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. Local News - Tb Oregoa Statesman u tj far tbe leader of Salem dallies la local news cover ae. Alert atteation la given to all local sources. The Weather , Fair today and Sunday, cry warm and dry la in tertor. Max. temp. 89, min. 4S. River ft. North wind. EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Balem, Oregon, Saturday llorninf, JUnst 19, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 6e No. 125 . i I VII 111 II Ills II II II II -r c' riwi - y.ICI 'V -rr' I III alitfary Takes Over Slovak Megioini tr . 1 i i , iii - Q Immoral Life In Bund Gamp Told by Girl Girl "Who Quit Because i She Was "Disgusted", Tells of Camps "American System Rapped by Lecturers Heard ' on Berlin Trip . v ' WASHINGTON. Aug. 18-(ff)-.From a pudgy, black-haired girl of 19, the Dies committee received today a tale of nasi plans for con- ouering the United States, of pro paganda instructions given German-American youths on visits to the fatherland, and of unchecked Immorality in 1 the camps of the German-American bund. . Helen Vooros of Brooklyn, mod . lnshly dressed, first of all In black with white piping, andarter a luncheon recess In the uniform of the band's youth movement, oc cupied the witness stand most of the day and related an earnest ac count of her experiences as a lead er of that movement. She Joined. she said, for sociability and be cause she was a sincere sympa thizer, and left because she was disrusted. In the meanwhile, despite the fact that she was criticised by her superiors in the movement be cause her group spent more time on embroidery than on "knltnr. she arose to a position of import ance. Last year, she said, she was one of SO boys and girls who were ' sent to Germany, expenses paw by the bund and by agencies in Germany, for lessons on how best to spread nazl propaganda In the United States. Miss Vooros came before-, the committee, after it had listened for two days to Indignant denials from Frits Kuhn. leader of . the band, that there was a connection between his organisation ana, we sail government. , ' Bond Prepares r;.",..-".:;, WayforaU " But Miss Vooros declared there was, and related that the bund's task was to prepare the way in America for the nazls. Lecturers In Germany said, she asserted, that the nasi; program was to reclaim all the territory Germany lost after the World var the Polish corridor, Danzig, Bchleswlg-HolBtela and then go Into Scandinavia, where German "kultur" had its beginning-. Thia would take about 15 to 20 years, the -witness said she was told, and then America would come next. ' "They said they were leaving It ' up to us, the bund, to prepare the way," she continued. "The bund was to open camps, to buy proper ty and to form . German settle ments. Then when Germany of fered to aid us, we could say that here we have a German majority and want to be a part of Ger many." As to the bund camps, she tes tified, she saw much immorality In one she attended on the Long Island, NY and that bund offic ials condoned It on the theory that It was "pure" and "noble" not to enrb one's Instincts.. And In Ger many, she said, this was carried farther into a doctrine that a girl should not feel ashamed at having an illegitimate child, so long as its father was a German, .t. . Hiss Vooros told, too, of having been one of a group Of ,17 or 18 year old girls who were glrea a lecture on the subject or steruu- inr children born of German girls by Jewish fathers, with exact ln- (Turn to page 2, eoL 4) j Dam Is Held Imiiimeiit PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 1 8-ff) The Portland Oregonlan said to- nirht It had learned from a "re liable source", a permanent ad minlstrator for - the Bonneville dam, huge Columbia ; river power -project, would be named Monday bv SecreUnr Harold L Ickes. : ; Since shortly after the death of J. D. Ross.' former administrator. Frank A.- Banks, , chief . engineer at the Grand Coulee dam project in Washlnrton. has served as temporary admlnlstraCor; ' Salem Workers Irt 25-Block Salem workers on toot. In ears, on trucks and driving moving vans formed in Hue of march about 25 blocks long last night I for the third annual union labor . parade which started at Marlon square at 7:80 and passed through the bus iness : district where crowds of spectators lined the streets, S ; . almost every' trade was repre sented In the 150 entries of un tiYia t filiated with the Salem Trades and Labor Council, "union employing institutions and frater nal n!Atip ", 1 i V -'-'"-1 ":" Leading the parade was the Sa lem municipal band, members of Musicians' locale No. 11 Other music was furnished by the Mas ter Bread Junior bsxav wmcn nay Chief Nandng Regal QueenElaine Over all Sub f of Flaxaria s QUEEN I y. - ' v . $4 w t & I " S r i I 1 Queen Elaine I Reigns Over Flaxarian Realnu Cherrians Crown' Miss Bourbonnais as Ruler Over Mt. Angel's Fourth Annual Flax Festival in Impressive Ceremony MT. ANGEL, August 18. On a throne of blue and gold, fringed by a border of flax, Queen Elaine I was crowned ruler of the fourth annual Mt. Angel Flax Festival tonight, offi cially opening the civic celebration. . As the moment of coronation approached, the Salem Cherrians took over the program with a fanfare from their drum and bugle corps. The queen-O -r: elect, gowned in white linen with a gold satin cape, advanced to the throne erected on the steps of St Mary's school building.' , Her four princesses who com prise the court, attired in blue linen-gowns with gold hats; fol lowed with King Blng Harold Bu- sick of the Cherrians. The prin cesses are Eleanor canoy, Vir ginia Meek, Marie Schneider and Pauline Jones. Other royalty looked on. Queen Maxlne Berninjc of last year's Flax Festival and .Queen Jean Hoover of this year's Portland Rose Fes tival were, honored, guests. . As Flaxaria's ruler-to-be knell before; her throne. King; Blng placed the crown upon her -head,; repeating a new cnerriaa ceremon ial ritual devised by Dr. O. A. Ol son, of Salem, a former, king bingJ 5 The royal party all were intro duced to the crowd and. Queen Elaine spoke a few words. Then, to the music of the drum corps, the party moved off and the Queen's baU got underway at the auditorium, j ': ? The program preceding the cor onation "ceremony included intro duction of the festival committee, A. W. -Holmes,-James J. Butsch, P, J. Gores and Walter Smith by Rov Garner of Portland, master of ceremonies. The Mt Angel trio sang.'i Mayor Emma 8chlad6r ot Silverton and Mayor Berchtold of Mt Ansel were introduced. ' - - It was announced that a Flax VaHv1 . radio hour would be broadcast - from ' KEX.t Portland Saturday from to f : 30 p.m. "Besides the regular features of Saturday's program, which in clude a cnndren-s pet -paraae - ai 10:80 a.m.: bicvcle race at 1:80 ' (Turn to'page;2, coV i) Y Hail ' Uriion Madp ftodm?V Long Prdcessibn of ; Marker a posHion la tbe middle of : the line ox marcn. - - ' . Outstanding among ; ine iioau were those entered by the culi nary alliance, local No 4 S 2, and the electrical woraers, no. On the first a resuurant scene was depicted, with a smai Doy and girl , dressed . as waiter anq waitress standing by wnite-covr ered Ubles. Kitchens old and new were s h o w n on the electrical workers' float On one half was a madernlv-eoulDned kitchen, and on the other - a small lad in round wash tub bathed near an old-time black wood stove, r Lending color la the parade cr uniformed members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Wood Mr .uer - ' I ELAINE I p a A Tft Ti 1 ?Duu JAOani DanKS In Alabama Flood Crop Losses Mount High as Boats Scarry on Relief Trips SELMA, Ala., Aug. 18-()-Ala- bama counted mUlions in crop and property losses and, listed some 4,500 homeless tonight w h 1 1 e storm-bred s flood Crests shifted down into the basins of the Ala bama and Cahaba rlrer. A fleet of boats-shuttled through the distressed areas :on rescue 'and relief missions. Four launches carried food supplies for S0O- ' ;; r --.X : Many families were marooned on high ground, ahd C. W. Wynn directing Red Cross relief actlrH ties, reported a coast guard air plane-sighted 80 Inundated homes ; (Turn to page z, cot J) Hen Loses Brood, Still Has Brewed EUGENE. Anfc 18-(jlV-Thei i mot ti a headache in the! latest v mestlng ' of Mrs. : Alice Teng's white , Leghorn then- she's trying to hatch beer cans, : The biddy raised a couple of ducks,' a goose and two tnrkeys. Then she decided to have a fam ily of her own. Wheat her: eggs were taken away and the cans substituted, she stayed right on men of the World, Royal Neigh bors of America and Fraternal Or der of Eagles. "' - f. A picnic Sunday at Pat's Acres, between Aurora and Canby, will climax" Union-Label week. A full program, has been planned by the entertainment committee, headed by Ledn DuBols, who promisee somethlne doing the entire day Suiting at 10 a.m., erents ot the day will Include a bathing beauty contest for men and women, soft ball games, swimming, racing, and a tug of war, an amateur enter tainers contest at 7 p.m., in which all comers may participate, and will close with danelng from 10 p.m. to 1 o'clock in the morning. Witness Told To Name Price Alleged Leech Statement Tells of Visits by Detective Unidentified Oregon Man Said to Have Offered Leech $10,000 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18.-1 (aVDeUlls of aUeged attempts to bride a witness with large sums of money to link Harry Bridges with ...the communist party were read into the record at the CIO labor leader's deportation hearing today. f A statement assertedly by John L. Leech, Portland, Ore., house painter, said Police Detective Wil liam Browne of Portland and an unidentified Oregon man had told him to "name his price" if he would testify Bridges was a com- munis t. An affidavit by a friend of Leech also said the detective had hinted Leech might go to Jail if he refused to give the desired in formation, and had told Mrs. Leech "what nice things could be done with money" because of her ' six children. 1 The statement and affidavit were Identified by Hiss Craney Goldman, a comely brunette Stenographer of Los Angeles. 1 Miss Goldman, a somewhat nervous defense witness, testified she had taken a 26-page Question and answer statement from Leech at Los Angeles'in July, 1937. She said she was taken to a poor section of that city by Spen cer Austrian, a notary public and that Leeche made the long state ment while seated in an automo bile with her and Austrian. Leecb a former communist. had' testified Bridge "attended communist meetings as a mem ber. Bridges has denied member ship, as charged by tbe govern ment "Name the Price" Browne Is Quoted "Ton name the price, we are tiling to go the limit," Detective Browne was Quoted as telling (Turn to page 2, col. 1) One Dies, 6 Hurt As Bus Hits Rail Machine latches fire as It Topples; Youth Is Victim DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. 18.-UP) -One person was killed and six others were injured, three crit ically, when a. bus en route from Dubuque to Waterloo plunged through a guard rail, overturned and burst into flames near Dyers- ville, Iowalate tonight Survivors said an unidentified youth about 18 years old perished In the biasing machine. His body ; had not been recovered from the charred ruins seteral hours later. Critically Injured were two Cm-1 cago Sisters, Miss 01ie Strickland, 37, and Miss Lavon Strickland, 47. and. Martin Woodhouse of El Paso, Tex, Physicians said little hope was held for the recovery of the three. Woodhouse had numerous frac-1 tures and Internal injuries. Witnesses told authorities a front tire on the bus blew out as it was rounding a curve. The bus ! went out of control, they said. crashed into a bridge, rolled down a 15-foot embankment and burst Into flames. Japanese Sentry Goes Unpunished PEIPING. Aug. 19-iffV-(Satur. day )-A Japanese army spokesman declared ' today : the " sentry who slapped Mrs. F. M. Richard, Am erican woman, had not been pun ished and was unlikely to be. a He denied a statement r by the Japanese spokesman at Shanghai the. sentry - responsible f for the slapping of Mrs. Richard at Tient sin had been disciplined. He said no fresh orders had been Issued to ruard against such : further inci dents.4 ': " Frank P. Loekhart, counsellor ot the United States embassy here; lodged , representations with the Japanese -regarding the. slapping and asked assurances sueh Inci dents would nofbe repeated In the future. At Tientsin, the Japanese consulate : handed a reply to the US consulate on the incident The reply was transmitted to Wash ington. . - :VV;;' Xa view of the military spokes man's statement observers be lieved any statement the Japanese embassy might make would ; be meaningless, as It Is generally ac cepted the army is the paramount authority la north China. ; ForTestimony ONLY BLAZING HAY LEFT p. HUH Pictured 250 tons of blazing hay adjoining buildings that caught fire on the . A. Knot en farm south of Salem Friday afternoon. The f 14,000 loss was partly insured. No cattle or other animals were burned Statesman staff photo. O : Big Rhoten Barn Burns to Ground Model Dairy Barn Loss Estimated at $14,000, Partly Covered The 60-head dairy barn and four surrounding buildings on the E. A. Rhoten place a mile south of Roberts station were burned to the ground yesterday afternoon by a fire that broke out in the granary, its origin a mystery. ; The owner, who lires at 1595 South High street .estimated his loss at 814,000, covered in part by InsuratJceC " ' . " " None of Rhoten's 110 dairy and farm animals was In the barn at the time.' The loss Included the barn, built In 1934 and recognised as one of the most modern , in the state; the granary, In which were 1000 bushels of oats, 2000 bushels of wheat, a large quantity of mixed feed and several pieces ot feed grinding and mixing machin ery; the dairy office, with valu able, herd records; the milk house. with its modern , power-driven equipment, and a stock shed. Workmen on the place were warned ot the fire by a passing motorist but for lack of water were unable to prevent the flames spread from the granary to the other buildings. Late last night the remainder of the 250 tons of hay stored In the barn continued burning. Young Equestrian Fails to Get Here VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 18- (ff)-Twelve-year-old Tommy Dls brow's horseback ride from La Center, Wash., to Salem, Ore., ended here when Juvenile authori ties sent him home . today,. The boy, wholiad ridden 17 miles, was halted because he rode his horse' down a Vancouver sidewalk. Late Sports PORTLAND, Aug. 18-VPort- land and San Diego broke even In a Pacific coast league ' double header tonight inaugurating a five-game series. Portland won the opener, 7-0, but the Padres swamped the Oregonlans, 1-1. In the seven-inning afterpiece. San Diego 10 . I Portland , .7 11 1 Kewsome, Pillette and Detore; Pickerel and Fernandes. .(Second game) - K San Diego ......... t 14 1 Portland 1 ; 2 Olsea and Starr: Thomas, Blr- kofer and Monso.-McMIllan. .. SEATTLE, Aug. IMarVFirst night game: ;. f - - Sacramento ........ a 9 Seattle .;. . . . . , . . ;.V 1 11 ? Sherer, Hermann, Strlncexlch and OgrodowskL Orllk; .Barrett and Campbell. . (Second game) - , Sacramento 1 I Seattle I I Smith ' and Ogrodowskl: Greg ory and Hancken, - - LOS ANGELES, '.Aug. W-Wf First. game: vt '4- Oakland i.... ;....; 0 1 Los Angeles . .. "- S Buxton. Cantwell and Ralmon- dl; Thomas and R Collins. (Second game) - Oakland'.... 17 Loa- Angeles - i . i .19 IS Salveson, Darrow aad Conroy; Stlne ant Sueme. ' BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. lt-iPt -Night game: Hollywood ........ ' ' T San Francisco ...... S . T Osborne. Monerief and Brenxel Powell, Ballon and Woodail. ' immnf f was all that remained last night of Governor Greets Moose Lodge as Session Opens Sprague Declares Organization Has Reason to Be Thankful, as Similar Groups Might Be Banned in Other Countries Salem turned convention come an estimated 150 registered delegates to the city for openine sessions of the annual three-day state conclave of the Loyal Order of the Moose are being held at Fraternal temple. With delegates continuing night, attendance was expected toQ pass the 150 markk a new record for Oregon "Moose conventions, according to Tobe Watkins, sec retary-treasurer. The Moose lodge and similar organizations have cause for thanks that their state and their nation countenance them at this time, when in other countries they might have to meet "under cover" or complete ban, Governor Charles A. Sprague told the dele gates in an address of welcome and commendation. The city's wel come was extended by Acting Mayor David O'Hara. Tbe officials were thanked for their greetings by R. G. Motschen bacher, state Moose president, of Klamath Falls; Fannie May Thompson, dean of the auxiliary, of Klamath Falls, and Al Satori, regional director, of Spokane, Wash. A class of 50 candidates was Inducted at initiation rites last night Out of an executive board meet ing last night was expected to come a proposel that district vice- presidents be substituted tor the present positions of first to fourth vice-presidents. O. W. Emmons, state first vice- president of Salem, was reported likely- to be elevated to the pre!-; (Turn to page 2, cot 2) Oregon City Revive Its : Pioneer Past at Festival OREGON CITY. Aug-. 18-UPV- bregon revived Its pioneer past to day at Oregon City's territorial days celebration. ' Costumes of early days mingled with modern dress last night as thousands gathered for coronation ot Queen Rosemary Stauber. LEADERS IN State offlclals of the lloose lodge, tel yesterday by a Statesman dent' kin. Faanle May Thcanpeoa of Klamath Falls, state R. u. Motacnenbacber, OF BARN the modern dairy barn and fow host again yesterday to wel and its auxiliary. The sessions to arrive in the - City last Return of Funds Money Spent on Hydrant Installation Wanted Back From City Asking for the return of $4500 expended on new fire hydrant in stallations, the Salem water com mission decided last night llo send a representative to the city council budget sessions to be held next month. Commissioner O. A. Olson was designated for the as signment by Chairman I. M. Doughton. The commission voted a formal request for return of money, spent out ot Its water bond fund in connection with the WPA mains extension project carried on last year. It was understood at the time, the commission said, that it would be reimbursed. The money would be placed In its bond sinking fund. Only other business transacted was awarding of a contract to Judd Beardsley to paint the new. settling basin superstructure on Stayton island for $289.80 'and voting not to grant a . requested change in standby water service charges for automatic sprinkler system connections. Band to Be at Fair ' ROSEBURO, Aug. U.-m-A ribbon sale sponsored by the 20-30 club will send the Roseburg high school 125-plece hand to the Ore gon state fair at Salem. The band la directed by J. D. Gillmore. : . Water Body Asks MOOSE L ODGE CONVENTION as they were caught discussing the pnotosrapher. mm left. O. w. juamata reus; aad. Tobe Watktas isixpana Activities on Polish Border Slovakia Action Enables Nazis to Put Heat on Hungary Hungarian Foreign Chief Talks With Italians After Germans (By the Associated Press) Germany has, taken over Slo vakia for military purposes, as troop operations were expanded near the Polish border, aad Berlin , sources reported the Danzig prob lem appeared to be heading for a decision. . Slovakia, which touched the southern boundary of poland, was the central part of old Csecfao-Slo-vakla. After the dismemberment, ordered at Munich, it became', aa Independent state last March Ul under German guidance. - $ Reliable sources In Bratislava, the capital, said a military agree ment ratified yesterday placed the little Slovak army of 30,000 with 300,000 reservists under German command. On the diplomatic scene the fo cal point shifted to Rome, where Hungary's foreign minister Count Csaky conferred with Premier Mussolini after flying from Mun ich, Germany, fresh from folks with German officials. J Gsaky Sees Clano " And Mussolini t Csaky saw Count Galeazzo Cia- . no, the Italian foreign minister, on arriving in Rome, and the tact that he went on to see Mussolini was accepted In Ital ian circles as meaning something conclusive had been decided." , Count Csaky' s home govern ment cloaked bis movements with secrecy, describing his visit to Rome as a "personal' pleasure trip, like his days In Germany, but Budapest diplomats were sure'' that be hadw .restated ' Hungary's friendship for Poland. : Berlin . editors - speaking of Csaky's visit to the Reich had said "Hungary Is now Germany's comrade In arms and will act with Germany, come what may," but a foreign office spokesman in Buda pest called that statement "entire ly untrue." Slovakia's estimated 30,000 to " 50,000 German soldiers were con centrated in a relatively small area about Zilina, IS miles from the Polish frontier. At the same time the naxi press carried on a violent anti-Polish, campaign with many stories and pictures of German refugees front Poland. The campaign was re miniscent of the press tactics against former Czecho-Slovakla. : (Turn to page 2, col. 7) v Portland. Benton Districts Okelied PORTLAND, Aug. 18-(ff)-Port-land and Benton county people's utility district petitions were ap proved today by the state hydro electric commission and : hearings ordered for September. , The proposal for an 'eastern LBenton 'county district -exclusive of Corvallls, will be considered at Philomath city hall Septem ber 28. Creation of a district in Wasco county as approved by voters last Tuesday was recommended. How ever, reformed boundaries would leave out Dufur and Mosier where negative votes were recorded. ' . - Elections will be possible late la February If action Is favorable oa Portland and Benton proposals. convention program la a local bo. Emmons, Salem attorney, nrst vie deaa, women of the lloose; 8UM-v of Corvallls, aecrecary-creasarer iroof , .