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A News in Pictures Pictorial handling of events which occur throughout the world are brought direct to you through special service and are a dally feature of the Capital Journal. 19th YEAR, No. J5 i rrTitvro nniiT Ltr iididnuui REBEL FORCES, SEIZETERUEL Franco's Army, Reinforc a ed by Italians, Driven Back; Heavy Losses Tenth Day of Bombard ment of Madrid Causes Heavy Losses Celadas, Spain, April. 21 (TV A victorious government column knif ed at the Tcruel-Zaragoza highway today after a panic-stricken rout of insurgents from the heart of Tcruel province's iron mine lands. The immediate objective of to day's thrust was severance of the road, the only reliable route for re inforcements or insurgent retreat from Teruel City, the tip of Gen, Francisco Franco's coastward sal lent. f ranco's defending army, report ed to have been reinforced at Ccla- das with Italian and other soldiers from the Guadalajara front, was driven from entrenchment and machine gun nests and suffered heavy Josses in yesterday's fight ing. The capitulation of the town put the Zaragoza highway in range of (Cfiitcliifli'ri n pace Ht, col u in 11 2) LEADER OF GOP ; v. SUED BY WIFE So..av., Kas., April 21 OPj Mrs. Laura Hamilton filed suit in district court today for separate mainten ance from John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the republican national committee. Mrs. Hamilton asked custody of their two children. Daniel 20. and Laura 12. The suit charged "gross neglect of duty, abandonment and extreme cruelty." Mrs. Hamilton has maintained her residence here while her husband has resided in Washington, headquarters of the committee. The couple was married January 28. 1915. Hamilton. 45-ycar-old attorney, became chairman of the republican national committee in June, 1936, after the Cleveland convention which nominated Alf M. Landon, then go vernor of Kansas, for president. As chairman Hamilton directed Lan don a unsuccessful campaign. A native of Fort Madison, Iowa Hamilton has had a distinguished career in Kansas as a lawyer, speaker of the state house of representatives and political leader. TEACHER GUILTY IN ASSAULT CASE Pnrtland. Ore.. April 21 (UR Earl E. Rinehart. principal of Holbrook grammar school, was found guilty by District Judge OL-on Tue.-day afternoon, of assault and battery' upon Delbert Fox, 11-year-old pu pil. Judge Olson fined Rinehart $50 but suspended payment. Testimony and pictures showed that Rinehart had struck the boy 11 times with a wooden paddle with the result that the boy's body was badly bruised and swollen. Father Divine Hiding; Communes with Spirits 'Some Distant Heaven' New York. April 21 (P lawyer who handles the bothersome but necessary terrestrial affairs of Father Major J. Divine, opir.ed today the shiny. Dated negro who In "Ood to thou- snnds of followers. Is communing with spirit In "some distant heaven." Which heaven It to. he professed not to know. And neither did the police who are welting the squat little cult leader for questioning about the beating and stabbing of Harry Oreen. a white contractor of We)iawken. N. J. The police kept an official eye on various of Father Divine's celestial Harlem haunts, but their efforts were unrewarded by even a sight of the robtn" egg blue Rolls-Royce, the earthly chariot of the leader. Madison Mad ha bad not been in G apital JIJoBraal Entered aa second clua mutter at Salem, Oregon Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN By gum, we re not going to be fooled by that heavy dew stuff or Charley Wilson much longer. If that wasn't rain that came out of the sky along about noon today and caught us flat footed in the middle of it. then it was lemonade that came down the Ohio river and made a flood awhile back and it's been popcorn that caused the dust storms In the drought area. Yeah we'll catch on to what's going on sooner or later if this keeps up. DOWNTOWN SKINS OF THE TIMES Men at work. Equipment in the road. Slow Keep off the paint. Oosh, those parallel parking spaces look inviting. We suggest the streets be cleared some day and all the kids allowed to come downtown and play the good old fashioned game of hop scotch. That'd make somebody happy, any way. The stripes are marked off just right for hop scotch. The ears sure look cute packed in the nice little spaces marked out for them. That Is the few that get into the spaces. They look as cozy as sardines in a can and get in and out Just about the same way. It EFO RMED MAXIM To him that hath shall be taken away even to that which he hath A lot of mad folks existed in these parts late yesterday after noon as the coast league opener in Portland was just reaching the windup stages. With two men out in the last half of the last inning, with the tying run on a bag and a pinch hitter at bat, the radio an nouncer over KEX advised the waiting world he'd have to turn over to a regular commercial broad cast and began telling of the ad vantages of a certain cleaning and pressing parlor. The rest of the broadcast was much appreciated. Anyway, heavy dew called off the game today. There's one bet that's still being overlooked in these traffic regula tion reformations and that's chang ing over all of the stop signs in the city to the center of the street style adopted along the Center street in tersections and one or two other places. The experience had with these should be sufficient proof it would be a well timed investment to do the same thing wherever stop signs are now hid by brush, lines of parked cars, or are otherwise in accessible to the gaze of motorists. Looks like a real chance for acci dent prevention. Speaking of motorists we have a query from one as to which car has the right of way at an intersection. We'd say in response to same that at the intersection along downtown Trade street a good share of the time the Espee sawdust cars have the right of way. A man with a name similar to that of Reed Rowland of the tax collection department at the court house, was jailed recently in con nection with a check charge. "The boys are driving me bugs about this thing, appepied Reed to us today. "Please tell the folks it wasn t me. So here goes, folks, it wasn't hint. INFANTRY BAND HEARD Medford. Ore., April 21 P An estimated crowd of 7,500 last night cat he red for a band concert by the 30th infantry band. The infantry traveled in 149 motor vehicles and Jeft at dawn this morning for the north. They are traveling from Uie Presidio to Fort Lewis, Wash. Arthur A. Madison, the nrpro communication with Father Divine last night or today. "Where he is I do not know." he said. "Why, even this chauffeur doesn't know where they are going when 'God' gets In the car." Madison said. too. he has made no arrangement to surrender Fath er Divine to the police to face i charge of felonious assault. "There Is no charge against him." he said. When one of his question ers referred to Father Divine as a "man," Madison said: "That isn't a man. that la Ood (Concluded oa mm 4. column 4) BILLION MORE WANTED FOR REUEHUND Congressmen, Led By Maverick, Seek Raise President's Proposal Others Seek to Cut Esti mates by Third Oth er Plans Outlined Washington. April 21 (Pi Some congressional proponents of a large relief appropriation lor next year decided tentatively today to ask for a billion dollars more than the President recommended in his bud get message yesterday. The President said $1,500,000,000 would meet the country's relief needs during the year beginning July 1, and warned that any addl tlonal allotment of funds would swell the year's estimated deficit Ol $418,000,000. Representative Maverick D. Tex), after meeting with several of his colleagues, said a $2,500,000, 000 appropriation had been set as their tentative goal. He said they probably would support a bill by Representative Voorhis cD., Calif.) providing that amount. Maverick claimed support of 50 to 100 house democrats. Another house group, described by Representative Boileau (Prog. (Concluded on pitae in. column 1) TROOPS CALLED TO SHOE PLANTS (By the Associated Prtiisl New threats to labor peace de veloped today despite assuring an nouncements from Tuesday's Wash ington conference of representatives of Industry and workers. In Maine shoe manufacturing centers, especially at Auburn, squads of state troopers were called in to reinforce guards alert to any out breaks following the stale supreme court's outlawing of a strike lnvolv ing 19 factories. A complete tie-up of all Cunard- White Star liners was ordered for North American ports by the Inter national Longshoremen's union in a dispute over employment of non. members In Canada. At Oshawa. Out., Hugh Thomp son. United Automobile Workers or ganizer in charge of a strike of Ca nadlan General Motor employes. charged Premier. Hepburn was "con spiring to break" the walk-out and declared he did not expect ached- uled settlement negotiations to take place. Homer Martin, president of the auto union which is affiliated with the committee for industrial organ tzation, cancelled earlier plans to leave for Oshawa. LOGGERS STRIKE IN COLUMBIA CAMPS Portland, April 21 UP; Strikes at two lumber outfits involving approx imately 730 men Interrupted the peace in the Columbia river district of the lumber and sawmill workers' union today. Don F. Helmlck, secretary of the district council, said 160 locgers left their jobs in the woods at the K-P Tlmocr company near Kerry late yesterday. He reported 230 workers out today at the Oregon-American Lumber company woods camp near Keasey and 340 at the firm's Vcr nonta mill. Helmlck said the union sought a temporary agreement similar to the one other large operators have grant ed. It Includes a 10 percent wage in crease with a T cent hourly mini mum retroactive to March 22. Forest Fire Fund Asked of Congress Washington, April 21 (!' A re commendation for a $100,000 ap propriation for "fighting and pre venting forest fire on or threaten ing national forests" went before the house today. The money n'M could be used "for ttv establishment and main tenance of fire patrols to prevent trespass and to guard against and check fires' upon the rnllrond grant, lands rewtert to the Unlfxl States i in western Ore goo. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 1!)37 Martin Files Protest Upon Blanket Rates Washington, April 21 U.R Ore gon's protest against a "blanket rate ' for all government financed power projects that would force the state's Bonneville dam to sell elec tricity at the same price as Boulder dam was filed with President Roosevelt today by Governor Char les H. Martin. Accompanied by Rep. Nan W Honeyman, D., Ore., Martin told Mr. Roosevelt that "our Bonneville project wants to sell power cheaply as possible and we don t want a blanket rate." Sen. William G. McAdoo, D.. Calif., and E. F. Scattergood, Los Angeles, asked the pesident yester day to lower rates on Boulder dam electricity. Otherwise, they said, California industry would be at tracted to Oregon and Bonneville's cheaper power. Scattergood said that even If Boulder dam rates are reduced by federal price fixing formula, charges would still be slightly high- Coiii-lnlel mi itntce 16, column 7) empToyebsto ASK SECURITY Washington, April 21 (&) Secre tary Perkins' capital-labor confer ence foreshadowed an organized business campaign, informed per sons said today, to impose restric tions on unions and to give em ployers protection under the Wag ner act. In addition, these persons assert ed, officers of Secretary Roper's business advisory council recently submitted - to President Roosevelt confidential recommendations that labor's legal responsibilities be in creased These proposals were expected to come openly from two groups: the board of the national manufactur ers association, meeting today in New York, and the United States chamber of commerce, convening here next week. Administration chieftains indi cated any congressional considera tion probably would be deferred un til wage and hour legislation is dis cussed. Participants in the labor relations conference at the labor department yesterday said questions raised by business spokesmen showed their views. Both those representatives and union leaders raised such objec tions, it was said, that a plan to issue a summary of conclusions was abandoned. MARTIN SURE OF AD BYWPA Washington, April 21 (A1) Gov ernor Charles Martin of Oregon ex pressed confidence today his state would receive $450,000 from the PWA for state capitol development. He made this statement following a conference with Senator Charles McNary and Colonel Horace Hack- ctt. assistant PWA administrator. E. J. Griffith. Oregon WPA ad ministrator, said he would tranter sufficient labor to the PWA to ab sorb $300,000. This accounts for all but Uie sum Involved In indirect employment in capitol expansion. Sympathetic interest has been ex pressed by the president who asked assurance 45 per cent of the grant would go to labor. Both the govern or and Senator McNary said Grif fith's certification and estimate of indirect labor from materials will meet the president's requirement, PORTLAND SITE OLD PEOPLES HOME Portland, April 21 P Lee W. Grant of St. Louis, treasurer and attorney for the national benevo lent association of the Christian church, said today Portland will be the site for the northwest area Christian church old peoples home. Existing homes at Eugene and Walla Walla will be merged into the Portland home and will serve the church in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Officials here are inspecting sev eral possible sites. Funds are al ready available for a 25-bed home. The first unit will cost approxi mately 2fi.0O0. Grant Mid the combined population of the Eugene and. Walla Walla homes was about 25. Rev. J. Erie Carlson of Mem phis, formerly of Eugene and Cot tage Grove, will surreed F. M. Rogers u secretary of the assocta-kuoa. mm mmm TREASURY ON STILL HUNT FOR LOWINTEREST Weekly Borrowing on Short-Time Notes to Continue to June 15 Methods Sought to Tighten Tax System to Bolster Future Income Washington, April 21 m The submission of President Roosevelt's revised budget message started the treasury today on a search for the cheapest terms to borrow money and for methods to tighten the tax system to bolster future income. First, however, fiscal spokesmen predicted an already launched pro gram of borrowing $o0,ooo.ooo week would be continued until $300,000,000 has been obtained. They said they would have to de termine by June 15 whether to con tinue borrowing on short term bills, or turn to longer-time bond issues for future funds. On that date about $300,000,000 of discounted bills issued in March will come due Originally, it has been expected these bills would be paid out of tax receipts for the second quarter of the year, but authorities said today this would be prevented becau.se (Concluded mi pnco 11, column (I) DAR OPPOSES COURT PACKING Washington, April 21 ypi Daugh- i tcrs of the American Revolution I voted today to urge congress to sub-1 mit President Roosevelt's court re- j organization plan to the people in I the form of a constitutional amend ment. A resolution adopted by the 46th! continental congress expressed op position to senate and house bills which incorporate the presidents court proposal and objected to "lim iting or broadening uie scope oi powers of the three departments (executive, legislative and judiciary) without first submitting the pro posal to the people In the form oi a constitutional amendment." Mobilization of young women tt carry on as D. A. R.s was another important matter considered by the congress. Mrs. William H. Pouch of New York City, organizing secretary general, said junior D. A. R. groups increased last year from 64 to 136. "These young members mean everything to us. she said. "They are our insurance policy. They must take over the work where we leave off." More than 200 young girls are serving as paces at the congress They wear white sports dieses for the day time sessions. On "white nights." Monday and again tonmht white evening dresses are their un iforms. SIT-DOWN STRIKE BY HITCH-HIKER Denver. April 21 (U.Rt Uie na tion's first hitch-hike sit-down striker was discovered here today. Jerry Steele. 22 year old blind youth is staging a friendly sit-down in a filling station until he picks up transportation to points west. "I'm going to sit here until I get a ride, said Steele. The youth, who lost his eyesight in a suicide attempt eight years ago. Is attempting to rrsrh the home of an aunt, Mrs, Fred Lange, at Scott Mills, Ore. He left Mich igan April 8, staging his novel slt downs for tranj-portatlon en route. Joe Walters, manager of the fin ing station, is Steele's negotiator. He confers with passing motorists on possible early settlement of the sit-down. Medford Rotarians Heard In Portland Portland. April 21 Headed by George Hcnselman, president, 40 Mpdford Rotarians took over the program at the Portland club meet ing here Tuesday. A feature of the program was a burlesque on Mavor Joseph K. Car bons recent controversy with Cali fornia ovr thfl border quarantine in portion. Portland Forlans m-rre Invited to vlult MM ford during pur blos om week. Is Eleven Years Old Today : jx rlllNCESS ELIZABETH who may evrnlually brcome Queen of Great Britain. PRINCESS ELIZABETH JOYOUS ON BIRTHDAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE Windsor, England. April 21 (U.R) Princess Elizabeth, dancing with excitement, opened at breakfast time today the piles of presents awaiting her on the occasion of her 11th birthday. Oblivious to the cares which she'may some day in herit as heir presumptive to the throne, the princess with her six year old sister Margaret Rose busied hen-elf with her presents and her celebration here at ancient I Wuidsor castle. ! The big surpri.se was a snow white j pony from King George. Queen ! Elizabeth's present was a saddle and riding crop, to match the pony har ness and bridle which Elizabeth re ceived from the king at Christmas. Queen Mary, the grandmother, gave a suite of furniture for the princess' doll house. Princess Margaret Rase, who kept her present secret to the lust moment, gave a leather hand bae. There was a heavily sealed pack age, also, marked Vienna, with a card "From Uncle David' -The Duke (('mirliiflfMl nn puse II. column li) RABBI DENOUNCES COURTPACKING Washington, April 21 MfRnbbi William F. Roenblum of New York called the Roohcvelt rourt bill to day "impintliciil, imperious and impetuous." "America nuit be kept .sale from crackpots and those in the lunatic frinyr. he said in a statement pre pmcd for the senate Judiciary hear ings. Characterizing the bill as "a vi cious c-.pou.sal of an Idea that does not hold water.' Rabbi Rosenblum said he obiectrd to "the character of the rhange proposed, and 'imp Imess' of the plan. "It l.s patent," he added, "that the proponents of the change arc not so much concerned with the mentality of the justices as with their economic or political tcmpcra mcntnlity." LABOR HEARING TO RESUME THURSDAY Ran Francisco. April 21 (IV De termined to have a report on the dispute between the Rout hern Paci fic railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men and railroad trainmen In the hands of President Roosevelt by May 14, O. Stan lei eh Arnold, chair ninn of the President's national em ergency board, said hearings would be resumed tomorrow. The emergency board, comprising Arnold as chairman; Dr. Dexter Keeer. president of Reed college. Portland. Ore.; and Judge Charles Kerr, Washington, D. C, attorney, organized yesterday. Tfcmnld Rich berg, former director of the natlotml emergency council and counsel for NRA, was jctvefd here today to reprewnt Uie fircmpn and engine men. PRICE THREE CENTS PLAN SLASH IN WPA WORKERS Washington, April 21 (U.R) The new deal today planned a WPA program for the 1938 fi-scKl ypar employing nearly half a million fewer relief workers than were on the work-relief rolls during Uiis fiscal year ending June 30. On the basis of $1,500,000,000 for work relief during the year begin ning July 1, proposed by President Roosevelt in his new budget mes sage, Uie works progress adminis tration can provide employment for about 1,800,000 pcr.sons. at present wage rates. If too great an amount is not diverted for other relief pur poses. More than 2,100,000 arc now on WPA rolls. An average of J .800.000 on the rolls July 1 is approximately the employment figure which WPA of ficials exiiect to reach tliroueh re turn to private employment by that date. Administrator Harry L. Mop kins had planned to cut to l,(i00.in0 by July 1, if industry picked up suf ficiently, but flood relief interter-d David Lasser, president of the Workers' Alliance, said Mrs. Roose velt's message "looks as though it was written by the United States Chamber of Commerce or Senator Vandenberg (Arthur H. Vanden ber, R., Mich.) He sent an oien letter to eon gress asking Uie body to "face this increasingly difficult Mtuatiou alWIrnlly." Robin Reed Divorce Case Airs Charges of Alleged Cruelty to Wife Kva T. Ilcod this nmrniiiK recited a ux list of alleged cruelties she declared she'd suffered at the hands of her husband, Kobin Heed, former Olympic and national amateur wrestling champion, when she look the stand in prosecution of her di vorce proceedings Since their mar riage November 8, lf2fl, at Rerds- port, she said on numerous ocea sions he had struck her, beat her, and otherwise humiliated and em barrassed her, She recited specific instances of alleged cruelties in apartments at fciHlem when once she said the pohre were railed In and following this inrldent she said she went to Portland, frhe stated she sent her child to a farm owned bv relatives but her husband found the child Ihrrc and look her away. Mr. Reed said after a Wo weeks warch Weather Partly eloudy tonight and Thurs day, local fronts tonight. Kreah north west wind. Yesterday: Mux. 61, nun. 37 8. Rain .13 In. River 88 ft. Southwest wind. Cloudy. SAYS ACTOR IN OREGON IN 1922 PLAYINGSTOCK Miss Franz Doerfler, For mer Sweetheart, Re futes Woman's Tale When Company Went Broke, Gable Hired at Silverton Farm Los Angeles, April 21 OTj A woman who once was Clark Ga ble's sweetheart, told today of Uieir romance as obscure stock players in Oregon. She is Miss Franz Doerfler, a prosecution witness in the mail fraud trial of Mrs. Violet Norton Wells. Mrs. Wells accused Clark of being the father of her daughter. Before court convened today MLji Doerfler, who has resided in Holly wood for several years, met Gable in the prosecutor's office. They shook hands, smiled and exchanged greetings. I first met Clark in Portland, Ore., in July of 1922 when he joined a stock company for which I had been playing minor roles," said Miss Doerfler as she awaited convening of court. It was at this time, Mrs. Wells declares, that she had an affair In (CmiciiHipfi on it'ie IS. rolumn 5) FISHING PLANS OF PRESIDENT Washington. April 21 (U.R) Presi dent Roosevelt today mapped tha tentative Itinerary of his southern fishing cruise to include visits to New Orleans. Biloxl, Mlsa., Galves ton. Tex., and Fort Worth. Mr. Roosevelt will leave here by special train shortly after midnight April 28, arriving at Biloxl the morning of April 29. Present plans, which the White House emphasized were tentative. called for a motor ride Irom Biloxl to New Orleans. Enroute, the President will visit the old home of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy. The President will board th O. S. S. Potomac at New Orleans after having lunch there. With two destroyers as convoy, he will cruise Into the Gulf of Mexico, then head toward the Texas coast for about a week of tarpon fishing. Guests who will accompany th President on the boat Include Col. Edwin M. Watson, his military aide; Capt. Paul Bastedo, his naval aide; Dr. Ross T. Mclntlre, Uie Presi dent's personal physician, and pos sibly his son. Elliott. GOVERNMENT GETS CONFIDENCE VOTE London, April 21 URl The gov ernment won a nominal vote of con fidence of 119 to 49 in the house of commons last night for its policy of protecting British shipping on th high seas about Spain and holding the nationalists responsible lor any damage done within the three-mile limit nf turrit nrinl WAlrrs in thfl 1 Bilbao blockade area. he found Ihe child In a school near Portland, she nlsn alleged that Rred had struck I heir child on more than one occasion. Mrs. Itced alleged that on a trip east in a truck he forced her to leave the truck and that she fell on the icy pavement, the truck pass ing over her leg and she spent near ly five monMn in two hospitals, .she al o told ol nn Incident she al leged happened at Poseburg whrra she said he made her get out of a ear, that she wandered around be wildered and finally registered at the Uinpo.M hotel where he found ( tn turinl an pme 4, Mlumn I)
