Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 2

The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Moraine. March 9, 1938 PAGE TWO Jury's Selection News Suit Retrial Mother to Sacrifice eye iorson School Board Further Steps College Piano Discord Ended eing Planned Grangers News VICTOR POCOC.The regular meeting of the Union 'Hill Home Economics club scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed because of conflict with the district meeting to be conducted by Miss Eileen Perdue Buxton for homemakers at the Silverton Armory. The social night meeting of the Union Hilt grange will be held Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Peters, chairmen, secured Dr. V. A. Douglas of the 1 All Bids Rejected; Coach Oliver's Contract for 6000 Is Affirmed PORTLAND. March S-iFf- Three months of controversy ended today when the state board of higher education rejected all bids for 11 pianos to be used at Ore son State college.

The- award first was made to Sherman, CUy and Portland, bat was protested by Collins and Erwra. Portland, on the (round its bid was lower. New bids will be called. WflUrd L. Marks.

Albair.be- ran a new nine-year term as a member of the Dr. Donald new University of Ore- gen president, and Dr.C V. Boy-er. retiring president, attended the meeting, at which Dr. Boyer was returned to his former posi tion as dean of the college of arts ad letters at a salary of 15000.

Chancellor rF. M. Hunter's rec ommendation that the state-owa-' ed radio station, KOAC, on the Oregon State campus be connected, with the university camPus was approved. Line connections to cost not more than 11500 will be provided in next year's budget. Dr.

Hunter said costs largely wotfld be balanced by tarings 'in travel back and forth. Oliver Gets S6O00 The board formally accepted the resignation of Prince Callison as university football coach and approved appointment of Gerald Tex" Oliver, effectireMarchl. Olirer's salary was set at 16000 atnually until June 30, 1941. Chancellor Hunter submitted a report showing student fees In Oregon institutions were higher tun in '11 other western states. The board dropped a fee raise proposal, introduced at the last meet- lng.

The board formally accepted Campbell Church's gift of his 150,000 Eugene home as a resi- Sacrificing an eye for her sob, Mrs. Pa. will Journev to a New York; whom thi delicate Deration infant's blindness resulted from a will pneumonia. The child will first enter the hospital for preliminary Irene Laverty, 80, of North Wales, Hospital witb ber baoy be oerf ormed March 28. The case of measles and bronchial Peace Is Topic At YMCA Tonight On a tour of the west coast, Miss Helen Hart, field secretary the Women's International League for Peace" and will speak in Salem, at the YMCA tonight at 8 o'clock, to members the Salem peace council and bait? uaiciu v.

vuuvit auu I -ii r.A i. the ritai liottnn hparlnir on th npare-war situa- dence for the chancellor, and ap- able in any event at the lowest propriated $7500 to repair and re- possible cost and with due remodel the property. The board's gard to the establishment, with building committee wUl inspect it' the approval of our public-ulili-and the president's residence at ties commissioner, of rates that Eugene, it was authorized to will further stimulate the wider In Ledford Case Is Lengthy Task ST. HELENS, March questioned a 41st prospective juror today in the first degree murder trial of Mrs. Agnes Joan Ledford, 35, while she rested on a cot in the chambers of the circuit court Judge.

Mrs. Ledford, mother of two children, is being tried first on a charge of mnrder involving the alleged poison death of a step daughter, IS. A second charge resulted from the death of her other stepdaughter. Dorothy, Mrs. Pearl Turner of Los Angeles, mother of the two girls, was in.the courtroom.

Pritchett May Be Granted US Stay VANCOUVER. B. C. March 8 -(CP)-Harold Pritcbett, Canadi an president of the International Woodworkers of Ameriea, today announced he had been informed that he would be granted a three-months' visitor's permit to enter the United States. Pritchett said he was notified by Congressman John OTonnell of Montana that Secretary of La bor Frances had stated the per mit would be granted.

United States Immigration officials here said they had not re ceived confirmation of the order. Men Involved in Attempt to Bomb Tug Get 8 Months PORTLAND, March While two men started serving penitentiary terms today on con victions developed from an in vestigation of labor vandalism Circuit Judge Robert Tucker sen tenced three others to eight month terms in the county Jail. Matt Klein, business agent of local AFL shoemakers' union and Roy Hardin, union member. convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, were dressed in at the Salem state peniten tiary. They were sentenced to two years each.

James T. Duffy, Alfred Turpin and Tony Sunseri, who pleaded guilty to participation In an attempted bombing of the tug Lyle at the height of an AFL-CIO struggle for control of sawmill workers, were sentenced to Jail. Law Building to Honor W. Fenton PORTLAND. March state board of higher education approved today a law school fac ulty petition, presented by Pres ident Donald M.

Erb to name the University of Oregon's new law school building "School of Law, Fenton Hall." The structure, remodelled from the old library building, is to be named in honor of William David Fenton, Oregon attorney and benefactor of the law school. The law library wing will carry an inscription, "Kenneth Lucas Fenton Memorial Law Library," in honor of the deceased son of W. D. Fenton. Parking Gadgets Bring Nickels, Dollar Fines PORTLAND, March parking meters brought both nickels and dollars to Portland today.

Motorists were fined $1 If they neglected to drop in five cents for an hour's parking. The majority of violators asserted the operations of the mechanical cop confused them. Defective Valve Fumes Ignite, Fire Is Result PORTLAND. March ntfed fumes from a defective valve resulted in a fire which In John Williams, 5 0, and caused 10,000 damage at the Re fining Industries, Ine. Pratum Meeting Today PRATUM The Missionary society of both churches will be busy this week at the Methodist church.

The society will meet on Wednesday for an all-day quilt ing and the Mennonite society will meet at the Deaconess hos pital for sewing on Thursday. Debates Issue Cupper's Motion Tabled After Discussion of General Policies (Continued from page 11 anyone irom me organisation. but to revamp the organization. Director E. A.

Bradfleld, re- erring to a recent secret meeting or the board, declared that it was his thought that the matter of the special committee report "was was -that executive session was for." The committee problem was "of a two-fold nature, business- financial and educational, Dr. L. E. Barrick, chairman, recalled "There wasn't any definite pro- pm formulated as fw as I know." Dr. Barrick said.

"I said before and I say again that as far as this particular phase is con cerned there Is a question as to whether we get value received for that particular item (elementary supervision). Everything the committee did was of a most general nature. If yot (Supt. Caiser) are convinced that the position should be left alone. I'll, go with you on it." Testing Program Supervisor a Task The superintendent, responded that aside from a question of guidance of teachers, "our whole testing program is carried on by our supervisor," as well as the overseeing of the clinic room and supplying of reading materials.

"She is the only one outside the principals who has time for general coordination of the elementary schools," Galser concluded. Little other business was transacted by the-board. A protest by A. A. Gueffroy, Robert Needham and James Cook against the proposed opening of a student supply store in the new high school was referred to Dr.

Barrick and Director W. F. Neptune for investigation. Other actions included: Final order to close the sale of the Yew Park school site to W. C.

Conner and purchase of Conner's property south of Leslie Junior high as a future senior high school location; decision to fence off the Bush school playground. acceptance of resignation of Rose ujubuii, iui uici school third grade teacher; grant services in old high school audi torium; allowance of S10 add I tional monthly salary to Emil Sandau for extra janitor service at old high school. Salem Girl Tells Of Flood Ravages (Continued From Page 1) the cars was driving it down the street through the water last night and got mired in the silt and water. He got out to push and the swift current carried him down the street. His wife and two children were swept out of the car and drowned.

The woman's body was found 10 minutes after I was upon the scene this noon down by the Santa Fe station. The two children's bodies are still un- found. "You should see the railroad tracks. There Is an erosion IS feet deep underneath the tracks where was formerly perfectly flat ground. Of course no trains will zo through here for some time.

She tells of a situation east of there where a Mexican family was drowned, one bridge was carried DT the floods and another was dynamited because the debris was Diied so high it was starting to overflow. Former Chief Is Slayer of Four (ConUnwd from page 1 1 sheff, chief of the first nve-year plan Then, however, he denied he had ordered the medical murders of Maxim Pechkoff, Gorky's son and Vyacheslaft Menxhinsky, his own predecessor as secret police. chief. Later he admitted guilt. Deaths of the four men, which before the trial had been ascribed to natural causes, were attributed to wrongful treatment at Ta-goda's insistence.

Gorky, it was said, would have stood in the way of the plot. Son she wiU discusa iXmally commission along with a number lag of permission to Calvary Lf other aimilar bodies had honed tist church to hold one Sunday's of other similar bodies had hoped Tea per Cent Increases Allowed Half That on Farm Produce (Continued From Page 1) raises granted en steel, coke and many other "heavy commodities last falL Therefore, on some of the rates raised in the autumn there will be little of no additional -f4 fh. ontmnfssion was virtually 1 unanimous on the broad aspects of the decision. Only Comm. Charles Mahaffie declared the Increases were Insufficient.

Consolidation Into One System -Urged Several of the commissioners. In concurring opinions, warned the railroads that much corporate and financial housecleaning lies be tween them and sound operations. Commissioner Miller called for consolidation of all railroads Into a single system. While conceding that laws and conditions virtually force a par tial increase in rates, the commission was not wholly, optimistic about the effect of the rates. Com- mfaninnar Atchison tired ir ted the Inomw wnnM hamnor hnalnena recoverr.

and the majority coin- ion emphasised that higher rates might be offset somewhat by decreasing traffic volume. Commissioner Eastman, the administration's former coordinator of railroads, estimated, however, that the increase would amount to S270.000.000 per year and would be adequate to compensate the carriers for increased wages and other costs and also for the failure of past increases to meet expectations. Chairman W. M. W.

Splawn said the new rates would average five per cent higher than existing charges. They may be put into effect on 10 days notice by the railroads, but must become operative by July 31. The decision of the interstate commerce commission allowing a 10 per cent increase in railroad freight rales throughout the Halted States, will annlv auite i FPnprtllv to Oreeon commodities, State Utility Commissioner Wai- lace said. Wallace said the Orezon utilitv the increase, if allowed, would be on a commodity rather than a percentage basis. He said the additional amount of freight rates that would be paid by the Oregon shippers under the new order could not be determined at the present time.

Supervisor's Work Praised by Gaiser (Continued from page 1) for teacherB of the system. Bulletin material prepared by Mrs. Briedwell has been utilized at the leading teachers' colleges throughout the country, Gaiser added. In her letter of resignation. Vf D.Un.ntl atotait that It waa not ber intention at the time of Urr marrlaee to continue much longer in school work and that "genuine interest in eaucauonai developments and a happy rela tionship with my co-workers have made it difficult for me to give up my work and sever my con nections with the Salem schools." The letter also expressed ap- preciation to uaiser ror your leadership in school work" and said that "your influence has brought much good to the Salem schools and the Salem teachers." Mrs.

Briedwell, Carlotta Crow ley before her marriage about four years ago to Glenn L. Bried well, Silver ton banker, came to Salem 15 years ago from Seattle to accept the elementary super- Tisorship instead of taking an a. a. A appointment as i lor teachers' college at Des Moines. She studied at both the George Peabody college, of Knox- Tennj, and at Columbia uni- teachers- college.

Salem Motorist Faces Death Trial March 23 OREGON CITY, March -)- Albert of Salem will go on trial March 23 on an in dictment charging manslaughter. He was Accused in connection with the traffic death of Mrs. Syl via Thurlow of Milwaukie in a collision on the Pudding river bridge near Aurora, December 24. Upheld by Court Fleishhacker Application Granted in Telegram Building Lease The award of a new trial In the suit brought by Robert -Fleishhacker and C. H.

Breckhagen against the Portland News Pub lishing company, involving a lease on the Telegram building In the City of Portland, was upheld by the state supreme court Tuesday. The opinion was written by Justice BclL In another opinion the" court upheld the will of the late Ashley J. Vantine who left the bulk of his estate of $300,000 to Calvin" Heilig, Pacific coast theater owner. This action was appealed from Multnomah county. Suit to contest the will was filed by H.

Seward Vantine and a number of other alleged heirs. The contestants charged that the will was executed under un due Influence and fraud. Other Opinions Clara Borge appellant, vs. Car rie Traaen. Appeal from Multno mah county.

Suit Involving prom lssory. "note. Opinion by Justice Bailey. Judge James P. Stapleton affirmed and petition for rehearing denied.

Ralph Pointer vs. F. C. Osborne, appellant. Appeal from Coos county.

Action to recover damages for personal injury. Opinion by Justice Bailey. Judge James T. Brand affirmed. George M.

Fowler, appellant, vs. Margaret Fowler. Appeal from Tillamook county. Suit for divorce. Opinion by Justice Ross-man.

Judge R. Frank Peters affirmed. William Schnell and Sophia Schnell, his guardian, vs. George K. Howitt, appellant.

Appeal from Multnomah county. Action to re cover damages for personal in-' jury. Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge William A. Ekwall reversed and action dismissed.

Ervln L. Sells, appellant, vs. North Pacific college of Optometry and Harry Lee Fording. Appeal from Multnoiah county. Suit involving sale of stock.

Opinion by Justice Bailey. Judge James P. Stapleton affirmed. Multnomah Sues Relief Committee PORTLAND, March Multnomah county brought suit in circuit court today against the state relief committee to deter mine If demands on counties for funds were within provision of the law. District Attorney James Bain asked for a declaratory judgment on whether the requests were mandatory or whether the county courts had power to compile their own estimates.

Should the court uphold the commission estimates. the attorney said he would seek a ruling declaring the statute un constitutional as delegating legis lative power to an administrative board. The action also involved the question of the commission's right to charge' half its administrative costs to the counties. La Grande Plans Airport LA GRANDE, March (7P) The city commission authorized the purchase of a square mile of land six miles from the city for a municipal airport site. The project was approved at en election in 193.

Immunization Advised PORTLAND, March t-Upy-Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, state health officer, warned today that visitors to eastern Oregon sections should take spotted fever immunization treatment. No STARTS TODAY --TTrt" f-aliXot0' jTSJa 1 tf4iX2J oattt I Art Marlon- county department of health as a speaker. Special films on diphtheria and one on tuberculosis will also be shown.

Supper will follow. Capitol's Friezes Are Authenticated WASHINGTON, March N. GabTiHson, chief ef tha biological survey, assisted Robert W. Sawyer of Bend, member of the Oregon capitol reconstruction commission, in determining the authenticity of plants depicted on bas-reliefs of the Old Oregon Trail. Sawyer has been inspecting statehouse statuary at New York.

Burleigh out for Judge ENTERPRISE March 8-(P)-, A declaration of candidacy for Union and Wallowa counties' circuit court judge was filed today by James A. Burleigh, Wallowa county attorney for 36 years. Hart Given 12 Years THE DALLES. March Judge Fred W. Wilson sentenced Jack Hart, 59, who pleaded guilty to a sodomy charge involving four minor children, to 12 years In the penitentiary today.

Fire Damage Small SUVER Fire broke out In the roof of the Vincent Carter residence late Saturday night, but no damage other than a hole in the roof resulted, due to quick action by Mr. Carter and a passerby. Today and Thursday 2 Smash Hits It's the funniest "eternal triangle" you've ever seen With Patric Knowles Eric Blore George Barbier Directed by Archie L. Mayo. Screen play by Casey Robinson.

Original play by Maurice Hanline. A Warner Bros, picture. AND SECOND HIT Loveable, laughable, bombastic Cappy Ricks steals your heart! GEO. BRENT AXITA LOUISE In MTU a. KYNI'S Chaa, Winning er Directed by Busby Berkeley A Cosmopolitan Production 123 141 yoa have that or sub next numbered Set of Fear.

if UN photo. Spread Bonneville Benefits, Is Plea (Continued from page 11 use of low cost Bonneville powen "So long as I am governor of this state no contracts will be ap proved that do not provide for the fullest protection to the public and rate payers. I mean by this that if a utility desires to purchase Bonneville power at a lesser cost than" it can now. gen erate or otherwise procure it, this saving must not stay in the treas ury to pay dividends to the stock holders, but must be passed on to the ultimate consumers. 'Only in this direct way can the benefits of cheaper power from Bonneville -become tangible to the tremendous percentage or people who now secure their elec trie service from the private utili 1 'I say cheaper because much of Oregon power is now cheap in comparison with the rest of the nation, 'Our goal, though, must be to make it still less costly through wider and more abundant use The gofernor said his formal announcement of candidacy would be made at a statewide meeting of the Young Democratic league at the Multnomah hotel 'I previously said I would not seek reelection unless there was a substantial demand," Governor Mtfrtin said.

"This demand has developed and I will be a candi date "for renomlnation at the democratic primary election. Campaign buttons boosting the governor for reelection have been in circulation here for several weeks. Labor Racketeers Receive Sentence CLEVELAND, March 8-P)- Two Cleveland labor leaders were convicted today of extortion in a 11200 and within a tew hours were on their way to Ohio state, penitentiary, under one-to-five-year sentences. Judge Alra R. Corlett, describ ing the men as "dangerous to the I community." ordered their 1m mediate commitment.

The men, John E. McGee and Donald A. Campbell, were con victed of extorting $1200 from Vernon Stouffer, restaurant exe under threat of holding up construction. Campbell la presi dent of the painters' district coun eil and business agent of the gla cier's anion. McGee Is president of the laborers district council.

i lean uud Hears Candidates 6on tinned From Page 1) op ways of meeting the debt Without resort to repudiation, excessive taxation or inflation. Paine said that human rela tionship was the key to many present problems. Times call tor new Ideas and for new lead ership. For Oregon he urged unified action for progress. The party platform proposals reported by Qulncy Scott pro voked considerable debate and drew some modifications.

The proposals will go to the state republican club committee. W. S. Vanderburgli iDies at Honolulu HONOLULU, March Winfield Scott Vanderburgh, 89, of San Francisco, died today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Antonio Perry, whom he had been visiting six months.

Mr. Vanderburgh formerly was a senator in the Oregon legisla Tb II Kepuoi of of V. cpend $1000 on repairs for the latter. i t. Morse on Leave Personnel and other routine Items passed upon included: University Sabbatical leave on halt pay for Wayne L.

Morse, dean of law, to complete year's work at Washington, D. exchange of E. G. Moll, professor of English, and Victor Hyde, lecturer in English from University of Sydney, Australia, approved for next year. Oregon State Three months sabbatical leave for Dr.

Florence Blaster, home economics edu ca ption professor; appointment of Miss Olga Skartvedt. catalog as- ststant; resignation of Dr. B. T. Simms, veterinary department I head, to accept federal position; appointment of Dr.

E. M. Dicken- aen. formerly on staff but nowin coutnern California, as poultry pathologist to succeed the late Dr. W.

T. Johnson; sabbatical leave for Mabel C. Mack, Jackson coun ty home demonstration agent: promotion in rank for Lois Rutz, Maud Purvine and Hazel Packer, home demonstration agents in Lane, Columbia and Multnomah counties, respectively. Bonneville Boasts no Smith, Jones or Broun FONNEVILLE, March 8WP-Bere Is a town which apparently has no two families of the same name or a resident called Smith. Jones, Johnson, Anderson or Brown.

At least, that's the atory the Bonneville Dam community's first telephone direc tory tells. The Call Boarcl STATE Today Double bill, Frances I Farmer and Edward Ar nold in "Toast New YnrV" mil C.lnrrm fYRrion In WIAav Star Van Eastern circuit vaudeville, Irene Courtney and Wel-8on Reybuan in "The 13th Hour." Saturday, midnight preview Jeannette MacDonald and Allen Jones in "The HOLLYWOOD Today Double bill. Gene Autry In "Springtime in the Rockies and Richard Thi Wra Bnii" witk Cromwell and Helen Mack. Friday Double bill, "Sud- den Bill Doran with Buck Imim and IJlnr- in with i lames Dunn. GRAND.

vToday "Tarsan's Revenge" with "Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm. Saturday "Sally, Irene and Mary" with AUce Faye, Fred Allen. JlmmyDu- rante and Tony Martin. ELSIXORE Today Fredrie March In Bucanneer and Charlie McCarthy comedy. Thursday Double bill, Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy In "Mannequin" and "Born to Be WIld' with all-star easL CAPITOL Today Double bill.

Bette Davis and Leslie Howard in "It's Love I'm After and George Brent in Peter B. Krneli "The Go- Getters. Friday Double hill, Wayne Morris In "The Kid Comes Each" and The Jones Faily in "Borrow- tag-Trouble." this legislation, and also present the program of the. international group sh represents. This Women's International league is found In 23 countries.

with international headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The late Jane Addams, distinguished advocate of pacific settlement of international questions, became Us first president in 1915, and the state smanlike resolutions drawn up at that time, attracted the attention of President Wilson and were embodied in part in his famou "fourteen points. Washington peace lobbyist, the present executive secretary in this country, goes credit for much of the valuable material underlying the Nye munitions investigation. Hoover Has Chat lifT IV 51716 TTpflfl IT 1111 LJOlilS M.MXal BERLIN Marrh -JJ-Herhert Hoover had a 45-mlnute chat to- day with Chancellor Adolf Hit ler. i The former president of the United States bad no comment to make after his, meeting, with Hitler at the Reich chancellery.

Chancellery officials said the two statesmen talked of national problems, German-American rela-1 tions and "Just about every- thing." The conversation was ia the presence of Hugh R. Wilson, the United States ambassador and an Interpreter, Paul Schmidt. Afterward, Hoover attended a luncheon given by Wilson He sat between Konstantin Vonj Ken-! rath, president of the German coancil on fivrMim affalra: and "1 the French ambassador. As eof fee was served In an a A 'aIw tn vrwm UfAa 4 IVamV successively with Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Rfichs- bank: Count Luta Schweria von Krosig.

minister of Dr, Otto Meissner and Count jWeis- zaeker. Wife of Governor Safe After Being Marooned, Floods LOS ANGELES, March Marooned' by last week's flood In upper San Gabriel Mrs. Ethel Troy, wife of Got. John. W.

Troy of Alaska, today made her way with a party of friends nine miles from their isolated cabin to a cottage near San Gabriel Dam No. 1, where they spent the aright. The cabin in which Mrs! Troy and her friends were staying was i washed away a few minutes after they fled the flpodwaters toj high er ground. For 27 hours they were forced to crouch beneath A huge rock for shelter. Forest rangers rescued them and took them lo a ranger station.

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