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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1934)
r iu News Review of Current Events the World Over n \ m u iK i> \ u 11 lengahoreme«. and the mayor <*f R*- atti* asked Secretary of lh# Interior leke# for federal troop# to protect non union worker*. In the port# of the Great la k e » a general atrlke o f lug- men wns threatened At Galvealon the longshoremen were »till out, and him jrvda of other worker# went on strike. OREGON STATE NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST Brief Resume of CAP AND BELLS Happening* of the W e e k C ol l e c te d f o r F eed’s Victory Over Pinehot Delights Opponents of New Dral— ISKA W ill Abandon Codes for Small Rusiuesses. Rv EDWARD W. PICKARD t br WaMara Nswspspsf l'Usa ENATOR DAVID A. HEED of Pennsylvania, fighting In the Re publican primaries for re-nomlnatlon. emerged from th* hectic battle vloto rlous O T e r his rlvaL R ot . GlfforJ Ft DC hot. Heed's majority was In the neighborhood o f 100 . 000 , and Ion* before all the returns were In Governor Pin- chot gave np and wired his congratula tions to the senator. S in c e S e n a t o r Reed, one of the Old _ Guard conservative*, •anator Read hM b,vn #n unri|Wlt. Mr. Roosevelt A» predicted, this I* a compromise containing these pro visions: A declaration of policy that the gov ernment recognizes silver as primary money and that the nations metallic reserves shall be 25 per cent sliver and 75 per cent gold. This Is manda tory. The secretary o f the treasury Is au thorized ami directed to purchase sli ver until It reaches It 2il an ounce or until Ita metallic reserve strength reaches 25 per cent ThU la both per missive and mandatory. The President la authorized to na tionalize »liver through condemnation. This la permissive. Ing critic of the New Peal, and Gov ernor Pinehot. a “ progressive" Repub lican, has given his full support to President Roosevelt’s policies, the re sult of the primaries was hailed with glee by opponents of the national ad ministration. Roth the candidates made the New Deal the Issue In their campaign, end when the governor was prevented by Illness from malting speeches. Mrs. Pinehot took the stump and vigorously defended the Presi dent’s programs of recovery. Notwith standing all this. Postmaster Parley aaid: “ I do not regard the defeat of Governor Pinehot as * New Iv a l te s t" and Senator Joseph T. Robinson. l>en>- ocratlc leader, took the same attitude. President Roosevelt refused to com ment. Senator Daniel O. Hastings of Del aware, chairman of the Republican congressional campaign committee. Is sued a pronouncement that the Penn sylvania primary result was “ a great victory for the American citUen who wants a square deal and not a New I • ’ Governor Plncbot, who haa tried twice before to get Into the senate, said he would continue to fight for the Interests of the people against concen trated wealth, and It was reported that he would run Independently in Novem ber. Joe Guffey, Democratic leader In Pennsylvania, easily won hts party’» nomination for the senate, but the Re publicans claim he will have small chance against Reed In the election. New Jersey also held a primary elec tion. The Republicans nominated Sen ator Hamilton F. Kean for re-election and Harold G. Hoffman for governor. The Democrats who will oppose them are Gov. Harry A. Moore and Judge William L. DilL of the records of C ONSIDERATION three Chicago federal Judge# in S T EADERS of the Republican party In Indiana turned down Senator Arthur K. Robinson quite decisively. They not only defeated his plan to gain control o f the party organization, but Also refused to give assurance that he would be unopposed for renomina tion In the state convention June 5. The best the senator could get was an Indorsement o f his fight in the senate “ for constitutional government” and for his stand ‘‘against bureaucracy as exemplified by the Democratic party and Its administration.” Among those mentioned as possible rivals of Itoblnson for the nomination are former Senator Jim Watson, for mer Representative Frederick Landis and former Gov. Harry G. I^eslle. Rob inson angered the state committee by attacking its officers. J N ORDER that congress may ad- 1 Journ June 5, the President and sev eral congressional leaders got together and pared down the legislative pro gram. They agreed to limit the “ must” bills to four measures. These are: The one billion, three hundred mil lion dollar emergency appropriation bill carrying funds for the continua tion o f the New Deal relief activities. The communications control bill pro posing the consolidation o f federal reg ulation over all communications. The loans to industries bill, author izing RFC and federal reserve bank advances to smaller Industries on In termediate credit terms. The deposit Insurance extension bill, continuing the temporary federal bank deposit guarantee plan for another year In lieu of putting the permanent program contained In the'Glass bank ing bill Into effect at this time. Mr. Roosevelt sent to congress a message explaining why the first mimed bill Is necessary, and urging that no more than the amount asked be appropriated. One other measure that may he put through at this session Is the silver ■ ^111 upon which the President and the •liver bloc agreed and which was to be Introduced with a message from receivership and bankruptcy casea were under consideration by th* house Judi ciary committee, with the possibility of Impeachment In prospect. A sub committee turned In a report on th* Jurists, Charles E. Woodward. James H. WUkenoo and Walter O. Lin • making no recommendations for or against Impeachment but criticizing sharply their allowances for attorney •nil receiver fees. With respect to Judge John P. Rarties, who has handled several re ceiverships and bankruptcies In the federal courts at Chicago since 11*713. the subcommittee declared It had “ no criticism aa to bla conduct In these matter».” / G E N E R A L JOHNSON and his at ^ slstants In the NKA are t red of trying to enforce the multiplicity of code* for amall groups, and therefore the administration haa decided to abandon thousand* of those arranged for lesaer In dustrial plants and s e r v ic e establish ments. In fact, to regulate prices and trade practices and Innumerable details In countless small busi nesses lias proved to be Impracticable and Gen. Johnson . ■ ,, • ,k.-n an outrageously large percentage of NR A work and funds. Johnson said be was working on arrangements to substitute simple agreements for codes covering small Industries. These agreement* mere ly will cover wages, hour* and the collective bargaining guarantee* of the recovery act. The allk textile industry found Itself overloaded with surpluses of goods, and the NRA permitted all the mill* to shut down for one week, dur ing which time 30.0*10 workers are un employed. The shutdow n wua ordered by the silk textile authority. U P N A T I’IIEH S" are not faring so vJ n O in U n far m i u d aoutb- west. Six-year-old June Robles, who was kidnaped from Tucson, Arlz.. was found In a tomb-like hole where she had been kept rhalned, and there were good chanees that her abductors would be caught. The child was weak but uninjured. 1 . 0 « Angeles police In a sudden raid freed William F. Gettle, oil millionaire who had been kidnaped and held for a large ransom, and arrested three of the men who abducted him. The trio Confessed, were promptly given life sentence* and are now In the San Quentin prison. C T R IK E S In many branches of the ^ automobile Industry will occur un less the striking employees of the Fisher Body plant at Flint, Mich., win their demands, according to President Green of the American Federation of Labor. "T h e strike of the workers em ployed at the Fisher Body plant at Flint, Mich., reflects the spirit of un rest and dl«content which prevails among the automobile workers at the present time,” Green said In a state ment. “ There will be no peace In the au tomobile Industry,” be added, ’’until the grievances of the workers are fair ly settled, discrimination and coercion »topped, the right of collective bar gaining established and company union domination and Intimidation stopped.” Dissatisfaction has been accentu ated, he added, “ because of the failure of the automobile labor board to func tion properly and effectively.“ Labor troubles along the American waterfronts Increased dally. On the Pacific coast thousands of seamen quit work In sympathy with the striking T GEORGE POND and IJeut. C lp Pesare Sa belli o|>enrd the ocean flying season with au attempi to innke a nonstop hop from N»w York to Rome a thing that haa never yet been done. They ran Into dense fog» and head «inda over th# Atlantic and then had auch avrloua engine trouble thet they «> ere forced to land their big Bel- lauca monoplane. Ihe Leonardo ila lin ci, on the west coast of Ireland Accorri Ing to their storie# the aviator* were mighty fortunale that they did not fall Into the ocean and drown. A vote of «2 to 15 th* aenate B Y passed th* Fletcher Rayburn bill which placee the aecurltles markets of the country under th# regulatory con trol of a ferlerai commis# na Th# measure already had passeri Ih# house, but with th* provision that the federal trade commission should be the rrgu lalory body, and thta difference, to gether with the house's provision for a fixed margin requirement. caused some delay In the conference. At a pres# conference President Roosevelt stated that he preferred the house version " f thè hill In those two particular* and that he had told the chairman of the committee* *o. although he had ketd hla banda off the measure until It r»av passed by both house and senate. liK White Nl*r llnvr Olympic, com Ing »lowly Into port In a fog. rammed and tank the Nantucket light »hip. »even of the letter’ * crew being killed ami four. Including Capt «.eorge Itraitbwalte. saved, fa p la ln Blnka of the Olympic blame# the accident on an error In th* radio direction beam which he t i t following, though this device ha* heretofore been considered Infallible He admitted, however, that at the time of the collision lie was five mile* off hia supposed course and that hla radio signals, submarine ».gnats and reckoning ail misled him a* to hla real poaiUoa. T S ko rktart or t h e navy sw an SON announced that as a>»>n a* funds can !>e obtained from the public work* appropriation a-k.-d by the President, the construction of twenty warships wilt begin. These vessel«, » la estimated, will coat $ «> < «»n »»t This building program will ln lud* twelve destroyers, two destroyer lead era, and six submarines, forming the first year-# program under the Vinson act, which authorized the replacement o f 102 ship# to bring the navy up to full treaty strength by the end o f lifts. The policy o f th* administration I» to lay down the rest o f the 102 replat» ment ships In the next four year». M I I T O R L D Good W ill day" waa * * May 15, and to mark It atu- . collegia I n s I | - country gathered In Washington and staged a demonstra tion In support of world disarmament. Mi ss Elizabeth Wheeler, daughter of Pnlteil States Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, was chair man of the affair, and after the meeting Mis* Wheeler led a delegation to the White House and pre Miss Eliza sented to President beth Wneeler Roosevelt a (edition asking him to take the lead In *• - Ing a world treaty for complete dis armament. News from abroad Indicates that this la Inqmslng a tremendous task on Mr. Roosevelt, for the prospects of disarmament are growing slimmer dally. There Is no abatement o f the quarrel between France and Germany over German rearming, and France has lengthened the term of service of Its soldiers, which example Relglnrn probably will follow. Hungary and Jugoslavia are engaged In a bitter border dispute and the former haa a«ked for help from the League of Nations council, which haa opened an other session In Geneva. Japan, still stubbornly aloof, aeema to be seeking a new cause for hostilities against f ’hlna. alleging that a number of Jap anese soldiers were killed by Chines# troops. The League’s commission on the I’aruguny-llollvla war In the Gran f'haco submitted a report recommend ing that all nations of the world, enpe- clally the American republics, be naked to Join In an effort to abut off from the two South American coun tries all the materials necessary to carry on a war. Our Readers H 1 . \ f ■ • will he built hy the national f- teet | service on South Beaver hill. • abort distant • front the m ean. In the v in o Ity o f Watdporl. Salem Map folders Issued by th# , will be distribu te! «1 »be world » fair In Chicago from the booth ol the Beaumont Wood Products company, Tillamook A pioneer • «» le t ) la to 1 .« organized in Titian k county shortly at F a in lew Grange hall All who have lived In the count v «0 years are eligible for membership. , C H A P P Y tH O O C H T A Ire* her waa making a alrrnu»ug e ff.rt I** get go«>.| attendarne In lev room I .» king «v e r her t lasa «a# morning, she saw that all ev*rp| w g • ere In tbclr pis*«-*. “ T h is la flo e .“ she e l i latini-.!, here e f r p t Jimmie Jour* . and |g U* h (*• ('.at II I» * tiielhing seri, 4 • hl*h k r r (* him away.“ - Tvivda Ilia d * t h e Di ft » r e e , e I blab fh la h w ill have ita an nual Camas |‘ rairln cowboy c.-nven tlou Jutv J ant < T i e vh w w ill be Ihe 1 1 th annual, at. t th« re w ill L# the usual p i. »ram •>( e » y vp rta. An Inspector. etanilolng a elate I» relic "U S k' owledge. asked the ' d lowing question of a little girl, to •»tiding It f--c a cat h “ What was the differ*! e h rlvw g Wood burn The Bllverloti llllls Koah-» Ark and Joan of Arc?“ Ktrawt erry ««Boctntton pool has been Ile wat m»t a U lti» surprised slog • o il t.> (toy Brown of W ood'iu m et the child, answering, said 4 e m it T h * grow er», who h ve ; “ Noah a Ark was made of w . 4 h o p «! for a higher price, r e v iv e d and Joan of Arc waa maid of i*t only the on# hid Th e association lea in ” represent* between 1 U 0 and 111 j acres of harries Fistisela* He aside I’ lanting of gras* on the north end of the be aeh at Seaside to keep sand from d riftin g over the From has l>e< a siart«*d The gras# Is being furnished by the Golden Gat« park commission o f an Fran cisco It has been succeasfully used 00 C alifornia beaches Oregon City In spile of an u nfav orable decision In the e l f ult r. urt at Oregon City relative to a whole, »ale tra d » vehicle ordinance, the city council of For*-»! G ro ie w ill continue to enforce a alrnllar ardlt» n *■ Th e ordinance requires wholesale hand ler* o f »rule«! package goods to ha o n medical certificate John Day A fte r years of disap pointed hopes that the » (« la high way commission would build a con tinuation of th " John Day an l Orho- co highway* from Mitchell through A ntelope, Khaniko, and Maupin, res idents of that section aro conertt rd over a survey being made from Mil* cheil through Madras and the Warm Kprlnga rev. rvatlon to rnenect with (be Mount Hood Loop road. “ ft .o ld y. o gi ve us a *• og?“ tk* chairman s«kcd |h# amateur I» the hampict " \ \ ith pleasure bul la .» al thla ita Mme fay I t r “ Tre. w» »sol the r :a t h i r d A- that tt can be g t ready for dvae ! Pvetwtstag P s lle a la d y f al. ¡nef I are this c d eh.*- la advertised as g - d I f mea and b ra it Druggist Yes fu sto er «.Imme a bottle I I» Beve Ila a Il e right r i. btnali 'O • help tny hutl.at.1 Vancouver Pro» toce. TH E R E . A N Y W A Y Ki|i|M-rlng Plant to Op-en Oreanluk*- \ fre-h and kip pering plant w ill be «>p«-n for bust- lie-* in Orcanlak* by May 30, under the ownership of E. I., lloyt. Infant Boy strangled Nvn-.i Robert Chancy, infant son Of Mr and Mrs II*.ra o C m* i, was Strangled to d< ith last Tu* day when he f*-ll from hla rot with a sheet Caught about hi* neck. l<w> \.nr<>ld Indian !H«-s Klamath Fall# Thomas Khelloch, 1 0 0 -}' ir-«dd Indian. D ili *d to tie the last survivor of Chief l>a-.e H ill’s Indian «■ tut* of the Modoe war, ill* 1 at (hllo<!*iin * oily. dilla Bov Not Hluffi-d Burn* Only 25 o f Harney conn* ty'v S I preciseti ravt ballota in ta il F riday-» election. Alvord precinct In the roui *:n part o f the count/ returning an •■mpty ballot bog. Rig Fruit l ‘ ai k Planned ffuli-iii Nino hundred tons of to rnatoci and 900 tona of brans Is th » tonnage objective o f the Cleary A Hillman rannrry In W est Baleni this year, according to announcement made by Grover Mlltman, manager. T b l* would bo (bo larg* t pa> k o f Its kind by a »login cannery In th » history of the alate Moat o f this tonnage will come from the Irrigale.) district# In Folk county. Entire Town 1 « 'lo ved Bund Central Oregon’s porla b l» town, Stievlln, w lib # population o f • bout 300 persona, a poatoffle», «to r*, •«bool and church, was carrying no business as usual today, nearly 13 mile# from lh * #lt# It bad occupied fo r th# last siz year». The e n tlr» town was moved by rail to the new location, dwelling#, lifted from flat- \ rara, w. rn swung Into location with tractor» over th# week end. Hnnkcs Tnkn T o ll o f Flsli tirants l ’a s# W ater annkt-s that aru reported to Imve Increaaed In \ I T A R In Arabia baa come to an end gri-at nu ni liera along Iho Rogne rlvi-r * V for the present, an armistice hav In recent yeara, nre charger! t»y ang- I ing been officially announced. King 1 er« here wlth lakin g large toll o f Ibn Knud of Saudi Arabia, apparent young aalmnn and Iront )n thla ly la the victor, for It wns stated hla •trearn. Elah taken by tbese snaki-a terms bad been accepted by the Imam range up to enlght Inchea In alze, 1 Vahya of Yemen, though the terms acrordlng to W. C. Allen, acrrelary of the treaty were not mad* p u b lic o f the IMitak W allon league. Ile haa immediately. urged that In the future flahermco Cake along a gun as well a# a rod. J - *-- , • -T, * J “ Are there eny t, srrylng m e« M I this a unir: . r * ' “ Yes. a * upl# of parai’tva aed • 3 )•:»’ ! * I ( Ihr . e “ Vardisi W ill Tali Rtranger W hat #«>rt o f s « u s • bring tried? ( ' urt f i i rk A w< • alt la arcuasi o f shooting bar husband Stranger |» the defendant t.r«utl j Dii? Clerk Î »oiiliIn T w art to say: IF* fvirv’a s ir.’ it will si-ttle 11 »! Falk finder Magazine. O lharwits Partavi “ Anything the niattrv »It h tk# en r V“ ” W< 1 I. there’s only one part o f * that d • vn’l make a ludae. and II »•’• the b orn -'- Nlray Rlorlea. M.rtaksa “ What work can ymi do?“ “ Work? I thought you w anted! foreman."