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X f i Comics . : The liveliest,, most enter taining' comics of America are a portion of the enter tainment The Statesman of fers readers dally. The Weather Unsettled, rising tempera.' tore today, rain or snow Monday, warmer; Max. Temp. Saturday 32, Min. 16, riTer 2.9 feet, N. wind, i .r" y nr a. m a -w FOUNDED 1851 EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 9, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 274 Cold oderataD Nv- - wealth M Snap Here Ends ; - o Budget Policy Has Limelight In State Now Wharton in Position to Direct Finances in Adequate Style Pension Defense League Routs Solons' Plan; Payment Expected By SHELDON F. SACKETT With the arrival at the capitol of. Wallace S. Wharton, newly named executive secretary for Governor Martin, the budget con trol policy espoused by the ex ecutive in the first days of his administration will get under real headway. Wharton's job will be (1) to see that departments do not exceed preferably i spend les3 than their biennial appro priation and (2) to provide the governor with a carefully studied, economical budget to submit to the biennial sessions of the leg islature. Wharton becomes administra tor of the position first created under Governor Patterson when Sam Kozer became budget di rector. Henry , Hanzen, who suc ceeded him, used the office as a takeoff field for the political manipulation he handled for the Meier administration. O. O. Hood, named budget director by Gover nor Martin, was too busy with personal business to give much time to the office and while Carl Cover, his deputy, inaugurated uniform salary scheduleds for the various bureaus and last month began a budget checkup system, It remains for Wharton to deter mine wether budget control can be made to work at the state- house. February Budgets Quickly Approved The February budgets sent the budget department by the scores of state departments were quick ly approved last week in order to get them to the secretary of state's office and thus not to de lay the payment of warrants. Some of the budgets called for a great amount of work in prep aration. One state department es timates budget preparation each month would cost $3000 a year; another puts the cost at $6000. Wharton said yesterday that he had no desire to add expense to department costs in keeping of budgets; that he planned to hold down reports to a minimum con sistent with real control from the executive department. He said he had no expectation of making per sonnel changes in his office. An extended executive confer ence between Governor Martin, Secretary Gosslin and Executive Secretary Wharton took place yes terday, presumably to allocate the work of the two secretaries and to provide Wharton with background on Governor Martin's views on control of state ex penses. Gosslin will continue the contact man for the department and will see that patronage prob lems are routed through his of fice. Wharton's task will be state finances. He gets $3000 in the new. post; the budget director position paid $6000 a year. . Each time the sales tax has been proposed in Oregon its pro ponents have put forward the ar gument that the levy had to be passed else disaster would befall the state. Three times the "wolf" cry has been -sounded; three times voters have scotched the tax; three times the state has muddled through. Episode three in this flight from disaster was the re cent old-age pension scare where voters were told it was a sales tax or no pensions. Pension Defenders Pot Over Petition Only a week after citizens had repudiated all attempts to impose a sales tax, the Oregon Old Age Pension Defense league, a new, small, underfinanced group in Portland, came down to Salem with 12,000 signatures on a ref erendum petition and put the clamps on most of the horrors which were to ensue if the state let the sales tax proposal die. The action of the league Was a neat thrust at the special session legislators who thought they had tied up pensions with a sales tax and would push the tax through with the cries of the needy old sters ringing in the public's ears. What the referendum does is to put the special session's action in (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Coomler May Run For County Court " J. S. Coomler, North i Howell farmer, was in Salem "yesterday and stated he is considering being a candidate for, county comniis- ' sioner In the . republican primar ies, y Coomler? ran ..for commis sioner in 1934 and polled a sub stantial vote, being tbi-d in - i narrow "race. Roy . Melson, la cumbent. Is expected to file for reelection.. j . - -i- Death Summons Famous Kansan I? CHARLES CURTIS Ex-Leader Victim Of Heart Attack Charles Curtis' Funeral to Be Monday; Noted Men Give Praise WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. - UP) - Charles Curtis, former vice-presi dent, who left an Indian tepee to scale the heights of -American public office, died unexpectedly of a heart attack today at the age of 76. For 40 years he had been In the thick of republican political combat, and, despite his age. death came just as he was plan ning a return to the arena as champion of his old friend and fellow Kansan, Gov. Alf M. Lan don, for the presidency. His passing shocked the capi tal. Expressions of regret from those now high in the govern ment quickly attested a popular ity which took no account of the party lines, by which his own po- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Crowd Imperiled As Auto Burns Up More than a score of specta tors were believed narrowly to have escaped injury yesterday af ternoon when a light panel type delivery truck caught fire and was destroyed on the shoulder of the Pacific highway near Hayes- ville around 3 p. m. Only the mo tor was saved through the efforts of Salem firemen. When state police arrived at the scene a large number of curi ous persons were grouped about the burning truck and the flames were dangerously close to the gas oline tank. The tank, punctured by police bullets, exploded short ly after the officers had ordered the crowd out of the danger zone. Police did not ascertain the name of the truck owner, who told them the fire started in Igni tion wiring under the dashboard and quickly spread under the driv er's seat. He said he barely had time to drive the truck off the pavement and jump out before the rear of the vehicle broke into flames. Rice Will Run For Reelection, Says From bed at his home where he 1 1 - m l . . . i uas ueeu cuniineu ior lour wesss, City Treasurer C. O. Rice yester day sent word that he would run for reelection. He said he ex pected to be out of bed within a few weeks and definitly would seek election to his 12th two-year term in the treasurer's office. Mr. Rice suffered a severe heart attack January 13 and was forced to give up his duties as treasurer for the time being. Kuykendall and Deacon to Demand Hearing on Ouster Harold Deacon, who was dis charged from the Salem police force last Monday, will appeal to the civil service commission for a hearing early this week, he an nounced last night. He is arrang ing, for legal counsel, he said, and declared he would have "a real case" to present. , A hearing also will be demand ed by Charles" A. Kuykendall, whom Chief of Police Minto dis charged Friday, Kuykendall stat ed last night. "I wasa't drunk and there aro men who will testify to that." Kuykendall asserted. "And as to the charge that I let a gun go off accidentally, that did happen J but it was right here in my home, while I was off duty and Milk Control Law Is Upheld By Judge Lusk Decision Comes in Suit of Four Producers; Fault Overcome Appeal to Highest State Court Expected Due to Importance PORTLAND, Feb. 8 (Special) In a lengthy decision handed down late today Judge Hall S. Lusk of the .Multnomah county circuit court sustained the consti tutionality of the Oregon milk control act as amended at the last special session of the legislature. It was handed down in a case brought by four producers enjoin ing the Brandes Creamery com pany from participating in the pooling orders of the milk control board. The Oregon law, first passed in 1933, gives the control board power to fix prices, establish milk pools, and to average returns to producers. The decision held that the provision of the original act exempting producer - distributors from the pooling program ren dered the act unconstitutional; but, since this exemption was re moved in the special session of 1935, the amendment operated to cure the law and make it consti tutional. So Important is the de cision that it is expected it will be appealed to the state supreme court. Chairman of Milk Board Is Pleased Edgar W. Smith, chairman of the milk board, acclaimed tho de cision as one of great importance, and expressed gratification that Judge Lusk held that the milk board had "never acted In an un reasonable or arbitrary manner." Smith predicted It would be one of the most widely quoted Judi cial pronouncements handed down in connection with control legis lation in many years. The suit was initiated last May. Its outcome has been awaited with interest not only by producers, distributors and consumers of milk but by the dairy Industry throughout the country, because the Oregon act is said to have been a pattern for similar laws In most of the 13 states now having control legislation. Portion of Money Ordered Refunded Certain monies deposited into the court during the pendency of the suit by Brandes creamery were ordered refunded to the creamery, because collected prior to the curative 1935 amendments. Later payments go to the produ cers. (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Work Will Start On Undercrossing A dozen local men will be at work Monday on the highway un dercrossing construction at the north entrance to the city, it was reported at the national re-employment office yesterday when an order from the contractors. Kern & Kjbbe, for six more com mon laborers was filled. The builders previously had obtained three laborers, a carpenter and two shovel oilers through the job agency. A number of the skilled work men on this project were brought in by the contractors, as permit ted under federal regulations, it was said. Whitman Coasts In WALLA WALLA, Feb. 8 Whitman basketeers snatched a long lead, 33 to 8, In the first half of their game with Lewiston Normal here 'tonight and then, with reserves seeing considerable action, coasted in to a SO to 21 victory. Reser with 14 and Clark with 13 led the Missionary scor- ling. in the gun, which is now being repaired at a gunsmith's." Deacon Will Ask Rowe to Testify Asked If this was the instance of careless use of firearms with which Kuykendall is charged. Chief Minto said he did not know that charge had been included in the written notice sent to Kuy kendall. ' : Deacon is expected at his hear ing to call on Harry Rowe, pri vate patrolman employed by downtown merchants, to testify in his behalf. Rowe last night told a reporter that he Tisited- the R. C. Aiken, Inc., Jewelry store, 547 State; street, between , 8:30 and S o'clock last Sunday morn ing and did not see any evidence (Turn to page 5, coL 8) . Itinerants Get "Bum's Rustf' at California Borders; West Agog ... . . ' - S N . ' " .4'-. " - . , i Nothing has caused quite so much outcry In the west recently as the announcement of Los Angeles officials that city police would be sent to California borders to turn back itinerants who sought to enter that state. Protests and threats of reprisal eame from Ore gon, Arizona and Nevada. Here are the L. A. officers fine-combing a freight train at Truckee in search for undesirable Itinerants. International Illustrated News photo. Mary L Fulkerson Seeks Reelection County Superintendent to Run as Non-Partisan Under New Law Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, coun ty school superintendent, Joined the procession of incumbent offi cials who seek reelection, whon she formally announced her candi dacy for the post for the next four years in a statement filed with the county clerk's office yesterday. This year, for the first time in history, the county school super intendent's job will be on a non partisan ballot. Heretofore Mrs. Fulkerson has sought election on the republican ticket. Her ballot slogan will be: "Efficient service for Marion county schools." Elected if Primary Yields Majority Under the non-partisan provis ion for electing county school su perintendents, the individual re ceiving a majority of votes cast at the primary election is elected. In event no majority i3 received by a candidate, the two aspirants for the office having the largest number of votes enter the fall el ection contest and the winner there becomes county school su perintendent. From 1915 to 1920 Mrs. Fulk erson served as rural supervisor in the county school superintend ent's office here. When William M. Smith, who was county school superintendent here, was appoint ed assistant superintendent to State Superintendent Churchill, Mrs. Fulkerson was appointed to his place. She sought election later that year, won the contest and has retained the office through the following years. Townsend Board Members Chosen PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 9.-JP)- Delegates to the Multnomah coun ty Townsend meeting today elect ed to the area board five out of seven of those recommended by the nominating committee. Two of those named Elbert Eastman and James Logan were also selected to serve as this sec tor's representatives on the state governinjr board. Others chosen from the nomin ating: committee's list include! Mrs. Helen Buckner, W. H. Chap man and Dean Bryson. E. H Wright and Sam Smith won the nost bv nominations from the floor. Officials said the result of the election showed a sentiment for close cooperation with the official state group. Litchfield on Duty in Place of C. Kuykendall Chief of Police Frank A. Minto last night placed Claude M. Litch field on duty In place of Charles A. Kuykendall, patrolman, who was discharged Friday. Litchfield, who has had no previous exper ience other than as special offi cer at the state fairgrounds, was assigned to patrol in company with. Frank Winslow, wh has the downtown beat formerly held by Harold Deacon, whom Chief Minto discharged last Monday. liver Is Subject For Next Recipes Original Preparation or ' Loaf, Sandwich Uses WiU Be Eligible Recipes for the preparation of liver will be welcome at The Statesman Round TableAhis week. They may be directions for cook ing the meat originally or may be for loaves or sandwich spreads calling for liver already cooked. Three cash prizes are offered each week for the best recipes submitted on the current topic. Housewives are winning this money simply by sending in their favorite rules. Neatness and clar ity of description count in the judging. Cottage cheese ideas follow: Sandwich Spread 1 rap drained cottage cheese 3 teaspoons anchovy paste 1 teaspoon drained horseradish 1 tablespoon mayonnaise Mash cheese fine and smooth, add other ingredients and blend well. Use on white bread thinly (Turn to page 5, col. 6) Borah Swats Ohio Favorite Son Idea WASHINGTON. Feb. 8.-(JP)-Senator Borah of Idaho tonight challenged forces against him for the presidential nomination to "come into the open" and declare their preference. Prompted by objections to him by the former republican chair man, Simeon Fess of Ohio, the candidate attacked plans of the Ohio party organization to seek a "favorite son" convention delega tion in the Buckeye state primar ies May 12 as "sham and decep tion." On the democratic side, the week's developments dealt mainly with policies of campaign-issue importance. Modification rather than aggressive advancementment of the new deal seemed the trend. Attempts to elect anti-Roosevelt delegates to the Philadelphia convention were broached in Mas sachusetts and Maryland. Unless the convention turns its back on the new deal, President Jouett Shouse of the American Liberty league estimated almost 2,000, 000 democrats of a mind with Alfred E. Smith would go repub lican. Gamble to Have Hearing Monday Orville V. Gamble, who Leads the state trade school for the blind In Portland, will have a formal hearing before the state board of control tomorrow morn ing. Gamble is said to have shown financial losses in several departments of the school in the last audit, the losses being due to mismanagement. Gamble is also said to have failed to coop erate with the state budget de partment. , A protege of State Treasurer Holman, Gamble is expected to have the tacit support of the for mer when the hearing is conduct ed. Whether the charges again -st Gamble will be discussed in open session of the board was not known yesterday at the state- house. Goyernor Will Apply For ILS. Pension Funds Plan of Action Depends on Legal Status of State Provision Checkup Begun; Petition Sufficiency Will Be First Question "I have always been a strong ad vocate of old-age pensions and I remain solicitous for the proper care and attention of our aged people." With this statement, Governor Martin yesterday concluded an ex tended conference between him self and Attorney-General I. H. Va Winkle and Ralph Moody, de puty. The governor indicated a thor ough study was to be made at once by the attorney-general's of fice on the present legal status of old-age pensions in Oregon. While he made no direct state ment, it was learned authenti cally that Governor Meier would ask the state relief commission to apply to Washington for fed eral funds for old-age pensions in Oregon, if the state's legal and financial situation made such an application feasible. Passage by U .S. Congress Looming Passage of an old-age pension appropriation is momentarily ex pected at the federal capital. Pension funds are in a deficiency bill before the senate. "I have just been advised by the secretary of state that pe titions, referring to the people at the November election Senate bill 43, have beln filed in his office. which petitions apparently con tained the necessary number of signatures," the governor declar ed. He added the determination (Turn to Page 9, Col. 7) Temperatures Up About 10 Degrees PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. S.-JP) -Ten-degree higher temperatures in northern Oregon, as compared with last night, and a similar re spite from the cold wave in most parts of the state cheered those with dwindling coal piles tonight. PorUand's temperature at 10 p. m. was 27. Minimum this morn ing was 14. An east wind contin ued to sting. A further recession of the cold was predicted for Sunday. Highways were kept open de spite new snows in eastern por tions. Many secondary roads re mained closed. Operations at Bonneville dam continued at slow-speed and traf fic on the river was halted by ice cakes. An ice-breaker was pressed into service to keep the channel open for the ferry near The Dalles. Meacham, Ore., atop the Blue mountains recorded 33 below. Big Improvement Job On Corvallis Campus Gets Final Approval CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 8.-0P)-Presldent George V. Peavy of Ore gon State college telegraphed from Washington today that WPA officials placed final approval on the proposed $77,000 improve ment project for the Institution here. The work would include land scaping, construction of sidewalks and service drives, installation of tennis courts and Improvements to the crew house. W. A. Jensen, executive secre tary of the college, said the pro gram would give employment tor the rest of the winter for those now jobless. Over 300 From For Idanha, Off to Idanha early this morn ing go more than 300 men, wom en and youngsters from Salem, in the first ail-city winter sports excursion the capital city has ever enjoyed. - As if In harmony with the city's long-laid plans for develop ment of a sports area In the Mt. Jefferson area, the weather man continued the cold days of last weekend and predicted excellent skiing conditions. Snowfall . yes terday at Idahna exceeded one foot in depth. Ticket Sale for . - if Excursion Heavy .The Ucket sale for the excur sion was very pleasing late yes terday to service club officials who had sponsored the excursion. Two hundred and sixty paste- Poison Takes Wrong Victim Donna Lou Marsters, 5, of Rose- barg, wtao died after eating poisoned food thrown Into her play yard by a dog poisoner. Enraged Rosebnrg people are making a strenuous search for the guilty person. Interna tional Illustrated News photo. Rough Americans Beaten at Hockey Canadians Beat Austria; German Woman Takes Title at Slalom GARMISCH - PART E N K I R CHEN, Germany, Feb. i-(JP)-The United States suffered two major reverses in the fourth winter Olympics today as the hockey team, strongly favored to reach tne nnais, nowea to Italy in a stunning upset, and Donna Fox, pilot of the leading four-man bob- sledding team, narrowly escaped serious Injury in a spectacular crack-up on the Olympic chute. These developments overs had owed such other competitive re sults as Canada's third successive victory over Austria, In defense of its hockey crown and the smashing triumph of Germany's Christel Crans in the Slalom and the combined downhill-Slalom ski ing championships for women. America's hockey defeat came in a bruising game that went to two extra ten-minute periods be fore Giovanni Scotti scored the goal that gave the Italians a 2-1 victory. t For the first time, the Ameri cans found their unpopular but highly effective heavy body-checking matched by the opposition and as a result tempers were on hair triggers throughout the game. Van Vlack Faces Death For Crime TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Feb. 8. (JPy Douglas Van Vlack, bushy haired Tacoman, was convicted to day of the murder of his pretty young former wife, Mildred Hook, and will appear next Tuesday to receive the death sentence the Jury recommended. The verdict finding him guilty of first" degree murder and rec ommending that he be executed was returned to District Judge Adam B. Barclay this afternoon at 2:15 mountain time after the jury had deliberated since 5:10 last night Mrs. Carl Van Vlack, mother of the defendant, took her son into her arms and kissed and com forted him, whispering reassur ance into his ear. Joseph F. Hook, father of the slain girl, said only "the state of Idaho gave me jus tice." Van Vlack himself apparently was unmoved by the verdict. Leo Teats, Tacoma attorney who fought doggedly to convince the jury that Van Vlack was in sane at the time of the killing and had been for some months previ ously; said the conviction would be appealed. Salem Off Winter Sport boards had been sold by noon through the chamber of com merce offices and scores more will be moved before the train leaves the Southern Pacific depot at 7 a. m. today. Two engines will pull the coaches to Idahna, getting the special train to the camp shortly before 11 a. m. Departure for Salem will come after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Many Salem people are plan ning to drive to the playground and to see the official dedication of the hut at Idanha. Forest Supervisor Will Take Part P.' A. Thompson of Eugene, su pervisor of the Willamette forest area, under whose direction the (Turn to page J. col. 8) Mercury's Dip Halted at 27; Rain Probable Unsettled Condition for Today Forecast With Temperature Rise 16 Mark Reached Early Saturday, Freezing I AT Nearly All Day Moderating weather last night brought cheer to Salem clMxens who shivered yesterday morning with the thermometer only 18 de grees above rero. At 19 o'clock Last night the thermometer stood at 27 degrees, a seven-point high er mark than was reached the previous night at the same hoar. At midnight the thermometer mark was still 27 degrees. Weather predictions for today called for unsettled conditions with the thermometer gradually rising. On the coast, rains were pre dicted and in the interior either rain or snow was looked for. In eastern Oregon, where the ther mometer was below zero in many points Saturday, some relief wa predicted with snow, instead of rain. It any precipitation occurs this weekend. Moderate and changeable winds were predicted oft the coast. Roads Kept Open Throughout State Yesterday's cold in no way af fected roads throughout the state, the AAA bureau here reported. Car owners ere advised to have protection against freezing of la radiators of their cars. Hourly temperatures yesterday in Salem were: 1 a. ra. Friday 20 1 p. m. S a. m. . 19 2 p. m. I a. m. .18 S p. m. 4 a. m. 18 4 p. ta. 5 4. m. 11 5 p. in. 6 a. m. 6 p.. m. 7 a. m. -.18 7 p. in. 8 a. m. 8 . ta. 9 a. - an 9 p. m. 10 a. n. 21 10 p. m. 11 a. m. 23 11 p. ra. 12 soon ... 24 12 p. m. J3 J9 3t S2 - S8 .XI 27 -.27 -37 SEATTLE, Feb. g.-()-A great ocean storm sweeping southeast ward, split late today as it ap proached Vancouver island and the lower mainland, but brought heavy snow to British Columbia and a forecast of show and rain, and moderate but subnormal tem peratures, to the Pacific north west. Lawrence C. Fisher, federal meteorologist here, said one part of the storm bad blown itself out 'and all we can do is wait and see what the one still out there in the Pacific will do." Meantime snow warnings. hoisted at 7 p. m., Friday, still flew today and small craft warn ings were displayed in Puget Sound. Snow began falling in Victoria, B. C, and at Port Angeles. Wash., across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, early today, first of the season, and by noon was 24 inches deep, with no signs of a letup. Blizzard winds blew in many sections of the Idaho panhandle. closing highways and dropping the mercury as low as 33 degrees below zero. Dispatches from Mos cow, Idaho, said most country schools were ordered closed for the duration of the cold., ware af-' ter snow blocked many highways and thermometers hit 33 below at Ferdinand, 20 below at Buraet, 19 below at Coeur d'Alene and It be low at Moscow. La Grande reported , all main highways still open in northeast ern Oregon, and that several snow - blocked secondary roads were re-opened. ? Medal Certain For This Girl ZANESVILLE, Om Feb. 8-(&)-A near-tragedy earned .into a happy celebration te night all because of a lit tle girPk pluck. . Eleven-year-old Clara X. Van Horn, trudging steep hill at White Cottage, near here, saw a speeding sled bearing Gerald Nixon, 12, and Raymond Kelly, 10, to almost certain collision with a New York Central train at the hill's foot. Without hesitation she flung herself on the snow packed ground In front of the sledV Her body threw sled and boys into a snow bank at the roadside. The boys were uninjured, while Clara suffered cuts and bruises -where the sled runner struck her, i . Tonight neighbors gath ered at her home to pay her tribute. They : said they would attempt ' to obtain Carnegie hero award for her. ' v