here closed last night, with Ed
ward L. Bernays. Mew York nub
ile relations counsel, saying the
democracies need a good public
relations campaign.
Two Men Electrocuted
GREELEY, Colo., Aug. 11-JP
-Two. Greeley men were electrr
cuted today when cable on their
well drilling outfit crossed a Ugh
voltage power line.
: The victims were J. E. FerrelL
tlt and Don Kahler, 23.
j Labor Shortage Eased
BERLIN, Aug. lt-ifiy-An aente
labor shortage in Germany, which
is straggling to keep ap with the
high-speed schedule of the four
year phut, was eased to som ex
tent today by an arrangement with
Bulgaria--for importation f Bul
Rayburn
garian laborers.
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equestrians in the Legion grand parade Friday night. Below, one
of two huge St. Bernards that paraded, each bearing Red Cross in
signia and the familiar cask of brandy or something said to be so
welcome to lost travelers in the
Youth Kills Self
In Car Argument
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12-P)
r-George Carlson, 25, furniture
factory worker, fatally shot him
self today after an argument with
his father, M. A. Carlson, 57, over
payments on a used car. Detective
John Abbott said.
One of two. bullets fired went
through his chest, pierced a bed
room wall and passed through the
left wrist of his sister, Eleanora
Wilcoxson, who was sitting on a
davenport in the living room.
After the first shot, the father
tried to grab the gun, but the
younger Carlson successfully re
sisted him and fired a second shot
into his chest, Abbott said.
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at St. Vincent's hospital. His sis
ter was treated at Emanuel hos
pital for her wrist wound.
Glassed-in Heart
! Beginning to Fail
MANILA, Aug. lS.-(Sunday)-pp)-Mary
Heart Rafael's glass
covered heart began to fail her
today and doctors all but des
paired of saving her life.
Physicians -used oxygen at 15
minute intervals in an effort to
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12-(iP)-Ed-die
Cantor, president of the Amer
ican Guild of Variety Artists, de
manded today that the Americai
Federation of Labor settle an ac
tors' nnion jurisdictional quarre
by ousting Ralph Whitehead, ex
ecutive secretary of the embattled
American Federation of Actors.
In a telegram to William Green,
AFI president. Cantor said
Whitehead was attempting to
"hide yehind the skirts" of So
phie Taeker, buxom president of
the AFA.
The current dispute arose
when the Associated Actors and
Artists of America, parent AFL
union of actor groups, accused the
AFA of mismanagement, revoked
its charter, and chartered the new
guild of variety artists in its
stead.
The AFA, which claims 10,000
members among night clubs and
vaudeville performers, then
Joined the International alliance
of theatrical stage employes (the
stage-hands nnion), also an AFL
affiliate. The 4-A then protested
to the AFL, calling for cancella
tion of the stage-hands-AFA mar
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"Hurricane starts at 6:13"
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The telephone operator had
connected the caller with a
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