& A Vi ,
7001
WEATHER
Pair today and Friday,
temperataro UnchatBged;
Max. Temp. Wednesday 09,
Min. S3, river S feet, rain
OS lack, northerly winds.
Distribution
Avenge
HvH '83
Net paid, dally, Snnday,$S69
KEMBEB A. X. 0.
EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, April 13, 1933
No. 15
CIRCULATION
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GUARANTEE OF
CROP COSTS IS
Roosevelt Cites New York
Minimum Wage law as
Beneficial Move
Five-day Week Plan Backed
By Miss Perkins Though
Changes Proposed
WASHINGTON, April It. i-r
(AP) "Engulfed by difference
over how the farmer can beet b
helped, congress writhed through
debate today while administra
tion forces hastened preparation
of mighty legislate project yet
to come.
Despite the interlude provided
the president and many .legislators
by the opening baseball game, a
check-up tonight revealed an al
most tbewildering procession of
developments significant in the
' drive to better national and world
' economics.
In messages to the governors
of IS Industrial states. Mr. Roo
sevelt cited New York's pending
minimum wage law as "a great
forward step against lower
wages;" and advocates like ac
tion by more states.
His secretary of labor, Miss
Frances Perkins, at a closed ses
sion of the house labor committee
endored the principle of five day
week legislation, but suggested
changes in present bills. Enact
ment appears certain.
His secretary of commerce, Dan
iel C. Roper, disclosed the forth
coming bill for relief of the rail
roads verges on completion, one
phase yet to be disposed of re
lating to how much power should
be nested in the "coordinator" to
be proposed.
Senatorial adimnlstratlon allies
wound up their work on the
Urban home mortgage refinancing
plan, slated to be Introduced to
morrow. Likelihood of banking reform
legislation embracing a- deposit
Insurance plan appeared enhanc
ed, after the president conferred
with the chairmen of the senate
and house banking committees.
Fletcher of Florida, and Steagall
ef Alabama. Some confusion was
still evident, however, as to Just
low far Roosevelt is willing to go
on the insurance feature.
Ball Game Delays
Mortgage BUI Vote
The house completed five hours
debate on the farm mortgage re
financing plan, but deferred a roll
call vote until tomorrow inview
of absences occasioned by the
opening game here of the baseball
season.
The senate found Itself ensnarl-V
d In dispute over the attempt to
guarantee the farmer production
costs in the farm bill, with Sena
tor Norris (R., Neb.), arguing for
It and a democratic coterie deter
mined and seemingly confident
that Is should be and could be
rejected.
The senate agriculture commit
tee swiftly approved the Norris
bill embodying the Roosevelt plan
for Tennessee valley development
submitted only yesterday.
KELLY OFFICER OF
PORTLAND. April 12. (AP)
.Tnhfi w Knllnrv of Portland
Was elected grand commander of
the grand commandery of Knights
TmnlT. t thm concluding ses-
OREGON 1EMPURS
sion here today of the annual con- J Criticizing the president's for
i rthr nfflrem elected in-1 est camn relief program. Love-
Cluded:
H. L. Toney, McMInnville, dep
uty grand master; Lloyd L. Scott,
Portland, grand generalissimo;
Carl W. Evertsen, Marshfield,
grand captain general; Olaf Laur
gaard, Portland, grand senior war
den; E. O. Potter, Eugene, grand
Junior warden; John B. Cleland,
Portland, grand treasurer; D.
Ruffus Cheney. Portland, grand
recorder: Rev. Frances H. Ball.
Portland rand prelate; F. A
Thomnson. Bend, grand standard
bearer; Milton H- Stanford, As
toria, grand sword bearer, Percy
R. Kelly, Salem, grand waraen;
O. B. Nye, Hood River, grand cap-
tain of the guard,
.tftH t.npd an lnvIUtion
t9 the organisation to hold Its
next year's conclave mere. I aer wnen mej wo
The Wankowskl trophy, award- j circuit court here today. A de
ed annually for proficiency in tit- Ifense motion for a change of ven-
nal and drill, was not awaraea
the Albany and Eugene command-
this year because the ratings ot
erles were, identical. The eup will
be presented later.
Ex - Bricklayer is
Pittsburgh Mayor
PITTSBURGH. April 12
(AP)i John S. Herron, one time
bricklayer, today became mayor
of Pittsburgh.
He waa sworn ln Immediately
after bis election by. city council
to fill the unexpired term
former Mayor Charles H. Kline
who resigned to escape a Jail
Sentence for malfeasance ra of-
flea. ;
Search for Akron Victims? Bodies
And Dirigible Wreckage Goes On'
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The navy salvage ship Falcon (above) Is at the scene of the Akron
disaster searching for bodies ef the seventy-one victims of the dir
igible crash. Lower shows divers aboard the Falcon preparing to
aescena. Twenty experienced divers are taking part In tne search
RUTH
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Successor to Eugene Meyer
Upon Federal Reserve
Board is Talked
WASHINGTON. April 11
(AP) Only a few hours after
President Roosevelt broke pre
cedent by naming a woman to
the diplomatic .corps, the senate
tonight speedily confirmed Ruth
Bryan of Florida, as minister to
Denmark.
It acted without debate after
Senator Fletcher (D., Fla.), bad
asked unanimous consent for
Mrs. Owen's confirmation with
out the usual procedure of com
mittee action. There was no ob
jection. The senate also aproved the
nomination of Joseph W. Wood
( Turn to page 4, col. 8)
WORKERS URGED TO
Terming President Roosevelt's
cuts In veterans' compensation
the "biggest single attack the
government has ever made on
living standards of the American
working class," Richard Love
lace of Portland last night ad
Jured members of the local
Workers' Ex-Service Men's league
at Workers' center to Join the
"bonus march" upon Washing'
ton, D. C, prospected for this
summer. The local organization
will meet at Workers' center
again tonight to talk over the
march plans.
Lovelace, state organizer, ad
vocated using national war de
partment funds to pay "pensions.
disabled veterans' allowances
and other compensations, as well
as unemployment Insurance to all
the unemployed."
lace asserted that the nation's
youth will be mobilized there
as cannon fodder for the' next
war."
COHMED
JOIN
MARCH
OffSCTT Wn Banks Pleads Not Guilty
OlQQQIl McMinnville Man Suicide
T e .TdC- Ex-Jusfce is Convicted,
(l J3I1GIS - S- C- Professor Called
BEFORE BXIPWORTH
MTervFORD. Ore.. April 12.
(AP) Llewellyn A. Banks, for-
mer Memu .,
Edith R. Banks, pleaded not gull-
ty to charges of first degree raur-
i ue was lueo. ...
j The charges were placed against
tne two in connecuou wnu m
J death of Constable George Pres-
eott March 16. fatally shot when
h attempted to serve a warrant
on Banks at ais borne.
The two appeared before Cir
eult Judge George F. Sklpwortb
of Lane county, assigned to tne
ease after affidavits of prejudice
were filed against Circuit Judge
Duncan of Klamath county.
V norcK rsES rifle
McMINNVlLLE, Ore., April 12
(AP) John T. Houck, 75, died
today from a gunshot wound in
I bis bead. Police said the elderly
of I man shot himself with a rifle, ap-
parently while temporarily ln-
I sane. His body was found lying on
j the bed, the rifle nearby. His wl
dow and two sons survive. :
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Hearing Asked by Warden is
To Open Friday; Date
Of Hanging Nears
FLORENCE. Ariz., April It
fAP) Winnie Ruth Judd's "last
mile" to the gallows was bright
ened by a new ray of hope today
as legal machinery Was set In mo
tion to determine whether she is
an Insane person and therefore
exemptfrom the capital penalty.
Superior Court Judge E. L
Green, upon formal petition of
Will C. Truman, Pinal county at
torney set Friday at 9:30 a. m
for the beginning of a hearing at
which 12 men will decide whether
the condemned slayer of Agnes
AnneLeRol in the trunk murder
case, has become mentally de
ranged during her 14 months In
prison.
If the jury finds ber sane, she
will be hanged at dawn of the fol
lowing Friday, April 21, the Ar
izona supreme court In Pnoenlx
its action almost simultaneous
with that of Judge Green is call
ing the sanity hearing, denied ber
a writ of habeas corpus, based on
grounds that her trial Jury had
imposed the death penalty solely
to frighten her and "make her
talk."
If as many as nine of the ven
iremen an unanimous verdict is
not required are convinced she
(Turn to page 4. col. i)
Names Suggested
Early's Successor
A number of names have been
suggested to the governor for suc
cessor to the late Charles T. Early
as chairman of the industrial acci
dent commission. It was announc
ed yesterday at the statehouse. No
appointment of a successor was
deemed probable for several days.
Mr. Early represented the manu
facturing industry on the commis
sion and bis successor must come
from the same interests. Mr. Ear
ly died suddenly Monday morning
from a heart attack. Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday after
noon ln Portland.
LARCENY IS PROVEN
PENDLETON, Ore., April 12.
(AP) J. S. WeBt, former Justice
of the peace at Hermlston, was
convicted by a circuit court Jury
last night of larceny of public
funds. Sentence will be passed
Monday. West was alleged to have
neglected to turn over to the ac
count of the office $1,500 which
he bad collected.
MISS JOHNSON DIES
CORVALLIS, Ore., April 12
(AP) Professor A. Grace John
son, 53, head of the household ad
ministration ' department : ln the
school of borne economics at Ore
gon State college, died today la
Salt Lake City, friends here were
notified.
Miss Johnson, one of the most
widely ; known and beat-liked
women on the faculty, was on
Sabbatical leave this year and bad
recently returned from southern
California. She was on her way to
Ames, la., to take advance work
and was visiting with friends
that city. She suffered a sud
den stroke yesterday- and died
soon after midnight. .
SANiTY PROBE FOB
WIMIIE IS GRANTED
AHS
WERE TO HAVE
BEEN REPAIRED
Strengthening Where Deal
Said Collapse Started
Was Ordered, Said
Overhauling was Planned
After Flight; Reason
Not yet Divulged
.LAKEHURST, N. J.. April 12
(AP) The doomed U. 8. S. Ak
ron, a naval court oi inquiry
learned today, took off on Us last
flight after plans had been made
to strengthen Its structure at the
very point where one of the three
survivors saw a girder buckle as
the ship took its dive to destruc
tion. The testimony came from Lieu
tenant Commander Edwin F.
Cochrane, assembly and repair of
ficer at the naval air station here,
and was subsequently corrobor
ated by Thomas L. Blakemore,
the station's aeronautical engin
eer. The work was ordered done
between April 7 and 18; when the
dirigible was to have bad a gen
eral overhauling.
The strengthening alterations.
Cochrane said, were among nine
repair items jclded upon prior to
the flight in a conference among
Commander F. C. McCord, the
ship's skipper, its first lieutenant.
Its engineer and Cochrane.
The alterations called for the
reinforcement by cross-bracing of
intermediate frames in the mid
dle third of the ship, or between
main frames 57.5 and 147.5, cov
ering bays 5, 6 and 7.
Cochrane Bald longitudinal gir
ders 5, 6 and 7 were Involved in
the projected work. Longitudinal
7 was the girder which Richard
Deal, enlisted man, said he saw
part at frame 152 In the Akron's
final descent. Moody -Erwin. the
other crew survivor, also testified
he saw girders break at this point.
but did not identify them by num
ber.
Neither Cochrane nor Blake
more was able to state how much
strength the reinforcements would
have given the areas in question
Blakemore said there was no rec
ord why the alterations suggested
by the manufacturers of the ship
and approved by the navy had
been ordered. He said, however
he assumed they were to have
been made because two girders
had buckled farther aft on the
starboard side of the Akron dur
ing her west coast trip last May.
Residents In the vicinity of
21st and Market streets voiced
vigorous protest to the city
planning and zoning commission
yesterday afternoon against the
proposed change of a part of lot
24, Oakhurst addition, southwest
corner, from Class I residential
to Class HI business district. The
commission, holding a hearing ln
the city ball, elected David Pugh
president received petitions for
and against the change and an
nounced it would hold another
hearing next week.
Grounds of the protests were
centered on alleged plans of a
service station operator at the
corner In question to engage in
the auto wrecking business there.
Report Favoring
Municipal Wharf
Plan is Forecast
The utilities committee prob
ably will report favorably to the
city council Monday night on ap
plying for an R. F. C. loan
to finance construction of a mu
nlcipal dock and warehouse on
the river front, Alderman 8. A
Hughes, chairman. Indicated last
night. Hughes spent the day at
Portland going over plans for the
project and Investigating costs.
He said It was not yet certain
how large a loan would be re
quested.
The council last week rescind
ed Its authorization to the may
or and recorder to seek a 75,
000 loan when proponents of
the project announced its cost
would approximate 120,000 more
than first estimated.
Charles Kimzey
Convicted Upon
Robbery Charge
BEND, Ore., April 12 (AP)
Charles KImxey, arrested re
cently In Kallspell, Mont, after
a nine-year search, has been in
dieted by the Deschutes county
grand Jury on charges of assault
and robbery while armed with a
dangerous weapon. Police aecus
ed him of robbing W. E. Harrl
son. a taxi driver. August 21
1923. and of throwing Harrison
Into a dry well la the desert
east of Bend. ;
OPPOSE OAKHURST
ZONE CHANGE PLAN
To be Governor
Of Philippipes
I , l je 4 - I
A recent photo of Frank Murphy,
fltlncmavor of Detroit who
haVTe itST;
general of the rhlllpSlnes by
w- p?7Vl-i
Murphy, one of the original
Roosevelt men in M"'gifi( wiU
succeed Colonel Theodore Roo
sevelt. The post was originally
intended for Homer Cummings,
whom the president has decided
to retain at attorney general.
IIS OF
Ti
Left Slayer and YictirrAat
Arlington, he Relates?
Confession is Read
HOOD RIVER Ore Anrll 12
huod K1VC.K, ore., April l
f API The testimony of Ser-
geant-Major
' I
Terrence nooney
that he was a passenger in the
automobile of Harold F. O'Con-
nor, shortly before the young
Brooklyn, N. T., tourist met his I
aeatn last August so. was a
feature today of the trial of I
William J. Moore, 24, on a I
charge of first degree murder I
for O'Connor's slaying.
Moore's confession to police
that H thnt anif Itlllml O'Connor
ti th rliimhla River hlrhwav
a f.w mile, tut of here, con-
cealed the body in brush near
tta hihwav after cam-in it
several miles toward Portland
ln the dead man's automobile,
and then took the car and O'Con
nor's money orders, was read by
Ray D. Shoemaker, Portland
court reported who recorded the
statement.
Sergeant-Major Rooney. who
came here from St. Louis, Mo.,
to appear for the state ln the
trials said Moore was already a
passenger In O'Connor's
car
when the Brooklyn tourist gave
him a " Hit near Baaer, ure.
Riutn iam Iia ift th other
t-mn at Aritnirtnn liaHeri a. ride
from another motorist, and "that
wa. the last I saw of O'Connor."
irl-Slugger
Suspect Held
At Corvallis
CORVALLIS, April 12-(AP)-
D1Iaa tnntrht ronnrt ari thaT were
hoMln- Howard S. Ketchum. 29.
& VMsa . "
wttA-M ihav snanortM T 1 11 Fki n k
two women on the Oregon State
college campus last fall.
Estelle Schultz of Corvallis, stu
dent at the college, identified Ket
chum, police said, as the man who
struck her over the head last Oc
tober while she was crossing the
lower campus at night. The of
ficers said the man denied having
slugged anyone. Miss Schultz told
police wnen sue rcponea ,ns
struck that she would oe aoie to
Identify her assailant.
MIlHcent Walker of corvams,
was also struck over the bead
here last fall, and a widespread
I ear ior tne saitjij ui cui'c .uu
Corvallis women walking through
,h,pKi "Ss isssssl
rested last week end on a morals
charts, would be held for grand
Jury investigation. They said their
suspicion that he mignt nave oeen
the man who assailed the two wo
men were aroused when they went
"rr . : ' :
to hi. room for some cloth ng and
found a "sap" loaded with sano.
Late Sports
PORTLAND. Ore., April 13.
(AP) ra Dern of Salt Lake City
defeated Bob Kruse of Oswego,
Ore., two falls out of three ia the
mala event of tonight's wrestling
card here. Dern weighed 210
pound leu than Kruse.
Dern took the tint fall la 1
minutes on a side chaneery. Kruse
won the second in less than three
minutes with a double wrlstlock.
The deeidlne: farl me 22 minutes
later when Dern succeeded with a
body press.
Joe ParellL 158. Italy, took two
RODNEY
Willi MOORE
straight falls with airplane spinster to the president under which
to win the semi-windup from Glen I he can ' do anything be pleases
Stone, 1S5, Olympia, Wash. Bull-
dog Jackson, 154, Chicago, de-
feated Des Anderson, 154, Seattle,
taking one fall la the opener. .
ORECOIi'SPROHl
LAW HOT ISSUE
FOR JULY VOTE
Election Call Contains no
Authority for Initiative
Measures, is Ruling
Discrepancy Between Title
And Body of act Differ
Van Winkle Asserts
Attorney General van winkle
ruled yesterday that proposed ro-
peal of Oregon's constitutional
amendments establishing state
prohibition cannot be submitted
to voters at the special election
to held Jn,r peUtlon
culated after the 1933 legislative
"VA? n "If ne1 6T mre
tnan 40,000 voters. I
The opinion was requested by
Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state. In
connection with a law enacted by
the 1933 legislature providing for
holding a special election July 21.
Chapter one of the act read:
"A special election shall be held
in the general voting precincts
throughout the state of Oregon on
Friday. July 21. 1933. At such
election all proposed amendments
to the constitution of the state
submitted by the 37th legislative
assembly, regular session, and all
measures or enactments passed by
said assembly, and which are or
may be referred to the people
'fo? royli"????-peopl
Tote rossible Only
i On Specific Issues
Attorney General van vv inkle
held that from the provisions of
this chapter the special election
was called only for the purpose
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gpecif Ically enumerated, and that
i . .1.1' I
of voting upon measures therein
lb V sa UVW awvavu w
-ral nurnoses.
"Clearly the language of the
act does not contain anything
which can be construed as indud.
ing measures which were not en-
acted by th legislative assembly,
the opinion read.
The title of the act contained
provision for referring the initla'
tlve measures, but such provision
not included in the body of
tne OU1.
Thl might well result from
various reasons." the opinion con
tinned. "The legislature or those
uurn w pag . cut. .j
DRY LAW FOES TO
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 12.
AP) Eirht representative, two
irom eacn or iour urtnuiwuu
1 lavoring repeal ui iu
amendment, will meet here to-
morrow to select 3 4 candidates
for delegates to tne consuiuwuii
al convention here next summer
The delegates win do cnosen ai a
special election July 21.
The four organiiations are the
.J... . A VHr,l
proamnion reiuiiu, iic&uu
ior repeal oi iut imu monu
ment, the association against the
prohibition amendment, and the
crusaders. At a meeting of spokes
men for the organizations, held
here today, it was decided that
the crouD of eight should be
charged with selecting the can-
dldateS.
I ... . . .
Those at today's meeting agreeo
tut. iuo awui vi6WV44" w..
work as a unit in election of dele-
eates. Several Willamette valley
hopgtowers attended today's
meeting.
MUETZEL ON TRIAL
fi RANTS PASS. Ore.. Aorll 12
I api Th tAatimonv of state
WE CANDIDATES
poijce the eounty coroner, thellty of brewers to satisfy the early
sheriff and one of his .deputies
waa riTen for the state today In
ih trial of otto Mnetzel on a
-harre of first deeree murder for
... aeath of Sol Stone Febru-
4 av
Reaction to
Program Noted by Moit
Efforts of Salem and state high-
1 . . v.- .An.ttnw
way '"'"XIa
"
ilLgil 7 fuiucu ui ayitv v m
nresldent's emergency program
"Is but a sample of the wholesale
reaction. . . . In connection with
some of the half-baked legislation
that has gone to make up the
president's so-called program".
Congressman James W. Mott,
states in a letter to the Salem
Building congress.
The letter followed a telegram
received early last week la reply
I to a query of the local group on
1 the road project.
I. Mott, who voted for the relief
I unemployment bill, writes fur
I ther:
I "By a careful reading of this
1 bill yon will note that It Is not a
I legislative enactment at an. it is
I simply a grant of legislative pow
with $500,000,000 of the people's
money which congress has already
appropriated for specific publie
1 works. The so-called Economy bill
Eastern Youth Loath
To Join Forest Corps
AsWestRushesPIa
Jury ior Trial
Of Harry Riley
Finally Picked
- BURNS. Ore., April 12. (AP)
Selection of a Jury to try Harry
Rller on a charca of first decree
murder for the death of his wife.
Hilda Thornburg Riley, was com
pleted today after nearly three
full days of examination. A total
of S3 veniremen were questioned
before the 12 men and an alter-
nte were selected, the defense
Lslng all of it. 12 peremptory
n eUte, five of
iU six.
its six.
Opening statements will be pre
sented tomorrow.
Riley is charged with first de
gree murder for the death of his
wife and ber father, Carey Thorn
burg. He is on trial now only in
connection with bis wife's death.
Borah Declares Soviet Land
Participation Needed
In Economic Meet
WASHINGTON, April 12
(AP) The question of Russian
recognition flared into the open
.Jr. for tha fit
ln tn senate today tor tne Iirst
time this session and culminated
in a fervent plea by Senator Bor
ab (R., Idaho) for inclusion of
the soviet government in all In
ter national conferences for bet
terment of world conditions. "I
do not know bow to formulate, a
program without that nation,
said the Idahoan, long an ad
vocate of American recognition
of Russia. Borah s speech was
prompted by Senator Robinson
(R. Ind.). who In a prepared
address vigorously denounced ad
vocates of recognition and assert
ed such an event at this time
would be equivalent to "placing
a gun in their hands with which
to shoot us.
Robinson said with an em
bassy ln Washington. Russian
leaders would utilize it as
'central point for carrying on
their admitted efforts to destroy
the American republic
Asserting Russia "had no In
tention of destroying the govern
ment of the United States and
v Wftn rnnldn't
destroy it If they wanted to,'
Borah said
"We are about to engage in
world economic conference. How
are we going to adjust the world
economic affairs and leave Rus
sia out? We are in a disarm a
ment conference. How are you
. ,. . -it,nt
taking Russia Into consiaera
i jjcn
DEER, REAP PROFIT
PITTSBURGH, April 12 (AP
The Post Gazette says bootleg
jrers and racketeers have corner
ed thousands of cases of Pitts-
burich's diminishing beer supply,
reaping fat profits by selling the
brew at three times Its market
value.
The newspaper states that the
I racketeers, foreseeing the lnabil
demand, started noaraing oeeras
soon as Its sale became legal.
I Underworld characters were
quoting beer at as high as 5.80
case, and $35 a barrel, in Pitts-
1 burgh today, the paper reports.
Roosevelt s
was legislation of a similar char
acter. 'These bills were passed with
out any consideration by the
house and with only the mnt
perfunctory consideration by the
committees The attitude of
-the administration was that con
gress could either take the bills
or leave them Just as they were.
Propaganda had gone forth that
It was the duty of congress to do
exaetly what the president Re
manded without question. . . . .
constituents at home had been led
to believe that. . . . the president
was a super-man and that anyone
who disagreed with him was a
traitor.
"I am going to .do all X can to
see that our federal aid projects
in Oregon get a square deal. un
der the bill. . . but whether our
state or any other state gets 1
square deal out of It will be en
tirely within the discretion of the
president. ...
I voted for this bill, not be
cause I thought It was a proper
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RECOCn FOR
RUSSIA IS URGED
T
1
us
'ear Boys are Wanted
For war Reported
In Some Cities
Oregon Envoy one of
Several to Attend
Capital Session
WASHINGTON. April XI
(AP) Attempts to speed en
rollment of the forest eoraerra
tlon corps were revived today a
reports rrom army condition lac
camps indicated that fewer than
10,000 men had been received
during the week since recrutU.x
was begun.
Representatives of western
states who will be ln charge of
enrollment ln that section arriv
ed here by plane today for con
ferences with the labor depart
ment, the prelude to reemtting
in the western area. They plaa
ned to hurry homo shortly to
get the enrollment started.
Meanwhile, the war depart
ment took a hand in an authori
zation by General Douglas Mac
Arthur, chief of staff, telling
corps area commanders to dele
gate one captain and two lieu
tenants of the regular army for
each forestry camp of two hun
dred men. He also authorised
calling to active duty, with their
own consent, three medical offi
cers from the organized reserve
personnel for each 1000 men la
the conservation corps.
Claim Recruits Are
Wanted For War
From several cities where re
cruiting is underway reports
came today of a variety of ob
stacles slowing np enrollment. At
Baltimore, the family welfare as
sociation reported it found it ne
cessary to combat rumors "that
the country is expecting war and
is taking these men to train tor
the first draft.-
Officials who will be In charge
of enrollment in western states
now attending conferences here.
Included Charles F. Ernst. Olym
pla, Washington: P. P. Carver,
Boise, Idaho: I. C. Spaulding,
Helena. Montana, and Raymond
B. Wilcox, Portland, Oregon.
All represent state relief or
ganizations which will have gen
eral charge of the recruiting la
their areas.
SCOUT BODY PUSHES
ON TO PAY UP DEBT
A well-attended meeting of the
executive board of Cascade area
council of the boy scouts held last
night discussed the problems,
chiefly financial, confronting the
organization. Faced with a grow
ing deficit it was voted to reduce
operating expenses and decided to
launch a drive for funds to pay
op past obligations ln order to
place scouting on a firm basis for
the future. The drive has been be
gun and it will now be pushed
with vigor.
Regarding the back compensa
tion for the scout executive, O. P. ,
West a settlement was made
provided the funds may be ob
tained for prompt payment. He
will continue to serve until July
1 without additional compensa
tion. The Interval will give the
board opportunity to consider the
problem of reorganization after
July 1. Members present deplored
erroneous news reports which
bad been published, and expressed
determination to maintain sweat
ing work here for boys.
Regional executive W. L. Hay
ward of 8pokane was present and
discussed the problems with the
board.
The Day in
Washington
(By the Associated Press)
President Roosevelt la Pma
Am erica a day address naked
redactioa of world trade bar
rlers and decried aadeclared
wars in Sostth Aznerica.
Senate agriculture commute
approved Norris bill embodylag
administration plan for Tennes
see valley development.
Senate confirmed Rath Bry
. an Owen ef Florida, aa sntad -ter
to Dcnnsark, Mayor James
ft
L Cnrley of Boston nominated
ambassador to Poland.
Senator Robinson (R., lad.),
denounced Russia and Senator
Borah (R., Ida.), replied by urg
ing Soviet Inclusion la Interna
tional conferences.
Prcaldeat RooeeveK ln tele
grams to governors of IS In
dustrial state recoauarnoVd
New York state's pmdl-g m!f.
imaxa wage law.
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