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Weather Occasional rain tonlfht and Frt day; little change In temperature. Strong southeast wind. Yesterday: Max. M, mln. 44. Rain M in. Rlv. 1 (U Cloudy, light south wind. Comics and Features "Judge PuMe" by Jean Abern In Board and Room la a scream. "Hen ry" the smartest kid that ever lived, "Beck's Cartoons" are full of human Interest. Read them dally In the Capital Journal. CapitaJjybiuiraal 49th YEAR, No. 36 Entered m second class SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1937 PRICE THREE CENTS TSJSSi matter at Salem, Oregon jin o io n V3 I ; . 1 MOTOR STRIKE ENDED, PEACE PACT SIGNED ; iTniiarl An.tn WnrVaro Da. cognized as Bargaining Agent for Members Corporation Agrees to Drop Prosecution of Sit-down Strikers Detroit, Feb. 11 (JP The costliest strike In American Automotive his tory ended formally today with the signing here at 11:46 a.m. (Eastern standard time) of a peace agree ment between General Motors cor poration and the United Automobile Workers union. The signing occurred as the strike, estimated to have cost one million dollars a day in wages alone to Gen eral Motors employes, entered its 44th day. Shortly before the agreement was signed. General Motors announced a 6-cent hourly wage increase for all its employes effective February 15, estimated to aggregate approxi mately $25,000,000 a year. Under the terms of the agree ment: 1 The corporation recognizes the Union as the collective bargaining (Concluded on page 11. column 8) JUDICIAL PLAN LACKS CLARITY Washington, Feb. 11 (U.IO Chair man Hatton W. Sumners cancelled a meeting of his house judiciary committee which was scheduled to consider President Roosevelt's judi cial program today with a cryptic comment that "the visibility Is not very good.' Although Sumners was reticent About postponement of the meeting. It was thought that the chairman sought further clarification of Mr. Roosevelt's attitude on the program before continuing committee discus sions. , The action emphasized general Confusion prevailing as to the exact views of Mr. Roosevelt as well as the attitude of Sumners and vari ous congressional leaders. ' Sumners, openly cool to the presi dents plan, indicated he Intended to confer further with Mr. Roose velt before taking any more action. ... Cancellation of today s committee meeting will delay further consider ation of the president's program un til next Tuesday unless a special meeting Is called. "By then we should know some thing,' Sumners declared. DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR 77-YEAR TWINS r- Portland, Feb. 11 (UP) John and George Bartenstein, twins, will be burled In a double funeral service here February 15. They were 77 years old, bachelors, and had lived their lives together. They contracted pneu monia and were taken to Multnomah hospital January 30. John died Feb ruary 2 and George February 7. They were natives of Germany. , Opposition to Proposed $50,000 Power Plant Develops at Stayton Stayton, Feb. 11 The city's request for the construction of a $50,000 generating plant here, which has been approved by the Mountain States Power company, was thrown into a muddle here this week when local - opposition to the project developed. Controversial reports have been circulated on the potential water power In the Gardner ditch, which flows through the town of stay ton, firing power to the Osrdner Flour mills, the Western Batt and Bedding ormpany and the town of Stayton. The city of 8alem Is sup plied by water flowing through a second ditch. According to the report of C. H. Rider, engineer In charge of elec trical power and equipment at the Paris Woolen Mills, the largest sin gle Industry la U town. Ultra is Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Carey Martin announced yester day that the reason he let E. E. Taylor of Suverton beat him to the draw on the first straw hat In 1937 was because Carey's hat la getting so worn out he expects to get a new one this year. There's a chance to put some fancy wagers on whether he does or doesn t get a new one, CARLEY WILSON'S PAMPHLET PLEASE COPY Bllverton Showing up here in the yards as the snows melted are the following: Mrs. Max Wlttreln, 419 Brooks street, had anemones In blossom and wall flowers in full bloom, Wednesday, February 10. Mrs. Myrtle Wright, 400 Silver street, has violas in full bloom and garden hyacinths budding and Diossoming. socn Mrs. wntrein and Mrs. Wright report the flowers well covered with snow during the un usual weather. Nature also played a naughty prank on our town. Tired of waiting for the snowdrifts to melt away the city yesterday and the day be fore had gangs of men out spreading the remaining snowdrifts over the streets for car tires to soak up. Just as this work was finished the warm heavy rain came along which would have melted the snow, anyway. But the men got the Jobs, so who should kick? The bride wore a smart blue ensemble trimmed In white and a matching blue bat," says the society item describing the pretty wed ding of our bosom copper friend, Walter Thompson. We wonder If he also wore his conventional blue? "I sure got a big surprise when I came to town for tills legislature," said dbert Bede at the newspaper men's dinner given by Doc John Evans and his associates last eve ning. "Walking around town I drop ped up High street and on the win dow of the state treasurer's office saw that the words 'State of Ore gon' were painted on the windows in bigger letters than the words 'Rufus C. Holman.' How'd that hap pen, Rufus?" asked Bede turning to the state treasurer who was sit ting by. "O, the darned painter dis obeyed instructions," .said the treas urer. This matter of our little gag about the wheels of our car spinning with the emergency brake on is becom ing almost a mob affair. We're still getting letters about the same and can't turn around on the street with out some mugg twitting us in regard to it. But doggone if we can help It If everybody Is envious about our having such new f angled emergency brakes on our car. Up-to-date we haven't heard a kick from, employes who have to pay their social security percen- ta-.s, but have heard a number from bosses. The difference seems to be the employes expect to get theirs back in the next 25 years or so and the employers dont. Also the employes only have to pay 1 per cent of their wages and the bosses will have to pay 3 per cent. Some of these days the man who will be considered as having the most ingenious mind will be the man who can think up some new form of taxation. And the field is getting pretty limited as It stands. FIRE AT BROOKS Brooks, Ore- Feb. 11 Fire of un known origin destroyed the small cottage on the Fred Dowe property in Brooks early Wednesday morn ing. The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James Riggl and small son. The Rlggis lost practically all their household goods and clothing. Insufficient water power flowing through the Stayton ditch to gen erate the necessary horsepower to operate the various plants and the proposed $50,000 generating plant of the power company. The diver sion of the Salem ditch water. which would be an expensive pro cess, might endanger the property of the town in case of freshets and high water, he aald. Contrary reports come from A D. Gardner. 8r owner of the ditch and controller of 1100 second feet of water from the North Santlsm (Concluded ea pat 11, column M ROOSEVELT TO STAND PAT ON JUDICIARY BILL No - Compromise Battle Promised in Behalf of Court Reform More Senators Summon ed to White House for Conference Washington, Feb. 11 New White House conferences prompted administration sources today to fore cast a no-compromise battle by Pres ident Roosevelt In behalf of his court reorganization plan. Summoned to discuss the Roose velt bill which includes authority to increase the supreme court member ship to a maximum of 15 Justices, were: Senators Plttman of Nevada, Wag ner of New York and McAdoo of Cal iforniaall democrats. Senator Norrls of Nebraska, veter an Independent who has said he would favor a constitutional amend ment to limit the terms of supreme court Justices, These added two more talks across Mr. Roosevelt's desk to the unusual series of conferences over the contro versial court plan which began last Friday before a special message went to the capitoL Those attending have said the meetings permitted the pres ident to amplify his views.- Senators fighting the proposed su preme court change claimed that (Concluded on page 11. column 8) REBELS DRIVEN BACK AT MADRID Madrid, Feb. 11 (P (By wireless at i3:ao pjn. today, Madrid time) So cialist troops drove fascist besiegers from "last line" positions In Madrid's West Park, the military defense council announced today. The entire sector south of Uni versity City is "now dominated by the government," the announcement said. A small building in front of the clinical hospital, center of socialist and insurgent attacks for weeks, was also taken In the day's fighting, the defense Junta said. Government commanders asserted militiamen on the southern Mediterranean front had checked a fascist advance oh Motril near Salobrena, a coastal point about 48 miles east of Insurg ent-dominated Malaga. (Fascist headquarters at Algecir- as, however, declared their columns had occupied Motril and maintained an advance eastward on the seaboard highway to Almerla). An insurgent airplane dropped eight bombs on Almerla yesterday, socialist reports declared. Two of the bombs were reported to have dam aged the freighter Monte Coro In Almerla harbor. Official reports said government fighting planes shot down four In surgent pursuit planes which accom panied the bomber in addition to one fascist tri-motored ship In the Ma laga sector. All members of the crews of the planes were killed, It was said. LOYALIST LEADERS SHOT AT MALAGA Olbraltar, Feb. 11 0J.PJ More than 160 loyalist leaders and military of ficers have been executed at Malaga, Oen. Oonzalo Quelpo de Llano, na tionalist commander In chief in southern Spain, aaid In a broad' cut today. He said that all had been shot after trial. The nationalist chieftain boasted that within a week the insurgents would begin an attack on Valencia, the loyalist emergency capital on the east coast. MEDFORD FLYING CADET DIES, CRASH San Antonio, Tex. Peb. 11 VP nying cadet John r. OribUe, 24. Randolph field, was killed today wnen nis prane crashed. Cadet Orlbble was. on a solo flight. He was from Med ford. Oregon, and was survived by his mother, Mm. J. & dribble. i .i i Air Liner in Watery Grave ggMtMs!!g2R This photograph shows all that was visible of a United Air lines transport plane after It crashed Into San Francisco Bay near Mills Field. Eleven persons were killed. (Associated Press Photo) AIRLINER VICTIMS DROWNED AFTER CRASH INTO WATER San Francisco, Feb. 11 (P) tims were alive after the Los crashed into the bay but drowned before rescuers could ar rive, an autopsy revealed today. ing bodies was conducted while to determine what caused the dig it- airliner to crash near Mills Field Tuesday night. Dr. J. N. Dallal and Coroner Wil liam Crosby agreed the four vic tims had drowned and missing clothes of one passenger Indicated he had fought his way free from the wreckage and attempted to swim ashore. He was Mark Fontana. wealthy San Francisco food manufacturer. "Fontana definitely was drown ed' said Dr. Dallal after perform ing an autopsy. "He had only su perficial facial lacerations and these probably were made by a grappling hook." Fon tana's body, found near the wreckage, was without the coat and (Concluded on page 11, column 3) MOTHER THORNTON, CONS' FRIEND, DIES Portland. Feb. 11 (JPi Mother Thornton, friend of hundreds of un fortunates in Portland Jails and the state prison, died Tuesday night, a victim of Influenza. She was 79 years old. For two decades she was a famil iar figure at Jails here and the state penitentiary, which she visited to spread the gospel or Christianity Her real name was Mrs. Frances Thornton, but criminals and police alike knew her only as ''Mother Thornton." Some years ago she was made honorary chaplain of the Multno mah county Jail. Before she began her ministry among prisoners she had reared a family of 11 children and formerly lived in Rose burg and Corvallis. Just before she died she regained consciousness and feebly told friend: "Do you know what night this Is? It's Tuesday and time for chapel services at the city Jail." But she never got there. LINDBERGHS LAND -TRIPOLI AIRPORT Tripoli, North Africa, Feb. 11 U.R Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at 3:50 p.m. today from Pal ermo, Sicily, after a brief refueling halt at Tunis, on an aerial Jaunt in the Mediterranean area. They made the 330-mile flight In 3 hours and Id minutes. Air Marshal Italo Balbo, governor of Libya, who flew to his administra tive capital here from Rome, wel comed the Lindberghs at the airport. The party left, apparently for the governor's residence, but no confir mation was obtainable because Bat bo issued orders that the visit of Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh was to be strict-1 ly private At least four of the 11 vic Angeles-San Francisco nlane Search for the seven miss investigations were launched LEWIS DEFEAT SEEN BY GREEN Washington, Feb. 11 (P William Oreen, president of the American Federation of Labor, characterised the General Motors strike settlement today as a surrender on the part of John L. Lewis. Oreen expressed "regret" that the United Automobile Workers had fail ed to obtain a "closed shop" In de partments other than those claimed by A. F. of L. craft unions as their territory. "If any one lesson has been taught," Oreen said, "It is that in a fight of this kind the solidarity of all labor In the United States and Canada Is needed." "I can express regret that the au tomobile workers failed to secure rec ognition for their own group," Oreen told reporters. "The whole army of labor Is Injured to some extent when a division of labor sustains a defeat.1 Oreen also circulated a formal statement in which he said in part that Lewis had abandoned his de mand for exclusive recognition in 20 plants and "to this extent the set tlement represents a surrender in a very large way to the demands of General Motors management. FDR CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR MURPHY Detroit, Feb. 11 VP) Among the hundreds of telegrams of congratu lations received today by Governor Murphy In connection with the set tlement of the automotive strike waa the following from the White House -Accept hearty congratulations upon your splendid work in connec tion with the automobile strike set tlement. Not only the Interest. dl- rectly concerned in the dispute owe you a debt of gratitude but the gen eral public has reason for rejoicing hat an acute situation which threat ened serious disorder and dislocation has been amicably adjusted through negotiations. Yours has been a high public service nobly performed for which I desire to express the thanks of the nation. (Signed) "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Mrs. Mary K. Wood Passes in Portland Portland, Feb. 11 UP) Mrs. Mary K. Wood, 67. wife of Dr. Joseph Frederick Wood, died of pneumonia In a hospital here. She was born In Heppner, ore., April I, 1879. Among survivors Is a b-other. Frank Mad' Cock, Condon. MAJOR LABOR BILLS BEFORE HOUSE FRIDAY Measures Requiring Re gistration of Unions Dividedly Reported Townsend Memorial Ad versely Reported by Senate Committee Prior to Governor Martin's ad dress before the joint assembly, to day the house received a divided committee report on the two major labor bills, which, If passed, would require registration of all labor un ions and would outlaw sympathetic strikes and lockouts. By a vote of 4 to 3 the labor and industries com mittee brought out a "do not pass" report on both Issues. The house will take no action on the measure until tomorrow. The delay of one day before ac tion will be taken on the committee report gave opposing groups a chance to draw their battle lines for a controversy on the floor tomor row morning. Introduced nearly three weeks ago by Representative Mrs. William (Concluded on page 9, column 3) CHINOOK WIND WARMS OREGON Portland. Feb. U (U.PJ Most of the Pacific northwest was enjoying nor. mal weather conditions today for the first time In more than a month. A warm chlnook wind which reach ed gale proportions on the coast raised the temperature here from 37 degrees during the evening to 47 at 4:30 a.m., the highest since Decem ber 22. Although the region west of the Cascades received the greatest benefit from the warm wind temper atures were higher east of the moun tains. At Walla Walla the temperature rose from a low of 18 degrees to 46 at 4:30 a.m. Spokane had a tempera ture at that hour of 32 degrees, Bend 34, Baker 26. The wind reached a velocity of 64 miles an hour at North Head during the night and an estimated 70 at Seaside. It had diminished to 34 miles at North Head at S am., and to 16 miles an hour at North Bend. Newport reported a 20 mile velocity at that hour. The forecast was for occasional rain west of the mountains, light snow east, and little change in tem perature. Storm warnings for southerly gales were still flying at coast stations. GENERAL STONE SENT TO PANAMA Washington, Feb. n VP) The army relieved Major General Henry W. Butner from comand of the army's Panama Canal department today on account of Illness. Major General David L. Stone, now com manding the third division at Fort Lewis, Wash succeeds Butner. Brigadier General Alfred T. Smith, now on duty In the Philippines, will relieve Stone at Fort Lewis. Butner, who is 62 years of age and a veteran of 42 years army service, has been In Walter Reed hospital here a month with a heart aliment. He is from Pinnacle, N. C. Stone will sail from San Fran cisco for Panama on April 3. AIRPLANE TRAYEL GAINED 73 PERCENT Washington, Feb. 11 OJ P) Eugene Vidal, director of the bureau of air commerce reported today commer cial airline operators carried 1,020, 981 passengers in 1936, largest total for any year in history and an In crease of 73 per cent over 1936. The airlines flew 63,777.22 miles and carried 6.958,777 pounds of ex press during 1936, both representing new records. BURNS FATAL Portland, Feb. 11 Burns In curred two weeks ago when he pull ed a pot of hot coffee from a stove resulted fatally here for Janvs K Carter. 14 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jams O. Carter. Drop Probe of Ex-Convict in Kidnap Case Seattle, Feb. 11 (P Federal bur eau of Investigation agents and state patrol officers announced today they had dropped questioning and further Investigation of ex-Convict H. A. Post, 32, seaman, held here In connection with the kidnap-murder of Charles Mattson. FJ3X agents and state policemen said they were satisfied Post had nothing to do with the case. City police, however, said they would continue to hold Post on an onen charge pending investigation of his (Concluded on page 11, column 7) DECISIONS BY 3RD OF JUSTICES Washington, Feb. 11 (F) Legal experts said today that present su preme court rules permit decisions In certain cases by a third of the Justices. President Roosevelt's reor ganization plan, they explained, would not change this situation. Both the present law and the president's proposal authorize two thirds of the court members to con stitute a quorum or a minimum number for the transaction of busi ness. Thus six of the present nine Jus tices can sit on cases. If the court were Increased to 15, the minimum would be 10 justices. By an even split of the sitting Judges, the court can affirm a low er court decision. Thus if only six Judges sit on a case now, three of them only a third of the total membership could hand down such an opinion. A majority, or at least1 four of six sitting justices, is needed to reverse a lower court ruling. The president's recommendations j would permit him to appoint an ad ditional Judge to assist federal judg es who decline to retire at 70, ex cept in cases of a few temporary Judgeships. Justice department records show that the laws creating the positions now filled by Circuit Judge Julian W. Mack of New York and William El Baker of West Virginia provide no successors shall be appointed when the Incumbents die or retire. The law which created the post of District Judge John C. Pollock of Kansas, who died two weeks ago, contained a similar provision. PLANS FOR FLOOD CONTROL READY Washington, Feb. 11 WV-Army engineers said today they have all the basic data needed for a compre hensive national flood control pro ject. Unofficial estimates placed the cost at $1,500,000,000 over a ten-year period. Major General Edward M. Mark ham. chief of engineers, said Infor mation assembled in the last nine years at a cost of $11,000,000 would enable him to submit such a pro gram to congress within a few days. Among the projects recommended will be flood control reservoirs on big river tributaries, dikes to protect centers of population and nooawsys. To emphasize the size of their task enalneers pointed out a flow of 1,000.000 second-feet, or five times the normal volume of the St. Lawrence river la to be carried down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mex ico In flood times over the Eudora and Montanza floodwaya, already approved by congress. Bend Asks Authority Of Legislature to Act For New Courthouse Bend, Feb. 11 (VP) Civic groups here, joining with Red mond organizations and Pomona Grange representatives, agreed today to ask the legislature for authority to act in the emergency created by the des-' traction early Wednesday of the Deschutes county courthouse, a former school building. Jay H. Upton, former senator of mid-state counties, left for Salem to present a bill which would en able the county to vote on the ques tion of a tax levy to provide a new building. With this step under way, coun ty offlclala scattered to several downtown buildings to carry on the county', buslnesa In temporary quarters. As fire Investigators searched throueh the ruins, the loss slowly rose and was Used today at 116,000 GOVERNOR TO FIGHT AGAINST NEl'TAXATIO.'! Speaking Before Joint Session Executive De nounces Many Bills Highway Funds Should. Not be Diverted, Nor.) Excise Taxes Levied 1 By HABKT CHAIN Speaking In person before a Joint session of the senate and house to day Governor Charles H. Martin warned the legislature against Im pairment of the funda of the stats highway commission or diversion of those funds for any purpose other than the retirement of state high way bonds and the construction and maintenance of state primary and secondary roads. He declared his opposition to a proposal pending before the house to make members of the highway commission elective, salaried offi cers and cautioned the lawmakers to "go slow" on legislation Increas ing the size and weight of trucks. Referring back to the admonition contained in his biennial message against Increased or new forms of taxation, the governor declared that that warning extends to all taxes and not state levies alone. "By this I did not mean that the tax structure. of the state Jons' should not be made mors burden some, but that no additional forms (Concluded on page Is, column ) PLANE CADSES PANIC IN BERLIN Berlin, Feb. 11 VP) A German military plane dived out of a blind ing snowstorm into a busy Berlin market place today, spraying the crowded square with burning gaso line, killing six persons and creat ing scene of the wildest panic It ripped through trolley wires like a giant cleaver and crashed di rectly In front of a movable cage containing fifteen lions, part of small traveling circus. The terrified roar of the lions, struggling to escape from the men ace of fire that burst out through the screen of snowflakes before them, rose above the screams of street car passengers and the cries) of pedestrians. When ambulanoes edged their way through the mass of people and traffic, all five air force members In the plane were dead. The conductor of a street car died of burns from a live wire and another trolley worker was Injured. Several other persons were burned. The trimotorert Junkers plane ap parently was trying for an emerg ency landing in nearby Schiller park, separated from the North Berlin, scene of the crash, by a small cemetery. It was believed the plane, lost in the blizzard, had cir cled for some time looking for landing place. Relchsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, who ordinarily travels by air, was en route to his Berchtesgaden villa at the time of the storm. However, hs was on a train today. with the prospect that It would go higher. Charles M. Pared Is. of the national re-employment service In eastern Oregon, said four thousand registration certificates were among destroyed records. The building was valued at 192.000 by the school district from which the county leased It, and equipment. Including several law libraries, waa worth 125.000 more, officials said. The full extent of the damage can not be ascertained until Investigat ors are able to open several safes, one of which la submerged In a wa-ter-fllled basement. The county tax rolls and soma other valuable records were saved.