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With No End of the Federal Spending Orgy in Sight, Appointment of Douglas to the Supreme Court is Quite Appropriate. He is an Expert on Bankruptcy Law.
THE WEATHER
Jimnlility 4:30 p. m. yesterday 48
llij-'hest temperature yesterday 7:1
Ixjivest temperature last night 43
Precipitation for 21 hours I)
Pierlp. since first of month 3. ID
l'recip. from Sept. 1, 93x 21.23
Jef i ieney since Sept. 1, 1SCSS 4.7:!
WORDS OR ACTION?
How will non-aggressor, Euro
pean nations "stop Hitler." If at all?
It will require strong force, but
what kind? Follow developments
in the wire service of the NEWS
JiKVIEW. Fair.
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DAYS NEWS
I!y FRANK JENKINS
f f EKE in hapjiy America, there
Ih much tall! of ovci-proiluc-
tion and what to do about it.
In China, there is II.NDElt PIIO
DUCTION. Under -production
means famine: Famine means
death by starvation.
IF compelled to male a choice,
which would you rather have
over-production, with Its problem
of distribution, or under-production,
with Its inevitable nl'tennulh of fa
mine and death?
j N America, wo want roads. We
demand roads. In fact, we PAY
TAXES CIIEIonFUU.V In order to
get roads and when that is said
the subject is about exhausted, for
people hute taxes now, always have
hated taxes and always will hate
them.
In Interior China, the. farmer
whose laud is crossed by. a road
PLOWS IT IIP, so as to make It
impassable. Iloails In Interior
China Invite bandits, and bandits
mean robbery, torture and death.
IN China, ages ago, the people
lost interest in government. As
a result, government became so
I'orrupt that evenlually it broke
down. Uecause government broke
down, China's present evils became
possible. .
'TPIIE United States . .gets- along
amiably with Urazll, but does
n't get along with Argentina.
Thus stated, It sounds as If some
thing were rotten in Denmark. So
let's state it more simply:
Brazil produces rubber and cof-
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SAN QUKNTIN, Calif., March 21.
(AIM Authorities of Sim Quen
tin prison acted today to break the
second hunger strike of convicts in
two months, and hinted at a plan
to revoke the good hehavior cred
its of strike leaders.
"The whole thing," naif Warden
Court Smith, "is due to about fif-
,toen trouble makers."
Sixteen hundred of the 5.300 in
flates of San Quenliu, reputedly
America's most populous prison, re
fused to eat their evening meal yes
terday after a protest against the
prison fare. Later, however, they
went quietly to their cells along
with 3.700 other convicts who had
faited to joint in the strike.
;' Guards threatened strikers with
confinement on a bread and wa
ter diet if they refused to eat
breakfast today. Meantime, higher
prison authorities said if the un
rest coy.inued, they would ask the
board of prison terms and paroles
to revoke the "good time" credits
of strike leaders. This would add
about 50 per cent to the length of
nint sentences.
Warden Smith said there was
nothing the matter with the prison
fond.
(Rv the Associated Press)
"So Sorry"
RLt'EFIKI.n. W. Va. A nervous,
well-dressed young man held up
Mrs. Virginia Shumaker. 20-year-old
movie cashier, nnd took $215.
He apologized:
"I'm sorry but I've just pot to
have the money. Give me five min
utes to make my getaway and I
swear I'll send the money back to
you in 90 days."
Police said they couldn't wait ftO
days and started looking for him.
Of American Navy
LOS ANGELES James Roy
pads' clothes were pretty well torn
up when he reported to police he
had been robbed. In fact, he had
onlv one lee on his trousers.
"The holdup got the other half
of my pants." he said. "The worst
part of it is that he got the half
with my wallet."
ODDITIES
Saivafion
Army Appeal
Hit by Mayor
Young Renews Opposition
to Donation at Council
Meet; Club License ,
Request Eyed.
Firm opposition voiced by
Mayor A. J. Young to a requested
continuance of increased appro
priations by the city for the sup
port of the Salvation Army hist
night, caused the city council to
defer ll niton on tlio 1'imioei -....
further consideration. The conn-
en ai its regular, mid-monthly
meeting also took under advise
ment an application for a license
to operate a social club in the
city.
Other business included discus
sion nf nlfina fnr m-mrt.lliin-
protection outside the city limits,
MiKiniiK oi a ngiu or way agree
ment with tho Sntillwii-n rifi
comnany, nnd several matters or
routine business.
Mayor oung, who a year ago
was outvoted by the city council
priation was increased from $15
m ji par mourn, renewed ins op
position when the matter again
was presented last night.
Mayor Voices' Criticism
Dr. E. J. Wainscott, heading the
Army's financial drive, appeared
that the $25 allowance be continu
ed for the current year. He sub
mitted a report, on the work of
the organization and stressed its
imiiortanco in the community as n
relief agency.
Mayor Young declared that the
report failed to show, relief for
residents ot the city commensur
ate with the amount of money
nnid to th" oreHrirnMntv bv Mm
city.
We got far better service when
we were paying only SI 5 per
Til nil ill I linn uo liovo n.. M
increased appropriation," the may
or said.
He also pointed out that the
city previously was furnished with
monthly reports to show the way
in which the money had been
used, but that for the past year
puch reports had been discon
tinued. "I was not in favor of Increas
ing tho appropriation when Ibis
matter was brought up last year
and I am still of the same mind,"
the mayor said. "The council vot
ed the allowance over my objec
tion, the only time in my years as
mayor that the council has acted
contrary to my opinion. The
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JAPS ATTEMPT TO
SPUR STALLED DRIVE
SHANGHAI, March 21. (AIM
Thirteen Japanese units today bat
tled five Chinese divisions along u
170-mile line in northern Hunan
and Kiungst provinces as the Japa
nese sought to revitalize their
stalled drive toward Nauchang,
Kiaiigsi's capital.
The battle raged over rain-soaked
terrain between lakes Tangling
and Poyang while Japanese artil
lery shelled Waning, 50 miles west
or Poyang and 100 miles southeast
of Hankow. More than 1,000 Chi
nese were reported killed at Wu
ning. In a bayonet assault that fol
lowed the shelling.
WIFE BEATER GETS
OFFICIAL WHIPPING
nAl.TIMOHK. March 21. (AP)
Louis Woolshlager, 2(. pound
seaman convicted of wife-benting,
Hlooil strapped to the whipping
post In the city jail today and re
ceived five Minting lashes on the
bare hack without uttering n sound.
Wonlahlnger winced, but did not
cry out. as Sheriff Joseph C. Dee
gnu administered his punishment
with a cat-o'-nine-taila. There were
welts on his back when the ordeal
was over.
Ills back hathed with alcohol, the
prisoner was led hack to his cell
til serve out a 30-day sentence
imposed with the iashing for strik
ing his wife. .Margaret. In the eye.
EARTHQUAKE JARS
IMPERIAL VALLEY
EL CENTttO. Calif., March 21
(API The second sharp earth
quake of the day jarred portions of
the Imperial valley at 5:"1 a. m. to
dav. accompanied by a clearly au
dible roar.
Police Sgt. George Rucklin said
the tremor lasted five seconds, rat
tled dishes hut did no damage. He
reported it also was felt strongly in
Catexico. to the south on the Mexi
can border, but not in Hrawley. 14
miles north. A one-second "jarring"
quake was felt at 1:1:35 a. in.
Michigan Men Go
Up in Government
. -ssaSsp'
Luren B. Dickinson, 79, top,
lieutenant governor, continuous
ly since 1914, becomes - Michi
gan's ,54th chief executive fol
lowing the death of Governor
Frank D. Fitzgerald. Next In line
of succession is Harry F. Kelly,
lower, secretary of state and one
of Fitzgerald's campaign man
agers last fall.
Not Obligated to Pay Half
of Costs, High Court of
Oregon Declares.
SALEM, March 21. (AP) The
state supreme court ruled today
that counties do not have to pay
half the cost or administering the
direct relief program.
Upholding Judges John P. Winter
and James I Stapleton of Multno
mah comity, the high court ruled in
favor of Multnomah county and
against the state relief committee.
rhe opinion, however, has little
weight inasmuch as since January
1 the state has been paying all ad
ministrative costs under a l!Kl!) luw.
Itefore that time, counties and the
state shared the direct relief costs
equally, but since then, the state
pays (it) per cent and the counties
10 per cent.
The state relief committee had
contended that counties, which paid
half of the direct relief cost, also
should pay half of the administra
tion charges.
Hut the high court. In its opinion
by Justice Ilean, ruled that "it is
not appropriate to require counties
to pay their expenses. It would be
just as appropriate to require coun
ties to pay a portion of the gover
nor's salary or expenses."
NAZI CONQUEST NOT
RECOGNIZED BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, March 21 t.P)
A I'nited States note to Ger
many, released by tiie sUte depart
ment today, said this government
"does not recognize any legal basis
exists" for Germany's protectorate
over Ilohemia nnd Moravia.
Enclosed with the note vai a
eopy of the statement Acting Sec
retary of State Welles made last
Friday containing this country's
"condejmialion" of what were de
scribed as Germany's "acts of wan
ton lawlessness and of arbitrary
force."
OREGON WPA CUT
WOULD HIT 2,700
PORTLAND, March 21. (API
Oregon's NTA employment
quota would be cut io 1.".Simi per
sons April 3 if congress failed to
appropriate an additional Sl'.o.tinil.
(") for WPA work K. J. Criffilh,
slate administrator, said todav
The quota in March was 18,500.
Battle Over
Relief Funds
Cut Continues
House Group Inclines to
Compromise on White :'
House Plea to Keep
Up WPA Rolls.
WASHINGTON, March 21 (AP)
Spurred by the imminence of a
slash in WPA rolls, a house sub-
nfiiMtnltr.m l,ilb,l c it
rut; bed action on President Uooso '
veil's SlfiO.unu.uou BiiimlHiiipnlary
relief request.
A handful of southern congress
men, meanwhile, heard spokesmen
for 100 southern delegates of the
workers alliance ask support for
such an appropriation.
They gathered in a house office
building committee room while an
appropriations subcommittee in the
eapitol was trying to wind up hear
ings and vote on the proposal for
more funds for WPA operations
through June Ui.
Representatives of the alliance, a
union of WPA employes, said $150,
000.000 was n "rock bottom mini
mum." David Lasser, head of the al
liance, said the delegation had not
"come up here to coerce, threaten
or intimidate any congressmen"
and anyone who did- so would be re
pudiated.
With reference to the Manning of
an nllianco representative yester
day by Hep. Cox (U, Ga.). Lasser
(Continued on page 6.)
ELLIOTT MW
FOIiT WOHTH, Tex., March 21.
( A 1 1 ) Klliotl Roosevelt, son or
the president, says "Vice-President
John N. darner is "in I lie driver's
seat right now" as a likely demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
In ill 10.
In a radio broadcast, youus
Hoosevelt said last niiilit "there is
little room to doubt Mr. tinnier
and -the president of tho United
States liavo traveled separate
roads since the winter of 11)37.
Itepo'rts have it the vice-president
became so Incensed over
the administration's handling of
tho sit-down strike situation that
be quit Washington and returned
to Uvalde for a six-month vaca
tion. Since his return, his opin
ions have been at variance with
tho president as to the path be
ing taken by the democratic
party."
Terming tinnier "a parly man,"
the speaker said Garner saw in
last fall's elections a return to
conservatism and earner was "re
ported lo have requested frequent
ly the administration sense the
trend and bring the democratic
parly Into a more conservative
alignment."
Roosevelt declared, however, "J
do not feel qualified lo voice an
opinion as to the results thus fur
and the future attainments of the
conservative element as opposed
to the new ileal."
Crash of
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Investigation li in progress at Seattle Into the crash near Alder, Wash., last Saturday afternoon of the $500,000 Boeing stratollner, pic
tured above, which killed Its ten occupants, including two aviation exe:utivei from The Netherlands. One of the detached four motors of the
craft, which was on a test flight, may be seen in the right foreground. Boeing officials said they were so confident structural fault was not
the cause of the wreck that they were proceeding with construction If line sister ships without change of construction.
Appointed Chief
j Of American. Navy
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark,
above, is new chief of U. S.
naval operations, succeeding Ad
miral William D. Leahy, effec
tive In June. Stark, 69, will,
during the next four years, head
the nation's greatest peacetime
naval expansion program.
SEAMAN RECEIVES
LIFE FOR KIDNAPING
S K A TTLE, M arch 21. (AP)
Robert, Cameron Campbell, III,
seaman, was sentenced to life im
prisonment after his conviction by
a jury yesterday ot first degree
liifJtaninK. ? . ; ,
Campbell Was accused of abduct
ing Mrs. Anna Grimlsou, steam
boat owner, and her son, Capt.
Marry Grlmison, HI, from her of
fice last December and robbing
them of $500.
Mrs. fdriinison testified Camp
bell entered the office and forced
her at pistol point to write a check
for 500, then forced her and her
son to drive to a bank, whoro
Captain Grimison cashed the check
under threats nnd gavo Campbell
the money.
CHAIN STORE TAX
IN KENTUCKY SLAIN
niANKFOKT. Ky., March 21.
(API The court of appeals, Ken
tucky's highest tribunal, today de
clared invalid the l!i:i slate tax on
chain stores.
The ruling wns in favor of the
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea com
pany which Hougbt return of $f2,-:!")-
paid in 1 fJ'tfl for annual license
taxes on its 200 Kentucky stores,
and l!J,tif2 paid In l!i:i7.
CATHOLICS BOOST
CENTENNIAL FUND
RALNM. Mar7l7 21. f AP) A
total of $ l(it5no lo assist plans for
commemorating the centennial of
the beginnings nf the Culhollc
church in the northwest country
was subscribed by Catholic parishes
in this region last night.
It brought to more than $:t 1,000
the total subscribed in Oregon.
Strataliner That Killed Ten Men Being
Law Dean Of
Iowa Named
To Court Job
Wiley B. Rutledge Chosen
by Roosevelt for Place
Recently Created
by Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 21 (AP)
Wiley lllount Kutledgo, Jr., dean
of the University of Iowa law
school, was nominated by President
Hoosevelt today to be an associatu
Justice of the United States court
of appeals ot tho District of Co
lumbia.
This la a new position created by
the lust congress.. .
Dean Hutledge had been promi
nently mentioned for the vacancy
of the United StaleH supremo court,
to which William O. Douglas, chair
man of the securities commission,
was nominated yesterday.
The Iowa professor, only -M years
old, has been dean of the univer
sity since llllia. A native of Clover
port, Ky., he studied at the Univer
sities ot Wisconsin, Indiana and
Colorado.
He taught in Indiana and New
Mexico high schools and after grad
uating from the University of Colo
rado practiced law at Iloulder,
Colo., before becoming an associate
professor of law at that university.
Murphy's Choice
Attorney (loneral Murphy recom
mended him for the local bench,
Baying he was "a man of outstand
ing character nnd integrity, a legal
scholar of repute, broad and liberal
in his viewpoint, -and a man emi
nently qualified for the post."
The District of Columbia court of
appeals is one of tho most import
ant in the Judiciary system, handl
ing as dooH many cuses Involv
ing government departments, and
constitutionality of federal laws.
TWO MEN PERISH
IN OREGON RIVERS
SALEM, March 21. (AP) Tl.
H. Hamilton,' Salem, was feared
drowned In the liltlo north Tork of
the Sunt lam river yesterday when
a cable broke anil the bout In
which ho and Frank Woddlo of
Portland were ferrying tho stream
capsized. Weddlo reached) shore.
Hamilton could not swim.
OREGON CITV, March 21.
(AP) Tho Tualatin river near
ICazella was dragged today by
sheriff's deputies after discovery
of the deHorti 1 boat of Morris
Kniilson, (, Ktnfford, a crawllsher
inan for GO years.
Sherifr IC. T. Mass said circum
stances indicated the man had
fallen from tho craft.
STOCK SALESMAN
GETS PRISON TERM
MEDI-'OIID, March 21. AP
E. L. Magulu, convicted of sale of
slock contrary to tho Oregon blue
sky law, was sentenced to serve
an Indeterminate term In Htute
prison, not lo exceed three years,
by Circuit Judge Norton Monday.
Maguin was also Tined JfiOO nnd
assessed the costs of tho trial,
amounting to approximately $200.
Named to Serve
On Federal Bench
Wiley B. Rutledge, above, Uni
versity of Iowa law dean, ap
pointed today by President Roose
velt as associate justice of the
federal court of appeals of the
District of Columbia. He is 44
years old.
ION OF
WASHINGTON, March 21 (AP)
President Roosevelt's nomination
of William 0. Douglas to succeed
JiuUice Louis D. Hraudels on the
supremo court appeared headed to
day for speedy and overwhelming
senate confirmation.
Although most western senators
expressed disappointment someono
from their region was not chosen,
nono said specifically ho would op
pose the '10-ycarold chairman of
the securities commission. Repub
lican Leader McNary Joined Demo
cratic Leader llarkley In predicting
quick approval.
Representative Rankin (P., Miss.)
said the appointment : probably
would mean Douglas' nomination
for president on the democratic
ticket next year.
Speculation arose over (he choice
of a new SEC head. The remaining
ommlsutoncrH are understood to
feel that on this selection will de
pend lo a great extent whether the
agency will continue Its active
course fn stock regulation and re
gional reorganization of utilities
holding companies or whether, as
one administration adviser put It,
there will be a trend to the right.
Some well-informed persons said
Commissioner Jerome Krank, who
was reported planning to resign,
might he persuaded to stay on and
become chairman.
Investigated
Soviet, France j
Poland Given A,
London's Bid I
Draft of Plan Also Shown
to Five Other Countries; '
Memel Grab Not to
Be Opposed. '
LONDON Mmv.li !11I1
TlitlHlii tiidny nsltmt novlut ldmsln.
rniiR'i" mm I'umiici to sign a "imt
Ilitlov" ilcclunicioii binding them to
"collRlltt ll in iiclinn lltnv wnnlil
tnfco" In cane of further Geriniui
expansion attempts.
TllO "final lll-lirt. nf Din tlfflnt-fl.
lion," authoritative IlrltlHh sourcoa
mini, also bail been brought to tho
attention of lluinanlii, Turkey,
llleoce, YugoHllivla unil nulgariii.
luey KircBsed it would not ope
rate If Cermaitv nm T.llhiiniilii
luaile a ileal over Memel, whleh
v.ua German territory betore tho
posl-ivnr settlement. It was de
signed to counter German action
against non-Oernmnic territory,
they-aalil.
Soviet Plan Rejected
The nnnnimenmoitr nf Rilinliv't
action came after the Boviet gov
ernment hail disclosed at Moscow
London considered an Immediate
six-power conference as "prema
ture." Thin had led to a belief aov.
lot support tor u strong "stop Hit
ler" movo was highly uncertain. :
Ill'lUstl BOIII-CHK attmliniHvari llm
declaration would he entirely coiii-
imuuio wmi a conference at a later
singe. Russia, they said, was likely
to accept such n procedure us u
satisfactory alternative to a confor-
mii;e now.
Meanwhile Prpulilnnf T.ah,.i, nl
Franco arrived in. London tor :n
uneu-uiiy siato visit amid Incroas
iIiih Frenoli-qrltlsli collaboration in
the faco of Uermau expansion. ;
Itopoit lienunny might denounco
Mm MrillMh.rini.Ki,...
drow front uu official spokesman
tho reply tlio treaty was permanent
and could not be terminated legally
except with the consent of both
imi i mo. ,
Oliver Stanley, president of the
bOItrtl Of Iril'In nimimvlitl. .....
noiiuccd in the house of commons
uriiain would re-oxamino, "In tho
light of ovontB ot Inst week," a
trade nxroenient made last week be
tween III.. T.Vifla.ill..t. ...
-.. ....... ,... uiumii in
dustries and Heichsgruppe indus-
11 m, a uermau maniiructiirUig
group."
MEMEL'S RETURN TO REICH
LOOKED UPON AS CERTAIN
My the Associated Press.
Huriipo watched apprehensively
loilny fur some hint of Adolf Hit-
ler'H next move til eylmul lltn lint-.
dels of expanding Ccrmany.
i.itniinniiiu oniciais were said to
bo moving out of Memel, lenillnfc
support lo the belief that llalllc
region was marked by Hitler for
Ills next territorial advance. '.
Or. Krnst Neumann, mizl leader
in Memel. announced today he ex
pected "Lithuania lo surrender
the Memel territory in tho near
future."
Tho .statement camo as Lith
uanian officials wero reliably re-
(Continued on page 6)
ACTION ON PERKINS
RESOLUTION WAITS
WASHINGTON, March 21 Atv)
Tho lioiiHo judiciary committee
(leferrnl action ugiiin today on a-
rwolution calling Tor the pons t bio
impeachment ot Soerotiiry Plh-ktnH.
The (May wns occasioned hy
failure nf a siilicominlttee to coin
ph'tu preparation of a report hwk
KesiiiiK MiHH I'erkiiiH bo exonerat
d, but I io erilicized for some la-
hor department actions In Uio
Harry llrldKos case.
Rep. Thomas lit., N. J.) naked Mr
mi invpstlffation, looking toward
impeachment, of hit charges Mian
PcrUlim and two of her aides wero
Kuilty of "hlKh erimes and mis-
IcmeanorH" for rallnre to continue
leportnllon proceedings against
liridges, (MO went cmiHt maritimo
leader.
TRAIN WINS RACE
FOR CHILD'S LIFE
DALLAS. Tex.. March 21. (AP)
Two-year-old James Hohert How
ell v.a.H left on the front porch to
play while Mrs. C C. Howell bus
tled about her house work at her
farm home three miles east of
Mcf-quite this morning.
A train whistled. Mm. Howell
went to the door to sec If the child
va safe.
Horror-stricken, sho 6a w James
Robert playing between the rails.
Sho raced 2Ki yards toward tho
child, but stumbled In the gravel
of the rii?!it of-wa' ns tho train
struck and Instantly killed . uiq
child. tJ
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