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Circulation - r - - I; 1 ' -- i Average Daily and Sunday for January, 1$ J 6 Distribution 8619 Net Paid g245 MEMBER Ai B. C The Weather .. Considerable cloudiness to day and Monday, continued low temperature; Max.. Temp Saturday 41, Min. 23, river 2 feet. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAH Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 2, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 263 Only Election Boards Profit From Debacle Weatherman Promises Groundhog Won't Flit But Outlook Uncertain Salem, Dallas Win Honors in Forensic Meet atioh Bloc to or Bonus ose PoweM Opp New Possibly Some Wisdom is Gained; People Won't . 'f Vote to Tax Selves Pensions "Still Probable With Method Depending on Referendum Move By SHELDON F. SACltETT Thousands of election; clerks and judges are on the payroll of 36 counties in Oregon for a sti pend for their election work of Friday. Aside from their sizeable share in . the political boondog glingwhich spread $80,(100 as the cost of the special vote - of January 31, one strains the Imag ination to find any good result from the election fiasco ! of the past week. No fair-minded onlooker on the Oregon political scene had ever doubted that the sovereign voiers of the state were going to wallop another sales tax and joy ously kick the 90 legislators downstairs in their ninth conse cutive attempt to boost their own pay. . In the dark, gloomy morning of the day after the vote, the entire affair of a special election in Oregon this year appears a sorry mistake. Each measure ! before the voters last week could have , , . . . . awauea a tow in oiay. ; voters were as unenthusiastic about cast ing their ballots Friday! as, a home-town boy would be to tangle with Joe Louis. 1 ! -', The sales tax proposal and the special election which it precipi tated had twice been paraded as an ill-important enactment for Oregonians to adopt and twice had; been decisively licked. The 5 to 1 vote against the tax Fri day should, be conclusive proof that the state must seek other sources for its new plans to spend The entire unfortunate affair of the proposed tax and the spe cial vote was a product j of the feverish last days "of the special session. Word from Washiiigteri' that, Oregon must shift for itself in handling relief, affrighted D. 0. Hood, budget director, and other state officials, and they became allies of men like "Buck"; Snyder in the house and Allan Bynon in the senate, who seized the relief emergency and the old-age fj pen sion payment plan as a j vehicle to push over a sales tax !on the voters of the state, I Primary Change Is "Xort Complex. Victim Unfortunately for Oregon t the September primary " measure, which had great merit, went down to a thumping defeat, partly be cause it was tied in with the o popular sales tax bill and the po litically impossible proposal that legislators boost their own Salar ies. At a primary or general elec tion, when the "no" psychology was not so rampant, the Septem ber primary might have received a thin majority. As things stand this meritori ous proposal must be kept In the closet until voters can forget the action of Fridav. Governor Martin's belated sup port of the sales tax was without effect. His predecessor ha4 thum ped for a similar tax on two for mer occasions and at each I time had received the emphatic re buffs of the body politic.. The governor was sincere in jhis be lief that the sales tax was needed for pension-payments but j t h e "wolf" message fell on deaf ears: in 1933 the tax had been "im perative" to . preserve cthei state's credit and 36 months later the banks would not take the pleth ora of state funds; in 1934 i the tax had been needed tjo j keep schools open and without the sales tax there have been no schools closed In Oregon. The public was Ill-prepared to accept a sales tax as "must" legislation. The only question "settled" by the election is new proof! Of the oft-staied unwillingness Of; Teitf xens to vote taxes. Townseml clubs may flourish, and transac tion. sale taxes of 10 to 15 per cent may be projected as! means of paying the pensions, i When the add test of getting citizens to vote, them is presented t h e no" vote is stupendous. I ! (Tarn to page 2, col. :i) I f to 25 Near Midnight I Keep up the good work, Mr, Furnace Stoker; you have more shtvery daya ahead! j. : g Ice formed early on fish ponds and other still water in! Salem yesterday afternoon and thickened a, the temperature fell irapidly last night. A chill wind blew ita SO degree breath over ; the , city before 6 p.m. and continued ! get ting r colder. By 10:45 the mer cury; was down to 25 degrees and remained at the ' same mark at 11:45.; ; v: N'1' I The United States weather bo real . predicted today's and Mon day's weather would be "fair but with considerable cloudiness : and continued; low temperature.1 The official thermometer dropped to, 13 degrees here j yes- leraay morning ana barely reacb- Mercury tn ft k us neignv in-miaaay. Decides Future Weather Today C "2 It:1-' . - 4 - ? m: I --fy MP 1 MR. GROUNDHOG Townsend Groups To Talk Strategy 200 Clubs' Delegates to Meet at Eugene Soon; McNary Is Quizzed EUGENE, Feb. 1. -(-Delegates from 200 or more Town send ' clubs from the First con gressional district in' Oregon will gather here Wednesday, February 12. to elect a new congressional advisory board and to lay plans for the support of candidates in 1936, it was announced here-today by. Townsend club officials. Each Townsend club in the dis trict, extending from Portland to the California line west of the Cascades, is entitled to one dele gate to the convention. Townsenders plan to concen trate on candidates for congress and announced that support will depend on approval by the dis trict board, then the state board and finally by national headquar ters. In the First district. Congress man James V. Mott so far has the support of the Townsenders. An airmail letter was dispatched to Senator Charles McNary today, inviting him to give a definite statement as to his stand on the Townsend plan. This letter and his reply will be read at the meet ing here February 12 and support from Townsenders will depend on his peply. it was said. Members of the advisory board for this district had declared that if Senator McNary does" not come out in support of the plan, they will "sacrifice" him for a Town- send supporter. Delegation Fears State Loses All Pension Help PORTLAND. Feb. 1.-JP)-The Oregonian's Washington corres pondent said tonight the. Oregon delegation In congress was of the opinion the defeat of the sales tax in yesterday's election will prevent Oregon from ' receiving federal aid for old-age pensions in, 1936 unless some other means of raising match-money is de vised. Margin Against Measures Grows as Count Nears End PORTLAND, Feb. j l.-(P)-Ore- gon a special election showed aei- initely that this state does not fa vor a sales tax, that it Is opposed to changing the date of the. pri maries from May to September, that it does not care to allow its legislators to set their own salary' scale and that it does not. intend that student fees at state educa tional institutions should be com pulsory. The emphatic "no" vote on all four proposals grew in majority as near-complete returns were re ceived ionight. V Only 04 Precincts Remain to Report ! The results from 1,537 of the state's 1,631 precincts showed the following: Primary date change: yes 60, 354; no 150.624. Legislators' pay: yet 28,213; no 178,007. i Sales tax: yes 31,254; no 181, 290.. . students iee: yes 49,954: no 157,216. . Somnolent One Scheduled to Come Forth Today; Test is Fallible HIS HONOR, the Groundhog, commands the eyes of the public today as he has for years. For February 2 is his day and on his movements, so tradition has it, the fate of spring depends. If the weather be bright and crisp, Mr. Groundhog is supposed to go back to his tunnel for six solid more weeks of sleep, thus presaging a late spring. If the weather be overcast, the day dull and muggy, this to the ground hog is an omen of a change and an earlier spring may be expected. The antics of the groundhog are not infallible tests. Last year in city hall park in New York city the mayor and other city of (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Girl Reserves to Conduct Services Closing Session of 3-Day Conference Scheduled For This Afternoon The entire morning worship service at the First Methodist church will be conducted by Girl Reserves today at 11 o'clock. It will be the closing session of the three-day midwinter conference. Dr. Bruce R. Baxter will deliver the sermon on "Being Right With Ourselves." The Silverton Girl Re serves will have charge of the closing ceremonial which will fol low the service. Banquet, Skating Party Are Enjoyed A banquet last night in the ed ucational temple was followed by a skating party at Dreamland. Dis cussion groups yesterday after noon were led by Dr. G. H. Ober teuffer, Scout executive of Port land; Dr. E. W. Warrington of Corvallis; Miss Tanya Schrieber of St. Helens hall faculty in Portland, and Mrs. Arthur Churchill of Portland. Dr. O. R. Chambers led the discussion on the conference theme, "Understanding", at the Saturday morning sessions. Miss Gwen Gallaher led the group singing. Registrations numbered "250 for the conference, with girls coming from all over Oregon and south ern Washington. Prune Plan to Be Talked This Week The purposes of the proposed new trade association plan of Oregon Prune Control Board, Inc., will be explained to Marion and Linn county farmers at meetings called this week, according to A. M. Chapman, board manager. The first meeting will be held at Dever, Linn county, in Green's hall Wednesday night, and a sec ond at Sunnyside, Marion county, Thursday night. A heavy sign-up of prune grow ers favoring the plan is reported from Douglas county while farm ers in the Washington county dis trict have asked for a second meeting following one at Forest Grove last week for further infor mation. Two hundred fifty - eight acres were signed under the plan at Forest Grove last .week at a meeting headed by Ted Mankertz. To Tell Tall Tales Tall tales will be in order at Monday ; night's meeting of Capi tal post No. 9, American Legion, at Fraternal temple, when the annual liars' contest will be stag ed. Cash prizes will be offered for the least truthful stories told. The 6 to 1 defeat of the sales tax, offered to the voters as a means of obtaining match-money to obtain federal old age pension funds, was the worst setback the proposal received in : the three times it has been before the elec torate. The measure provided for a one-fourth of one per cent tax on gross wholesale business and two per cent on retail sales with certain exceptions, principally in foodstuffs. The legislators . pay proposal was set forth with the contention that the present $3 a day is insuf ficient to cover expenses, especial ly in that it is paid only 40 days regardless ; of the length of the sessions. The student fee proposal would have empowered the state board of higher education to levy com pulsory; charges for student activ ities, and - was described by its proponents as essential for the carrying on of extra-curricular wort, i St. Helens Also Tied for Top; Thomas First in Extempore Contest Polk Metropolis' Debate Team State Champion; Amity Does Well McMINNVILLE, Ore., Feb. 1.-(P)-Salem, Dallas and St. Helens shared top honors in the finals of the fourth annual interscholastic forensic tournament at Linfield college tonight. Representatives from the three schools won three firsts and three seconds in the five-event compe tition. Contests were held in de bate, extemporaneous speaking, humorous declamations, dramatic declamations and oratory. William Thomas of Salem plac ed first in extemporaneous speak ing and Dayton Robertson, also of Salem, placed second. Dallas High Wins State Debate Title Dallas won the coveted debate title, recognized as the state high school championship, and with it the right to meet the winner of the western Washington tourna ment at the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Dallas was rep resented by Albert Klassen, Ivan Ickes, Marjorie Waters and Jean Hartman. Amity won second In the de bate tourney. The school was rep resented by Alan Torbet and Kenneth Pomeroy, who talked on both sides of the socialized medi cine question. Gresham high, represented by Franklin Calhoun, won first place in the dramatic division of dec lamation, and Hope Ballagh of St. Helens, last year's champion. was second. St. Helens, represented by Dor- lnda Brakke, won first in the (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Seamen Move to Lift Injunction SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l-UP)- The sailors' union of the Pacific petitioned the United States dis trict court today to dismiss an injunction suit filed by the Inter national Seamen's union and dis solve a temporary injunction which has tied up the sailors' un ion's funds and property. Attorney Albert MIchelson, who filed the petition, said it attacked the I. S. U. suit on technical grounds, contending the parent organization, under its constitu tion, is not authorized to institute such action and that the complaint does not state a fit cause for ac tion. The I. S. U. last Monday revok ed the sailors' union charter and filed the injunction suit to pre vent the local greup's disposing of any of its funds or property. Earlier today Harry Bridges, marine union leader, urged Secre tary of Labor Perkins to take steps for prompt congressional in vestigation of the Pacific coast maritime labor situation to avert possible "major strife." Secretary Choice Is Again Delayed Appointment of a new execu tive secretarv to Governor Charles H. Martin was again delayed yes terday. It nad been expectea .mat thA irnvfrnor would select his new assistant this weekend. The exe cutive secretary will take over the duties formerly performed by the state budget director. D. O. Hood, holder of that position, will be autnmaiicallv out nf office as the budget Job was abolished when the secretarial position was creat ed by the special session of the legislature. - Wallace S. Wharton, assistant city editor of The Oregon Journal, Portland, has been most mention ed as the Drobable selection of Governor Martin for the new post. Carl Cover is said to De unaer consideration. He has been right band man to Hood. William Goss lln. nrivate secretary to the kov- ernor, will continue in that posi tion. Polk County Says Emphatically 4No9 DALLAS. Feb. 1. Polk county voters said "no" all down the line yesterday in the special election here, complete returns from the 3S nrecincts of the county show ed. The legislative pay change was most strongly opposed, going down before a 10 to one negative vote. , : " - Complete returns follow: Yes No Primary date change .812 3359 Legislators' pay 323 3811 Sales tax 776 3426 Student fees 841 3236 Democrats of Minnesota to Stick to F. R. Early Convention . Held ; 26 Delegates Named With 22 Votes Inter - Party Division is in Limelight; Union is for New Deal MANKATO. Minn.. Feb. 1.-UP1 Minnesota opened the farm belt's democratic drive tor renominatlon of President Roosevelt today when democrats assembled in state con vention elected national conven tion delegates pledged to the Pres ident. Convention officials said some 2000 attended the meet ing. Coneressman Elmer J. Ryan, chairman, pleaded for support for Roosevelt and replied to At Smith's T.lbertv league sneech. Then the convention promptly named 26 delegates representing 22 votes for Roosevelt, at tne Philadelphia national convention in June. Another Convention Scheduled Later The Minnesota delegation, fac ed opposition within its own HtatA Another faction of the state democratic party, headed by National Committeeman Joseph Wolf, has called a separate con vention for March 14, wnen an other delegation, also pledged to Roosevelt is expected to be nam ed. The two groups split" over patronage, with indications two slates of delegates would carry thi ftrht tn the national con vention credential committee. Ryan, chairman of today's con vention nd slated to he named national committeemen by its members, urged all liberal mind ed progressives to rally behind president Roosevelt and aajurea democrats to "keep to the middle of the highway." WASHINGTON. Feb. l.-OPH The campaign-year congress end ed its first month today largely (Turn to page 4, col. 1) Tom Mooney For President, Plan NEW YORK, Feb. l.-(JP)-A Tom Mooney-for-presldent move ment was proposed to organized labor today by the communist party of the United States (oppo sition). Jay Lovestone, secretary of the group whose leaders were ex pelled from the official commun ist party six years ago in a dis pute over principles, announced the plan. Mooney, who has spent the. last 20 years in California prisons for the San Fransicso Preparedness day bombing, was advanced as a candidate behind whom Love stone said socialists, communists and radical farmer-labor groups could unite. Bertram D. Wolfe, publicity man for the opposition commun ists, said1 he had .no idea how Mooney could be got out of prison if he should be elected. Di Riley Honored By Sons of Italy PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. l.-UPl -Dr. P. O. Riley of Salem Joined a select group of honorary metn- bers-of the order Sons of Italy to night in ceremonies held at a banquet here. Only seven other persons in the nation have been made honorary members, officials of the order said. Dr. Riley- was guest of honor at the colorful rites. Among those attending were Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Portland, Secretary of State Earl Snell and John Beck man, , representing Governor Charles H. Martin. Nearly 200 were present, - Charles A. Dillio, Portland at torney, was toastmaster. Dr. Riley formerly was editor and publisher of a newspaper at Hubbard, Ore. Narcissus in Bloom on Courthouse Lawn-Even If Spring Hasn't Come ' Spring most emphatically is not here, Salem townsfolk unanimous ly will agree, and yet W. J. Hagedorn, Jail cook at the county courthouse, yesterday reported he had .three, stems of narcissus in bloom on 'the south Side of the coarthouse. - "There are fire flowers on each stem and they hare been in blos som for several days, Hagedorn said. .. ..:..., . .:. - , Historic Moment When Senate's Clerk tSigns Vet Bonus Measure 5 MX t Finis was written to one of the most bitter battles in American leg islative history, the 15-year-old controversy over the bonus pay ment issue, when Edward Halsey, seated!, senate clerk, signed the bill making the measure law when the senate overrode the presi dent's veto. Witnesses of the event were, left to right, standing, James Van Zandt, commander Veterans of Foreign Wars; Senator James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina; M. A. Harlan, official Dis abled Veterans, and Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi. Pinball Comeback Move Is Rumored Ordinance to Make Them Legal Again Coming - Up Says Report Will the pinball games return to Salem? Reports that an ordinance re legalizing their operation here was being prepared revived yes terday although no person would admit knowing o fth move. There existed a possibility that an at tempt might be made to have the measure introduced at the city council meeting Monday night. If such an ordinance is in the offing it is not being drawn up by the council police committee, according to its members. Ald erman Walter Fuhrer, chairman, said last night he know nothing of the move and Alderman Ross Goodman intimated he did not be lieve there would be such a pro posal Monday night. Fuhrer in troduced two regulatory measures applying to the marble games last year. All Under Ban Since Early in October Marble boards, punch boards and dart games have been under ban here since early last October when the council passed Alder man E. B. Perrine's anti-gambling ordinance by a 9 to 3 vote. Operators of marble games were several times quoted later as say ing they would lie low for a time then seek readmission to the city. The quarters occupied by the one dart game conducted be fore the Perrine law went Into effect have never been dismantld. Fire Loss in January Here is Exceptionally Lou; No Serious Blaze Salem's fire loss during Janu ary was exceptionally low,. Wil liam Iwan, assistant fire Chief, annouced last night. None of the 45 fires to which the department was called, with the exception of one house blaze, was of seri ous nature. Fire razed a small house at 260 Hoyt street last Tuesday night. Iwan said the oth er fires were chiefly small chlm-J ney or roof blazes. Sixty-one fires occurred in the city in January, 1935. Further Retrenchment Here In Direct Relief Eminent Marion county's already cur tailed direct relief program faces further retrenchment this month. The state relief committee allot ment for February is approximate ly $1400 less than that for last month, according to information received by E. L. Wieder, chair man of the county relief commit tee. For the present month the state committee has authorized Marion county to spend the following sums: General direct relief, $9953. I Poor farm' maintenance, $450. Soldiers and sailors aid, $150. . Mothers relief, $27. : : Problem Coming Up At Thursday Meeting The January allotment was identical with the new. one on the three small funds bnt for general relief was approximately $11,300. The county committee will tackle the retrenchment problem further at a meeting here at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. "tt' "'sii " NiziZiissij If- M Uses For Cottage Cheese Are Asked Any Recipe Employing It Eligible This Week in Round Table Contest Recipes using cottage cheese will win cash prises at the Round Table this week. Salads, appe tizers, refrigerator concoctions any recipe calling for cottage cheese as one of the ingredients is eligible. The contest ends Thursday coon, February 6. A tremendous response to the filled cooky contest last week fill ed the files to over-flowing. As many as possible will be printed. Filled Sugar Cookies M cup batter 1 fups gagar Vt cap tweet cream 3 eggi 4 cup flour, after nifting 4 teaspooDg baking powder teaspoon aalt 1 tablespoon vanilla Cream butter, add sugar and eggs and beat well. Sift flour, bak ing powder and salt together. Add cream and dry ingredients, then (Turn to page 2, coL 2) Setbacks For All Issues Emphatic Emphatic disapproval of each measure on the state ballot was given by Marion county voters in the special election Friday, offi cial figures from the county clerk's tally sheets revealed yes terday. The primary date change, which won the most affirmative votes, went down almost four to one, while the proposal that legis lators set their own pay, was crushed by a ten to one negative vote. v Complete returns from the 77 precincts in the county are: Yes No Primary date change 3228 12,263 Legislative pay boost 1300 13,867 Sales, tax 2490 12,880 Student fee 2651 12,464 Officials here yesterday said that the negative vote percentage was the largest on record in the history of referendum or in it la-" tive votes here. "We want to get our bearings, see where we stand and what we can do," Wieder said yesterday. "We will study new cases and have a report on the ones that have been dropped for one reason or another." State Committee To Provide $5290 The February allotment from the state committee consists of $5290 from state relief appropria tions and $4663 from the. coun ty's relief budget. As during Jan uary, the state committee again will nse balances from federal funds "the total cost of adminis tration V . . except Items for rent and workmen's compensation" Wieder has been advised. . .. Possible additional redactions In relief expenditures, through dropping of cases, reducing, cash donations and staff curtailment, is expected to be reported on at Thursday's meeting by Glenn C Niles, executive secretary of the . county committee. , . - Would Finance Farm Aid Plan By Same Step 50 Representatives Join in Opposing Taxation Till Gold in Use National Chamber Claims Inflation is Already in Effect in UJ$. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-JP-A determined offensive seeking bonus payment through currency expansion rather than new taxes sprang today from a meeting ef a powerful house inflation bloc. Lines also were consolidated and widened in a corollary cam paign to meet the costs of a new farm-aid program with the urns device. Half a hundred representatives both democrats and republican approved a resolution opposing "additional taxes to pay the debt to the veteran" and urged the use of new money backed by the credit of this government and It metallic reserves." They voted to set up a special steering committee to tight for that objective. Senator Thomas (D.-Okla.) simultaneously prom ised to start a similar move in the senate "to block all tax leg islation and the issuance ef any more interest-bearing bonds until the treasury has issued currency against the idle gold and silver. Half Billion New TaxeS, F. R, Policy Linked closely with the bi-partisan drive shaping up at feotn ends of the capital was the ques tion of printing more currency to finance the administration's pro gram to substitute a soil conser vation and subsidy plan for the defunct AAA. President Roosevelt has suggested $500,000,000 in new taxes, replacing the invali dated processing taxes, for that purpose. Today's meeting did not touch definitely on that angle, but the resolution, offered by Represnta tlve Greenwood (D.-Ind.), was re garded in some quarters as broad enough to cover it. The resolu tion said: "We favor a sound but ade quate currency to be preserved at all hazards. We desire con trolled expansion of the curren cy, sufficient to meet the needs of the people and the country, and are unalterably opposed to uncontrolled expansion." Policy is Already Inflationary, Held Both senate and house leaders i n d i c a ted the administration would continue its opposition to currency inflation and expressed confidence they could beat down the renewed demand for it. Dove tailed with their position was a warning from the chamber of commerce of the United States against uncontrolled inflation. The chamber, however, struck primarily at the administration's present fiscal policy as leading to the equivalent of currency in flation. 1 Despite the claims of democrat ic chieftains that the latest cam paign would fail, a considerable sentiment appeared in the house ways and means committee for using new currency backed by treasury gold and Bilver to meet the cost of the bonus. Death of Child at Roseburg Mystery ROSEBURG, Ore., Feb. l.-JP)-Coroner H. C. Stearns said an autopsy was unsuccessful in de termining cause of the death of Donna Lou Masters, 4, who died in convulsions at a hospital here late yesterday. Dr. R. R. Shoemaker declined to sign a death certificate for the child and turned over the ease to the coroner after an examination led him to suspect the fatality might have resulted from peison. Reports that a person has been throwing poisoned sandwiches in the streets In an attempt to kill dogs bare been received frequent ly by officers here lately. : Coroner Stearns said the autop sy "practically eliminated the possibility that the Child died from a dietary ailment, bat that the theory' was advanced death might have resulted from menin gitis. .-- ; '-"V- yyi " V Accept airs. Long a j -f 4- NEW ORLEANS, Feb. l.-itpy-The thunder in the ranks of the administration ! political machine over . the appointment" of Mrs. Huey P. Long to the United States senate began to subside tonight as dissenting leaders accepted bee .-. --E -.1."'-'--- -