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Jonraal Journal Food Pages The Capital Journal boasts of its food page fUll with tested re el p, suggestions for parties, hlnu to housewives, answers to questions, pertinent illustrations, and new wrinkle In oooiery. Weather Occasional rain and showen to Bight and Saturday; moderate tem perature. Southerly wind. Yeaterday; Max. 47.6, min. 46.7. Rain .14 In. Riv. tJ it Southwest wind. Cloudy. 50th Year, No. 18 KnUrd at woond claw matter at Aalcm. Oregon Salem, Oregon, Friday, January 21, 1938 D tl i On Tralaa and Nowa rinv inicv vema fiUnd n Cent Time Bo mm b Fislhied from SeattTe' Water Anders Escape Plot , Night Sessions Called to End Filibuster Bilbo to Talk 30 or 60 Days if Necessary Against Lynching Bill Washington, Jan. 21 (P) Democratic Leader Barkley served notice in the senate to day he would call for night sessions beginning Monday in an effort to break the filibust er against the anti-Iynching bills. Barkley took the floor at the outset of today's session, the fourteenth devoted to the anti-lynching bill, to warn other measures were coming along rapidly and that disposition must be made of the pending MIL Barkley did not urge the senate either to pass or reject the antl- lynchlng measure, merely declaring he wanted It out of the way. Despite his statements, the fili buster went on. . Senator Bilbo, D., Miss.), start ed a speech against the measure with the assertion he was willing to speak "90 days or 60 days or longer" to "defeat this unthinkable, un-American and undemocratic piece of legislation." He said he once talked 10 hours a day for six months and was ready to do it again. Congressional committees, mean while, obtained a variety of opin ions ana information. The senate publlo lands commit. tee was told the general account ing office was Investigating short. (Concluded on pas I. column o) Branch Banking Under Attack Portland, Jan. 31 (U.R) Expected to levy an attack on branch banking and to discuss legislation now before congress, the semi-annual meeting of the executive council of the In dependent Bankers' association, i.th federal reserve district, got under way here today with all members in attendance. . . Heading the list of members, com ing from seven western states In the 13th federal reserve district was H. Fuller, of Sebastapol, Calif., presl. dent of the organization. Others In attendance were Charles S. White, Prescott, Arts.; A. L. Lathrop, Los Angeles; O. I Jenkins, Malad City, Idaho; O. M. Mackie, Lewlston, Ida Chiistensen, Hillsboro, Ore.; O. T. O. a. Bates, Ely, Nev.; William C. Wadsworth, Oervals; H. B. Barton, Ogden, Utah; B. H. Street, Richfield, Utah; A. s. Coffin. Yakima, Wash, and Reno Adlln. Tacoma. "We have no format program sche duled but we will be meeting today and tomorrow," R F. Holllster, ex ecutive-manager of the association, announced. "We expect to discuss oranch banking which we feel can. not serve (.community as efficient ly and thoroughly as home-owned Independent banks. We also expect to discuss legislation now before congress and matters of policy In tne operation of member banks. How-de-Do! Sips for Supper By Don Upjohn We'd klnda like to see a census of the tardy marks at local schools this a. m., what with the Oregonl. an reappearing after the printers' strike and printing the five or six missing comic sections all In a row. A yell went up from the kids all over town this morning as It was Discovered tnat the hiatus In hilar ity had been filled. It Indicated that the hand which pens the com ic strip la the hand that will rule the world as far as the up and com ing generation la concerned, at least. Barkley Newman, new president of the Chamber of Commerce, opines that the furniture main uinea by that organisation Is on a tough spot. It's not old enough to be antique, quoth Barkley, and It's not new enough to be thrown away we dislike to be In a position of contradicting the new president of the Chamber of Commerce and set ting ourself up as smarter than a ((.oncluded on pas 14, column Fears Too Rapid Recovery From Slump Biggers Expects Sharp Resumption Due to De pleted Invoices Washington, Jan. 21 (JPh- John D. Biggers, unemploy ment census chief, told senate investigators today the "real problem" faced by this coun try today was in the possibil ity that recovery from the present business slump might be too rapid. The Toledo, Ohio, industn alist said he looked for a ra ther sharp resumption of business activity soon. Testifying before the senate un employment committee, Biggers as serted that excessive Inventories, which he said contributed to the business decline, were being con sumed rapidly. "The real problem now la to be sure the rebound from this deprea- (Coneludtd on pase 15, column 7) Aerial Attack Upon Teruel Hendaye, France (On the Span ish Frontier) Jan. 31 () The Spanish Insurgent army threw Its aerial strength Into the batt (or Teruel today, after air raids oh Im portant government seaports which in two days brought death or in. Jury to hundreds. ' The aerial manuevers aided In surgent troops to fresh advances, which the Spanish government ad mitted Included complete . occupa tion of D Muleton Hill on Teruel'i western front, 180 miles to the east of Madrid. The repulse of an insurgent at tempt to attack Barcelona from the air for the third successive day was reported today in Spanish govern, ment dispatches from that city. Insurgent bombing planes appear ed over the government capital at dawn, said the dispatches, but were driven off by anti-aircraft batter lea. Before heading out to sea they dropped their bomb cargoes outside Barcelona. Barcelona suffered punishing air raids Wednesday and yesterday. Travellers estimated the dead at 300. More than 100 planes were In the air at one time during one of two great air battles over Teruel sec tors yesterday. Dispatches from Insurgent sources asserted Oenerallsslmo Franco's eastern column, having consolidated at Pedrlsaa Plateau, was moving down the Alfambra river toward Tortajeda. Teamsters Picket. Ambulance Lines Portland, Jan. 31 WV-The Team. sters' union picketed the Honeywell and the Arrow ambulance service companies today. The Arrow company said it em ployed non-union driven upon the request of doctors and hospitals. The Honeywell spokesman said his firm objected to closed shop de- manas. Asks County to Swap Silver Falls Land William A. Langille. in charge of the ferlr-ral envprn. merit's Silver Falls demonstration recreational area project, today proposed to the county court that it swap the 1485 urcs ui umiu opiioneu w leu to uie v. project several years ago for an equal dollar for dollar value In Oregon at California land grant timbered lands now belonging to the government. The lands optioned were to be purchased by the government at a dollar an acre and be added to the recreational project, but to date the government never has exercised Its option by making payment of the approximately I14M which was to have been paid for the land. , The lands optioned were In the main logged over and scarcely of any value tor timber. The proposal of Mr. LangUle was that these lands I Today's Food Pages not only carry the advertise ments of Balem'a leading food stores but contain the modern recipes adapted to prepara tion in modern cooking devlcea, Hlnti to housewives and short cuts to better living are also to be found In these ever popu lar pases. Thousands of wo men look to these pages for their weekly menus and meal planning. See Pages I, 9, 10, 11. Printers Strike Is Called Oft Portland, Jan. 31 (U.R) Portland's three dally newspapers resumed pu blication today after a five-day shutdown caused by a strike of prin ters In their composing rooms. The printers voted 212 to 70 to end the strike last night, and the Ore gonlan printed a 34-page paper this morning. The Journal and News- Telegram were printing their regu lar afternoon editions today. The settlement gave the printers wages of $9 a day for day work and $9.50 a day for night work. All shifts to be seven and one-half hours, five days a week. The renewed contract provides that It may be opened by either publishers or printers as to wages and hours and settled by ar bitration or conciliation July 1. The agreement also set up conditions of arbitration at that time if It becomes necessary. "This is a new proposal embody ing all basic facts of previous of fers,' a statement by the publish ers said. During the strike Portland has been virtually without printed news. Radios' broadcast their usual news programs but time for news was not increased except for a broadcast of death and funeral notices. Outside newspapers did not come Into Port land although the demand on news stands was terrific More than 1700 full-time employes on the three papers were laid off during the strike of the 245 printers. Press as sociations "covered" the entire city with temporary staffs recruited from the lald-off reporters. Retail sales dropped measureably when bar gain" ads were withdrawn and the effect of the stoppage of newspap ers was felt in many lines. Agreement on Granary Bill Washington, Jan. 21 W) Chair man Smith D.-S.C), reported agreement today by a Joint congres sional committee on "all major de tails" of an ever-normal granary program. "We have wound up everything except minor details and they don't amount to much," he said. The house-senate committee has been busy since January 3 trying to draft a single bill from the separate granary measures passed by the house and senate at the special ses sion. Smith said the committee probab ly would have a bill ready for final congressional action "next Thurs day or Friday." The program, which continues the present soil conservation act and adds to it a system of loans on stored crops and machinery for controlling production, Is congress' answer to President Roosevelt's plea for an "all-weather farm program." It would apply to cotton, corn wheat, tobacco and rice. be taken up from the county and Instead of being paid for In cash he paid for on the exchange basis In Oregon & California grant lands carrying timber, the timber to be cons.oered In lieu of the cash which would otherwise be paid If the op tions were exercised as originally previa ea. Mr, Ungllle stated that the pro posal Is made under a new federal act of August last year under which provision Is made that wherever possible the government concentrate Its holdings by exchange of scat tered lands for lands which would (Concluded en pais 4, eoluma I) Foiled Confesses to Two Other ings 4 Banks Robbed Bodies Of Ross and Gray Found Ransom Recovered St. Paul, Minn.. Jan. 21 (U.R) Peter Anders, confessed kidnap-murderer of Charles S. Ross, made an effort to es cape today, the Minneapolis star and the St. Paul Daily News said in a combined copyrighted story. The story said that details of a last minute desperate ef fort to gain freedom were de scribed by J. Edgar Hoover. chief of the Federal Bureau of investigation. Anders, the Star-News story said. although chained to a federal agent "attacked Hoover and his squad of kidnaping experts" when confront ed with the bodies of his two mur der victims last night near Spoon- er, Wis. "Anders," the story said, "swung his shackles in a murderous assault which knocked his captor to the ground. "Lashing out with his fists, feet and teeth, he demonstrated a manl- acal strength and fury, and for a few minutes the pine-bordered sep ulchre was the scene of a, vicious rough and tumble battle in which (Concluded on pm 15, column ) Nye Alleges CCC Swindles Washington, Jan. 91 (U.R) Sen, Gerald p. Nye, R., N. D today ad vised tne senate public lands com. mlttee that he had reports of civil ian conservation corps frauds to talling $1,250,000. I understand that the general accounting office Is Investigating shortages of civilian conservation corps amounting to more than $1,- wo.ooo in the southwestern part of the United States, and over 1250,000 In the state of Kansas," Nye said In submitting a list of questions to be asked of MaJ. Gen. Walter L. Reed, Investigator general of the army. Reed said that he knew nothing oi tne reports, after Chairman Alva B. Adams, D Colo, submitted the written questions In the absence of Nye. The "report" was the latest de velopment in the committee's hear ing on the qualifications of Ebert K. Bur lew to be assistant secretary of tne interior. Previous testimony had aired char. ges of wire-tapping in the Interior department, and statements by In. tenor department investigators con cemlng frauds of .Reno Stitley, for. mer voucher clerk In the national parks service. Washington Gets First Power Line Portland, Jan. 21 (Pi The first long distance transmission lines from Bonneville dam win ue constructed along the Washington aide of the Columbia river, J. D. Ross, adminis trator, said in Washington, D. C, today. Nearby users such as those in the Cascade Locks district probably will be served with electrical energy, he added. Ross Is at the capital seeking 11,450,000 for transmission lines and rights of way. Survey Harbor For Arlington Washington, Jan. 31 HP) Army engineers will study the advisability ot providing a harbor for Arlington, Ore., on the Columbia river. The survey was requested by the senate committee on commerce. Senator McNary, (R Ore ), author of the resolution, did not specify the depth desired. He said citizens of that area ask ed him to obtain congressional au thority to dredge a channel to the Arlington port. Commerce committee clerks said the engineer corps usually took three months to a year to report on auch projects. McNary said there had been no estimate of the cosh Japan Sets Up Puppet Regime To Rule China Program Followed in Manchuria to be Repeat ed South, Central Areas Shanghai, Jan. 21 CP) Ja pan s Lawrence of Manchu ria was reported today to be setting up a puppet regime to govern the conquered heart of China. Chinese sources declared Lieutenant General Kenji Doi hara, political manipulator for the Japanese army whose ef forts launched the dismem berment of Manchuria and North China, was bringing in " acceptable" northern Chinese to rule the Shanghai and Nanking area. 'I don't think General Doihara is in Shanghai at present," said the Japanese military spokesman. But Chinese asserted he had estab. lished headquarters at the New Asia hotel, rendezvous of high Japanese (Concluded on page II. column 8) Bomb Building In Kansas City Kansas City, Jan. 31 Uft Two explosions damaged entrances of the Manufacturers' Exchange build ing on West Eighth street early today and ahattered windows throughout the six story building. A few noura before the building superintendent reported a disgrunt led union repaweeirtatlve had salaU "You win hear from me In a day or two." O. O. Grecian, stockholder ot the building, said there had been no la bor trouble. . . Police were tipped last night there would be a bombing In the city and they stationed officers at the Business Men's Assurance building where a bomb caused ser ious damages nine weeks ago. Sylvester Wells, superintendent of the Manufacturers' Exchange build ing, said a man who Identified him self as a union representative ap proached him yesterday afternoon and said he wanted to talk about the employes. "I told him It was late In the day but that I would be glad to talk tomorrow," Wells said. "He said, 'AH right, you will hear from me In a day or two'." Vote Confidence InChautemps Paris, Jan. 31 (JPi The chamber of deputies tonight voted confidence in the new government of Camille Chautemps, 501 to 14 after hearing iu mpx;ui iut iiauuimi unity in uie face of the dangers confronting France. It was the first test for the gov ernment formed Tuesday after a five-day cabinet crisis resulting from grave labor strife, the fall of the franc and diplomatic setbacks. A favorite vote after the minis terial declaration of policy was as sured when communists and social ists, the premier's old allies In the people's front, decided to support on this test. However, the center and right also voted for the government. The declaration promised to con tinue the people's front program of social reforms. It asked for "an at mosphere of Industry, voluntary dis cipline and civic accord Labor strife, a falling franc, bud get troubles and diplomatic setbacks caused the fall of the previous gov. eminent - Before appearing in parliament tne government decreed centraliza tion of all army, navy and air forces under the new ministry of national defense, a measure usually taken only in war-tne. New Coach May be Known Thursday Eugene, Jan. 31 MV-University of Oregon athletic board members will interview Tex Oliver, Arizona grid mentor, here Sunday, the last of the Hat of prospective candidates for the post of Webfoot coach, va cated by the resignation ot Prince Gary Calison. James Bradshaw, of Fresno, left Eugene last night after conferring with officials regarding the posi tion. No statement as to results of the discussions was Issued I) M .-. Court it OreionlftB Slated for Jaunt Into North Shown above are Willamette uni versity's sociology and anthropology department head, Dr. 8. B. Laughlln, and his son, BUI, a freshman at the Salem university. Bill Laughlln has been chosen as one of the four American college students who will accompany Ales Hrdltcka, anthropologist, on a summer's expedition to the Aleutian Islands to dig for remains of ancient Indian tribes. Roosevelt Business Washington, Jan. 21 (flr-President Roosevelt said today tie believed his conferences with business and other groups were making satisfactory progress and were clearing the at mosphere of misunderstanding. The president reviewed his recent talks with representatives of business, finance and Auto Makers To Cut Credits Washington, Jan. 31 (U.R) Auto Industry spokesmen today approved President Roosevelt's credit-selling recommendations and forecast a spring upturn in motor sales which should improve business generally. The motor men, representing leading manufacturers and sales af filiates, met with President Roose velt shortly after the chief executive had re-stated his holding company and price objectives. 8 pc a Xing for the auto group, A1- vin Macauley, Automobile Manufac turers association and Packard Mo tor Co., head said. "We reported to the president that we are hopeful of a seasonal increase of sales in the spring that will bring about an Improvement in business. "We found ourselves In hearty agreement with the president's prin ciples on the subject of Installment selling- Mr. Roosevelt has Indicated belief that installment sales methods In the automobile industry offer too liberal credit and is believed to favor larger down-payment require ments to prevent over-selling of the market and too great strains consumer credit resources. "Properly used installment buying has and will continue to help mil lions of families to a higher stand ard of living witn a corresponding increase In employment. But high pressuring customers or permitting their desires to take them Into debt beyond their means Is bad business all around." Dean Ignores Plea To End Fasting, Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 21 (P On the 20th day of his fast the Rev. Israel Harding Noe kept a tight lipped silence today concerning the order removing him as dean of St. Mary's Kpucopaj camearai, out ignored Msst bishop's plea to take food and drink and seek medical advice. Visibly affected by Bishop James M. Maxon's order removing him, the gaunt clergyman went Into seclu sion In the deanery after announc ing he would withhold comment un til he had an opportunity to Inter view the bishop. But It was pointed out that Bishop Maxon's authority I absolute and Dean Noe haa no other recourse. i The bishop's action came as a surprise to many membera of the church and friends of the clergy men. Desn Noe s statement neith er challenged nor accepted the or der of removal. s I Outlines Aims labor just prior to conferring with automobile manufacturers regard' Ing Improved methods of financing aimed at regularizing production and employment. The business men with whom he had talked thus far, Mr. Roosevelt told his press conference, .were learning, among other things, to see matters from a national point of view and were not concerning them selves only with their own separate problems. Distinct progress was being made, lie said. Asked to comment on resentment by some labor leaders over his sug gestion that unions make public their financing, the chief executive suggested it would be worth while (or everybody to study the British trade union aystem. When Informed that unions Great Britain forbade political con tributions, the president said he did not know about that. The president said upon Inquiry he had no legislation in mind to place labor organizations on the same basis as those in Britain. In response to another question he said he had not abandoned the idea of a special message to con gress to curb monopolies. Turning to another subject, Mr. Roosevelt reported he had received between 400 and 500 letters from small business men. He expects to confer with some of these men next week, he added. Explaining further his comments to the business advisory council Wednesday night, the president said be did not have In mind creating any special body to advise with the government on policy. It had been reported that he contemplated forming a permanent (Conrludrd nn pace , mlumn JJ Robert 8. Christie, member of the cathedral chapter, governing body of the dean's church, said. "I can see no reason for this action, for the dean has broken no lawa of the church and haa been Instrumental in drawing the highest types of re ligious people to the cathedral.' 8. Bartow Strang, Chattanooga, attorney and chancellor of the Episcopal diocese of Tennessee, sup ported the bishop's action. "This suspension Is regrettable but under the circumstances It was necessary," he commented. Canon Jamea R, Sharps. Nash ville, executive secretary of the dlo- eese, was appointed as the deans (Concluded on page 4. eoluma a) Weird Plot To Blow Up Japanese Ship Canadian School Teach er Loses Life in Attempt" ing to Place Bomb Seattle, Jan. 21 7P Two hundred sticks of dynamite, 28 fuses and a mechanical de vice for setting it off enough explosives, police said, to blow up two ships were found in the bomb recovered under th Great Northern dock near the liner Hiye Maru when it was opened this afternoon. Seattle, Jan. 21 (Pi Cus toms agents at Smith Cove announced today a bomb had been fished from Elliott bay and was being examined at the Great Northern dock where the Hiye Maru was moored yesterday when a long-haired Canadian youth revealed a bizarre "oriental" plot to blow her up. Officials of the Nippon Yusen Kalsha, which owns the motorshlp, said they were Informed customs agents found the bomb in a suitcase attached to a railroad tie floating in the water and wedged behind string ers near the wharf. They said the Hiye Maru had been returned to her berth and was load ing preparatory to sailing lor the Orient at 4 p.m., today. The bomb was reported found about 1:40 a.m. 24 hours and 10 (Concluded on page 8 column ft) tiiiarrlc Fnil WMWI MT I VII Prison Escape .Lansing, Kansas, Jan. 21 (At a young life-term murderer lay dead in the Kansas prison morgue today. shot when eight convicts attempted to escape in a fog last night. Another convict, shot In the ab domen, was not expected to Uve. A third was wounded slightly in the hip. The other five surrendered peaceably. Cecil Thornbrugh, 35, serving life for killing a county Jail guard, was wounded fatally as he stood on a cell house he and five others had scaled with the aid of long steel hooks. Clifford Ottlnger, 31, was criti cally wounded after he and a com panion, Cames Addinton, had climb ed a wire fence at the other end of the prison yard. Ottlnger and Addlngton, also 31, gave the signal for the break when they pulled the main light switch In the prison light plant, where the worked, and padlocked It Addlng ton was shot In the hip. Prison officials Immediately cut In an emergency city electric Inlet, flooding the yard with searchlights. Farr Outweighs Former Champion New York, Jan. 31 (Pt Tommy Parr, Welshman who holds the Bri tish Empire heavyweight title, weighed In at 207 pounds today for his ten-round bout tonight at Madison Square Garden with James J. Braddock, former world cham pion. BraUdock welshed 199 H, two pounds more than he scaled for his losing championship defense against Joe Louis last summer in Chicago. Novelties In the News (Br AiMctsttd Prcu) Overtime Indianapolis Judge Prank P. Baker waa willing to give a sus pended sentence to Louis Von kunkle, a mute Itinerant artist, who had been in jail more than two months tor carrying a gun without a permit, but that didn't suit Von kunkle. He wanted to stay In Jail, hla Interpreter told the court, until he could finish a portrait of 8herlf( Otto Ray, hla Jailer. His wish was granted. Grand Tour San Francisco Charles W. Os trander, River Forest, IU., printing equipment manufacturer, decided five years ago he would take hla fsmily on a tour of the west on hla golden wedding anniversary. The tour la nearlng the wind-up (Concluded on pass a, column 5)
