The OBEGOIt STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 21. IS 40
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uime Decreasing
Says Prison Head
Jump in Jail Population
not Indicative of
Tor T.aWIfArifss
CINCINNATI, Majr tO-JP-Crime
definitely Is decreaaine Id
the United States, Jimei V. Ben
sett, director of the federal bu
reau of prisons, told the Ameri
can Psychiatric association today.
The prison population of the
country has Jumped from 130.000
to 175,000 during the past 10
years, but those figures do not
Indicate more lawlessness, he
said, reporting:
"The Increase In the number of
prisoners probably Is due to the
imposition of longer sentences
and to the fact that new laws
have made crimes of those acts
which were not previously re
garded as criminal" such as the
sale and use of marihuana, or
hashish.
Actual statistics show that
there has been some Increase in
the number of cases of larceny
and rape in recent years, "but
criminal homicides, robbery, as
sault, burglary and -auto theft
have decreased," Bennett de
clared. "Some persons try to p r o v e
that the increase in the prison
population is due to a biologic
change In the race, producing
more people basically unfit to
trieet the problems of present ci
vilization, and that soon society
may not be able to support them.
"I am one of those who are not
yet ready to accept, such de
featism and believe that we have
not yet begun to tap the possi
bilities of readjusting the anti
social, the psychopathic and the
handicapped."
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keeping alive San Francisco's
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Third Attempt at Suicide.,
Under Truck Successful
TREKA. Calif.. May J0-3V
Traillc uiiicer ntruun yu
ed that after at least three unsuc
cessful attempts, James . Patrick
Johnson, 30, of Wntehe,
Wash., dived under a freight truck
trailer Saturday to 1 crushed to
death.
Luce said Johnson was appar
ently temporarily Insane. Three
truck drivers In a single hour re
ported that a man had tried to
dive in front of their vehicles,
about six miles south of Yreka.
but all managed to avoid him.
'Voice From Dead'
Is Slaying Cause
MANITOWOC, Wis.,. May 20-(P)-A
young matron fired three
bullets into the body of her seven-year-old
son tonight because, she
told police, "some dead boy" had
been asking to have her son Join
him.
Police Lieut. Aaron Peterson
said the eon, Jack Verlaan, was
in extremely critical condition and
was receiving blood transfusions
in an effort to save his life. He
said the boy's mother, Mrs. J. H.
Verlaan, about 37, was being
held without charge.
Officers Charles Denore and
Melvin Reinhardt, summoned to
the Verlaan home by' neighbors
who heard the shots, said Mrs.
Verlaan told them:
"I've killed my boy. If he
doesn't die, you'll kill him for
me If you take him away with
you, won't you? Because I've got
a lot of other people to kill."
Death of Officer
Held Accidental
SEATTLE, May lO.-iS-Civil
and naval authorities concluded
today after a two-day investiga
tion that Lieut. Henry I. Allen,
commander of the navy's eagle
boat 38, died early Sunday In an
unexplained fall on his way to
the waterfront.
Officers at first believed he was
a hit-and-run victim, but Deputy
Coroner Stanley Morgan said to
night the evidence pointed to a
tall. The body was found sprawled
below a staircase.
Lieut. Allen's vessel, stationed
at Portland, has been in the navy
yard at Bremerton for repairs.
Two Asphyxiated
Aboard US Ship
SAN PEDRO, Calif., May 10.
(P Two sailors aboard the USS
California were asphyxiated in
the ship's fire room Thursday as
the battleship was en route here
from Hawaii, Capt. H. M. Bern Is
disclosed on Its arrival.
The dead:;
Earl Phillips. 29, water tender
2nd class, next of kin his wife,
Mrs. Elheen Ruth Phillips, of
Pasadena.
Lincoln Peter Snider, 22. fire
man 3rd class, next of kin his
father, Genit Snider, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Street Work Due
To Start Early
PORTLAND, May 20-P)-City
Commissioner W. A. Bowes said
today Portland's Front avenue
super highway and waterfront
beautificatlon project probably
will be started by August 1.
A $4,050,000 bond issue, the
city's share of the project's cost,
was approved, by the voters Fri
day. Construction plans will be con
sidered by the state highway
commission Thursday at Salem,
Chairman Henry F. Cabell said.
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This summer Is you last chance
so see Saa Francisco's aew World's
Fair oo Treasure Island che saost
beautiful Exposition ia history.
This time, let the engineer drive
you to Saa Francisco. You don't
seed a cat down there. Go in coca
fort om a fast, air-cooled Southern
Pacific train and really ewjiy tb trip.
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color book describing the 1940 Saa
Francisco World a Fair or write
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Benefits Claimed ,
For Milk Control
Has Brought Order .With
no Advance in Price, :
Chamber Is Told
Immeasurable benefits In the
way of orderly marketing and
safe supply have been achieved
by the Oregon dairy Industry un
der the milk control law while In
the period of its operation the
average retail milk price In Port
land has been lower than In the
preceding decade. Will W. Henry,
manager of the Oregon Dairy co
operative, contended In an ad
dress at the Salem chamber of
commerce luncheon Monday noon.
Mr. Henry traced the history
of milk in Oregon from the 1908
period' when the milkman drove
around with the reins in one hand
and a dipper in the other, through
the early period of pasteurization
when farm-to-kitchen marketing
ceased to be practicable and the
succeeding period of strife be
tween producers and distributors
and among the latter group, when
price-cutting wrecked the Indus
try and some dairymen committed
suicide.
Opportunity Retained
The milk control law does not
kep beginners out of the mar
ket, for there is no restriction on
production of factory milk and
beginners meeting the sanitation
tests may purchase Quotas or ob
tain , a share of any increase In
the market, the speaker said.
In introducing the speaker,
Henry C. Klaus, manager of the
local branch of the cooperative,
described the growth and present
extent of the organization.
W. T. Jenks of the chamber's
commerce committee presented a
report on trends in foreign trade
Including a conclusion that re
ciprocal trade agreements were
beneficial to the United States,
contrary to rather general belief
in the northwest.
Father of Editor
Dies From Hurts
Robert A, Kletzinr. 82. father
of Ralph H. Kletiing, editor of
The Independence Enterprise,
aiea in Portland yesterday as re
sult of injuries received Sunday
night when he was struck by M.
F. Kneeland of Portland at North
east Union avenue and Jessup
street.
Mr. Kle'txinr was annarentlv
returning to the home of his
son, Lewis N. Kletiing, at B774
Northeast Garfield street, when
he was struck.
Mr. Kletxine had lived for th
last 25 years in Portland. He was
born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Col
lowed the teaching profession un
til nis retirement some years ago.
Graveside services will be held
at Belcrest with Smith-Baun fu
neral directors of Indenendence
In charge.
Tombstone Cause
Of Fatal .Quarrel
WAUSEON, O., May 2WAVMrs.
Florrie Whitcomb, 32, is dead, and
90-year-old Hiram Derby, her hus
band's stepfather. Is under arrest
today because of an argument
over a tombstone.
Sheriff Harley Loveland said
Derby confessed the shooting at
the Whitcomb home near hera laat
night and Prosecutor J. C. Paxson
saia a. first degree murder charge
would be filed against him.
The argument began when Der
by told Mrs. Whitcomb "too cheap
a marker" had been placed on her
father's grave.
Three Bus Drivers
Strike at Portland
PORTLAND. Mav 20WiPiPV.
its paraded around the Portland
tage terminal today for the first
time since the strike of Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen bus
drivers against the Pacific Grey
hound Transit eompany started.
Local Greyhound offices said
the operating personnel In the
Oregon division was ample and
all stages were moving on sched
ule. . . ..
Unionists said three brother
hood men were on strike here and
It In Oregon. , ; . ...
Berry Pickers in Demand
CORNELIUS. Ore., May 20-m
-The Oregon employment serv
ice office here today issued a call
for strawberry pickers to work
In Washington county fields. B
T. Christian, In charge, said an
additional 200 workers could
have been put'to work today.
CCC Youth Drowns '.
PENDLETflW Om r a
-Mario Rannaziisi. 20, Brooklyn.
JJJ member of the Squaw creek
CCC camp, drowned Sunday In the
Camas creek pool at Cklah.
Lineman Is Killed
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DOl killtuf Jmwnmm ft-... rA
Sanvies Island Sunday. He was
stringing a private telephone
line.
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Ellis Lead Sufficient;
One Precinct Still out
PORTLAND, Ora, May 20-OT
With unofficial returns from 4 IS
of the 414 precincts in Oregon's
second congressional district com
piled tonight. Rex Ellis of ' Pen
dleton led Roy RItner, also of
Pendleton. 11.247 to 10,31, for
the democratic congressional
nomination. :
Suites Expecting
Stork, September
CHICAGO, May 20-a-Fred
Snite, jr., famed" infantile paraly
sis victim who has lived In res
pirators for four years, and his
wife expect a child next Septem
ber. .
The "boiler kid" made the an
nouncement himself in a mimeo
graphed paper received by-several
hundred friends today. The last
Item on the fourth and last page
of the latest edition of his publi
cation, "Back Talk," set forth
simply;
"The long-legged bird Is ex
pected by Tessle and Frederick
in September.
"And soyou see God continues
to shower us with all his choicest
blessings, for which we are ever
grateful."
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Tells of Plans for
Portland Highway
No time will be lost In starting
work on the 14,000,000 Front
street development In Portland,
provided federal funds are made
available, R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer, declared here
Monday.
Portland voters, at a special
election there last Friday, ap
proved a $1,200,000 bond ' Issue
for the project. This money, along
with $800,000 - set aside by the
state highway commission, would
be used for purchasing right of
way.
Baldock said a preliminary
plan, calling for an additional
state appropriation of $1,200,000
and a federal - appropriation of
$800,000, already had been sub
mitted to federal officials. A fi
nal proposal' to the government
probably will be outlined at a
special meeting of the state high
way commission here .Thursday.
Mrs. Whitney Divorced
CARSON CITY. Nev. May 20-()-Mrs.
Elizabeth Whitney was
granted an uncontested divorce
from her wealthy sportsman hus
band, John Hay "Jock" Whitney.
j in district court here today. She
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Tie Indicated in Race,
Malheur Commi
issioner
ONTARIO, Ore.; May
20-(iip-ln
Mel
tlrst tie
Friday's primary election)
heur county produced the
vote in county history on
the basis
of complete returns compiled
to-
night.
John Molenaar of
Ontkrio
and
Harry Wells of Vale
eadh
polled
44$ votes for democratic
nomina-
tion for county
commisslbner.
LcdoiihRoosewIt
Confab Cancelled
CHICAGO, May 31-(ff)-The
Tribune said
(Tfesday)-
today
that
to a
Pres-
Alf M. Landon. en
route
White House luncheon
with
Ident Roosevelt, had
message rescinding! the
received
a
lojvitat!
invitation.
The paper said the
mefsage
re-
ceired last night from Col
Edwin
to the
person
M. Watson, aide-de-camp
president, through a third
was that "in view of dev
eiopments
it was thought just as
well not to
have the conference."
Landon was quoted as
(follows:
"I started' for Washing
on, as 1
always do, at the invitation
of my
at his
go to
president. I am going ho
invitation. X am ready
me
Ho
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It the in-
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Nazis Plan "Last
Stand" at Narvik
STOCKHOLM, May 20-
German troops defending the
Norwegian t ore port of Narvik
from allied attackers tonight
were reported erecting, fortifica
tions along ' the 'arvlk-Kinina,
Sweden railroad for a last stand.
(In London, a British dispatch
said the Swedish radio bad an
nounced that a Polish unit cap
tured the southern side of Nar
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Meanwhile. Sweden denied of
ficially that the reich had de
manded permission to pass sup
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CORVALLIS, Ore. May 'tOfp
In answer to Governor Charles
Sprague's recent criticism of law
yers who represent applicants for
parolo or pardon, a State Bar as
sociation committee claimed today
there is a legitimate field for le
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matters." - - - ...
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