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COMICS The Statesman has the only four -page comic sec tion " printed fat Salem. It's yours In the Sunday paper along with a score of other features. THE WEATHER Unsettled with occasional rain and snow today and Wednesday; Max. Temp. Monday 43, Mln. 34, river 3 feet, rain .25 inch. EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, March 5, 1935 No. 294 FOUNDED 1631 U Revamping of Oregon Government Pronnsed in Martin's New 30-Page Measure Has Backing of 31 of State Solons Concentrates Powers In Chief's Hands; May be Rushed With adjournment of the legis lature just around the corner. Governor Martin's legislative leaders yesterday tossed Into .the senate a 30-page bill providing for the most extensive reorgani zation of state government ever proposed in Oregon. It will be Senate Bill 584. The measure, being Pushed through the state printing office last night, bears the names of 14 senators and 17 representatives, and its sponsors freely predicted that the bill could be adopted within a week by the t 70 houses. The re-organization measure, while not termed a "cabinet, form" of governmental adminis tration, is modeled very closely after the cabinet setup of other states. Six New Departments , Would Be Created Its salient provisions are: Setting up of six new depart ments of state government, each named by directors whose au thorized salaries range from $6, 000 to $7500 each. Relegation of the work of pres ent state commissions and boards to strictly advisory functions. Appointments of all directors by the governor and through , them, the appointment of 22 di vision supervisors, at salaries left for determination to the depart ment directors. , Addition of three major duties to the work of ' the secretary of state whose organization is tor be called the department of state and whose salary is to be in creased to $7000 a year. , Removal of all duties I.rom the - state treasurer except the hand ling of state funds and a mem bership on the state board of con .trol which will continue to have charge of the state institutions. ; Abolition of the state highway commission and placing of com plete control of the department of highways with a director. Governor Martin accompanied the bill with a special message to the legislature. Extensive Changes '.Denied in Message Denying that any' extensive changes were asked, the execu tive declared that his proposed measure "affects only functions under the direct appointive power of the governor." He said, "Un der our present cumbersome and Inflexible system whereby so much administrative authority Is Tested in innumerable boards and commissions, the governor loses direct contact and central control over the administration of most of the important duties after such i ppointments are made. The governor declared activi ties of the majority of boards and commissions; would be con tinned in "their proper advisory capacity." He added that the "spending power of the various boards and commissions and on er state agencies would be re stricted and the authority to com , mit the state to expense materlal- ! ly reduced." "We have too many high-salar- ' led officials and commissions su pervising or doing work that should be done by deputies and other subordinates " the gover nor continued. "By transferring (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) E THEFTS SUSPENDED PORTLAND, Ore., March 4.-(ff)-Two Portland policemen ac cused of taking articles irom pharmacy were suspended today pending a hearing before a board of commanding officers. - Police Inspector Leon V. Jenk ins and Captain J. J. Keegan, chief of detectives, ordered the suspension of Patrolmen M. E . Kelson and R. C. Moulton. Informed by two newsboys that the door was open early Friday, the patrolmen investigated, help lag themselves to cigarettes and , candy and later calling the pro prietor, Edward S. Fletcher, Jenk ins ' said he was informed by George Campau, 16, one of the i newsboys. Jenkins! said Campau refused cigarettes offered by one of the officers but took a camera, stat lng, "I could use this," and there was no objection from the offi cers. John J. Haleu, 16, was with Campau who went home and to bed but soon arose and reported the incidents. Campau said he ,liv $20 In the safe, but it was reported missing when Fletcher arrived. BED OF Bill World News at Gl ance (By the Associated ?ress) Domestic: t ! WASHINGTON Advocates oi bonus and inflation open drives in congress. WASH INGTON President Roosevelt advocates maintenance of adequate merchant marine un der outright subsidy plan. WASHINGTON Supreme court slated to review controversial Frarier-Lemke mortgage morator ium law. STURGIS, S. D. Desperado captured after killing one, wound ing three in shooting way out of police net. WASHINGTON Senate post office committee postpones action on Huey Long's proposed invest! gation or postmaster general as Farley denies charges. SAN FRANCISCO Federal court holds administration's agri cultural adjustment act gives no authority for federal regulation of intra-state milk producers. Foreign : ATHENS Government troops score slashing victory over rebels in Macedonia. LEIPZIG, Germany Hjalmar Schacht urges several year mora torium of interest payments for German private debts. LONDON Great Britain points finger at Germany's increased ar maments as she adds $19,750,000 to'army budget. MOSCOW Russian scientists claim soviet experiments have es tablished possibility of flying rocket planes 30 miles above earth. LAUSANNE, Switzerland De tective guards, 11-year old prob able future king of Siam at school. Bonus Argument Centers on Currency; Townsend and Lemke Plans Press WASHINGTON, March i-(JP- The Irrepressible issues of Infla tion and payment of the soldiers bonus were woven at least tempor arily together tonight as advo cates of both courses drove into their first major campaign of the session. A day of bonus hearings before tne house ways and means com mittee evoked more testimony ex pounding the disputed desirability of expanding the currency than was devoted to the straight-out question of cashing the service certificates. All the witnesses advocated en actment of the Patman bill to pay the veterans with newly issued currency more than two billions of it and included individuals heretofore identified with lnfla tionary moves rather than the bo nus drive. Smartly groomed officials of the American Legion awaited their opportunity coming tomor row to support the Vinson bill, which makes no provision for raising the necessary money leaving that problem to the treas ury. - Inflationary moves appeared also, on two other congressional fronts. Representative Lemke (R-ND) announced he would file a peti (Turn to page 10, col. 4) FEND RICH IS VICTIM EUGENE, Ore., March 4.-3)- Karl Fendrieh, 45, Eugene furni ture dealer, was killed at noon to day when the Southern Pacific's fast-moving Shasta train, No. 7, struck the small truck he was driving. The accident occurred at a crossing five miles north of here. The truck was dragged half mile before the train stopped. Witnesses said Fendrieh appar ently did not see or hear the train. The truck- was struck just as it started across the track, although there was a clear view of the track for a mile. NO DAMAGE FOUND VANCOUVER, Wash., March 4. -()-Tbe tanker Brandywine which grounded on a sand bar In the Columbia river near here to day, was floated at high tide shortly after' 5 p. m. The Bbip was inbound from Los Angeles via Seattle when It went aground. There was no Indication the tanker was damaged. The ves- sel is operated by the Sunset Pa cific Oil company. FLMIYES COME IB BUNCHES PROMOTIONS AT MIDYEAR WILL OE ELIMINATED Changes in School Program To Be Effected This Spring, Planned Expense Saved; Portion of 9-B Group Will Enter High in September Sweeping readjustments entail ed in the administrative system of Salem's public schools by the directqrs' recent decision to end midyear entrance and promotions were outlined last night by Sup erintendent Silas Gaiser. They will include promotion of some pupils, retarding of others, chan ges in the entrance age for first graders, and elimination of the divisions of school year groups into A and B classes. The changes in the system will ultimately benefit all pupils, save confusion at midyear, reduce of fice work and effect savings in teacher expense, Gaiser said. It is planned to concentrate on com pleting these changes during the present semester in order that the new plan may be fully under way by the time the new school year opens next fall. Junior High Group To Finish Earlier At Parrish and Leslie junior high schools the present 9-B class es, consisting of pupils who fin ished the eighth grade last semes ter, will be classified so that the better students will be able to enter the senior high school with the present 9-A group next fall. To make this advancement possi ble, the 9-B students selected on the basis of (1) achievement tests, (2) teachers judgment and (3) past records, will take extra work this semester and be group ed together on entering the sen ior high school in order that they will not have to compete with more advanced pupils. Ponilirnmnta Hit Mnfanta accelerated" will fee worked out by department heads and teach ers by March 14, Gaiser said. Adjustments on a similar ba sis will be made within the Jun ior high schools for students in the present 7-B and 8-B groups. Gaiser estimated that not less than 35 boys and girls under this acceleration" program would en ter senior high school ahead of the usual time next fall and "if the senior high can accommodate them, the number may be sub stantially higher." In all cases of readjustments of classes consent of the parents will be asked before action Is taken, the superintendent empha sized. B-group pupils of the present semester who are not advanced (Turn to Pge 10, Col. 5) Cleaning Works Ordered to Give Back Eight Jobs PORTLAND, Ore.. March 4. (jfp) The regional labor board to day ordered the Portland clean lng works to restore jobs and give back pay for time lost to eight workers in a dispute with the company over union activities. The regional office report said the cleaning plant discharged two employes for asserted union ac tivities and six others struck, charging the company intimidated employes regarding union actlvl ties. The laundry and dry clean ing workers' union, affiliated with the American Federation of labor, was involved in the case. Train Kills Eugene Man Grounded Tanker Floated Snow Falls in Coast Area I Pension Statistics Given ASTORIA TO TOLEDO ASTORIA, Ore., March 4.-UP)- Snow fell In flurries here today and piled up to the depth of sev eral inches in the coastal ranges east of here. Snow was general in the Coast range as far south as Toledo, it was repcl.ed. Motorists complained that snow freezing on windshields made driving precarious on the lower Columbia river highway. STATE COST $646393 EUGENE, Ore., March The League of Oregon Cities to day reported that 75.5 per cent. or 7077 of 9377 persons who ap plied for old-age pensions in Ore gon in 1934, received funds. Malheur was the only county from which figures In the com pilation were missing. - The total expenditure for pen sions in Oregon, exclusive of Mal heur county, was $646,393. The average eost for December was 110.65 a person. The survey also showed that 35 counties answering queries have budgeted $969,240 for pensions in 1935, or an increase of nearly 50 per cent over 1934. ... Chiet Figures In TV A Ruling r V United States Attorney General Homer S. Cummlngs, below, will direct the government's defense of the $200,000,000 Tennessee Valley Authority's rights In the projected appeal of the decision rendered by Federal Judge William L Grnbb of Birmingham, Ala. Judge Grubb ruled that the TVA bad no right to compete with private concerns in the sale of electricity. In another reversal of New Deal policies he rendered an adverse decision against the NRA. F PASSED BY SENATE Zimmerman Brands it "Raw Deal" Favoring Special Interests; Vote 23-7 With Senator Zimmerman branding the new . deal a "dirty deal" in putting oves the change in date for the direct primary and Senator Burke failing in an effort to alter the new date from Sep tember to August, the Erwin bill changing the direct primary date and calling for nominations of delegates to national conventions by state conventions was passed in the senate Monday afternoon by the decisive vote of 23 to 7. Negative votes were cast by Burke, Carney, Fisher, McCor nack, Staples, Walker and Zim merman. It was Senator Zimmerman who carried the brunt of the argument against the measure shouting that it was a "big boys's measure, a bankers' measure, a big corpora tion measure, an International bankers' measure" which would give the Independent candidate it he were poor, no chance. He declared that similar bills never had a Chinaman's chance in previous legislatures controlled by (Turn to Page 10, Col. 4) S E PASSED BY SENATE Second of the administration's relief bills went through the sen ate late yesterday and will, be signed by Governor Martin today, The bill provides an appropria tion of $1,000,000 to be used for old-age pensions, provided the federal government appropriates sufficient funds to match the ag gregate amount the counties of Oregon and the state set aside for pensions in the next two years. The senate has already ap proved a bill which increases ap propriations from state liquor rev enues from $3,000,000 to $5, 500,000, the moneys going to aid the federal government in its work relief program In the state, The final relief measure comes up in the senate today. It sets aside $1000,000 from the gener al funds of the state to be used in aiding the 36 counties take care of unemployable persons The old-age pension plan went through the upper assembly with out dissenting vote. Spring Planting On in Umatilla . PENDLETON, Ore., March 4.- (F) Spring wheat seeding is on in earnest in the Umatillft county. ' Besides the farmers who plan ned l to plant" this spring, many others found winter cold dam aged seeds planted previously and new planting is necessary Effects of January's cold spell i '.-,w.v.v. .w.wa j w-v.-. ..V.v.-.v.-.v.v,' .jJgK''9j., : i E 5 MM 1 PEN ION MEASlli) did not show up until recently. DRAINAGE BOND ELECTION HERE SET FDR APRIL Vote on $22,000 Issue Will Be Held to Permit Job With SERA Labor Knox Law Change Favored in Spite of Protest by H. H. Vandevort Nearly smothered under a dis play of forensics that was more intense than usual, three major pieces of business were pushed through at last night's city coun cil meetings: 1. A special election was called for April 12 to vote on Issuing $22,000 worth of drainage bonds as part of the city's share in the cost of the proposed B and D street storm sewerage system. 2. The council went on record 13 to 1 in favor of House Bill 451, now in the legislature, which w'ould amend the Knox law to spe cify that cities shall have - the right to license, tax and regulate the sale of beer and wine. 3. The bill for $100 dues and $150 legislative assessment ren dered by the League of Oregon Cities was compromised at a to tal of $175. Would Provide Relief From Flood Trouble The bond issue, introduced by Alderman Cuyler Van Patten. would provide relief from the flooding of sanitary sewers which has annually caused widespread complaint in East Salem. Van Pat ten said. Some $13,000 needed in addition to the $22,000 from sale of the bonds as the city's share in the project would be se cured from special sewer and street funds now on hand. The SERA, for which the coun ty committee has already approv ed the project, would contribute 170,000 in labor. Van Patten said it was now proposed to build the new sewer all the way to the east city limits rather than to 2itk and walker streets as orig inally contemplated. The west ern terminus would be at Fifth and Church streets. The bonds would bear not more than 4 Vt per cent interest and mature in not more than 20 years It was pointed out by Van Pat ten and Mayor V. E. Kuhn that this bond issue was not to be con (Turn to Page 10, Col. 3) Lost Time May Be Made up by SERA Workers The two days of SERA work lost bv men and women nn tho ro. ner last wee, while federal funds were withheld, will be made nn to them within a short time, it was announced at relief headnnar ters, 357 North High street yes terday. The start in the office of D. G. Metcalf, SERA placement orrice, set Immediately at work preparing extra work assignments for the more than 500 men an women who were called off their Jobs Friday and Saturday. The many workers who called mere yesterday for last week i pay cnecks or for new assign ments unanimously emressed sat isfaction with the situation &n there was virtually no complaint over the two-day shutdown, staff workers reported. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., March 4.- (-Technical knockouts were sprinkled generously in Che first round of the preliminaries of the Pacific northwest amateur fight tryouts here tonight to pick fight ers for - the national amateur championship at St. Louis. Both Jim Miller of Oregon State and George Heodoratos of Wash ington State, heavyweights, were idle tonight by defaults, and will meet in the feature battle tomor row night. Henry Neuman, 147, Salem) scored a technical knockout in the second round over Fred Haje, 147, Portland. AMES, la., March 4. -)-A championship Iowa state basket ball team wrote a biasing finish to a successful season here to night and brought the big six basT ketball title to the cyclone campus by defeating Kansas State In a hard fought battle 39 to 31. PORTLAND, Ore., March 4.-(VP)-Walter Tinklt Acau downed Barnacle Bill Watklns in a wres tling match here tonight after the two. survived a battle royal of six contestants. Pascual Costlllo and Mickey Maguire divided falls in a prelim inary middleweight bout. McMINNVILLE. Ore., March 4. -(-Pacific university, dethroned this season as northwest confer ence champion, nevertheless fin ished its season firmly In second place with a 3$ to 30 win over Linfleld college here tonight. Greek F ederal Troops Inflict H eavy Loss on Rebels; F orce Relreat Poorly Armed Revolutionists Are Driven Back Across River Struma; Front Also Claimed (Copyright, 1935, by ATHENS, March 4. (AP) Government troops won a slashing victory against rebels in Macedonia today, driv ing them back across the river turing an unknown number. Poorly armed, the rebels from government machine guns-, advices from Macedonia said. O Bullets rained into the ranks of the fugitves as they plunged into the river and swam to the east bank, near Bulgaria. There the Scattered forces rallied and took up a new position. Government success on the na val front also was reported. A terrific aerial bombardment was reported to have set the flag ship of the rebellious Greek fleet aflame late today and the gov ernment unleashed fresh forces to stamp out civil war in Mace donia and Crete. Five planes which left with their bomb racks loaded to capa city for a raid on Souda bay, rebel base in Crete, returned to report they made two direct hits on the 9,450-ton cruiser Averoir, pride of the Greek navy. Already severely battered, tne Averoff was rtruck In the stern by tte 250-pound high explosive missiles. Flames rose high in the sky, the fliers said. S Secret Society Affiliation Ended, Group Restored Activity Privilege "Several students" the exact number was not revealed "are reinstated to the privileges oi participating in student activities at Salem high school after having been barred on account of mem bership in secret societies, Super intendent Silas Gaiser announced late yesterday. Their reinstatement, he said, is "because of the fact that they placed upon file early in the year written statements of complete severance of connections with the clubs". Since that time they have been on probation and "apparent ly in good faith kept themselves away from connections with these societies," he explained. A majority of the students to whom the right to hold student offices is being restored are girls Included among them, he pointed out, are "some leaders who are helping out by presenting written evidence that they are dropping their (secret society) affilia tions." "The school board feels that if students have made an honest ef fort, they should be restored to student leadership and be given the opportunity to have their fel (Turn to Page 10, Col. 7) Patman Scheme Is Decried Here Sentiment against payment of the so-ealled soldiers' bonus un der the Patman greenback plan pervaded the Capital Post No. 9, American Legion meeting at Fra ternal temple last night. The gen eral opinion of several impromtu speakers on the subject was that the Vincent plan o paying, the veterans with money1 backed by bonds or other "sound means was the preferable one,' according to Dr. Verden E. Hockett, com mander. No business of import ance was transacted. M X Mill DKEHED Cabinet Praises Roosevelt at Halfway WASHINGTON, March 4.-rP)-Silent himself, but with every member of his cabinet praising the results of the new deal, Pres ident Roosevelt looked today into a third white house year that holds questions of great moment to his political future. The overcast skies and the chiU in the air were strangely remin iscent of that day two years ago when the President stood on the steps of the capitol to respond as Chief Justice Hughes adminis tered the oath. Instead of preparing to meet a banking debacle and threatened economic collapse, however, today found Mr. Roosevelt sending . a merchant marine subsidy message to congress and endeavoring to straighten out , a- congressional tangle over his four billion . dol lar relief ' program a tangle which political wiseacres predict ed would cast its curiously twist tog shadows upon 1938 and its presidential election. - Congress was rebellious on oth er matters, too, and the soothsay ers also forecast that his skill in hackling divergent elements also would reflect itself in the nation's hiBtory. Success on Naval by Government the Associated Press) Struma after killing and cap retreated m terror under fire UnQHEJPEUTIOH Upside-Down Stomach Case Gets Attention; Held "Precarious" Now FALL RIVER, Mass., March 5. -Tuesday )-jP)-Ten year old Al-; yce Jane McHenry, whose "upside down" stomach was righted in an operation Monday, spent an un comfortable night and her sur geon early this morning described her condition as "precarious." Late Monday afternoon, attend ing physicians described her con dition as satisfactory. They said she was sleeping and that her pulse was 130, about normal. Virtually all Alyce's digestive organs were up in her chest where her left lung should be. The lung, too, was there, collapsed under the pressure. Stomach, Intestines, large and small, spleen and appendix were In the chest. It was the appendix that forced a change in plans of the operation after the chest was opened. Dr. Philemon E. Truesdale, chief sur geon in the operation, had ex pected to let the organs move slowly and gently down from the chest to the almost empty abdo men. They were born in the wrong place. There might not be room enough for them in the abdomen, but if the change could be made slowly the abdomen would adjust. The appendix, however, was up near the heart level instead of down near her right hip bone. To save her life the whole change had. to be made In a single opera tion. I PLM TITLE GAMES CORVALLIS, Ore., March 4. JpyiTegon state's two regular guards who have been on the in jure list for more than a week, wilV be back in the lineup when the Beavers meet University of Southern California here Friday and Saturday in the Pacific coast conference championship series. Dr. R. L. Bosworth, team phy sician, announced today that Mose Lyman's foot infection had im proved and that Bob Bergstrom now is little troubled with the an kle he sprained recently. Their return bolsters Oregon State's hopes for the series as the Beavers have had to depend large ly on defense for success this sea son. Lyman's return also streng thens the offense, as he is the highest scoring guard on the squad. SPOKANE SELECTED PORTLAND, Ore., March 4.- (ifp)-In a spirited : contest, Spo kane, Wash., was: chosen today over Bellingham, Wash., for the 1935 meeting place of B'nai B'rlth lodges of the Pacific north west. Point of Term Not until nightfall did he ob serve the anniversary itself. , A dinner to Which members of his cabinet and several close friends were invited had been arranged, It was given in the MayfloWet ho tel which housed the presidential family two years ago before it moved to the white house. Secretary Perkins said 2,550,- 000 men and women had returned to employment In private: indus tries and that payrolls were 80,- 700,000 larger each week than they were iff March, 1933.: She said labor department figures showed 310,000 men working on pubUe works construction.' 1,680,- 000 at emergency Works, 400,000 fin conservation work, 145,000 on state roads and 12,000 n RFC projects. '' i - Secretary Wall jce said the farm picture was much brighter than- two years ago. Surpluses have been cleared away by a com bination of farm measures and drought, he said, and a gradual increase In production was plan ned for 1935. Farm incomes, he added.' had increased from $4,- 370,000,000 in 1932 to 35,262,- 000.000 In 1933 and $6,163,000,- 000 in 1934. ' CHI1D WEAK AFTER REAVER ESUEIS SETTLED Recapture From Independent . Boards Through Tithina is Answer; Yan Winkle Says 1 Governor Can't Change Full Restoration Upon Low Salaries, 10 Per Cent on Higher Ones But Cost Not Above Last Biennium The Indignation of Governor Charles H. Martin over proposed salary Increases cast its spell, o the joint ways and means comW mittee last night, a majority or its members retracting their for- mer stand and agreeing to mark edly lower salaries for stat) workers in 1935-1936. After considering numerous amendments, the committee fin ally agreed: 1. To restore all salaries of $100 or less to the 1931-1932 scale. 2. To restore all salaries above that point, one -tenth of the amount they were reduced for 1933-1934. f The commUtee then proceeded to recapture fully as much money for the general fund as the sat ary increases will demand. It stiffened the 1933-1934 tith ing law by making the rate tea per cent on self-sustaining funds up to $100,000 and three per . cent on all moneys received above that point. Only exemp tions from the tithing law wiH !. be the industrial accident com mission .and the state highway department. - - ,. . Savings Last Biennium Go Into General Fund It then provided that all the savings In salaries by Indepen dent boards and commissions, be tween the 1935 - 1936 schedule and the 1931 - 1932 schedule. would go to the general, fund of the state. Only exemptions t this ruling will be the higher educational activities and the state game commission which al ready owes the general fund $47,000. In the ' last biennium the in dependent boards and commis sions were subjected to the sal- . ary cuts but the savings wera retained in their own special funds. The ways and means committee acted after receiving wor4 through Senator Dean Walker that Attorney-General Van Win kle had ruled orally that the gov- ; ernor, under his budget control power, had no right to raise or lower salaries. Senator Strayer contended the opinion was wrong. The opinion served, however, t , block al ways and means proposal ' that a lump sum increase be give for salaries to each department with the governor empowered to adjust payments to workers as he saw fit. A quartet of committee mem bers, Senators Strayer and He and Representatives Jones and Hill, stayed with the committee's former proposal of a 50 per cent restoration of the salary : cuts. When that proposal was vote down, they moved a 2i per cent restoration. That also failed, eight committee members voting - no. Senator Wheeler made the motion for the ten per cent restoration. Representative Semon made the m.otion that. all. payments up to $100 a month be restored in full. The committee received a shock: when Representative Wallace ap peared before the body and re (Turn to Page 10, CoL 2) , CLEJUIG PUNTS 8.1. ' SAN FRANCISCO, 'larch 4.-()-Three attacks on cleaning es tablishments today resulted la the arrests - of six men and In Jury to a woman in San Fran cisco's cleaning and dyeing Indus try's selge on firms refusing td charge code prices. . Injured was Olga Blanton, a nurse, cut by flying glass as she stood Inside one of the "Inde pendent" places that refused to close Its doors. Under arrest were Ted Rodltsky, 21; William O'Hara, 20; Milton Evans, 31; Mershal Hockede. 28 1 Emile Ka bin, 27, and Charles Mallory. 33,4 Demonstrations were - startea W vArVmtn nftM! 1460 tilants employing 10,000 persons were closed in protest ; against price cutting. Two different :plants be longing to one concern, were the object of all three attacks. The nurse was a customer, in one of the p 1 a c e a when rocks were thrown through windows. TTQH