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Circulation Oftllv average dlstrlbu. tlon for the Month of August, 1933 9,641 Average dally net paid 9206 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Journal City Edition Unsettled with how-' era tonight and Fri day. Moderate tem perature. South wind. Local: Max. 72, mln. fia, rain .11, river -3.2 ft. Cloudy. Southerly 45th YEAR, No. 225 - Entered m Mcond class matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON,. THURSDAY, SEPTEMEBR 21, 1933 PRICE THREE CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS 8TAND8 FltTE CENTO wi do ova Murr IIRA JUBILEE FEATURED IN FALL OPENING Recovery Parade Thru Business District Due To Start at 7:45" Unveiling of Windows at 7:15 Tonight To Open Annual Program TONIGHT'S PROGRAM 7:30 o'clock. Unveiling ol windows In business district. 7:41 o'clock. Start of NRA jubilee parade. 9 o'clock. Dance at Armory. Line of march South on Commercial to State; east tc High; north to Chemeketa counter-march and south to State; west to Liberty; north to Chemeketa and disband. Draped windows in the business district Thursday morning formed a shield for the latest merchandise which will be disclosed to the public at 7:30 o'clock in the evening In con nection with the annual fall opening sponsored by the Salem Ad club and the NRA Jubilee parade, a new fea ture this year. The parade will form at 7:15 o'clock and move promptly thirty minutes later. The parade will be In four sections with Captain Willis L. Vincent as grandn marsnal. The first wm in (Concludedon pngo 16, column 4) LAMSON JURY ON DEFENSIVE . San Jose, Cal., Sept. 21 (LP) Be fore David A. Lamson hears Judge R. R. Syer sentence him to hang at 2 p.m. tomorrow his attorneys will make a determined effort to gain ' admissions of misconduct from the Jury that held him guilty of the premeditated murder of his wife Allene. Edwin M. Rea, chief defense counsel, said today he would sub pena each of the five women and seven men who heard the month long case. Lamson will demand a new trial. Few legal authorities ex pect Judge Syer to grant the peti tion, making an appeal to a higher court the next step. Rea said today he had learned that Juror R. E. Graham, orchard lst, was registered as an unpaid deputy under Sheriff William J. Emig of Santa Clara county. He will cite his finding as grounds for a, mistrial. Coroner Amos Williams postpon ed the Inquest Into Mrs. Lamson's death until sometime next week. It had been set for 1 p.m. Friday. Con flict with the retrial a hearing would have prevented Lamson from telling his story at the Inquest, Episcopal Laymen Convene Saturday Klamath Falls, Ore., Sept. 21 (LP) Episcopal church laymen of the Eastern Oregon diocese will gather for a conference here Saturday and Sunday, The bishop of Eastern Oregon, the Rt. Rev. William R. Reming ton, D. D.; the Rev. M. O. Tenny son of Pendleton and the Rev. F. P. Houghton of New York City will attend the conference. Wells Grills Intolerance As Rebellion of Clumsy Lout 'gainst Civilization London, Sept. 21 (fP) H. G. Wells, British writer, ad dressing 1,000 persons today at a Grosvenor house luncheon party celebrating his 67th birthday, bitterly attacked the Hitler regime In oermany and cnt- lclzed conditions in Italy and Rus ala. "Just now in many regions of the world there Is an epidemic of in tolerance which takes ugly and nov el forms," he said. Turning to the situation In Oer many, he said: "The German affair Is not a po grom. The Jews make the most noise, but It is not only the Jews who suffer. "To me it seems more than any thing else a rebellion of the clumsy lout against civilization. It is the clumsy lout's revolution against thought, against sanity and agifcst books. Payrolls of Nation Jump 12 Millions Washington, Sept. 21 (LP) Appli cation of NRA and blanket codes resulted In a $12,000,000 payroll in crease in manufacturing Industries during the month July 15-August 15 Secretary or Labor Perkins an nounced today. "Hie figures indicate conditions are much better than we had ex pected," she said. "This is the first real information divorced from 'ballyhoo' we have had. This is not 'ballyhoo' but facts, gathered by statisticians of the department. This Is also the first authentic in dication we have had that the NRA codes and the president's agreement Is going over. "The average hourly earnings as reported to the bureau of labor statistics showed an increase from 42.7 cents an hour in the June 15 July 15 period to 48.5 cents per hour in the July 15-August 15 period while the average hours worked per week dropped from 42.3 to 38.6 in te 89 manufacturing Industries which were surveyed." During the period only .seven industries had officially adopted NRA codes but thousands of em ployers had accepted the president's blanket agreement. GOTHAM FACES TRANSIT STRIKE New York, Sept. 21 (JP) Strikes involving about 100,000 workers were in progress in New York City today and a Wlkout or transit em ployes appeared a possibility. The American Federation of La bor, through its affiliate in the street transportation industry, pre pared to seek a showndown between A. P. of L. unionization of 30,000 workers and the company union policy maintained at present. Patrick J. Shea, official of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway employes and motor coach operators, announced his union had organized men on subway, elevated, surface and bus lines. He said his union would file a request with the NRA asking a ple biscite to determine whether the men preferred company unions or the A. F. of L. union. He said fail ure of the companies to abide by the result and recognize the union chosen would bring strikes. A strike of 6,000 house wreckers over difficulties of code negotia tions in Washinlgton threatened to day. Among strikes still in progress were one involving 25,000 under wear workers and another involving 15,000 painters and paperhangcrs. KILLS LABORER Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 21 (LP) H. H. Kinchloe, 55, was In a critical condition today suffering from burns sustained when he was struck by a bolt of lightning late Wednesday. The same bolt lulled his partner, Virgil Davis, 38, of Santa Rosa; Calif, The two, woodcutters, took re fuge under a fir tree when a sud den rain squall descended. Light' ning struck the tree, Davis was killed instantly, Kinchloe's cloth' lng was torn from his body and he suffered first degree burns. A hole six feet in diameter and four feet deep was torn In the ground. Kinchloe was taken to his home near Molalla. Davis Is survived by a widow and. family at Santa Rosa. He came here six weeks ago and obtained work cutting wood. "Where It will take Oermany no one knows. "It Is not only In Oermany that the wide tolerations are disappear lng. The clumsy lout is rampant everywhere with Idiotic symbols and idiotic salutes contriving imbecile cruelties." The speaker asked: "Are we safe in England?- Personally I do not feel a bit safe for ten years ahead.1 He then added, causing laughter "Luncheon parties for literary men may give place to lynching parties before my time is out. I may be taken from here and be beaten up by Sir Oswald Mosley. 'Sir Os- (Concluded on page 16, column 2) U. S. WARSHIPS ENTER HAVANA HARBOR TODAY Anti-American Sentiment Expressed by Mob of Cubans Rebel Prisoners Brought To Capital Change of Regime Sought Havana. Sept. 21 CP) The United State destroyer No. 240, with her marines and sailors drawn up in formation on the deck, and the Amercian ammunition ship Nitro entered Havana harbor today as opposition groups pressed their de mand that the government of pro visional President Grau San Mar tin resign. Anti-American sentiment was ex pressed In a demonstration by a small group of Cubans who assem bled before the home of James Ward Stickney. The demonstra tors shouted "Down with the Amer icans!" but left peacefully after a snort time. Prisoners brought in from Cama guey province, where Captain Juan Bias Hernandez is leading a revolt against the Grau government, re ported that the Insurgents totaled. 2,000 men. Previous reports have said that there were only a few hundred in the field with Captain Bias. The Camaguey prisoners, who were placed In Cabana fortress were headed by Chief of Police Vlera Of Moron and they totaled 20 police men and 15 civilians. Vlera told newspaper men that reports to the effect that govern ment forces had surrounded Cap tain Bias were merely propaganda. The student directory the prlncl (Concluded on page 4, column6T NEW CABINET RULES AUSTRIA Vienna, Sept. 21 (LP) Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, invested by Pres ident Wilhelm Miklas with dicta torial powers, guided Austria toward a fascist state today. Empowered if he likes to assume the entire state executive with any sort of cabinet he choses, the little chancellor gave himself supreme control over all military and police forces and formed a new cabinet af ter obtaining the resignation of his old one. The new cabinet took the oath of office before the president at noon. It was announced officially that uoiuuss selected the following: Dollfuss, chancellor, foreign, mill tary defense, public security and agriculture. Major H. Pey, vice chancellor. succeeding Franz Winkler, head of uie ijanaouna. Dr. Karl Buresch. finance. Priederich Stockinger, trade and commerce. Kurt Schuschnigg, Justice and ed ucation. Otto Ender, without portfolio In charge of constitutional reform. In assuming the defense ministry Dollfuss eliminated Dr. Karl Vaug hoin and his own Christian social party. Fey was public security min ister In the old cabinet. Schuschnigg, assuming the education portfolio, replaced Dr. Anton Rlntelen. There were no other changes. LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES TO MEET Liquor tax and regulation and a proposed sewage tax will be among topics discussed at a meeting of the League of Oregon Cities to be held In Eugene Saturday. Mayor Doug las McKay and City Attorney Chris J. Kowitz will attend from Salem. Discussion of these topics will be in preparation of the league to pro tect Its Interests at the proposed special session of the state legisla ture which it Is expected will be called about October 16. The cities intend to Insist that their Interests as well as those of the state be taken care of in the matter of li quor taxation when the 18th amendment Is repealed. The sewage tax question arises in connection with the proposed con struction of sewage disposal plants by cities located along the Willam ette river. Ideas are still vague as to the basis of such a tax. FATALLY IIUIIT Portland, Ore., Sept. 21 (LP) Nels J. Lundguist, 70, died at Emanuel hospital at midnight of Injuries sustanied when he was struck by an automobile driven by W. O Wells, Vancouver Barracks. PORTLAND TO GOVERNOR OVER ROAD ALLOCATIONS Resolutions Protesting Refusal To Double Multnomah County Share of Public Works Money Also Sent to Ickes and President Eoosevelt By HARRYN. CRAIN " Making good on implied threats uttered at last Satur day's highway commission meeting by spokesmen for Mult nomah county's demand for a reallocation of Oregon's share of federal public works road money to double that county's apportionment of work, Portland's city-county committee of unemployment renei organizations has carried Its appeal to Governor Meier, president Roosevelt and Sec retary Ickes, it Is announced In press dispatches from the metropo lis today. On the grounds of the percentage of the state's unemployed residing in Portland and that Multnomah county was discriminated against in the original allocation of the federal road money the committee demanded 60 per cent of one-half of the $6,100,000 allotted to Oregon highways be spent on projects in Portland and Multnomah county. The requested reallocation would deprive upstate counties of $1,000, 000 allocated to the improvement of secondary roads and primary high way routes through cities. Monday the highway commission In an extended statement denied the Portland petition and explained in detail the basis upon which the allocation was made under the pro vislons and regulations of the pub- (Concluded on page 13, "column" 3 ) LAW OBSTACLE T0PWA ACTION Eugene, Sept, 21 (JP) Oregon laws of 1933 making it unlawful to repay debts from tax receipts stand in the way of the public' works program for this state, and must be amended or repealed, it was declared here today by Dr. James H. Gilbert of the Uni versity of Oregon and a member of the state advisory board of the em ergency public works administration. The acts referred to by Dr. Gil bert are found In chapters 297 end 309 relating to use of funds from the reconstruction finance corporation, both of which contain this provi sion: "None of the moneys borrowed under the provisions of this act shall be repaid from funds raised by tax ation, nor shall any project con structed with such moneys be liqui dated with such funds." Dr. Gilbert has just returned from a regional conference held early this week in Salt Lake City, and from a tour that included several conferences on public works projects. The need facing the state must be considered by the coming special session of the state legislature if this state is to benefit from the public works program, Dean Gilbert said. Slowness of applicants in putting applications into final form as well as legal difficulties such as that in Oregon, are hindering the program, the university dean pointed out. All possible speed is urged in clearing the way for approval of projects as a means of alleviating unemploy ment difficulties. WEALTHY RECLUSE DIES OF STARVATION Ogallala, Neb., Sept. 21 U) With thousands of dollars at his com mand, Herman Brown, 76-year-old recluse, died of starvation here. Brown, who for 40 years had oc cupied a small farm near here, was found near death In his dilapidated farm home and was brought to a local hospital. Physicians who examined the emaciated man said he was suffer ing from starvation. He died soon after reaching the hospital. County officials, searching the house following Brown's death, found $1,775 in cash burled beneath the floor of one of the rooms, ROOSEVELT BACK AT OFFICE DESK Washington, Sept. 31 (If) Presi dent Roosevelt has fully recovered from the cold which kept him from his desk for several days, Dr. Ross Mclntyre said today, and plans to receive a delegation of cotton grow ers who have been urging currency inflation. The president planned a full day's work. He was sheduled to discuss the general economic situation with Prof. Raymond Moley, former as sistant secretary of state, and to confer with a group of trade union representatives, James M. Warburg, who was an adviser to the American delegation to the economic conference also was on the list of callers. APPEALS Highway Commission's STARR RESIGNS BOARO POSITION A terse statement of resignation as a member of the board of higher education was made in the letter from C. L. Starr to Governor Julius L. Meier, received here today. The letter from Starr, who was chairman of the board, read: "In response to your request of the 18th inst, I herewith tender my resignation as a member of the state board of higher education." Governor Meier requested the resignation In a letter, to Starr, whose reply was dated Sept. 20. Portland, Sept. 21 (JP) In com pliance with the request of Gover nor Julius L. Meier, C. L. Starr late yesterday resigned from the. state board of higher education of which he was chairman. The resignation was contained in a letter to the governor, the con tents of which he did not. make public. It was understood, nowever, to be merely a formal resignation with no reference to the charges the governor had made Monday in requesting it. There was no indi cation that Starr might ask for a public hearing on the governor's charges. The letter of resignation was sup plemented by Starr with a brief public statement designed as an answer to the governor's charge that he was "remiss in his duty as chairman of the board in falling to submit to the board of higher education a special report made by the auditing department of the sec retary of state with reference to Oregon State college, although -he had full knowledge of the same." Starr declared that the suspected irregularities at the college were disclosed to him in an oral state ment made to him in confidence in the office of the secretary of state; that he asked and obtained per mission to convey the information to Chancellor of Higher Education W. J. Kerr, and merely respected the confidence imposed in him con cerning what was not at the time a public document. INFLATION WOULD . KILL NRA, LEWIS Washington, Sept. 21 (LP) Curren cy inflation would destroy the NRA, Senator Lewis, democrat of Illinois, declared today at the White House. Lewis did not see President Roo sevelt. He said he based his assump tions on a survey made during a tour of the west and southwest. He criticized the inflation proposals of Senator Thomas of Oklahoma and Senator Smith of South Carolina. "The result of such a program," he said, "would be that our money would lose its present standard of value and so depress business and repress expenditures by those who have money that it would destroy all the fine work done under the NRA and set back undertakings now afoot In revival of business." BRUCE GRATIFIED AT LUMBER CODE Washington, Sept. 21 (P) Satis faction was expressed today by C. Arthur Bruce, executive director of the lumber code authority, with the way the diverse lumber industry Is operating under the NRA. "The lumber code has been in op eration, In part at least, for a month," Bruce said, "and that per iod would naturally be the hardest one the one in which while adapta tion was going on, the most objec tions, fault findings and practical obstacles would be encountered. Much to our surprise and delight, there have been scarcely any cases of non -cooperation with which to deal, and few complaints Involving basic principles, "One explanation, perhaps, is that the forest products industries had long been thinking along reorgan ization lines that corresponded closely to the objectives of the in dustrial recovery act." UNITED STATES TO RECOGNIZE SOVIET RUSSIA Recognition Expected Be- fore November 1 To Head-Off Debate Preliminary Conversa tions Not Yet Held Credit Loan Arranged Washington, Sept. 21 (LP) Re cognition of Soviet Russia, fre quently predicted since the elec tion of President Roosevelt, will be announced before Nov. 1, according to the present plans of the admin istration, the United Press learned from authoritative sources today. Recognition would be extended well in advance of the coming ses sion of congress, it was said. Thus the event would be a "fait accom pli," removed as an incitement to a time-consuming discussion in con gress,' The president feels, it is said, that nothing should operate to delay congressional action on matters of immediateand vital con cern whereon legislative approval is essential. The tremendous pressure under which the president has worked since his Inauguration In his ef forts to achieve domestic economic (Concluded on page 16, column 4) M'NARY ENTERS Portland, Sept. 21 WJDeclaring that he will rely on "the best friend Columbia river development has at the national capital President Roosevelt," Senator Charles L. Mc- Nary left Portland last night to fight for a high dam at Bonneville. Original plans, approved by the United States army engineers, called for a 72-foot dam at Bonne ville to cost $44,000,000. After the plans for this project reached the secretary of interior they were mod ified to call for a 30-foot structure to cost no more than $15,000,000. In the first plans provision was made for vastly improving naviga tion on the river, and for genera tion of tremendous hydro-electric power, under the revised terms, dam advocates ay, power develop ment is forgotten and the improve ment of navigation would be nomi nal, compared with the other pro ject. Senator McNary decided on the Washington, D. C, trip when word reached Portland that the admin istration was seriously considering the smaller dam. He said last night he has "strong hope of getting some results." "I shall insist on the project we discussed originally," the senator said as he explained that he had talked over the power dam project with President Roosevelt. "That included both navigation and power. I shall certainly oppose any project that does not even make effective provision for navigation on tne river," STRIKE OFF AND BOATS ON RIVER Astoria, Ore., Sept. 21 (JP) Several thousand boats operated by Oregon and Washington fishermen, resumed their places on the gillnet drifts of the Columbia river today after a week-old strike collapsed late Wed nesday when the union fishermen decided to accept proposals of the packers, and go back to work. Although some union leaders were In favor of continuing the strike, general sentiment in favor of resum ing work was said to be overwhelm ing. The packers last Thursday offer ed 4 cents a pound for "bright" chl nooks and steelheads; 3 cents for sllversldcs, and 2 cents for discol ored chinooks. The glllncttcrs had demanded 5 cents a pound for chi nooks and steelheads, and 4 cents for sllversldcs. CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST OUSTED IN GERMANY Weimar, Germany, Sept. 21' (r) The Thurlnglan government pro hibited and dissolved tho Free Christian Scientists Union, Tlio property and funds of the union wero confiscated. The action was taken under the terms of a de cree, signed by President Von Hln denburg March 28, which was de signed, the government announced, to effect "the protection of the state and the people." Wall Street Branch Office N.J. Exchange New York, Sept. 21 (LP) The New York stock exchange today agreed to make Wall street a "branch of fice" Instead of the world's major trading center when governors and officers accepted an Invitation to head the New Jersey stock exchange, formed to avoid new New York City taxes. The New Jersey exchange, formed by a group representing major brokers operating in New York, had invited President Richard Whitney, Treasurer Warren B. Nash and the governing committee of the New York exchange to head the new trading mart across the Hudson. The move to open a new ex change in New Jersey was made after the city administration had passed legislation calling for a 5 per cent tax on brokers' gross in comes and a 4 cent transfer tax on shares. More than 1,000 members of the New York stock exchange have ap (Concluded on page 47column IOWA FARMERS THREAT STRIKE Des Moines, Ia Sept. 21 (JP) A threat of a farm strike, coupled with a demand for the "immediate resignation" of Secretary of Agri culture Henry A. Wallace, was heard as members of the Iowa Farmers union met in annual con vention. ' The threat was voiced by the or ganization's state president, Glenn B. Miller, who told the convention in his annual address last night that unless currency inflation and other methods of farm relief are forthcoming soon, there would be a farm strike that would "overshadow anything ever seen in this country." Petitions demanding Secretary Wallaces resignation were circulat ed and Miller, both in his annual report and address as president as sailed the secretary, as well as the state and federal administrations and the method of crop and live stock reduction now being used un der the Agricultural Adjustment act. "Henry Wallace," said the speak er, "seems to have forgotten every thing he ever learned or ever said in this state and he now declares that surpluses exist. However in 1032 when he appeared before the cost-finding committee which was preparing figures on cost of produc tion he said that there cannot be an overproduction of food and clothing as long as there are people who are freezing or in bread lines." PRIClFiXlT UNDER ATTACK (Copyright, 1933, by United Press) Washington, Sept. 21 (IP) Price fixing in the national recovery pro gram tends toward state socialism, it was charged today as price regu lation features of the proposed NRA code for the retail trades became the center of debate over price con trol measures. Opponents of price fixing declar ed that it could not be operated successfully except where state so cialism was an avowed objective. NRA officials who prepared the revised code maintained It was In tended to regulate or control prices, but not to fix them to any rigid formula. Present discussions of prices tend to include any form of mice regu lation under the brood term of 'price fixing." In realty there are significant differences. Under strict price fixing the price of each article in the retail trade would be set by fiat. In the retail code as it is now constituted there are no such provisions. Newspapers Protest Shopping News Code Held Not Newspapers Washington, Sept. 21 (IP) Claims of shopping news pub lishers for a code of their own were presented today to the NUA and immediately were attacked by the American News paper Publishers' association, sam P. Anson, of Cleveland, representing tne American snopping mows pub lishers' association, testified the publications Usued by members of his association were distinct from ordinary newspapers and hence should bo treated In a different manner. He asked at a hearing that shop ping newspapers bo included under tho ncwspaiKT section of a basic graphic ails code submitted by the National Editorial association to cover non-metropolitan newspapers. Eltsha Hanson, general counsel of the American Newspaper Publish ers' association, insisted the words THREATS SENT TO FAMILIES OF OFFICIALS Release of Urschel Ab ductors by Coercion Aim of Gangsters Plot Against Daughters Of Kansas Governor Disclosed Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 u) Gangland, in a desperate defiance of a government seeking to extermin ate hoodlums, today voiced threats of wholesale kidnaplngs and ter rorism. The families of three high govern. ment officials, the governor of Kan sas and a multi-millionaire Oklaho ma oil man who gained his release from kidnapers by paying $200,000, were named in the threats. Freedom of the most desperate members of the group of persons accused of kidnaping Charles P. Urschel, the Oklohoma kidnap vic tim, apparently was the goal of some of the intimidation moves. George (Machine Gun) Kelly, sought as one of the actual kidnapers of Urschel, swore vengance and anlhilatlon against Urschel and his family. The only suspected members of the Urs chel kidnap gang at liberty, Kelly and his wife, were roving the coun try, bragging and threatening. A daring plot to kidnap one of his two daughters to force him to re conducted on pnge 16, column 3p NATIONAL C.A.R. St. Paul, Sept. 21 (P) Colonel Russell C. Martin, 80 year old Civil war veteran from Los AngCles, to day was re-elected commander In chief of the Grand Army of the Re public at its 67th annual encamp ment. Colonel Martin received 232 votes to 31 for Harding I. Merrill, Wich ita, Kas., and 15 for H. V. Gates, Hlllsboro, Ore. Martin became com mander after the death several months ago of William P. Wright of Chicago. The ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic, named Mrs. Sarah J. Ehrmann, Lackawanna, -N. Y., pres ident and Mrs. M. Perkins, Los An geles, chaplain, Mrs. Edna E. Pauley, Indianapo lis, was re-elected treasurer of the National Women's Relief corps, Mrs. Estellc Rork of Kenosha, Wis., was re-elected commander in chief of the National Daughters of to. Q. A. R. Rochester, N. Y., was selected for next year's gathering. LEAGUE COUNCIL TO MEET FRIDAY Geneva, Sept, 21 (LP) In political atmosphere as tense as Europe hat witnessed since the war, the 76th regular session of the council of the League of Nations will meet to morrow, In preparation for the League assembly on Monday. The political tension between Austria and Oermany, the uneasi ness of France and England over the Nazi frontier accidents and the agitation of Jews throughout the world for a League discussion of the persecution of Jews in Germany have all combined to charRc the air with suspicion and anxiety. - advertising newspaper" should be eliminated from tho shopping news code because "their approval by the NRA of itself would bo an act of unfair competition against news papers," Ho proposed an amendment for bidding the distribution of "any ad vertising matter free of charge, whether such advertising matter be classified advertising or display ad vertising." Likewise Hanson asked shopping news publications be denied the use of news, pictures, comics or oth er fenturcs similar to those printed (Concluded on pago 10, column 1)
