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. V . . . 5 ' i-X VI BE THRIFTY f Save many times the price of your Statesman subscrip tion by using Statesman ad- vertisements as your buying r guide; .:! WEATHER . , ; Fair today and Sunday, becoming cloudy late Sun day! Max. Temp. Friday 68, Min. 85, river 7 wet, rain .28 Inch, north wW i EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Blornln', April 1, 1933 No. 5. 6 '4 V 9 ft dci icc rnorcT i IILLILI IUIILUI limm : inn i nr t?- STiTFn sni s Felling and Burning Snags To be Major Project In Oregon Belief 25,000 men Could be Used Advantageously but no ' Details Told yet WASHINGTON. March 31 (AP) Four government depart ments threw. thelruadminlstratlTe, agencies' into high- gear today to carry . out ", President Roosevelt's program for putting 250,000 men to work on forest projects. ' Soon after the president signed the bill, the war. Interior, agri culture and labor denartments ar- ranred for the selection of a co ordinator whowill centralize con trol of .the program. The " president is hopeful the first recruits will- be ptft to work in two or three weeks and that the whole 250,000 will be on duty by- midsummer. I PORTLAND. Ore.. March 31. (AP) The office of Regional Forester C. J. Buck said today that the forest service could begin placing crews of unemployed men in the national forests of Oregon and Washington within two days' notice under - provisions of Pres ident Roosevelt's proeram to put 280,000 men to work on forest projects. . Enough work to keep 25,000 men busy in forests of the two states. for more than six months of the fair weather period this year had been .lined up in antici pation, of the program, the office reported. Just jow many men are to qe employed in the Pacific northwest region, however, has not yet been determined, the office pointed out. The exact character and loca tion of the work, length of em ployment, wages to .be paid, and method and place of hiring are. matters yet to be worked out In detail. . --: ' Oregon Forester ; Goes to 'Washington , - Buck -has left f or- Washington to confer with R. TStuart. .chief forester, regarding plans for-pitting provisions ef the bill imme diately into effect. As soon as he gives' the 'word, whether from Washington or on his return to Portland, machinery of transport ing the men to the forests, set ting up their camps and detailing them to their work will be set in motion. The Portland office expressed 1 the opinion today that although reforestation is a leading pro ject In the national program, it s will be of more or less minor Importance in 'the Pacific north west region because young stock, Is limited. . Probably one-half of ajl men employed in the Douglas fir (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Tusko's True :To Tradition; Memory Good ' SEATTLE, March 31 (AP) : Tusko'a ponderous bead began moving back and forth, and his huge; ears began flapping, as he heard a voice coming from the door of the elephant house. Hee yaw, hee yaw come around boy, come around now!" After a year's separation, Ben .Meyers, of Portland, his former manager, appeared and the huge elephant recognized him. Within a short time, Tusko was obeying Meyer's every command, from hacking up to rearing np on his hind legs- . " How would yon like to go to the world's fair with me?" Meyers asked. : sr.- v ' The elephant kneeled down and Jbowed his head, "i JSee," Meyers said, with a slight catch la bis voice. "The big baby is praying for me to take Mm." 116 IS CALLED mnmPVR. Ore .' March 11 t IT P.tHrV J. Jnnninea. TC. LEADER III OHI i r - - " - - prominent mining man of Oregon, . . died at his home here last night. He operated the Crystal line in the Bohemia district near here. - For the past three years Jen nings had devoted considerable of his time to rebuilding- the mining business of western Oregon. He was" nominated for president of the Oregon Mining congress, bat declined In favor of his son, George H. Jenniiss. W Patrick Jennings was born - In Canada In 1857; He came to Ore : gon In 18$ 3 and obtained proper ty in the Bohemia district. r ? Jta built a railroad out of Cottage Grove which became the means of opening up the timber resources of the Bohemia district. Later he became Interested In mines In Ida lo and la Baker county, Oregon.: Fast Work It Beer to Obtainable Another Special Meejting Necessary, Aldermen rma; license applications riave to . Be, Referred, Adopted Later Ijl VEN though the cityi council passes the beer bill Monday J night, the 3.2 beverage cannot be sold legally here when the federa) law goes into lef feet, April 7, unless another spe- J-1 M V m a . . ciu coimcu session is convenea Deiore inai aaie, Aiaerman u. A. Uison of the license committee pointed out last night. . The beer ordinance, ekpected to run the council gauntlet lOPSTEBS KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES Six of 14 Aboard die and Nearly all of Others Critically Hurt NEODESHA, Kas., March 31. (AP) Tragedy flew with a group of young Canadian athletes through bright Kansas -skies to day and ended in quick death and injury to their sporting Invasion of the United States. Members of the -Winnipeg Toilers, basketball champions of Canada, and the accompanying party were the -victims of the crash of a disabled tri-motored airplane in a forced landing on a soggy, narrow plowed field. Six of the 14 persons aboard are dead; one is reported dying; two are ;not expected to recover and fiveTWere given a fighting "chance to survive by physicians. The dead: J. H. O'Brien, Minneapolis, own er of the plane. Alvie H. Hakes, 28, Windom Minn., pilot. - H. E. Eggens, Hendricks, Minn., co-pilot. Mike Shea. Winnipeg, member of the team. Joe Dodds, Winnipeg, member xf the team. R. H. Bonynge, Winnipeg, team business manager. The Injured: , Bruce Dodds, player, interna.! Injuries, reported dying. Andy Brown, player, critical. - (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Deciding to take belated action on hundreds of overtime parking tags turned in by city policemen, Municipal Judge Mark Poulsen yesterday listed 413 of the slips and announced that today he would turn them over to the po lice for collection of penalties. Probably as many more of the tags, all filed since January 1, re main in the Judge's office, he said. According to Judge Poulsen. the policemen are to visit each of the motorists whose car has been tagged, and either collect a $1 fine or bring them to court. Chief Frank Minto, however, declared last night that his men could not take such action and said he would file complaints for each tag, then nrn them, back for the Judge to issue warrants for arrest-. WIDOW BIRD RETURNS PORTLAND, Ore., March 31 (AP) Maybe it's becoming an ornithological fad. A Kansas City cock robin started it, and now a lady robin is pursuing the unlady like course of picking a fight with her reflected self In the dining room window of the residence of Frances Habersham, city serolo- .'Miss Habersham reported that last year a pair of robins nested in her yard. One day a eat carried off the male bird, and for, the rest of the spring the female flew Hp to the window and pecked imper tinently at her reflection. The ser ologist believes the female shadow-boxing with herself this sea son, f is her widowed, feathered friend of last spring. . ATTORNEY APPOINTED , BURNS, Ore., March 31 (AP) Harry Riley, who last fall pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murder in connection with the slaying of his young wife and his father-in-law, was brought into circuit court here to day and his trial set for April 10, Circuit Judge W. W. Wood ap pointed H. Von Schmalz as Ri ley's attorney. ; The county grand Jury Indicted Riley on the murder charge after his wife and " her father. Mr. Thornburg,. were shot to death and Mrs. Thornburg was seriously wounded. Riley had come to Burns from Portland, where he had engaged In business," to at tempt a reconciliation . with, his wife. Following an altercation, po- OVERTIME PIKERS TO BE BOUNDED IIP griefs Required be Made 7 s safely Monday night, requires that license applications De sunmlttea to the council, referred to the li cense committee, then granted or rejected at a subsequent meeting. If no special session should be held, no licenses could be granted until April 20, the next regular council meeting after Monday night. Dr. Olson said that the license committee probably would request that a special session for granting licenses be ceiled late next week Xu. this ease, applications for li censes must be filed today or Monday with the city recorder. Applications must state the loca tion where beer is to be sold, the type of -business and the names of the owners. The license committee will be strict in regulating the locations of beer-vending stores. Dr. Olson (Turn to page 2, col. ) 1UPLE WILL Garner Backer is Selected To Succeed Woodcock; Is Experienced WASHINGTON, March 31. (AP) A. V. Dalrymple of Cal ifornia, today was appointed pro hibition director to succeed Amos W. W. Woodcock, his selection being announced by Attorney General Cummings. "I have every confidence in his ability to meet the exacting requirements of hie difficult post." .the Attorney. general aaldi Major Dalrymple, a large, o4 vial man, who was prominent In the California campaign of Vice- President Garner In his quest for the democratic presidential nom ination last year, will take over i his new duties tomorrow. The resignation of Woodcock, who wa. appointed director of the prohibition bureau in July, 1S30, was accepted today by the at' torney general. Major Dalrymple has had long -. (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Chemawa Girls Entertainers at Big Conference CORVALLIS, March 31 (AP) Registration for the 21st an nual Older Girls conference open ing here tonight, reached 17 S to day as registration blanks poured into the office. Miss Mildred Bar tholomew of Corvallis, is the gen eral chairman of the conference. One of the features on tonight's program was presented by the Chemawa Indian girls under the direction of Miss Gertrude Eakin, director of religious education at Chemawa. An ril WO Robin Fights Reflection Harry Riley Faces Trial Interstate Dispute Eyed Branch Banking in Effect lice said, Riley drew a revolver and fired the fatal shots. COUNSEL TO CONFER SALT LAKE CITY, March 31 (AP) A meeting of the attorney-generals of Washington and Oregon and special counsel of the two states has been called for Monday, April 3, in Portland by W. W. Ray, Salt Lake City attor ney, special master in the origin al case of Washington versus Ore gon, to determine rights to the use of interstate waters. Ray, who was appointed special master by the United States su preme court, will set a tentative schedule for the hearings in the case at the meeting -Monday. He will leave here for. Portland to morrow night.. POUR BANKS UNITE 1 PORTLAND, Ore., March 31. (AP) Branch banking, author ised by act of the recent legisla tive session, was scheduled to be Introduced tomorrow In Portland. The tour affiliated Institutions of the First National group, It was announced, will become offi cially branches of the First' Na tional bank. The Institutions are George W. Bates & Co., Bank of East Portland, Live Stock State bank and Southeast Portland bank. " Establishment of these units as branches. It was stated, will bring operation of the banks under the direct supervision of officers and directors of the First National bank? but there will be no change in active management of any of the branches. FLOOD FEARED I1FTEBST0R1S Casualty Lists Grow When Reports Filter in From Isolated Districts Towns Wrecked; Mississippi Valley Fearful When Streams Fill up DALLAS. Te. March SI (AP) A spring storm that swept from Texas to Alabama in creased its death list to 88 to- nirht and left In Its wake rat eral hundred 1 n J u r e d, many wrecked Tillares and a flood threat. Mississippi counted 38 dead, Texas zo, Loulstanna f and Ar kansas 1. The death list swelled as re ports from Isolated communities. cut off by tangled communica tion lines and flooded highways. trickled to the cities. . The storm was born in east Texas Thursday and after swirl ing over the prairies and killing at .least 20 persons, it moved in to the Mississippi valley, where it nipped southwest Arkansas and north and central Louisianna Nne persons were killed In Lou- ie'anna three in today's winds and six in Thursday's. The winds Jumped on Mississip pi in the delta, killed six In popu lous Washington county and then spread over the state.' It hit in southwest Mississippi near Brook- haven, in northeast Mississippi at Tupelo and in southeast Mississip pi near Lucedale. The heaviest toll was taken at Sandersville a Jones county vil lage near Laurel where 14 met death. At Raleigh, in middle Mis sissippi, seven were killed and. the same number at Harmony, near Meridian. From Mississippi, -the storm tore into Alabama and raked Brewton, an Important railroad town near Pensacola, Fla. At least 40 persons were Injured there, none seriously. Chattanooga apparently the northern tip of the storm area had high, winds and some damage. rRaln fell In sheets as far east as Atlanta. The Mississippi valley, already a bit worried about approaching high water, was apprehesnlve as Its creeks overflowed from the deluge. state's Warrants The United States National bank here and the Ladd & Bush bank both reported yesterday the receipt for deposit of a large number of state warrants, most of which had been presented for payment and marked "not paid for want of funds." The two lo cal banks were accepting the war rants at face value, irrespective of whether or not they had been endorsed "not paid for want of funds" since the banks them selves can have such endorse ments made upon receipt. Local merchants were highly pleased by the banks' action in taking the warrants without dis count. Immediate trade stimulus as well as resumption of the or derly payment of bills was felt. It was expected yesterday that city payroll warrants to be issued today would befaccepted without discount locally plnce the city has targe tax receipts incoming with in the next 35 days and a con siderable quantity of city war rants are certain to be retired then. Matsuoka Talks With President, Silent on Issue WASHINGTON. March 31. (AP) Tosuke Matsuoka, force ful, American-educated defender of Japan's course In Manchuria, called on; President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull of the state depart ment today and will visit the eap Itol tomorrow to meet Vice Pres ident Garner, Speaker Raineyand members of the senate and house committees which, deal with for eign affairs. Special interest attached to Mat suoka's visit to Washington be cause of rumors that he soon may be minister of foreign affairs, or even premier of Japan. Matsuoka was with the presi dent for about IS minutes and chatted for the same length of time with Secretary Hull. The Japanese visitor said, however, that his calls were formal and the Manchnrian situation was: not dis cussed. ; ' i - MRS. MAY COMMITTED BAKER, Ore. March 31. (AP) Mrs. Rose May,, who . had been charged with ' first degree murder in connection with 'the slaying of her husband, -Warren, at the : family home near North Powder, was taken today to the state hospital for the Insane at Pendleton. . ' ."' 1 T MM Ohio River Flood Creates Havoc it ' i 1 -? ii i "i,M.lLl. , rumi - ,1, ?w,u,r V m r. - u -eel; (J , , S. y r s s llade.toj three states, the above pictures present a graphic idea of the extent to which the Ohio river CBesitSSuvoe recently. At top la a group of citlseas of Pomroy, Ohio, huddled on one of the few re mat&3g dry spots in town, which happens to be the City Hall. Boatmen are furnishing "taxi" ser vice. Lower left Is m dismal scene, showing a business section of Louisville, KyM completely deserted except- for a lone occupant of a flat bottom boat. At right Is the township of Tinlcum, Ja, absolutely Isolated by the flood. Coins False: Stump First April Joker Money, It seems, doesn't grow under stumps any more than it does on trees, a erew working near the Southern Pacific station under direction of City Engineer Hugh Rogers discovered, dlsheart- eningly, this week. Upon uproot ing an old stump, they found sev eral dozen coins. But, alas, they proved neither silver nor gold, not even the copper or nickel of Unit ed States "minor" coin. Had the metal disks been of the proper, metal and of better work manshjPijthelr valoe would -have totalled . approximately 92t, the city - engineer said yesterday. There , were pseudo dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes and nick els, all of a light, soft metal. Many of the coins were crudely molded, though several were good imita tions of real money. First word of the find set the workmen out on a "coin" rush but no more of the counterfeit pieces were discovered. Yesterday Mr. Rogers turned over the counter feit money to Chief of Police Frank Mlnto, who in turn for warded it to William S. McSwain, of the United States secret serv ice, Portland. Fallon Suicide In Armory Joe Fallon, about 28, ap ply sergeant for Company B, was - found dead, undoubtedly by his own hand, in the armory this morning at 2:15. He had hot himself through the chest, while standing inside the ticket office, and fallen out ward through the door Into the entryway of the auditorium. Te had evidently been talking on the telephone. The shot was believed to have been heard about 2 a. m. Fallon had been seen by a po liceman downtown 80 minutes earlier. German Actors Find New York Reception Cold NEW YORK. March 31. -(AP) While nail storm troops ,ln Germany are preparing to enforce an anti-Jewish boycott, German entertainers are having extreme difficulty - finding Jobs along Broadway. booking agencies said tonight. . Lou Irwin, one of the city's largest booking agents, explained It:. l "With New York's vast Jewish population to draw on for trade, the music halls, and beer gardens are hot going to risk profits by running the chance of offending them by engaging German tal- i t ' - PORTLAND. Ore.. March 11 (AP) Washington high school of Portland tonight won the annual Interscholastlc Relay carnival at the Hill Military academy here. Grant high of Portland -was sec ond and Hill was third, r HOLLYWOOD. March II (AP) Earl Whitehead, making his first appearance as a middle weight, took a ten round decision over Wesley Ketchell, Portland, Ore.,; In the main event at the American Legion stadium tonight. The Santa Monica youth was a former state . welterweight cham pion.- Late Sports i Tfirn am tMM iiWT-ftTl'lTfc II t y, t;, , - Three big Fires Bring Bulk Of Construction; Value Of Permits $12,871 The three most serious fires in Salem the past year played the leading role in building activities during the past month. Repair and reconstruction necessitated by the fires in the Breyman and White blocks, the Oregon build in anil th Prodncnra' PonrtAra- Qive cannery - provided the only f major - building undertakings of the- month ' and resulted in the permit values' totalling $12.- 811. SO, exceeding those of March, 132. by exactly 12022.45. Combined crews varying from 25 to 35 men are at present en gaged in' repair and construction work at the sites of the three big fires. Completion dates for this is still Indefinite. ' Working ahead of schedule, Prultt Brothers this week have erected timbers to the second and third floor levels for the . new $10,00.0 building to house the Producers' connery. They will soon be ready to lay the roof and pour the concrete basement. Com pletion of the job Is due around April 26. From nine to 10 woirk (Turn to page 2, col. 6) Aimee Very 111 In Algeria Says Cable to Dayid LOS ANGELES. , March 31 (AP) Aimee Semple McPher-son-Hutton, who left here Janu ary 19 for Europe and the Holy Land In an effort to regain her health, is seriously ill at Tunis, Algeria, from a carbuncle at the base.of her brain, a cablegram to her - husband, David Hutton, at Angelus Temple said tonight. Miss Bernice Middleton, a nurse who accompanied the evangelist, cabled that Mrs. Hutton had a temperature of 102 degrees today and had abandoned the trip to Jerusalem. The nurse said she was trying to get Mrs. McPherson- Hutton from, Algeria i to Naples, Italy, for medical treatment, the evangelist being in (considerable pain. - wr 1201 GAIN IS MADE IN NIGH BUILDING Silve Hon Beer Bill put Ihiough Initial Reading SILVERTON, March 31 (Spe cial) At a special meeting of the city council tonight, ordinance 257, pertaining to beer regula tions, passed the first and second readings and was turned to the judiciary committee for correc tion, so It may come np for third reading at the regular council meeting Monday night. The. ordinance provides that beer may be sold by grocery stores drug stores, restaurants. billiard parlors and similar plac es; that no -beer shall be served over a bar but at tables -large enough to accommodate . IS or more persons at a time. It provides that Bale "hall be li censed, those selling bottled beer to pay a city license of $5, and those selling draft and bottled beer $10. License shall be sum marily revoked If It shall be evi dent the public sense of decency Is abused. ' Sale to minors Is pro hibited. - . - There was some discussion that soda fountain counters as main tained in drug stores should not be interpreted1 as bars; however. the opinion was voiced that this. t ' Haul ': '! Mister, Your Shoestrings Are Dangling How was vour breakfat.it Salt instead of sugar? Vinegar in the eoffee? Be not dismayed, the day is yet young. If you were the trusting fly that entered unwittingly into the web spun today by that impu dent All Fools' spirit chuckle it off. Laugh right. out loud if you want to even the technocrats find nothing wrong with good hearty laughs. Besides, you may be the spider by evening. . . Yep. as hinted broadly above. It's , the first day of April, that annual time when pranksters young and old plot naughty, harmless little things to cause chagrin, and maybe more. Today'll bring more untied shoe laces, more dropped handker chiefs, more dust on sleeve or hat . . . and so on to the effervescent end. But who cares? It's hard tell ing whetheryou'U be on the debit or credit side of the jokes at the end of today. Judge Arlie G. Walker late yes terday afternoon refused to grant a new trial or to stay proceedings for Charles R. Archerd, former warehouseman and Implement dealer here. Walker's decision fol lowed an extensive hearing In which C. F. Pruess, Grants Pass attorney for v Archerd, contended Archerd had not been found guil ty of sale of wheat held in trust, and also that the jury which con victed Archerd was not fully sat isfied in its request for instruc tions from the court. Pruess Immediately gave no tice that he would appeal to the state supreme court. He filed $2000 appeal bond with the clerk of the court. Archerd will return to his min ing interests near Grants Pass where he has resided for more than a year. - He was found guilty of Illegal conversion of grain here this spring and sentenced by Judge Walker to three years in the state penitentiary. would be termed discrimination and that all who served beer should provide tables. Some members figured the li cense, which Is semi-annual, too small, but It was explained that If it were larger, beer gardens would he established just outside the. city. Attorney J. E. Hosmer pleaded that a prohibition measure be adopted rather than a beer meas ure. He, decried the return of beer as "one of the greatest evils" and promised that if the ordi nance passes, the drys will put np a fight. He also advocated a pop ular vote, rather than decision by the council. Ordinance 258, providing for Issuance of Improvement bonds for the city of Sllverton to ex change for the 330,326.90 balance left from bonds Issued lit 1923 for the amount' of $40,826.39, was put through first and second read ings. It covers CO bonds of $500 and one of $321.39, carrying six per cent interest and due from March 1, 193$, to March 1. 1937. It will come up for third reading Monday. - v - SECOND TRIAL FOR ARCRERD REFUSER U. S. JAIL Barlow Brothers, Allegedly Ex-Convicts, Accused of Shooting at Leavenworth Prison From Plane No Weapons Found as They Are Captured but Ship is Identified; Aiding Break Believed Motive LEAVENWORTH, Kas., March. 31 (AP) A single plane's at tack on Leavenworth federal pen itentiary resulted tonight in the arrest of two reputed ex-convicts. Lynn and A. N. Barlow, brothers, of Denver. Officials were unable Immedi ately to ascribe a definite motive for the gunfire from a red mono plane that circled over the prison. Tower guards replied to the 15 minute attack, but ho casaultiee were reported. On orders of Warden Fred G, Zerbst, the Barlows, whose broth er, Theodore, Is scheduled to be released from . the prison tomor row, were arrested as they step ped from the plane, which landed on the Fort Leavenworth firing field. Aiding Prisoners To Escape, Theory Brought before a United States commissioner, they were charged! with shooting in an attempt t kill persons in the prison and with an attempt to aid prisoner to escape. Warden Zerbst said he found no evidence immediately of an es cape plot within the prison bat that the charge was the logical one under, the circumstances. The two arrested were said by Zerbst to have served short tenaa In the penitentiary for liquor law violatbns, the same offense fee which the third brother Is eosa pletlng a term. . The brothers denied attacking the prison but Zerbst asserte4 "our evidence against them Is eon. elusive." Golfer Sees Raid, Traces Retreat N Major General Stuart Helntrel man of Fort Leavenworth while playing golf saw the plane dip low and heard the shots fifed. He called the penitentiary and was informed of the attack. Noting, the plane was flying toward the army post, he was on the point of ordering pursuit planes into the air to force It down when the plane landed on the post field. He hastily dispatched orders for de tention of the pjlane's occupants. No weapons were found In the plane but Warden Zerbst pointed out that disposal could have been made from the air before the four-passenger plane landed. Klamath Drafts Regulations for Licensing Beer KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., March 31 (AP) The eit coun cil reached an agreement with prospective beer dealers tonight on details of an ordinance to rr. ulate sale of 3.2 nr cant hr when it becomes nationally legal April Under the nrnnnnfil nrdlniau wholesalers will be taxed 1150 an. nually plus $1 tax on each 32-gaI-lon barrel. Restaurants will be taxed $15 annually for serving bottled brew or $50 annually plus $1,000 bond for serving it on tap. Retailers selling in original con tainers for consumption off the premises will be taxed $10. The Day in Washington By the Associated Press President Roosevelt signed forest conservation unemploy ment relief bill and measure lifting r present restrictions on prescription liquor. Members of senate agriculture committee were called to White House conference on administra tion farm aid : bill and passage generally as proposed by the pres ident was predicted. , President Roosevelt called railway labor leaders and ex ecutives 1 for conference today on emergency rait legislation. - .". President .Roosevelt received from Budget Director Douglas an executive order for cuts In veter ans benefits. Secretary- Perkins 1 opened eonfengnce of labor leaders to A obtain views for traasmlseJe , to President Roosevelt, i Y! It ill-