Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 1

Sunday SporU The 8 a morning newspaper brings its readers stews of imporant Saturday sport events more, than a day ahead of other papers. The Weather Occasional rain today as3 tlouday, contlnned )fax. Temp. Saturday 50. alln.

88, river 5.1 feet, rata 11 Inch, aontherly wind. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, March 21, 1937 Price 3c; Newsstand 5c fio. 3C3 i TP lie ami Plot to Slay Britain9 Mutorr made WtmemF irst df.B Crash Wrecks Amelia's Trip Cor option King During Procession Teams Copt i Warning Given On School Gas System, Claim Expert Advised; Official of Danger Prior to Blast, Testifies Around World Championship FIRST TEAM TO WIN OREGON HOOP TITLE Throwing Knife Found Wrapped rVith Route Map and Clippings' Giving Man, 'tails; Scotland' Yard Keeps Usual Silence; iNo Name Given IONDON, March 21 (Sunday) -(AP) The Sunday Ref-l eree reported today a suspected plot against the life of King George VI was being investigated by Scotland Yard following a raid on the room of an unnamed man where detectives found a throwing knife wrapped up with a map of the coronation route, The newipaper asserted high C- The Giant-KiUers from Bell founts in, who won the distinction of being the first quintet from a high school of less than ISO students to win the Oregon basketball championship. What's more, they did It with ease, defeating Lincoln of Portland In the finals 35 to 21. BiIT Lemxnon, Willamette graduate of lOSd, turned out this championship team la his first year of but he hands much of the credit to Kenneth last year's coach and also a Willamette fcrad.

From left, Coach Lrmmon, Vn.de Probe officials of Scotland Yard were questioning the unnamed man after the search of a house in a London suburb yielded the knife and a number of documents. It reported that detectives who raided the man's room found, besides the throwing knife wrapped up with a map of the coronation route, more than 100 newspaper clippings giving details of the coronation procession May Details covered by the clippings, it said, included the position to be occupied by the king's carriage in the procession, the times when the. procession was scheduled to pass certain points and the exact route to be followed. No Information From Scotland Yard Men Inquiries at the special branch of Scotland Yard the department which protects royalty and deals (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Funeral Corteges Jam Rural Roads Highway Patrolmen Called Out to Aid Traffic as r- Children Are Buried NEW LONDON, Texas, March 20 (iP)-Pneral processions jammed' the country roads -of Rusk county today.

The homes and family churches of the 455 victims of the London consolidated school explosion Thursday sent a steady stream of hearses and mourners' cars into the highways. Texas highway patrolmen were ordered out on the roads as traffic clogged to a standstill In many places. A tie-up in the vicinity of Pleas-anthlll cemetery, where scores were buried during the day, had automobiles stopped at times for more than a mile. Processions ready to move from churches and homes waited in the bright sunshine for an oppor-(Turn to page 2. col.

4) Two Men Die When Airplane Plunges EPHRATA, March 20-(JPf Nosediving after only a few minutes in the air, an airplane carried two fliers to their deaths in a mass of twisted wreckage a mile south of here shortly after 2 p.m. today, The victims were Burleigh Nicks, Wenatchee, and Wilbur Anderson, 25, a state patrolman stationed at Grand Coulee dam. Both were klUed almost Instantly. Witnesses said the plane had not gained much altitude when it suddenly dived. Nicks was reported giving instructions to Anderson.

Nicks was an experienced pilot. SEEKING Aviatrix Unhurt But Her Plane Damaged; Sails Homeward by Boat Tire Bursts and Plane's Wing Breaks; Resume' Jaunt Later, Plan HONOLULU. March a hair's breadth. Amelia Earhart sidestepped disaster for herself and two colleagues today when she wrecked her 180,000 "laboratory plane" and her world night plans during an attempted dawn takeoff for Howland island, lr 532 miles out In the Pacific. Tearing down the Luke field runway at 60 miles an hour In the half light, the powerful plane began swaying under Its three-ton gasoline The light tire hurst.

The left undercarriage gave way, and the plane veered to the left. In a flash Miss Earhart "gunned the left motor In an attempt to level the ship. -Then the left wing slashed into the ground. Ignition Cut Off To Prev.nt Blaze Quickly and cooly Miss Ear-hart cut the ignition switches and thereby saved herself and her two navigators from possible in a pyre of gasoline-soaked wreckage. A single spurt ot flame came from the hurtling ship.

It spun to the right and stopped on its right wing. Miss Earhart appeared at the cabin door as horrified army Ambulance men dashed up. "Something must have gone wrong," she said. She was unhurt. The navigators.

Captain Harry Manning and Fred J. Noonan. climbed out unscathed. "Sure, okay," said ro-nan as ha surveyed "the broken plane. A few hours later Miss Earhart, Manning, Noonan and Paul (Turn to page 2, col.

5) Pumps Gain Upon Water at Coulee GRAND COULEE DAM, March 20-vP)-Giant pumps turned the tide today and gained on water which gushed for two days to form a three-acre lake between cofferdams in the Grand Coulee project excavation area. The water level dropped eight feet by noon today from the midnight peak, when the water was more than 30 feet deep and threatening to flood the entire east side excavation workings. The leak was through a metal-walled cell of the downstream cofferdam. During jthe night workmen with lanterns, ladders and hatchets swarmed over the Nes-pelem hills, cutting trees and branches to' mix with clay and gravel which was dumped steadily on the outside to cut off the flow through the defective cell. The brush was used to "bind" the clay to keep It from being washed through the hole.

The flooded area Is what formerly was the riverbed. The stream was diverted three montna ago and the old riverbed pumped dry for the excavation for the center section of the Grand Coulee foundation dam. The leak caused the suspension of excavation activity in the area. FOR CHILDREN'S Funerals Held Total ot Victims Reaches 455, Latest Tabulation NEW. LONDON, Texas, March 2 military court of Inquiry into the school disaster which took 455 childrena' and teachers lives heard A.

Belew testify today h9 had a school officials "it was danger-ous" not to install a new gas regulator leading into the main building. Dr." Schoch, explosions expert from the faculty of the University of Texas, questioned Belew, representing James B. Clow and Sons company, -while in nearby communities reverent thousands bowed in grief at the burials 'of the dead in rich oil lands. Sought Saving in Heating, Declared Tfe court of inquiry adduced first eyidence that the reputed richest school in the world had sought to save money by installing an unsafe heating system. Dr.

Schoch, who earlier- expressed a theory that an accumulation of gas caused the Blast, asked Belew if he had told' officials of the regulator fault. The salesman replied: "I told Mr. Shaw W. C. Shaw, school superintendent) that it was dangerous.

1 told him he would have to reduce the pressure. Belew testified that a new gas i emulator was Installed in the main building some time after January 1 and a change from dry gas to wet gas was made. He said ho told school officials the regulator would not hold the Increased pressure, following the change. George II. Green way Dallas heating engineer and an unsuccessful bidder on the heating contract for the destroyed scnool building, testified that "It's a crime to put gas steam radiators in public buildings.

When you put in 72 such radiators, you have 72 chances for Individual explosions." Minerals Held for Many of Victims Scores of the 455 victims of the nation's greatest child disaster were lowered" into graves as the inquiry court sat in a rambling wooden structure only 50 yards from the remnants of the schoolhouse. Captain Zachariah Cooinbes of the Texas national guard sat as judge advocate and closely ques- tioned witnesses who told of construction of the building and heating system, believed by at least one expert to have caused the explosion that turned the once pretentious school into a wreckage of horror. Contractor Ross Maddox, called to testify concerning the heating system, told the court original plans for building did not call for a gas heating system, but for a boiler. "The change to gas steam radi ation was on account of cost, I I presume," he said. Vincents of Salem, Sail For Orient, Hoy Land SAN FRANCISCO, March 20-(P)-Two globe-girdling residents of Salem, left today on the Dollar liner President Taft en-route to the orient.

They are the Rev. and Mrs. O. R. Vincent, who, after a tour of the orient, will continue to India, the holy land and Europe.

I 1 til A Wallace, K. Buckingham, j. Dimick Produces Last Champ Five For Walla Walla WALLA WALLA. March 20 -AV-Harold A. Dimick, the coach who tonight led the Walla Walla Blue Devils to their fourth state basketball championship and the.

second of his eleven-year regime here, will not be back at the state tourney next year at least with a Wa-Hi squad. iDlmick's contract was'not renewed by the board of directors when they elected teachers recently, Coach of teams that have wen 25 games and lost only. 45 since he took hold here in the fall ot Dimick has Uken squads to every state basketball tournament held since his regime began. Dimlek's successor here has not been named. Harold Dimick graduated from Willamette university in 1920.

He was football captain two years at Willamette and also played basketball and baseball. Oil Blaze Quelled In Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY. March 20-i (JPy-Flaming oil raged for three, hours in a huge underground storm sewer In a mile square ot east side Oklahoma City tonlghtf before firemen brought the blaie under controL As the flames broke out with a roar in a series of six explosions; firemen snd police rushed into the. residential district, roped off the streets and kept all persons out- Citizens ran from their homes. Near the fire were large num bers of storage tanks of the east1 Oklahoma City oil field.

Fire Chief George Ross said a. storage tank at the No. 1 Harper; Turner oil well of the Grlesson Oil company overflower. Crude oil poured down Into thestorm sewer, 20 feet in diameter, and became: Ignited in some manner, he said, 1 Key, Humphrey. S.

Buckingham, New York Justice Backs noosevelt Peeora Hands Opponents' Medicine Back; Quotes Cbnnallj on Policy I i Judge i Ferdinand Pecora of the New Tork supreme court, first member of the bench to testify oh- the Roosevelt reorganisation bill, urged Its passage upon the- senate Judiciary committee today so that the government "may reach the disease ef which the present outburst of sit-down strikes Is only a symptom-, )' He criticized the recent trend of supreme, court declaring they were predicated upon the economic theories of the Judges, He. also asserted the bill might reasonably be. fortified by si 'constitutional amendment, and charged business and finance with conducting the first sit-down strike against new deal legislation. PecQra, who as counsel for the senate! banking committee in its investigation of WaH street doings, hurled many a question across the committee table, found the situations reversed today. He was the target of cross-examination by committee members.

A large crowd thoroughly enjoyed the frequently vigorous exchange. i To Senator Connally an opponent of the bill, he meted out some of the treatment that has been given this week to wit- Besses favoring the bllL Earlier In the week several law prof es- (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Violent Hail Storm at Beach Is Reported GOLD BEACH. March 20-WV- uan stones three-quarters of an Inch in diameter' fell here early today in a violent storm and with heavy snows swept inland ranges, and glvtnr rise to fears that the Curry county lamb crop, seriously Injured by winter storms, would; be further crippled. nrst player not on tournament jjarain, Hinton, Jvessier.

Lumber Workers Vote For Demand No Agreement With Any of Slills Yet Though Some Raise Cents PORTLAND, March 20-(jpy- Members ot the Columbia River district council of the Lumber and Sawmill union began a tabulation of votes today on proposals for a 10-cent-an-hour wage increase and at the. and of a conference an Inquiry on the outcome brought the reply: "It was favorable." The speaker declined to comment further but said another meeting would be held tomorrow. Employers have offered a 7-cent Increase. A statement Issued said that contrary to reports no union has obtained "a satisfactory settlement of their demands, although several employers have raised the wages of their employes cents." This action has "not been accepted by any local union as a settlement," the statement asserted. Recommendations for future negotiations will be made by the dis-(Turn to page 2, col.

7) Pinball Petition Has 22,409 Names PORTLAND, March than 4,400 additional names were added today to a petition of Interests seeking a referendum on the anti-pinball ordinance established by the city. The new list brought the total of signers claimed by pinball Interests to 22,409. or nearly double the 12,125 required. If -the signatures are found sufficient by -the city auditor, enforcement of the ordinance cannot be attompted pending an election in May, 193 8. In the meantime, forces -behind the ordinance indicated an effort would be made to pass an emergency measure to subvert a possible referendum.

Small Benton op Little Fellows Get Lead Early, and Increase It as Gamer Proceeds Franklin Winds Up Third in State; Awards for Merit Presented FINAL STANDINGS Oregon state high school basketball championship, Bellf oa tain. Second place, Lincoln. Third place. Franklin. Fourth place, Salem.

Fifth place, Astoria. Sixth place, McLonghlin. Seventh place, Eugene. Eighth place, LaGrande. Scores Yesterday Bellf ountain 35.

Lincoln 21. Franklin 35, McLonghlin 17. Salem 25. Eugene 23. Astoria 53, LaGrande 33.

Special Awards -Player' most valuable his team: Stanley Fish, MeLoughUn. KXL trophy for outstandlng sportsmanship, Richard Kessher, Bellfountaln. By PAUL HAUSER Jim Corbett beat John L. Sul livan in 1S92. Centre college licked.

Harvard in 1921 and David beat Goliath several years age but last night Bellfountaia beat Lincoln 35 to 21 to become tke' "basketball champion of the state of Oregon. Bellfountaln, a town which has no poatoffice, no electric lights and is litle more than a cross roads in the Benton county kills, has the state basketball champions, as fine a bunch ot ball-handlers that ever made an opposing team look sick. While Bellfountaln has the champs and a truckful of trophies the gallant little team which sailed through all opposi-Uon to two state championships really belongs to the basketball fans of Oregon. The lltUe team from a school of 28 pupils Is probably the most popular champion that ever won a state basketball tiUe. Another Portland Team Gets Lesson Like they had Instructed Franklin, the Portland city champs.

In the rudiments of basketball the night before Bellfountaln gave Lincoln an object lesson in style, form and sportsmanship last night The whole Bellfountaln student body could be lost without trace In Lineola high school inr Portland bat at basketball they had to how to the ability of Bellfountaln. Just as it had raced like a three alarm fire through Amity andChiloquin and Franklin. Bellfountaln did It up. brown by starting out ahead of Lincoln and keeping: there. If there were any honors Bell-fnnntatn HMn ihara last cht they were small ones.

From the (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Further investigation indicate that the Oregon supreme court has ruled that the engrossed bill as filed with the secretary of state is to be accepted as alid, despite. in the proceedings. Hannah's Bill Law -Says Van Winkle All of House Bill 159, the Martin -bill banning slot machines and pinball devices, is a law, except the emergency clause, as far as action by the legislature and governor are concerned, and will take effect 90 days after the close of the legislature, subject to the referendum srori-' (Turn to page 2, coL 3) A LAD of TODA A By R. The little fellow always has the crowd's support in every fight; onlookers hope hell win, whereas the bigger foe is never right; but satisfaction's greater still if when the strife and struggle's done, your little hero'sfilled the bill and proved his right to honors won.

Town Is Ho GapitalT oday Building Program Topic: For Monday Nature of PWA Aid to Be Queried Provisions May Reduce Value Monday morning a meeting is scheduled of the the state board of controland the state capitol reconstruction commission. Under consideration will be the program for purchase of land and erection of a library building as authorized in S.B. 411 which is now a law. The responsibility rests on the capitol commission, but the approval of the board of control is required before any; steps may be taken. The meeting Monday is expected to consider; matters of procedure as well as the wisdom of undertaking the work now.

One of the early matters on which light will be sought is the nature and character of PWA aid. When the. report came some days ago that PWA had agreed to contribute 45 per cent 'of of the cost of a library building and a highway office building it was assumed that this: was on the former basis of a direct grant. However a dispatch to the OregonianM a week from its Washington bureau -i seemed to indicate that the. allot ment was on the new basis of meeting cost of labor taken from relief rolls plus 15 per cent, up to a top of 45 per cent of the total cost.

Unless this can be changed (Turn to page 10, col. 3) General Strike in Detroit Is Threat Wijl Be Called if Police Evict Sit-Downers in Automotive Plants DETROIT, March United Automobile Workers of America threatened tonight to call a general strike in Detroit automotive plants unless "the brutal eviction of sit-down strikers and the ruthless clubbing of workers by Detroit police is stopped immediately." The threat was contained in a statement issued by Homer Martin, president of the U.A.W. after police had ejected strikers from 'the Newton Packing Co. Plant and the Bernard Schwartz Cigar Co. factory.

Six persons were injured during rioting which accompanied the ejection ot 75 women from the cigar factory. Martin declared that "every organized automobile plant in the city will be closed down Monday'' unless the raids Cease, and that "the 175,000 organized automobile workers of Detroit will mass Tuesday night in Cadillac square to protest these actions." Martin said that the U.A.W.A. was determined that strikers in these smaller plants shall not be the victims of police brutality." made known their desires for in dustrial organization. We dont want a split in the labor movement, but if they force a split, naturally we will stick to our guns." Meanwhile a waterfront employers' lockout that Ued up this port for two and a half hours ended late today when inland boatmen's; union pickets were withdrawn from two Canadian-owned ships. j-." Longshore gangs were discharged at noon on all ocean-going vessels when: the international Jong-shoremen's association ignored an ultimatum issued by the employers to furnish gangs to a the Canadian freighters Eastholm and Southholm.

Longshoremen refused to pass the boatmen's union's picket lines set up five days ago by an agreement with the union's Canadian division 'not to work vessels un loaded at Vancouver, B. by men not sanctioned by the I.L.A. Carney Bill Status Cleared; BODIES IN SCHOOL RUINS Martin Pinball Measure Law Western Maritime Group to Join Lewis Union, Drop AFL No 'fears are entertained by Mrs. Hannar Marlon county representat tTe. over the validity of SB 17.

the Carney bill against slot machines. Friday the claim was made that 0the Journal shewed Mrs. Martin had offered the wrong motion to eliminate amendments in the houseJ The engrossed till deposited with the secretary of state Is the same as the" original sen ate bill, with no amendments. U1 remember the proceedings very well, said Mrs. Martin last night.) 1 moved that the horse recede, by unanimous consent.

xrom tne committee amendments, had been made by the house committee when the bill came over from the Rep. McAllister said he would, object unless; he: knew' the 'committee concurred. Rep. Grant of Baker, cialraan of the committee, rose to state that the committee was willing to have the amendments it had made stricken from the bill. Rep.

McAllister thereupon withdrew his objection. The bill was then passed as It came over from the senate. There was no question In anyone's mind over what was being voted on. And 1 am sure In my own mind that I followed the correct procedure. SEATTLE, March 20-(p)-Or-.

ganized labor split tonight In Seattle one of the strongest union cities In the United States when the Washington district council of the powerful maritime federation announced It would withdraw from the American Federation of Labor and Join John L. Lewis' committee for Industrial organization. The Seattle local of the lumber and sawmill workers tederaUon immediately endorsed the action of the maritime federation, 4 James Engstrom, secretary the maritime federation council, said 50 delegates to the central labor council had been given Instructions to Tote against, A.F.O.L. Pres. William Green's request of the council to reaffirm Its pledge "to the federation and lend "uncompromising support to the battle against the C.

I. "We have taken our stand," Rescue workers at scene of destruction ef the London consolidated school. New London, Texas, were 455 pupils and teachers. Note the scattered debris, crumpled walls and International Illna- i trated News eoundphoto. Engstrom said.

"Our men have.