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CIRCULATION
.Average Dally and Sunday
for January, 1934
Distribution 7412
; Net Tald 7016
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THE WEATHEll
Cloudy today and Wed
nesday, probably unsettled,
moderate Max. .Temp. Mon
day CO, Mln. 40, river zero,
southerly wind, cloudy.
FOUNDEP 1631
BIUHTY-THIRD YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 21, 1934
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Several Hundred Thousand
New York Workers Lack
Transportation
Airmail is Hampered But
"Goes Through" Except
In Few Sections
(By the Associated Press)
The worst winter weather In
years clamped down over the
northeastern seaboard yesterday,
crippled ships on the Atlantic,
left several hundred thousand
New Yorkers without transporta
tion for hours, tjed up the rail
roads throughout New England,
delayed the airmail, and caused
Sixty mile an hour winds put
coastwise shipping in distress.
Thick ice-locked doors in New
York City and made skating rinks
of streets. -
Whistling gales swept snow
ranging in depth from six inches
to a foot Into drifts that trains
between Boston and New York
and in-many other sections of
New England could not negotiate.
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nniTlfl worn Mffola1 Wtr hio-h
winds, ice floes, and pounding
wares. Lives of crews aboard were
endangered.
Although some delays could not
be avoided, the army took over its
job of flying the airmail with a
spirit that postal officials likened
to that of Panl Revere.
Temperatures ranging down
ward from IS below zero prevail
ed In the upper air, and gales,
blizzards, and low ceilings made
going hazardous, especially for
army pilots who in many instan
ces were flying their routes for
only the second or third time. All
had made at least one practice
flight before taking orer the job
formerly bandied by commercial
air lines.
Lieut. Donald Wackwits arriv
ed at Newark, N. J7, from Chimgo
one of the first mail pilots to land
at that important eastern air ter
minal a full day late because of
"dirty weather," with a report of
having flown blind the last half
of the way, his wireless set being
out of commission. He. told of
having to fly as low as 5,00 feet
In order to follow landmarks.
Except for the interference
caused by the storms at Newark,
the army flew the mail close to
schedule. There was snow or fog
around Louisville, Ky., Cheyenne,
Wyo., and other points but delays
were limited to an hour or two.
There were cancellations in the
New England states and in
northern Utah, where rain, sleet
and snow intermingled to make
flying Impossible.
Over practically all of the na
tion It was too cold for comfor
table flying in the army's open
cockpit ships and for any other
occupation or diversion that
might take citizens away from
stoves and radiators. Even in
Florida the temperature fell be
low freezing. It was 31 at Jack
sonville. The coal steamer Northern
Sword hove to off . Wlnthrop,
Mass., In a perilous condition.
Coast guardsmen rigged up a
breeches buoy to remove the
crew. The captain radioed that
his vessel was pounding on the
rocks and leaking.
. After a furious struggle, the
coast guard towed the schooner
Hone Leslie safely to Woods Hole,
If ass. The crew of six was suffer
ing from exposure and fatigue.
Tragedies accompanied that
swirling snow and bittet cold. Ten
aged women died in a fire that
destroyed a home for the indigent
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The Washington
Spotlight
n thaAsBociated Press)
Presidential opposition failed to
down the bonus Issue In the
house.
Walter P, Brown, Hoover post
master general, said the meeting
of air line officials here in 1930
was no spoils conference.
The senate voted tJt an investi
gation of electric rates throught
the country. :
Intermediate Industrial banks
were aurocatea uj mw
Reserve advisory council.
Senate 'investigators listened
critically ; to - a specialist's story
of stock market profits.
' Hugh S.' Johnson Invited criti
cism and suggestions regarding
the NBA, - .
' Government .expenditures . tor
. the fiscal year passed the 14,
900,000,000 mark.
Fines' of $10,000 for counties
that permit lynchlngs were debat
ed before a senate committee.
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- Major ' General John H. Rus
oel, soldier - diplomat, was ehos
s to command the marine.
OldSwimmin' Hole Has
Lure in A laska; Plants
Bud; Coast Won't Brag
Portland Experiences no Frost in Over Year;
Lawn Mowers and Shirtsleeves Prevail
In Seattle While East Shivers
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. (AP) Of course the Pacific
coast wouldn't brag about its weather, particularly while
much of the east is congealed in snow and ice, but the folks
back there ought to know the facts anyway.
Up in Ketchikan, Alaska, the youngsters went swimming
in the channel yesterday about the time freezing temper-
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No Evidence Fisher Sought
To Conceal Son; Taken
To Independence
Child stealing charges against
Leon M. Fisher of Independence
were dismissed on motion of the
state at conclusion of hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace Miller
Hayden yesterday afternoon. The
charges were made by Fisher's
divorced wife, Mrs. Freeta John
son of Salem, after she learned
Fisher had taken their son. Dean,
age nine, from Garfield school
Monday afternoon.
Evidence in court failed to
show any attempt upon part of
Fisher to conceal the child, and
in a statement on his own behalf
Fisher said he intended to re
turn the boy to Salem Monday
night, but that the boy himself
had said he preferred to stay in
Independence, at the home of
Fisher and his grandmother, Mrs.
Lillie Fisher.
Fisher denied using any force
when the child went with him
at the close of school Monday,
and this was substantiated by
one of the state's witnesses, Miss
Margaret J. Cosper, principal of
Garfield school, who said Fisher
waited about an hour for the
boy and then was mpst polite
to her when she asked him not
to take the boy, inasmuch as the
mother had asked her to turn
the boy over to no one but the
mother.
Mrs. Johnson and Miss Cosper
were the only state witnesses;
appearing for the defense, whose
case was handled by Martin Fer
rer, were L. S. Fisher, brother
of the defendant, and the boy.
Dean. Deputy District Attorney
Page appeared for the state.
Custody of the children was
given the wife in a divorce de
cree, and Fisher was warned that
any quarrel he. has with the terms
of the decree should be present
ed to the circuit judge.
Arrest Burtner
Where He First
Eluded Officers
CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 20.
(JP) A nation-wide manhunt end
ed where it started when P. H.
Burtner, ali Phil King, wanted
at Fort Worth, Tex., for using
the mails to defraud, was arrest
ed today at his lonely cabin re
treat In the wilds of the Coast
range, west of here.
Federal marshals arrested
Burtner in 1931 when he was
found working for one of the
SiuslaW forest crews west of here.
He eluded them In the woods be
fore he could be taken out, and
was subsequently trailed over the
entire country.
TOURNEY DATES SET
ROSEBURG, Feb. 20-i5-The
Oregon State Archery association
will conduct Its annual tourna
ment here July 2 to 4. Extending
the tournament to three days and
including an archery golf match
the first day are new features
this year.
CHILD
STEALING 0
Methodist Winter Rally is
Under Way; Visitors Many
Bishop Titus Lowe of Portland
and Dr. R. E. Diffendorfer of New
Tork will address the closing ses
sions tonight of the Methodist
mid-winter rally which was open
ed last night at the First church
here by Dr. W. S. Bovard of Chi
cago and Dr. W. A. Dawber of
Philadelphia of the boards of edu
cation and home missions, respec
tively. Dr. Louis Magin, Salem
district superintendent, presided.
The opening session today will
be at 8:45 o'clock this morning
with Dr. D. L. Leach of Pratum
leading devotions and addresses
by Dr. Dawher and -Dr. Diffen
dorfer of the foreign mission
board. For the session beginning
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev.
W. G. Bruce of Dallas will lead
devotions and Dawber and Diffen
dorfer will speak again. Rev. W.
J. Morrow of Sheridan will lead
devotions for the meeting, tonight,
which will open promptly at 7: SO
o'clock.
From his travels over the coun
try, Dr. Bovard brought toll find
oatures were sweeping across
northern Florida. Bushes and
strawberry plants were beginning
to bud in that section of the
northern territory. Ketchikan's
maximum
day was
Florida's
temperature for the
57 against northern
minimum of 31 this
morning.
While snow clogged the side
walks of New York and other
eastern thoroughfares, Portland,
Oregon, had its 370th consecutive
day without freezing temperature
and a knitting firm there received
an order for 10,000 bathing suits.
Southern California farmers
were struggling through labor
troubles to harvest the pea crop
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Utilizing Unused Property
On Liberty Street is
Plan; Fund Sought
Where can some 16000 be
found to construct with CWA help
a new entrance and lobby for the
Salem Armory?
That is a question which inter
ested citizens of the community
are raising in hopes of getting
some enlightenment. The new en
trance would be on Liberty street
occupying the ground now used
for a gas service station. The
ground is owned by the state for
the armory but has never been en
closed within the armory build
ing. The chamber of commerce
board is studying the problem and
has approved efforts to secure the
improvement, the total cost of
which would be around $14,000,
of which about $6,000 would be
for materials and would have to
be furnished outside of CWA
funds.
A sketch of the entrance has
been drawn by Frank H. Struble,
architect, and shows a greatly im
proved lobby for the auditorium.
The area is 61 feet on Liberty
street and 56 feet deep to the
present southeast wall of the au
ditorium. This space would be
used for lavatories, ticket booths,
and spacious check-rooms. The
entry to the auditorium would be
an incline, with no steps. ' The
front of the entry would be de
signed to make it attractive to
the public.
The objection to the present
entrance on Ferry street Is Its
small size and the steps which are
there. To leave the auditorium
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Rainfall Slight
in February So
Far; Under Inch
Tuesday's light rainfall
brought the total precipitation
for February to little more than
a thlmblefull. Altogether .98 inch
has fallen here, coming on eight
out of the 20 days, in contrast
with 2.50 inches on the 12 rainy
days In the same period last year.
Occasional rains are predicted
for today and Thursday.
Daily rainfall this month has
been as follows: February 5, .03
inch; 6, .01 inch; 7, .02 inch;
8, .52 Inch; 9, .19 inch; 10, .03
Inch; 16, .03 Inch; 18, trace; 20,
.15 Inch.
ing to his listeners last night: "I
think4he church Is emerging Into
a mood of faith and sacrifices
which is very encouraging In
deed." He developed his address about
the aims of the church through
its great system of schools, col
leges and churches, and declared
in part that the hope is to enlist
the brain power of oncoming gen
erations to enable contributions
to the world of the spirit such as
will be comparable to the contri
butions of the mind to the world
of science.
"Being In heaven or hell Is no
longer conceived as a mere matter
of geography, but rather a con
dition of the mortal spirit . , . a
quality of character and person
ality, which in turn hangs on a
quality of everyday living . ; . that
squares ethically and also finds a
Christian spirit of gentleness, of
faith and hopefulness and of pa
tience and poise," Dr. Bovard de
clared. (Tun to Fait 1. Col. 11
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ARMORY PROPOSED
BEGIN ROUNDUP
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THIEVES
Albin and Trambitas Held
Members; Arrest Here
Signal For Drive
Foiling of Robbery Here is
Work of Winslow; Roof
Entrance is Tried
Round up of a gang of thieves
who have been looting tobacco
warehouses generally throughout
the valley and particularly in
Portland recently was believed
likely by city and state police
last nigbt. This development is
anticipated as a result of the ar
rest of John Albin, ex-convict,
for investigation in connection
with the attempted theft of be
tween $4000 and $5000 worth
of cigarettes from the George E.
Waters wholesale store, 229 State
street, early Tuesday morning.
The second of three men
thought to have participated in
the Water store entry, George
Trambitas, was arrested by state
police at Portland last night, lo
cal officers were notified. He
will be returned here this morn
ing for questioning, they said.
Police were hopeful of appre
hending the third man.
Whether or not a case of
cigarettes found in Trambitas'
oar when he was arrested came
from the Waters store could not
be ascertained last night.
Full credit for apprehending
Albin in the act of climbing a
ladder onto the roof of the
Waters store was given Patrol
man Frank Winslow. While pa
troling his beat at about 2:30
a. m. Tuesday, Winslow noted
several pieces of tin lying in the
alley beside the Salvation Army
hall. Knowing these scraps for
merly had been piled in a small
side alley back of the hall and
leading to the Waters store,
Winsfew kept watch nearby un
til he saw a man disappear in
this alley. The officer found Al
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Farmer Able to
Go Bankrupt on
$10 Filing Fee
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20.-P)
-Federal Judge John McN'ary to
day ruled that only a $10 fee Is
required of a farmer who files
his debtor's petition in bank
ruptcy with a conciliation com
missioner. The agricultural composition
and extension provision of the
bankruptcy act provides that a
county conciliation commissioner
may be appointed by the court
upon petition of 15 or more
farmers.
The general law governing
bankruptcy proceedings requires
a payment of $30 to cover clerk,
referee and trustee fees.
Truckmen Seek
To Enjoin Code
Administrators
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20.-HJP)
-The Association of Commercial
Truck Owners sought Immunity
from alleged derogatory reports
and asked $50,000 damages In a
suit filed in circuit court here to
day against members of the Ore
gon petroleum committee, NRA
petroleum code administrators for
the state.
It was charged that defendants
circulated false reports that the
association was operating In de
fiance of the petroleum code, thus
raining its business. The associa
tion furnishes motor fuel to Its
members at code prices, but pro
rates sums In excess of operating
expenses, it was stated.
New Projects
In County Are
Being Held Up
All proposed new CWA pro
jects in Marlon county are being
held up pending Instructions from
state headquarters. Administra
tor Glenn C. Niles stated yester
day. A change in the method of
purchasing materials Is antici
pated.
Niles said he believed well over
half of the county's Job quota of
between 1300 and 1400 men
were employed on existing pro
jects yesterday, although a num
ber of projects were temporarily
discontinued.
Power Law Case
Dismissed Here
Circuit, Judge L. G. Lewelllng
Tuesday dissolved the Injunction
and dismissed the complaint
which was intended to keep the
referendum on the grange power
bill of the last legislature off the
general election ballot. An appeal
probably will be taken to the sup
reme court, - :-
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who has been appointed com
mander of the newly - establish
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tions headquarters in Wash
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State Board Has Meeting
With Producers and
Distributors
Standardization of the cream
content of milk, possibly to a 4
per cent basis, will be required
of distributors and dairymen here
as one of the steps toward stab
ilization of the milk market,
Chairman E. G. Harlan of the
Oregon milk control board stated
at a preliminary hearing of the
board held here yesterday morn
ing. Harlan did not fix a date when
this order would go into eflect,
but declared once it is made, the
commission will "bear down" to
see that it is effective. He indi
cated that milk with a higher
cream content than the minimum
would be required to sell at a cor
respondingly higher price.
At the hearing, attended by
about 100 producers, distributors
and producer - distributors, only
two present filed statements of
their costs of production. These
will give aid in establishing the
local prices. Dairymen who have
records of production costs and
distributors too, were asked to
mall them to the commission
right away, and Harlan warned
that all are required by law to
submit production statements to
the board.
When Harlan asked for expres
sion as to whether or not the 10
cent price now prevailing to Sa
lem consumers should be raised,
only one expression, that negative,
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Liquor Store to
Open on Friday;
is Latest Word
Official opening of the state
liquor store No. 1, Court street,
Salem, has been set for Friday
morning at 10 o'clock. One hund
red forty cases of liquors were
received by the store yesterday
and unpacked by the store person
nel but opening was delayed until
Friday because display price tags
and numbers had not -arrived late
last night and in addition paint
had not dried on the store front.
The crew of the store will be busy
today arrangnig the liquors pre
paratory to opening. Roy Stewart,
manager, said price lists available
for customers at the store will
bear the commission's revised
prices. Blended whiskey will be
available as low as 90 cents a pint
with costs of imported whiskeys
running much higher.
Late Sports
SEATTLE, Feb. 20.-(iF)-Shoot-lng
bolo-Iike right belts Into his
opponent's mid-section, "K I d"
Moro, rugged Manila lightweight,
scored a decision over Ah Wing
Lee, Portland "Chinese lullaby"
In spite of being on the sitting
end of one knockdown In a six
round boxing bout here tonight.
Lee weighed 138 H pounds and
Moro 135.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20.-ff
-It took Ernie Cavelll. 14$, Wal
la Walla, only three of the sched
uled six rounds to knock out Al
lan Franks, 144, Bellingham,
Wash., la the main event of to
night's fight card here.
- The best bout was the four
round decision Louis Nelson, 128,
Portland, turned in over Ros Du
maguillex, 127, Manila. Roy Ock
ley, 134, St. Johns, took a four
round decision from Sonny Jones,
183, Vancouver, B. C.
Hard-hitting Jackie ' Killeen,
120, Independence, won the nod
in a four-round bout with Frank
le Villa, 121, Manila.
Harry Kelson, 148, Seattle,
knocked out .Chet Kelsey, 143,
Portland, in the first of a sched
uled four-round bout. .
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BROWN DENIES
ANY COLLUSION
ON CONTRACTS
Meeting in 1930 Called to
Determine "Equities" of
Aviation Companies
But no Agreement Made on
Division of Routes, is
Ex-Official's Word
WASHINGTON, Feb. ZHff
In the course of a long verbal
fencing match today, Walter F.
Brown, former postmaster gen
eral told Chairman Black of the
airmail committee that the pur
pose of a gathering of air trans
port operators in Washington in
1930 was to determine their
"equities" In airmail routes.
The basis for determination of
these "equities" or rights, Brown
said, was the pioneering develop
ment for aviation by the compan
ies. He denied that the airmail
contracts were awarded on the
basis of the findings and all
Black's thrusts did not change
that statement.
"Wasn't the determination of
equities to determine also who
would get the airmail contracts?"
Black asked, his voice sharp and
loud.
Equally sharp and loud, Brown
said "No."
"What other earthly object
could you have?" the Alabama
senator almost shouted.
Brown flung back that he had
only In mind to aid aviation pio
neers, if he could, and to carry
out the purpose of the Watres air
mail act.
In quieter fashion, the same
ground was covered later. Black
referred to "the plan" which
guided the airmail meeting in
May and June, 1930, and asked
if it were not "so that what you
term equities could be awarded
without competitive bidding."
"That's correct." Brown said
quietly. "That's what they want
ed to do."
Black rubbed his hands and ob
served that "the plan could not
be carried out of the various op
erators tried to get a line which
held equities belonging to other
groups.'
"Agreement on equities,"
Brown replied, "didn't mean
there was any agreement on a
plan for the division of contracts."
He added that the air transport
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POLICE 110 111
Electric shock suffered by Don
ald Poujade, city police radio
operator, last Sunday morning has
seriously affected his heart, with
the result that he will be unable
to return to duty for at least a
week and probably have to re
main in bed most of that time, it
was reported last night. He lives
at 2405 Center street.
Poujade received the electric
jolt from the 1500 volt power
supply In the police transmitter
while he was engaged In adjust
ing the equipment. The heavy
current kept his hands locked on
the apparatus until Desk Ser
geant Asa Fisher, who had been
telephoning, could reach the
main power switch and cut off
the circuit. Poujade fell uncon
scious to the floor and after being
given first aid was rushed to a lo
cal hospital.
. It was reported at the Poujade
residence last night that the oper
ator was slowly recovering from
the shock. He received no serious
burns but a nerve in his left hand
was at least temporarily dead
ened. Cllve Scott, night operator, has
been taking Poujade's shift along
with his own.
Marion County Road F and
In Best Position of Any
Marion county ended the year
1933 with 1265,718 cash on hand
in Its general and roads and
highway funds, a measurably
smaller total than at the close
of business 1932 but a better
position than shown by any other
county In the state. According to
the county clerk's semi-annual
report, released yesterday, out
standing and unpaid warrants
against these cuh funds totalled
only 14704, leaving a net cash
balance In the two funds of
$21,063.
The roads and highways fund
bad by tar the larger cash bal
ance, there being $170,070 . In
this fund as the year ended. In
prior years thl balance has
reached about the half -million
mark, due to accumulations of
state motor vehicle license mon
eys by the county. Last year to
keep down the levy on real pro
perty, the county court trans
ferred more than $150,000 from
this fund to pay the state taxes
without making a levy on real
property. This fund last year also
NITRATE SHIPPED
TO EUROPE ADDS
TO WAR RUMORS
Canal Zone Shipping Men Comment on Marked Increase
In Cargoes of Explosives' Ingredient, Scrap Iron to
Azores For Eventual Transfer to Franpe, Russia and
England; Arms Solution is Sought
Agitation by Exiled Austrian Nazi Leader is Deflated by
Hitler's Disclaimer; "Show Down" by Mussolini and
German Chancellor Looked For in Paris; Gone Too Far
To Back up, is View
(By the Associated Press)
WITH news of a danger-fraught European situation occa
sioned by another nazi demand of the Austrian govern
ment came the revelation Tuesday that large amounts of ni
trate, useable in the making of munitions, are being sent to
Europe.
Shipping men in the Panama canal zone remarked about
the increase in cargoes of nitrate and scrap iron in transit
to the Azores for trans-shipment to France, Russia and Eng
land and shipments of metals to Japan.
In Berlin Captain Anthony Eden, British lord privy
seal, was seeking a way out of the disarmament tangle in
talks with Chancellor Hitler; Paris and Rome were con
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic :
NEW YORK. Half million com
mutors stranded in suburban
homes as blizzard ties up trans
portation systems.
BOSTON. Scores at sea im
perilled by storm; 15 trains snow
bound; Collier washed ashore.
WASHINGTON. Former
Postmaster General Brown tells
senators air line operators met in
1930 to determine "equities" in
mall routes.
CHICAGO. Former beer
truck driver for Touhy gang ad
mits he helped collect 170,000
ransom in John Factor kidnap
ing.
PITTSBURGH. H. C. Frick
Coal company signs labor agree
ment with United Mine Workers
of America.
Foreign:
VIENNA. Martial law to be
lifted Wednesday after enforce
ment throughout civil war.
BRUSSELS. Eighty thous
and Belgians pay homage at bier
of King Albert I, lying in state in
palace.
BERLIN. Hitler punctures
ultimatum to Austria of exiled
Austrian nazi leader.
BERLIN. Second son of
crown prince of Sweden disown
ed for refusing to give up girl
he loves.
Engine 'Missing9
And It's No Joke
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. J0.-AP)
-Pun no more about missing au
tomobile engines.
Mrs. Jefferson Wilcox of Port
land attempted to start her car
this morning, but found the en
gine was missing. Thieves had
stolen it during the night while
the machine was parked in the
driveway of her yard, she re
ported.
contributed $131,000 to the im
provement of the North Santlam
highway. This year state taxes
of $183,000 must be met by a
levy on real property because the
fund's balance has-fallen and be
cause an appropriation of $48,
000 more for the North Santlam
highway Is as yet unpaid.
At the close of the 193S year,
the county's general fund had
due and unpaid $340,48$ In taxes
for the years 1929 to 1932 in
clusive. The roads and highways
fund had due and not paid $C5
429 for the four years, making
a toUl of $405,916 owing the
county tor levies assessed and not
collected." Had these taxes been
paid, cash reserves would have
been well beyond the half-million
mark.
Only a handful of counties in
the state have any cash on hand,
the majority of them being on
the warrant basis with redemp
tion periods running from one
month to three years. The coun
ty clerk's six months' statement
(Tarn to Pago 2, CoL 1)
cerned over the Austrian situa
tion, and Vienna had a demand
from nazis for cooperation.
Hitler acted to prevent a clash
between Austrian fascists and
nazis. He let it be known that
Theodore Habicht, exiled Aus
trian nari leader, acted without
authority when the latter deliv
ered an ultimatum, to the Aus
trian government giving Chan
cellor Engelbert Dollfusa eight
days to take the nazis into the
Austrian government. -
By deflating the ultimatum.
Chancellor Hitler reduced the ten
sion produced throughout Eu
rope today over Habicht's sen
sational speech at Munich.
Despite Hitler's action, Paris
believes matters have reached a
point where a "show down" be
tween Hitler and Premier Mus
solini -of Italy over Austria will
take place.
Informed French circles re
garded Austria's political future
as "obscure" and said Austria's
plight is due primarily to the
Hitler-Mussolini battle which has
gone so far neither la able to
give up now.
Newspapers in Italy attackeJ
Germany today. Referring to the
three power declaration on Sat
urday, the newspaper warned
that Germany must not interfere
with Austrian independence.
Deputy Ezio Garibaldi Of Italy
suggested the holding of a con
ference to settle the Austro
German problem.
Mussolini dissolved the nazi
party at Trieste and had a Ger
man and two Anstrians arrested
when police found 350 bombs in
the possession of the nazis in that
city.
While Europe watched the sit
uation created by the Habicht
speech with no little apprehen
sion, the Austrian government re
mained quiet and refused to com
ment. Court Dubious of
Remodeling Grant
Members of the county court
are dubious if the courthouse re
modeling project will proceed.
CWA authorities have said It wa
unlikely that any funds would be
available after May 1. By the
most favorable calculations of the
court, not more than 40 per cent
of the work could be done by that
time. If CWA would put up
money for all materials, the
court might consider appropriat- .
lng enough money to pay tor' CO)
per cent of the labor. CWA Indi
cates, however, it would only fur
nish a share of the materials and
labor for the next nine weeks.
Forest Boundary
Change Approved
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-(jPV-The
McNary bill authorizing the
revision of the boundaries of the
Fremont national forest la Ore
gon, and to include In the for
est not over 260,000 acres for
the production of timber, protec
tion of stream . flow and regal
tion and Improvement of graz
ing resources was passed today
by thtf senate. The house has yet
to approve the measure.
SAWMILL TO OPEN
G LEND ALE, Ore., Teh. 2MJP)
-Employment for about 20 mea
will be provided when the Clare
Lumber company's sawmill, about
operaton this week. The. mill has
been shut down sine last fall. -