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51st Year, No. 172 " Two SecUon-16 Pages Solem, Oregon J fB H Friday, July 21, 1939 Price Three Cents
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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-
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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,
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