MARKET NEWS
Daily The Statesman re
ports the : local and Fort-,
land market prices; an ta
valnabte serjrice to buyers
and seller of produce.
THE WEATHER .
Fair today cloady Friday,
moderate changeable wind
off coast; Max. Temp. Wed
nesday 62, mln. 31; river 4.0 -feet,
clear, southerly wind.
FOUMDEO 1651
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem,. Oregon, Thursday Morning, April 11, 1935
No. 13
STATUS OF BIG
ROAD FUND FOR
STATE PUZZLES
$11,000,000 Allocation But
No Exact Information on
. f Spending Received
Commission to Study Mat
ter Today at Portland
and Open Bids
The state highway department
here- yesterday was without exact
Information regarding the $11,
000,000 allocation of , federal
funds', for road work In Oregon.
As a result the first meeting of
the newly organized highway com
mission in Portland today may be
forced to postpone decisions on
allocations of the 1935-193 fends
. pending further word from Wash
ington, officials of the department
said yesterday. i -.
That approximately $7,500,000
in federal funds is available for
road construction in Oregon, un
der the new relief act,, the high
way department knows, hut how
much of this constitutes money
nreviouslv allocated from federal
forest road moneys and from pub
lic lands moneys, is uncertain.
An additional sum of $3;500,-
00V is to oe set asiae ior graae
crossing work and for the reloca
tion of highways to avoid railroad
crossings, the department nas
learned.
Spending Period
limits Not Known I
Whether the agregate sum of
$11,000,000, however, must be
Dent within "the June 30. 1935,
to June 30, 1936, period or whe
ther the grants are for tne next
two years, is not clear.
Prom information thus far re
ceived the department believes
that none of the $11,000,000 must
ha matched. Prior to the passage
of the relief act last week, the
only funds assured for, the state
was about $2,000,000 under the
Hayden - Cartwright act, these
tnnneva beinz snbiect to compul
sory matching by the. state. t is
believed mat iae-new"raoney3ai e
In lieu of these funds.
The state must Provide rights-
of-way and preliminary engineer
ing costs for the hew projects. Ex
perience of the highway depart
ment has shown that this work
runs to 10 per cent of a project's
cost. Hence an $11,000,000 pro
gram within the next lz montns
would add SI. 100.000 to the costs
of the state highway department.
Should the entire $11,000,000
he exnended in the coming year.
th hizhwav department would be
forced to add a number of men
to its engineering S staffs as this
program would be the largest new
" construction task undertaken in
' many years. It would exceed the
1933 program when $8,5,00,000 in
federal funds were made avail
able. Crossing Program j
Tentatively Outlined
The highway department has
tentatively outlined a grade cross-
ing program which: would call for
(Turn to page 2, coL 1)
Telegrams were sent to Wash
. Ington yesterday to determine the
status of Oregon's unemployment
' relief allocation', ihe amount of
money that will be received, and
now tne tunas wm oe aisnursea,
it was learned from sources close
to the administration.
One of the telegrams was said
" to. have been sent by Governor
Martin and the other by Guy Lint
ner of Portland, head of the re
employment service in this state.
Lintner. favors distribution of the
relief. funds through employment
; agencies set up by the state and
' federal government Instead of
through relief committees. f ,v ;'
. Governor Martin declared last
night that he had not received any
information from Washington re
- gardlng the', relief program and
had no knowledge jot the amount
of money that would be received.
The state heretofore has receiv
ed approximately $900000 i a
month from the federal govern
ment. Governor Martin had re
quested $1,017,000 for the month
-f April. . r ,
Debt Halt is Called
By AlabamaHouse
. TALLAHASSE, Ala.. April lU.
" -JPl-Declaring. "a public emer
gency and crisis exists through-
out the state," the house today
passed 81 to 5 a bill for a two-
year moratorium -on public in
debtednes8, . with provision that
levies for bond purposes may be
- ordered by courts only on the
basis of ability to pay.
The effect of the 'measure, its
: sponsors explained, is to vest
courts with discretion as to the
amount of tax levies which may
be ordered for purposes of pay
ment of Interest of retirement of
outstanding. bonds. : : ; ;
STATUS OF OREGON
RELIEF FUMED
Admiral Byrd's Health Injured
Permanently? Not at All, Avers,
v
Admiral Richard E. Byrd is pictured
Zealand aboard the S. S. Rangitiki
he was the recipient of scores of
which he was opening when the
J- - - -' -
, f f . - . v
I,, ; j,.:,-; r'-r
Leo Czegka, Byrd's business manager. Byrd, In excellent health I
exploded rumors that his hardships in Antarctica had permanently
injured his health. He admitted
bad recovered 40 pounds since
tiooal Illustrated News Photo.
TO GET GCC JOBS
Marion County's Allotment
Is Quickly Filled From '4
Filed Applications ,
Eighty-seven young men - be
tween the ages of 18 to 25, inclu
sive, have been allotted Marion
county as Its additional CCC quo
ta, relief authorities were advised
here late yesterday.
In making the announcement,
relief officials said-no young men
need apply for enrollment in the
quota since applications already
on file will more than care for
the new assignments.
Th new order specifically pro
vides that the men must be chosen
from families already on relief.
Since $25-of the $30 monthly pay
ment received by the worker is
returned each month to his fam
ily, the relief load in the county,
which had reached nearly 2400
families the end of last month,
will be reduced by the total of
the number of the new CCC work
ers employed.
Tho men enrolled here are to
Turn to page 2, col. 2)
Windows Broken
By Gravel Storm
BUFFALO. Okla., April 10.-CJP)
-Now, it's a. gravel storm in this
area of tire Oklahoma Panhandle.
Tho duster that for hours had
lowered visibility to "about, sera"
outdoors late today was picking
up gravel which broke many win
dows. - Many houses and offices
were bo full of dust that visibility
was .s low inside as outside,
FIXES INTENTION NOTICE
HOOD HI VER, April lQ.-UPh-
Al though 76 years tld an age
at which many, persons turn their
thoughts to the pastMrs. Eliza
beth M. Elliott-Is thinking of the
future and has-tiled intention of
becoming an American citizen. -Mm.
Elliott Is a resident of the
M osier fruit district seven miles
east of here and is a native of
London. v
NO OBJECTIONS MADE
EUGENE, Ore., April 10.-(fl)-With
consent of university offl
clalsr a group ; of University of
Oregon students will join locally
with Friday's & national : student
demonstration against' "war as a
method." .-' . 7, '::
Dr. C. V. Boyer, president of
the university, said leaders assur
ed hhn the assembly and parade
to be held here was not in the
natur of a "strike" but was plan
ned at a dignified protest.
STATERS NOT INTERESTED
!" CORVALLIS, Ore., April 10.-
(47-Oregon State college students
apparently have made no plana
for organized participation in a
nation-wide student protest Fri-
a survey today indicated. . -
The : Barometer, school paper.
said no plans for such demon
stration here have been made.
8 1 on ill;
ROiiiii
as he reached Panama from Mew
April S. As soon as he debarked
congratulatory telegrams, one of
camera captured him. -At right is 1
he had been very ill, but said he I
contacting civilization. Interna- I
I
L
poucy PROPOSED
Embargo on Loans to War-
i i I
ring nations ior Munitions
Gets F. Rs Support
WASHINGTON-Aprll -
a strict neutrality policy to Keep
America free -from entanglements
in foreign wars was shaped today
by President Roosevelt and Se
cretary Hull.
The latter carried to the White
House the results of a still in
complete expldratlon of the intri
cate problems Involved. His de-
rtartmental aide hTe been con-
dnctine thfl Rtndv whlrh l to he
made the basis for such a policy,
for nearly a year.
authoritative
In apparently
quarters, it was learned that Mr
Roosevelt has Ideas of his own
on the subject. As part of such a
plan, it was said, he favors two
resolutions Introduced only yes-
terday by Chairman Nye of the
.1 ,..i ittr.
senator Clark (D-Mo), one of It.
memhers.
These would impose a virtual
Vf. with. Japanese
" . ' ,,: . , I
other contraband and would em-
pqwer the president to keep ven- I
turesome Americans out of war
areas by the simple expedient of i
refusing tbem passports.
SEWARD FEELS TREMOR
SEWARD, Alaska, April 1Q.-VP)
-A slight earthquake. was felt here
at 2: 25 p. m. today; there .was no
reported damage.- The tremor, ap
parently was in a southwest to
northeast direction. . .
75, Asking Citizenship
Repair Tillamook light
Students to Protest War
: Mercury Hits 70 Degrees
WARMEST, O BIONTH3 ,
PORTLAND, Ore.; April 1Q.-UP)
-A bright sun shone on Oregon
today, with ; Portland having its
warmest day in six months when
the temperature reached .70 de
grees. ., ' ."' -
Abundant snow, in the moun
tains and the late spring season
give promise of normal supplies
of water for irrigation in Oregon
this summer.
WORK TO COST $7500
PORTLAND. Ore.. April U.-UPl
-Now that fair weather has ar-
nvea, extensive reinforcements
will be made at the Tillamook
rock lighthouse in which keepers
were isolated for weeks at time
during violent storms last inter,
w jk. xinxnam, district light -
house r superintendent, said - the
tender Mansanita will leave Port-
land tomorrow with 350 tons of
materials to be deposited on the
tiny rock island upon which the
lighthouse Is situated, a mile off
the northern Oregon coast.
On the -westward side concrete
slabs which veer outward will be
erected to tend to throw back the
waves which wash up the rock and
at times even over the 125-foot
lighthouse tower. The windows of
the weather side will he replaced
by portholes with heavy glass and
with Iron storm covers. Tbe work
will cost about 17500. . fc -
F.B.
DRAFTING
niH TO T RT
REL EF AT ONCE
Intends Spending 4 Billion
Dollar Fund by July ' 36
is Announcement
House Leaders Decide Not
to Try Gag Rule on-:
Security Measure
By W. B. RAGS DALE
WASHINGTON. April lQ.-UPy-
With the announced intention of
spending all of the $4,000,000,-
000 that can be used for work and
l relief before July, 19 3, President
Roosevelt set out in a series of
conferences today to draft a
rough, tentative division of funds
among various types of work.
One by one, heads of various
governmental spending agencies
were called Into the oval work
room -of the president in the ex
ecutive offices. There they went
over with Mr. Roosevelt plans for
I expanded activities which have
been in the making in their de
partments during the last several
months.
A lump sum estimate of what
they can use in the next fiscal year
was given. The president asked
for more complete plans, and de
tails of specific projects.
No Allocations to
Be Made Immediately
The president stressed, how
ever, that it would be some time
yet before the work has progress
ed to the point of making definite
allocations to projects.
White House officials disclosed
also today that the division of the
four billion dollars among types
of projects was not likely to fol
low entirely the divisions propos
ed by the senate among eight
types of work. President Roose
velt said it already had been
found that more than $600,000,-
0, ,would be needed 1. the
civilian conservation corps
through July iK 1930. He has au-
tnorny to sniit iunds irom one
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JAP! SEEKS 3-VVflY
E HI
TOKYO,- April 10.-)-A doi-
en American ousiness leaaers
seeking means to expand Ameri-
ca'8 export trade in the far east
I ioaay neara Japanese oiiiciais
and men urge three-cor-
Japan, the United States and Latin-American
nations.
The mission, headed by W.
ambassador to Tokyo and
"" t A 4t-
governor general of the Philip-
J?" T
""V.z;r C": " ZZ 7
If" TuTv"u .:
man atrial cnieitams
After two weeks in Japan the
group will continue to China,
planning to remain there two
months. '
The increasingly one-sided na
ture of Japan's trade with the
United States and Nippon's posi
tion as the largest purchaser of
American raw, cotton" were argu
ments used, in support of the lo-
leal contention that some arrange-
Iment for mora equitable commer
cial arrangements between the
two nations should be worked
out.
F,
TO BE ASKED TODAY
A committee from the chamber
of commerce here ' will go to
Portland this afternoon - to urge
before the state highway com
mission that tbe highway to the
Silver Falls park region be oiled
prior to summer travel. A com'
mittee from Silverton will also
present petitions with several hun-
i dred signatures from . Stayton
chamber of commerce and the
Union Hill Women's club urging
that the oiling be done.
Tbe petitions point out that not
only heavy summer travel, but
traffic from two cawmllla An the
ma A anil thm CC.fi esmn ' at Mill
city make dust from the travel
i road almost unbearable in the
I dry season. The travel road is in
j excellent condition, petitions state;
I Slated to anoear before the
I commission at 2:30 o'cteck this
1 afternoon from the Salem cham-
I ber are H. H. Hulsey, president, T.
I M. Hicks, J. N. Chambers, C. A.
(Sprague and C. E. Wilson.
Bay Ocean Colony
Gets Federal Aid
WASHINGTON, April 10.-(flV
The federal emergency relief ad
ministration announced t o d a y
grant of 13,900 to the Artlsians
j Cooperative commtnity of Bay
(Ocean, Ore., for fishing equip-
I ment," land and construction of a
.'building.
m
MLS ItD
BRITAIN. ITALY
AT ODDS ON EVE
OF CONFAB, SAY
Italian Press Warns Against
Optimism at Stresa Meet;
Importance Seen
Hints Invitation to Russia,
Germany and Poland;
' France on Fence
CopyHrht,
loix t a
AMecUted Freu)
STRESA. Italy.
April 11.-
(Thursday) UP) With definite
differences of opinion prevailing
among the French, British and
Italians as the day of the great
three-power conference dawned,
an editorial authoritatively accre
dited to Premier Mussolini him
self appeared with what was con
sidered an indirect invitation to
Germany, Russia and Poland to
join the talks.
Mussolini's newspaper Popolo
D'ltalia said In an editorial ap
pearing this morning that neither
war nor peace would come out of
the . Stresa conference. Authori
tatively believed to have been
written by the Italian premier, it
warned against too much opt!
mism.
Coming of Government
Heads Empliasized
"Today there will take place
the first encounter between the
heads of governments of France,
England and Italy," said the ed
itorial. "The intervention of the
heads of governments along with
the ministers of foreign affairs
has intensified the curiosity and
also the expectations of the world,
and certainly has increased the
importance of the meeting."
(Copyright. 1835, by. AiaocUUd Preit)
STRESA, April 10. Decided
differences of opinion among the
British, French and Italian dele
gations as to the best way of in
suring Europe against war was
Indicated tonight on the eve of
their conference here, regarded as
the most important since the
World war.
Power Disagree
On Method
WBiie tae. tA r powers-are
agreed upon accepting Germany's
rearmament and upon the neces
sity of getting the relch into some
system of non-aggression and se
curity, they were authoritatively
reported sharply at odds as to the
methods to be followed.
Great Britain and Italy, the
best informed quarters said, are
at opposite" extremes, with the
French somewhere in between
them but probably closer to Bri
tain.
Premier Benito Mussolini, host
for the conference, spent the af
ternoon and evening isolated on
Isola Bella island, conference
headquarters, going over his plan
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
ROOSEVELT TD TALK
ON BONUS. PHCT
WASHINGTON, April 10.-UPV-
A presidential message to congress
on the bonus already passed by
the house was predicted late to
day by. Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas, the democratic leader, aft
er talking With Mr. Roosevelt at
the White House. '. .
Senator .Robinson said if the
message goes' forward, it probably
will be before a senate vote is tak
en. He said a vote in the senate
on the bill was assured.
After reviewing the entire leg
islative situation with the presi
dent, Senator Robinson said. Mr.
Roosevelt agreed with him that
in view of all conditions very sat
isfactory progress is being made."
He said It was also agreed that
thorough committee considers
tlon should be given the entire
legislative program and Robinson
promised action by the senate on
the hill to revise and extend NRA
when the finance committee has
completed its hearings.
Blossom Day to
Be April 21 ii
Weather Favors
If weather conditions of the
past two days prevail . tor any
stretch, the Cherrlan annual blos
som day will fall .' Sunday, April
2i; King Bing William Schlitt of
the Cherrians indicated yesterday.
Cherrlans looking over the or
chards yesterday found a decided
change in the outlook since late
last week, and report that bads
are fast coming to the bursting
point.
It will be several days before
the blossom date will be definite
ly announced, bnt meantime Cher
rians are making plans for the
big spring vent-
DUST HALTS PRACTICE
MANHATTAN, EAaV April 1 0.
-(-Practice sessions in ail Kan
sas state college sports were call
ed off today, because of the dust
storm. j ; ' ' - '
Employers Hurl 'Gang1
Epithet at Seamen in
Strike Board Hearing
Union Statement to Roosevelt Scored; 1934
Dispute's Arbitration - Board Awards
9000 Seamen Raises in Pay
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10.(AP) An employer charge
that the attitude of unions involved in a coastwide tanker
strike "echoes the formula of gangsterland" was hurled into
the dispute tonight as an arbitration board granted increased
wages to other seamen involved in last summer's marine
walkout.
World News at
Glance
a
(By The Associated Press)
Domestic:
WASHINGTON Administra
tion social security program goes
to house, wide open for amend
ments, "gag-rule" shunned.
WASHINGTON Treasury
boosts price for newly mined do
mestic silver to 71 cents; interna
tional bull market for metal seen.
NEW YORK Herbert Hoover
reported planning to wield power
as titular head of party to shape
GOP for 1936 battle.
KANSAS CITY Eight state
dust storm causes exodus of fam
ilies from northeastern Oklaho
ma; damage to crops, property In
creases.
WASHINGTON President
calls in aides to speed spending
or 14,880,000,000 work relief
money before July 1. 1936.
WASHINGTON Department
of agriculture forecasts another
short wheat crop with winter
wbeat estimate of 43,499,000
bushels.
washiutun Strict neu
trality policy to keep U. S. free
of entanglements in foreign wars
soaped by president Secretary
Hull.
WASHINGTON Clause writ
ten into omnibus banking bill de
signed to make big eity banks
Dear heavier share of deposit in
surance cost.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Flori
dan house adopts bill for two
year moratorium on public indebt
edness.
PITTSBURGH.-Pa. Andrew
Mellon completes direct testimony
in income tax case, disclaims
promise to endow national art
gallery.
CHICAGO Fathers of missine
rour year pid boys says now in
nanus or kidnaper seeking ran
som.
Foreign:
STRESA, Italy British. Ital
ian, French delegations at odds
on method to insure Europe
against war as leaders arrive for
conference.
MOSCOW Soviet press halls
Russo-German trade pact, mum on
report of Russian-Franco mutual
assistance accord.
BERLIN Military, patriotic
splendor paraded by nazis as Gen
eral Goering weds actress Emmy
Sonnemann;. Hitler best man.
MEXICO, D. F. Nation - wide
general strike voted in sympathy
with labor troubles in Puebla and
Tampico; date not set.
HAVANA Cuban police iail 20
for complicity in 1300,000 ran
som kidnaping of wealthy youth.
BERLIN Two more' heads rol
as nazis visit vengeance on ' pair
accused as slayers of Horst Wea
sel, hero'of party.
Senate Hearing oh
Lobbyists Talked
"WASHINGTON, . April lO.-flP)-The
senate today turned - on the
lobbyists who pester it year In
and year out by scheduling hear
ings -on a bill which would re
quire annual registration of those
who make a business of trying to'
influence congress or government
departments. ; : - i
: Some of .the national capital's
scores of legislative and depart
mental "contact", men probably
will be called' as witnesses.
Gel Facts Before G iving "L-;.
Credit, Warns Ralph Thorn
Stressing the necessity for
thorough, information on the risk
in the granting of credit, Ralph
Thorn, Portland, chairman of the
public education committee of
the state bankers' association and
assistant manager of the Bank of
California, addressed : 148 mem
bers and guests of the Salem Cre
dit association at the bankers
night banquet at the Marlon. :
Thorn drew, a parallel between
the good banker and the good cre
dit man: pointing to the boiled
down four essentials for each as:
Hard work, long experience, daily
introspection and constant strug
gle for self Improvement. ' - '
Pernicious anemia In one's am
bition woat get the individual far
In the credltman's world, Thom
declared in urging initiative and
enthusiasm as necessities to suc
cess. Small Loan Business '
Carefully Handled ,
4 Outlining the degree of thor
oughness to which the commer
cial bank goes to pick its credit
, risks,' Thom pointed out that his
"The unions , Involved : have
warned the president of the
United . States," an employers'
statement said, "that unless they
get what they want 'the situation
will undoubtedly -develop into a
general Industry ile-up that-may
become as bad or worse than last
year."
"If there is a repetition of the
deplorable events. . .," the state
ment continued, "the responsibil
ity has been placed Just where It
belongs upon the-vnlons Their
attitude echoes the formula wof
gangsteriand 'come through; or
else . " . l - -
The arbitration award, which
involved 2,000 unlicensed person
nel Involved in last summer's
strike, did not involve seamen now
striking aboard the tankers, and
there was no comment on whether
It might help to soothe this walk-
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
MAY 1 PUT AS DATE
FOB PIERCE OUSTER
Martin Reported Determin
ed Wife of Waiter Must
Quit Board Job
May 1 is the "deadline" for
Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce to
quit her post as a member of the
state board of higher education, it
was learned yesterday on good au
thority at the statehouse.
It Mrs. Pierce, who has stated
in Washington, D. C, that she
does not intendTd resign, does not
change her mind, Governor Char
les H. Martin will move to oust
her. His charges will be that She
has not attended board meetings
faithfully, the records of the
board showing she has been pres
ent for only a small proportion of
the board's sessions since Mr.
Pierce was elected congressman
from the second district and since
she became his secretary.
Mrs. Pierce was named to the
board by former Governor Meier
and was reappointed in 1933. Her
term does not expire until 1940.
She was active in various
- (Turn to page 2, col. 1)
re-
US 5-DAY FUST
BREA, Calif., April 10. -(JPh-
The "misunderstanding" between
Lucy Craig, 45, a spinster, and the
Orange county relief organization
was cleared up today whereupon
Miss Craig broke a five and a halt
day fast with tomato and chicken
broth and some grape Juice;
, Miss Craig went, on, a hungejf
strike because she contended she
had been taken off work relief
and put on the "dole" a condi
tion termed by her as "demoral
itlng." -
But after a three-man commit
tee led by Terrence Halloran, di
rector of the county SERA, ex
plained things - to Miss Craig, a
truce was reached that brought
victory to both sides. Miss Craig,
said Halloran, can go on working,
as a bookkeeper in the Brei co
operative. Just as others who re
ceive direct relief checks, are . ex
pected to work. ' " '1
bank, in making $30,000 worth
of small loans under the federal
housing program, did not have a
single delinquency as 400 ! pay
ments fell due. -.
Reiterating the statement that
poor information, not poor Judg
ment, causes credit losses, Thom
said the most important thing to
do in the credit world , is an ex
change of ledger - experience in
formation.
Bankers, he said, recognise that
credit Is the life blood of trade
and ' he drew the analogy l that
granting of credit is like a per
son asking for life insurance. He
cautioned merchants that watch
ful waiting is a costly pastime.
what with three-months-old " ac
counts $ 5 . per cent collectible,
four-month-old accounts, IS per
cent collectible: and - six-month-old
accounts, 60 per cent collect
ible.
Forrest Holladay, president of
the Salem Credit association, op
ened the - program, welcoming
particularly a number of guests
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RELIEF OBJECTOR
LOCAL PASTOR
PICKED OP AT
Tebbets Playing at Tana
When Found; $200 CT.sck
Brings Detection
Church Salary Not Large
Enough, He Says;Tpfice
To Bring Him -Here!
Rev. H. Richardson Tebbets. . '
zs, who disappeared from Salem
last Friday, was under arrest late
yesterday in San Diego, Califs Dis
trict Attorney Trindle was noti
fied last night A-warrant charg- .
Ing Tebbets with obtaining money
under false pretenses was wired
to southern California yesterday t-'
afternoon and officers will hold
Tebbets pending arrival, of local
officers to bring him back to Sa- -lem.
Tebbets had been pastor of
the Unitarian tchurch herb since
last August. '
Tebbets was arrested yesterday
in Tijuana, Mexico, at a gambling "
table. He was going under -the"
alias of Richard StowelL fflciala .
at San Diego said last night, - .
Tebbets story to officers was
that he . stayed at an exclusive
hotel in Los Angeles, Joined - a
touring party to San Diego and
went on to Agua Caliente and Ti
juana. Church Salary Wasn't
Enough, Tells Officers
"My church salary wasn't
enough," he said last night. "I'm
sorry for the people of my church.
They are a lovable group."
The clue to his whereabouts
came when a hotel In Tijuana,
Mexico, wired a local bank con
cerning a $200 check Tebbets had
passed there. The bank informed
the hotel that Tebbets had no ac
count and at the same time in
formed local officers of the In
quiry. ; -i - .
Communication was established
by Chief of Police Minto with E.
W. Dort, sheriff at San Diego. The
latter reported that Tebbets was
in Mexico and asked if ant re
ward for his arrest had .been of-?,,
fered. Dort said there "might be
Some difficulty in getting: him .
across the line. -
Last night came word that -Mexican
authorities had released -Tebbets
to the sheriff at San
Diego, no extradition fight having -been
made by the accused man. '
$550 in "Bad" Checks
Reported Issued
. Including the-$200 check pass- .
ed in Mexico, $550 in checks is
sued with insufficient funds 7 to
pay them are checked against'
Tebbets, the district attorney's of- -flee
reported. Additional checks
may have been passed in southern
California, that office believes.
Police believed that Tebbets
left Portland late Saturday and
made his way south with moneys .
he received from checks passed
here and in Portland. Had he not
used a blank check on a Salem
bank when he reached Mexico
authorities here said they would
have had difficulty in tracing him.
CtlPPFR KATES
Wi lain TPftT iiiiirrr
HI I N I Irril . fl I
mil m r
a a wrvnvt A . - .. A i A
(P)-On its final test flight before :
iah( r ffclna iVia Pan imcrtfin "
fcV " . " - -
Airways iwtun iwuto ..
kf aiTTMwi hr Tan at navi
gation targets off the Califerala. ?
coast today. T
imnar b nn imnr rnniuiians.
aA Aiia tnrcot thA feteAmshla Ml
lolo' 350 miles out at, sea. Just
tTif minute behind the schedule !
set oy tne. t an American rauo
tion here. .
Those aboard u the piane, tne ;
station experts . said, .had". .eon-f . -tact
with-the ship, and.did not
know It was below them until a
radio-directed descent brought the .
surface vessel into view. . ..;
The course was laid for the
plane to pass oyer the Malolo at
2:12 p. m. It passed over at 2:15
p. m. .
After contacting the Malole. the
clipper plane was sent another
100 miles westward on a aig-ag.
course before turning back teward
land.
Vancouver Relay
Postponed, Word
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 10.
-(-Postponement of the- 10th
annual Vancouver invitational re- .
lays for Oregon and Washington
high schools because of the meas
les epidemic here was announced
tonight, . " ' y: --
The meet, originally scheduled
for April 20, may have to be call
ed off entirely unless the com
municable disease v situation in
Clark county Improved rapidly, it
was Indicated. Schools here closed
a week, opened for two days and
then closed again today because
of the large number of students -lit
SOUTH