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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1936)
THE CAPJTAE JOUBNAE SALEM. OKEGOM fHURSPAY, 'AUGUST 13, 1036 CapitalAJournal Salem, Oregon ESTABLISHED MARCH I. 1M Independent newspaper PublUhed rv.r, uurnoon tun Sunday M 444 Obemekele. Ium Telephone Bueliiee. Of llo 71 New Hoc MT; Soeuty Bdttot W OK) KOI PUTNAM. (ditor tod Publisher ruu tsABio wi stBvici o m socutsd pmss AND TBI UNITID PSSSS SUBSCRIPTION BATES) VT CAItRIIK 10 cent WMk; cent month; W JO ! M"0" BY MAft is MnoB Polk Una Yamhill. Benton CUcasmas and Unou4 ounuei: On. month so oenu; I momhs IM: I month. P; l ' . - . . .. . . una mi in advance The Aseucuted Pre la esclusivaly entitled to the use (oi public. Uonol all new dispatchc credited to II or not otherwle. eredlted IB lhl papal and aim local new. publubed herein. With i.r without uffensc to trind or lot I sketch your world exactly at it got. Eugene Tries it The Capita! Journal join with the Register-Guard in congratulating the Eugene city council upon its selection of Dr. James D. Barnett as a member of that city s civi service commisHion, but in view of Salem's experience with civil service for its fire and police departments it cannot share in the Eugene editor's enthusiastic predictions for the success of civil service there, ... t t. ti: Dr. Barnett, professor of politics sciences at the uni versity of Oregon, author of textbooks and a recognized na tional authority on that subject, is probably as well qualified as anyone who could be found to direct the administration of Eugene's experiment with civil service. He may out of his wealth of information concerning the problems of govern ment, be able to devise a formula for administering the code which will overcome the deficiencies of the system. He may, for instance, be able to establish discipline and full obedience to centralized authority within the affected departments without vesting in departmental chiefs full re sponsibility for their subordinates and the power to enforce that responsibility with suspensions and dismissals. He may be able to preserve efficiency and individual re sponsiveness to the public interest by cutting the red tape which usually attaches to civil service regulations, and he may succeed in preventing the destruction of enterprise and initiative, which generally are lulled to sleep by a sense of too much security in employment. , " Dr. Barnett may be able to help achieve these results for the city of Eugene under its civil service program. But that has not been the experience of Salem or of most other cities which have tried it at the expense of discipline, alert ness and general efficiency. Discipline and the unincum bered power to enforce it are as important to the efficiency of a city's police department as to an army. Civil service, unless properly safeguarded by the cen tralization of responsibility and authority, is destructive of efficiency. City Cooperation Visitors to Salem whose sense of beauty is offended by the sight of charred and blackened lots surrounding green lawns and tidy, laboriously kept gardens can attribute the spectacle to the city's official thrift strange as that seems. These evesores. it seems, are a product of the city's fire prevention policy which calls' for the cutting or burning of weeds and tall grass on vacant property as a means of re ducing the hazard from carelessly tossed matches and cigar ette stubs during the dry summer season. Ordinarily the lots are cleared by cutting and raking, and controlled burning of the piled debris. A city ordinance provide that if the clearing is not done by the owner the city may do the work and assess the cost as a lien against the property. This year the city, following experiments in for mer years, adopted burning as the most economical method of doing the work. The result is ugly black splotches, some of them a whole block in extent, marring the residential sections of the city from one end to another. There they will remain to offend the eye and destroy the beauty created by proud home own ers until long after the fall rains have set in. Truly, city officials are setting a wonderful example of cooperation in city beautification. Time for Action With a call for bids on the work of excavating for the flew capitol already Issued and the date of starting work set for early September, there is Immediate need for considera tion of the problem of additional park facilities for the city. All of Willson park, the present location for band con certs and other large out-of-doors gatherings, is included in the site of the new building and a sufficient portion of it will actually be occupied to make the remainder inadequate for the use to which the park has been put in the past. The city park board should seriously set to work studv Ing the problem and preparing a permanent park program for progressive development as finances are available. Such program should embody landscaping and improvement of the old auto park property perhaps during the coming win ter as a work relief project for which funds can be obtained from the federal government but should also embrace re commendations for the acquisition of further property in different sections of the city. If possible, some arrangement should be worked out with the private owners of that portion of the Bush property on Mission street, which will eventually revert to the city as inrn. mr utilization 01 me property in me near future. 60 CASES BEFORE BOARD OF PAROLES Th slate parole board reviewed Jiout 60 case, of penitentiary pris oner, today whose application, had barn received for eontrollad ral.aM Recommendation. wIL be (ubmllted to the governor tor acceptance or rejection. Oovernor Martin announced oon Vict. Involved In the recent prison riot which resulted u the death of one Inmate and Injur? to two others, may not be proMcu'eo Prank Ttl aon. committed from Eugene, leader of the disturbance, and more than M other. Involved were confined 10 correction cells. The condition of James Hamilton. Shot through the lung during the Mot. was reported unchanged. Prla an hospital attendant reported he Bad an even chance lor recovery. VISITING AUNT Oerval Mr. and Mr.. Leon Her I en rath and children of Seattle are pending this week a the home of lh.u- aunt, alia, Ocstiia Keppuiaer. MEAT CUTTERS ASK NEW WAGE SCALE Th. alem local meatcutler. un Ion presented a new wage scale pro posal to markets ca.ling for a base wage of HO a week fur two month. after which the scale for Journey men would be S3S a eek. The union, recently organised, also announced the wages would be on toe basl. of ( hour, a day except Saturday, when hours will consti tute a day'a work. Effectiveness of the proposal will await action of the city council on an ordinance sailing for the closing of all buslnea. store, at I o'clock In the evening. 1H IN PftRTI.ANn Scott, Mills Mis. Mildred Rich is spending me week In Portland a guest of her aunt. Mrs. H. a. Dixon. Mrs. Dixon attended the annual home eemlni of former school friend teachers and one time retKieiiia of Scotia Mill., Sunday, and Miss Rich accompanied her A Dog's Life ( ver oio pooch - '- Mj'i V uT VS ain't J -IIP y Minn n n fvn n n n n"n CONFISCATION OF P)N BOARD GAMES BEGINS SATURDAY (continued from pane 11 pleased that the machine, were go ing out." However, the sheriff said he ex pected a few of the machines might continue in operation to establish a test case in the court for purpose oi determining whether the attorney leneral's office Is right or wrong in Its opinion that the boards are operating illegally. Meanwhile, statewide operators oi PLOT SEEN IN MURDER CASE San Francisco, Aug. 13 (IP) Police today followed a trail of waterfront politics, a mysterious woman and two men as they sought clues n the strangle murder ol Raoul Louis Cherbourg, 31 year olo sailor, whose body, bound In heavy boat chains. was found washed up on the snore of lower 8an Francisco bay. The body was ldentliled through fingerprint, which checked with those of Los Angeles authorities. who said Cherbourg unce served a sentence In La. Ange.es county Jail. Cherbourg, It waa learned, fre quently had been employed as an Investigator In various legal causes. Including the famous James Flood estate fight, and sometimes as a maritime detective. The victim reputedly was affiliat ed with radical elements in water front politics. He Wfc, arrested on a criminal syndicalism charge In Los Angeles. One report said he had been Involved In a gang fight in an Aberdeen, Wash., saloon, and that he told a union dispatcher upon his arrival here he was afraid "some one would get him." The woman entered the case when authorities learned that during his Imprisonment In Los Angeles she had caUed union headquarters fre quently asking about him. Cher bourg later denied knowing of any woman who would be Interested In bun. Authorities also sought two men .aid to be hotel acquaintance, of Cherbourg when he lived In San Francisco. The three nien were last seen at the waterfront establish' ment about the first of last week, according to the proprietor, T. L. Selchau. The two mer were sought merely for Information concerning the victim, police said. Cherbourg', body, found near the Dumbarton bridge, was trussed with ropes and weighted down with lev. era! lengths of chain. the pin-ball and marble board rack et In Portland were preparing to re sist Moody', attempts to Invalidate their operation, with every resource at their command. Confidential advice, from Port land today said that the operators were seeking to engage the beat le gal talent available to resist Moody's announced urogram ol procedure against the machine, and that they were guaranteeing attorneys ex penses and payment of fines to those merchants who defied the sheriff, order to remov. the con trivances. One report from Portland Mid that the big-time operators would finance legal proceedings to enjoin the Marlon county authorities from closing down the machines, on the grounds that they are not gamDiing device. In the eye. of the law. Moodv said that he would wel come such a step. In that It would bring the whole question of legality o! so-called "skill'' games and de vices squarely to issue before the court Xn Moody's present and past com ment, however, there were indica tions that he would consent to a test case before the court, only up on the condition that the operations of all such devices be suspended during the time that the case Is pending. In response to queries from some of the operator, the sheriff advised them the machines could be stored, but not merely shoved Into a back loom. Legs must be removed from the machines and they must re placed In bona fide storage and not merely shoved into a back room where they might be put into use. I Intend to start out Saturday and see that the boards are not In operation." the official stated. Anywhere I find one going It win be picked up and brought to Salem on advice from the attorney general." The sheriff yesterday afternoon sent written notification to the the atres ODeratlns bank nights here that they must desist. Bank night operated as usual last night with announcement reported made at the theatres that they would continue to operate next Wednesday night which la past the deadline laid down by the sheriff and attorney general. Report was current that an at tor ney representing the firm having charge of bank nights over the country Is on his way here to inject some legal Interference and make a test case In this state. A large num ber of theatres are Mid to be oper ating a similar plan In various parts of the state. ODOITIIS-LAND. St A ANO All &4HMIN or INDIA, AM THl MOST WftOUriC CATTLE THAT CAN BE RAISED IN SOU-TV, ftXAV OUt TO mtio STRONG CONSTI TUTION ANO THICK SK1N.THIY CAN STAND THE INSECTS ANO INTENSE HUMIDI TV OF THIS SECTION, CATTLE CANNOT y C Y. Ranlck 1 'tS.Tir- u f '-'7 I ."Iv 21 dwvvvs tin UQEGON MOLfV. Due ronruNer- Mra ANO CABS VX or urrte stpvicr, so fiwcrcAuy o&sourc. News Behind The News By Fan! Mellon Washington, Aug. 13 The Roose velt labor ralller. at their conven tion here were not very shy about their long range thought of elect. Ing John L. Lewis president In 1940 on a labor party ticket. Nona oi the speakers Mid any thing officially about It. The IVy I word, "tnird par 1 I ty" were never I V V I mentlo n d. No WaassaaaaaVBiasa demonstra 1 1 0 n s PALL MALLUft were staged for anyone except President Roosevelt. But If you will add up the follow ing facts, you will get the proper sum total of what the boys hopefully have In mind: (1) their resolution establishing their groups as a per manent organisation said labor should be in a position "to adjust ourselves Intelligently and effec tively to any political realignment that may occur following the re election of President Roosevelt; ill Mr. Lewis, the prospective can didate, opened his own door, say ing: "i do not know, after this elec tion, what labor will do but labor will undertake to do that thing politically which labor believes to be of the greatest advantage to labor," and (3) new deal handyman Berry added they propose to fur nish "the Instrument through which we can effectively and intelligently play our part in the realignment, if realignment Is to come, in tne political parties of this country." In fact, some present felt tnese hints were much clearer than ne cessary in a meeting called solely for the purpose of rallying around Mr. Roosevelt. Chances Few political authorities here will believe there Is very much chance for Lewis or a formidable labor party soon. So many "it's" are involved In the situation that con sideration of It becomes merely par lor speculation. In the first place, Mr. Lewis must successfully organize the steel in dustry and take over the A. F. of L. That will be a large order, even if Mr. Roosevelt Is re-elected. After that, Lewis' chance of cap turing either major party a. a ve hicle for his operations will have to be faced. The nominal democratic leaders In congress and the poli tician, would not want him (Robin son, Bankhead. O'Connor, Olaan, etc.). . ' No possible reorganization of the republican party Is now conceivable which would at lord mm a ioouioiu in that camp. And If Mr. Roosevelt Is defeated, where will he be? This leaves him a competitive third party as the only reasonable pros rject. If both major parties continue In the field as Important political en titles, all hi third party candidacy could do I to hurt or help one of the two major parties. Ha would be in the same position as Coughlin, Lemke, et al now find themselves. Meanwhile, however, tne sugges tion of possible greater political im portance U water on hi. wheel The hints are expected to continue. Thrwat Par more realistic was what tha new deal's friend. Sidney Hlllman. told the convention. In (diplomatic language, he virtually announced mat, alter ciecuuu, an other fight was going to be made for NBA. tne miny-nour we or some legislative control of the work week and minimum pay. One overlooked sentence In his speech to the Roosevelt rally reads: "Th. NRA has been tne savior oi million, of workers, and we In our Industries propose to demand of government, after this election, le- ...,. MKilawino- Mi att'patshon. " ' guaranteeing minimum wages and maximum hours In industry." (Applause.) Advancement Progress i. moving so fait Inside the Interior depart ment that the new building is be ina rebuilt In some particulars be fore It has really settled In the ground. First, Secretary Icke. discovered there was no radio broadcasting room In the building after It was up. Imagine a new government building without a broadcasting room I He ordered partitions knocked down, floors torn up. and room combined to provide suitable radio quarters. But, even after that, other defi ciencies were discovered daily. As a consequence. Mr. Icke. has been holding up his own personal end of the PWA program by constant re building. ttatle The time has now arrived in this campaign when speeches Mart out Ilk. this: , Bm ai-j tn he ahle til take nart in this centennial celebration both becauM It brings me oaca to towa because It permits me to Join In congratulating the city of Coun cil Bluffs. I cannot claim residence here, but t can and do claim a neighborly pride in your history and accomplishments. Opening para graph of address by Agriculture Sec retary Wallace at the centennial cel.bratlon of the city of Council Bluffs. Iowa. LIAVES HOSPITAL n-wBiwatmiiel C. Brown was able to be brought home from th hospital where he nas been more than two month, and his many friend hope to see him regain hi. health soon. SUvenon Mr. and Mrs. H. W Prton left Tuesday night for Los An galea, being called there by the sudden death of Praauan . brother. John Preston. Th.y alii remain for th. arse. STRANGE DEFENSE STRATEGY! & I 3-3 LOOK ft HM1 P . zj:'u Astor-Thorpe Case to Reach Settlement in Order This Afternoon 'Ooprrifht. lfl, by United FT fill Log Anrrelen. Auir. 13 (U.R) After an hour's heated con ference with both parents arid their attorneys. Judge Good win Knight announced at noon today the final peace pact in the sensational Mary Astor-Dr. ' Franklyn Thorpe child custody bat tle will be announced from the bench at 3 p. m. Judge Knight called the film actress and her divorced husband and their lawyer. Into his private chambers at 10:30 a. m. and for more than an hour loud voices could be heard through the door panels, indicating an angry sdssion. Then the Judge walked from tne conference, stepped to the bench and announced that "final Judg ment" would be given this afternoon. Judge Goodwin J. Knight said he would Impose severe conditions up on Mary Astor and Dr. Franklyn Thorpe In settling Joint control of the 4-year-old daughter. His Intent, he sett, was to "sew up" the litigation between the (Urn star and her former husband so that It can never be reopened. Judge Knight stated his plans in revealing that he would take charge of Mis. Astor's rhapsodical diary. In which slip confessed an extra-mari tal love for George 8. Kaufman, famous playwright. The disposition of the diary will be known only to Dr. Thorpe. Miss Astor and the court. It was under stood, however, that trntm Kautnt would Impound It In such a way that it can do no further damage to Miss Astor and be of no further as. sistance to her former husband. "My primary interest I for the child." he Mid. "When the agree ment drawn up between the Jawyer. Is accepted, I expect it will set up the Astor-Thorpe case so It Ui never be re-opened. "Contrary to rumor., there has been no pressure exerted upon me by motion picture interests to eno Ihe case." Judge Knight said. "Any high pressuring' was placed upon the nrincloals involved, not the court." The onlv hint the Jurist would give as to his decision was that he thought any plan where one or the other parent got the child over week-ends was unsound. "Rest aasured that I will not 'rub. ber stamp' any agreement made by the attorneys,- ne mm. Charge Withdrawn Aeainst T. L. Lewis Sllverton T. L. Lewis was brought Into Justice court Tuesday on charge of reckless driving. The cast was dismissed when the private prosecutor decided to withdraw the charge. Guy LeRoy 8trick!ir. paid $7.50 In justice court Wednesday on a plea of guilty t eperatma a truck of er. Thomas Paine, Revolutionary wri ter, once lived In Greenwich Vil lage, New York. SALARY JUMPS FOR EMPLOYES OF CITY ASKED (Continued from pag 1) ception. These exceptions include the city treasurer, janitors of public buildings and employes of the park department. Increases for the heads of the fire and police departments, sanitary inspector, city attorney, building inspector, engineer and city recorder are sought. Due to the bonding of outstanding warrant, there will b no necessity next year for interest on such war. rants. A request for $6000 with which to install traffic lights and another of $1000 for the purchase of a street cleaning truck are In cluded in the budget. The tentative budget includes the following items: APPropnaiiOB wiidibmb lias CHr Attorney office... I 9.810 SPANISH WOMEN BEAR ARMS Women have been playing an important part in the actual Ijghting m pain t ,vl ar roun Msdritf. Above, a group of volunteer militie women with the male sergeant they ehose te their company. ) Communist womtn n trsimng military service at Madrid, where they volunteered to tight tor the loyalist fortes. (Aseoentte Prose Phetee) Barrti eonetrti But I din Inspection . Comfort nation Emerincr fund ... Enilntertnf, turvcr Pir Dpt. SslariM Fire Dept. Bipema . Health Mi-rte Iuclnerator Inc. Exp. of OiU ... Jklt expense ........ Public libraxr Ushtine PftMci Pit rt round Police Hlarlei Police eipense ...... Publie building! .... Recorder office ... Banitarr In pee lor Bewerx Street eleaninc , l.OOO , 8.400 M.2SS , S.3 , I 400 , t.aoo , 1.21 sse , 12.686 , 35,000 , 4,750 , 1.6M , si. no , 9.111 , II JO , .ne , i.iii , 10.000 , ii.vte 1M7 I !. l.StU 4.7 MM 5,000 TSIaO S4.S4U 1.0M 1,11ft est J.7S SW 11 M 37.400 .2M 1.100 l.ooi 11.31 3 4b e.otw 1 Ml lft.QOO 11.40 s.eoe w Traffic uneli l.2S Treaiunr of flea .... 3.000 .Ajipropj tf Uoaa fAUtiflt stag Ma include 199,302.50 for Installment and interest on general obligation bonds, and 115,003.71 tiutallmenu and Interest on redemption of street ' Intersection obligations, PEACE WORKERS TO SPEAK AT NORMAL Salem peace worker, will speak before several classes at the Ore iron Normal school at Monmouth Friday morning. Arraniem.nts for their appearance are being made by Miss Arbuthnot, normal school faculty member. Young people who will take part are Oeorge 8elf, Jr and Prank Evanson, of Salem, and Malcolm Conner, Beryl Lincoln and Adeno Joy, Emergency Peace campaign worker. In Salem. Peace talks will be given before Mis. Arbuthnot'. geography elas. Joint history elaase of Mr. Lander and and Mr. Santle. and an Amer ican hiatory clas. taught try Mr. Lander.. They will also have peace literature for distribution and for WITH PARENTS Oats Mr. and Mra. Darrell Hay ward and Mr. and Mr.. Elbert Lar Km and two children .pent th week with Mra. H.yward'a parents, Mr and Mr.. C. Fox, at N.lhvlll. Oregon. Schilling pure flavor lasts Tan Ma V! 7
