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EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR
YET TO BE
ERE SOUS GO
Cloture Rules Unlikely to
Avail in Ending Session
By Coming Weekend
Debate on Prohibition and
Finance Issues Won't
Be Brief, Forecast
By SHELDON P. SACKETT
Oregon' 90 legislators, bit
woebegone after seren weeks'
continuous service and ' serving
hereafter without a cent's pay
ment by the state, are unanimous
ly in favor of packing bag and
h.ugaee and scurrying for home
by next Saturday. The only trou
M is the great quantity of chores
to be don before departure. Pres
ident Fred Kiddle of the senate
and Speaker Earl Snell of the
house are confident that some
way, gomehow, the mass of un
finished businesV can be tucked
away, the tax and appropriation
bills r.eatly rolled up for guber
natorial disposal, and farewell
bidden to Salem ere another Sab
bath. If such hopes are realized
the 10-minute house gas rule will
need to be cut In half and the
senate's five-minute cloture rule,
impending tomorrow, rigidly en
forced. The rub In this six-day dash
for home is the great bulk of
major legislation as yet undeter
mined. Moot Measures to
Take Up Much Time
Consider the bills which have
not-come up In final passage In
either house: There are the five
tmall loan bills, any one of which
could readily take a half-day of
j-hate. Representative Dickson
p determined these shall be pass
M in the house; Uncle Dickson in
tho senate will do his democratic
bf st to carry them through the
upper house when and if they ar
rive there.
The- battle between the Colum
bia river pilots and the Portland
ehippers ha3 yet to come out of
the committee huddle where the
quarreling has been thus far, as
s:i redly to bioom into a forensic
t rap on the floor of the house.
Similarly the pari-mutuel betting
bill?. Kith the strongest lobby be
hind them in years, are as yet un
reported from committee.
N'olther house has discussed the
timber severance tax the mort
gage moratorium measures still
Wp in committee, the vital bills
affecting highway revenues and
taxations are in the house hopper
but undebated. Senator Allen has
f rved notice he will fight the flat
fee proposal of Senator Dunne
and the motor bus proponents will
be beard as well as the group of
representatives who oppose a
hher tax on gasoline.
These are only a few of the
lumerous measures not yet con
sidered by either assembly.
Senate Argument
Sure on Beer Bill
The Beckman beer bill is slated
for senate consideration this
wek; it has passed the house;
ne cannot Imagine the dignified
solons letting such a controversial
isue slip by without straining the
fa? rule to the limit. The same
observation applies to the fish
vhpfl m pa a ii r a ihsitu ett Vni1.
lad, Mott and' other embattled i
Astoriang if this measure does not
consume at least half a day In the
senate.
The upper assembly has some
other highly controversial sub
jects which it must endorse or
vote down after house approval.
The county unit plan, the sub
mission of the state constitutional
prohibition provisions to the elec
torate, the extensive game code
changes, the keenly contested 20
Jer cent budget reduction provid
ed on all governmental subdi
visions In the Gordon bill, are just
a tow of the half-finished legisla
tive matters the senate must act
upon.
in the house one may expect
lu-ty argument on utility regula
tion, hydroelectric development,
nd branch banking, bills which
passed the senate only when ora
torical outpourings had been most
iten3ive.
Assuming however, that six
days and nights of work could
finish this assignment and that
of s ores of minor bills which no
setter how small, are always apt
to provoke discussion, the two
in a qua non matters of any leg
islative session are yet to be de
termined upon in the remaining
It days: these matters are (1)
l;ioprlatlons and (2) taxation.
Appropriation Bills
Ismips This Session
Ordinarily the appropriation
Erasures are routine affairs.
Onco determined noon br the
joint ways and means committee
thf -y go through sailing, members
naorsing them as fast as roll
eain can be taken. This year.
ith many legislators pledged to
'erre.ncnment. the house and sen
may go Into stormy debates
over various recommendations of
"fir committees. For the budget
mus rar approved by the ways and
ceans committee is. S17L812
more than the Meier-Hanxen bud
fet with two exceptions: the ways
and means cnmmittaa timiwmm to
divert (575,260 of higher educa
tions lunds to the sraneral fund
to divert about S7f 5,000 of
eif-snstalnlng department funds
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of the president, and General Jamea O. Harbord. The president called for co-opeulon ef all partlea.
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Non-High School Districts
Would Contract Tuition,
Transportation Rates
If H. B. 240 passes the senate
as easily as it did the lower house
yesterday, and later becomes law,
substantial changes will be made
in existing provisions for the
handling of tuition and transpor
tation payments , by non-high
school districts operating high
schools in any county.
H. B. 340 makes all non-high
school territory one district for
administrative purposes and pro
vides for the election of a board
of five citizens from its constit
uents to serve as a group which
shall make contracts for tuition
with high school districts and
shall also contract, if desired, for
transportation. This new board is
to replace the present county
boundary board in functions re
lating to high school affairs.
Educational leaders in the
state think the new provision will
do much to dissipate existing dis
satisfaction with the administra
tion of high school affairs in non
high school districts.
During the legislative session,
determined efforts to secure the
repeal of the present laws relat
ing to transportation of high
school pupils have all failed. Rep
resentative McPhlllips' bill to do
away with the law's provision In
this respect was killed by an un
favorable report and Representa
tive Oleen's bill to make trans
portation optional with districts,
depending on an annual rote, died
on the floor.
Police Radio is
Assured; Permit
Is Being Sought
Proceeds from the dance given
by city police last week in benefit
to the radio fund will amount to
around $300, or enough to Insure
installation or tne snort wave
transmitter as soon as the license
arrives, Chief Frank A. MInto an
nounced last night. The fund, with
the profits from the benefit wres
tling match, now totals approxi
mately 2400.
Chief Mlnto said that, although
several hundred dollars more will
be needed for a complete installa
tion and eauipping of police ears.
he will proceed with obtaining a
suitable transmitter as soon as a
station license is received from
the federal radio commission at
Washington, D. C.
DAMAGE IS $2000
ALBANY. Ore., Feb. 18 (AP)
-Fire breaking oat In the P. A.
Young building here today caused
damage estimated oy "
22 000 to furniture owned by the
BL It. Stiff Furniture company.
Firemen said the blaze started in
the upper story of the building.
The furniture store occupied part
of the floor below.
MAY BE IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18
(AP) Acting on a "tip" from
Sheriff J. A. Blankenship of Cen
tralia. Wash., that Charlea -Pretty
Boy" Floyd might ba some
where In tha Pacific northwest,
u.Hnnmiti county deputy sher
iffs began searching tonight the
HFinm nlaeee where they thought
he would be likely to stay if he
should be hiding out In Portland.
The Centralla sheriff notified
CHANGE
APPROVED BY HOUSE
gpiiejfs
I the tberif f office here that two
Plea Hoover Valedictory
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Not to Seek
Office Again
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18 (AP)
Friends close to President
Hoover and In a position to know
his mind, made known tonirht
that they 'felt certain" that he
intended to retire definitely Into
private life and not run for the
presidency again In IS 3 6.
Reports have been current In
the national capital that the chief
executive was laying the ground
work for a drive to return to of
fice four years hence, but the
statement tonight giving an op
posite view emanated from high
ly authoritative sources connect
ed with the admlnisration.
Chairman Everett Sanders of
the republican national commit
tee, after a conference with the
president two days ago, summon
ed members of the executive com
mittee of the organization to gath
er here February 27.
It was disclosed tonight that
Mr. Hoover either would address
this meeting personally or send a
statement to be read before It,
giving his views upon the best
course to he followed In efforts
to return the party to power.
DEATHS DOW 10
ROSELAND, N. J., Feb. 12.
(AP) Miss Katherine gchaurb,
one of the five women who
brought suit again the United
States Radium corporation of Or
ange, in 1928, claiming their
death was merely a matter of a
few years as a result of radium
poisoning, died tonight. She Is the
second of the five to die.
Dr. Harrison 8. Martland, medi
cal examiner, announced the cause
of death as carcoma of the left
thigh, a disease atributable, he
said, to radium poisoning.
The five women brought suit
for 260,000 each and won
awards of 210,000, free medical
care and anultles of 2400. They
were poisoned. It waa held by Dr.
Martland, who wrote extensively
on the subject at the time, by tip
ping with their tongues the points
of brushes used to paint the dials
of watches. The company is no
longer located in Orange.
Relief Board to
Convene Monday
A meetina- of the state relief
committee, of which Raymond B
Wilcox of Portland la chairman,
is scheduled to be held at the
statehouse Monday morning at 11
, o'clock.
PREDICTED RADIUM
Stiff Company Has Fir
"Pretty Boy" is Sought
Roseborg Plant Damaged
Falling Tree Kills Child
Oklahoma brothers. Jack and C
Williams, arrested In the Wash
ington city a week ago on a
charee of auto theft, told him
that "Floyd might be in vancou
ver."
DAIRY FIRE VICTIM
ROSEBURQ, Ore., Feb. IS
(AP) Fire starting In to boiler
room of the Roseburg dairy and
soda works today damaged the
plant. The blase spread to the fuel
shed, but despite heavy smoke
that hindered their operations,
firemen brought the flames un
der control before they reached
the equipment rooms.
DAYTON BOY DIES
tlicMLNNVILLE, Ore., Feb. IS.
(AP) Donald May, 11, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert May of Day
ton, Ore- died. In a hospital here
today from Injuries suffered when
a tree being felled by his father
crashed down upon him.
Salem, Oregon, Sunday
GENTLEMAN
JIM
CILLEDf DEATH
Most Noted of Early Fight
Champions Victim of
Heart Ailments
By ALAN GOULD
NEW YORK. Feb. 18 (API
A pale, courageous shadow of the
once-magnlf i c e n t "Pompadour
Jim" of the gay nineties and the
man who rocked the nurilistic
world by knocking out John L.
Sullivan over forty years ago,
James J. Corbett died in his sleep
today at his suburban home in
Bayside, Long Island
Death was due to a complies-
tlon of diseases which had sapped
the former heavyweight cham
pion's strength for the past year
and developed a fatal heart ail
ment three weeks ago. He was
61 years old.
Wistfully, a few hours before
he died, his dark eyes ooened and
slowly searched the room where
be has received the homage of the
sporting world since the day he
was stricken.
You're there, dear, aren't
you!" Corbett asked, with a smile,
as he looked for the wife who has
been his constant nurse and com
panion. "Of course," Jim, she replied.
"Kiss me, darling."
He groped for her with one
arm. She leaned over. As she
kissed him Corbett sank back, un
conscious, into another period ef
unconsciousness from which he
never emerged.
Corbett died at about 1:40 p.
m., with a small group of dose
friends at the bedside and his
wife's arm about him. After re
peated rallies during an Illness
which had taken away his linger
ing reserve strength and redueed
the once-great pride of the ring
from 180 to a mere 140 pounds,
he began to sink for the last time
early this morning.
IS CITED BY MEIER
PORTLAND. Feb. 18. (AP)
Governor Julius L. Meier, in a
statement tonight, announced his
support of two bills sponsored in
congress by the National Reclama
tion association to prevent settlers
on irrigation districts from losing
thslr homes because they are un
able to liquidate their Indebted
ness. He said assistance to irriga
tion districts is in keeping with
the policy of his adminstratlon.
One of the bills would author
ize the Reconstruction Finance
corporation to lend $5,000,000 to
the reclamation service and the
other would grant a moratorium
to settlers on government pro
jects.
"I sincerely hope that our Ore
gon senators and representatives
will become militant on behalf of
those bills for several reasons,
Governor Meier said. "If the loan
Is not made, work on the Vale and
Owyhee projects will stop July 1,
throwing several thousand men
out of work and leaving both pro
jects unfinished."
Quick Action by
States on Prohi
Repeal Visioned
WASHINGTON, Feb. IS -
(AP) Quick action by the states
on prohibition repeal became a
strong possibility today as legis
latures awaited the predicted fa
vorable house Tote on tne senate
repeal resolution.
As house party leaders Insisted
they would have the necessary
two-thirds majority vote for the
adoption of the resolution, reports
from the state capitols, where forty-one
legislatures are In session
Indicated that most of them are
anxious to set up the machinery
for conventions to reject or ratify
the repealer.
WT1
EED
Morning, February 19, 1933
DEI 1
DEFICIENT BUT
Would-be Assassin Listed
Psychopathic, Morbid
And Anti-Social
Cermak's Condition is not
Changed, Crisis to be
Tuesday, Expected
LATE DEVELOPMENTS IN
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
(By the Associated Press)
MIAMI Assassin Zangara la
antisocial, psychopathic per
onality, sanity commission
finds. Sanity left to courts.
Trial set for Monday.
Mayor Ceraak'a condition
same. Crisis expected about
Tuesday. Got. Horner and oth
er Illinois friends visit bedside.
Mrs. GUI shows improvement.
NEW YORK President-elect
Roosevelt goes about business
as usual but watches closely
condition of victims. Shows ir
ritation at Immense police
guard.
WASHINGTON Five men
arrested for qneetionlnff about
letter telling of "brother brick,
layers unsuccessful attempt.
CHICAGO Two judges get
letters threatening "what Tony
Oermak got."
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 18 (AP)
Giuseppe Zangara, the man who
tried to kill President-elect Roose
velt, Is a "psychopathic personal
ity," one of those "whose pet
scnemes and morbid emotions run
in conflict with the established
order of society," a sanity com
.mission reported tonight
The report, Issued while two of
.the persons Zangara wounded
were still in a critical condition,
did not state definitely whether
he was sane, and defense attor
neys declined to confirm reports
ltbAt he would plead Insanity
The assassin's trial was set to
day for Monday and nrosecutors
said they believed he would eith
er plead guilty or "not guilty by
reason of insanity" to charges of
attempting to kill the president
elect and wounding five others.
Perverse Character
Found by Examiner
The sanity commission renort.
signed by I. H. Agos and T. Earl
(Turn to page 3, col. 8)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18
(AP) Five men learned todav
that Jesting about the attempt to
assassinate President-elect Frank
lin D. Roosevelt was a serious
matter to police and secret ser
vice officials pending the time
they were convinced it was a
Joke.
The five were taken Into cus
tody after the finding of a com
munication addressed to "Bud
Jones, care Marts Bus Terminal,
Raymond boulevard, Newark, N.
J." It said in part that If "I
were the one who had the honor
of shooting at our president I
would take a week to practice
and would really make a Job of
it. It seems a shame that we
have In our midst a man with
sueh poor aim."
Two of those taken Into cust
ody were released after an In
quiry but police still held Harry
T. Thompson. William R. Birm
ingham and Patrick McCartln, al
though they said they believed
the story by Thompson and Bir
mingham that they wrote the
letter in fun was true. McCartln
was held for Immigration author
ities.
Steinbock Wins
$100 Judgment,
Circuit Court
A verdict for the plaintiff for
2100 was returned last night by
the Jury which heard the damage
action brought by H. Steinbock
against A. B. Stalnke and B. K.
Boatwright. The Jury was out four
and a halt hours.
Steinbock sought 2500 for S00
yards of dirt which he claims de
fendants removed from a lot own
ed by plaintiff and without con
sulting plaintiff.
Call is Issued
For Men's Shoes
The Community Service
needs men's shoes to supply
those who are in desperate
need of them. Relief em
ployment provides groceries
for unemployed; bat they
need shoes. Men's sixes are
in immediate demand now.
Salem residents are urged
to go through their closet
and take the shoes they
can spare down to the
Commnnlty Service ware
house on Front street where
they will be distritmted to
those In need.
SANE
ASSASSINATION NO
LAUGHING MATTER
Milk Splashes Upon
Highways, Fists Fly
As Dairymen Battle
Strike Gains Effectiveness, Becoming General
Over Wisconsin County With 300 Plants
Closed; Pickets Fight Officer
NEW LONDON, Wis., Feb. 18 (AP) Thousands of
pounds of milk splashed on highways of Winnebago and
Waupaca counties and fists flew today as large groups of
farmers participated in a milk sales strike.
Tempers of hundreds of highway pickets grew more
surly and farmers trying to smuggle milk to market received
rough treatment. O
The strike Increased In effee
tiveness, leaders said, and became
general over Dodge county where
it was estimated that half of the
county's 200 cheese factories, eon-
denserles, creameries and receiv
ing stations had been closed.
Here pickets had a tussle with
Chief of Police Harry Macklln,
brushing that officer aside and
trading punches with him when
he tried vainly to save a truck
load of milk.
At many places In Winnebago,
Waupaca and Dodge counties tim
ber barriers blocked highways and
farmers allowed none to pass
without a search of automobiles
and trucks for hidden dairy pro
ducts. The Wisconsin cooperative milk
pool, which Instituted the strikes,
demanded that the price of milk
be boosted to 21.40 a hundred
pounds. Farmers have been re
ceiving from CO cents to 21 a hun
dred, depending whether it went
to bottle trade or to processing
plants.
CIUSEJF ATTACK
Gresham man is Forced to
Sign Release Claims;
Pendleton Denies
PORTLAND. Ore.. Heb. 18
(AP) J. C. Turner. 72, of
Gresham, Ore., was treated by a
doctor today for severe body
brninaa and face lacerations, sua
talned, he told deputy sheriffs
when he was beaten ana cnofcea
h-r fiT men who claimed to re
present the First Inland Empire
bank of Pendleton, Ore., wnicn
has been closed since Oct. 18.
Tnrnsr told the denuties that
the five men called upon him
today, represented themselves as
committee appointed Dy m
hank and aald that they were
seeking releases of depositors to
prevent the liquidation of the
hank Turner, a retired farmer
of Pendleton, said he told them
he did not wish to sign the re
lease as he needed the money
himself.
Then. Turner told deputy sher
iffa. th men lumned on him.
choked him and beat him about
the face and body. The men held
his hand and arm, deputies said
he related, and rorcea mm to
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
Builders Talking
R. F. C. Loan lor
New Courthouse
Possibilities of obtaining a Re
construction Finance corporation
loan for construction of a new
county court house here will be
considered at a special meeting of
Salem chapter, Oregon Building
congress, directors at the United
States National bank building to
morrow night. The group will dis
cuss in general legislation to this
end and confer with Portland
builders who Instituted a move to
obtain R. F. C. funds for such
purposes.
Further consideration will be
given the changes recommended
by Inspectors to eliminate fire
hazards In the present court
house structure.
BANK AFFAIR HELD
County Relief Request
Filed; $41,500 Sought
Marion eounty yesterday vir
tually finished application for
$41,500 from the Reconstruction
Finance corporation to carry on
relief work during March and
April. This application, now In
the hands of Ivan White, field
representative of the state relief
committee, will be placed in the
hands of Governor Meier Monday
or Tuesday, the governor to make
the formal application for the
county.
At a final conference with
the county court members yes
terday, Mr. White found that lo
cal resources for relief during
March will total only 2125 S,
while the actual need for direct
and work relief will be 922,35'.
Funds available in the county
for April are 81550, while the
estimated needs are 221,550.
The county is applying,
through the governor, for the
difference between actual funds
available and the fundi which
win be needed, which difference
It 141,500. It is estimated about
1550 heads of families will be
WILLAMETTE WINS
FORENSIC
HONORS
Virginia Durkee First In
Women's Extempore at
McMinnville Meet
Willamette university students
won one first, one third and one
sixth place at the annual public
speaking contest held at Lin field
college, McMinnville, yesterday
and Friday. Nine young men and
one young woman for the local in
stitution participated, coached by
Prof. Herbert E. Rahe of the
university public speaking de
partment. Virginia Durkee, who won sec
ond place last year in the women's
extempore contest, this year cap
tured first place and a silver cup.
A College of Puget Sound woman
took second.
In a triangular race in the
semi-finals of men's debate, the
Willamette team lost a two to one
decision, landing in third place.
The local entrants were Reo
Young, Laurence Brown and Da
vid Moser.
Raymond Lafky placed sixth
for Willamette in the men's ora
torial contest. In which Whitman
college was first, Llntield second
and third.
Other Willamette students tak
ing part were Carl Felker, Wil
liam Mosher, Upton Bickford and
Garfield Barnett.
(By the Associated Press)
Evidences of agrarian unrest
were reported on several fronts
Saturday as two state legislatures
continued consideration of farm
mortgage relief legislation.
At Kankakee, 111., 200 farmers
evicted a master of chancery and
prevented a foreclosure sale.
Another group attempted to
block a sale at Fairmont, Minn.
The sheriff was pushed &bout as
be attempted to read a notice of
the sale which the farmers con
tended was not "completed and
legal." An attorney, representing
the mortgage holder, and an in
surance man, who voiced opposi
tion to foreclosures, exchanged
blows.
Southwick and
Looney Collide
Automobiles driven by Glenn
Southwick, Salem route three,
and M. D. Looney, Jefferson, col
lided on the Pacific highway Just
south of Sunnyside last night but
none of the occupants of either
machine was seriously injured.
The front wheels of both cars,
which were going in opposite di
rections, came together, throwing
both into the ditch and badly
damaging them. State police In
vestigated. dependent upon the eounty In
March.
The estimated needs for March
are: Direct relief, 212,350; work,
$10,000; transients, 2800; ad
ministration, 8400; total. $22.
250. For April: Direct relief.
210,000; transients, (00; ad
ministration, 2400; total, $21.
550. It is expected the funds will be
available within 10 days after
application is made by Governor
Meier. The governor will receive
the aplicatioa from the secre
tary of the state relief commit
tee. Paul V. Marls of jCorvallis.
In whose hands Mr. White wUl
place It today. Raymond B. Wil
cox, of Portland la chairman of
tne state relief group.
Already 14 counties have made
appllcatio- for relief from tha R.
F. C, and the funds finally al
lowed will be handled through
the state relief committee, which
will provide a revqlvlng fond for
the county to give cash for work
relief and emergency requlre
(Turn to page 3, col. 2)
MORE FORECLOSURE
SALES ARE BLOCKED
No. 282
ULTIITI BY
JAPAN SEEN IN
START OF M
Soong Declares China Will
Never Surrender Jehol;
Attack Expected
Washington Fearful; League
Pronouncement Routed,
Withdrawal Likely
CHENGTEHFU (City of Jehol),
Jehol Province, Feb. 18. (AP)
Here where the old Manchu em
perors of China once had their
summer capital, T. V. Soong, fi
nance minister of the Nanking
national government, declared to
day that China never will surren
der Jehol province to the Japan
ese, who have announced that
within a tew weeks they will con
quer It.
Dr. Soong came above the great
wall with Chan Tso-Hsiang, the
former governor of Klrin, one of
the three provinces making up
Manchuria, to complete plans tor
resisting the Japanese invasion.
Cheering crowds greeted the
two Chinese visitors. In response
to a speech of wecome, Dr. Soong
said: v
"On behalf of the central gov
ernment at Nanking I pledge you
that we never will give up the
northeast; we never will give up
Jehol. The enemy may block our
ports, they may capture Nanking,
but there will be no one to sign
the terms of surrender."
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18 (AP);
Manchukuo's ultimatum to Gen
eral Chang Hsiao-Liang that Chi
nese forces must evacuate Jehol
province immediately or suffer an
attack from the Joint armies of
Manchukuo and Japan is regarded
here as the formal opening of
major military operations.
This order from Manchukuo,
which the League of Nations con
ciliation committee has Just de
nied recognition in most emphatic
terms. Is considered by Washing
ton diplomats to be the studied
reply of the Japanese created reg
ime to the Geneva report.
Plans for the sweeping move
ment to clear Jehol of Chinese
soldiers have been in preparation
for weeks. The Japanese have re
peatedly warned Chinese officials
that a concentration of Chinese
troops in Jehol would make it
necessary for the Japanese to
launch an attack in that direction.
Foreign military observers have
been predicting for a year that
Japan would eventually drive all
the Chinese soldiers from the Je
hol area to protect the narrow
southeastern tip of Manchuria
against flanking movements from
that province, which lies immedi
ately west of Manchuria.
MUKDEN. Manchuria, Feb. 18.
(AP) The withdrawal of all
Chinese troops from the province
of Jehol was demanded by the
state of Manchukuo today in an.
ultimatum to Chang Hslao-Llang
the Chinese commander charged
with the defense of the northern
boundary of China.
The ultimatum was taken as
the opening move in the Jehol
campaign, for which the Japanese
hare been preparing for several
weeks. It Is their announced in
tention to conquer that province
and add it to the state of Man
chukuo, which was set up through
their assistance to rule Manchuria
after they had expelled the Chi
nese. The combined armies of Man
chukuo and Japan will attack un
less the ultimatum is complied
with, the Japanese declared.
TOKYO. Feb. 18. (AP)
Nothing short of a miracle can
prevent the withdrawal of Japan
from the League of Nations as a
result of the league's censure of
the Japanese Manchurian policy,
a high official Indicated today.
It appeared unlikely that Yos
uke Matsuoka, Japan's chief dele
gate at Geneva, would be able to
make his proposed trip back to
Tokyo by way of the United States
where he hoped to talk with
Franklin D. Roosevelt or other
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The Day in
Washington
By the Associated Pres
Senate passed the Smith bill
to reduce cotton production and
aimed to assist in the return of .
better prices.
President Hoover nominated
Walter H. Newton, one of his sec
retaries, for a Minnesota federal
district Judgeship.
The hooee republican wet
bloc decided to Join the dem
ocratic majority in support ' of
the senate prohibition sab mis
sion proposal when it comes np
for a vote tomorrow.
'The senate agreed to vote late
tomorrow on unemployment re
lief legislation.
Chairman Jones of the house
agrlcnltnre committee intro
duced m farm mortgage relief .
measure, credited with having
the support of the) new president.
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