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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1939)
4 .1 First in News Photos Wltb th Associated Press Ttls Mat service th Capital Journal Is nabled to present photo of world vents within a few bourn of their ooeiirraooa. Weather Pair tonight and Saturday, riling' ; temperature, moderate northerly wind. Thursday: Max. S3, mln. SO. No rain. River -1.1 It. North wind. Clear. G aBitail m Jonariaal ; --Vii ft : " - ' -v ' - 51st Year, No. 172 " Two SecUon-16 Pages Solem, Oregon J fB H Friday, July 21, 1939 Price Three Cents Mir ens Will , : , y s Curtailment of Lending Outlay Recommended Committee Trims Off $400,000,000, Adds $90, ' 000,000 for Reclamation Washington, July 21 (P The senate banking commit tee trimmed S 400,000,000 from President . Roosevelt's $2,800,000,000 lending pro gram today and then added $90,000,000 for reclamation projects in the west. Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), voicing the views of minority committee members, told re porters republicans still were "not satisfied and woulieeek further curtailment of th measure The committee agreed to tat from 1790,000,000 to $300,000,000 a pro posed authorization for toll roads and from $500,000,000 to $350,000,000 the total which the reconstruction finance corporation could expend lor rauroad equipment to be leased to the carriers. Jones Spikes Report While the senate committee was busy with details of the legislation Jesse Jones, new federal loan ad ministrator, told the house banking committee any Inference drawn from previous testimony by him. and current In soma congressional circles, that te lending legislation was unnecessary was "of course, ridiculous." Jones was reported authority tlvely to have to'J the senate com mlttee late ytr evday -the raoon structlon finance corporation could llnance the program for two years with its present borrowing author ity but some amendments to exist ing law would be necessary to carry out such lending proposals as con struction of to", roads and leasing of equipment to railroads. "We have always felt," Jones said, "that we ought not to .get our borrowing authority for general purposes below $1,000,000,000." Can't Lease Equipment He explained under existing law, the RFC could not purchase rail road equipment for lease to the car riers. "And I like that part of th pro gram," he added, "because we think we can encourage the roads to dis card soma of their old equipment and buy new." It also approved a change to make clear the rural electrification lending program would aggregate only $500,000,000. That sum was proposed In the lending program, but Senator Taft said the REA previously had obtained a $280,000, 000 program. Shallow Dive Breaks Neck North Bend, July Si U.R Harold, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kittle Ness of North Bend, was near death In Mercy hospital this after noon, his neck fractured and the spinal cord severed so his body was paralysed from the shoulders down as the result of diving In too shal low water late Thursday. Young Ness was swimming with Leland Rountree, playmate and Boy Scout, when he dive 1 Into Tenmlle creek near Lakeside. Young Roun tree took him to a highway first aid ' 1 station from where h was moved " here. Conscious and ante to talk, he did not know that he was not ex pected to live. Society Woman, Held Under Bail, Escapes With Mother in Airplane Putnam, Conn, July 31 OAR Au drey Oray, 31, society girl and niece of th Duchess of Marlborough, dis appeared today with her mother In private plane after her father had put up $1,500 to get her out of Jail. She was charged with reckless driv ing because her car struck and crit ically Injured two young brothers who were bicycling. Miss Oray was arrested yesterday In Southbridge, Mass., 1$ miles from the scene of the accident here. She signed a statement saying her car struck th boys, but Insisted that th accident was unavoidable and that she did not know of It un til th was stopped In Southbridg. A Putnam man who saw th aocl f dent had telephoned Southbridge police. Oerard Martlneau, 10, was la a Position of Chief on Hatch Bill Awaited Confidence Vote Not Sent Milner Portland, July 31 ( The Willamette Democratic So ciety refused yesterday to end an expression of confi dence to Major Laurence A. Milner, witness In the Harry Bridges deportation case at San Francisco. DeUmore Lessard, attorney, asked the society to offer Mil ner, a former Oregon nation al guardsman, lis confidence. Ex-Qov. Charles E. Martin supported the request. Les sard asserted MUner's char acter had been "Impugned" In the deportation proceedings. Milner is employed in the Salem office of the war vet erans state aid commission. Japan Resists Russian Threat Tokyo, July 31 ") A section of the Japanest fleet, a naval ministry source disclosed today, is assemb ling In northern waters as a result of a Soviet Russian threat to con fiscate , Japanese oil and coal pro perties. ine size ox me naval lore, lis base, and destination were not stated. The naval source, declared, however, that ,"our ship and mn are rydf -: ' ! , , Asked If Japan were likely to take armed action to prevent confisca tion, he 'replied: "In my opinion that ii possible. The situation Is ex tremely, grave." (On Monday Soviet Russian an nounced rejection of a Japanest de mand in "ultimatum form" regard ing the rights of Japanese oil and coal concessionaries In Sakhalin Island, which Is half Russian and half Japasese. It Is off the Siber ian coast.) Second Warrant For Bell Couple A second warrant was reported Issued today for James and Ruth Bell, proprietors of the Wagon Wheel Riding Academy on South River road, this one involving a check alleged to nave been writ ten with Insufficient funds In the bank. A previous warrant alleging lar ceny by bailee it said to have in volved an Oriental rug reputedly worth $1,000, property of Dr. O. B. Prime, from whom the Bells had rented the riding academy property Officers are said to be searching for the whereabouts of the Bella who are said to have left in an au tomobile not fully paid for. Eddie Lewis Nabbed By Portland Police Portland, July 31 WV-The vice squad, acting upon a complaint by Investigator Jean M. Johnson of the women's protective bureau, ar rested Eddie Lewis, Oalety theatre manager, on a charge of "permit ting production of acts of an ob scene nature." Lewis was freed on his own recognisance. hospital with fractured skull. Phy sldant rave him little chance to live. Wilfred Martlneau, 14, suffered a crushed left in; It had to be am putated. Their father. Wilfred Mar tlneau, bad Mist Oray served with two $35,000 damage suit. Mist Oray, after being questioned by polio officials and th coroner, spent several hour In a cell until her mother arrived in a chartered plane from New York. -This Is terrible, horrible." Mrs. Oray cried a a turnkey let her Into th cell block to talk with ber daughter. Shortly afterward ber husband arrived by train and arranged for th cash bond. They left Immediate ly after a tentetlv court arraign ment was set for August L Molt and Angell For Measure Senate Approves Minor House Changes, Sends Act to President Washington, July 21 (If) The senate approved today minor house changes in the Hatch bill prohibiting politi cal activity by government employes and sent' the meas ure to the White House. The action came after an impassioned plea by Senator Hatch (D.-N.M.), author of tne legislation, for the senate to send the bill to the nresi dent's desk rather than to a Joint senate-house conference com mlttee. Wa&hlneton. Julv 21 tB rwmm. two republican representatives, Mott ana Angeu, voted last night In fa vor of the Hatch bill, to rnrh noli tlcal activities of federal officials, while the lone democratic Oregon member. Pierce, voted against, as cud the Washington democrats, Mlth Leaw. Hill CnffM anH UimiMM Magnuton, absent from Washington J was fjsunw who union, Massaehn sett republican. The roll call did not Indicate Rep. Wallgren voted. Washington, July 31 (U.B The senate received the Hatch "clean politics" bill for concurrence in minor house changes today and prepared to send it to President Roosevelt for his signature or veto. Could Cripple Machine Mr. Roosevelt's position on the Mil Is not known. It is designed to separate politics from relief and proniDita all federal government employes except the president, the vice-president, cabinet officers, and other policy making officials from au political activity. Including par. tlcipatlon in presidential nominat ing conventions. It could cripple national political machine. The bill was passed by trie house late last night after it opponents had used every parliamentary ma neuver they could think of to de feat It The vote was 343 to 133. It had been sponsored In the senate by senator Carl M. Match D, N. M.) and In the bouse by Rep. John J, Dempsey, (D N. M.), but the house majority leadership and the na. tlonal democratic organization headed by. Postmaster General James A. Farley opposed It vigor ously. On th final roll call S3 demo crats and two progressives Joined with au tne republicans present 197 to vote for passage. It was op posed by 133 democrat and one American labor! te. If Mr. Roosevelt signs the bill and make It law, an early court test was assured. Rep. Prank Hook, (D, Mich.), promised to be "th first man to violate" It so as to test it constitutionality in th courts. It Is a violation of th .lint amendment to the constitution, he said. Moant Taber Selected Corvallis, July 31 WV-The Pres byterian synod of Oregon selected the Mount Tabor church of Port land yesterday for Its next meeting. Miss Oray mad her debut In 1(3. An Inveterate night club goer, the loves a Joke. She one tent her aunt, th duchess, a phonograph record ing of the ballad, "How Art You, Duchess, Old Kid, Old Pal, Old Thing?" She It th daughter of Mr. and Mr. Henry O. Oray of Locust Val ley, N. Y. Oray stayed here, after arranging bail, to accept service of th suits. Her mother wts Miss Edith Deacon of Boston, a sister of th Duchess of Marlborough and Princess RadriwelL Miss Oray said sh was en route from Newport, R. I, to Montreal to meet Theodora Pratt, a bank clerk, who it reported to be her fiance Pratt It a member of a society family. 1 Chamber at Eugene For Parking Meters Eugene, July 31 W) This university city, now accustom ed to trafflo lights, may soon have parking meters lining downtown curb. Sentiment at a Chamber of Commerce committee meet ing last night wa strongly In favor of th trial Installa tion of a few ot th nickel grabbers. It was voted to re commend to city councllmen Monday night that Eugene try the devices to help solve an acuta parking problem for shoppers; Unlike Eugene, Salem busi ness men do not take kindly to parking meters. The city coun cil has adopted a resolution authorizing their purchase and a publlo hearing on the ques tion Is contemplated In .the near future. Burglar Rifles Flagg Residence - Salem' list of unsolved summer burglary cases lengthened over night when police went notified this morning of th entry of two homes in the neighborhood of South High and Mission atreete by a prowler or prowierr during last night. A. Returning to their horn at South High and Leslie streets aboulKvgO this morning Mr, and Mrs, George Flagg reported their belief that they surprised and drove oft a prowler who had completely ran sacked the house and mad away with a ring, watch and numerous keepsakes to an estimated value ot $200. The prowler had gained entrance through a small kitchen window and Is believed by Mr. Flagg to have departed through a rear door a the family returned to th house. A short time later, police believe, the same prowler entered the new Harold OUnger horn on Mission street. Just west of South High, through a basement window In the absence of the family but secured nothing of value. Mrs. Charles p. Pray, wife ot the superintendent of state police, re ported to the Portland police that she frightened a prowler from her home early Thursday morning. She heard a noise In her daughter's room, called and beard running footsteps. She said that 3$ cents had been taken from a purse. The Prays' Portland address is 1129 BE Crystal Springs boulevard. In the Oswego district, Injuries Fatal To Matsumura Butte, Mont., July 31 m Motokl Matsumura, Japanese consul at Portland, Ore, died today from In. Juries received in an automobile ac ddent near here yesterday. Matsumura sufrered a probable fractured skull and other Injuries when the car In which he and an attache of th consulate, Oeorge M. Takao, overturned on a graveled road as they were returning from a visit to Yellowstone park. Takao was only slightly hurt. Matsumura's body will bt tent to Portland today. At the hospital it was said that In addition to th bead Injuries the young official probably sustained Internal Injuries. He was driving at tne urn of th accident. The two men bad mad an exten sive tour of Idaho and Wyoming and were preparing to visit Montana en rout horn. College Presidents Will be Selected Portland, July 31 () Th Job of selecting presidents for Oregon State college and Eastern Oregon College of Education will be started by the state board of higher aduca Uon at a meeting her Monday. Board members Indicated there was a chance a president a head for the LaOrand Institution might be named at next week's meeting but said selection of a successor to Dr. Oeorge W. Peary at th State college wa not imminent Dr Peavy reaches th retirement ate of 10 nut November. , Tri-Counly FSA Settlers Make Revolt Threat Polk, Yamhill and Wash ington Beneficiaries Claim They Were Misled McMinnville, Ore., July 21 (U.R) A revolt against what they called "impossible" rent al charges was threatened to day by re-settlers on the farm security administrations farms project in Yamhill, Washington and Folk coun ties. Farmers charged that the FSA promised, at the time they moved on the project, all they would have to pay would be interest at 3 per cent on the ap praised value. Now, they say, they are being charged tor taxes, for maintenance and depreciation, management costs and for insurance on buildings. Rental charges, it was estimated by tome settlers, cam to $10 an acre annually, claiming that In pri vate farming $4 a year it considered large. Tucker, Silent W. B. Tucker, coram unily man ager for the division. In charge of 10$ farms In the trl -county YamhlU project, declined to comment, saying all Information was to be released from the regional of flee In Port land. About 30 farmers operating on a lease basis, charged th farm were not paying "under th present FSA management" an that they oduld not meet their obligation. ' They said they are confronted with rent bins ranging between 1600 and $1000 for a two-year period, which ends November IS. , Angered by what they called "mis representation" by FSA officials they laid they would decline to sign sales contracts to purchase the farms under th FSA' 40-year payment plan until they "could te a way out." Th Yamhill Farm project, they charged, was another Matanuska.' College Group To Come Here On a 18,000-mll tour through the western states, the Wheaton College Amoassaaors visit Salem next Mon day evening to conduct a special ser vice at tne First Baptist church. ac cording to the Rev. Irving A. Fox, pastor. Th service will begin at 7:30 OCIOCk. Organized six years ago, the Am, bassadort, a collegiate team for gos pel testimony, have traveled more than 60,000 mile with meeting In 35 states. This summer's Itinerary pro vides for services In It states and Canada. Evangelistic In purpose, th Am bassadort feature song and lnstru mental solos, quartet numbers, tea tlmonles and a spiritual message. Services have been conducted in churches of all denomination, con ferences, city missions, colleges and over the radio. Personnel. of th group includes oeorge Poole, Jr., of Minneapolis. Minn., pianist and baritone; Howard Bartell of Thomspon. Pa. son lead er and second tenor; Paul Whaley of Amarulo, Texas, first tenor; Paul Lefever of Lancaster. Pa- Bruce W. Dunn. Toronto, Can. who Is th speaker. Mr. Sartell, Mr. Wha ley and Mr. Lefever are member of th Wheaton College Olee club, known to thousands of music lovers th country over. Liquor Commission Delays Selections Portland, Ore. July 31 0J.B The Oregon state liquor commission concluded their formal meeting to day by hearing a statement of the commission's activities during the last fiscal year. The statement Included a report of activities of field inspectors who In th last year drove more than 300,000 miles, mad 43,tlt Investiga tions which resulted In $$,73 In fines. The total expenses of th year were $11,140, th report said. The commission adjourned today without announcing any Immediate changes In personnel. Oeorge Taylor Drawn Portland, July 31 UP) Oeorgr Taylor, II, Portland, drowned In Co lumbia dough yesterday while at tempting to swim across th chan- 1 IS . j I i ii 'r a.,1.,,;, Oregent leading entries In th International Trapshoot tourney over the Salem Oun club pit Include E. E. Troeh, professional, and his father, Frank Troeh, both ot Portland. Frank Troeh holds the world's record for a 30 year average and Is considered the "grandfather" ot trapehootlng In Oregon. In the morning shoot Frank Troeh wa tied for first place for th world's championship honor and Earl Troeh wa leading the professionals. Both had cards of 98. Nine Now Tied in PITA Title Match -Nine shooters, including' were tied at noon today for the first half of the event, one of nual Pacific International Trapshoot and World's handicap, over the Salem Gun club pits. In addition to the world's cham pionship title, the gunners were bat- tllng for the titles In the Junior, sub-Junior, women's professionals and championship of champions and team events. Frank M. Troeh, Portland, wa assured of at least a tie for first place In the battle for the world' championship this afternow when he scored a per fect mark f 10 targets la hi second round, giving him a day total f MS. The leaders In the event at the half way mark today Included: World' Championship Frank Troeh, Portland; Dean Hurd. Salt Lake City; C. O. Krles, Olendlve, Mont.; J. O. Count, Pocatello, Ida. Jack Crane, Turlock, Calif.; E. Cars' tens, Jr. Camlno, Calif.; Clrant II' seng, Los Angeles; R. Rowland, As toria, and P. C. Barber, Seattle. All had scores of M out of the first 100 birds shot. Professional championship E. B. Troeh, $8. Women's championship Mary Knight, Los Angeles, S3. Junior championship Billy Fox, Jr. Washington, and O. Robertson, Los Angeles, $7. Sub-Juniors BUI Bamett, Comp- ton, Calif., 08. All classifications found th lead ers hard pushed by several of the leading shooters ot the district vying lor first honors. (Forenoon trap malts pete I, col. 7) Nazi Peace Talk Rouses Suspicion London, July 31 WV Pacific ut. terances In Berlin over the Free City of Dantlg were Interpreted to day In Britain as a new Invitation to the British government to re turn to the policy of appeasement. (A oerman government spokes. man said "our fuehrer is 100 per cent for peace. Now a before we ex. pect an uncompromising solution of th Dantlg situation along peaceful lines" favorable to Oermany). 'Nobody ever doubted that Hitler would prefer to get Dantlg without war," one British official said, "but long a Oermany Insist that Dantlg must return to the relch then the situation Is not too hopeful." Assassination Plot Foiled by Japanese Tokyo, July 31 (u.B Police an nounced today they had thwarted an assassination plot today against three of Japan's most Influential personages. Those Involved were Count Makl- no, who has escaped several previous attempts; Lord Keeper of the Privy Seel Kurahel Yuasa. and Viscount Yoshlatami Matsudalra. of th Im perial household the wesent worirrV rhamntnn world's title at the end of the the features of the Ninth An Bargain Rates At World Fair New York, July 31 WV-The New York World's Fair moved Into the bargain-rate column today, with es tablishment of two new admission price reductions designed to spur lagging attendance. Effective tomorrow th admission charge will be 40 cent after 9:30 p. m. reduced from 75 cents. This de cision came In response to the cla mor on the part of operators of the amusement tone for a lowered ad mission charge. All exhibits except tne amusement area close at 10 pan. The board also authorised a na-tlon-wid tale of 1,000,000 combina tion admission and concession tick ets with a face value of $7, for $3.79. The book will contain five gate ad missions and 10 tickets for a choice of 10 out of 30 selected amusements. Goldner Ransom Demand Reduced Jerusalem, July 31 (U.R) Arab re bels who kidnaped Oerould R. Oold- ner, missionary of Akron, Ohio, have reduced their ransom demand from $9,000 to $1,000, It was reported to day. It was understood that an emis sary sent to negotiate with the kid napers hsd returned to Bethlehem this morning and reported the re duction. Ooldner'a donkey boy returned to Bethlehem today with the following note from Goldner to his father: Am all right. Hope to hear from you, Dad." (Presumably the "hope to hear from you" concerned news of ef fort to ransom Ooldner.) 1 Mrs. Barber Leaves Her Silverton Home Silverton, July 21 Mrs. woman, whose remarriage to ed much interest about two years ago, is supposedly on her way to Michigan today after leavings her horn during the night witnout Informing her husband of her In tentions. Mr. Barber did not miss his wife unUl 4 or S o'clock this morning. When he Informed friends ano neighbors that she was gone a seam. was made for her, but without re sult until It was found that sh had com to Salem with a mall carrier about 7 o'clock. Further Inquiry brought th Information that she had taken a bus out ot Salem and that It was ber Intention to go to General White Gets Request For Information CIO Asks National Guard Head for Records On Labor Investigations Portland, July 21 V-The CIO Portland Industrial union council requested Major Gen eral George A. White, Oregon National guard commander, today to provide information on labor investigations by In telligence officers. Major Laurence A. Milner testified at the Harry Bridges deportation hearing in San Francisco he had served as a National guard investigator ot civilian subversive activities. , J. E. Laux, council secretary. asked if regulations and fundi per mitted the inquiry. He also wanted to know If Information could b sup plied persons "interested In break ing up labor organizations'' and who were "Interested in . . . besmirching the characters of progressive, liberal and laboring people throughout th state." San Francisco, July 31 WV Th Harry Bridges defense today re quested a subpoena tor Wayne L. Morse, dean of the University ot Oregon law school and arbitrator of th Pacific coast longshore eon tract, to testify as a character wlU ness for the Australian-bora labor leader In hit deportation bearing on Angel Island. Testimony Anticipated ' The application, signed by Carol King, chief of defense counsel, said Morse's testimony would "show Har ry Bridges Is a man whose integrity and character are such that he is to be believed when testifying under oath." Bridget has repeatedly denied that he Is or ever has been a member ot the communist party. Th request came as the day' first witness took the stand for th go eminent. He wa Eugen Dietrich, International organiser for th APIs International Longshoremen a asso ciation, who quoted Bridges' wit as one telling him "I've got hi .Bridges') communist book." The bearing grew out of conten tions Bridges was a member of th communist party and th party ad vocated violent overthrow ot th government Asked by Thomas Shoemaker, chief government counsel, whether Dietrich "believes" Bridge wa communist, Dietrich said: 'I'm perfectly satisfied he t.s Other Connections Noted Dietrich also testified that prior to the 1934 waterfront tie-up. Brid ges tried to persuade waterfront workers to affiliate with the Marin Worker Industrial union, which h said was chartered by th "Unity League." Asked what the Unity Lea gue was, Dietrich said; "I don't have to think what tbey are. They are communists. Some of them aren't. Some of them are communist dupes." He said he talked to Bridges' wit when she "had a little peev on," and quoted her as saying: "I don't care If he ever come home, xxx I've got his communist book. I'll show It to anybody on th waterfront who doesn't believe he I a communist." Asked whether he had tried to persuade her not to show it. Diet rich said: "No. x x x I thought It was Just little war between him and hit wife. They get those peeves, you know." He added: (Concloded on pate 10. column t Miles Barber, elderly Silverton the husband of her youth creat Michigan to be with her children. At a triple ceremony In Salem about two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Barber were one of three elderly couples who were united. Theirs, however, wa a remar riage. They had been wedded when both were young, had children and then were divorced 30 or mora year ago. Mrs. Barber had married again and her second husband died many years ago. Mr. Barber bad never married again until the remarriage at th triple Salem ceremony ot two rears or so tea, '
