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Newspaper Page TextCapitaJJUoiiiraail.. Circulation Dally average distribution (or tlx Montb of April. 1935 10,359 Average dally net paid (850 Member Audit Bureau ol Circula tions Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday, tem perature above normal. Northerly wind. Local yesterday: Max. 82, mm. 44. Rain 0, river 1.4 (t. Partly cloudy, northerly wind. 47th YEAR, No. 121 Entered as teoond elate matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1935 f RICE THREE CENTS ON ntAlKB AND NEWS 8TANU8 PIVB CENTS Rfl ARIM fill raw S'TOA HITLER SAYS GERMANY FOR WORLD PEACE Peace Favored Neither Out of Cowardness Nor Weakness Right to Rearm Insisted On Universal Con scription Decreed (CoprrlBht. 1935. by Associated Press) Berlin, May 21 Reichsfuehrer Hitler told the world today that the victors ol the World war had turned i their backs on the peace principles laid down by President Woodrow Wilson and that, as a result, Ger many was forced to re-arm al though her greatest desire was for peace and friendship with her neighbors. To this end he proposed mutual non-aggression pacts with all Ger many's neighbors, excepting Lithu ania, but Including Russia by infer ence. He said, however, that Ger many, as the "bitterest and most fanatical enemy" of Bolshevism, would not join any gcueral security pact which might compel nazls to fight on the side of communism. He also proposed the elimination of aerial bombs and of fire, gas and explosive bombs from warfare, de claring as he closed hu address: "We believe that if the people of (ConcUicied on pogo. 8. column 8) TANKERS' OFFER GIVEN STRIKERS San Francisco, May 21 (IP) A fe deral arbitration board carried the results of a conference with tank ship owners into a meeting with re presentatives of striking tanker sea men today. Although neither side desclosed what had occurred In yesterday's conference. Dr. Louis Block, secre tary of the federal board, said that oroceedlnKS had been "coroiai. as did not elaborate. From other sources It was learned that the tankship operators had re iterated their refusal to discharge non-union seamen hired since the strike began two months ago, and to arbitrate the closed shop Issue. Paul Scharrenberg, secretary of the seamen's union, also conferred briefly with the board members of their first official meeting. The board appointed by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins Includes O. K. Cushlng, Selah Chamberlain, and Paul Slnshelmer. all of San Francisco. Cushing was a member of the national longshoremen's ami t in Hon board which adjusted last summer's general maritime strike. TWO SPARROWS SIAMESE TWINS St. Paul. May 21 (IP) Twin spar rows, Joined together like Siamese twins, struggled for life today. The birds were found on a sidewalk where they had fallen from a nest in a high tree. One was Injured in the fall. Apparently about a week old, the birds were Joined at the lower parts of their bodies but otherwise ap peared normal. IOOFPresentPrograms At Armory Tonight Big Parade Wednesday Color will be added to the state convention of the grand .ii.t.ri hnrliM Wednesday evening when the Muscovites and Lady Muscovites hold a parade at :30 o'clock prior to the ceremonies -. .k-M larva P.lflSS at the armory where a large will be Initiated. Both the grand lodge and the Re bekah assembly will elect officers at the regular meetings Thursday, the former at the Willamette univer sity gymnasium and the latter at the armory. This and the closing ceremonies will bring the conven tion to a close. An elaborate program will be held at the armory Tuesday eve ning starting at 7:30 o'clock and followed with a reception and dance, featuring a grand march. ood Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Just as a gentle reminder to Doc Gerald Smith down at Woodburn that our ereat annual strawberry contest will soon be getting under way again and we'd hate to see the world's berry center left out. We hope the lumber strike doesn't keep Doc out of at least half a dozen ber ry boxes. Expectant Salem is soon to be re warded as Cherrlans are expected to start drilling in their new uniforms this week. We've noticed a number of our best known Cherrlans hang ing around the sidelines at the Odd Fellows convention learning the pro per way to wear a uniform. The report of the governor's spe cial committee to Investigate relief work merely goes to show that it's a lot easier to criticize something than to do it. As expected some self-ap-nointed committees are now criti cizing the criticisms ol the relief committee. After reading same wed sort of like to criticize some of these criticisms, but what's the use? Up in Spokane the cops, instead of closing up the mutual chain let ter stores, made them stay on in business after selling the first batch of letters to the suckers. This way the proprietors were compelled to stay and take it from said suckers when the returns didn't come in, The Idea is a humdinger and could be worked out in a number of ways to the advantage of public officials if they'd take advantage of same. We note in our favorite paper to day an article anent the recent horseshoe tournament In which the Salem horseshoe pitchers came off triumphant over Eugene, A pecul iarity of this amateur sport seems to be that horseshoe pitching teams are quite elated over the number of "ringers" they can put over on tne other teams, while In other lines of sport playing a ringer causes ath letic relations to be dissolved ana leads to other complications. Hank Vandevort confessed to us yesterday how old he Is. No. Henry, we won't reveal it to ycjr constituents, further than to say he's old enough to know better than to do some things he does in city council. It is rerjorted that strikers, while voluntarily out of their Jobs, will be fed at government expense, wny not feed 'em on berries and other fruit from the boxes the fruit men can't get because of the strike? And who will feed the farmers wno can t sen their berries because they have no thing to sell them in? We never knew Joe Formick was handsome until we saw him In his uniform yesterday. All the boys and girls were eying Joe as he walked along the street In his dolled up condition. But Joe said today it was too hot to keep It on. That's what he gets for being engineer at the ice plant. If the Salem Senators don't start winning a few ball games folks will change their name to tne faaiem rxe oresentatlves or demote them to the third house. But the team ougm 10 get going good as soon as Willam ette's baseball season Is over, which is next Saturday. The hop code may work wonders for the hoo market out we oei u u not do half as much good as the inauguration of 6-cent beer. S. C. PIER DIES Portland. May 21 ( Sylvester c. Pier, former city commissioner, and father of Stanhope S. Pier, also n ex-city commissioner, died at his home here today. - . encampment will hold I " . n ...... a t ramiiar sessions during the day ti.. t r rt temnle and this eve ning at 8 o'clock the royal purple degree will Be exempmieu - B .... ... ... -( BanH n. hi a t"ni.amnmeni no. it. ui rtti.- ton. at the temple. A no-host luncheon was held by the F. L. girls at noon with the Keoexans cum. .i -i.irra unon a large class a the armory. The grand lodge will hold a special session at the cnam ber of commerce rooms v. BnH an hour later hold reception at the armoryowhlch ""(Concluded on on 8. column STEIWER BALKS OVER DELIVERY OF BONUS VETO Declares President's Pro posal for Joint Session Is Unconstitutional ong ana utner Advo cates of Patman Bill Join In Protest Washington, May 21 (IP) Bonus forces filibustered in the senate to day in an effort to prevent passage resolution necessary to con vene a joint session of congress to morrow to hear the president's veto message. Senator Huey P. Long lea the filibuster. Washington. May 21 (IP) Presi dent Roosevelt's proposal to deliv er his veto of the Patman bonus bill at an unprecedented joint session of congress tomorrow provoked a storm of debate in the senate to day. Conservative republicans, led by Senator Frederick Steiwer of Ore gon, charged that the proposed meeting was unconstitutional and said the senate had "no business acting as a window dresser" for Mr. Roosevelt. As the bonus controversy ap proached its climax, leaders of the Patman group expressed conflicting opinions on the final outcome. Some contended the senate couia override the president's veto, thus enacting into law the Patman plan to print $2,200,000,000 of new money to pay the veterans. Others esti mated the Patman strength still was three or four votes short of the two-thirds necessary to defeat Mr. Roosevelt. T have no objection to the pres ident communicating his objections (Concluded on page 3, column 6) OREGON WAGES ON WORK RELIEF Portland, May 21 (P) A dispatch from the Oregon Journal's Wash ington correspondent today dis closed that rates for unskilled la bor in Oregon under President Roosevelt's new relief program will range from $40 to $55 per month. The skilled rate will vary from $55 to $85. By counties (with unskilled wages list first and skilled second): Multnomah $55 and $85; Marlon $48 and $70: Baker, Benton, Clack amas, Clatsop, Coos, Deschutes Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Linn, Umatilla, Union and Wasco $44 and $63: all other $40 and $55. Intermediate work runs from $85 down to $45, and professional and technical from $94 down to $61 The new scale does not apply to emergency conservation work, and there are other exceptions. Hlgn way and grade crossing elimination work will be pair as heretofore un der rates determined by highway authorities. JAPANESE FORCES CROSS GREAT WALL Tientsin. China, May 21 OP) The Chinese press reported today that 200 Japanese troops traveling in motor trucks have crossea tne grea. wall and reached Tsunhwa in the demilitarized zone of north cnina. The reports said the troops were 'chasing a group of Chinese resi dents who oppose the Japanese In southern Jehol. "A large number of Japanese air- nlanes Is assembled at the Malanyu great wall pass," they added, "and one of them has been flying over Pelping and Tientsin." GENERAL MALONE . TO INSPECT GUAR San Francisco, May 21 Wr Major General Paul B. Malone, U. S. A.. commanding officer of the ninth corps area, wiU leave tomorrow on on attended tour of Inspection of Pacific coast military units. His itinerary Includes stops at Salem and Portland, May 23, Fort Lewis, Wash, May 24, Fort Stevens, Ore., m m. Port Canby Wash. May 27, Fort Worden Wash., May 28, Fort Lewis. Wash., June 2, at Chllkoot Barracks, Alaska, June 8. Purchasers Forecast Huge Buying Wave New York, May 21 (IP) A wave of buying unequalled In the past six years was forecast In a survey by the national association of pur chasing agents assembled In Inter national convention today. The combined belief that com modity prices will rise and business activity will improve formed the basis for the optimistic outlook of an organization whose membership spends approximately $10,000,000,000 annually for durable goods and commodities. About 1,600 purchas ing executives from the United States. Canada and Mexico heard analyses of business and the views I of finance, industry ana tne gov ernment. Donald G. Clark, of Browne & Sharpe Mfg. Co., president of the association, called attention to -nu merous signs that the time Is close at hand when the slack caused by the underbuying of the last tew vears must be tancn up. w. v.. Campbell, chairman of the business survey committee, said "billions of dollars would be put into circulation this year." LABOR UNIONS' ACTS ILLEGAL Washington, May 21 (fl3) Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the District ol Columbia supreme court ruled today that both of the American Federa tion of Labor's building trades de partments were illegally constituted at-present. Since January 1, each of the departments has claimed it was the "legal" department. t The one headed by J W. Williams and recognized by William Green, federation president, asked the court to enjoin the organization led by M. McDonough from calling itseu the A. F. of L. building trades de partments. The Injunction bill also asked that McDonough be required to hand over to Williams the de partment's funds and property, McDonough was elected at a con vention in San Francisco last Sep tember. The federation convention later called that convention "illegal1 because bricklayers, carpenters and electrician delegates were refused admittance. Green then called a new conven tion which the eleven unions follow ing McDonough refused to attend. Williams was elected at this second convention. Justice Adkins found that the first convention was Illegal because the "big three" unions were denied seats, and that the second was ille gal because Green had no power to call it. LAWRENCE BURIED WITH SIMPLICITY Moreton, Dorset, Eng., May 21 (IP) -Lawrence of Arabia was buried to. day with the utmost simplicity from the little 17th Century church of at. Nicholas. The plain elm coffin, un adorned and without a name plate, arrived by motor heartfc. There were no flowers and the services were brief. The pallbearers were symbolic of virtually all spheres of Lawrence's activities. They comprised Eric Ken- nlngton, artist who illustrated nis "Seven Pillars of Wisdom"; Pat Knowles, his friend and servant; Private Russell of the tank corps; Aircraftsman Bradbury of the Royal Air force; Col. Stuart Newcombe, representing Lawrences life in Ara bia, and Sir Ronald Storres, repre senting the colleges of the east. ITALY REJECTS PLAN FOR AFRICAN PEACE rcnnvrltht. 1B35. br United PreiO Geneva, May 21 (IP) One point of agreement was reached but Italy frustrated other proposals today in negotiations between Italy and Abyssinia, under Leauge of Nations auspices, for settlement of their African border dispute. Thcv agreed that the arbitration commission should deal only with the Ualual and Wardar border in cidents, as the Italians originally demanded. Italy, however, refused to with draw her objections to the two for eign arbitrators named by Abys sinia, one of them an American. Italy also refused to accept other points of a plan suggested by tap tain Anthony Eden of Great Britain appointment of a second commis sion to delimit the frontier, and appointment of a committee or re porter of the league council to fol low the dispute. WORK RELIEF WAGES GRILLED BY AF OF L CHIEF Green Calls Meeting of Protest To Decide On Course of Action Way Cleared for Letting Of Contracts On Pro jects Approved SALEM RELIEF WAGES Under the work-relief wage schedule as announced from Washington today the scale for Salem, with approxi mately 27,000 people, will be as follows: Unskilled labor, $48 a month; Intermediate, $55; skilled $70; profession al and technical $77. For other towns in Marion and Polk counties, all under 5000 population, the scale will be: unskilled, $40; intermed iate, $45; skilled, $55; pro fessional and technical, $61. Washington, May 21 m Declin ing to enter any controversy over reduction of payments to labor and other phases of the $4,000,000,000 work program. Secretary Ickes said today the PWA hourly wage rate would be maintained on pwa pro jects. . Every man has a right to a. per sonal opinion," was Ickes' only com ment on attacks at the new wage schedule by William Green, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, and Senator McCarran, Ne vada democrat. The wage scale for the $4,000,000,- 000 program, announced last night, "(Concluded on page 3. column 4) M'CARL ATTACKS TVA ACTIVITIES Washington, May 21 W Comp troller General J. R. McCarl today criticized before the house military committee the Tennessee Valley au thority act as "haphazard legisla tion" that does not stipulate whe ther a government agency must make purchases through competitive bidding or under open contracts, The committee is holding hear ings on a bill to expand TVA ac tivities. McCarl was called to testi fy on an audit by his office which took exception to many TVA expen ditures. Before the comptroller appeared the hearing was enlivened by clash es and threats of physical combat between Representative May (D. Ky.l, a foe of TVA, and Repre sentative Maverick R., Tex.), who Is staunchly supporting the power development agency. Declining to become Involved In the controversy waging In commit tee over the legislation, McCarl said the difficulty with the TVA act and similar legislation Is that is does not specifically state whe ther competitive bids or open con tracts are to be required. He said he would propose amendment to the TVA act to com pel the agency to use competitive bids. "We have been going far enough in this haphazard way," he asser ted. High-Ranking Officer Under Court Martial But Name Kept Secret Washington, May 21 (U.R) The army surrounded the court martial of one of its high-ranking officers today with such unusual secrecy that not even his name was revealed. Army officers refused to coniirm more than that such a trial Is being held In Washington barracks. The room where high officers sit In Judgment of a fellow officer Is closely guarded. War department officials and high army officers were understood to be under direct instructions from Secretary of War George H. Dcrn to maintain the strictest secrecy. It was admitted, however, the officer Involved was of high rank, but Is not a general. The charges sre believed to be the outgrowth of the house military af fairs committee's Investigation of FRUIT BOX PERMITTED TO OPEN TO HELP GROWERS Labor Leaders Promise Be No Shortage Of Containers To Hold Fast Eipening Crops; St. Helens Strikers Still Out; More Mills Closed Portland. Ore.. May 21 (U.R) Box factories reopened in various sections of the northwest today as organized labor promised berry farmers that there would be no shortage of containers to hold the fast ripening bumper crops. Box plants opened in Portland, Puyallup borne, executive secretary or tne Oregon State Federation of Labor, said, "We will see to It that the farmers get their baskets and crates. Arrangements are being made for meeting the situation, which we find, however, is not a serious as some people have made out." On other fronts the strike con tinued to tighten Its grip on busi ness. Employes of the McCormick Lumber company mill at St. Helens who walked out yesterday morning when "somebody blew the whistle," had- not returned to work today. Neither had they voted on an agreement which was ratified by the company's employes at Port Lodlow and Port Gamble, wasn. Tne St. Helens men were to vote Monday afternoon but It was reliably re ported today that the vote was not (Concluded on page 8, column 6) BUTLER PLANS VETERANS UNION Washington, May 21 (IP) Brig, Gen. Smedley D. Butler, here cam paigning for the bonus, said today that if the president's veto of the Patman bill is sustained he Intends to organize a large scale political movement composed of "every man who ever carried a gun." "My idea," Butler said, "would be mammoth organization like the Grand Army of the Republic, which would bring political pressure to bear to take care of the soldiers. "This American Legion and Vet erans of Foreign Wars they're no good. They've got provisions in their bv-laws which say tney can t engage in political action. The politicals put them to sleep. "The G. A. R. used to be so strong that a congressman couldn't ap point a postmaster until the local Dost had met and approved tne man. If the soldiers don't get theirs now, they'll organize and get it. There'd be about five million of them. I don't know who we'd get to lead it." HANNON KILLED ON SPEEDWAY TRACK Indianapolis, Ind., May 21 (IP) Johnny Hannon, Norristown, Pa. eastern dirt track racing champion, was killed today when a car which he was testing for the 500 mile Memorial day race hurtled a wall at Indianapolis motor speedway, Oscar Reeves, riding mechanic, was injured seriously. The accident occurred on the northeast turn where Harris In- singer, Germantown, Pa., had skid ded into the walls a few minutes earlier, t Har.non was driving a four cylin der Miller car owned by Leon Duray, a veteran driver in the 600 mile race. This was Hannon's first year as a driver for the Memorial dav event. The car apparently skidded on wet bricks and bounded over tne wan. - the activities of lobbyists practicing In the war department on behalf of firms selling equipment to the army, and the acceptance of loens or other favors from these lobbyists bv one or two army officers who handled purchase contracts for the war department. One officer was said to have ac cepted a $2,000 loan from the sales man of a concern furnishing ma terials to the army. It was positive ly stated that the officer on trial is not Colonel Joseph I. Mciwuiier, chief of the patenU section of the (Concluded on page 3, column 1) PLANTS Berrymen There Will and Gresham, and Ben T. Os SHAKE-UP SEEN IN RELIEF JOBS Shake-up of relief committees In every county was predicted today by Governor Martin's office as the result of the report of his investiga tion committee, made public yester day. A "re-shuffle" of the membership of the committees was seen as the next step In line with this recom mendation of the relief investigat es : "While the utmost local control and local participation is dcsirabl and should be preserved, neverthe less we recommend that the state committee and the state adminis tration set up and enforce stand ards with relation to work in the counties so as to harmonize loco! administration of relief with state and federal standards and regula tions relating to procedure, person nel and finances." Harmonv could best oe obtained by having 'Irlght persons" appointed to county relief committees. It was pointed out. Elmer R. Goudy, state relief ad mlnistrator, is expected to continue In his Job If he wants to. Accept ance by the governor of the resig nation from the Multnomah county committee of Estes Snedecor, Gou- dy's law partner, was not expected to unseat the administrator. The state committee and not the Mult nomah county group chooses the administrator. MEN IN PRISON FOR CONTEMPT Portland, May 21 (IP) Because they refused to testify against a un ion longshoreman charged with as sault during last summer's strike, four men who were strikebreakers then but who have now joined the I.L.A., were in jail today serving six months sentences for contempt of court. The four who were Jailed late Monday by Judge Hewitt are: Paul Jennings, C. N. Abbott, Arthur Rust and Carl Tigert. The four, all of whom were mem bers of the strike-breaking Columbia River Longshoremen association last summer, were witnesses against Art Chearcr, an I.L.A. member char ged with participation In the attack on the Columbia hall which result ed in the death of one Columbia member during the big strike. One by one the men were called to the stand by Judge Hewitt and informed that their answers to ques tions by the district attorney would not incriminate them. As each man still insisted that he refused to test ify on the grounds that his answers "might Incriminate him," the court passed the Jail sentences, to last six months "or until the have purged their contempt of court by agreeing to testify." BARBARA PLANS TO LIVE IN AMERICA New York, May 21 (IP) Countess Barbara Hutton Mdlvanl Haugwltz- Reventlow revealed today that she had made up her mind and that of her newly acquired husband that they will make their home in Amer ica. The honeymooning countess and her Danish nobleman husband ar rived from the west In a private car. Countess Barbara, who recently divested herself of the title of prin cess by divorcing Alexis Mdlvanl, de nied reports she planned to live abroad. "I'm going to remain In America that Is, we are because It Is my home," she explained. "And Is that all right with you?" the count was asked. "Oh yes," he replied, grinning. "I love America." "If you love America and plan to make your home here, do you plan to apply for American citizenship?" "Ah, no. I am a Dane." They said they were going to Eu rope next week but planned to re turn In the fall. TO INSIST UPON PROTECTION OF BOX FACTORIES Local Officials Told To' Maintain Law and Or der or Be Removed : State Police and Guard To Be Called Only In Extreme Emergency By HARRY N. CRAIN , Factories manufacturing by-pro ducts of lumber such as berry crates, snooks, barrels and other articles necessary to the operation of farms and other industries, and the workmen' desiring to continue work in such factories will be given ample and complete protection -by duly constituted officers of the law, Governor Charles H. Martin today assured the Lacomb Berry Grower! association of Linn county. The governor's statement relative to the responsibility of local offi cials In such a situation, and his power to remove them for failure to perform their duty, was made fol lowing a conference with - Ralph Moody, assistant attorney general. If local officials fail or refuse to provide the protection to which, these plants and workmen are en- (Concluded on page 7, column 8) EXTORTIONIST GETS 6 MONTHS Sacramento, May 21 (P) Fred Rudy of Jackson, Calif., formerly of Medford, Ore., was sentenced to six months in county jail by Fed- eral Judge Harold Louderback to day after he pleaded guilty to charges of attempted extortion and sending obscene matter through the mails. Rudy admitted demanding $100 In a letter to Albert Jones of Medford on the threat of exposing alleged intimacies between Jones and Rudy's divorced wife, Violet. Rudy told the court he had once received $50 from Jones on a simi lar threat. In the letter he de manded $100 or "1- will sneak up on you and stab you." Lee M. Case pleaded not guilty to an Indictment charging him with transporting Mary Gray from Eure ka to Klamath Falls, Ore., for Im moral purposes. John G. Wilson and and Elmer J. Wilcox of Healdsburg, pleaded guil ty to counterfeiting charges. Jim mle Carlisle, named In the same of fense, pleaded not guilty. The sent encing of Wilson and Wilcox was delayed until after Carlisle's trial, which Is scheduled for tomorrow. MORE HOT WEATHER Portland, Ore., May 21 (IP) Portland enjoyed Its warmest day of the season yesterday when the thermometer rose to 83 degrees, and more of the same Is forecast for tomorrow by the weather bu reau. The high temperature of Monday was quite general, Medford report ing 86, Albany 85, Salem 82, Eugene 80, Umatilla 88. 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