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' Fair today and Monday,
frost at night; Max. Temp.
Saturday 51, Mia. 84, riTer
.1.8 feet, partly ' cloudy,
westerly winds.
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Unruly Rivers
Roar Threats;
Toll Mounting
167- Dead, 22100 are
TTrri.ifi PrnTwrt v -
Loss Staggering
Rain Adds to 'Menace' in
New England; Lower
Levels Flooding
By DALE HARRISON
. (Copyright. 1936. by Auoriated Prets)
The unruly rivers roared fresh
threats at people and property
Jast night
Behind them, in the 13 states
through which they course, were
167 dead.
Behind them, too. were 221.500
homeless men. women and child
ren. Even that figure was admit
tedly conservative.
The property damage was at
least 1270,000,000. There was lit
tle doubt but that it would rise
much higher. If the loss to wage
earners and to retailers is consid
ered, together with the eventual
cost of relief and rehabilitation,
the money cost may exceed a bil
lion dollars.
Pennsylvania Is
State Hardest Hit
The state which suffered most
during the week of unprecedented
flood Pennsylvania appeared
last night to be past the worst.
The waters of the Monongahela
and Allegheny which converge at
Pittsburgh to form the Ohio, were
falling. They were still above
flood stage, ut the rivers which
had overflown Pittsburgh earlier
in the : week were receding. Re
habilitation was definitely begun.
But 'downstream points became
more and more alarmed. Flood
stage of the Ohio river, at Cincin
nati is 52 feet. The river was 51.7
feet yesterday morning, and ris
ing. It is expectea to reach a crest
of 55 feet tomorrow.
Still farther downstream at
Evansville, Ind., the Ohio (was
slightly more than one foot under
flood stage of 35 feet.
It will probably he a week be
fore ihe Hood id felt at Cairo. En
gineers predicted last night that
by the time the waters reached
Cairo and the Mississippi they
would send the river about six
feet above flood stage.
More Rain Adds to
New England Menace
New England continued its
weary struggle against the flood,
with more rain adding to the men
ace. "Rain tonight," said the Bos
ton weather bureau, "would have
some further adverse effect. . .
and will somewhat delay the rate
of subsistence of the high flood
levels."
The Connecticut river was level
ing off. Officials in the Connecti
cut valley were hopeful that they
had seen the worst. They believed
that even new rains would have
negligible' effect.
The Merrimack, which carried
much misery and damage on Ifs.
flood crest during the week, was.
receding, but slowly.
Epidemics menaced. There was
scarlet fever at Southbridge, Mass.
and at Amherst. All of the cities
worst hit by the waters were alert
to the menace to health. Unusual
precautions were being taken ev
erywhere. The Red Cross and the
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Suspect Training
School Fugitives
State and city officers were
checking early today to ascertain
if there were any connection be
tween the escape of two boys from
the state training school and the
subsequent thefi of an automobile
at Woodburn, of gasoline from a
service station to the south and
the holdup of a man at Albany at
midnight.
James Fairley, 18, and Summer
Woods. IS, fled from the train,
ing school for boys, near Wood
burn, at about 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Late in the evening La Verne
Otjen, Woodburn, told state police
his automobile, a coach bearing
Oregon license 113-575. had been
dtie highway between Salem and
Woodburn,- told officers two
youths in apparently the s a n e
err, had -ordered five gallons of
gasoline and driven away without
raying for it,
The Albany man, whose nam
was not learned by Salem police.,
said nothing was taken from him
by the pair who held him up. -
StiYcrg Resigns
PORTLAND,' Ore., March 21.-()-V
e r n 0 n "Skippy" Stivers,
coach at Benson Tech.. announced
his resignation tonight soon af--ter
his team captured fifth place
in the state high school basket
ball tournament; at Salem. :::y ;
MayorWillRun
For Reelection
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VARNUM E. KUHN
Four Bids Appear
For Reservoir Job
No Local Contractors to
Make Offer, Forecast;
Scan Figures Monday
Four offers are in prospeci at
the opening of bids by the city
council at 7:30 o'clock Monday
night for the excavation of the
new Fairmount hill reservoir site.
No local contractors had taken
out copies of the plans and spe
cifications as far as was known at
the water department offices here.
All of the prospective bidders
are -Portland j firms. a follows:
.Malcolm and Bell, United Con
tracting company, Harold Blake,
and Kern and Kibbe.
The task of removing enough
dirt and soft stone to make way
for construction of a 10,000,000
gallon reservoir will take from 60
to 90 days to finish, Cuyler Van
Patten, manager of the water de
partment, said yesterday. The wa
ter commission has estimated cost
of the excavation, amounting to
approximately 37.400 cubic yards,
at around $30,000. The water de
partment will have a maximum of
$46,303 in water bond funds at
its disposal.
The council Monday night is ex
pected to refer the bids to the wa
ter commission for recommenda
tion. The commission will select
the bid it considers most favorable
and submit it to the council's wa
ter construction committee.
Second Big' Blast
Heard, Bonneville
BONNEVILLE. Ore., March 21.
-t-Another two -man Aynamite
blast echoed in the Columbia river
canyon late today as the south
wall of the Bonneville- cofferdam
was opened to a width of 70
feet. Another crib of the north
cofferdam also was shattered.
The blast comprised the second
step to tear out temporary struc
tures and allow water to flow
over the south unit of the main
spillway dam. The action, was
taken to relieve water pressure
and allow construction work on
the north shore.
Engineers said work will be
speeded on the cofferdam for the
north portion of the main spill
way dam before high water, ex
pected to reach its peak in June.
United States engineers super
vised the blast.
Contractors said examination of
the dam since the first dynamit
ing a week ago showed no dam
age to the dam proper, resulted
and that leaks, discovered in the
inspection tunnel, did not result
from the blast The leaks are un
der control, it was announced today.
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Nanny W ood Honeyman to
Seek Place in Congress
PORTLAND, March 21. - (jP) -Federal,
state and city and party
offices drew several announce
ments ot candidacies here today:
Mrs. Nanny Wood Honeyman,
Multnomah state ' representative,
said she will seek the democratic
nomination for, the United States
congress the post now held by
Ekwall, republican, Mrs.
Honeyman- is Tlce-chairman at
large of the democratic state cen
tral committee and a member ot
the national finances committee
of the party. "
Ralph E. Williams, republican
national committeeman from Ore
gon, formally announced his can
didacy tor reelection. He said be
reconsidered his j previous deci
Mayor, Three
Aldermen Say
TheyWiURun
Brazier Small, Goodman
and Armpriest Join
. - Kuhn in Decision
Completion of Jobs He
Started are Cited
by City's Chief
Mayor V. E. Kuhn and at least
three present Salem councilmen
will file for reelection early this
veek, they announced last night.
The three aldermen are Braz
ier C. Small, fourth ward; Ross
Goodman, fifth ward, and Carl B.
Armpriest, sixth ward.
Donald A. Young 13 considered
certain to file for a return to the
council from the seventh ward
;nd Alderman Van Wieder, first
word, has not yet decided against
a try at that position.
The next nine days will see
the- city ballot set up for the May
15 election. Nominations must
be completed by one week from
tomorrow.
Programs Xot Yet
Completed, Reason
"I want to see a number of
programs already started complet
ed and feel under the circumstanc
es it's no time for me to drop
out," Mayor Kuhn said in ex
plaining his candidacy.
The mayor stressed the water
system improvement and city re
financing programs as reasons for
his running for reelection and
added,
"Inasmuch e the police depart
ment is under fire, I'm desirous
to see that tangle straightened
out."
Alderman Walter Fuhrer, po
lice committee chairman, may ac
cept renominatlon from the sec-
end ward, friends said yesterday,
although he once declared he
would Quit council work at the
expiration of his term next De
cember. The other three council
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Sveetbread Topic
In Recipe Contest
Cash Prices Offered For
Best; More Oatmeal
Methods Listed
Recipes for cooking sweetbread
will win cash prizes at The States
man Round Table this week. For
the guest dinner, a deliciously
prepared entree is the foundation
upon which the menu is built.
Sweetbreads are a delicacy that
grace the most discriminating
boards.
The contest ends Thursday at
noon.
Mere of the oatmeal recipes re
ceived last week follow:
Oatmeal Waffles
1H enpt finely rround oatmeal
H cap tornmul
1 Ubleaponn rooking oil
1 V teaspoon aalt
1 V4 caps milk
3 teaspoon! bakinf powder
1 err
Grind the oatmeal or rolled
oats in a food chopper and then
measure. Sift the dry ingredients
together and add the shortening.
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Pocatello Champ
In Idaho Tourney
POCATELLO, Idaho, 'March 21.
-jP)-Pocatello high school's In
dians, battling neck and neck
down the stretch in their third
thrilling game of the state high
school basketball tournament,
stopped a determined and danger
ous Blackfoot rally late In the fi
nal period and won the Idaho
championship here tonight, 22
18. In a preliminary game, the
Twin Falls Bruins easily beat the
Boise Braves 41-14 for the conso
lation title.
sion not to be a candidate when
a draft movement was started.
He is now in Cleveland arranging
for the national convention. -Corbett
Wonf Seek
Presidency Again
Henry L. Corbett, . president of
the state senate, said he will seek
reelection to the upper Souse on
the republican ticket but. wUI not
be a candidate to lead the senate
again. . . -' vv-V
William L. Dickson, .democratic
representative from , Multnomah
county, announced be will cam
paign for election to the senate.
Ellis W. r Barnes, ' Multnomah
state representative, said he will
seek nomination . for the - office
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Romps mr-Wv Bmlliant :fflfial
B Champs Gain
Third Spot in
Bellfountain , Five Takes
Home Many Trophies;
Beats Mac 29-17
Wallace, Kessler Score
, Heavily to Put Game
on Ice With Ease
Bellfountain, the town that has
a water tank and a basketball
team, can thank its basketball
team for an armload of trophies
that will grace the trophy case of
its tiny high school for years to
come.
Winning the state Bteam cham
pionship in the second day of
the tournament, the scrappy lit
tle ball-handlers from a remote
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Landon Campaign
Making Progress
Despite Vocal Attacks by
Borah Group; Kansan
Himself Inactive
WASHINGTON, March H.-m-
The movement to nominate Gover
nor Landon of Kansas for presi
dent progressed measurably this
week In the face of antagonism
among supporters of Senator
Borah ot Idaho.
Although the principals gave no
hint ot sharing the sentiment,
hostility between some elements
of their followers aroused con
jecture about where It might lead
and what effect, if any, it might
have on the possibility of a "dark
horse" republican nomination.
By winning the 21 Oklahoma
votes in convention and the pros
pect of gaining the 32 from New
Jersey, London's head -start In
actual delegate strength was leng
thened. He leads at the time in
spite of being less personally ac
tive than either Borah or Col.
Frank Knox of Illinois. His or
ganization Is being enlarged stead
ily in Missouri and elsewhere.
To Pick TJp Many
Un instructed Votes '
Landon also; has become men
tioned more as likely to be a prin
cipal beneficiary when nnlnstruct
ed and "favorite son" delegations
face actualities at Cleveland.
The practice of sending such
delegations. Instead of giving the
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Action on Police
Status Expected
The city council police commit
tee probably will meet this week
to consider the situation created
in the police department by the
indictment of Chief Frank A. Mln
to and Sergeant ;Ore O. Coffey.
Mayor V. E. Kuhn said yesterday.
A scheduled meeting last week
was called off because of conflict
ing engagements and the mayor
was out of the city Thursday and
Friday.
Possible action by the commit
tee is temporary suspension of the
officers until their cases are beard
in circuit court The committee
may, however, decide no action
should be taken until the cases
have been tried. City civil ser
vice regulations make no provi
sion for action in such cases.
City Attorney Paul R.- Hen
dricks has ruled that the officers
are entitled to their "day in
court" before .their employment
status is altered.
Burk Definitely
In Race, Asserts
Sheriff A. C. Burk yesterday
made an emphatie denial that he
had ever contemplated withdraw
ing from the race for reelection.
' have filed for renomfnation
on Ihe democratic ticket and have
secured the support of the demo
cratic organizations In the coun
ty," Burk .said "Of course. I am
not going to withdraw. Reports
that I am, not going' to make the
race are propaganda and are not
authorized by me." -
Burk won the sheriffs office
when he was unopposed at the
primaries, four years ago and
when he defeated Oscar Bower.
Incumbent, in the fall .general
election. " r.
Tourney
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Above, the boys who took borne the Oregon basketball championship to CorvaHJ aet might for the first
time. in;6istvory. Front row, from left, Crockett, Kroger, Warren, Blackledge, Pflagrad. Back row,
Manage? Kraft, Griswold, Abraham, Bounds, Hearing, Coach James ."Mush Torson. -Below, the
J-aaklini- high team which lost in the finals and wound np in secend place. Front row, from left,
Byg"NoTucnkap, Haawea, TToww, Meek. Back row. Coach "Chappie" Kiaav Kemnitser, V. Nun.
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Borah Will Stick
With Party, Says
Only Candidate Actually
in Race Who Hasn't
Bolted, Claims
CHICAGO, March 2 1.-V-U. 8.
Senator William E. Borah, can
didate for the republican presi
dential nomination, said tonight
he would not bolt the party if
he lost the race.
Although introducing himself
to the farm belt as the Moses of
republicanism, the Idaho senator
declared he had "no plan or pur
pose" of throwing his support to
the democrats if his party re
fuses his leadership. .
"They say I am not a good
republican," he asserted in open
ing his fight against Col. Frank
Knox in the Illinois republican
preferential primary on April 14.
"There are rumors and reports
that I . intend to bolt the party
if I lose' this campaign.
"Let me say that I am the only
candidate who has" any chance of
nomination who has never bolted
the republican party."
The senator said, however, that
he would "reserve the right to
loofi over the candidate and plat
form," chosen at the Cleveland
convention.
Three Injured in
Highway Smashup
Three motorists were injured
and two auotmoblles virtually de
molished in a sideswipe collision
on the Pacific highway in the
Labish bottoms at 12: JO yester
day morning. The only Salem
man involved, B. M. Durland,
939 North 19th street, was charg
ed with reckless driving in a
complaint signed by Kingsy
Wong, Seattle Chinese and own
er of the, new sedan with which
Durtand's light coupe collided.
sWcng, Ben Merkow, Mllwaukle,
Wia.r Wong's driver, and Homer
Young; riding with; them, and
Durland air Were given first aid
at . 8a)em General hospital and
then . released. They, suffered
chiefly' cuts and bruises. Merkow
also received leg and arm in
juries. " "7
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Special tTesti Planned-
Ot Concrete ' Footings
Special tests "of oncrete? In
footings for. the new . senior high
school building will be taken this
week following the .return to Sa
lem Monday, of ; E.- C-Bushnell,
city;, building inspector; it was
expected yesterday. The contract
ors plan to test samples of con.
crete removed1 from the footings
condemned by Bushnell to uphold
their contention the material
meets city code specification.
CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP-
Reflection on .
War Mothers
Is Questioned
MOSCOW, Idaho, March
21-JF)-E. 8. Rawls, Lewis
ton, past state Americas Le
gion commander, declared
here todaf that college girls
who Jots organizations
which in any way reflect on
the Gold- Star mothers "show
questionable taste."
Commenting on the rapid
spread of the "Veterans of
Future Wars' movement, be
said, "it is the students' own
business." But he criticized
the coeds who in any way
reflected upon the mothers
because "certainly there was
nothing mercenary about the
mothers who gave their
sons.
Andersons Remain
In County Bastile
' ' John, Harold and Robert An
derson, brothers charged with
grand larceny of sheep, remained
in the county Jail last night
awaiting arraignment here early
this week. They also faced simi
lar charges in Polk county.
; Harold Anderson yesterday
took 24 hours, in which to plead
to another charge, a violation of
the state motor transportation
act, as did John Anderson, charg
ed with failing to transfer tiUe
to an automobile within 10 days.
Their bail on, these charges was
set at 1100 each.
' The trio was arrested late last
week by state police and a depart
ment of agriculture operative onl
charges of having stolen 171
sheep since December 20 in Mar
ion, Polk, Benton and Linn coun
ties.' 247 Employed
Public
- Warm, dry weather last week
stirred contractors on the six
Structures in Salem's pnblie build
ing program Into swift action to
catch np time lost by unfavorable
earlier conditions. Two hundred
forty seven laborers pushed the
projects ahead rapidly to a point
is most : Instances ' at which the
operations took, on real Interest
for eitizen observers. . -
. The last of six big steel, trusses
were set on tall steel columns to
support the roof over-the ''new
gymnasium wing being added to
the east end of the Leslie Junior
high school building. Late in the
week, bricklayers began troweling
hp the walls between these col
umns while the concrete workers
poured walls to the ground level
on the auditorium, wing to ..the
Building
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New Proposal by
Hitler Expected
Von Rihbentrop's Journey
Back to Berlin Cited
as Significant
BERLIN, March 21.-iSJ)-Polit-ical
authorities said tonight they
felt positive Reichsfuehrer Hitler
was preparing new counter-proposals
with which to answer the
Locarno powers' suggestions for
settling the Rhlneiand contro
versy. As evidence of this belief, they
pointed to the airplane trip back
from London by Joachim von Rib-'
bentrop. Hitler's special ambassa
dor and diplomatic expert.
It was through Von Ribbentrop
that Great Britain, France, Bel
gium, and Italy made their sug
gestion that the Franco - Soviet
military, .alliance be submitted to
The Hague court and that. In the
Interim, an international military
force be placed in. the Rhlneiand
to watch the German troops new
ly assigned there.
Break Ground For
Canby Flax-Plant
Another new flax plant Is sched
uled for construction In the Wil
lamette valley, v Governor Martin
turned the first shovel of dirt yes
terday afternoon for the start of
a new retting mill about two and
a half miles south of Canty. A
number of state flax men partici
pated la the dedication program.;
The plant is to be built by a
group of growers who approved
the project for the new mill last
Wednesday. Approximately 10
growers gave approval tor the new
mill and authorised the tiling of
incorporation papers.
Upon Major
Jobs Here
west and first steel columns to
hold np the balcony were set In
(lace. -
Dormitory at School -j"
For Blind Progresses -.
- Nearest to completion, the low
er walls of the sew blind school
dormitory- hospital recreation
building began to take on a fin
ished appearance as face brick was
applied to the inner concrete
walls. The dormered roof was
ready for shingling as the week
closed ; - ' - v '- ' ;
' Forms for the basement wall
of the new grade school.: at Unfc
versify and Mission streets, will
be ready for the concrete crew
this week. Standing- water, which
had delayed this project. , dried
out last week and permitted eom-
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Spartan Quint
Ranlted Anions
AUB&t
Pflugrad Outstanding ra
v 34-20 Victory Which
. Captures Trophy-
Fast - Passing Attack of
: Torson's Crew Wins .
" Crowd's Plaudits
Final tanliTtr
Oregon state high school bas
ketball championship, Corvallis.
Second place. Franklin.
Third place, Bellfountain.
Fourth place,-Astoria
Fifth place, Benson. u
Sixth place, McLonghHn.
Seventh place, Tillamook.
Eighth place, Salem.
Saturday's Scores
Corrallis 84, Franklin 20.
BeUfonntam 29, McLongblia
17.
Astoria 43,. Tillamook 30.
Benson 31, Salem 28.
Special Awards
Outstanding, player, KXL
trophy, Merle Krnger, Corval
lis. Outstanding sportsman. Har
rison Wallace. Bellfountain.
Most- valuable player to hie
team, Ted Sarpola, Astoria.
By PAUL HAUSER
Like a finely organized 'piece
of precision machinery .made .front
triple-tested steel, Corvallis high's
passing, flashing, dazzling basket
ball team cut through an oat
classed Franklin high quint last
night as it had sliced its way
through every team that opposed
it to take the state high school
basketball championship by a 34
to 20 count.
It was the first time in the 17
years of the tournament that a
Corvallis team had won its way
into the finals and then in invin
cible fashion decisively made it
self the new wearer of the state
hoop crown.
From the time the count was
2 to 2 in the first minntea of a
game that convinced over 2C00
cheering spectators that Corvallis
is tops in high school basketball.
v.uacu .u us 11 lortoo 1 raxzie
dazzle Spartans were never be
hind. With Captain Roy Pflugrad.
one of the best floormen the tour
nament has ever seen, whipping
the ball Into the hands of Earl
Warren, all-state center, and BQ1
Blackledge, towering guard, for
swift, sure baskets, and with Sure
shot Merle Kruger potting the
long ones, Corvallis swept ever
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Tmmpii'itA' Piiril
jluuuvuiuiu: a viu
Of War Is Ended
LONDON, March ll.-(ff-With
the next move in " Enroneaw de
velopments np to Relchsf nearer
Hitler, officials of the League of
..14 I t. . V .1 . - .
immediate peril has bees removed
from Europe.
They declared the league's pos
sibilities as a new; stronger pow
er for peace, had been Increased
07 m recem developments waiea
included Germany's - remlUtartxa-
league council's subsequent deci
sion: that' Germany had violated
both the Versailles and Locarno
treaties. '
Official British quarters said it
now is np to Hitler to make counter-proposals
to the virtual ulti
matum given him by Great Bri
tain. France, Belgium and Italy.
Those four nations which, with
Germany, are the signatories of
the Locarno pact,; made a series
of propositions to Germany wader
which - they believe the peace
frost, bent by treaty violations,
may be realigned.
Saito Champ in
. Northwest Meet
CAMAS. Wash.. March
-Benson high ot Portland woa the
northwest high school wrestling
meet here tonight by taking five
first places in the final events.
-Lincoln high or -Tacoma tw
Franklin hlfh - of Portland took
two firsts each and ' Salem took
one. - . -. " ,
Results Included:
112 nonnds: Saito. Salem, won
a decision from Jack -. Wallace,
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won a decision trom juiucj,