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Newspaper Page TextFirst in News Photos Weather With the Associated Press ex clusive Tele-Mat service, the Capi tal Journal is enabled to present photos of world events within a few hours of their occurrence. 49th YEAR, No. 117 STATE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE LABOR UNIONS Board Restricts Depart ments Against Organi zation of Employes Vote Is Unanimous Wagner-Keber Act Is Quoted The state of Oregon will not recog nize labor organizations as far as state employes are concerned. The board of control, by unani mous vote, moved today to instruct all departments against organization of state employes. The action fol lowed a similar move made by the highway commission in an order is sued here earlier in the day. The move was ltd by Governor Martin, who declared the situation woud be serious if various depart ment employes were organized, such as the state police, and a strike were called. He declared state of ficials represented all the people and not one group, lodge or church. State Treasurer Rurus Holman backed the governor's move in strong terms, declaring that while he fa vored labor, organizations in his (Concluded on page 8, rolumn 8) LEBANON MAN DIES IN FIRE Klamath Falls, May 17 (Pi Mel- vin Kaufman, 24, was burned to death and H. C. Matley. 29, was severely burned In a fire which destroyed the bunkhouse on Tom O'Connor's ranch near Merrill Sun day. Matley was pulled from the burn ing structure by a third workman, who was sleeping in the structure. When the fire broke out O'Con nor and others rushed to the build ing but were told that all occupants were out of the bunkhouse. They fought hard to save the other ranch buildings from the flames. Kaufman, who was unmarried, made his home at Lebanon. Matley Is in the Hillside hospital In a criti cal condition. ACTION DELAYED ON TONGUE POINT BILL Washington. May 17 (U.R) The house todav passed a bill author izing expenditure of $13,500,000 for development of a naval air station at Alameda, Cal. The measure now goes to the sen ate for a compromise of differences between the house and senate ver sions of the bill. The house bill provides that no ' work can start on construction of the base until the navy has a clear title to the site. The bill also authorizes Inclusion In the development of Benton field, recently acquired by the navy from the army. The house delayed action on a bill authorizing an appropriation for development of a naval air base at Tongue Point, Ore., when Rep. Boss Collins, D., Miss., objected to im mediate action on the bill. Rep. James W. Mott. R., Ore., said he would attempt to bring up the bill Wednesday. 1786 WORKING ON STATE WPA PROJECTS Washington, May 17 (IP) Of the 118.500 peTsons employed on works progress conservation projects in t.h TTnttpH stAtex the last two weeks of March, 1936. 6.963 were residents of Idaho, Utah, Oregon or wasn- inston. They were employed on S15 pro fit rnxtlnff some tl5.186.034. Of the total. 1.778 people worked on 138 Idaho projects costing sj. 636 866. Only 219 were employed on ai iTtjih nrniMtjt rrctinfi si .948.206. One hundred c-lshty nine conserva tion protects In Washington, costing $6.514 898. busied 3.180 WPA work ers Oregon had 1.786 people working f on 104 projects costing $3,086,064. Water conservation accounted for 72 per cent of the protects through out the nation. Erosion control and land utilization was second. C apital JlJoBf aal Enured u iecond claas matter at Salem. Oregon Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Pedestrians feel so safe under the new regime for downtown parking they're beginning to transact their business and Indulge In their social calls In the center of the intersec tion lines at the downtown corners. This a. m.. two young women dis cussed what they did over the week-end or something equally im portant In the middle of the inter section at Liberty and State streets while a long line of cars waited for them to get through. That both of the young women were especially good looking was testified to by the fact that not one motorist, lnclud ing your columnist, tooted his hom once, but allowed them to finish their chat unobserved. It seems the chivalry of the old west is coming back for nobody ever heard of even a broncho buster run ning down a good looking girl ei ther by broncho or word of mouth. The argument as to which will be the two great parties at the next national election seems to be an swering itself. It looks like a race between the C.I.O. and A.P. of L. In fact, with employers in their present quandary as to which to choose from we suggest an employ ers' yell running something like this: Rah! Rah! Rah I Wot the '1. CIO or A P of L? THE PIKERS) The Nebraska legislature with Its new unicameral or one house set-up has closed four and a half months of work. It cost $150,000 as corn- (-pared to $203,000 for the preceding two-house session. It enacted 210 laws in little less than 100 legisla tive days as compared to the pre ceding two-house session that en acted 192 laws In 110 legislative days. It shows that these oomhuskers are a slow moving bunch. In our own little state a legislature can consider over a thousand bills in 40 days, plus, and pass over half of them. So westward the course of lawmaking holds Its sway. In Missouri the perennial dog tax bill has been having its legislative innings and one senator moved to exempt from its enforcement shep herd dogs, bulldogs, Pekingese, Aire dales. Scotch terriers, hound dogs, fox dogs, lap dogs, watch dogs, black dogs, brown dogs, yaller dogs, spotted dogs, brindle dogs, striped dogs and dogs of mixed colors. There ain't nobody going to kick that that Mlssourlans dog around We feel especially patriotic today as a taxpayer in noting some fig ures In an exchange to the effect that for every pound of tobacco sold the federal government gets $1. in taxes. It seems that also six states have a 2-cent tax on every package of cigarettes; four states a 3-cent tax; Arkansas has a 5-cent tax; some states charge a cent tax on every 5-cent cigar sold and others tax cigars from $3 to $13.50 a thou sand. Just where would the govern ment get to without a band of will ing smokers that are puffing their darndest to help balance the bud get? In re a brief mention in our col umn of a hippopotamus feast in Africa in honor of the coronation the Oregonian assures us that meat from this animal Is most delicious and palatable, much superior to some of the touted dishes In this country. We'd like to get hold of (Concluded nn paie 8, rolumn 4) fluv Farley Leading Drive For Court Packing Bill With Patronage Strategy Washington, May 17 (U.R) The lash of White House dis pleasure snapped over the senate today and Postmaster Gen eral James A. Farley apparently took command of the ad ministration drive to expand the supreme court from nine to 15 members. The senate Judiciary com mittee meets tomorrow to vote on President Roosevelt's court expan sion plan. Emerging from a conference with Mr. Roosevelt at the White House. Farley assured questioners there would be no comparison on the court bill. He was asked about sev eral bolUng democratic senators who have balked at voting the six Justice expansion of the court de sired by Mr. Roosevelt. The bill Is going through. Farley replied. "When Senator OMahoney FOR COURT FAILS TO PASS UPON SECURITY ACT Decision Due Next Mon day Upholds Ban on Process Tax Refund Nine Decisions Handed Down; Uphold Louisi ana Chain Store Tax Washington, May 17 (IP) The su preme court failed today to pass on constitutionality of the federal so cial security act. Before adjourning until next Mon day it announced opinions in nine cases. The social security decision will be delivered cither next Mon day or on Tuesday. June 1, when the court adjourns for the summer. The major decision today upheld provisions of the 1936 revenue act barring refund of $963,000,000 of processing and floor stock taxes collected under the invalidated ag grlcultural adjustment act unless the tax payer proved that he bore the cost himself. Another decision he'id constitu tional a 1934 Louisiana statue Im posing a graduated license tax on chain stores, based on the number of units operated throughout the state and elsewhere. ' Nineteen decisions remain for de livery during the next two opinion sessions. Administration leaders attempt ing to balance the budget had (Concluded on page 10. column A) 70 PERISH IN BOILER BLAST Hongkong, May 17 (P) The ex plosion of a boiler aboard a Japan ese launch made a shambles of the Hongkong waterfront tonight, kill ing perhaps 70 persons and blowing bodies over an area of from 200 yards to a quarter of a mile. Twen ty others were missing. Eighteen were injured. The launch was owned by the steamship company Osaka Shosen Kalsha Every member of her crew was killed. Other victims were nu merous Chinese boatmen and pas sersby in the vicinity. Parts of several bodies were blown even onto the verandah of the Hongkong club from the Queen's PitT vicinity, scene of the blast. Several bodies were found on the roofs of buildings in the vicinity of the explosion. Most of the dead were Japanese emigrants en route to South Am erica. They were passengers on the steamer Rio De Janeiro Maru, which arrived today from Japan, and had been sight-seeing in Hongkong. The explosion came as their launch shoved off from Queens Pier to take them back to their ship. Only one seaman escaped serious injury aboard the launch. He was blown overboard, but swam asnore. So strong was the blast that some first believed It was an earthquake. Persons in the vicinity saw no signs of the launch because she disappear t"l with the explcolon, the super structure blown to bits and the hull sinking within a few second. comes down here wanting help on a sugar bill, his conscience won't be bothering him will It? Or when Pat McCarran wants aid for his state? It s all in the point of view." O'Mahoncy, democratic senator from Wyoming and formerly one of Farley's assistant postmaster gener als, and McCarran. Nevada demo crat, both are opposing the court re organization bill. McCarran has ad vanced a compromise which ulti mately may end the Judiciary stale mate. It would add only two Justices to the high court, increasing Its membership to eleven (Concluded oa page 1, coiuraa I) SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1937 Loses License For Peddling Oil Royalties Charging violation of the "in tent and spirit" of the state Blue Sky law. Corporation Commissioner J. H. Hazlett cancelled today the brokers' license of Leo A. McOrail & Company of Portland. Hazlett said he canceled not only his broker's license but his dealer's permits because of transactions in sale of oil royalties. McGrail start ed business In Portland In April, 1935. The action followed an Intensive investigation of transactions by the company and the "discovery of the sales methods used by the broker and his agents, which are consider ed In violation of the Intent and spirit of the Blue Sky law." In a statement issued Hazlett de clared It was his hope that the ac tion will serve as a warning to other (Concluded on page 7, rolumn 6) IOYWBAION MOVIE STRIKES Hollywood, May 17 (U.R) Movie ac- tors and producers were bound today by a new contract that prohibits strikes for the next ten years. The higher-salaried stars gave a few concessions, won about 30 in return, and their demands for better salaries for minor players, over which they had threatened to strike, were granted In full. Two thousand a:tors turned out last night for the third decisive meeting of the Screen Actors' Guild in as many weeks. "The ' executive committee, which has final author ity to negotiate, announced that it had ratified the 10-year contract and that practically all major studios had signed It. Nearly all actors, from the $5 a day extras to the stars who eam a quarter of a million dollars a year. belong to the guild. It is directed by the executive committee, which includes President Robert Montgom ery, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Frederic March, James Cagney, Jean Mulr and Lionel Stander. The ques tion of strikes Is decided by a vote of the sentor group, comprised of those who eam more than $250 a week. The guild first demanded a com plete preferential shop. The new contract, in addition to outlawing strikes, provides that producers must hire extras, stunt men, "bit" players, free lance and stock players on a 100 percent guild basis; stars and fea tured players on a 90 percent guild basis, for the next five years. After five years, all actors must be guild members. WAGNER DECLARES MARTIN WRONG Portland, May 17 0P Senator Robert F. Wagner, author of the la bor relations Jaw, In a telegram to David C. Epps, president of the Oregon branch of the American Federation of state, county and mu nicipal employes, said "there ts nothing In the act which seeks to prevent or discourage state or city employes from organizing in labor unions. The senator said any attempt to use the Wagner law to prevent union organization Is a completed misrepresentation of its terms and that the act excluded state workers and government employes only be cause the Industrial relationships had always been regarded as a dis trict problem. Wagner's message came In the wake of utterances by Governor Charles H. Martin that the state would not bargain collectively wiUi union organizations. DOCTORS CLOSELY WATCHING POPE Castel Oandoifo, Italy, May 17 A Physicians are keeping a close watch on Pope Pius' health because he has failed to respond to the in vigorating air of his summer home here, prelates said today. A semi-official note issued from the Vatican declared the Pontttt, who will be 80 on May 31, was ex periencing some difficulty in breath ing and speaking. His Holiness, bed-ridden for more than three months this winter, fol lowed his usual Monday custom in holding no audiences, but he work ed on documents In his p-ivate drawing room. It was said he prob ably wou'd receive no one to morrow, thf "third least of the Pentecost." n nroiTr. n TAX SUBSIDIES ON 0 & C GRANT LAUD OPPOSED Interior Department Asks Congress For Share of Money Going to State Ask Approval of Bill Plac ing Forests on Sus ; tained Yield Basis Washington. May 17 (U.m Rufus Poole, assistant interior department solicitor, today appealed to the house public lands committee to ap prove a bill for management of the revested Oregon - California land grant property and the reconveyed Coos Bay wagon road property on a sustained yield basis. Poole appeared to support an in terior department measure to carry out this purpose on the land in volving nearly 3.000,000 acres. The bill would provide distribution of part of revenues derived from tim ber sales to affected counties. Under the existing law, income is devoted to the counties in the form of tax subsidies, since, under pre vious private ownership, the coun ties were getting about 2480,000 yearly, he explained. R"p, James W. Mott, R Ore, op posed the revenue features of the new bill on the grounds that "we would get less than now" and "our counties would lose much needed revenues." Poole added: "In summarizing, It should be emphasized again that the effect of (CoiiclmlPd on pnge 10, column 7) DRIVE BASQUES TO LAST LINE (Br the Associated Prew) Valencia Dr. Juan Negrin, so cialist treasury minister in the re tiring cabinet, strove to form the government's sixth civil war minis try after 65-year-old Francisco Lar go Caballero, veteran socialist lead er, failed to win support for reor ganization of his cabinet. Paris Unconfirmed reports said six insurgent transports and two insurgent cruisers were sighted west of Bilbao, causing belief Generalis simo Francisco Franco sought to land troops on that side of the be sieged city, already under tightening pressure from east, north and south. Hendaye The insurgent armies of the Spanish north forged their way tonight to the vicinity of the triple ring of iron which is Bilbao's last defense, commanders announc ed, after a day of heavy fighting They cleared the western slopes of B I scare:! Hill, the insurgent com mand asserted, taking undisputed possession of the small mountain. The hill is southwest of Guernica, and something more than 6 miles east of Bilbao. Earlier, the defend ing Basques had blocked the insur gent advance on the Blscardgl sum mit for a time by a counter-attack. NO REFUGE HERE FOR BASQUE KIDDIES Washington. May 17 iff) State department officials said today they were mystified by an announce ment in Paris by the Basque mis sion that 500 chilrrtn to be evacua ted from beleaguered Bilbao. Spain, would be brought to the United States. It was said that no application had been made to the department for admission of the group. In authoritative quarters, the view was expressed that it would be impossible for this government to give sanctuary to the child refugees because the immigration quota al lotted to Spain is already filled. Only 250 Spanish immigrants are allowed to enter this country an nually under the immigration law, VIESKO AWARDED CONTRACTIN IDAHO Washington, May 17 HP) The treasury announced today award of poatofflce construction contracts, ln eluding: St. Anthonv. Idaho E It. Vloko, Salem, Ore, H8.SS8. KING GEORGE VI TO ANNOUNCE DATE OF WINDSOR WEDDING Royal Family's Sanction to Engagement Re ported Secured; First Public Recognition of Love Affair; Style of Designation up to Mon arch; Assumption Maiden Name Legalized London. May 17 (JP) King George was reported today ready to extend the royal family's sanction to the engage ment of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield by making announcement of the troth himself through the of ficial court circular. The Sunday Referee, which has not al ways been correct in its informa- tion concerning the abdicated mon arch and his American fiancee, pre dicted King George would announce his brother's engagement this week. "It will be the royal family's first public recognition of the duke's as sociation with Mrs. Warfield," the Referee declared. The likely form for the announce ment to take, the paper said, would be: "The king learns with pleasure of the betrothal of his brother to .." Even the Sunday Referee, how ever, did not fill out the style with which Mrs. Warfield would be des ignated, a question vexing court (Concluded on pace 8, rolumn S) CAR SPOTTING BAN UPHELD Washington, May 17 (U.R) The supreme court today approved or ders of the Interstate Commerce commission which directed carriers serving large industries to discon tinue delivering cars to specified places within plant properties or making an allowance In rates for those Industries maintaining their own rail service. The orders of the commission which condemned the practice were set aside in injunction proceedings brought In the West Virginia fed eral district court. The practice referred to is known as "spotting," and, according to briefs filed by leading carriers In the industrial states has regu.ar.y been followed. The commission's orders were challenged by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company, plants of which were affected In Ford City, Pa., and Crystal City, Mo., the American Sheet and Tin Plate company, Al legheny Steel company, the Weirton Steel company and the West Leech- burg steel company. In cases where the railroad "spot ted" cars in the Industrial plants no extra charge was made over the Line haul rate. Where plant engines did the "spotting" an allowance from the line haul rate was made, BARBER WINS MEDAL FOR STAR DISCOVERY Tokyo, May 17 Wi A poor barber who dabbles In astronomy in his .spare moments was presented the Pickering gold medal of the Ameri can Association of Variable Star Observers today for discovery of a new star, United States Ambassador Joseph W. Grew presented the medal to Kazukal Coml for his discovery of Nova Lacertae June 18, 1036, dur ing the total eclipse of the sun. Gomt has been making astrono mical observations since the age of 12. Mother Confesses to Slaying Daughter for Being in Way of Love New York, May 17 W) Police said today that Mrs. Helen Tiernan, 28-year-old killed her 8-year-old daughter, Helen, and assaulted her 5- year-old son, James. In woods near. Brookhaven. Long Island. Deputy Chief Inspector Francis J. Kear announced the confession. "She told me that she committed the acts because she was In low with a man, but couldn't accommo date him and the children in the small flat the family lived In," the Inspector stated. Kear said the woman confessed that she alone did the deed. The girl's body was found, cut and burned, yesterday afternoon. Her little wounded brotheT was nearby. Kear said the love motive was suspected and that questioning was pursued along that lint rrT-TO fPTTDPP rPVtfPO ON rRAIKU AND MEWS riilJJ iniDD KjlLilV 1 O STAN DQ FIVE CENTS crn nnn 1 1 I I 1 1 I I I l n I jUMMMM PORTLAND HAS DRINK TRAGEDY Portland, May 17 (P David O. Harvey, Portland carpenter, died of bullet wound in the chest and blows on the head yesterday as a climax to what Detectives William Browne and John Goltz said was a family disturbance In which liquor piayeo a leading part. Browne and Goltz, who invest!' gated the tragedy, said they learn. ed Harvey forced his way into the home of his wife's parents after she had left him the night before, tak ing their four children with her, following a bitter dispute that start ed over Harvey's asserted drinking habits. Harvey Is said to have tugged angrily at the door when refused admittance to the home of Mrs. Harvey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hammel, finally using his feet and shoulders to tear away the casing and smash a panel. Bursting into the house, he encountered his fath er-in-law and struck him a blow In the face, the detectives related. Hammel's son. Robert, 29, then got a .22 calibre rifle and fired at Har vey, they said. The bullet struck htm in the chest, the detectives were told, but he remained on his feet and young Hammel struck him several blows on the head with the gun. Finally he slumped to the floor. Mrs. Harvey and her mother, who witnessed the scene, summoned, po lice and an ambulance. Harvey was pronounced dead when the ambu lance arrived at the Portland sani tarium. No formal charge was placed against Hammel WILLAMETTE VALLEY PROJECT APPROVED Washington, May 17 (Pr The war department advised members of the Oregon congressional delegation to day It had received a report from its district engineer at Portland giving partial approval to an ex tensive navigation, flood control, ir rigation and power development program in Oregon's Willamette valley. The district engineer said the entire program "Is not deemed Jus tifiable" at present. He added, how ever, Initial flood control work principally on the tributaries of the Willamette would "meet the present needs and lay the foundation for the orderly development of power and irrigation. Representative James Mott of Salem said he would attempt to speed approval of the report by the war departments board of .glnetrs. It successful he aatd he would urge Inclusion of the project - In the general flood control Dill attractive blonde, confessed she She made a complete confes sion, giving all the details." the In spector said. Shortly before Kear announced the confession a man bellcred to be a suitor of Mrs. Tiernan was brought Into the West 47th street police stAtlon. Police would not say whe ther Mrs. Tiernan was confronted with the man. but it was understood his appearance weakened her re serve. Two incidents led to Mrs. Tier nan's questioning. An official of a day nursery In which the children were boarded days rrcognized a pie (toncluded page 1. oaluma a) Unsettled and mild tonight and Tuesday, with showers. Moderat southerly wind. Yesterday: Max. 63.0, mtn. 42.3. Riv. ft. South wind. Partly cloudy. JV APPRAISAL FOR ADJOINING LAND GETS APPROVAL Capitol Commission Ap proves Application for PWA Loan and Grant Committee Named to Study Additional Capi tol Structures Portland, May 17 VP) The captto. reconstruction, commission, privately noting but officially ignoring a shift in federal regulations, approved ap plication for a state library building today under the terms of the original offer from the public works admin istration. The application, already sanction ed by the board of control, will go forward to O. O. Hockley, Oregon administrator, asking for a 5 per cent grant or $460,000 for the total construction cost. Eighteen percent of this sum would be applied toward purchase of property. Other action taken by the com mission: 1. Acceptance of the tax commis sion's appraisal of the four blocks adjoining the capltol. 3. Application to Attorney General Van Winkle to assign assistant at torney general Ralph Moody to un dertake negotiations with the pro perty owners for purchase of th land with his salary to come from commission funds. 3. Appointment of a committee to Concluded on pnte 7, column t) CIO TO PRESS STEEL INVASION (Br the Aisoclited Pren) Pittsburgh was a focal point of unionization activities today as the steel workers' organizing committee pressed its campaign to win the country's biggest Industrial election next Thursday among the Jones and Laughlln Steel Corporation's 32,000 employes. The corporation agreed to sign a contract with the steel workers union for exclusive bargaining rights for all Its employes If a majority of them balloted for this step. A 36-hour strike at the corpora tion's Pittsburgh plants, called while company and union officials confer red on a bargaining agreement, let to the election. Thousands of Illinois miners marked ballots during the day on a proposal to affiliate the progressive miners of America with the Ameri can federation" of labor. The pro gressives have long been at odds with John L. Lewis' united mine workers. At Detroit the United Auto Wor kers of America were prepared to open their drive this week to union ize Ford Motor company employes. Homer Martin, president of tha UAWA, said the union would sig nalize its formal campaign by open ing membership offices at Dearborn, home of the Ford Motor company. WOMAN IN HOUSE HURT BY VEHICLE Portland, May 17 (IP) Mrs. H. W. Moss, Portland, had the unusual ex perience Saturday of being injured In an automobile accident while sit ting In the living room of her home. A car driven by Mrs. Harold V. Ullberg, Portland, who was taking driving lessons from her husband, suddenly careened into the side of Mrs. Moss' residence, tearing a gap ing hole in the house. Mrs. Moss suffered scratches and shock. The UllberRs' small daugh ter was superficially Injured in the crash. UNEMPLOYMENT TAX HELD DEDUCTABLE Washington. May 17 (IP) The In ternal revenue bureau decided to day that employers and employes may deduct from federal Income taxes payments made under stata unemployment Insurance laws. The bureau stipulated the deduc tion could be taken, however, only when state laws have the appro val of the social security board. In such cases. It said, the taxes may be deducted a business expense.