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Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, June 21, 1938
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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.
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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.
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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.