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Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, March 6. 1940
Price 3ci Newsstands 5c
No. 233
In ine Ear . .
Paul Hauler $ Column
We wonder if many people are
afflicted with the clipping habit
whtoh la mnrh f""""""""
trial to us. We
are always clip-J
ping sometningi
or another o u tj
of newspa pen
and magazines
and carefully fll-s
lng away the
clipping In an
old shoe which
we keep for the
TturtMMie.
Every once In K-
a while we get out the old shoe
and gloatingly go over our hoard,
wondering all the while what
made na clip those things in the
first place.
Here's a clipping, for In
stance, about the ghost writers
employed by the secretary of
agrlcaltnre, 31 r. Wallace. It's
absolutely no good to us. Here's
one about a penguin who got
lovesick and then was miracu
lously cured when its owner
put a mirrsr in the penguin
pen. Then there's another, neat
ly pasted on a piece of paper, a
fact which makes it exception
al, which tells about the mayor
of New York, one Mr. LaGuar
dia, seeking free soap for pub
lic bathhouses.
We don't know and never will
what made us think tnose things
were significant. We're afraid our
whole life is going to be clut
tered up with nondescript bits of
spoiled newsprint. In spite of all
we do to break the habit we go
on having Scissorlan seizures.
You might be lntereMed to
know that there is a sign in
front of a house on the Turner
cutoff which ways, simply, "We
Do Teamwork."
Governor Sprague not only re
ceives books from Ann "Oomph"
Sheridan but also many other
varied and interesting donations.
Recently delivered st the execu
tive offices have been the follow
In?: Item, one sack of Idaho po
tatoes from Governor Bottolfson
of Idaho; item, one case of cod
fish from Governor Saltonstall of
Massachusetts; item, one cook
book from Maine, from whom we
don't know, but it certainly came
at a handy time; item, one case
of beer Trom somebody's brewery.
The potatoes, the codfish and
the cookbook found their way to
the Sgrague kitchen. The beer
didn't, buj we don't know to
whose kitchen, if anyone's, it did
find its way.
While walking In the rain the
other day we saw Murray Wade
under the biggest umbrella we
have ever seen. He swears lie
didn't borrow it from Ringling
Brothers.
FIRE LADDY NOTE
Rung by dizzy rung catlike
firemen scale towering ladders.
No height awes them; no tiny
foothold stops them. They clamber
to the swaying top of an aerial
ladder without a second thought.
So it was quite a surprise when
the fire department this week at
the sides of the flight of stairs
leading from the main floor of
the central fire hall to the mezza
nine recreation room installed
handrails!
Mr. Zlzzle, we are pleased to
report, has st long last received
his Sylph Six and is at present
busily engaged in wearing it out.
This may also serve as a warning
to stray dogs, unwary cats, loose
chickens and pedestrians.
$9600 Commercial
Street Sale Made
I. Louie, proprietor of the
New Shanghai cafe, 121 South
Commercial street, yesterday an
nounced purchase of the property
at 131 and 342 North Commer
cial streets for a reported con
sideration of $9600 and the re
moval of his restaurant to that
location within the next few
weeks.
The property was purchased
from the Misses Louisa and
Clothilda DeGulre. to whom it
had belonged for 68 years.
Louie has operated his cafe in
Its present location since 1938.
He has operated restaurants
specializing in Chinese cuisine for
36 years, both here and in Port
land. The transaction was handled
by William E. Moses.
Spring Is Here;
Scout Swallow
Has Come Back
One swallow may not make a
summer, bnt when the scout
wallow arrives some tics in
March, siing and the rest of
the bird clan are pretty close be
hind. . J. E. Putnam, who aalways
watches for the "scout" swallow
to come to his barn, reported Its
arrival yesterday morning and
predicted that the rest of the
birds wonld soon follow.
Last year the first swallow ap
peared at the Putnam farm on
March 20.
Logger Is Killed
HILLSBORO. March l-(JP)-A
falling tree killed Lee Jacobson,
IT, logger at the Beldlng Logging
company, Cochran, today. Coroner
jr. 1 J. Sewell reported. ' , r
Gaming Probes
Spread in two
Eastern Citie-
Three Jones Boys Facing
Income Tax Evasion
Counts, Chicago
Detroit Sheriff Is now
Defendant Along With
5 Other Officials
CHICAGO. March 5.-;p)-The
policy wheel stopped on an un
lucky number for the three afflu
ent Jones brothers of Chicago's
Harlem today. The government
charged them wtlh evading more
than 11,000,000 in income taxes.
The indictments, first in the pol
icy field during the current inves
tigaton of incomes of alleged Chi
cago gambling kingpins, also ac
cused Thomas R. Gilsou, a lawyer
and former federal deputy col
lector of internal revenue, with
aiding and abetting the Joneses in
the alleged evasion.
Several hours later William R.
Johnson, allegedly one of the top
men in Chicago's gambling syndi
cate, surrendered at the federal
building, was fingerprinted and
posted 150,000 surety bond on an
indictment returned Friday charg
ing be owed the government $2,
232,497 in income taxes, penalties
and interest. He made no state
ment. Thousands Dally
Taken, Policy Game
Government agents said the
three negro Brothers, Edward P.
Jones, McKissack McHenry Jones
and George P. Jones, came from
Mississippi 20 years ago, worked
as railroad dining car waiters and
then entered the policy game,
profits of which rapidly pushed
them up to a plane of "lavish liv
ing." Agents said they cantered along
park bridle paths garbed in the
height of equestrian style, owned
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Iowa Republicans
Reveal Strength
Goodwin, Youthful 3Iayor,
Elected to Congress
to Fill Vacancy
DES MOINES, Iowa, March 6-(A-The
sixth Iowa district held
true to Its republican traditions
today by electing Robert K. Good
win, youthful mayor of Redfleld,
to fill the unexpired term of the
late Congressman CasBius C.
Dowell.
Byron G. Allen of Des Moines,
democrat who campaigned on a
new deal platform, conceded de
feat. With 165 out of 218 precincts
tabulated, Goodwin held a three-to-two
lead over Allen.
The vote:
Robert K. Goodwin (RV 24,555.
Byron G. Allen (D) 15,316.
W. W. Klein (Ind.) 321
Goodwin was ahead in every
one of the six counties in the
district.
The election had been heralded
as a test of new deal's comeback
power In Iowa after the republi
can triumph in 1938. Goodwin is
35; Allen 38.
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace's home is here, and Allen
sought in his campaign to estab
lish the AAA as the prime issue.
Goodwin, however, Is an AAA co
operator on his 280-acre farm.
He talked "parity prices for farm
ers" just as emphatically as did
his opponent.
The republican nominee Is a
son of W. J. Goodwin, Des Moines
banker and a regional chairman
on .Glenn Frank's program com
mittee. Allen, who has been elect
ed to the Iowa legislature both
as an Independent and a republi
can. Joined the democratic pary
in 1936.
Cooperage Firm Worker
Strike Over Wage Issue
PORTLAND, March MP)-A
collapse in the two-month-old
wage and hour negotiations re
sulted in a strike of 400 AFL
lumber and sawmill workers to
day at the Western Cooperage
company.
Parker and McDowell Face
Skin Charge, Justice Court
William Parker and Orin Mc
Dowell, Jr., will answer a Joint
charge of unlawful use of the re
mains of a deceased person, in jus
tice court at 2 p.m. today as a re
mit of a complaint filed against
them yesterday bearing the" sig
nature of Sergeant Farley Mogan
of the state police.
Th-i charge was made following
disclosure over the weekend that
they were Involved in the sending
of parts of two human skins from
PorUand to Salem, and from here
to a tannery in Napa, Calif., where
according to directions the skins
were to be tanned and manufac
tured into gloves.
According to local authoriUes,
Parker, 21, a student at the North
Pacific Dental college la Portland,
recovered the skins from a waste
receptacle in the dental college
laboratory and sent them to Mc
Dowell in Salem.
The latter turned them oyer U
Tii itish
Hospital Hit;
Viipuri Still
h Being Held
32 Planes Rake Village
Killing 50; "Brutal"
Attack Protested
Moscow Says Encircling
Tactics Successful,
Beleaguered City
HELSINKI. March 6.-(Wed-nesday)-P)-At
least B0 persons
were killed and scores wounded
in a small south central Finnish
town yesterday when Russian
planes executed one of their worst
bombing raids of the war.
Five direct hits were scored on
a hospital, and one bomb drop
ped on an airraid shelter.
The raiders, diving out of the
clouds to 1.400 or 1,700 feet,
swept over in two flights 50 min
utes apart.
Fifteen of the bombs struck in
the vicinity of a military hospital
and one big explosive missle went
directly down the stairway from
the top of the four-story building
to the bottom.
Twenty-five persons, nearly all
of them women, were killed when
a bomb hit the top of the air raid
shelter.
Two hundred bombs, all effect
ive, were dropped In Vie raid by
12 planes just after a party of five
foreign newspaper correspondents
and photographers arrived in the
town. (Military censorship forbids
naming the town.)
The attack, a sample of the air
warfare which Russia fs pressing
home, came as the Finns with
their own alrforce had bombed
and machine-gunned red army de
tachments attempting to cross Ice
crusted Viipuri bay. The Finns
said they still were holding the
Russians at the outskirts of that
battered port.
Russians Drowned
And Tanks Hnnk
Some Russian troops were
drowned and several tanks sunk
in huge fissures on the ice of
Viipuri bay, opened up when
bombs and artillery on the attack
ers coming west In an attempt to
encircle the city, unofficial Fin
nish reports said.
The Finnish high command
said fighting still was in progress
among the rugged inlets at the
mouth of the bay, and the Finnish
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Economy Possible
Trustees Declare
Independent Trustees of
PEP Back up Request
to Include PGE
PORTLAND, Ore.. March 5-(P)
-The Portland Electric Power
company's Independent trustees
reported to the federal court to
day that operating costs of the
Portland General Electric and
Portland Traction companies, sub
sidiaries, can be cut considerably.
The holding company's attempt
to have the subsidiaries included
in ' its reorganization under the
federal bankruptcy act met with
opposition from the Guaranty
Trust company of New York.
Hearing on the question has not
been completed.
The trustees also reported that
Bonneville's entrance into the lo
cal power field and the possible
creation of public utility districts
has made It difficult for them to
conserve the Interests of the com
pany's stock and security holders.
Purchase of Bonneville power
on a longer term contract than the
one now in effect was urged.
Federal Judge James A. Fee
approved an order providing for
the report's distribution to stock
holders. The trustees are Thomas
W. Deliell and R. L. Clark.
the Salem Tanning company, the
management of which, not desir
ing to work with them, sent them
to the Napa tannery. There their
presence was reported to author
ities, who then requested an in
vestigation here.
The fragments of skin are listed
in the complaint as being in one
Instance 12 inches wide by about
20 long, and in the other, some
what smaller.
District Attorney Lyle J. Page
said yesterday that "a third per
son" may be charged with a dif
ferent crime in connection with
the affair, but refused to reveal
bis identity.
Statutory penalty for the of
fense is not more than a year in
the county jail.
McDowell is the son of Orin Mc
Dowell, local butcher, and Parker
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Parker,
North Salem residents.
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Shenandoah Folk
Seek Safeguards
Mass Meeting Called but
Legal Right Doubtful,
Governor Remarks
SHENANDOAH, Pa., March 8-()-Determined
mine-town men
tonight demanded damages and
adequate safeguards against
cave-ins wrecking their under
mined homes.
They gathered for a mass meet
ing In the face of a statement by
Governor Arthur H. James that
court mining rights decisions
made "the property rights of
the people of Shenandoah about
as fleeting as a cloud."
Meanwhile, widening cracks In
w-alls and floors of the most
populous section of slowly sink
ing Shenandoah on a mountain
slope fanned fears that dam
age to a 16-block district would
rise to more than 11,000,000.
Amid intermittent rumblings
of the steady sagging that start
ed early yesterday, engineers
examined the underlying honey
comb of old workings 1000 feet
below the streets and reported
finding nothing "Immediately
alarming.''
Families returned to their
tilted, cracked houses today and
began repairs. Most of the dam
aged houses still are without
heat. Some lack water because
of broken mains. Four schools,
the postoffice and several busi
ness places remained closed
condemned as unsafe until they
can be repaired or rebuilt.
R. H. Rees Named
Deputy Treasurer
Reginald H. Rees, 27. was ap
pointed deputy county treasurer
yesterday by the county .court to
assist Lawrence Rich, whom the
court named to take the place
of David G. Drager following the
letter's resignation last week.
Rees was sworn In late yester
day by County Clerk U. G. Boyer
and will begin his new duties to
day. The son of Mrs. Clara H. Rees
of Salem route four, Rees has
recently been bookkeeper and
and salesman at the Tallman
piano store. He Is a graduate
of Salem high school, and at
tended the Capital Business col
lege, Willamette university and
the University of Oregon. His
major during his college course
was business administration.
Rich yesterday praised Rees'
qualifications for his new posi
tion and indicated that he had
been selected from among a
number of applicants for the
position.
Don't Kick at
Snarl in Dark;
May Have Claws
DETROIT, Ore., March 5.
Jlrs. Mae Phellps received the
surprise of her life when she
went outside her Marion Forks
home to investigate the sudden,
piUfnl cry of her pet house cat.
Discovering the intruder was a
big cat, she promptly kicked it
before she discovered it was
wildcat.
Dewey BreVierre came to her
aid and shot the unwanted vis
itor. "Ill look before I kick next
time," she said.
Dozen Italian Coal Skim:
me
O JLajor construction en the Willamette Valley Project was imminent asO
the IS Army Engineers' office in Portland opened bids Monday on
the Fern Ilidge dam whlrh will impound the waters of Long Torn
river in Iane county. This la bow the spillway below the dam will
look, according to army engineer draftsmen. The concrete part of
the dam, flanked on either side by earth fill, will be 800 feet long.
Flow of water will be controlled by the six large gates at center
and riht, and the four small gates at the left. Cut courtesy Eu
gene ltegister-Guard.
Boise Firm's Bid Low
On big Fern Ridge Dam
Award Will Be Announced in 10 Days Alter Other
Proposals Compared; First Major Unit of
Valley Project to Be Started
PORTLAND, March 5. (AP) A low bid of $723,000
was submitted by the Morrison-Knudsen Construction com
pany of Boise, Idaho, today for construction of the Fern
Ridge dam in Lane county.
The US army engineers' office reported the award would
be made in about 10 days, after 19 other bids are studied.
O The dam, part of the $63,000,-
Surplus Weapons
Offered for Sale
Neutrals May Buy old but
"Usable" Arms; Guns
Taken by Brazil
WASHINGTON, March i-(JF)-The
war department offered to
day to sell, to Latin American
and other non-belligerent nations,
artillery, rifles and other surplus
war material which cost original
ly several hundred million dol
lars. A list of such surplus weapons,
described as "usable" though they
date from the World war, was
disclosed following an announce
ment hat 90 long-range six-inch
field pieces had already been sold"
to Brazil. The price was not made
public.
President Roosevelt announced
last month that certain army and
navy munitions would be offered
to neutrals and the list was pre
pared at his direction. Finland
was barred from the offer because
it is at present engaged In hos
tilities. The sale to Brazil was said of
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Late Sports
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5-(P)
-Taisto Maki, running foot races
in behalf of his war-embattled na
tive Finland, made an impressive
American debut here tonight when
he easily outstripped a local field
to win a three-mile race.
Without being pressed and lead
ing in all but two of the 36 laps
over the wooden saucer, the tire
less Finn was clocked in 14 min
utes 15.3 seconds. The Indoor
American record, set by one of
Maki'a countrymen, Willie Rltola,
in New York Feb. 24, 1925, is
13:56.2.
Ted Vollmer, University of Cali
fornia runner, finished second,
and W. Madrid of Fresno, was
third. Both were lapped by the
Flying Finn;
WHITE PLAINS, NT, March B
-iJPy- Steve Bellolse, sensational
young New York welterweight,
gained an easy eight-round vic
tory over Wild Bill McDowell of
Dallas, Tex., before a record
crowd of 7,600 at the county cen
ter tonight. Bellolse weighed
146-34, McDowell 148
Wra lirh Tf?Ti tvti im
BIG DAM OF VALLEY PROJECT
000 Willamette valley flood con-
trol project, will be located about
12 miles southwest of Eugene, on
the Long Tom river.
Other low bids included Fred
ericksen & Westbrook, Sacramen
to, $744,447; Hanrahan-Connolly
company, San Francisco, $747,
470; Ackley Construction com
pany, West Coast Construction
company and Macri Brothers, all
of Seattle, $770,427; A. Teichert
& company, Sacramento, $812,
115; Parker-Schram company and
Eaton & Smith, both of Portland,
$816,248.
Japanese Advance
Stoutly Resisted
HONGKONG, March .-(Wed-nesday)
(P)-Chinese militiamen
and armed civilians were report
ed in Chinese quarters today to be
stoutly resisting the advance of a
strong Japanese force which land
ed this morning on the south bank
of the Pearl river, 50 miles south
of Canton and only 20 miles north
of the Portuguese colony of Ma
cao. Landing under the protecting
fire of destroyers anchored in the
Pearl river, the Japanese navel
and military forces met 'with de
termined Chinese resistance after
they had pushed beyond the pro
tecting range of their naval guns.
The fighting was Increasing in in
tensity. The objecUve of the new Jap
anese drive has not been disclosed.
Merchants Order Clear Sky
For 16th Spring 'Opening
Although Salem's 16th annual
spring opening Thursday night
will be the earliest ever held,
participating merchants are rely
ing for clear skies on their past
successes in ordering good weath
er for the event. Rain has fallen
on only one spring opening night
in 15 years.
Officially starting at 7:30
o'clock when windows are un
veiled to show the latest in 1940
spring merchandise, the opening
will include an auto show, band
music and style shows. Window
decorators of many of the stores
were yesterday promising some
thing entirely different In the
way of arrangements, leading to
expectations that a new high may
be reached in colorful and attract
ive displays. An outdoor style
Aberdeen Probe
Being Organized
Civil Liberties Group to
Investigate Declares
Howard Costigan
PORTLAND, Ore., March K
(JPyA civil liberties committee
of eastern liberals, led possibly
by Theodore Drieser, the novel
ist, may go to Aberdeen, Wash.,
to investigate- the status of civil
rights there, Howard Costigan
of Seattle declared here tonight.
The Washington Common
wealth Federation's executive
secretary returned from Wash
ington, DC, and entrained a few
hours later for Seattle. He de
clared that both official Wash
ington and liberal elements in
New York expressed "deep con
cern" over the Laura Law death
case in Aberdeen.
Mrs. Law was the wife of
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President Parries
Third Term Query
WASHINGTON, March t-JP)-President
Roosevelt adhered to
his policy of strict public silence
on the third term question today
despite the heaviest barrage of
press conference questioning in
more than a year.
He dismissed most queries with
the statement that be knew noth
ing about this or that develop
ment because he had just re
turned from a 17-day trip to the
Panama canal.
The president declared he had
not read an article by Ernest
Lindley, columnist, which said the
chief executive had told an un
identified southern congressman
he wished to retire and thought
Secretary Hull would be a good
man to succeed him. Therefore,
Mr. Roosevelt added, he could
not answer a direct question about
the truth of the story.
Canby Reports Saving
With Bonneville Power
CANBY, March MifVCanby
saved $564 during its first
month of operation with Bonne
ville power. Water Superintend
ent Louis Lent reported today.
The Aty paid $295.75 for 59,
150 kilowatts, which wonld have
cost $849 under a previous con
tract with a private utility. Lent
said.
show with 25 models will be pre
sented by one firm and living
models will also be utilized by
several other stores.
Every Salem automobile deal
er will have several models on dis
play at the auto exhibit, which
will be held on Liberty street
between Court and Chemeketa.
Latest in farm machinery will
also be shown there by local deal
ers in farm equipment. '
Fonr bands will add to the
festive spirit by playing while
marching through the downtown
streets. The Willamette university
bandr high school band, Master
Bread juniors and Master Bread
seniors will participate. v ; ;
Arrangements are being made
by the Ad club, with Earl' Dane I other projects carried In the meas
heading the committee. ure as "modest,
s
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Rome Keeping
Silence After
First Protest
Status of Second Group ;
of six Vessels not
Fully Revealed
Jerusalem - new Trouble
Spot for England as ;
Rioting Reported "y -
r
ROME, . March 5.-;P)-BritaIn'a
detention of Italian coal ships was
received silently in Italy tonight. ,
although the government- only
protest against the halting of Ger
man coal exports. -t :
Government sources, declaring
they were not officially informed
of the seizures by the British con
traband control, declined to make
any prediction as to what the Ital
ian reaction might be.
LONDON, March 5.-JP)-Up to
six Italian ships carrying German
coal from Rotterdam arrived to
night off the Downs, British con
traband control station, where six
others were taken during the day.
At least two of those already
held were known to be laden with
German coal, which Britain has
declared contraband. It was not
clear whether tonight's new ar
rivals came voluntarily, or under
the guidance of British warships,
or whether they yet included all
of the second group of six which
sailed from The Netherlands port
during the day.
A third group of six Italian col
liers continued loading at Rotter
dam.
The seizures, constituting an
emphatic reply to a sharp Italian
up other phases of her economic
warfare against Germany by an
nouncing a 300.000,000 (about
$1,200,000,000) war loan and a'
campaign to increase British ex
ports. ,- VV-:. i,
Despite Italy's pointed warning
of a severe strain on political and
economic relations between the
two powers by the newly enforced
coal blockade, the Italian ships
were escorted into the contraband
control base off Deal, southeast
ern England, while a search was
under way for other coal-bearing
ships which slipped out of Rotter-,
dam.
Today's moves further ta
strangle German exports . werw
accompanied by Chancellor of
the Exchequer Sir John Simon's
announcement that lists for the
new war loan would open March
12 and a government white paper
promising efforts to obtain th
"greatest volume of export trade
possible" to boster England's
financial and economic defenses.
JERUSALEM, March l-(JP)
Stones flew in strategic, long
troubled Jeerusalem today and
one British constable was injured
as police broke up fresh Jew
ish demonstrations against new
British laws restricting the trans
fer of land from Arabs to' Jews.
Windows were broken in Jaffa
Road and in a theatre.
Police Imposed a curfew from
3:30 p. m. to 1 a. m. on the
Jewish quarters of Jerusalem. A
curfew beginning at 5 p. m. has
been clamped down on the Jew
ish city of Tel Avia. "
Miss Henrietta Szold. of Balti
more! and a arou of leaders - of
the Jewish women's council pre-
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OCUlu Auvuaw nut UIU V ,aw
land laws to British authorities,
who will forward it to London.
The latest demonstration fal
lowed disturbances of last Satur
day In which 14 British police
and several Jews were injured.
An 18-year-old university student
injured in Tel Aviv died.; today.
The clashes Saturday , began
police stations. "
(In Rome, a reliable Inform
ant from-Jerusalem gave an unv
censored account of demons trav
Hon) late last month In Pales
tine. He said the largest dis
turbance was at Tel Aviv, where
calvary troops were summoned
and charged the crowd . with
drawn sabers. About 140 Jews)
and scores of police . were hurt.
More than 15,000 Jews took part
in the Tel Aviv protest)
Vote big Interior
Department Fund
WASHINGTON, March 5JPte
Developing less opposition than
any similar measure in recent
years, the $119,071,187 interior
department appropriations -hilt
moved to the amendment stage in
the house late today. Indications
were that it would be sent to the
senate tomorrow virtually as it
emerged from committee.
During tour hours general de
bate the house heard only one
rather mild attack on the big sup
ply bill- by Representative Rich
1 R. Pa.) , . who said he knew of
1'no reason under the sun' why
it couldn't he reduced by ten or
twelve million dollars. ,
Western members, however, de
fended funds for reclamation and