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Slapping Case
Probed by US
Washington Is Sent Full
Report on Incident
in Tientsin
- TIENTSIN, Aug. 15-ff-Tha
United State consulate wn re
ported, to hare tent Washington
fall report today on the slap
pins of a' 59-year-old American
widow by a Japanese sentry after
" finding a Japanese explanation
unsatisfactory. - .
It was. understood the report
tollowed a Tlslt bjrJnanese Vlce
Consut N. Nlshlda to the consulate
to attempt adjustment of the In
cident. It involved Mrs. Mary
Frances Richard, who was slapped
and detained an hour yesterday
when she sought to enter the
Japanese-blockaded French, con
cession.
Woman Held "Arrogant
Th? Japanese consulate said the
differences arose because ot lan
guage .difficulties and Mrs. Rich
ard's alleged "arrogance" when
the was called upon to produce
Identification papers.
Mrs. Richard, a natlre of San
Francisco who has been a remi
- dent of China 34 years, said the
llapplng occurred when she tried
: to enter the concession with vege
tables and fruit "prohibited" la
-the blockaded area.
She was carrying the produce
into the foreign area for use in
her small canning business which
she operates to supplement her
income as a teacher of English,
Her -account follows:
Card Is Ignored
The sentry ignored her identi
fication card issued by tne Amer
ican consulate and ordered her
into a shed where another Japa
nese ordered her to dump l er
baskets.
She was about to comply when
she saw a Chinese in front of
her-removing his trousers while
undergoing search by the Japa
nese. Thereupon she turned end
dumped the vegetables and fruit
in another place.
This, apparently angered the
sentry, an argument ensued and
the Japanese slapped her hard
with his open palm.
Mrs. Richard, who held a per
sonal card from Nlshlda request
ing that the sentries extend her
courtesy, said the Tice-consul ap
peared later, apologized and of
fered to take her home in his car,
but that she declined.
She said that Nlshlda accused
her of being "very angry" and
that she retorted:
"Young man, I'm not angry 1 ut
' humiliated . and Insulted. I only
want justice.'
Brian Aherne Will
Wed Joan Fontaine
KAUNAS, Calif.. Aug. lJ-tfP)-Brlan
De. Lacy -Aherne, English
film actor, and Joan Fontaine,
young actress, filed a notice of in
- tentiou to wed at the county
clerk's office late today.
.The movie stars were accom
papied to the Monterey county
courthouse by Miss Fontaine's
mother, Mrs. Lillian Ruse Fon
taine of Saratoga, Calif.
Aherne, 37. indicated on the ap
plication, he was a natlre of Eng
land at present residing in Bev
erly Hills. Miss Fontaine applied
under her ; real name, Joan de
. BeauToir de Haviland, listed her
age as 21, and said she was born
in : Tokyo. , ,
Model Plane Flies
Three Miles Away
By losing his large gasoline
powered model airplane Monday,
Glenn-Smith, IS. learned how far
Jt would fly. -t
Cottage farm attendants noti
fied him yesterday they had found
th4 ship..The farm is approximate
ly three miles by airline from East
State street Jour corners, from
which Smith sent it up Monday.
The plane, was . identified as
Smith's by the finders from a de
scription . published in Tuesday's
Statesman. .
80 Tuna Hooked,
But None Lauded
PORTLAND, Aug. 15-(P)-
HooRing tun is one thing, but
landing' them is another.
Vernon . Brock, icthyologlst
with the Oregon state fish com
mission, has hooked 80 Albacore
tuna fish the past four days with
out landing any. ' . .
The reason ; Is that Brock's
hooks bear celluloid tags and ep
arate -easily from the leader. Fish
escape with the hook . and tag.
but Brock's purpose is . accom
plished. A , record is made of the
hook and las to determine their
migratory habits, he explained.
Farm Home Gets $1500
PORTLAND, Aug. 15 -
Nancy f. Buxton, who died here
July 7, bequeathed" 1 1500 to Jie
children's farm home at Corral
lis, it was revealed here ; today
when Aer wilt wa admitted to
probate. . - , '
Restanruit Parley on
PORTLAND, Aug. iS-VThe
cotif erenco " between restaurant
operators 'and employes was 4--
teadedS todays by . the. state .labor
commission ana af oi u irpre-
seotautes. ; Employeni 8sV,Av.l
per cent wage redaction. .
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: - T Death Held Accident
'. ;ROSEBtTRO, Aug. 15 P A
coroner's Jury decided today the
death -of Jacr Guynn, 29, killed
Sunday awheA a car driven : by
WUllkaf "Bala plunged off the
Jilghway north of here, was the
result of an - unavoidable - accl-
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swer the drscrintion of the "earless man" sought for wrecking the
"City of San Francisco streamline train with resulting deaths to
22 and injuries to 114, was held in the Reno JaU. The main said no
was Bob La Ducenr. 28. of Lewiston. Mont and denied any connec
tion with the rail disaster. He had
his left foot missing.
Unions to Display
Union Made Goods
Show Under Sponsorship
of Label League
Labor Temple
A display of union made mer
chandise will be opened, for pub
lie inspection on the mezzanine
floor of the building at 125 North
Commercial street under sponsor
ship of the Salem Union Label
league. W. A. Chambers, chair
man of Union Label week observ
ance in the city, announced yes
terday. . ..4 - :
"This week is Intended to ac
quaint .the public witr union la
belt nnd the. quality of goods on
which they appear," Chambers
said, "We have adopted as our
slogan, 'Buy Oregon, buy union.
buy American' .
Union label materials also are
being arranged for display in the
windows of the .store building
where, the merchandise show is
being held.
Local labor organizations will
climax observations of label week
with their annual. parade through
the business district at 7- p.m.
Friday and the "yearly all-union
picnic Sunday, to be held at Fat's
acres, two miles north of Aurora.
Vinegar Is Used
To Put out Fire
SANTA ROSA, Calif.. Aug. 15-
tP)-Flremen pumped vinegar from
nuge vats tonight to put out a
fire which partially destroyed the
Rudy Oehlmann Vinegar factory
and apple drying plant at Gray
ton. .
Because the only water avail
able at the plant is contained in
two wells of limited capacity, the
five fire departments which rush'
ed to the scene quickly consulted
and decided to sink their pump
into the 5000-gallon vats of sour
apple juice. The plan worked and
the $60,000 plant was only par
tially destroyed.
Oehlmann estimated damage at
$20,000.
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A long- line of crumpled steel, 17
beanttrel end luxurious train, is
I the Nevada wastes following-
of the tragedy was lesseaed by
of the limited, on its regularly
part of his right ear and half of
Milk Strike Gets
Started in East
vii v uiuiuiuaiivu as
Charged as Cans Are
Tipped Over
UTICA, N.Y., Aug. lS-iiSVNew
York's first milk "strike" of the
year Kegan today with a claim of
"CIO Intimidation," a state agri
culture department pledge of
"neutrality" and 'a competing
agency denial of asserted efficacy
of a dairy farmers union boycott
As picket lines were thrown
around several upstate plants
where a few cans of milk were
dumped, Henry R. Rathbun, vice
president of the Dairymen s Lea
gue, saia ine email percentage
of league members who Joined
the strike "did so because of
threats, intimidation and fear of
CIO brutality."
Archie Wright, general chair
man of the Farmers union which
seeks a price increase, said the
strike "started with a bang" but
Charles H. Baldwin, executive sec
retary of the Metropolitan Bar
gaining Agency, Inc., disagreed
with him.
A survey, of the state has dis
closed that only 4,000 forty-quart
cans of a daily supply of 100,000
cans was withheld," Baldwin as
serted.
The union, which called the
strike, claims a membership of
15,000 producers supplying the
New Yorw metropolitan market
while the agency claims 45,000.
The Dairymen's League claims
37.000 on its membership roles,
Portland 'Holdup9
Is Just Publicity
PORTLAND, Aug. lS.-flPi-A
crowd of amazed noon-day Port
landers looked on as five black
clad horsemen rode up to the
First National bank today in the
manner of old-time western ban
dits.
Three rode recklessly Into the
bank lobby, frightening the crowd,
while two remained mounted on
their horses outside.
It was all a gag to remind Port
land of Oregon City's Territorial
Days celebration Thursday
through Sunday.
Twisted Remains of Luxury
if
cars that was once the west's most
pictured above humped om its side
the wreck ceased by saboteurs. Toll
the fact that the diesel-power cars
scheduled 89 K -hour no from Chi
Vrhe OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,
sterv Talks
Sweep Europe
Six Nations Exchanging
Secret Messages on
Peace Deals
LONDON, Aw- 15-fl-The
governments of Suropo were en
gaged In an exchange of mytterb
ous communications tonight as
continued rumors of various
"peace" plans kept the world
guessing.
The communications concerned
the conversation between Adolf
Hitler and Doctor Carl Burck-
hardt. League of Nations high
commissioner for D a n s 1 g, at
Berchtesgaden Friday night.
. By tonight at least six nations
were acquainted with the general
tenor of the talk reported to
have included discussion of a com
promise plan for settling the Dan-
tig problem but they carefully
guarded their secret.
These nations were Germany,
Italy, Great Britain, France, Po
land and Sweden. Officials of
Danzig also were familiar wlth the
developments.
Poland was suspicions of Burck
hardt's activity, termlnghls trip
to uercntesgaaen a nan "propa
ganda move." Reports of the vis
it were printed under such cap
tions as "What Is Burckhardt up
to?"
Britain, while admitting Burck
hardt had sent Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax a report on the talk.
maintained that the British gov
ernment had no hand in the affair.
It was only because Halifax was
chairman of the league committee
of three for Danzig that he was
informed, official circles said.
British officials made the situs
tion more puzzling by asserting
that Britain had not received
either from Burckhardt or from
any other quarter any proposals
for a settlement of the Danzig
question.
Halifax devoted much of the
day to studying the high commis
sioner's ; report, which he later
transmitted to Prime Minister
Chamberlain, who is on a fishing
vacation, in Scotland.
In Danzig Burckhardt was busy
with a long list of callers, includ
ing leaders of the Danzig nazis.
He took, time, however, to describe
some of the reports about his ac
tivities as "fantastic."
Army Man Killed
Beneath Box Car
(Continued from Page 1.)
of Vancouver, he was en route
to the San Francisco presidio for
medical attention. He became ill
Saturday at Salem, where he com
manded Company C at the Ameri
can Legion convention.
Survivors include the widow
and a daughter. He came to Van
couver In 1936 from Fort Ben
nlng, Ga.
Captain Joyes was in com
mand of the 125 men of the Sev
enth US infantry who were pres
ent in Salem for. the state con
vention of the American Legion
last week. Captain Joyes r.p
pearea at tne neaa oi his men
last Thursday night when the
band and men of the Seventh in
fantry presented a formal gard
mount i ceremony on SweeUand
field, and again Friday night he
marched in the final parade of
the convention. During his stay
here he met many members of
the Legion, and made a call on
Governor Charles A. Sprague.
'lnstile-out' Baby's
Operation Delayed
PORTLAND, Aug. 15
There will be no operation for
two years on Juanita Mina Carey,
Ashland's 4-month-old "inside-
out" baby.
The child will return home
from Doernbecher hospital here
in a few days. She will have a
better chance to survive the oper
ation after being given two years
to gain strength. Dr. J. B. Bilder-
back, chief of staff at the hos
pital, said.
An exterior bladder is append
ed to her abdomen and must be
removed. She has been under
observation here for the past
week.
Train Job for Wreckers
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cago to San Fraedsco, were carried across the steel bridge over" the
Humboldt tiver by their own momentum after roaring into the opea
raiL-Reseoe operations were speeded wp with; arrival of special trains
aad wrecking- crew who worked with acetylene torches om the tele
scoped train In aa effort to reach dead and injured, (HX), ; . I -
Oregon, Wednesday Morning,
His six Companions Killed
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Private Dorris K. Pitch, 19, Princeton, JjmL, Is shown in the Fort
Knox hospital where he was treated for injuries suffered in a shen
explosioa which killed six other aatlonal guardsmen. Fitch said he
waned the victims against tinkering with the abelL
President Appeals
Labor Feud Close
Holds Peace Will Vastly
Increase Prestige of
Labor in US
NEW YORK, Aug. lS-itffr-Pres-ident
Roosevelt, who brought the
leadership of the AFL and CIO to
gether last winter in a series of
unsuccessful conferences intended
to make peace between them, ap
pealed agafn today for a settle
ment of their differences.
. . I venture to express the
hope," Mr. Roosevelt said in a
message to the 7Cth annual con
vention of the New York State
Federation of Labor (AFL), "that
the convention will leave open ev
ery possible door of access to
peace and progress in the affairs
of organized labor in the United
States.
"If leaders of organized labor
can make and keep the peace be
tween various opinions and fac
tions within the labor group it
self, it ' will vastly increase the
prestige of labor with the country
and prevent the reaction which
otherwise is bound to injure the
workers themselves."
In another passage the presi
dent remarked:
"I hope you will give attention
to the matter which I am always
concerned about, namely, finding
ways for steady employment of
labor and increasing the annual
purchasing power.
"It is what a worker earns for
himself and his family in the
pourse of a year which is impor
tant, not only for his own eco
nomic plan for his life, but for the
economic life of the nation. In
many sections and in many occu
pations which fall under the gen
eral classification of labor, there
are millions of Americans who
suffer from inadequate pay or ov
erlong hours or both."
2 Die, Three Hurt
In Airplane Crash
HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 16-
(jpy-An airplane owned by a prom
lnent New York advertising exe
cutive crashed and burned in a
takeoff from Rentschler field to
day, killing two men and injuring
three others.
The dead were Michael Mad
razo of Corona, NY, and Joseph
Kuroskl 31, of Jamaica, NY.
The pilot, Wynn Bradford of
Flushing. NY, and the co-pilot,
Eli Abramson of Hemstead. NY,
received injuries which doctors
said were critical. Less seriously
hurt was George Daulfkirsch of
East Elmhurst, NY.
The Lockheed Electra cabin
plane was owned by Arthur Kud
ner.
To Take Linn Office
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 15
(iT")-Max Dudley, new Linn county
welfare program administrator,
resigned today as Klamath county
administrator. He will take over
his duties September 4.
Acgiist 16, IMS
Judge Overrules
CIO Defense Plea
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Garnishments to Remain
on 356 Lumber Men
Crawford Holds
PORTLAND, Aug. ll-ff)-A de
fense motion to dissolve garnish
ments and attachments obtained
by AFL . sawmill unions on bank
accounts and wages of 356 CIO
sawmill and lumber workers was
denied today by Circuit Judge
James W. Crawford.
An exemption of one-half the
sum attacnea was granted eacn
defendant. Judge Crawford ex
plained there appeared to be an
overattachment generally and
many defendants were In need of
the money to support families.
The attachments and garnish
ments were obtained in connection
with the AFL's suit to recover
611,269 in cash and property al
legedly kept by 1423 defendants
when they switched to the CIO
two years ago.
The AFL agreed to the court's
suggestion that no more attach
ments be made until the suit Is
tried in September.
Judge Crawford will hear argu
ments Friday on the defense's de
murrer which charged, the plain
tiff does not have legal capacity
to sue and facts stated in the com
plaint are not sufficient for a
cause of action.
Turkey Men Balk
At FDR's Action
Alton D. Hurley and Claude
McKenney, Salem turkey ship
pers, announced last night they
were telegraphing President
Roosevelt protesting his proposal
to advance the date of Thanks
giving day one week, or to No
vember '24.
The change in dates, the wire
read, "materially interferes with
Oregon turkey growers' program
based on Thanksgiving holiday
30th."
The week's difference In ship
ping time. Hurley said, "means
a loss to Oregon growers, based
on 1,250,000 turkeys, of about
6375,000." He declared loss of a
week's time in the growers'
planned finishing of their birds
would cause a grading down and
resultant lower price.
Banker to Gown
For His Vacation
SPOKANE, Wasn., Aug. 15-
-Harper Joy, Spokane Investment
banker, who annually enjoys a
week of serious clowning, was all
set today for another vacation
"under the big top."
Joy, who is vice-president of
an Investment house, said he
would join Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey circus at Mis
soula, Mont., Sunday.
A professional clown before he
went to college and decided to
be a banker, Joy goes back to
his first love each ye'ar.
Traffic at Night
Will Be Guarded
PORTLAND, Aug. 15--Most
of Portland's traffic officers will
remain on duty during evenings,
Captain William C. Epps of the
traffic detail said today after an
ls-month survey showed most
traffic deaths and Injuries o
curred at about f p. m.
Traffic casualties were scarcest
at 6 a. m. '.
There have been 32 traffic
deaths here since January 1 com
pared to 31 a year ago.
Roosevelt Bid Here
ROSEBURQ, Aug. 16-AVPres-ident
Roosevelt has been invited
by the Pacific Highway associa
tion and the chamber of commerce
to surrey the Pacific highway be
tween Grants Pass and Roseburg
aanng nu west coast visit.
Allen Goes South V
GRANTS . PASS; Aug.lS-P)-Neil
Allen, new commander of the
Oregon department American Le
gion, left today . for Oakland,
Calif., to give Oregon's greetings
at -the convention of the- Califor
nia department;
Teacher Weds Alaskan
FAIRBANKS Alaska, An. 16
-WVMIss Edythe O. Johnson, Mc
Minn villa. Ore., schoolteacher and
Irvin William Ridley, of San Fran
cisco, chief engineer for the Alas
ka Packers' association, -were mar
ried nere; today.
400 to Be Cut
Off WA Rolls
Dismissal Notices to lo
out August 27; Vets
Are Exempt
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coin counties. This change is made
as a reault of a general WPA re
organization whieh divides Oregon
into - five engineering areas, in
cluding Portland, Salem Eugene.
Medford and Baker. -nhM
of the reorganization is
to reduce administrative costs and
to provide more adequate techni
cal supervision on projects to in
crease economy and efficiency of
operations, Bartlett saitiL
WASHINGTON. Aug. 16-iff1)-
Commlssloner. E. F. Harrington
announced today a new schedule
nf monthlv security wages for
WPA -project workers whieh. he
said, wonld raise tne national av
erase about xz.&o a montn.
This, he added, wouia mean
that the old average of 653 a
month would! be stepped ap to
about J55.S0. The new wages be
come effective Sept 1.
In eeneral. Harrington said, the
new schedule would mean a sub
stantial increase in WPA wages in
southern states. In northern states
present scales will be retained
with some exceptions, which In
clude comparatively minor reduc
tions in most Instances.
Harrington split the country
into three geographical regions, In
each of which wages will be more
or less uniform in contiguous lo
calities. Region No. 2 includes Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Mon
tana, evada, New Mexico, Ore
gon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
The new monthly wage sched
ule for region 2 provides basic
unskilled indoor laborers' pay
ranging from 644.20 In rural dis
tricts to 652.00 in cities; while at
the other end of the classification.
professional and technical work
ers in similar district will be paid
from 678 to 694.90.
New Thanksgiving
Raises Rebellion
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would have an "assuring effect'
upon manufacturers and distribu
tors of consumer goods.
But from the angry tone of au
thorities most vehemently opposed
to the proposed, change it appear
ed there might be a dual Thanks
giving this year, with some states
gorging on turkey, cranberries and
football on Nov. 23 and the old
guard having theirs a week later,
which would be just another
Thursday to "new dealers."
The state department in Wash
ington pointed out that the gov
ernors of the individual states
have more say about Thanksgiv
ing than the president because his
proclamation is valid only in terri
tories and the District of Colum
bia and among federal employes.
College football managers saw
their finely drawn schedules up
set by the president's announce
ment and expressed resentment in
some cases, and a desire to switch
dates as best they could In others.
The change would not only af
fect schedules themselves but the
conditioning plans of the coaches,
who would find big games scram
bled out of the order originally
planned. One estimated that his
November 30 game would play to
a crowd half as large as anticipat
ed for Thanksgiving day.
New Hampshire's Senator
Bridges, who suggested in his
Washington statement that the
president "abolish winter," was
something of a keynoter, as well,
for the New England states, where
the whole business began in pil
grim days at Plymouth, Mass.
There, as the school books say,
they celebrated a bountiful crop
by stuffing on the best cuisine
available.
Tuna Price Scrap
Settled for $90
ASTORIA. Ore., g. 15-PV
The tuna price disagreement end
ed today when a coordinating
committee of six fishermen's un
ion accepted the $90 a ton offer
originally made by the packers.
The fleet of nearly 600 boats
was tied up for several weeks by
the dispute.
The union membership voted
against the packers' offer, but
committee spokesmen said the ban
would be lifted at 6 p.m., despite
tub members' vote.
Cannery employes also agreed
to a contract with employers.
It wat expected the entire tuna
fleet would sail Immediately for
the banks. Five canneries an
nounced they were ready to re
ceive fish.
Fishermen asked up to $160 a
ton.
Funeral Medieval,
So Rites Refused
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 15-4P)
-The unusual will of Attorney
John H. Roche, who died here Fri
day, was filed today in superior
court.
Among' other things,' the will
provided. there should be no fun
eral service . "because the usual
sermon Is so medieval and contra
dictory to the'' Intellectual ad
vancement of the day I prefer si
lence." -. .
Six lawyer friends, who offlced
in the same building- with Roche;
were bequeather 22.50 each."-' "
, "This; Iff to permit thenr tor hold
a round-table dinner la commem
oration of our association and
ftiendshlD." the will explained.
Host of the $20,000 estate was
bequeather to a son, Dr, Phillip
Qulnton Roche, of Philadelphia,
Retired Lumberman Dies
PORTLAND, Aug.. 15 (JP)-Hen-ry
W. HalL retired lumberman,
died here today.
General Holds
Force Is Weak
First Army is Woef ulls
Short in Men, Arms,
Says Gen. Drum
PLATTSBTJRG, NT, Aug. 15 -
(jp)-L.ieixt. Gen: Hugh A. Drum
taking what he termed a "realistic
aonroach" to the nation's problem
of self-defense, tonight described
as "woefully short in manpower
and weapons" - the force assem
bled here for the first army field
maneuvers.
Addressing approximately 3000
officers on the parade ground of
PlatUburgh barracks, General
Drum promised the mimic war to
be waged here for the next 10
days will be fought not with "pa
per soldiers but with actual units
and equipment which could take
the field in an emergency.
"Such a conception must bring
home to us the actualities of our
state of preparedness,' he said.
"Some advisers," the general,
added, "have advocated an as
sumption that the units compris
ing the first army be as stated in
our paper plans and at war
strength armed and equipped
with the modern armament we
some day hope to secure.
"False Picture"
"I have resisted this approach
as unreal as presenting a false
picture and thereby deceiving you
and our fellow citizens who are
really concerned in the protection
of their homes."
General Drum declared that the
first army, as It has taken the
field, "Is not in fact an army.'!
"It is a collection of individual
units," he asserted, "partially
equipped and woefully short in the
man power, weapons, motors, etc.,
which experience has proven to be
essential to an efficient field
army."
Personnel of the first army.
General Drum said totals only 23
per cent of its "paper"- strength.
There exists a 67 per cent defi
ciency in machine guns, a shortage
of 83 per cent in trucks and 57
per cent in automatic rifles.
To these shortcomings General
Drum added the inexperience of
both officers and men In field
exercises Involving large forces.
Prune Industry
Picks Committee
(Continued from Page 1.)
northwest producer. White said,
adding that the northwest export
deal has not been seriously cur
tailed in tonnage but that in dol
lar value It has been cut. He said
his association had made some
sales already of the 1939 crop
and expressed his conviction that
cooperative marketing would be a
progressive step.
Dean W. A. Schoenfeld of the
state college pointed to the lift
the pear bureau, formed by the
three coast states, had given that
Industry and suggested a similar
move for the prune situation. Like
many of the other speakers, he
urged the industry to pull itself
together and work for the good
of all concerned. He urged devel
oping domestic markets as far as
possible.
"Prune interests must organise
as an Industry, then advertise and
merchandize. Dr. W. J. Kerr, who
has done much research for Ore
gon industries told the group. He
spoke at length upon investiga
tions which showed that eastern
ers do not know that Oregon pro
duces prunes, though they are
well aware of California prunes.
Oregon and US markets should be
the goal of the prune industry, he
feels.
Expressions that the trouble be
handled through a state market
ing act were made in a letter sent
by Morton Tompkins, overseer of
the state grange who was unable
to attend because of illness.
Peter Zimmerman of Yamhill .
also mentioned the marketing act,
holding it would have proved its
good or lack of good in the prune
situation. ,
Canners and packers who spoke
included W. G. Allen and Ray
Yocom, both of Salem. Allen said
he saw a ray of hope in use of
prunes for manufacture of wine
and fruit juices. Yocom held co
operation must be all along the
line if the situation Is to be im
proved. He said his cannery, was
going to have trouble taking' care
of regular growers this year and
pointed out that the 82 to 85
cents offered by the trade for
choice prunes would not allow a
return of more than $7 per ton to
the grower.
"If we can't work cooperative
ly, we might as well go home and
tear the trees out," Ted Mankertt
of near Salem declared, adding
that possibly the prune grower
could go on WPA. He suggested
an assessment for each grower
and canner to bolster the Industry.
Other speakers Included Ted
Goodman of Eugene; L. H. McBee
of Dallas who urged Improvement
of quality, before an advertising
campaign; George Neuner tf
Portland; J. W. Johnson of Ger
vals; and Glen Hogg . of Polk
county who outlined the Califor
nia uses of federal money..
Johnson drew applause of the
group with his declaration:
"If we ean't sell our prunes for
more than cost of production, let's
let them hang on the trees,"
Dry Land Returns
M Siphon Breaks
GRANTS PASS Aug; 1
Dry land plagued several farms in
tho Grant Pass irrigation district
today, the result of a broken si
phon pipe on the north' aide hlgh
iine ditch. ; j -
The water flow of 'the Rogue
river at Sara g e Rapids dam
dropped almost to the point that
water cannot be supplied, simul
taneously to the three main
ditches,. E. Reed Carter, district
manager, said. "
Installation of an auxiliary wa
ter pump several miles below the
dam was beinc rushed. C.mrtmr
said.