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1 The OHEGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon. Tuesday Morning, JuneJL 1940 PAGE THREE j 1 Zone Revision Finally Voted Is Granted 11-3; - Renipmtrane Found 1 " Shy of Majority (bontinued from page 1) of 749,56$ square feet in the af fected urea; :' - i 1 - Remonstrances are not legally ; binding1 o: the council. A chain grocery store will be built on -the property. Application of the Economy Cab company for licensing of a fleet of ten cent' taxicabs was rejected by a Tote of .10 to 4. ' , Davison's Motion1 Upsets Machinery , The record Tote came after Alderman Arthur O. Davison dropped a. wrench Into the coun cil's caucus system by. moving 'that the-license be granted after jit -had been "decided" in caucus i preceding the council session that the license would be rejected. Alderman Frank, Marshall expressed- thej surprise- of the alder men at 'the move.' '! :.. I'm'.fliir'pTised," he said, f.a this motion, after the aucus made itsl ; decision. Of fco8e, it's not legally binding, but it was a gen tleman agreement . . . The pur "pose of holding a caucus is to keep from, getting on the spot when you get out on this floor. If we're going to do it ike this, I'm not going to any more5 caucuses." , ... An attack on publie utility com panies in general and the Oregon Motor Stages, which had threat ened to withdraw its city bus line service if the tJikfcab license was granted,- In particular was made by Alderman David O'Hara. who nevertheless voted against grant ing of the license.; Utilities Dominate,. - O'Hara Contends 1 ! "Tills city" is dominated by pub lic utility companies more than any other city I in the state. O'Hara said. "This isn't the first time this bus company has come up here attd toldT us what we've got to do." - O'Hara also launched into the Portland. General Electric &com pany, charging that the power company is making no effort to complete a survey of Its proper ties in Salem which it promised the council) over a year, ago. ; An ordinance which would give the "council; authority, to give permission ior -building of stairs in sidewalks, outgrowth of a re quest "by builders j of the Murphy building, for special permission to build a sidewalk stairs, was Introduced and went through two readings, but failed to draw a sus pension! ot rules far third reading and final ote. j " Builders ot the; new! structure; represented to the council at its last meeting that .their architect had misunderstood building regu lations and had provided a side walk stairway, prohibited by or dinance. ; ' When suspension of the rules was called on the . bill last night. Alderman Mrs. Lobdejl. rTotingj against it saia, a h bo mat when someone makes a blunder in building they can come to the council to have it corrected?' A requested ' o n e change a. Capitol and Nebraska streets was mespRroF by JOHN CLINTON V' ."' : '. She was pretty : andiyoung. She had big Hbrown eyes. She had dark, dark hair and a Ford road ster. Into the Union Oil Station down on the corner she drove with the above mentioned accouterments, and fifty empty toy balloons. 'WI4 ym )! blew mm these klln far ' skl Hi ywf hp whe was n duty, i ,, And the vxLw.w.o.d. took one look at her and sighed an cntnusiasoc ainrmauve. " '-';"'.-, It'seens ra havlas starry mt her Nw mad the ' balloon rei be lots f fvn, n4 h hod Mw mm m ltd tkM Her brni anr wt. AhKdodfM hmd bet tho beys et the Unloa OH Sto tU wewld help her out. (!. Thy ;!) Now the whole point of this thing is not so much that tho boys-blew up balloons for a pretty gaL But what intrigued me was that her dad thought of the Union Oil- men as being c likely to help. m . - tkUk thet "bln likely to helpr Is repwtatlea to bo : desired obevo iraei omewtw f riches. , And I'm not .! by any means, j sure-but that willingnctl or . ' neighbor linesa, or what- ever voa call it isn t one of t,e chief reasons why Union Oil Station! are so popular fat the West, r ? h -.: Approval Zf. Indefinitely postponed when - ft was established that withdrawals from the requesting petition re-; duced signatories to telow the re quired . percentage i t j property owners.. . I " Change of the clock! formerly occupied by the Yew Park school from a class 2 residential to a class 3 business xone, was ap proved.", j A resolution was adopted or dering paving of th south half of Mill street between Hi$h and Liberty streets. Spiritualist Says She's Guiding US Receives $450 Per Month From Portland Woman -bat Pays no Tax , PORTLAND, Ofe., June 3-?P) -Nettie Brown, whose "spiritual leadership" of Maude Cooper Meany, Portland, oil land heiress; netted -her $450 a month, told Circuit Judge Robert Tucker to day her guiding "Hghtf" also was responsible for "the ""brain trust law..". . I ' - - . She testified in an action brought 4 by J. M., Meany, Port land; for appointment of a guar dian of the person and estate of his wife. ' : -V ' " - - r : Asked whether President Roosevelt knew she-was working with the administration ahe - re pried "he certainly does." She admitted she failed to meet him In persoh 'during a recent visit3 In Washington, DC. . '.'Day and night," she continu ed, I have watched over the United . States government. My light has never been out for nine years." ,-' , No Income Tax . She admitted, however, that her spiritual assistance to the administration had not been ac companied by any income tax money, j either state or federal, during jthe years Mrs. Meany had paid hep $450 a month. Mrs. i Meany previously testi fied that Nettie Brown had earn ed the $450. fees by leading her "to a higher plane of under standing." Today she reiterated her faith in her mentor, assert ing that if she were not permit led te give money to Nettie "to carry! on the defense" against bombardment," she might as well "quit living." Sprague Critical Of Merit System (Continued from page 1 from the federal government" af ter condemning the system on grounds it will prove far more costly and expressing fear It will "give us! less competent and less loyal and efficient staffs." He said his state had acquiesced "grudgingly" in Washington's mandate, and "only under threat of denial! of grants to br aged, our dependent children' and our blind," L; The discussion of the national defense statement highlighted the first day's activities of the , con ference, which included papers on state administrative and relief problems, and were topped off to night by a talk by Governor Wil liam H. Vanderbilt of Rhode Is land, who warned other governors that standards of public business must be improved if the nation is to dodge the spread of dictator ships. "Government Is never a very popular institution," Vanderbilt said. "It interferes with the lives of citizens, it regulates and re stricts their -privileges, and puts them in jail, suspends their var ious licenses, and worst of all it takes some of their hard earned money away from them in "taxes. "If you try the patience of the American citizen too long with stupid, inefficient, wasteful, self ish government, he is going to make up bis mind that the system is Wrong. Then with others he Is going to discuss ways and means of substituting something else for it. He Is then at the state where he is' ripe for any quick philoso phy that may come along." Many to Write in Real Estate Test A large number of real estate brokers and real estate salesmen are expected to participate in the real estate examinations to be held In the new state capitol building here today. The examinations will be con ducted by the state real estate board. Claude Murphy is state real estate commissioner. Most of those Writing in today's examinations are residents of the Willamette vaHey a n d' coast counties. 86 Given Degrees At U of Portland PORTLAND, June Zj(&)-A rec ord class of 86 received bachelor degrees yesterday at the Univer sity of Portland. (Honorary degrees were confer red oh Most Rev. Charles D. White, . Catholic bishop of Spo kane; Charles A. Howard, Oregon College of Education president, and Brother Arator Justin, FSC. director of Sacrecf Heart high school, San Francisco. . opular. it uecnuse 30 GOOD nnsTEn biuuid 1 1 . in, cr4ir:ci Law Slaying Is Again Probed Private Investigation Is Claimed in Testimony! Given at Inquest J i ABERDEEN, Wash., June j After lying dormant four onths, an inquest into the, mys rious slaying of Laura Law, wjfe f a CIO union official who was iudgeoned and stabbed to deajth ere January 5, was resumed :to- ay with these developments: j 1 Testimony that a private jm- estlgation into the enigmatic tiling Is being conducted and tjhat an Ice pick that "might have &een that possibly was the wea pon used to kill Mrs. Law" had tjeen located. , j j 2 A declaration by, Depnty Prosecutor Paul Manley to the doroner'a Jury Ithat "we haven Anything to disclose at this time lihaf would help you in reaching a verdict." i v i, v J J- 3 A revelation by Manley that rays harbor ' authorities are in instigating 'a.trustywho was jre leased from ail here the night Mrs. Law was killed." ' j Two Attorneys Ejected ' j 4 Ejection ftwo attorneys, engaged by civil rights and labor groups ' to assist Dick . Law, the slain-woman's husband,! from the inquest after they clashed with Coroner Don W. - Stevenson ; of Grays harbor county. .i; 5 Statements by 'the Grays harbor lvll rights cemxalttee and the two ejected attorney a that the inquest is a "sham", and that they intend to revitalize, thejii attempts to ,f Ln d the woman's; slayer or slayers. The inquest, begun 'last Janu ary shortly after Mr. Law's death, was resumed this morning after a four-month interim. Declaring at the o u tjs e t that Law's counsel Irvin Goodman, CIQ lawyer from Portland, and John Caughlan, former King coun ty deputy prosecutor would not be allowed to cross question wit nesses. Dr. Stevenson began ques tioning men that Law, during his inquest testimony last January, demanded be interrogated con cerning the death of his wife. Try to Cross Question Caughlan was escorted out Of the city council chambers by two sheriff's . deputies after he at-j tempted to question the first wit ness and engaged in heated argu ment with the coroner, j Goodman was ejected 15 min utes later when he clashed with Dr. Stevenson on the same grounds. I Throughout the remainder of the day. Law and Frank L. Mor gan, Hoquiam attorney retained by the civil rights group, at tempted sporadically to cross question. I Shortly before noon, Dr. Stey enson declared the inquest closed and the Jury agreed to begin con sidering its verdict, at 1:30 p.m. Law objected, declaring the cot oner was. frying to close the i4 quest "in shirt order without an swering important questions.?' Jurors also requested more infor mation and Dr. Stevenson agreed to an afternoon session. After tro additional witnesses had been heard in the afternoon, Dr. Stevenson recessed the inquest until 9 a.m., tomorrow so testi mony could be taken from Schelle Mathews, chief sheriff's deputy, who, Senator Morgan testified, had had , possession of the ice pick. . Water Board Men j Refuse to Resign .(Continued from Page 1.) changes be made." Councilmen R. A. Fish and A.' L. Coote ob jected to the expense of another election and suggested that the "matter be slept on until a spe cial meeting was called." T h e council then adjourned. The Silverton water commis sion was created in March, 1911, while Dr; W. A. Flshburn w a s mayor. In 1921 the, commission was given full control of its funds; Reber Allen was made count cllman to replace John Porter deceased. afn d C. B. Anderson, president of the council. Appoint ments were made by Mayor Schlador. Oregon Airlines Seeks Mail Permit A . brief on i behalf of Oresron Airlines, -which: proposes to oper4 ate air mail and passenger service! to Salem and other Orciron notntai will be forwarded today by Man ager i-Tea D. Taielsen of the Sai lem chamber of commerce for presentation at a hearing before the civil aeronautics authority June 10. The line Is applying foi an air mail contract. 1 A letter received by Thielsen from H. A. Stjearns, president o the company, promises "the fast-j est 1 twin motor service in the! unitea states ana two roundtrips daily" if the air mail contract is obtained. I Killed in Fall PORTLXNDj June 3.PV-A fall from a fourthstory hotel window killed Alex 'Novak yesterday, Dej tective O. K. Robertson reported Late! Sports! PORTLAND, Ore., June ZJPi -tia 'rnorniey or suvertonj 166 pounder, knocked out Pat O'Day fReno, 160, in the first ' round of a series of ; four round boxing bouts here tonight. Other results! Jack Renault. 182. Portland knocked ,.out' Speed Schuster, 180, Vancouver, Wash., " in one round; Davy Jones, 165, Chicago knocked out Gene : Gillette 168 Am boy. Wash., in ; two rqendej jonnny O'Connell, 1 4 3, Portland outpointed Freddie: Wilson, 14 Longriew: Ralph fCronin, 1 Boise: knocked ont - Lew Porter 162,i Salt Lake City, 1 la two rounds; Flrpo Hill, 132, St, jobns. ontpoiatea Red .Johnston 132, Longvie w:jack Caddy, 133 I Seattle, drew with Jimmy Darts Rector Arrested On Morals Count ALB AiNT; June ! 3-W-ReT. George JJayis, rector 'of Pet er's Episcopal church! here the past four ! months, was arrested today on a1 warrant charging con tributing to the delinquency of a mimor. . District Attorney Fred McHenry said. j ller. Davis was takeh Into cus tody by State Patrolnian Curtis Chambers, I who took him to Cor vallls. . ': . j i Model Wane Meet Held Here Sunday ;'Cy" Crawford Wins Grand Prize;, One .jPlane Is Demolished ' ! i JTPorty two gas model airplanes competed in Salem s first official contest sponsored At the airport Sunday by the Salem model air plan club. A little girl iwae slight ly injured when" a plane swept into the crowd and one! plane was demolished and others received damage during the afternoon. Grand prize was taken by "Cy" CrawfordV president of jthe Salem club, who ahfoi won first in class C. His plane stayed aloft on one flight for two minutes and 40 sec onds. The automatic! gasoline shut-off on the plane belonging to Forsbury of Portland j failed to work and several hours search was necessary to find the model. "Entries from Portland, Salem, Monmouth. Sheridan, i Indepen dence and Molalla flew before a crowd Numbering in the thou sands. Prizes were fre airplane rides and merchandise.! Plans are being made for ano ther contest in the fall, accord ing to EL J. Roth, contest director. Winners n the various classes and the average time of three flights ajre: i Class A Dickson, ! Portland, first, 1 min., 22 sees.; Cronchill, Portland, second, 1 min.; 15 sees.; Morihira, Portland, third, 1 min., .05 seel and -Burk, Monmouth, fourth, $ seconds. ! Class B Naemura, froutdale, first, 1 fmin., 48 sees.; Morihira, second, jl min., 33 sees.; Cham bers, Pqrtland, third, lj min., 27 sees.; Bjurk, fourth, 1 min., 16 sees.; Sutton, Portland, fifth, 1 min., .QS sec., and Forsbury, sixth, 4 5 seconds. Class p Crawford, Salem, first, and grand prize, 1 min. j 57 sees.; Swansoni Molalla second, limin., 23 sees. ;! Grassell, Portland, third, 1 min., 22 i sees. Smith, Salem, fourth, 1 min., 14 sees.; Rams den, Salem, fifth, 1 min., 1 4 sees.; aid Werschkul, Portland, sixth, 1 mini, 1 second. Jerseys of Ross Herd Win Prizes (Continued frpm Page 1.) D. C. Brock, first; Rex Ross, second; James j Baker; third; three year' old cows Rex Ross, first and second;! four lyear old cows Rex Ross, first); D. C. Brock, second. j Winners in the 4H division were: j Producing cows Alfce Rob erts, first; Henry Pfenning, .se$ ond; Emma" Pfenning!, third"; yearling Norman Ross, first; Dale Krng. second; ! Howard Saucy, third; calves Emma Pfennig, first; Alice ' I Roberts, second; Melvin King, third. Future Farmers winners were: Junior calf -Marvin! Dahl, first; Stanley Torvend, j second; senior calf James Baker, first; Lester Beugll, second; Junior yearling Lee Reeder.i first; Donald Steffer, second; senior yearling Dan Van JBrocklin, first; David Ramseyer,- second; two year olds James Baker, first; Stanley fTorvend, i second; bulls Gerald ) Stucklik; first; Stanley Torvend second 3 Reuben Ditcher, third. J 1 G. C. Anderson, of the Uni versity of Idaho faculty judged the show. 1 I 710,800-Pound Concrete Pour Made in Day, Local Job; 1$ Believed Record What is believed to be a rec-i ord in private construction speed in Salem was set yesterday when nearly three-quarters of a mil lion pounds of concrete was pour ed in making the main floor of the new Murphy building at the southwest corner of State and Commercial streets, according to Lyle P. Bartholomew, architect ln charge. . With special cement agitating and finishing machines; being used, the day's pouring i reached 710,880 pounds. Thirty Itons of reinforcing steel had previously been put in place in the floor. SKTVIEW OF THE WORLD'S FAI1I flOH ' $an Francisco's kayest fore gather where Nob Hill pins a circl of light in a black-velvet skyvh-srv.fvv!.-;. St the Tair from this eagle perch. Dial with g ourmets, to exquisite music List luxuri ously withia foot minutes from sbopt and theatre . . . Then, descend to the Bagdad of wonders on Treasure I slaad. It's the glamour way to know the Fair,. , . j RATES frm 85 PER DAY I GAXAGB IN TUB BUILDING Czo. D. Smith, Gtrl Msmtgm Urn Aasrhs O0k GIe W. rtMttL 110 W. Sixth Street. TJUaity 3671 As Bombs Rain Sudden Silence of Radio in German Cities Is Held Significant Continued from page () who fought alongside the British and French in the world war de clared their readiness now to Join the campaign against them. Italian Decision la Expected Today The Italian I decision I was ex pected by many observers to be announced following today's meeting of Premier Mussolini and his! cabinet. On the western front, the Ger mans said the French retreated to ihe Maginot line and left pris oners in the face. Of a heavy nazi thrust on both side of Forbach. German attacks; against the re treating allies continued furious ly iaround Dunkerque but the French high command said they met "vigorous resistance and ln cesanjt counter attacks." The French reported ' the ' repulse of local attacks along the Aisne and 'tightening contact" west of the Saar atl'Forbach. "j - B'gypt reflected the tension ln the j Mediterranean by creating a special counter-espionage bureau following a weekend roundup of 700 suspected "fifth columnists." Japanese Foreign, Minister Ari ta ikened Japan's' concern, over developments in the Dutch East Indies to that of t h e I United States over events in Mexico and South America and I asserted ' his country could Dot remain "un concerned" at any move which would change the status quo of The! Netherlands Pacific posses sions. Seek to Bolster Monroe Doctrine (Continued from page 1) It also said that, "If such a transfer or. attempt to transfer should appear likely, the United States shall ln addition to other measures. Immediately consult with other American republics to determine upon steps which would be taken to safeguard their common interests." Oihep developments bearing on the' war and national defense were many: () The government asked five great automobile manufacturers to begin or expand their produc tion j of engines to power the armada of fighting planes con templated under" the defense pro gram. (2) The CAA announced that it would expand its training pro gram so that the nation would have 4&L00O new plane pilots by Julyl lj 1941. (3) A bill authorizing an 11 per itent increase in the US navy's combat fleet was passed by the senate and sent along to the house for action on minor senate amendments. This measure alsoi raises the maximum legal .limit on the naval air force to 4500 planes and clears the path for a $35,000,000 appropriation to hasten shipbuilding. , i (4) A j bill was presented to congjress to carry, out President Roosevelt's controversial request fox authority to call out the na tional guard and other reserves In clise of emergency. (6i) Stephen Early, white house secretary, said the president in tended to "Impound" 1 certain money appropriated for non-defense 'purposes, with the idea of having almost $200,000,000 re turned from various agencies to the treasury ln the next fiscal year. Informed persons believed the Pitthian and Bloom resolutions were offered at this time as a noticie to Germany, since both their main points are already a part I of the American i govern ment's practice. j The Monroe doctrine tfoe$ not specifically inveigh against the transfer of western hemisphere territory belonging to One non Ametican nation to another non American nation, but it has been officially so interpreted.! j ! h Uiiiclentified Man '. Killed in Jungle BANKS, June 3-JP)-jAn un identified man was fatally stab bed lb a hobo junrle brawl San- day, Marshal N. J. Griffith re ported. Four men were arrested and Iplaced ln the Washington county Jail. Letters addressed ! to B. E. Storvi .2 7. Portland, were found in the victim's pockets. Am 1: : I .7,-1 : ill1 HI ' 6? ' ' L ( liffli ' J 1 IS...51j7W 7 I - Mill , Board of Control i-1- Meeting Postponed This week's . meeting of the state board ot control, originalgly scheduled ' for Wednesday, - has been postponed, Dan J. Fry; secre tary, announced Monday. The postponement ' was'; neces sary. Fry said, because of the ab sence Of Acting Governor E. R. Fatland, who was called to his home' at Condon Sunday. Fatland indicated that he would return to Salem Thursday. He is serving as chief executive of the state pending the return' Of Gov ernor Charles A. Spragne, who Is attending the - annual ' governor's convention at Dululh, Minn. Pulp Mill Workers To Vote, Contract 15,000 in Coast States May Adopt Vacations, Pay Increases . PORTLAND, June 3-VFif-teen thousand weat. coast pulp and paper mill workers will vote this week on a contract" giving, them vacations .. with pay and ' a basic wage increase of Zy cents an hour. , w Employers and unionists agreed on the contract, yesterday after a week-long conference. The agreement, which affects workers in 14 mills of the three Pacific coast ; states, provides for a " week'si paid vacation for two year employes; basic hourly min imums for men of 65 cents and for women of 52 V& cents, adjust ments for 1000 employes on a basis of, job analysis, adjust ments on maintenance jobs re sulting iii a general cate of $1 an hour for : class A journeymen mechanics, guaranteed minimum of four hours work a day for any employe starting service, strengthening of seniority posi tions as 1 regard layoffs, promo tions and rehirings, stronger bar gaining rights for the unions as representatives of all employes. J ! : Martin Declares 'Should Keep put' PORTLAND, June S-iAmer-ica "ought to keep out of this war if we rcan," ex-Governor .Charles H. Martin told , the Port land chamber of commerce to day. . : He urged "true Americans" to carry on a j war of , their own against unpatriotic Influences in this countryt 1 T: ivieeti mnerica s funniest I aniil? Those hilarious Bumsteads -Blondie", Dag wood and Baby Dumpling. With I Daisy, their flop-eared mutt, they're as rollicking a quartet o funsters as you've ever met. Follow their for the time 3 Upholds Sending Ut Vatican Presbyterian Minis ler Criticizes - Cnurcli's Reeall Reirniest i, PORTLAND, June apf-The request of . the : Presbyterian church s general assembly for thet recall of President Roose s envoy to the Vatican was rel criticized yesterday by Rev. Per ryi: C. Hopper: of v Westminster JbnVoy I LIKE THE FAST PAGE iH SPORTS, BUT i want my QGARtne slow-burning; SMOKE CAMELS. THEY BURN StOlVSO; GIVE ME GXTRATAtlDtiBSS AND EXTRA FLAVOR In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS buroed 2 5 slower thaa the average of the 15 other of the largest Selling brands tested slower than amy of them. That means, on the average, a' smoking plus equal to 5 X77&f SAtOKCS FOS amusing lives of your life, by ail Presbyt' erian1 church. - r- ft1 not sorry President Rooseve t sent Mr; Myron C. , o the Vatican," he sa Id Taylor In , a r Be rmon. "1 am soiry that , any den jminatlon, even if It was 1 my owi, saw fit to protest the appointi tent. ' ' . j . - "Any reasonable move' that ' 1 might keep nations at peace or bring them to peace is Justified today,. Jr hare no? fear tiat sachl a move as this. will break down the j traditional ." separation of church and state in. this ) country, ij "When . this period of world crists baa passed,! Mr. Taylor can. and probably . wilL be, recalled." 7 L rTeroaco HotBss, jsspuUr "X TEXT time you light . Camel, IN notice bow S-L-OW-L-Y it burns. That's the secret of the txtr mildness, extra coolness, extra fla vor, and (see left) that extra, imok-; ing per pack. You see; fast burning , creates excess beat.. .destroys flavor and fragrance. Light b-pa slow burning Camel and get all the extras your cigarette money can buy. EXTRA MILDNESS, , EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR SLOW-BURNINQ COSTLIER T0BACCC3 I - . I i : dUl4ouw&U Uaiiy in ,. : c:i:c:3c:icc:'rAHY .... ... I :, j . t i