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EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
4 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 21, 1935
No. 303
rfG0ME, MARTIN
Personnel at Capital to be
Left to Department
Heads, His View
Governor Says He Has, no
: Idea of Building Machine;
On Trip to See Roads
Off for an inspection trip of
roads in eastern Oregon and a re
spite from the heavy duties the
'first CO. days In the executive's
office hare brought him. Governor
Charles H. Martin yesterday, in a
.formal statement, laid down his
policy on appointment of new
state administrative heads.
"I shall take my time," said
the governor.
"I have no intention of building
up a personal political machine.
"I regard my office as a public
trust and my appointments shall
be based on merit rather than on
considerations of political or per
sonal reward."
To Appoint . Only
Department Heads
Governor Martin, before his de
parture, Indicated clearly that he
would appoint only department
heads and the members of var
ious state commissions and
boards. "It is obviously impossi-
IiIa far Tn a tn rievniA tTia nAtoa-
sary attention to many other du
t ties of my office and at the same
- time to give my personal atten
tion to the many applicants for
positions In the statehouse," the
governor indicated.
"I am therefore compelled to
take the position that I shall per
sonally appoint only the depart
ment heads and the various com
missions. I shall hold each com
missioner directly responsible to
me for the efficient and economi
cal administration of his respect
ive office. This cannot be done if
I .were to name or even to recom
mend the members of the staff by
whom the work pf Uwepartment
or commission is to be per
formed." V
Governor Martin set at rest re
ports that a statehouse cleaning
impended. "It is not anticipated
there will be any wholesale dis
charge of the present personnel,"
he said.
Major Attention to
Administrative Matters
The executive also stated that
he intended from now on to give
- his major attention to adminis
trative matters. The immediate
and difficult problem first to be
faced is one of personnel, he said.
However, many of the heads of in
stitutions are appointed by the
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UBOR BOARD FOB
WASHINGTON, March 20.-P)
The Labor Relations board today
appointed a regional panel for
Portland, Ore.
The panel is to take testimony
on complaints of violations of
NIRA's collective bargaining pro
visions; mediate in disputes and
conduct elections at the request
of the parties concerned or at the
national board's order.
Industrial representatives:
Nathan A. Boody, Roberts
Brothers department store execu
tive; MaxN3. Hirscb, president of
the Birsch-Weis- Manufacturing
company, and L. H. Hoffman, ar
chitect. Labor representatives:
Gustave Anderson, secretary -treasurer
of the Central Labor
council; Ben Osborne, secretary
of the Oregon Federation of La
bor; Agnes M. Quinn, business re
presentative of the waitresses and
cafeteria workers' union; "W. E.
Klmsey, printer; B. W, Sleeman,
carpenters' union.
Public representatives:
Roy J. Shields, lawyer; the
Rev. George F. Thompson, pastor
of the Madeleine parish; Clement
Akerman, economics professor at
Reed college.
Protest Troopers
Patrolling Strike
SEATTLE, March ZO.-tiPV-The
central labor council tonight sent
a telegram of protest to Governor
Clarence D. Martin after charges
were made by delegates of the
International Seamen's union that
state patrolmen were escorting
non-union workers to point wells.
north of here, whore the tanker
District of Columbia Is laid up in
the tanker strike.
r Ohio Democrats
CallonF.D.R.
COLUMBUS, O., March 20-GP)
PORTLAND
110
. ' -Democratic members of Ohio's
general assembly Lite today call
"ed on President Roosevelt to
"right the wrongs that hare been
done our governor" in the relief
controversy -with relief ad mini -
i trator Harry L. Hopkins
Troops Called After
Vanda Is Blast Levee '
In M ississippi Basin
New Dust Storm of Serious Proportions is
Doing Wide Damage in Plains Region;
Fifth' Fatality Reported
GREENWOOD, Mis., March 20. (AP) National guard
troops were hurriedly ordered to Leflore county tonight
after several hundred, men overpowered guards and dynamit
ed a levee near Philipp in Tallahatchie county.
, Reports circulated that the vandals were headed toward
the dry Bayou levee 12 miles north of here where 25 guards
O
TANKER COMPMES
E
E
Break Off Relations With
Seamen's Union; Dock
Strike Threatened
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-
()-CompanIes operating Pacific
coast oil tankers that have been
tied up Bince March 9 by a sea
men's strike, tonight began for
mulating plans to resume service
after breaking off all j relations
with the International Seamen's
union. !
While the strike rettiained a
tense, unsettled issue into which
a federal conciliator thrust the
statement that he was "unable to
get anywhere" a unioii official
said t)ie walkout migt affect
longshoremen, focal group In last
summer's coastwide marine strike.
This was revealed' by Harry
Bridges, local president of the In
ternational Longshoremen's asso
ciation, who declined to elaborate
on his assertion.
The oil company officials set
no time for resumption of tanker
operations nor did they reveal
whether it would be attempted
with non-union crews. Hiring of
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March
20.-(iP)-Sir Malcolm Campbell's
speedy argosy for 1935 was over
tonight, barring only a miracle of
nature, and the slender English
man was ready to pack his be
loved monster Bluebird and trke
her and her new 276.816 miles an
hour record back home I to Eng
land. He made his final test runs on
Daytona's gleaming sands today,
but they were tests fori the fu
ture rather than the present. The
beach was still too rough for any
thing like the 300 miles is n hour
he seeks, and so he contended
himself with experiments with
acceleration.
Tomorrow is his deadline here,
and there seemed not a chance in
a millifin that the perverse weath
er that has haunted his seven
weeks here would suddenly shit
overnight and do for him what it
baa refused all this time-i-provide
the" perfect, smooth, " hard beach
on which he can loose his 2500
horsepower monster to the fulh
Compass Plane's
Hawaiian Flight
Plans Abandoned
OAKLAND, Calif., March 20.-
()-A distance flight 700 miles or
more over the Pacific and return
in lieu of a hop to Hawaii was be
ing charted here tonight; for the
department of commerce radio
compass plane.
Original plans looking eventual
ly toward a 2,400 mile hop So the
island territory went glimmering
when department of commerce of
ficials in Washington announced
definitely the operations would
be confined to cruises perhaps
900 or 1,000 miles out and return.
1
BLUEBIRD SPEEDING
111 Fill TESTINGS
Roosevelt to Urge Passing
MootediBills This Session
By CECIL B. DICKSON
WASHINGTON, March 20.-P)
-Authoritative word reached the
capitol today that President Roos
evelt wants all controversial ad
ministration legislation passed at
this session to clear the way for a
short and harmonious assembly of
congress prior to the 19 8 presi
dential campaign.
This political strategy was de
cided upon. It was said, to avert
next year if possible any serious
party schisms over legislative pol
icies that might Interfere with
plans to bring about reelection of
President Roosevelt and a demo
cratic congress. i
,. Talk among some leading dem
ocrats of scrapping a good tit of
the administration's controversial
legislation at this session, particu
larly the omnibus banking bill
and portions of the social secur
ity program, is understood In in
formed s e n a t o r-representative
stood ready to defend it with ma
chine guns and riot guns
They had orders to "shoot to
kill" if any one attempted to blast
the embankment. .
The object of dynamiting the
levee is to relieve water pressure
at other points and thereby pre
vent natural crevasses.
KANSAS CITY, March td.-JPh
Another major dust storm, caus
ing confusion and widespread pro
perty damage, rolled eastward to
night across the midwest plains.
Traffic was paralysed by both
land and air. Schools were closed.
Business was tied up. Street lights
were turned on in mid-day, blink
ing eerily In the heavy haze.
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IS
CHICAGO, March 20.-P)-An-thony
Barrett one of the famous
Barretts of La Salle street and
unofficial weather prophet of the
board of trade predicted a dry
spring today.
Government meteorologists, pre
pared to welcome spring at 7:18
a. m. Thursday, termed the ex
piring season "a dry winter with
a deficiency of moisture" in the
agricultural regions of the mid
dle west.
A chill rain fell here as Bar
rett sniffed the damp breezes,
Studied his data, completed his
prognostications ' and announced
the next 90 days would be pre
dominantly dry in the farm terri
tory. Here Is his forecast:
East central states fair and
dry.
West central states cold and
dry.
Eastern states warm and dry.
Gulf states warm with mois
ture. Mountain states cold and dry.
Pacific states warm and dry.
Canada fair with some mois
ture. 7374-4465 IS FINAL
VOTE. HE RECALL
EUGENE, Ore., March 20-(flV
Lane county's electorate, goaded
by Townsend pension plan ad
herents, recalled Representative
Howard S. Merriam of Lane
county by a 7374 to 4465 vote,
complete returns showed tonight.
Approximately 50 per cent of
the eligible voters went to the
polls In yesterday's election.
Mr. Merriam expressed his
thanks to his many friends for
their work in the campaign and
said he "had no regrets." His re
fusal to alter his stand in the
legislature on the Townsend me
morial to congress was followed
by Institution of recall proceed
ings. Charles L. Paine, district or
ganizer of Townsend clubs, bailed
the election result as "a victory
for the people."
Legislature in
Washington Ends
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 20-()-After
running six days over
time to make it the longest ses
sion in history, the 24th Wash
ington legislature adjourned "sine
die" at 8:10 tonight.
quarters to have caused some con
cern at the White House.
Besides the $4,800,000,000 work
relief bill, passage of which now
seems assured, Mr. Roosevelt was
represented today as especially
anxious to enact at this session a
bill continuing the NRA for two
years; his social security . pro
gram; utility holding, company
legislation; transportation regula
tion coordination; banking legis
lation; transportation regulation
coordination; banking legislation;
ship subsidy and the- increase in
the capital of the Home Owners
Loan corporation. i
The president was said by some
officials to be planning to empha
size the necessity of getting this
program through before congress
goes home. .
The speculation that some of
the measures backed by the pres
ident might be dropped arose be-
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BARRETT PREDIGTS
DRY SPRING
NATIONS AGREE
ON DISCUSSION,
HITLER'S MOVE
Decision Followed by Vote
Of Confidence, French
Government's Moves
Britain to Deal Directly in
Paris Conference Before
Berlin. Meetings
By HAROLD. P. BRAMAN
Copyright, 1933, toy Aisociated Press)
LONDON, March 20. A smash
ing vote of confidence in the
French senate for the French gov
ernment's determined efforts to
curb German rearmaments today
followed closely decisions of the
British, French and Italian gov
ernments to hold direct discus
sions of the problem.
Great Britain, yielding to to
French and Italian insistence,
agreed to abandon diplomatic ne
gotiations and sent Captain An
thony Eden, lord privy seal, to
Paris for the tripartite conference,
to be held one day before Eden
and Sir John Simon, British for
eign minister, go to Berlin to
confer with Adolf Hitler.
The vote of confidence, given
Premier Pierre-Etlenne Flandin's
stout resistance in the "ace of
Hitler's decision to renew com'
pulsory military training in Ger
many gave additional evidence of
the determination to act alone in
the face of the German threat if
necessary.!
Peace Urged by
V atican Press
Simultaneously the Osser Atore
Romano, official Vatican organ,
urged peace in an editorial which
said the "international situation
appears to be extremely delicate."
Attention was focused on the
French note of protest to be de
livered to the Berlin government
tomorrow. It was expected to cri
ticize much more sharply than the
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DIRROIAI SCORES U
CALLS FOB ITS Ei
WASHINGTON, March 2HjFy
In the strange role of prosecut
ing attorney, aged Clarence Dar
row slouched down in his chair
before a senate committee to
drawl an indictment of NRA
which brought a, sharp reply from
an official of the recovery organ
ization. Darrow, paradoxical combina
tion of genial philosopher and
shrewd criminal lawyer, put the
whole new deal on trial before
he finished, stabbing administra
tion policies with the verbal ra
pier thrusts that have made him
famous.
The veteran defense attorney
urged the annihilation of NRA
but Sidney Hillman, member of
the agency's administrative board,
later told the finance commit
tee that the abolition of the re
covery organization would be fol
lowed by an "unemployment sit
uation worse than in 1932-33."
His tired voice, occasionally
showing some of the fire which
swayed many juries, the rugged
faced Darrow said the rich were
getting richer; the poor, poorer
and that the solution was "so
cialism." Highway Post
Not Sought by
Currier, Says
MARSHFIELD, Ore., March 20.
-Py-Roj G. Currier of Lakeside
today announced his withdrawal
as a candidate for a position on
the state highway commission.
Endorsed by most southern Ore
gon coast civic organizations,
Currier said Governor Martin "has
shown such deep interest In south
western Oregon, as well as for the
state at large, that I do not think
it expedient or fair that he be
called upon to appoint a man from
this district for that important
post."
Sugar Company's
Strike Ends, Is
Union Statement
CROCKETT, Cal., March 20.-
Daniel Flannlgan, secretary
of International Longshoremen's
association announced tonight
the union had accepted a pro
posal; by the California and Ha
waiian Sugar Refining corpora
tion whereby workmen on strike
there would return to work with
in 48 hoars.
Flannlgan said the company
pledged that it would negotiate
py Tuesday of next week an agree
ment covering recognition or the
union, hours, wages and working
conditions.
FIVE HORSES BCRN
PENDLETON, March 20-(V
Flve horses. lOBt their lives late
yesterday when a barn oa the
Grant Buchanan ranch In the
Butter 1 Creek . section . was de
stroyed Pi tire.
STAGE ONLY UPSET OF TOURNAMENT OPENERS
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the state high school basketball tourney here yesterday when they defeated Marshfield high's quin
tet 28-23. Left to right, they are: Coaeh Ed Finne, O'Neal, V. Healy, Gladen, CTDonnel (cemter stand
ing,) Davis (front center), Mercier, Kaufman, J. Healy, and Fitzgerald, manager. -
II. S. TO AVOID MIX
"Good Neighbor Policy" is
Cited by Roosevelt;
Secretaries Agree
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, March 20.(JP)
-A Trans-Atlantic extension of the
"good neighbor policy" as the so
lution for Europe's acute military
problems was projected today by
President Roosevelt, while, on
Capitol Hill, record-smashing na
tional defense outlays totaling
more than 11,500,000,000 were
discussed.
Disarmament, the president
told newspapermen, is a compon
ent part of his "neighbor" policy,
and, despite the crisis resulting
from Germany's announcement of
a determination to rearm, the
chief executive still held out hope
for future arms limitation.
Meanwhile, the United States
was brought into direct touch
with the European situation for
the first time. Sir John Simon,
British foreign minister summon
ed Ray A therton, American charge
d'affaires In London, and gave
him an outline of Britain's posi
tion for transmission here.
At the same time, Secretary
Swanson told newspapermen the
navy was considering plans for
building battleships after present
limiting treaties expire and was
not deviating from its program of
laying down 78 smaller vessels
by 1939. .
Secretary Roper also entered
the discussion that has swept
about the world since Adolf Hit
ler's abrogation of the Versailles
treaty with an assertion that
"we're for peace," and an added
statement that he did not "anti
cipate our getting into a war in
the near future."
E
NEWPORT, Ore., March 20.
JP)-A coast guard lifeboat bound
ed out over a stormy bar here to
day to assist the 65-foot gas
schooner, E. L. Smith, only to
find its distress call was a mixup
of signal flags.
Instead of putting in at this
harbor as she at first appeared
bent on doing, the craft changed
her course and headed toward
Tillamook. The coast guardsmen
assumed the skipper intended to
signal for a pilot. The SOS flags
were hauled in as the lifeboat ap
proached the schooner.
. The coast guard patrol boat
Pulaski at Marshfield was saved
a "false alarm" trip to assist
ance when stormy seas held it
within the Coos Bay harbor un
til word of the mistake was re
ceived.
Late Sports
SEATTLE, March 20.-(ff)-The
hard - driving Seattle Seahawks
tied the speedy Vancouver Lions
up in knots tonight, preventing
any scoring outbursts, and raced
to a 4 to 1 win In the opening
came of the championship play
offs of the northwestern hockey
league.
Maintaining the superiority
showed all season, which gave
them five victories and two ties
out. of 10 .games against their
British Columbia opponents, the
Hawks were never in danger to
night after tallying two rapid-tire
goals in the first two minutes of
play. The win g&re them good
start in the three-out-of-five game
playoff series, with the next game
at Vancouver Friday night.
V.
OAKLAND, March 20. -(flV
Buddy Baer, massive younger
brother of Heavyweight Champion
Max Baer,: established' himself
more firmly in tbo dreadnaught
class tonight when he knocked
ont Frank Connelly, Fresno gianU
In the first round of a scheduled
six round bout at the Oakland au
ditorium .
N EUROPE TROUBLE
VA 01 DISTRESS
SIGNAL IS MOT
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World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
WASHINGTON Agriculture
department, fearing new drought
threat, lifts restrictions on spring
wheat planting.
WASH INGTON President
projects "good neighbor" policy
across sea in hope for future
arms limitation despite German
crisis; capitol hill discusses re
cord outlays for national defense.
KANSAS CITY Major dust
storm rolls eastward across plains
state.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Troops or
dered out as vandals overpower
guards, dynamite levee in flood
zone; tributary peril extends to
Arkansas.
WASHINGTON House repub
licans use debate on $2,000,000,-
040 bonus issue to attack presi
dent's program; treasury an
nounces tax receipt figures ap
proach estimates.
WASHINGTON Clarence Dar
row drawls indictments of NRA
before senate committee; recov
ery official utters sharp reply.
COLUMBUS, O. Democratic
legislators appeal to president to
"right wrong done governor" in
dispute with federal relief direc
tor.
WASHINGTON Senate ear
marks $40,0.00,000 for public
school sin relief bill; democratic
leaders predict passage this week.
NEW YORK Japanese am
bassador predicts era of peace,
says he is not alarmed by war
talk dangers.
Foreign:
LONDON Great Britain
yields to French, Italian insis
tence -for direct discussions on
German rearmament, abandoning
diplomatic parleys; French Senate
backs premier; Vatican organ
urges peace; Moscow critical of
England's protest; survey reveals
little fear of war.
GENEVA League of Na
tions council plans extraordinary
session to deal with France's ap
peal against German rearmament.
BERLIN New air maneuv
ers testify to relch's growing mil
itary power; headlines say
emancipation disturbs world
BRUSSELS Belgium still
without cabinet in monetary cri
sis; king confers with trade bod'
ies' representatives.
ROME Dispatches say IjLhi
oplan force raided Italian terri
tory in Somaliland, seized 100
camels.
MEXICO, D. F. Reveal dis
creet efforts being made to free
two Americans kidnaped in state
of Zicatecas.
33 Subpoenaed in
Baby Face Trial
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.-(yP)-The
government Issued sub
poenas for 33 witnesses today to
appear in the trial of 13 defend
ants charged with harboring
George "Baby Face" Nelson, out
law slain in an encounter with
officers in Illinois. Trial is set for
next Monday before District Judge
Walter C. Llndley.
Quince, Daffodils Bloom
Above Late Snow Blanket
Four inches of snow covered
the route from Stayton to Silver
ton yesterday morning, according
to visitors at the county court
house. A similar fall was reported
In the Liberty district south of
town and County Engineer N. C.
Hnbbs, on business in the Roberts
district yesterday morning, said
two Inches of snow la; on Petty
John" hill near there, with snow
falling thickly while he was there.
. SUNNTSIDE, March 20.
Christmas weather has come again
to Eunnyside, with eight inches
of snow last night and this morn
ing, breaking off" large limbs of
fir trees. - r
Old Timers Surprised .
RICKEY, March 20. The un
usual. sight of daffodils, deroni
com and flowering quince bloom
ing above a carpet of snow greet
ed this community Wednesday
morning. It Is not nnsual to have
snow cover the daffodils in the
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Confesses Shooting Man at
Camp Near Dunsmuir;
Clears Companions
BE'D, Ore., March 20.-;P)-In
a signed statement, Aldrich W.
Lutz, 19, Portland, Ore., admit
ted he shot and killed Frank C
Angermeir yesterday morning at
his roadside camp between Shasta
City and Dunsmuir, Cal., Sheriff
Claude McCauley announced.
Sheriff McCauley, who with
state police officers obtained the
confession, said Lutz ascribed no
reason for the shooting, but ad
mitted he took a bag of small
coins amounting to about five dol
lars from Ahgermeir's prostrate
form.
Lutz was quoted as saying he
went to the camp to stay all night
and Angermeir went to town
When he returned and was about
100 feet away "I Just shot him,
McCauley said Lutz admitted.
Held on a murder warrant
from Dunsmuir. Cal., Lutz exon
erated two companions, Harry A
Rathbun and Aaron S. Wllley who
were arrested with him when he
abandoned the slain map's auto
mobile after driving it here.
Lutz bore out their statements
that he picked them up on the
highway north of Klamath Falls,
Ore. They were held as material
witnesses.
BEND, Ore.. March 20.-tiF-
Three youths apprehended here as
they abandoned a slain man's au
tomobile, were held tonight on
telegraphic murder warrants from
Dunsmuir, California.
Previously the youths signed ex
tradition waivers on a car theft
charge. ,
ITE
MAY BE REALIZED
WASHINGTON, March 20.-UP
-President Roosevelt's revenue
estimates for the current fiscal
year became a step nearer realiz
ation tonight with an announce
ment by the treasury that re
ceipts through February had
amounted to $1,913,365,875 a
gain of $341,479,056 over the
comparable period of last year.
The annual budget message es
timated the year's receipts at $3,
197,000,000. Receipts for the
first eight month of the period
have been at the rate of $239,
000,000 monthly which would in
dicated total receipts for the year
of only $2,869,000,000 If the pres
ent ratio were maintained.
However, treasury officials said
that the remaining months are
among the most lucrative, due'
primarily to the fact that the first
Installment of Income taxes on
1934 incomes are due in March,
a levy which is expected to return
at least $300,000,000 before
March 31.
mountain sections but old timers
say that-they do not remember
seeing the ground white as late
in the spring here before.
(By the Associated Press)
- Snow squalls spread over most
of Oregon yesterday . with the
Klamath basin as usual taking
the worst beating by the ele
ments. ;. i' '-'
But Just such , a -beating?
would have been welcomed in
Umatilla county where chilly but
spring-like w e a t h e r hastened
wheat, seeding operations. After
last year's dry spell wheat men
have anxiously watched for more
moisture. Most of the show has
disappeared from west slopes of
the Blue mountains.
Central Oregon's snow - buried
Cascades received, a new layer of
white . when as much as a foot
fell Jn the upper regions. Traffic
was slowed over The Dalles-Cali-fornla
highway at the high passes.
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SLAYING ADMITTED
BY PORTLAND YOUTH
REH H!
Columbia r Preps Exception :
Defeating Marslifielfh as A
O'Donhell Showsjwp!d 1
Form? fhriilsr FilT Day"" :
Salem Plays Preps Tonight
After Winning 33 to 15
From LaGrande Five;
Benson Goes Down
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY
IX STATE TOURXE3UENT
9 a. m. LaGrande vs Marsh
field 10 a m. Benson vs. Umapine
11a. m. Mill City vs. Corvallis
2 p. m. The Dalles vs. Gar
diner 3 p. m. Salem vs. Columbia
Prep"
4 p. m. Ashland vs. Jefferson
7:30 p. m. Astoria vs. Klam
ath Falls
8:30 p. m. McMinnville vs.
Oakridge
YESTERDAY'S SCORES
Salem 33; La Grande 15
Columbia Prep 28; Marshfitld
23
Ashland 20; Benson 18
Jefferson 39: Umapine 16
Astofia 37: Mill City 24
Klamath Falls 27; Corvallis 25
McMinnvillle 39; The Dalles 19
Oakkridge 49; Gardiner 29.
By PAUL HAUSER
It was goodby championship -for
eight high school basketball
teams yesterday and another
crack at the race for the state
title for eight more as the- fa
vorites came through to crash in
to the quarter-finals of the lCta
anual state playoff.
With one exception it was the
favorites who won yesterday. The
exception was Columbia Prep
which, with Bill O'Donnell at tfce
controls, blasted Marshfield into
the consolation 3eries.
Salem, Ashland, Jefferson, As
toria, Klamath Falls, McMinnville
and Oakridge all played true to i
pre-tourney predictions and hur
dled the first obstacle in the
march toward the trophy.
Good games featured yester
day's tilts. Outstanding was
Klamath Falls' hard-driving game
with Corvallis and Ashland's two
point victory over Benson.
Viking Fans' Hopes
Raised by LaGrande Defeat .
Salem high raised hopes of
Viking fans when it came through
with room to spare, to defeat La
Grande. Bill O'Donnell turned !n the
best individual performance by
scoring 21 points of the 28 points
the Columbia Preps scored in
beating Marshfield 23 to 23.
Ashland, southern Oregon's
best team in years, survived a
desperate last quarter attack by
Portland's champion Benson team
to win 20 to IS.
Umapine and Mill City, both
"B" quints, fell victim to the
strong Jefferson and Astoria
quints. Mill City put up a. great
fight and scared the Fishermen
in the first half which it domin
eered all the way.
Klamath-CorvalUs
Tilt Day's Leader ,
Klamath Falls, last year's runner-ups,
served notice that it was
still in the running when it de
feated Carvallia 27 to 2S in. a
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EXPENSE OF RELIEF
AGCOOHTI ASKED,
WASHINGTON, March Jt.-iT)
-Demands for a monthly account
ing of congress of expenditures
under the new relief program
were contained in an amendment
to the $4,800,000,000 public
works relief measure submitted
today by Senator SCeiwer (R
Ore). .. , '
Under the amendment a state- '
ment would be submitted' each
month to congress showing the.
approximate number of persons .
receiving direct relief and the
number of persons -employed on
work relief under the act;
Another amendment to the bill :
bySteiwer would take the ap
pointment of officers and employ- Jv
es of tho public works organiza- v'
tlon out of politics by providing .
that "no political test or qualifi
cation shall te permitted or given - -consideration,
but ' all ' such ap
pointments and promotions shall
be given and made on the basis of
merit and efficiency. Any officer
to whom such power of appoint- : -ment
or promotion may be dele- - -gated
who Is found by the pres- '
ident to be guilty of a violation of
this section shall be removed ,
from office by the president,"