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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1938)
A. ft C apitalAJoiiirEal Comics Weather it a fact, then are more real hearty laugh to a square Inch to the "Henry" atrip than In any other comic. Read It dally aloni with othera on the feature page ol the Capital Journal - Partly cloudy tonight and Wed nesday, thunderstorms over moun tains. Cooler Wednesday. Northwest wind. Monday: Max. 89, mln. ST. Rain 0. River -1.1 St. North wind. Clear. nli Vsnr Kin 147 Bntewd a second els Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, June 21, 1938 Price Three Cents X?VS matter at Salem. Oregon New North 31 Known Dead In Train Wreck, 12 Missing Bodies of Victims Sought In Wreckage of Sub merged Sleeper - Miles City, Mont., June 21 (P) With 31 already known dead, fatigue-worn searchers worked today to lift up again from the silt-oozing bed of Custer creek a tourist sleeper which railroad officials esti mated contained 12 more vic tims of the nation's worst railroad tragedy in a decade. Twenty-two of the 31 known victims were identi fied. The bodies of two uni dentified women were taken last night from the sleeper which plung ed with the Milwaukee railroad's crack "Olympian" train through a flood-weakened trestle early Sunday. Twelve other bodies were found ear lier yesterday and a women died In a hospital. Car Slips Loose The sleeper, submerged nearly 36 hours by the cloudburst "flash flood" that filled Custer creek with a tor rent 20 feet deep, was jacked up on blocks after hours of slow toil last night. Suddenly, the heavy steel car slip ped loose and sank again Into the ticky silt left in the stream's bed when the flood subsided yesterday. Grimly the 15 railroad workers and volunteers started their slow job again, working without halt through the night. Meanwhile, railroad and government officials launched an in vestigation of the wreck. Instant Death All save one of the victims met death instantly, officials said. Lu cille Stumley, Volga, S. D., nurse, died last night at Holy Rosary hos pital here. One other person, a train porter, was still In a serious condi tion in the hospital Of the 65 Injured who were rush ed to the 85-bed hospital here, near ly all were released after minor treat ment. The crash, which occurred shortly after midnight, caught most of the Ill-fated passengen of the railroad's pride alseep In sleeper cars. Estabrook Jury Sees Bomb Site Hillsboro. Ore., June 21 im- Bight men and four women, selected today as jurors In the Jack Estabrook case, left for Rockton by bus to examine the William Fuegy store where the state charged a bomb was hurled Memorial day, 1935, during a labor dispute. Estabrook. an official of the APL warehousemen's union, was accused of participating In the incident. A previous jury was dismissed because It could not reach a verdict Melvln A. Bozarth and Leon V. Walllngford were Indicted with Es tabrook. They pleaded guilty and testified for the state at the union officer's first trial. Explosives were thrown in Rock ton at the time of a beer-labor con troversy. The Jury, selected after a day and a half of questioning, consisted of four housewives, six farmers, a ga rageman and a shingler. McNary Advises Project Haste Washington, June 21 UP) The Willamette valley project commis sion should apply Immediately to the board of army engineers for an allotment to start work on the pro ject, Senator Charles L. McNary telegraphed the commission yester day. He Indicated he thought quick er action could be obtained through the army board, which would sub mit the application to the PWA. Truck Driver Killed O rants Pass. June 21 GPI Earl 8tevens, logging truck driver, was killed yesterday afternoon when his truck rammed through an Evans creek bridge, seven miles upstream from Rogue river. Stevens' home was believed to be n Rogue River. A Grants Pass ambulanct was called. i - j Capitol Formally Accepted by Santiam Bids Hopes Brighter For Securing Truce in Spain Britain Secures Agree ment of Major Powers to Send Commission (By tht Auoctited Press) Hopes of ending one of the world's wars, or at least of lessening its perils to the rest of the world, were brightened today although the carnage continued both in Spain and China. In London Britain secured agreement of delegates of Europe's major powers to her plan to send commissions into Spain in efforts to get foreign troops withdrawn and British leaders hoped this might lead to a truce in the 23-months-old civil war. The non-intervention sub-corn' mlttee drafted notes seeking accept ance of the plan by the two Spanish factions, and Britain brought pres sure on France and Italy to enlist their aid in the search for a truce. Armistice Sought Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain, defending his government's failure to halt Spanish Insurgent bombings of British vessels. Indi cated to the House of Commons that an armistice was the only practical waj to end "all these dif' ficulties." "All we can say," he wenfon, "Is that we shall from time to time try and take some means with a view to seeing whether there are any fa vorable prospects of success and that when the time cornea we shall be only too glad to offer our ser vices, either alone or In conjunction with others, in bringing this la mentable conflict to an end." Premier Mussolini of Italy has supported the Insurgent regime France has influence with the Spanish government; both want something from England. Mussolini Favorable Mussolini wants the Anglo-Ital ian pact of April 16 put Into effect, and Britain has told him the best way to obtain that Is to use Influ ence to get a truce, at least a tempo rary one that would permit the plan for withdrawal of alien troops to operate. While the big powers bargained another day of the battle for Va lencia brought no decision In the bitter, see-saw battle for the hills north of that government port. Again insurgent air squadrons bombed Valencia and other Medi terranean cities. In France Premier Edouard Dal adter's efforts to follow the lead of British diplomacy were looked upon by some of his opponents as con ceding defeat of the Spanish gov ernment. Communists demanded that socialists Join In a concerted attack on the premier. Salem Retailing Gains 29 Per Cent Portland, June 21 P) Retail sales In independent Oregon stores Increased 26 per cent In May. com pared with the same month In 1937, the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce said yesterday. Salem showed a 29.9 per cent gain. Benson Leads in Nip and Tuck Race Minneapolis, June 21 (IP) Gov. Elmer A. Benson, Min nesota, pushed ahead of his challenger, Hjalmar Petersen, for the farmer-labor nomination in Monday's primary election, as aaamonai returns were compuea - today. The lead had changed hands frequently. Benson had a 4.352 lead on the basis of 2,140 of 3.739 precincts In the state. Petersen's margin, built up with rural votes, was slashed heavily when a batch of ballots came in from Hennepin county (Minneapolis!, Benson stronghold. The vote with about half the pre cincts reported, was: Benson 134, (37; Petersen 129.479. The two farmer-labor candidates polled 100.000 votes more than the four republican aspirants, lending credence to the belief that thous ands of republican voters had Jump ed the parti' xenc In a move de M'NaryAsks Speed-Up Washington, June 21 m senator McNary R- Ore.) asked the war department today to speed prelim inary preparations for construction of a multi-million dollar flood con trol project In the Willamette valley of western Oregon. He said he expected to ask the public works administration for an allocation of funds to "get the work started this year" after the division army engineer at Portland had pre pared necessary estimates. The project, approved by congress the past session, could then be pro vided for through regular appropria tions next year. Kennedy Sees Roosevelt Hyde Park, N. Y., June 21 (JPh-Jo seph P. Kennedy, ambassador to London, gave President Roosevelt today a general report on Interna tional affairs, but White House at taches declined to discuss the mat ter beyond this general observation. Kennedy attended a private picnic given by Mr. and Mrs. John Boet tlger, the president's son-in-law and daughter, following his conference with the president, then departed by train for Boston. He will attend the graduation of his son, Joseph, Jr., at Harvard Thursday. The ambassador did not meet with newsmen while he was here. Prior to the conference, persons close to the situation thought the president and Kennedy would dis cuss the pending Anglo-American trade treaty as well as more general subjects. Of this there was no con firmation after they met. Nazis Order End of Violence By Edward W. Beattle, Jr. (Copyright by United Press) Berlin, June 21 (U.PJ The highest Nazi quarters, it was revealed au thoritatively today, have given or ders that violence In the campaign against Jews must cease. The police check-up of passports and general Jewish activities as well as the steady aryanlzatlon of Ger man business under the economic ministry will continue, it was stat ed, but will be held within "order ly and legal channels." Best-informed Nazi quarters said the painting of Jewish ships and smashing of windows was indepen dent action by certain party ele ments and not Inspired by police. The violence got out of hand, it was declared, leading to strict or ders for a halt. It was not expect ed that disciplinary action against the party members responsible would go beyond a mild reprimand "because of the difficulty of estab lishing who committed the acts." Lawrence R. Wheeler, Ex-Publisher, Dies Portland, June 21 0P) Lawrence R. Wheeler, 49, former part owner and editor of the Portland Tele gram, died here today. He had been senior editor for the United States forest service for three years. His widow, three children, a bro ther, John E. Wheeler of San Fran cisco, and a sister, Mrs. Timothy N. Pfeiffer, Rlverdale-on-the-Hud- son, N. Y survive. He was graduated from Yale uni versity In 1911. signed to eliminate Benson from the general election In November. The farmer-labor race overshad owed the republican and democrat ic contests. Harold stassen. repub lican, and Thomas Gallagher, dem ocrat, both young lawyers, were leading their respective fields. In the republican column where the total vote of the four candidates was 157.449 in 2,140 precincts, as compared with 264.310 for the farm er-labor candidates, the vote stood Stassen 75,243: Martin Nelson 42,- 013; Mayor George Leach of Min neapolis 31,143; Harson Northrop 2,047. Asked $100,000 for Surfacing From Detroit Oil Mat Pavement for 16.89 Miles to Marion Forks, Agreement Signed Word was received here to day that bids will be opened in Portland on June 28 by the federal forest service and bu reau of public roads on a $100,000 improvement project on the North Santiam high way. The job includes the surfac ing with an oil mat pavement of 16.89 miles of the highway from Detroit to a point just east of the Marion Forks bridge, eliminating the dusty sur face and costly maintenance of that section of the road which was graded and rocked several years ago and that has been carrying heavy log-hauling tratfic Copies of the co-operative agree ment between the government and Marlon county covering construc tion and maintenance of the section were received by the county court today. It provides that the govern ment shall furnish funds for the improvement and maintain the fin ished road for a period of two years, after which the county takes over maintenance with the proviso that it shall expend not less than 8250 a year per mile for that purpose. The saving to the county for maintenance, which it has been pay ing, will amount to about $5000 a year on the 17-mlle section. It was estimated by Roy Melson, county commissioner. Work on the Job is expected to start about the middle of July and be completed early this fall. StarofFBT Resigns Office New York, June 21 (U.R) Leon G. Turrou, agent of the federal bur eau of investigation, credited with breaking the German espionage ring, 18 of whose members were Indicted yesterday, announced today he had mailed his resignation to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the FBI in Wash lngton. Turrou, highest paid FBI agent In the country with the top rank of "pre-eminent, said he was re signing for reasons of health. For the last three and a half months he has been working on the spy case an average of 16 hours a day, and was near exhaustion when the federal grand jury indictments were announced yesterday. Turrou, 42, Joined the FBI April 1, 1928. He was one of three agents who found the Lindbergh baby ran som money In the home of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, to give the handwriting samples which helped to convict Hauptmann of the kld- nap-murder. Turrou's work on the spy case, which presented ramifications lead ing from Dundee, Scotland, to Hav ana and from Gremany to Long Island, was described by U. 8. At torney Lamar Hardy as "an extra ordinary piece of lnvestgatlon." Open Bids for Corvallis Schools Corvallis, Ore., .June 21 CUR) The Corvallis school board opened bids last night for additions to the Harding grad' school, but took no action in awarding the contract. The following bids were announc ed by Secretary H. L. Mack: W. and L. L. Qulgley. Portland basic bid 116268. and net bid at ter deductions and alterations, 114. 348; C. L. Swain, Corvallis, basic bid 116.100. net 113.905: George K. Abraham, Corvallis, basic 115,999 net 114.315: H. O. Carl, Salem, ba sic 116,081, net 113.877.67; Malarkey and Callander, Portland, basic $17,- 315, net 815.685 N.L.R.B. Completes Case Portland, June 31 (At The nation al labor relations board completed IU case against the West Oregon Lumber company, charged by the CIO with refusal to bargain, collu sion and discrimination, yesterday. The defense started its oresentatlon 1 today. lie The state of Oregon formally took possession of Us new 82,500.000 capltol today. Leo Arany got the above photo from his plane, looking southward toward the Willamette university campus. Cour tesy Oregon Journal. $1,010,000 Check Presented to FDR Hyde Park, N. Y., June 21 (IPy-Of ficials of the national foundation for infantile paralysis presented to President Roosevelt today a check for $1,010,000 to be used in the foun dation's nation-wide drive to wipe out the disease. Presenta tion of the check it was a yard long and six inches across was made by Basil O Connor of? New York, foundation president Keith Morgan of New York and others on the committee which con ducted the money-raising campaign. Most of the $1,010,000 was raised by the president's birthday balls on January 30, but $80,000 came from the."March of Dimes" to .lhe White House. One phase of the campaign was an appeal that dimes be sent to the president's office. Speaking for the presentation committee, O'Connor told the presi dent that more than 8000 communi ties participated. Members of the committee said the sum raised in the campaign this year was only a few thousand dol lars under the 1937 sum, when 30 per cent of the total went to the Warm Springs, Ga., Foundation and 70 percent was kept by the participat ing communities lor local fights on the disease. This year the entire sum was paid over to the national foundation for a coordinated battle to prevent the disease and to lessen Its ravages for those who already have had It. The money will be spent under su pervision of a general advisory com mittee, headed by Dr. Irvln Abell of Louisville, Ky., president of the Am erican Medical association, Morgan told Mr. Roosevelt, who Inspired for mation of the foundation. Doctors Protest Japan's Actions Shanghai, June 21 (U.R) Forty-five American doctors and nurses adopt ed a resolution today urgently re questing Secretary of State Hull to renew protests to Japan against "continued and unnecessary Japan ese military Interference with for eign rights." Meanwhile, nine Japanese air planes dropped eight bombs on Am erican and British property at Wu chow, treaty port 180 miles west of Canton on the Sikiang river. One bomb struck within several yards of a Standard Oil company tank. An other fell on the property of the Texaco company and a third on AsiRtlc Petroleum company property. The new American request to Hull was made after Japanese military authorities failed to fulfill assur ances that they would permit doc tors to return and re-open the Am erican hospital at Soochow. The res olution was adopted by 30 American doctors and 15 nurses. It said a protest should be made, demanding the Immediate return of American property and 'permission for American doctors to return to Inland posts "where they should be permitted to serve the civilian popu lation without Japanese military in terference." Faith Proves Cure For Snake Bite Hammond, La., June 21 (Kt Mrs. Joe Rushing. 56, bitten In the arm by a cottonmouth moccasin snake during religious rites two weeks ago, has recovered and returned to her home at Crystal Springs. Miss. Mrs. Rushing refused medical treatment as members of the sect prayed by her for recovery through faith. e-"-v Cn Mat o .-.Vi -rti 9r !- I - Await Reaction In Spy Cases .,, New York, June 21 W) With 18 persons already Indicted, the feder al government stepped back today to await possible international re percussions before proceeding with its exposure of what a special grand Jury described as a far-flung plot to steal American defense secrets. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, returning to Washington from the Dartmouth college commencement exercises, declined to discuss the In trigue which was charged in a series of indictments returned yesterday against two officers of the German war ministry and 16 other persons. He said he would "be able to co operate with you newspapermen" when he reached his desk in Wash ington. It was recalled that United States Attorney Lamar Hardy conferred with Secretary Hull shortly before the Indictments were returned, in dicating that he desired Washing ton's authority for releasing such sensational charges. Of the 18 indicted, only tour were In custody. The othera were in Ger many, where they are safe from ex tradition proceedings. The German foreign office In Ber lin said It regarded the whole mat ter as "an attempt to create a sen sation In the United States for ob vious reasons.' "It is quite evident that the al legations overshoot the mark, a foreign office spokesman said. "It Is not so much a case of spies caught as spies imagined." Ideas Feared Rather Than Bombs Bend, Ore., June 21 W The Rev. Perry Smith, wartime aviator and past national chaplain of the uls abled American Veterans, told dele gates to a state convention yester day that "I'm not afraid of their (European nations) bombing planes or their guns, but I am afraid of their ideas." Drafts Program to Humanize Warfare Washington, June 21 (VP) Secretary of State Hull has begun developing a program to humanize warfare, with the particular objective of stopping aerial bombings of civilians. Persons close to the state depart- ment disclosed today that Hull Is devoting much of his time to this subject, brought to his attention by airplane attacks on Spanish and Chinese cities. Details are not yet ready, nor has the secretary entered into diplo matic discussion with other nations. State department officials, how ever, viewed with sympathy the suggestions advanced yesterday In London by Norman H. Davis, chair man of the American Red Cross. Davis proposed neutralised hos pital tones, an International con vention prohibiting or restricting bombing of "open" towns and cities, and tones of Immunity for women and children with cities under at tack. Undersecretary of States Welle I Three Senators Leave Office Washington, June 21 (P It's a grand Job being United States sena tor, take It from a trio who will be absent from the 1939 session. They are Senators Dleterlch D. Ill ), Reames D., Ore.), and Hitch cock, (D., S.D.) The latter was de- feated for renomlnatlon, but the other two were not candidates. Dleterlch, completing a six-year term, Indicated that not everything about congress, however, was entire ly pleasant "ballyhoo and high pressure" for Instance. Senator Reames, white-haired lawyer, left Washington with a smile of regret at quitting his "first poli tical office." He succeeded Sena tor Steiwer, resigned. "I've always been a democrat and an active one but this has been my first office-holding," he said. "I've enjoyed It all but I couldnt afford to stay at lt.M Senator Hitchcock, who appears younger than his 71 years, said he had "thoroughly enjoyed every min ute of the session." He was ap pointed in 1936 to succeed the late Senator Nor beck. Barrows Wins In Primaries Portland, Me., June 21 (Pi Gov ernor Lewis O. Barrows' claim that a "business-like administration" en titled him to nomination for a sec ond term was upheld overwhelming ly today by Maine's usually domin ant republicans. Barrows, endorsed by the repub lican state convention, handed a stunning defeat in yesterday's pri mary election to youthful. Insurgent state senator Roy L. Femald of Wlnterport. and won the right to face former Gov. Louis J. Brann (D) In the September state election. Barrows' majority was more than 40.000. t Brann's desire for party nomina tion to an almost unprecedented third term was undisputed. The state's three republican U. S. representatives won renomlnatlon with ease. Returns from 608 precincts out of 629 In the state gave: for governor. Barrows, 72350; Femald 24.301. Barrows' margin over Pernald surpassed his suporters' fondest hopes. The victor called it a "pro foundly gratifying" vote of confi dence. emphasised that Davis spoke In his Red Cross capacity rather than as a representative of this government. Nevertheless. Davis, who has been President Roosevelt's ambassador- at-large and disarmament expert, is In close touch with the state de partment. Hull probably will not wait until the next session of congress to pro ceed with his program. He can sound out other nations while waiting for congressional approval. Chairman Plttman (D.. Nev), of the senate foreign relations com mittee declared the storm of pro tests In this country against bomb ings of cities in the far east and Spain raised a question to the mili tary worth of such attacks. State Cornerstone Of Library Building Laid Capitol Contractors Ex ceed Specifications Tribute Paid Miss Long The state of Oregon today marked the completion of one building and the official be ginning of another. Hardly had Governor Charles H. Martin finished his address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new $1, 000,000 library, than state of ficials and the capitol recon struction commission made their first official inspection of Oregon's $2,500,000 state house. The commission announced today that It had formally accepted the massive marble capltol, which re places the historic statehouse that burned to the ground on the night of April 7, 1035. The new capltol will be occupied in 10 days by sev eral state officers, Including Gov ernor Martin. Praises Librarian A scattered audience of about 100 stood outside the framework of the new library building as the governor congratulated Miss Harriet C. Long, state librarian, and the trustees of the Oregon state library "for their fine unselfish public service." "When a woman goes after things, she gets what the wants," Governor Martin said of Miss Long, who waa in Kansas City today attending the convention of the American Library association. ' "As governor of Oregon." the executive declared, "It was my priv ilege to participate In the laying of the cornerstone of our beautiful new capitol here In Salem on June 17, 1937. This spacious building It now almost completed and we are here today to lay the cornerstone of a second state building to be erected during my administration, chiefly for our state library." Library Minded Citing the history of libraries In this state. Governor Martin de clared that "from the very begin ning, Oregon has been library minded." At a public meeting of Oregon territory citizens on July 5, 1843, a motion was made and car ried for the purchase of law books "to be the property of this com munity," the speaker said. "It is estimated that there are approximately 284,000 persons In Oregon dependent on the state li brary alone for book service," Gov ernor Martin declared. "This need Is being met In a very satisfactory way by the facilities ot our state library." The new structure, costing 81.000. 000, will be completed by January 1, 1939. In Cornerstone Into the cornerstone went the governor's address, departmental re ports, several library books, and copies of Salem and Portland newspapers. Pour sections of the Golden Anniversary and Capitol Oc cupation edition of the Capital Jour nal were Included. The capltol reconstruction com mission, accompanied by architects, state offllals and newspapermen, touted the new statehouse. Francis Keally. of the New York architec tural firm of Livingstone and Trow bridge, and designers of the state hou.' ?, was present, as were Morris M. Whltehouse and Walter Church, Portland associates. The group found the long climb to the tower warm, and coats were re moved during the ascent. Inspection was made of the principal offices and rooms. Earthquake Jars Parts of Greece Athens. June 21 UPt A severe earthquake shook parts of Oreec today. Old buildings collapsed at Gala xldl, on the gulf of Cornlth. 100 miles west-northwest of Athens. Thus far no loss of life has been reported. Shocks were felt at such widely separated point as Treveza, In Eplrus. and the Island of Samoa, Just off the Asia Minor coast. Tre veza Is 180 miles northwest, Sarno 150 mile east, of Athens, Boats Break Deadlock Ban Pedro, Calif., June 21 WW Fifty fishing boats broke a 65-day deadlock today by putting out to sea while police anti-radical tquadtmen guarded the harbor.
