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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1939)
4 . n (G apita! MJoBraal Weathei Partly cloudy tonight and Thura day, probably with ahoweni little change In temperature: tentle Tart able wind. Tuesday: Max. 71, nun. 47. No rain. River t ft. Northeast wind. Cloudy. First in News Photos With th AuocltUd Press Tele Mat service Uie Capital Journal U enabled to prennt photo ot world venta within a lev boura ot their occurrence. 51st Year, No. 147 r.,"Z'a 1 Salem, Oregon fl Bfl 1 li H Wednesday, June 21, 1939 Price Three Cents TucS.? (Richardson- Views Shorta 2 -Mystery (2 5 5 3 ... urn Port of Swatow Easily Seized By Japanese Way Cleared by Air Raids, Shelling; Tientsin Crisis Marks Time Bj the AuodaUd Prtu) Japan easily captured the Port of Swatow today, tight ening her grasp on the South China coast, while in the north her issue with Britain at Tientsin apparently settled down to a drawn-out test of patience. ? Dispatches from Swatow said 800 Japanese soldiers, their way cleared by air raids and a naval bombardment, reached the city during the morning and, encountering little resistance, continued Inland. Despite long preparations, Chi nese failed to carry out the Custom ary "scorched earth" destruction ol the city of 178,000, 320 mile east of Canton. Anticipating the land ing, more than half of the Chinese civilian population had fled. Tientsin Crisis Both Britain and Japan were waiting for the other to make the first peace overtures in the eight-day-old Tientsin crista- British Prime Minister Chamber lain told the house of commons the British government did not "acqui esce" in the blockade and had made clear to Japan Britain would take j necessary steps to assure adequate y. food supplies for her beleaguered subjects in the Tientsin concession. In Tokyo, British Ambassador 61r Robert Leslie Craigle called on Renzo Sawada, Japanese vice min ister of foreign affairs, to urge dis continuance of alleged discrimina tions against Britons in Tientsin. Women Removed With 1,000 British women and children being removed from the blockaded British concession at Tientsin, men in the besieged area expressed belief they would be bet ter able to care for themselves. Japanese at Tientsin, however, de clared that "London realizes Ja pan will call Britain's bluff and held that only a general adjustment of British-Japanese relations could settle the issue. At Singapore British and French military chiefs gathered for defense talks, possibly to consider naming a commander of their combined far eastern forces in the event of war. Montana Oil Fight Revealed Portland, Ore., June 21 (U.F9 A vigorous competitive struggle be tween northern and southern Mon tana oil companies in addition to their joint fight with major Pacific coast firms for northwest business was revealed today at an Interstate commerce commission hearing on petroleum freight rates. Northern Montana independents at Shelby, Cutbank, Havre, Sun burst and other points are support ing the Great Northern railroad's effort to establish a rate of 30 cents per hundredweight on petroleum pro ducts into Spokane, Wash., and the Inland empire. ' This rate, however now under suspension by the ICC would not apply from southern Montana fields such as Billings and Laurel. At today's session, a part of the ICO investigation of the entire pet roleum rate structures In the Paci fic northwest, southern Montana in terests stated their case and advoca ed lower rate for themselves, too. Another Step in Valley Project Congress, according to press dis patches from Washington, today took one more step toward making $5,800,000 available to start work on the Willamette valley flood control project by July when the house passed the civil works bill and sent It to the senate with only one min or amendment. Senate concurrence and the sig nature of the preslsdent are ex pected without difficulty, i As passed by the house the bill includes SMO.OOO with which to start work on relocation of the North Sentlam highway around the Detroit dam site, j Neutrality Bill Up Wednesday Washington, June 21 VP) The ad ministration's neutrality proposals today were given a definite spot in senate committee proceedings but tha-date selected next.. Wednesday meant another week's delay. Chairman Pittman (D.-Nev.) said they would be made a special order of business for the foreign relations committee June 28, His committee met today to con sider the revision proposals, such as are carried in the house bill written by Rep. Bloom (D.-N.Y.) but agreed to a delay. President Roosevelt ask ed yesterday that congress act on the bill this session. Disputing those critics who have said the bill was an "un-neutral" measure which would not pass, Pitt man expressed a belief the house would approve the Bloom bill. He added he intended to go ahead in the senate, in any event. Opponents expressed doubt today It would reach the senate floor be fore adjournment despite President Roosevelt's request that congress act on It. Senator Borah (R.-Idaho) pre dicted after the house votes on the measure next week, congressional leaders might decide to postpone senate consideration until next ses sion. Senator Nye (R.-N.D.) said he did not believe efforts to revise the pres ent law would be carried to the length of keeping congress in ses sion until late August, in the face ol probable extensive debate. Senator M'Nary Rapidly Recovering Washington, June 21 (IP) Sena tor McNary (R., Ore.), was reported by members of his staff today to be recovering rapidly from an attack of intestinal Influenza. They said the senator's physician had advised them McNary's fever had completely disappeared and he could probably be up and around next week, unless complications arose. NLRB Rules to Permit Employers to Petition Washington, June 21 (U.R) the National Labor Relations board, said today that the board has definitely approved a change in its rules to permit em ployers to petition it to conduct col- lectlve bargaining elections among their workers. The change haa been sought by businessmen, who contended that sometimes they could not determine what labor union they should bar gain with. Pending proposals to am end the Wagner act Include provi sion for the board to recognize em ployer petitions. Fahy revealed the board's deci sion at a house labor committee hearing on amendment sponsored by the American Federation of La bor. Joseph Padway, AFL counsel, said to the committee, "you are not going to get any change In the regulation. Lou Gehrig's Baseball Days Probably Over Mayo Experts Find Play er Suffering from Chronic Infantile Paralysis New York, June 21 m Ed Barrow, president of the New York Yankees, announc ed today Lou Gehrig is suffer ing from chronic infantile pa ralysis and probably will nev er play baseball again. Barrow's statement came after Gehrig had turned over to him the formal report made by Mayo clinic experts. Geh rig had spent several days in the clinic in order to have a thorough check made of his physi cal condition. The one time great first baseman had been worried about his condl tlon all year. After making a bad showing In the field and at bat dur ing the early part of the season. Gehrig voluntarily benched himself May 2, thus ending his consecutive games streak at 2,130 games. Suffered 2 Years He sat on the bench for several weeks but could not regain his strength. Finally he decided to put himself in the hands of experts to determine Just why he bad lost his baseball form so suddenly. His trip to the clinic followed. Barrow said Gehrig apparently had been suffering from the ailment for two years and only his remark able physique had enabled him to play. The veteran will be continued on the Yankee payroll for the rest of the season at least and will remain as non-playing team captain. Can be Checked Barrow said he understood from the physicians' reports the disease could be checked and in any event it probably would not get worse. The Yankee leader obviously was broken up as he made the announce. ment. Gehrig long has been one of his favorite players. Barrow said the first baseman would not play again this year but Indicated there was an outside pos sibility he could return to the game eventually. Gehrig was 38 years old Monday. "You have to take the bitter with the sweet," Gehrig said. If this means the end of the trail for me I'll have to accept it." Explains Disease Chicago, June 21 W) Dr. Morris Flshbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical association, made the following comment today on the diagnosis of the Illness which has possibly ended Lou Gehrig's ca reer as a baseball player. "The diagnosis of chronic infan tile paralysis used to describe a wasting of the muscles of the neck and upper parts of the body. "It passed from general use when Infantile paralysis was better known and segregated as a separate disease. "The diagnosis of anyotrophlc lat eral sclerosis is a well established scientific diagnosis of a condition in which there is a hardening of the tissues in the spinal column and a wasting of the muscles dependent upon it." Injury Fatal Tillamook, June 21 (O A gaso line truck toppled from a Jack yes terday and fatally Injured Frank Mott, 86, service station employe. Charles Fahy, counsel for to permit employer elections, until after congress adjourns.1 Fahy Interrupted and said that the change had been approved by the board yesterday and was being drafted in legal form. He said he had not made any statement on the change because board chairman J. Warren Madden, who told the committee recently such a change would be made in deference to employers caught be tween the contending labor factions, was communicating the decision to Committee Chairman Mary T. Hor ton D, NJ.l. Fahy remark Indicated that the new regulation will go into opera tion soon. Fugitive, Wife Mrs. Ray Olson . (upper) was held i Jail -l possemen attempted vainly to trap her husband, identified as August Buelo (lower), by Dis trict Attorney Jay Davis of Hay ward, Wis., from this picture. Olson, or Buelo, left his wife behind as he fled following the slaying of two deputies who sought to arrest him. Asso ciated Press Photo. Germany Asks Consul's Recall Berlin, June 21 (iP) The German government announced today it had asked Great Britain to recall her consul-general at Vienna, Donald St, Clair Gainer. The request was made as a result of the British government's action In ousting Walther Relnhardt, Ger man consul-general at Liverpool, who was accused af assisting an espionage agent. A German government spokes man said sufficient "similar evi dence" had been assembled against Gainer to warrant the demand for his recall. The official reason given for the German government's demand was that "during a court action It de veloped that the British consulate- general in Vienna was involved in an affair concerning a forbidden Information service." No further explanation was given Oalner, 47, has held consular posts In Germany for 12 of the last 13 years. He assumed the Vienna post last year, shortly after Austria was annexed to Germany. Gainer took over conduct of British affairs In the former Aus trian capital after the British le gation there was closed. It fell to him to absorb the old legation in his new consulate-general. Previ ously he had been consul-general at Munich. A German informant previously had said the request for recall of a British official would be a "tit for tat" measure. Showers Forecast To Greet Summer Portland, June 21 OP) The sun cleared the sky for the first time in day but an unconvinced weather bureau predicted clouds and showers tonight for the opening hours of summer. When summer glows In at 11:40 p.m, there probably will be general cloudiness. The forecast, however, confined the rain chiefly to the northwest portion. Portland's trace of rain yestterday was the only precipitation recorded at stations reporting to the gov ernment bureau. Temperatures rose to a maximum of SO degrees at Med ford and slipped to a minimum of 34 at Baker. Baker probably shun ned the honor but It tied with Butte, Mont, for the lowest temperature at the major point on the national weather chart, i White House Keeps Silence On Third Term Senators Smothers, (N.J.) And Logan, (Ky.) Declare In Favor of Nomination Washington, June 21 (JP) Despite White House silence on the 1940 presidential race, two senate democrats today spoke for a third term for President Roosevelt if he wants it. Senator Smathers, New Jersey democrat, predicted his state's 32 delegates to the par ty convention next year would back the president again. Sen ator Logan (D.-Ky.) said while he hoped Mr. Roosevelt would not seek another term Logan would support him should he do so. From the White House there was no inkling of what the president has in mind about 1940, however, and indications were that there would be none at least until Mr. Roosevelt makes his west coast trip. Senator Smathers believes that Roosevelt, who carried New Jersey the last time by approxi mately a half million majority, "can again sweep the state in 1940-" Can be Elected "They all believe," he declared in a statement, "that he will be draft ed by the party to lead it to vic tory again next year. "President Roosevelt is the one democrat in the nation who can carry Mew York state In 1840, be cause he is the one democrat in the country that the progressive mayor or New York, LaGuardla, will sup port against Dewey or any other re actionary republican." Logan prefaced hi promise of support with a declaration of his view on the general question of a third term. "I have always thought it unwise for anyone to run for a third term," Logan said. "That haa always been my view and I haven't changed it. I hope the president will not run, but if he does, I will support him. I always support the democratic nominee. "If the president does seek the democratic nomination, he will get It and be elected." The chief executive made It plain at a press conference yester day that he would have nothing to say about a third term now or in the near future. In fact, he gave this indication on three separate occasions, despite his laughing replies to questions de signed to draw him out on th po litical topic of the hour. Thomas Pleads For Inflation Washington, June 21 WV-Senator Thomas (D., Okla.), in schoolmas ter style, told colleagues considering monetary matters today "no poli tical party ever has succeeded it self on a falling price level. 'We are not out of the depression yet because the price level Is too low," he said. In a chart-illustrated appeal for new currency expansion. The bill under debate would ex tend the president's emergency monetary powers and the opera tion of the 12.000,000,000 stabiliza tion fund to 1941. Thomas declared he was no "In flationist" and defined inflation as the issuance of Irredeemable pa per money." With Senator McCarran (D., Nev.), Thomas seeks to reduce the stabili zation fund to 1500,000,000 and is sue 12,000,000,000 In new money backed by the remaining $1,500,000,- 000 from the fund and $500,000,000 of free treasury gold. They also would have the treasury raise its price for newly mined silver from MM cents an ounce to $1.05. Thomas had the floor for a speech to last several hour. Prospect for enacting new relief, monetary and tax legislation by June 30, when many administration powers in these fields expire, meanwhile became in creasingly uncertain. Progress ha been made In some directions, however. Lions May Lease Boy Scout Camp Washington, June 21 (Pt-A bill authorizing leasing without cost for 50 year public land near Junction City, Ore., to the Junction City lions club for use a a Boy Scout camp was introduced yesterday by Repre sentative Mott R.-Ort.. Ex-U. 8. Judge To TJ. S. Prison Martin T. Man ton (2nd from left, wearing glasses), former Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 1 shown here in New York during a court recess on the day he was sentenced to two years in federal prison and fined $10,000 following his conviction on conspiracy charges. A crowd of curious sightseer follow the former Judge a he goes to lunch. His Impassioned personal plea to the court before sentence was passed was ignored. Associated Press Photo. Nazi Troops Sent To ' 'Limes ' For ts Paris, June 21 (U.R) Germany is moving the first units of a force of approximately 100,000 men into its "limes" for tifications opposite the French frontier, it was reported to day. In addition, it was said, the crack nazi "Condor legion which fought in the Spanish civil war is to be installed at Sar- Contractors' Request Denied Several contractors protested to the board of control today against provision in state contract requir ing them to take out workmen's Insurance under the state industrial accident commission, but the board took the matter under advisement The contractors said they could get coverage through private Insur ance companies at a lower cost. Gov. Charles A. Sprague said the attorney general ruled tnat the pro vision in the contract was required by law. The governor added that the practice was long established and "It would be a bit arbitrary on our part to overturn this prece dent" State Treasurer Walter E. Pearson said, however, that "It Is wrong to require contractors to have state compensation. The private Insur ance companies pay state taxes, while the state Industrial accident commission does not It 1 more arbitrary on our part to continue a policy which the legislature never intended. It 1 an Injustice." Secretary of State Earl Snell, third board member, said he thought the legislature would have to amend the law before contractors could be in sured by private companies. Silverites Threaten Senate Filibuster Washington, June 21 (U.R The senate silver bloc today openly In formed the administration that it wlU attempt to delay a vote on "must" monetary leglslaUon in an effort to force the treasury to in crease the purchase price for domes tic silver. Senator Majority Leader Alben W. Berkley said he had not decided what tactics to employ to break up th mnew a movement of fili buster aspects which threatened ad ministration plan for fast senate ac tion of monetary, relief and tax leg islation. Sportsmen Drive To Raise Fund La Grande, Ore., June 21 (U.I!) Backer of the Anthony Lake sportsmen's lodge project today pre pared for a final drive to raise $2, 500 (till needed to complete a $20. 000 matching fund. When the pre scribed total haa been obtained, the federal government will supply $135, 000 tor th lodge construction. srebruck, in the frontier zone, for special training. Today, it was said, 50,000 to 60,000 men began moving in to take up their positions in the first line and soon another 30,000 to 40,000 will be moved Into the second line. According to border reports, Ger man have tightened the frontier control coincident with the troop movements, and motorized units now patrol the frontier. Travelers are subject to rig'd surveillance, It was said. Extension of the western frontier defenses comes simultaneously with reports that big German troop move ment are in progress toward Ger many's eastern frontier, chiefly In the region of Slovakia whence Ger many could strike at Polish Silesia. Japanese Vessels Moved from Fleet Los Angeles, June 21 (P) The Times said today the navy had re quested the harbor commission to see alien-flag vessels are not an chored where they might interfere with TJ. 8. fleet operations. Two incidents recently Involved appearance of Japanese vessels near American warships. The motorshlp Aklura Mara was reported boarded May 12 by a naval officer when It anchored a quarter of a mile off Long Beach breakwater In what amounted to a box seat for the re turn of the fleet from Atlantic ma neuvers. June 12, the paper said, the naval tanker Bhlriya was moved from a position near the navy re pair ship Medusa to another loca tion far from the fleet Tornadoes Add to Texas Flood Terrors Lubbock, Tex., June 21 (fF) Rain still beat a dangerous patter today in west Texas, a section beset by high water and tornadoes that left two dead, several injured, hundreds home less and heavy damage. Locked In silence by Impassable highways were several communities near here, bat tered by twisters last night that killed W. H. Jackson as he sat in his Updike community farm home, 25 miles west of here. His wife was crit ically Injured. The Colorado river, which pushed down railway and highway bridges In a surge near Colorado City yes terday, receded at that point but spread out in wastelands on a down country surge after taking a man' life at Snyder. Three sections of the Santa Fe railway bridge six mile northeast of Crowell washed out and three car were swept off the Quanah highway Deputy Denies He or Drager Took Any Money Never Could Find Reason For Shortage But Admits Posting of "Cover-Ups" Again under fire of cross examination throughout the morning today and facing an other afternoon of it, W. Y. Richardson, former deputy county treasurer, not only em phatically denied taking any money from the treasury but also absolved his former su perior, Treasurer Drager, as far as his knowledge went. There s just one man knows whether he took any money and that's me," declared Richardson during the course of the searching cross-examination by Prosecutor Marsh on the $33500 em bezzlement charge. "And I've got a clear conscience. I know I wasnt taking that money and I oouldnt find any place where I could accuse Mr. Drager of taking it I asked Mr. Drager from time to time to help me find the reason for th shortage and he did help me all he could. Posted Cover-ups After Richardson had said he couldn't aay whether the rolling of vouchers was the method ot cover-up used all the time and each year, be did say that he did aU th posting of the cover-up and these, he said, "you'll find In my handwriting." Prosecutor Marsh then attempted to get the defendant to particular ize as to how Richardson and Dra ger had gone about it to arrive at what vouchers should be used each year to make the cover-up. "How did you do It?" he asked. "Did you put it down on a piece of paper?" Richardson said it waa don In no particular way and ha couldnt tell Just who did one thing and who did another between him and Drager in making checks on the shortage and determining what voucher should be used each year in the cover-up. Clear Conscience "Didn't your conscience ten you you were doing wrong?" Mann ask ed the witness. "I knew I shouldn't do It," he an swered. "But I knew It waa the only way to do it. My conscience told me I wasn't taking any money." "Didn't it worry you along in De cember when you had to make these change to effect the cover-up?" "It worried me to the extent I had to cover up. Yes, It worried me all the time," said the defendant Marsh attempted to pin the wit nes down a to appearance af monthly shortages and what appear ed in the private memorandum book of the defendant to be a rec ord of some of these, selecting a (Pa cific Instance. Padding Possible "When you saw where a shortage of $100, say, appeared in a single month, why couldn't you trace that shortage down for that month?" Marsh asked. "Why couldn't I find the other?" was the response of the defendant Marsh brought out the statement to the witness that there was usual ly around $1000 to $1500 In the treas ury till and asked if it wouldn't be possible for someone to take the money from the till and cover his extraction by padding the list of warrants, which Richardson admit ted could be done. Then the defend ant, in answer to a question, said there would be no way of checking (Conclndrd on pate . eoluma ? but none of the occupant was in jured. Quanah worried through 4.224 inches of rain last night while Ama rillo, struck by 1 98 Inches, reported no damage with highways still open. Carcasses of livestock and debris littered the highway out of Lub bock, making It hard to communicate with section believed visited by last night's twisters. Communication lines were wrecked. Five person were Injured and at least half a dozen house were level ed south of Shallowater, 12 miles northwest A third windstorm dam aged numerous outbuilding and res idence In th Lingo, W. M area.
