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f Accurate News - la The Statesman yonH glad fall Associated Press reports from trained re porters an oyer the glob aad local mews stories by The Statesman's owi staff. 7calher Generally fair- today and Wednesday with morning foes; no change In temper ature. Max temp. Monday 40, min. 41. River -3.7 tU Booth wind. . EIGHTY-NINTH YEAH Salem, Oregon Tuesday Morning, November 21, 1939 Prict 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 205 a (Ct fX"! ran "if rfrcvv Grows 7 4. Sea ii e hel tt Jin ITS A CLNCJI P. L. Tromlitz, aboTe, at the lerers which control the draw oa the Sonthern Pacific railroad bridge across the WUlam- ' ette, aad his two co-workers have, the softest Jobs fa Balem, lavJ Baaser believes. He tells abont his visit to the drawbridge, which hasn't had to open for a steamboat since 1934, in his eolnma below. Paul Wo hare abont decided to unit column writing and go to bridge tending. Yesterdsy wo discovered the men who hare the softest Jobs In Salem and they are bridge tenders, all three of them. We walked out on the Sonthern Pacific railway bridge across the Wlllamstte and climbed to the little yeUow house that sits atop the bridge. -. i There, sitting at his desk, we found Mr. P. L. Tromliti. who hat been tending bridge at the same stand for nine year now. Mr. Trom Utx sits and watches for steamboats ronnd the bend from 7 to S o'clock every day, . Jlnt Meyer, Mr. TromUtx told as. sits and watches for steamboats from t until 11 o'clock and Herman Stege, who will be retired nexnnonth at the tie of 70, eu the rrareyard shift from 11 p.m. to 7 a.nu. ' (';!" . ..7' They all ait aad watt far Steamboat because the gwveramewt decrees that all drawbridges over navigable streams shall have -bridgetendcrs. The Willamette Is a navigable stream, bat there . hasn't been a steamboat "round the bead since July, 10 So, when the old Northwestern, now in Alaska, made Its last ran from Sa lem to Portland, i While Ron Oemmell, who climbed the stairs with as. was going around snapping pictures here andO- there with his camera, Mr. Trom llts told-ns that it Isn't quite the cinch Job It looks, though its cer tainly not a hard. one. Although there are no more steamboats the draw has to be opened occasion" ally to let a government dredge go through and once In a whtleaa unusually high sparred gaso$ne boat will give the one long and one short whistle signal that calls for the "bridge." Mr. Tromllts. who has been with the Southern Pacific 27 of his 88 years, told us he doesn't get lone ly. "You get used to this kind of a Job after a while." he said. Before he came to the Willamette bridge Mr. Tromllts worked on the Coos Bay bridge on- the coast branch of the railroad. Jim Moyer. who Is 88 years old. Is the real veteran of the bridge crew. He's been on the Job since 1915. two years after the span was completed. - Aside from sitting and watch tag for steamboats the bridge tend ers have a certain amount of main tenance work to do, Mr. Tromllts told us. The machinery, operated by two 40 horsepower electric motors, has to be kept In shape so it can whip the draw up when and If a steamer appears, hull down on the horizon. , Then a couple of times a week they ran the draw up Just for practice and to see If everything Is working properly. ... J est to show mm bow.it was done Mr. Tromllts gave as m ride cm the bridge. He had te throw six heavy levers, which Is the hardest work of It all, be fore he pashed the button that started the motors grinding. Up wa went, riding the middle of the bridge, 44 feet front the point where we had been. It . took about a minute and a half; ' While we were up there Mr. Tromliti told us that the view Is pretty good on a clear day. There Is a telescope In the bridge house and Mr. Tromliti said that in the cummer there are often interest ing thlncs te see on the river. Mr. GemmeU 14 Quite a bit of looking eat of the telescope,' but didnt See much.. '. The draw section of the bridge Is balanced by two huge counter weights of concrete. We asked Mr. Tromtlta how much the draw weirhs, . but he said he didn't know and had never been able to find out. even from the en gineering department. There Is a pot-bellied, railroad etore In the bridge house and It is a suite comfortable place. Mr. Tromllts said the only disadvant age was that sometlaes when the river gets low the odor from the sewers emptying above and below the bride gets pretty -rich." i -. When we left riked XI.. Tromllts if the ! . . teasers had to carry il.a col for the stove tr the s' ? iron stairs., t nrc ', r-, he ai tie. :. T I Be Edit i Hauser9 f Column Dallas Attorney Blond .Woman Dischargee Two Guns at Mart Who Tried to Kill Her i 1 DALLAS, Tex., Nov. MHJP) Blond Corlnne Maddox fished two guns from her hsndbag today on Main street and shot down Brooks C Coif man, 40-year-old lawyer aceused of stabbing her last spring , because she refused to ac company him to California. Coffman died within a half hour of two bullet wounds. , Murder : charges were filed against Miss Maddox by Homicide Detective J. T. Luther tonight and she was released under bond of $7600. Witnesses told Detective In spector Will Frits the yoang wom an emptied one gua. ignoring the screams of the victim. She re placed it in her; purse, took out another, dropped the purse and pursued i Coffman across the After the shooting she re trieved the purse and appeared at a telegraph office with an auto matic and a six shooter. "He. hounded me to death, the It-year-old former stenographer told Detective Inspector Will frits, i "I didn't want to do It, but what else could I dot" , "He called me at my home and told me he would kill me it I appeared against him In court, (Turn to page Z,' col 2) ..- . Secretary Slay United States WiWlnsisi On Minimum of Interference By ANDRUE BERDINO -WASHINGTON.- Nov. 20-WV The United States, having barred American ships from Europe's eombat area.' will insist en a mini mum of interference with them elsewhere.'. ... - By - interference, the adminis tration means not merely aelsure of cargo or a portion of the cargo by a belligerent, bat' also undue detention of a ship through dila tory, examination of her papers and cargo. - - A high official, explaining the government's determination, said the administration believed that the United States, had made suf ficiently onerous sacrifices' in the Interests of peace, and that these saerlileea should be repaid in part by fewer restrictions on American ships traveling in lanes outside the combat sone. " The proclamation of the sone has radically changed the situa tion involving detention of Amer ican ships. Many ships - have been putting into British- ports voluntarily or examination be Mies Fiv ballots; All xJiow Ties 37ard 7 Aldermanic Post (Still; Vacant as Gty - - Fathers Deadlock : ' Frank Winslow Case to Be Appealed to Supreme Courts at Once " Ward seven Is still without one of its two aldermen because the city council played a tie game last night. - : In five separate ballots the city fathers arrived at the same an swer, seven votes for Bert P. Pord, attorney, and seven votes for Clifford S, Orwig, market pro prietor. After the fifth ballot had failed to elect a successor t to - Harold Prultt, resigned representative of ward seven, Alderman Glenn Gregg proposed an armistice by moving that the election be post poned until next council meeting. . The case of Frank Wlnslow, discharged ' Salem policemen. against Chief of Police Frank A. Mlnto,- who was ordered to rein state Wlnslow In a decree hand ed down by Circuit Judge Arlie O. Walker, will be annealed to the supreme court, the council decid ed. The civil service commission was authorized to appeal from Walker's decision , on the man damus action and provided funds for legal fees. Fate of Civil Service Amendment at Stake : The report of the civil service commission on the Wlnslow case pointed out that Walker's deci sion, based on the fact that no hearing was given Wlnslow before discharge, would make the civil service, amendment to the city charter "entirely unworkable" as it does aot provide for each hear ings. , . . i ; The civil r service commission recommended that the case be car ried ta the supremb court te clar ify the law and that if Walker's deelaloa is affirmed the civil serv ice . section of the , charter be amended to conform. It was provided that E. M. Page, attorney who assisted the city in preparing the ease for Jhe circuit court, be employed In continuance of the appeal. Payment of Salary Referred to Committee City Attorney Paul . R. Hen dricks said he expected notice of appeal to be filed today or tomor row, i Question of payment of Win dow's salary from the time the writ ordering his reinstatement was served on Mlnto until the no tice of appeal Is tiled was referred to the committee on accounts and earrent expenses. The action was taken after City Recorder A. War ren Jones informed the council he had heard Wlnslow would present (Turn to page 2, col 6) Dinner, Football Sprague's Advice PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2HAV Gov. Charles A. Sprsgue of Ore gon, in a radio address tonight, urged Oregonians to eat their Thanksgiving dinner In Seattle and then go to the Oregon-Wash ington football game. - The governor, who Will be un able, to attend th game, had this to say. about Seattle hospitality: "Seattle Is a very nice town up there on Elliott bay, a very nice town. They always make " people welcome - up there with the old Seattle spirit. When the tide Is out, they spread a good table., Asserting "we can be sure of a good football game," the governor said comparative scores and sea sonal showings .don't count for much. In an interview today, he said the odds favor Oregon. . fore proceeding to neutral desti nations. Some times British au thorities took off cargo they sus pected was destined ultimately for Germany. - ; 1 - But now the combat tone proc lamation automatically rules this out. American ships may not go to British ports at alL v ; - s -. Suppose, , however, a British warship' stops an American mer chant ship outside the tone and sends her to a control point for examination. The warship is di recting that vessel to do what congress has ' said she could not do. - .,.'' ' : And yet this may be a logieal development of the eombat sone, Previously, American ships bound for the northern European neutrals have stopped at British ports of their own accord. Now they may not stop, nor may they go to Holland, Belgium, Sweden or Denmark! They may go to Bergen. Norway, by skirting to the north of Britain, and it is on this northern lane, that- British (Tuna to pare 1. coL II . Oregon Seeks Bigger Federal Allocations For 1941 Road Plans ....... , i r " . - ... -' . - " Total Expenditures of $5,310,000 Called for by Estimates Turned in by State Highway - Engineer Baldock at Meeting . By STEPHEN C. MERGLER y ' , Oregon will have $620,000 more to spend on its federal road program for .the 1941 fiscal year beginning next July 1 than it had for its 1940 program if allocations are made by the federal roads administration on the basis of estimates tentatively approved by the state highway commission here yesterday. " J : : The complete program as snb-O mltted by R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, calls for ex penditure of 25,310,000, includ ing l3,5Sf,ooo in federal and si,. 72C.O0O in state funds. The 1940 program amounted to 14,690,000 and the 1939 program to Sf, 320,000. The new program Is divided Into the following classifications Forest highways $1,000,000, all federal. . Federal aid highways $3,100, 000, the state contributing $1,- 420,000. Federal secondary highways $430,000, thesfate contributing $184,000. Federal land roads $110,000, the state contributing $59,000 Grade crossings $400,000, the state contributing $13,000. i While $000 miles of Oregon roads are eligible for federal aid under the federal secondary high way program, the commission ap plied for inclusion of only 25 per cent of .this mileage, principally farm-to-market roads. - Every county in the state, however. Is represented in the-25 per cent. After conducting a hearing at Junction City last night on pro posed improvements to the Sius- law highway, the commission planned to return to Salem for another session today at which It will consider a petition from prop erty owners a 1 o n g the Pacific highway sear the south city lim its proteetlnf i the change; being made in the grade In connection with reconstructing the approach to the city and eliminating the sharp turn at Liberty road junc tion. The commission Is expected to vote formal abandonment of the old Soda creek-Tombstone Sum mit section of the South Santiam highway, popularly known Seven-mile hill, which has been replaced by a new grade on gentler slope. Council's Wrath Visited on Arany Resolution Asks Resigna tion of Municipal Air port Operator Here Leo Arany, operator of the Sa lem municipal airport for the past two years, was ordered ousted from the position last night In a resolution adopted by the city councU. . The resolution, stating that Arany was behind in rentals due the city and had never obtained a bond as required in his contract, gave the. airport; committee au thority to choose a temporary suc cessor, . . v- .The councU also heard a peti tion signed by Dr. J. H. Garnjobst and 37 other "fliers and business men" requesting city management and development of the airport. . It also heard a letter from Er nest T. Eldrledge recommending that Lee U. Eyerly, formerly op erator of the airport under lease, be again put in charge. . Eyerly had previously. offered to take over the airport management. - - ; That the question of whether the city should appoint a manager and operate the airfield as a mu nicipal venture or lease It again may stir . considerable discussion was indicated, i v . Alderman Harold Ollnger, chair man of the airport committee, said that Arany was approximately $150 or four months behind in rental due the city and that as a pilot for the Oregon Airlines he was at the . Salem airport only about IS minutes daily. . - , Dr. s. B. Laughlin urged that the council - consider - ways aad means of getting a return on Its investment In the airport, "Why should the taxpayers operate this for a relatively few people for: a play, place," Dr. Laughlin . said. It's Just a dead loss." He later said that he did not believe the airport should be abolished hut that It should be developed so that it would bring an appreciable return to the d.ty. - ' VASCOUVER, Nov. SO-(CP) Two ' third-period coals - gave Seattle Seahawks a 8-1 victory ver Vancouver Lions here so night their initial win ia the Pacific - Coast Hockey league this season. The result tied vp the - league - standings, lAosts, Seahawks and Portland Back aroos bavins; each won a game. - Iate Sports Lottery Charge Faced by Woman Initial Step in Campaign Against Gambling Is Taken by Police Criminal information charging Florence Stelngrnbe, alias Flor ence Brady, with possession of lottery tickets with intent to sell, was filed yesterday In justice court by Salem police officials as the initial step in a campaign against lottery tickets,, game pools and horse race betting. Warrant for Mrs. Steingrube's arrest, with ball fixed at $250, wa&. Issued by the court. Officers yesterday had In their vossesslon a book of mutual asso ciation -tickets allegedly in her possession, as well as a $200 check on the Royal Bank of Canada, said to have been given by her on a lottery. She was reported by police as having admitted selling lottery tickets for several months. In addition to .the lottery charge, police authorities -yester day were in consultation with District Attorney Lyle J. Page In reference to alleged bookmaklng activities centering In a down town Jtotel room Into which ha been brought a leased wire con necting Indirectly with ; eastern and southern race tracks. Two men, whose identities are known to the authorities, are sus pected of having solicited bets from individuals, and to have communicated such bets to an agent in the hotel room, who then placed them at racing centers in distant points. At the conclusion of the race the solicitor is then thought to re turn to his client. Inform him of the outcome of the event, and either to pay him his winnings or accept the amount of his wager without the exchange of written memoranda of the transaction in any form. - Chicago Probably Choice of GOP Windy City Logical Site for 1940 Republican Nations al Convention By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-OP)- The republicans have an old habit of going to Chicago for their na tional conventions, one which, re inforced by other factors, makes that city a likely choice for next year's big party meeting, r The democrats, on the other hand, have no ingrained habits of that sort. While the republicans have held four of their last seven meetings in Chicago the democrats have met in seven different places. So the latter still are easting about for a city, with San Francisco con sidered a g&pd bet, -If the fair there runs taV another year, r For the republicans. Chicago Is located fairly close to the party's center of population away from the south and a little closer to the east than' to the west IU hotel facilities are more than ample, it . haa a . convention .hall. (Turn to page 2, coL 4) Hitler Supported By HohenzoUerns BERLIN. Nov. 20 -hUPW The House of HohenxbUem was said today : by one- of Its members, Princa Anrnst Wllhelm. fourth urn at tha ex-Kaiser Z to be Solid ly behind nasi Germany's present struggle. , i r w -v?;' -77-; Theh prince, . who made nis statement ' to ' foreign correspon dents, is the only HohensoUera prominent In nasi party affairs. He works ia t Potsdam wartime food supplr office. - "TuiTneriiafehr after thek If nn- Ich incident on Nov. 3 my father telephoned from Doora to the German" minister at The "Hague to express his gratitude that the monror escaped,- , said the prince. ' . ' 7 ' Abomb shattered the Munich Bnerrerbraa Hanu onlv 11. min utes after Hitler departed Nov. siouowing a speech. ' t mXt-m entire Imiiiu I tv nlwt aTv against all -efforts to injure Ger- manr. -Ana- wnaiever is against the Fuehrer la against Germany.'' Harry Bridges Draws Fire of RothinTieTJp Employers Council Head Hits CIO Leader as Strike Continues "Communistic Satellites' Also' Get Blast From Irate President SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. Z0-(Jf) A new ; blast at Harry Bridges and "his communistic satellites" was voiced today by Almon E. Roth, president of the San Fran cisco employers council, as the CIO ship clerk's strike closed its- eleventh uneventful day. Except for resumption of coast wise steam schooners schedules. following settlement of the marine firemen's strike, most of the har bor's commerce was tied up by the clerks strike and that of Oak land warehousemen in a separate dispute. No progress toward set tlement was announced in either. A crowd of nearly 200 union men, led by Herman Stuyvelaar, secretary-treasurer of the San Francisco Industrial union coun cil, marched Into the San Fran cisco board of supervisors' cham bers late today urging they be giv en a hearing of their side of the controversy. They complained (Turn to page 2, col 1) Warm Springs Is Roosevelt Choice President to Spend Thanks giving at Resort With ' Little Fanfare WARM SPRINGS, Ga.. Nov. 20 (P) Thanksgiving comes on a new date to this old town, bat it brings an old friend and It -trill be observed in the same, old sim ple way. Back in the days when this old friend Franklin D. Roosevelt was Just another easterner seek ing health "at the famed springs, there was no occasion to single them out at turkey time. Now he wishes no fanfare and Warm Springs Is glad to honor this wish for privacy and quiet. When the president announced he was moving Thanksgiving up to November 23 to stimulate Christmas trade, Governor E. D. Rivers of Georgia was one of 25 state executives who followed his lead. While folks around here were glad Rivers' action avoided pos sibility of embarrassment, some were pleased for another reason quite apart from the solemn ar guments which flew over the change. They were glad that the president's earlier arrival will give him a better chance to see the Georgia countryside arrayed in its autumnal reds, yellows, golds and greens, before winter reduces the hillsides to compara tive drabness. , -A big bin generously filled with logs stands hard by a door to the "little White House" and while they crackle In the fire place, there will be many "fire side chats' during the president's stay from this coming Wednesday until the next Tuesday.' 'But they'll not be of the na tionwide broadcast kind. They will be homey talks with friends and neighbors of many, years standing, v U there Is any special excite ment around here it's ' down at the foundation for infantile pa ralysis victims, where patients again , will draw straws to see who ; sits beside the president . at Thanksgiving dinner. ;: '..W Recall in Aihehia Probe ls . Expected by ' Testimony given to government departments and congressional committees by Gus Anderson, for mer Salem man, on the Athenla disaster of which he was a sur vivor, was - not completed. An derson said following his. arrival her Monday on his first visit since his participation in the stir ring event following the outbreak of the war In Europe. . , I told only part of my story; I'll be called back." Anderson told fellow J members of Capital post Nov f, .American Legion, at the 'post -meeting Monday night. He intimated that the testimony he Is yet to give would get him "in bad with the whole world," referring to tki international furor that followed his testimo ny that an officer had told him there were guns in the Athenians hold on Its fateful voyage. - - , "I told my government' the truth and I'm not backing down, Anderson declared.:, adding that he had testified on that particu lar point reluctantly and only aft er repeated Insistence. He said hi reluctance had been based on realization his statement would be misunderstood : and distorted abroad. As a result pf his testt- 5 Neil tral Vessels Included in Mst of 7eek-End Disaster Nazi-Loosed ftliries Held Responsible For Heavy Losses in North Sea; 133 Feared Dead Arlington Court Latest Victim of U Boat Warfare; AntAircraft Fire Drives Of f Lone German Plane : (By Associated Press) Great Britain's unusually heavy shipping losses over the weekend, attributed by the British to loose German mines in the North sea, mounted last night with the disclosure that the steamer Arlington Court had been sunk by a submarine) 200 miles off the Irish coast. Word of the 4915-ton Arlington Court's fate was received : Oin Cork. Ireland, as the British Blood Transfusion Brings Girl Smile KATHRTN FELT Togresses Against Infection Kathryn Felt Goes Home to Continue Treatment for , ' Dreaded Ailment PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20-ff) -Smiling happily over her most recent blood transfusion, eight-year-old Kathryn Felt returned home from a hospital today to continue her fight against the dreaded blood infection, acute lymphatic leukemia. iHer mother, who broadcast an appeal more than a week ago for blood donors who had suffered from the disease, said the child's condition remained : "about the same - ' - '7 Kathrro was given a transfu sion last Thursday by Mrs. Marie Louise Root, of Westport, Conn. Mrs. Root was chosen from among several score nersons who offered to aid the girl. The child's moth er said she believed - Kathryn would be happier amid home sur roundings than at the hospital. ' Gus Anderson mony, he continued, he has been under pressure and his record has been Investigated ' by foreign agents.'. . . : : ' - A colorful story of the Athe nians sinking was told by Ander son at the legion meeting; of the panic which followed the explo sion, of the peril while '. boats were being lowered' into the 20 foot swells and how agitated pas sengers leaped Into boats or into the water; of two children who were tossed by parents Into his arms af tor the boat was cut loose; how some t the boats were -cut la two by the : propeller: of the anxious hours before dawn and before, rescue vessels arrived, when weary paaseagern lost most of the boat's oars and it was dif ficult to keep It near the Athenla, where rescue would be most prob able: of the Jubilation upott ar rival of rescue vessels ' and the difflcultlea and perils of the res cue itself.-!- ."' v.:-'''' . As for the cause of the disas ter, Anderson Voiced no opinion. He mentioned that the ? Athenla stayed afloat for IT hours, seem ing to stand higher . out of the water than before the explosion v.. (Torn to page 3, col 7) 3 Lv ft l . ra ngiit totaled up a reckoning of f Ira vessels sent to the bottom in the North sea during the weekend. At least 1SS persons 11 from the Arlington Court were re ported dead or missing in 10 dis asters. Five of the sunken ships were neutrals. . Meanwhile, nasi airmen sud denly stepped up the tempo of the war in the air with an unsuccess ful raid which touched. London's outskirts for the first time during the war. British anti-aircraft guns, aid ed by the royal air force, drove off the lone German plane which was seen over the Thames es tuary. British guns also repelled a nasi flight over the Orkney islands, site of the Scapa Flew naval ; base, and a German ais man's assault on a British de stroyer. In the North sea was said to have been "unsuccessful." Date ef Slaking -' - - Is Notr Given ; "The date of ; the Arlington Court's sinking was not given la brief dispatches received last night, the first information mere ly reciting that 22 survivors In a lifeboat were rescued by the Netherland vessel Algenib. A life boat with 11 other crewmen was missing. It was believed the Arlington Court sank several days ago, how ever, as the chief engineer wsa said to have died in the lifeboat found by the Algenib. The sur vivors j were expected " in Cork today, Owners of the Netherlands pas senger liner, Simon Bolivar, low ered the known death toll In the destruction of their ship by a mine Saturday to 85. Previously, 140 persons were reported ta have been lost. German Mines Blamed For Disasters Other ships lost since Satur day In the North sea area were: Grazla. Italian. 6857 tons. Blackhill, British. 2492 tons. B. O. Borjesson, Swedish, 1588 tons. Carica Mllica, Yugo-Slav, 8371 tons. Kaunas, Lithuanian, 1521 tons. Torchbearer, British, 1287 tons. WIgmore, British, S45 tons. Pensilva, British, 4258 tons. Most of the losses were attrib uted by the British to German mines but the Germans said their mines could not have been responsible. , un ine .western ironi, muitary affairs were forgotten temporar ily whUe German troops cleared debris caused by violent storms. Both the French and German ar mies virtually had to forego even patrol action because of the flood ed Rhine and other border rivers. German Airmen Active . Over France German airmen were reported active over France, however, their scouting flights causing air raid alarms to be sounded in wide spread sections. One German pilot crashed te his death In The Netherlands his plane apparently disabled by Netherlands anti-aircraft guns. It L was the third time in as many days that German planes f!7ina over Netherlands have been fired upon. In- Berlin, Prince August Wll helm, fourth son of the former kaiser, told . foreign correspond ents the house of Hohensollem was soltdlv behind nasi Germanyn present struggle. The prince t: elf works In a Potsdam .wartime food supply office.' - . -- Hugh Earle Says :HeNotQuittiii , - Rumen that - Hugh - Earla was soon ta resign his post as atata insurance commissioner-to accert a position with a large lasnr&nca company were denied by him yes terday. A democrat' appointed during the Martin administration, Carle declared no one had neiv tloned the rumors to him befom . 1 "All I'm trying to do is to C my Job. he said. "When tiie rov ernor wants ma to leave the i-l, he'll let me know. "tJoverner Charles A. Epraffua recently said he planned no sew appointments for some t'me.