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CIRCULATION Average Daily and Sunday ' for February, 1935 " Distribution 7981 , , r Net Paid 7562 - MEMBER A. B. G. . THE WEATHER I , Unsettled and colder with : rain today . and Thursday ; . Max. Temp.-. Tuesday 48, , Mini. 84, river 4 feet, cloudy, southerly winds. - EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morninff, March 20, 1935 No. 397 r mm HOOPERS Of! tail State Hoop Show Starts at 1 p.m. With Salem Quint Leading Off Against La Grande Aspirants Eight Games Scheduled For Today; The ' Dalles First To Appear; Ticket Sale Reflects Interest SCHEDULE FOR TODAY IN STATE TOURNAMENT 1 p. in. Salem vs. LaGrande 2 p. m. Marshfield vs. Co lumbia Prep S p. m. Ashland ts. Benson 4 p. m.-Jefferson ts. Uma pine 5 p. m. Mill City vs. Astoria 7:30 p. m. C orvalltsvs. Klamath Falls 8:30 p. m. McMinnville ts.. The Dalles , , 9:30 p. m. G a r d 1 n e r vs. Oakrldge By PAUL HAUSER While wind, rain and enow beat an appropriate tempo for the cli max of a winter sport and threat ened to make the 16th annual basketball tournament the first white tourney in history basket ball teams from all over Oregon trouped Into . Silem yesterday ready for the opening today of the race for the state high school basketball championship. . i The Dalles, arriving at&bon yesterday, was the first team to put in an -appearance and was fol lowed shortly by last year's runner-ups Klamath Falls. LaGrande and Ashland both ar rived yesterday afternoon while Astoria and Marshfield showed up early last night and Umapine, eastern Oregon "B" team, stepped off the train into a snowstorm at 11:30 p. m. All other teams, situated close to Salem, will arrive- early this morning. Salem for First Time Plays Opening Game Play will begin at 1 o'clock this afternoon when La Grande and Salem clash in the opening en counter. Each of the 16 teams, ev ery one a district champion, will play before the final game winds op about 10:30 o'clock tonight. Klamath Falls was the first team to try out the Willamette floor and went through their paces for about an hour. The sec ond place team last year, the Pel icans hare , brought back six of their last year's squad this year. Coach. Beryl Hodgen of The Dalles, though reported home In bed with the mumps, labeled the report as grossly exaggerated when he trotted out his trim quint (Turn to page 2, col. 2 : - EPIDEMIC OF CAR THEFTS REPORTED Car thieves descended on Salem last night and drove away three automobiles, police were notified. The stolen machines were as fol lows! Heavy sedan, Oregon license 130-350, registered to S. S. Has brook, 4 (0 Academy street, stolen 1 from Church and Chemeketa street Intersection. Light touring, Oregon 119-417, registered to Emmett Lloyd Gil mer, 332 North 19th, taken from State and High streets. Light victoria coupe, Oregon 143-171, registered to Dr. Charles E. Tatro of Jefferson, taken from rear of Oregon building where he has offices. Paul Jackson to Stay at Klamath K LA MATH FALLS, -Ore., Mareh 19.-C")-Paul T. Jackson, president of the State High School Athletic association, was reelected principal of Klamath high last night by the school board despite his previously announced Inten tion to resign. ' He accepted, and will serve his 11th term, v BODY IS WASHED UP NEWPORT, Ore., March 11.-tS3)-It was believed tonight that a badly decomposed body which washed np on he beach here might be that of Alfred Ferguson, crab fisherman drowned ' Decem ber II when his boat swamped. However Identification appeared Impossible.' , . . Marion Couriifr"Bj Hopefuls Face State Cham plonlQuint Late Today r.m. .. ,,s I It won't dampen any of the fire of the "Flying Finns," bat the state champion Fishermen's opponents la the first ronnd of the state toarnament which opens today, the Mill City quintet shown above, are coached by an Astoria "grad" and pupil of "Honest John" War. ren, 8. Eliassen. The Mill City squad, from the left, front row, Allen, Seim, McAnley, Smith, Catherwood. Back row, Coach Ellas sen, Wachter, Herron, Wood. n KieERiN STAND MES FORM Mild British Note Disliked By Others; More. Action Talked at Berlin (By The Associated Press) Sentiment against Germany's rearmament slowly took 6hane Tuesday with the prospect that Britain, France and Italy might meet over the conference table to harmonize their views concerning Adolf Hitler's renewal of compul sory military service. Germany, apparently paying lit tle heed to the furore stirred by Hitler's announcement, began working out plans for the new system. It was reported that the Reich is considering an attack on still another clause of the Versatile treaty, that demilitarizing the left bank of the Rhine. London French and Italian displeasure at the "mild" tone of the British protest to Berlin was expected to result in an emergen cy . meeting of their representa tives. - Berlin By day and night mil itary planes hummed above Berlin in visible demonstration of the Reich's self-delivery from the Ver satile treaty. While German offi cials fixed their eyes on Poland, (Turn to page 3, "col. 1) NOTE TO GERMANY BEI WASHINGTON, March 19.-(5V A protest against Germany's vio lation of its peace treaty with the United States was held under con sideration tonight by the Roose velt administration but against this was balanced a keen desire to avoid any entanglement in the lat est European crisis. This country's diplomatic chiefs were known to feel that there were grounds for representations to the German government, since Adolf Hitler's defiance of arma ment clauses in the Versatile trea ty also disregarded similar provi sions tn the German-American treaty. But it' was reiterated of ficially tonight that no commun ication had been dispatched to the Reich. President Roosevelt continued conference wiih Secretary Hull and Norman H. Davis, American ambassador-at-large, and officials conceded privately, that it was a safe assumption that this govern ment was. provoked by Germany's abrupt' action. At the White House It was made clear earlier in the aay, however; that the president would not be rushed Into any precipitate action involving tne united states in Eu ropean affairs until the entire sit uation had been thoroughly analysed. i CONSIDERED Governor Orders Thorough Probe into Relief Mailers A 30-day probe of state relief administration in Oregon was of ficially opened yesterday when Governor Charles H. Martin met with his three special investigat ors and charged them to "get to the bottom of the relief situation in Oregon. ?XZ1 "You are to approach ymt i& ties with open minds," tie? gov ernor said. "Yon are notfXt0)oid any pre-dispositlon either toicon demn or to absolve the state re lief committee or any persons con nected with Its work." i Monday the governor had named Verne Dusenbery of Portland as chairman of the Investigation committees. Yesterday the three investigators chose Senator E. A. McCornack of Eugene as chair man, and named Dusenbery as ex ecutive secretary. Third; member of the Investigating group is Miss Grace Phelps of Portland, who also attended the meeting yester day in the governor's office here. .The Investigators are j to serve without pay. Provision for the routine expenses of the Investi gation including the employment of. an assistant secretary will be met from the state relief fund. LUTE SH STORM A DENTS Inch-Deep Layer Comes to Salem; Cars Off. Road, One Injury Noted Intermittent rain streaked with hail, turned to snow here at 10:30 o'clock last night and blanketed the city an inch deep with a wet, slushy carpet. Willson park gave a mid -winter appearance with its trees covered with the snowfall at midnight. Persons coming to the city from the upland country reported a number of Inches of snow In the foothills. Weather predictions for today called for a continuation of the near - freezing temperature with the snow turning to rain during the day. Last night's snow storm caused at least three automobiles to slide into ditches north of Salem and apparently was to blame for a heavy, roadster driven by -Henry Hill, 196 South 23d street, bit ting and breaking off a Southern Pacific communications line pole across the highway from the Val ley Packing company plant. Mrs. Hill was taken to Salem General hospital to have lacerations above and below the right eye dressed. She later went home. One freight truck driver report ed having seen three automobiles in the ditches along the Pacific highway north of Salem. Police here received no reports of per sons other than Mrs. Hill being in jured in accidents.. The fallen Southern Pacific wires cut off the crossing signals in the vicinity. Onemotorlst bare ly averted being struck by the southbound Cascade by hurriedly backing off the tracks when he saw Its headlight. State police reported snow was not as heavy on the highway south of Salem as It was in the city. Traffic was tied up tor a few min utes on Prune hill when a truck broke down. Bearcat Debate Squad Topples Liniield Again The Willamette university de bate squad last night defeated Linfield college at McMinnville to maintain fts lead In the series for state debate championship with six wins and one loss. Laurence Morley and Randall Kester representing Willamette won a decisive victory over Hatt and Moore of Linfield. ' Tonight, "Willamette's cham pionship debate squad will com pete -with Pacific university, in the Little Theatre room in Waller hall. Headquarters for the Investiga tion are to be set up in the Oregon building in Portland. Beginning Immediately, the committee will accept complaints regarding relief. Governor Martin Insisted, how ever, that no accusations be ac cepted except nder. affidavit. "Already there is talk that this investigation is to be a white wash," the governor told his In vestigators. "I want no such In vestigation. I do want yon to go into this entire matter of relief in a thorough, orderly, decent, patri otic manner." While the governor Instructed the investigators to release no public statements on their find ings! before the 80-day period was up,, lie also ordered that there should be no closed sessions, In dicating the press would be ad mitted while testimony was being taken. "I want no such exhibitions as are put on before the city council In Portland," Martin declared. : Attending the conference yes terday was Raymond S. Olson, re gional field examiner tor the fed' - -v (Turn to page 2, col. fi) POIR BILL IS s Would Indicate Willingness Of State to Build Lines Message Declares , No Need of Haste, Governor Points Out; Obligation On State is Noted Senate Bill 404 the only util ity legislation of any consequence to be passed by the 3 8 th legisla tive session was vetoed yester day by Governor Charles H. Mar-1 tin in line with predictions the last two days that the bill would meet the governor's disfavor. Salient objection to the bill made by the governor was the statement that approval of the measure would indicate to the federal government that Oregon would assume the financial bur den of building transmission lines from Bonneville. "This is contrary to the posi tion I took during my campaign," the governor said. "The govern ment will have $30,000,000 or more' invested in the Bonneville project and will in all probability make provision In due time for the construction of necessary transmission lines to carry this power to consuming markets. To allow tnis bill to become law would amount to a repudiation of my declarations about transmis sion lines in the 1934 elections and would disregard the people's verdict in the same election on the grange lower bill." No Need fop Haste Martin Points Oat Senate Bill 404 would have pro vided for a state power district, in charge of three elected commis sioners, with authority to , build and operate transmission lines and to sell electric power at wholesale or retail. Capital out lays by the board would have been secured through , the sale of self liquidating obligations. The dis trict would lAve. subjected to all taxes the state and Its subdivi sions applied to privately-owned utilities. Governor Martin pointed out in his veto message that the Bon neville project Is not likely to be completed before January 1, 1938. He said the 1937 legislative ses sion would h;ive ample opportun ity to act intelligently on the transmission line problem and to (Turn to page 2, col. 6) JURY SOUGHT FOR OSBOURNE'S TRIAL PORTLAND, Ore. March 19.- (Jpy Much progress was made to day In selection of a jury to try Joseph J. Osbourne, special police man, on charges of first degree murder for the fish pool slaying of Simon Mish, Portland furniture dealer. It was Indicated another hour would be required tomorrow to complete the jury of 12 with two alternates. Osbourne, accused of bludgeon ing Mlsh into unconsciousness and then sliding his limp form into a fish pond at the rear of his house the night of December 11, appear ed unperturbed but interested In today's proceedings. During court recess he chatted and smiled with a sister, Juanita Osbourne. Defense questioning of venire men indicated the defense would seek to bar or discredit statement Osbourne was quoted as giving po lice following his arrest, state questioning indicated the death penalty would be sought. Police Detective Jack Keegan said Os bourne admitted visiting and drinking with Mlsh the night of the slaying, but denied any knowl edge of the deed.: Father oi Slain Boy Files Charge . PORTLAND, Ore., March 19.-(P)-Paul Vandenburg was charg ed with manslaughter late today a few hours after a coroner's jury declared his shooting of Vernon Weaver, 17, alleged prowler, was "justifiable homicide." The complaint against Vanden burg was signed by L. J. Weaver, father of the slain boy who Van denburg said was prowling about his premises. PNEUMONIA FATAL PORTLAND, Ore., March 19. (flVKennegji a. Mayer, 18, one of two recently afflicted with spinal meningitis at Bonneville, Ore., died here today from an attack of pneumonia which struck him as he was recovering from his other illness. DOPE' USER SENTENCED PORTLAND, Ore,. March 19.- (Jpy-Mn. Lillian Smith, formerly of Junean, Alaska, who was con victed last week of! forging nar cotics prescriptions, today was sentenced to three years in prison by Federal Judge i James Alger Fee., -v - '-" ,- CUES 1 Worlcl News at a Glance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: WASHINGTON Administra tion weighs protest to Germany, shunning precipitate action. WASHINGTON White House approval seen for proposed legis lation outlawing war profits and drafting Industrialists at army pay. MEMPHIS New floods render 15,000 homeless, in parts of Mis souri and Arkansas. WASHINGTON Soldiers bo nus debate opens in house; three methods of payment under discus sion. WASHINGTON Chain of pub lic power plants, financed in part by federal funds, seen in bills pending In state legislatures. CHICAGO "De Lawd" goes to his eternal green pastures as thousands pay last tribute to Richard B. Harrison, negro actor.. WASHINGTON Senate admin istration forces beat back efforts to slash proposed 14,880,000,000 work relief fund. COLUMBUS Federal relief di rector's affidavits charging politi cal corruption in Ohio bring grand jury inquiry, governor Is target. WASHINGTON Income tax receipts predicted 30 -per cent above year ago. Foreign : BRUSSELS Premier Theunis and cabinet resign in gold stand ard controversy. LONDON France, Italy and Great Britain seek to settle dif ferences over German protest as reich pushes military plans. TEGUCIPALPA Grounded ex cursion schooner wrecked, 116 persons aboard are saved. BERLIN Government's tests of city's invulnerability to air at tack declared successful; city in darkness. PARIS English, French and Italian statesmen to meet before Ango-German conversations. MOSCOW Soviet announces arrest of 1074 former aristocrats; many will be exiled. TOPIC PRECIPES Must Be In Bn-Thursday by Noon; Cash Priies For Best Are Offered A fine variety of graham crack er recipes is coming in to .tne Round Table editor this week and there is still time to enter one or more contributions before the con test closes tomorrow noon. Any tested recipe using graham crackers is eligible. Spreads for graham crackers are also desired. Send in as many as you wish. Cash prizes totaling 1 2 will be awarded the three best recipes submitted. Continuing with the citrus fruit series: Quick Orange Jam S enpi aranf pnlp and Jole 1 lemon, pulp and jnie li cops, annr Boll quickly about 10 minutes or until syrupy and clear. Very good served warm on hot biscuits. Makes two glasses of jam. Lemon Cheese s - S caps ing-ar . cap lemon juics L enp batur Ttt er?a well and add other ingredients. Cook over hot water (Turn to page z, coi. 3) Salem Resident At Coast Shoots Himself Fatally NEWPORT. Ore., March 19.-()-Grayson Macklesen of Salem shot himself through the heart today, the county coroner re ported. Mackleson Is surlvived by his widow and children four and five years of age, and by his mother, Mrs. Uber of Brownsville. Local morticians were without word at midnight regarding Mack leson's death. His name was not listed In the Salem directory and efforts to check his residence ad dress here were fruitless. Street Address Wrong in Story Abram Volchok yesterday re ported the address of his second hand goods business. Star Ex change, 311 North Commercial street, had been published erron eously as the address of the build ing across the street which H. Steinbock Monday night request ed the city council to permit him to move into. Volchok is conduct ing business as usual at 311 North Commercial street. . The Steinbock matter landed on the council floor after E. C. Bun nell, city building inspector, had condemned the building at. 22 9 North Commercial street which Steinbock had leased. The coun cil granted Mm permission to do business there until May 1, when the lease expires. . FRED GEYER DIES CORVALLIS. Ore.V March II.- Mpy-Fred A, Geyer, 39, native Ore- gonian and resident of Corvallis the past 27 years, died at bis home here today, v ; - 11 ffiSfi HITS 25 BILLS Upset Price on Foreclosure Unconstitutional and Unwise, Declared Scrip Redemption Tax For Portland and License Refund Killed Off Wielding a vigorous veto pen until the hour of midnight, Gov ernor Charles H. Martin late yes terday had disapproved 25 meas ures the legislature passed and had stricken two Items from an other bill, to make a record of having vetoed more proposed laws than any Oregon governor in a de cade. More than a score of other mea sures failed to receive the approv al of the executive who let them become law without his signature. Midnight found the executive's desk cleared of the 564 measures which the 38th session passed on to, him for consideration. He will leave Salem today for a short va cation trip. Included in last nigbt' vetoes were two comranion senate bills providing that circuit courts in Oregon could set minimum prices below which real or personal property could not be sold in mortgage foreclosure actions. Portland Scrrp Tax Measure Feels Ax The governor also killed House Bill 355, hurried through in the closing days of the session, which would have permitted Multnomah county commissioners to levy a tax of not more than one-tenth of a mill to redeem outstanding scrip Issued there during the peak of the depression. "The approval of this bin would be in conflict with my Re peated declarations that I would not approve any bills authorizing additional taxes." the governor declared. He added that voters in Portland had on two. occasions voted against redeeming the scrip whose holders took the scrip ruir ly conversant that wag to be li quidated out of a Btajnp tax rev enue. In disapproving the mortgage foreclosure bills, S. B. 178 and S. B. 179, the governor said At torney General Van Winkle had advised him that both measures were unconstitutional since they attempted to impair the obliga tions of contract. He also assert ed that the two measures. If made (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Scores of Marion county SERA laborers were reported yesterday to be signing a petition decrying what was held to be the dismissal of Lloyd M. Sweet, who for two months has served as county SERA safety supervisor. One pro ject head, who did not care to be quoted, said virtually all of his men were signing the petition. He himself knew nothing of tne peti tion until he found It circulating among the workers, he said. Sweet Is no longer working un der the SERA here, said Glenn C. Niles, county relief administrator, when questioned. He said simply that the safety project nad been terminated. During his service in the county Sweet visited all relief projects to see that property safety precau tions were being taken and that equipment was in proper condi tion. He also looked after the com fort and welfare of the laborers in such matters as clothing and supplying poison oak remedies. WORKERS PROTEST ASSERTED OUSTER Pos toff ice Project Here Receives Encouragement Efforts of the Salem chamber of commerce to obtain an entirely new postoffice structure here are progressing very satisfactorily and the chamber has a good basis for believing it will win out In its fight for the buUding, Howard Hulsey, chamber president, an nounced late yesterday. Hulsey based his statement on two developments: 1 1. A wire from Senator Charles L. McNary late yesterday announ ced that "Salem has been placed on the list of projects which will be siren . consideration In the event additional funds are: provid ed for public bunamg construc tion." . 2. Over the weekend telegrams from McNary, from Senator Stef wer and an airmail letter from Congressman Mott brought word that the postoffice department had agreed on a thorough surrey of the Salem postoffice situation with the view of presenting a re port to the treasury department on this city's postoffice needs. Hulsey said the chamber sought the construction of a . federal building here at a cost of 1500, 000, a structure suitable for the growth of the community in the HI RECALL TOWNSEND CLUBS Returns, Incomplete But Decisive Give 3 to 2 Margin For Removal of Lane County Legislator Accused by Pension Adherents of Breach of Promise; City Vote About Even, Rural Ballots Strong for Ouster Member of House Denies Pledge to Support Particular Pension Plan But Affirms Friendliness to Principle; Quiet Campaign Conducted by Both Sides; Voting is Light With Pension Adherents Out in Force EUGENE, Ore., March 19 (AP) Howard S. Merriam, Lane county legislator, became the first victim of Town send old age pension ardents, incomplete but conclusive elec tion returns showed tonight. With 73 of 96 precincts of today's election reported, the vote stood 6124 in favor of the recall and 395 against. In the face of threats that he would be recalled unless he voted to endorse the Townsend pension plan, Merriam refused to endorse the $200 a month scheme but voted in favor of "an equitable old age pension." Merriam appeared to be holding his own in Eugene pre cincts but was losing heavily in the country areas, early returns indicated. The recall, election was instituted against the Lane leg- -' oislator as a result of his vote oa TIMBER PURCHASE HERE IS IBBIFUl No Money Available Now, is Report; Oregon Enabling' Act Under Question WASHINGTON, March 1 9 -ff) The forest service said today there was no definite program to purchase Oregon timber under the Weeks act despite the auth orization by the Oregon legisla ture for Buch transactions. ' A spokesman for the service said that no money had been ap propriated by congress for pur chase under, the Weeks act and until money was made available no plans would be made for ob taining timberlands. He said that, even though mon ey was made available It did not necessarily mean purchases would be made In Oregon for the money would be given to the forest ser vice In a lump sum and the pur chases "made in sections where the terms are the most advantage ous to the United States." , Previously all purchases have been made east of the Rocky mountains, he said. There is some question whether the act of the Oregon legislature meets the requirements of the Weeks act, the spokesman added, but said that would be determined when the legislative act is re ceived here. He explained, how ever, . that even though the state law does meet the requirements of the federal act, it does not neces sarily mean purchases will be made In Oregon. FOURTH CAR STOLEN - The fourth car theft within a period of a few hours was report ed, late last night by city police. This car, a coupe bearing Oregon license 130-979 belonged to Roy McDonaldV 1005 North Cottage street. next three decades. A postoffice committee of the chamber, com posed of J. N. Chambers, chair man, T. A. Wlndlshar and W. M. Hamilton, has been working on the project since the first of the year. Hulse said. Senator McNary reported that he had received his information directly from the procurement di rector of the treasury department. Senator Steiwer wired that Mott and he had personally interview ed Officials In the postoffice de partment and secured their pledge of a survey. '. . . The ehamber of commerce has already started its work of aid ing the surveyors by preparing extensive data on the growth of Salem' and beginning the prepara tion of charts showing the prob able growth of the community the next SO years. " : The present postoffice struc ture was erected In- 19 OS at a cost of S 7 5,0 OK . At that time the official census of Salem was 4 Z5 6 and the yearly - volume of mail handled came to only $25,000. By 1930 the city's census had increas ed to 20.266 and the volume of mail handled was exceeding $240,- y (Turn to page 2, coL s) " - i . 1 J"' '- 1. . the I Townsend memorial In the -house during legislative -session. Lane county Townsend clubs,- ua- ' der the direction of Charles L. v Paine, district organizer, started the recall when Merriam refused to heed their threat and change his vote on 'this Issue: The campaign aroused eonsid- : erable interest in the county, both sides conducting Intensive cam paigns though doing most of their work quietly. " The Townsenders claimed Mer riam violated promises to them to vote for the Townsend plan while the Lane legislator Insisted he had never made any promise to support the plan although1 de claring he was for old age pen sions in principle. , The vote, as had been predict ed, was light. Merriam's friends had declared this would militate ' against his chances of retaining his position, as the organised Townsend club members .would be sure to turn out almost full -force. RI016 III HARLEM CAUSES ONE DEATH NEW YORK, March 20 (Wed- . nesday)-fl,)-One man was wound ed fatally, and scores were in jured, In hours of rioting by thou sands of New York's Harlem ne gro district last night. Lyman Quart erman, 24, negro, digd in Harlem hospital early to day from a gunshot wound la the abdomen received during last night's rioting at 121st street, and Seventh avenue. Two other negroes were shot and are in the hospital. The rioting thousands smashed store windows, looted shops and attacked pedestrians for hours until several hundred policemen, thrown into the fray, restored or-: der early today. '' 1 Spurred hy false reports a ne- ; , gro boy had been beaten to death, ; a crowd of 1 000. demonstrated in j front of a 5 and 10 cent store j ... on 125th street It was dispersed ; and succeeded by a crowd police -estimated at more than 2000 which conducted guerilla warfare In the streets until midnight, Olympia Session : Virtually Ended ; : : Tax Bill Passed ' OLYMPIA,. Wash., March lt. (&) - The Washington legislature, in Its fifth day of overtime, -was virtually brought to a close to night when the bouse passed the.. $52,000,000 tax bill, S3 to S9, sending it to the governor, k The senate approved the met-, sure 25 to 21 this afternoon. It will require ahout 24 hours to en roll the act before the legislature can adjourn "sine die." s Both chambers also expected to act shortly on the supplemental appropriation bilL ; Sales Tax Bill ' Voted in Idaho , . -. . , .... ..... BOISE. Idaho, Marfh 19.-CPr-The Idaho senate passed the -house-approved 2 per teent retail sales tax bill by a 26-18 vote to night; i : . It now goes to Governor Ross who has endorsed It The vote ' came after a s' four ' hour debate." - ' s