Capital journal., March 21, 1936, Page 12, Image 12

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1938 )
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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
DEATH TOLL 1 67
WITH HOMELESS
LISTED 300,000
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diminished as it spread down the
broad valley toward Huntington, W.
Va., reaching Pomeroy and Point
Pleasant, w. Va., and Gaiiipous,
Ohio.
But on down the river, lowland
areas were flooded from Marietta to
Cincinnati. Residents of Proctor
ville. Ohio, opposite Huntington,
awoke today to find themselves on
an Island. A ferry boat hastily car
ried them across the river to higher
eround.
Hartford and Middleton were the
hardest hit as the Connecticut river
plunged down to Long Island sound
with a force never before exper
ienced.
After raging for two days, the river
at Hartford apparently had reached
Its crest, with a record high level
of 37.5 feet at mid-morning.
The weather bureau said the river
was leveling off.
The cities of Hartford and Mid
dletown were without electric pow
er after a night of terror. Rain fell
in sheets today. In Hartford alone
more than 2.000 were homeless. The
rains dashed whatever hopes had
been held for quick recession of the
river.
The dam on the Quinnebaug,
near Danielson, Conn., was threat
ened by the new rain.
To the thousands of refugees,
huddled in relief shelters in west-
em Pennsylvania and down the
Ohio to Wheeling a panorama o:
destitution and misery from three
days of rampaging waters the
snow storm brought a new danger
pneumonia.
Water shortages in many com
munities already had threatened
pestilence.
To prevent epidemics, the United
States public health service kept its
most skillful experts laboring in all
the stricken communities.
Every sanitary engineer from the
Washington headquarters was sent
to Pennsylvania and West Virginia
to set up emergency chlorination
systems. From other units, engi
neers were rushed to flood swept
communities elsewhere in the ea&t
The snow hampered clean-up and
reclamation work in the Pittsburgh
Johnstown area.
Some 25,000 WPA workers were
mobilized in Pittsburgh and 6.000 in
Johnstown to give all aid. There
was no heat In Johnstown and
many of the 6.000 destitute there
were Ul.
Likewise in Wheeling, between 8.
000 and 10,000 homeless shivered
throughout the day in temporary
quarters.
In Pittsburgh, there was a grad
ual return of facilities. More elec
tric power was brought in, gas was
returned to several buildings in the
"Golden Triangle," wealthy down
town area which was covered two
nays ago with 18 feet of water.
Above Pittsburgh, the Allegheny,
while near normal, was cutting a
cw channel around a giant water
way lock. Engineers strove with
stone and bags of cement to keep
the river In its course.
Aside from the Connecticut and
the Southern Ohio, rivers general!
throughout the cast were either re
ceding steadily or were back in
their banks.
But the recession only brought
the rest of the world the plight of
many communities during the worst
hours of the flood devastation.
Willinmsport, on the Susquehan
na in Pennsylvania, was typical ol
the most severely stricken towns
Little had been heard from It for
many hours. Communication was
cut off and meager radio reports
had told of fires. Some revised es
timates of the damage in this in
dustrial town ran as high as $3,
000,000. Pour thousand were home
less. The need for clothing was
acute.
While snow and rain fell over
widespread upstate New York areas,
rehabilitation work continued at a
steady pace. Thousands of person:
In the Bingham ton area, most se
vercly isolated and stricken city in
the state, were returned to thcii
homes, but new dangers threatened
the city. The escape of gas began
from a fuel gas tank. WPA anr;
CCC workers hurriedly went to
work to repair the leak.
Many upstate communities, how
ever, were still without light or
power.
Temperatures were only slightly
aoove ireczing. adding to the mlserv
of the homeless and hampering the
work oi -mopping up."
In New England, as elsewhere
over the cast, the task of feeding
tne thousands or homeless and ref
ugees created a serious situation.
Industry was at a standstill down
the rich valleys of the Connecticut.
Merrimack and other rivers.
The great textile mills of LowoP.
Mass.. were shut tight with 30,000
persons made Idle. Thousands were
Idle in other mill towns and indus
trial cent nrs.
Up in Maine, martial law regu
lated the town of Rumford, Isolated
for two days by the AndroscogKin
river. Communication was esta
blished with the town of 8,000 to
day. The townsfolk were suffering
severely. Five hundred families were
being- cared for by state military
and local authorities.
RESCUED FROM PORCH TOP
These folks stuck to their flood-besieged home at Hancock, Md.,
as long as they could but they finally had to leave. William Perkens
and MIbi Clara Hendershot are shown boarding the boat as Homer
Tabler waited to row them to higher ground. (Associated Press Photo)
Johnstown Scene of
Utter Desolation as
Flood Waters Subside
By ASHLEY EMSHWILLER
United Press Stuff Correspondent
Johnstown, Pa., March 21 (U.R) You stand where Main
street becomes Johnstown's business center. You look over
a district where Monday there were throngs of people, pros
perous commerce, a parade or. au-w
tomobiles. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday the street and all the
streets around it were the bed of
two merged rivers.
Today they are a morass of
stinking mud, shattered plate
glass that slices boots and shoes,
and still, here and there, pools of
yellow water.
Eighteen bodies are In the morgue.
Nine more persons are certainly
Irrigation Order
Changed by Board
At a meeting of the 8altm water
commission last night It mm voted
to rewind a previous order that es
tablished Installment and removal
charges on .special Irrigation m
ters The commission decided t
make a five-month minimum period
for the use of special meters.
Chairman Edward Rostcln. I. M.
Daughton and William Oahlsdon,
the three members whose terms ex
pire thu year, are still of the opln
Ion they will not seek re-electlor.
Oahlsdorf makes this deflnllr. Tim
oUxr two not full deckied.
FEBRUARY LIQUOR
PROFITS $187,553
Profits of the state liquor system
for February amounted to $187,-
553.15 according to the monthly re
port of the Liquor Control commis
sion. Of this total $133,765.25 came
from the sale . of liquors in state
operated stores and agencies. LI
censes yielded $10,478.53 and privi
lege taxes $43,300.37. Gross sales of
hard liquors by stores and agencies
during the month amounted to
$607,845.55. For the two month per
iodJanuary and February liquor
sales grossed $1,066,310.40. A tota
of 81,206 permits had been Issued
up to March 1, the report shows,
ADDITIONAL DAY
MAKES DIFFERENCE
The extra day in February this
year had Its effect on the number
of automobile accidents and per
sons injured, the secretary of state
announced. Fatalities remained at
13, the same as during February's
last year.
Accidents increase from 1436 to
1950 and persons Injured totaled 404
as compared to 310.
Fatalities for the two months were
35 as compared to 30 for the first
two montlis last year. Of the 13 In
February six were pedestrians and
three others resulted from non
collision accidents.
SANTIAM CAMP
FUTURE DISCUSSED
Responses being received from
letters sent out by the county court
to various organizations indicate
there will be a good attendance at
the meeting called Tor the court
house at 10:30 o'clock next Mon
day morning to give consideration
to how to handle the government
transient camp property above Me-;
hama when it is turned back to the j
county by the federal government.
Court members suggest that any
one who can do it drive to the camp
tomorrow and look it over so they
will have a more Intelligent idea of
what the discussions are about when
the meeting is held. The camp Is
reached by the road to Mill City on
tne Marion county side going past
Taylors grove and up over the hill
The camp Is on the right side of the
road and there Is a large sign at the
place and gateway so it cant be
missed very readily. This road Is
said to be in good shape but a little
narrow In places although WPA
workers have cut out passing places
at a number of points along the
road.
Florence Runyon
Candidate Again
Florence A. Runyon. Portland.
filed with the secretary of state
today for reelection as republican
national rom ml Mce woman from
Oregon.
Henry 6cmon. Klamath Falls
democrat, filed Tor reelection as
state representative from Klamath i
county, and Charles W. Ellis. On-1
tarlo. filed for reelection a.i cirrult '
Judge oi Uie ninth Judicial district 1
dead; witnesses have been found
who saw them drown in the streets.
More no one knows certainly how
many more are missing. Road re
sorts in the surrounding hills and
homes of dozens of hill dwellers are
full of refugees. No one knows how
many refugees.
During the night many men of
the refugees plodded down the soggy
hill roads to the city to search for
lost relatives, or learn the extent of
damage to homes that they left in
panic.
National guardsmen patrolled the
dark street. Occasionally one of
them challenged a salvage worker
in the blackness. There was no other
sign of life. Sightseers were turned
back at the city's edge. Residents
had to show white identification
cards even children.
Few persons tried io enter the
most deeply flooded zone. There was
no reason for entcrlm;. Stores had
been gutted by the torrent that
smashed their windows, swept their
merchandise to the street and down
the Conemaugh river and Stony
creek, laid mud inches deep on every
shelf and over the floors.
Mayor Daniel J. Shields thought
property damage wouid amount eas
ily to $25,000,000.
Fear of a diphtheria epidemic
subsided, but a new terror rose in
its place. Health authorities warned
of danger of the horrible gas gan
grene, whose victims swell in agony
until they die.
The state sent large supplies of
vaccines to prevent it. Food and
drinking water were more precious
than money.
EAGLES OF SALEM
TO AID SILVERTON
Eagles of Salem pledged full co
operation to the Silvcrton Aerie in
support of the state convention to
be held in that city in June this
week, according to Frank Marshall,
president. Assistance will be given
by the Salem members in work
upon committees.
Silverton sent a delegation to Sa
lem for the meeting this week with
the business session followed by a
program with Herman Brown mas
ter of ceremonies. Selections were
given by the Willamette university
sell Beardsley and acrobatic danc
quartct, musical numbers by Rus
ing and stunts' by Lucille Shannon.
Dancing concluded the entertain
ment for the evening.
Next Tuesday evening the Salem
Aerte will send a large delegation
to attend a meeting of the Sliver
ton organization and will take an
orchestra to play for the dance fol
lowing the meeting.
"SPRING FOLLIES" ARE
BILLED FOR MOUSERS
The Elslnore theatre will present
the 'Mickey Mouse "Spring Follies,"
on the state Thursday night, March
26, at 9 oclock.
Seventy-five of Salem's finest tal
ent are included in the biggest,
busiest, all-sUr youth show ever as
sembled. Casting for the stage attraction
has been underway since the firs
of the year, and only the best enter
tainers have been selected for this
ace musical comedy.
Harold Lloyd In "The Milky Way"
will be shown on the screen. There
Is no advance In prices.
SPRING REALLY ARRIVES
Rickey Spring arrived in the
Rickey community in the form of a
swallow, Friday morning. The swal
low was the first that has been seen
this year. Daffodils have been In
bloom for sometime and a number
of spring flowers are making their,
ppeuauc
SALEM LOSES
TO BENSON BY
SCORE 31-28
(Continued from page 1)
Corvallis, prime favorite, meets
Franklin of Portland in the una.a.
Bellfountain and McLoughlin will
clash at 7:30 with the winner being
awarded third position.
Ted Sarpola, twice all-state As
toria forward, gave one of the most)
remarkable exhibitions of basket!
shooting ever witnessed on the lo -,
cal floor, in the Tillamook gamt.
Almost single handed he pulled the
game out of the fire when it ap
peared certain Coach Rarey s
Cheesemakers would down thu
Fishermen. During the final period
this, long legged youth potted fi"e
baskets in a row, making good oil
every effort. They were not setups
either, for the most part being his
favorite long hook shots.
Astoria got off to a good lead anu
was ahead 13 to 4 at quarter time
Largely through efforts of Moore
and Stoneberg Tillamook got back
into the race and at half time were
behind but two points 15-17.
Battling through the third per
iod, the Cheesemakers not only
overhauled the fighting Finns but I
forged out in front seven points ail
one stage of the game.
It was at thu juncture Sarpola,
who had been missing many shots,
finally found the range. He drop
ped In two just before three quarter
time to cut Tillamook's lead down
to 30-25. Realizing he was "on'1
Sarpola's mates let him do the
firing. I
Failure to make good on their
free shots cost Salem its game with
Benson. Coach Huntington's squad
outscored the Techmen 10 basket
to 8 in the field but fell down mis
erably at the gift line. Benson made
good on 13 out of tneir 16 roui snow
while the best Salem could do was
8 out of 16. A total of 31 fouls was
called.
Benson failed to collect a field
goal during the first period white
Salem was able to find the ranfee
but a single time. At the half way
mark Benson was leading IS to 10.
Play speeded up in the third period
and Williams, Luther and Wagner
brought Salem up to within three
points of the Portlanders. Skopil.
who had been benched early in the
game when three personals were
called against him, went back in
at the start of the final round. H?
almost immediately cut the margin
to a single marker but Burns con
nected twice in a row to nullify the
effort. Two baskets by Salstrom ana
another by Luther completed Sa
lem's scoring. Luther and William
turned in an excellent game, th
former leading his team in scoring
with -seven points, while Willlami.
was a close second with six.
Considered the class of the 16
teams which participated in the
17th annual tournament, Corvallis
is given considerably more than an
even chance to defeat Franklin of
Portland for the championship. Per
forming with almost machine-like
precision the Spartans have mowed
down all opposition through their
hard driving, swift passing and ex
pert shooting. They were expected to
employ tactics similar to those used
when they dethroned Astoria early
in the series by out-running the
Fishermen, something no other
squad had been able to do for a
number of years.
While they are expert in working
in for close shots, Coach Torson's
young men are capable of first class
long range operations, for Kruger.
guard is good for at least four or
five baskets from near center floor
in any man's ball game.
The battle in the center circle be
tween Warren of Corvallis and Wil
liams of Franklin, towering giants,
should be a sensation. The latter
has a better scoring record as a re
sult of three games played, potting
13 baskets to nine for Warren.
Franklin won its last state cham
pionship In 1921, defeating Salem In
the final game 26 to 19. They may
come through tonight but not many
of the spectators believe it prob
able. The summaries:
SALEM (28) FG FT PF
Skopil, f 2
Salstrom, I , 2
Wagner, e l
Luther, g 2
Williams, g
Quesseth, f
TOTALS
BENSON (31)
Marchl, f 3
Gregg, f 3
Woldt. e 0
Burns, g 3
McKown, g 0
Lohr, f 0
TOTALS 9
Officials, Coleman and Lccding.
Free throws missed, Salem 8, Ben
son 3.
ASTORIA () FG FT PF
been in bed for a month following
flu and measles.; Roy, Just youngc;
than Tony, has just recovered from
the measles, and now Suzie, Betty
and Irene, who Is just a year old,
are having the same diseases, all in
a severe form. The school nurse is
e&sisting the family in the care of
the three children.
MARTIN URGES
. FL000 RELIEF
Governor Martin today urged th
people of Oregon to aid in making
a success of the emergency appeal
of the Red Cross for relief of flood
sufferers in the stricken eastern
areas.
"Oregon's part of the campaign
will be conducted through the local
Red Cross units and every citizen
who is able to give assistance should
contact the local representative im
mediately." the governor's state
ment read.
NEW YORKER FILES
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Wm. S. Bennett, New York, attor
ney, today requested Secretary of
State Sncll to place his name on the
Oregon ballot for the republican no
mination for vice-president of the
United States.
His candidacy bor; the endorse
ment of Arthur W. Prlaulx, chair
man, and Charles B. Erskine, secre
tary of the republican state central
committee.
LEAGUE AWAITS
REACTIONS OF
NAZI LEADERS
(Continued from page 1)
the Locarno conferences and Ger
many's indictment as a treaty
breaker by the council of the
Leagu of Nations.
Some League representatives were
alarmed, and Germany was caustic,
over the invocation by Britain
France, Belgium and Italy oi Arti
cle XI of the League covenant pro
viding for action against threat ot
war. This implied possible sanctions
if Germany rejected the Locarno
powers' proposals.
In a speech last night In Ham
burg, Hitler asserted, "Germany
ready to withdraw into the seclu
sion where she can keep her good
conscience."
The British observed that the Lo-:
carno powers' suggestions were sub
ject to revision, and the Impression
in Berlin was that Hitler would at
tempt to negotiate away some of
the sharpest points of the program
drawn up rather than reject It all
flatly.
The Locarno proposals encom
pass, besides creation of the "buf
fer" zone, submission of the Franco-Soviet
pact and the Rhlneland
reoccupatlon to The Hague Inter
national court, and a great Inter
national conference to consider ail
questions arising out of and follow
ing the World war.
Italy, as well as Germany, had
vet to accept the plan, even though
her representatives participated In
the formulation of It.
The German press charged that
Der Fuehrer had been dealt a "blow
below the belt" In proposals so dras
tic, and made it clear the Reich
wanted no foreign troops on her
soil. Germany, too, did not like the
idea of the other powers to estab
lish or continue contacts between
their army general staffs in her ab
sence. France faced not only the diplo
matic problem of maintaining i
united front with Britain, but also
the job of holding an election to se
lect a new chamber of deputies.
The League council conciliation
committee of 13 was called Into sea
sion today to consider the favorabl:
Ethiopian and Italian replies to the
League's appeal for peace in east
Africa.
FINANCING OF NEW
COURT HOUSE PUZZLE
Commenting on agitation for a
new courthouse building County
Commissioner Roy Melson stated
today that regardless of other con
siderations the matter of financing
such a structure even If approved
by a majority of the people would be
something to give concern.
Under depression years relief has
been a serious matter for the
county, he stated, and road funds
were pared down to meet demand
for lower taxes and to make a wider
spread for relief. As a result road
work has suffered and farmers are
complaining because of road con
ditions and demanding that the
roads now going to pieces be placed
in shape. Old age pension costs are
VERA STRETZ
TRIAL HALTS
Now York, March 31 (P) Blonde
Vera Stietz, her claim unshaken,
steeled herself In her prison cell to
day while her trial for the slaylnj
of Dr. Fritz Gebhardl, wealthy
German importer, halted for the
week-end.
Four Jurors were selected yes
terday In the first day's session to
try the 31 year old university grad
uate for the slaying of her em
ployer in his fashionable cast side
apartment. General sessions Judge
Cornelius F. Collins adjourned the
case until Monday.
In the question of the talesman
both prosecution and defense indi
cated they would attack the cast
from the point of a 's'lngle-stand-
ard" for murder.
"Do you believe, in the case of
murder," Assistant District Attor
ney Miles O'Brien asked the pro
spective jurors, "there Is one law
for the man and another for the
woman?"
"You believe in the law of self
defense, don't you?" Samuel Leib
owltz, Miss StreW attorney, count
ered in questioning the first tales
man. The man nodded.
another factor, he stated, in tha
tax situation. In addition large
acreages have gone off the tax rolls
because of tax delinquencies.
"There are a number of difficul-.
ties presenting themselves from tin
financial angle alone," he said, "be
fore plans for a new courthouse
could be worked out."
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TOTALS
Officials. Plluso and Lecding. Free
throws missed: Tillamook 6, Astoria 5 i
ZIEBERT FAMILY ILL
Hazel Orecn The Zlebert lamtly
Is having more than the usual
amount of sickness the past month
Tony, the nine year old son. hn.
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