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. V- ' Tomorrow : The Weather Bie SUtnnuB celebrates its 85th birthday tomorrow. Oregon second oldest newspaper now has largest circulation In Its history. Unsettled with light ' showers - today, and Satur day; Max. Temp. Tharsday SO, Min. 41, river 1.3 feet, fresh and strong winds. EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, March 27, 1936- Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 314 Claim Profits Made, hw T s - - -a. aw -- fl : n H I v a. - - v jan n 'W w r n. - r N. -vaanw A h.' .h. .am a. ' - a -.. ' ?t- - - - Leac Further Delay Of Hauptmann Fate Is Asked Wood Expert Loney Says Rail of Ladder Isn't From Attic Floor . Governor Has No Power to" Stop Execution ; Board May Confer (Copyright. 1938, br Auoriited Press) TRENTON, N. J.. March 26. (P) An authoritative source dis closed tonight that Arch W. Loney. federal wood expert en gag ed by Governor Harold G. Hoff man to study the Lindbergh kid nap ladder, telephoned Attorney General David T. Wilentx asking him to agree to a 30-day reprieve for Bruno Rfchard Hauptmann. Loney made the call a few hours after he and Governor Hoff man returned to Trenton from The Bronx where the governor rent today to inspect for himself the attic of the house where Hauptmann lived before his arrest ind from which, the state con tends, rail 16 of the ladder was saken. Hauptmann. scheduled to die in the electric chair Tuesday night, was saved once before by reprieve. On January 16; the day before he ras to be executed the governor ligned a 30-day reprieve. Governor Lacking further Authority The governor, conceding he has o farther reprieve powers, said yesterday only the court of par lous or judicial intervention can lave the convicted Lindbergh baby killer. If a situation warrants it. aowever, he said, he will ask the ittorney genera to join him in an tpplicatlon for a judicial stay of txecntion. The attorney gwerai - k e d about the call from Loney, said ae had "no comiftenU'- to make.- 4 Loney told the governor tonight ke did not believe the rail came from Hauptmaun's attic. During the Flemington trial. Loney, then a PW'A wood expert telegraphed Edward J. Reilly. chief defense counsel, he wag will ing to testify for fhe defense if he kad more time to study the lad der. He said then he did not think Hauptmann built it. Hauptmann's prosecutors and the governor sharply disagreed on the results of the governors in spection of the attic. Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of Hunterdon county, con tended the governor's examination supported the state's claim tha rail had formed part of the attic flooring. Hanrk to Fight Any Hove for Clemency But even as Hauck va.j making this statement, the governor was issuing another quoting the opin (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Paine to Set Up Campaign Office PORTLAND. Ore., March 26- py-Charles L. Paine, state Town send campaign manager, set up headquarters for Oregon's Town send political candidates today, giving as his authority a telegram from Hal Slemons, regional direc tor at Los Angeles. Paine said he received the tel egram last week, reading "Dr. Townsend here in office says go ahead and endorse candidates to morrow." The Oregon area board named its candidates Saturday. Two days later Dr. Townsend was quoted as saying it was against the policy of the organi sation to endorse candidates in primary elections. Paine said he was abiding by Slemon's prior tel egram. Paine commented today, "I be lieve all patriotic Townsendites will support the men selected by these boards, and I don't believe any Townsend candidate will run In opposition to those selected." Pevmit Reopening Mexican Churches MEXICO XITT, March -The government of President Laiaro Cardenas has decided to permit reopening of the many hundred churches closed early in 1935 at the height of an anti-Catholic campaign. Thus Mexico's Roman Catholics who number more than 16,000, 000 of Mexico's 18,000.000 Inhab itants will be able to practice their religion again. The chnrches will remain the property of the' nation, hut will be managed by "committees of neigh bors.' Chnrches which have been taken over for use as schools, li braries, government offices and ths like will not however, be at- j rected by the order. Fighting Spreads to Mongol Border With Guns, Planes in Use Japanese and Manchoukuo Forces Battle Fiercely With Natives in Russian Territory Says Moscow; Invaders Hold Advantage MOSCOW, March 26. (AP Fighting that broke out Wednesday on the soviet-Manchoukuo border spread today to the frontier of Outer Mongolia, where can non and airplanes were brought into play in a series of clashes. Soviet press advices said Japanese and Manchoukuoan Dobson, Allen To Seek High State Offices Alfred P. Dobson of Port land, will file for the demo cratic nomination for attorney-general, it was learned here authentically late yes terday, while Jack Allen, also prominent in the party and former administrator of the state liquor system, will seek the party's approval for the office of state treas urer. U. S. Burt of Corvallis has already filed for the democratic nomination for the treasure rhip. Dobson has been enjoy ed as special attorney for the utilities commissioner since early in 1933. He han dled the preparation and ar gument of the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph com pany rate case. Four years ago Dobson opposed Attorney-General Van Winkle. Allen, a druggist at Pen dleton, served a portion of one term . as slate senator from Vniatilla county. He rexijened to take the liquor administrator's job and re signed from that post through disagreement with the commissioners. Burglar Suspect Arrested, Eugene Collins Same One Queried at Vancouver; Posts Bail Released EUGENE. March 2G.-(JF)-E&-ward Collins, negro, furnished $2000 bail and was released from the county jail here Thursday fol lowing his plea of not gnilty to charges of burglary in a dwelling in Junction City. Ore. He was arrested by state police following a series of burglaries in Junction City. He is to be tried in the June term of court. State police here said they had no evidence connecting Collins with a series of "pants pocket" thefts is Salem. Collins is reported by Salem police to be the same negro they investigated while he was in cus (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Sundland Admits Drunken Driving, Draws 100 Fine Carl Sundland, arrested by city police recently on a charge of drunken driving, changed his plea to one of guilty at the time for his scheduled trial yesterday af ternoon. Municipal Judge Jones imposed the penalty he has made the minimum practice, 1100 fine, 30-day suspended Jail sentence, six months probation and year's suspension of driver's license. Clearence of this case left the court during Jones' term as muni cipal Judge with the record of no contested drunken driving cases. Dancy and Reasoner Seeking Same Office; Alderin Hies Three more candidates for city I tor of the Capital City Transfer offices filed official notice with company, was considering run the city recorder yesterday and ! ning for four-year alderman from a fourth announced he would file before Monday. The day's an nouncements left but one office still lacking a candidate. Those filing yesterday were: For alderman W. H. "Jack Dancy and Rev. N. J. Reasoner, both third ward. For water commissioner George C. Alderin. Alderman . Walter Fuhrer an nounced last night that contrary to earlier indications he would file for reelection from the see- ( ond ward today or Saturday. Two other citizens were prom- inently mentioned as possible dty 'candidates. F. E. Looser proprfa- forces were concentrating along the frontier near Norin lake, with the evident purpose of renewing their alleged attempt to capture a Mongolian frontier post from which they were forced back to day. At dawn, the Japanese and Manchoukuoans were said to have occupied the border position af ter crossing the Hoswingo river. They remained until afternoon, when they withdrew to Manchou (Turu to Page 13, Col. 6) Hops Reduced But Percentage Small 1000 Acres Taken Out of Production This Year Under 4 Per Cent In spite of the rock bottom con dition of the hop market, the best available information indicates that not more than 1000 or the 26,000 acres planted to hops in Oregon will be out of the mar ket picture for the 193 6 crop. Some hop yards will be or have been dug up entirely, otheri will lie idle for the coming season. However, the acreage not fig tired to be out of the 193 pic ture Is less than four per cent of the total acreage in Oregon, and and will cut little figure In .the final market analysis, veteran growers believe. Plant Other Crops A few growers are planting acreage which has been in hops to other crops, and one grower has a dug out hop patch to put in 12 acres of walnuts. The largest acre age released In the Salem vicinity Is a 65-acre yard in the Roberts district south of town. In the Clear Lake district. A. M. Jerman has dug out 55 acres of fuggles, and smaller acreages in various growing districts have been or will be released. Reports here from the Califor nia growing sections indicate that (Turn to Page 5, Col. 2) Capitol Will Not Hold All Offices Annual rentals in excess of 125,000, for space' for state de partments in Salem, will still be required after the new state capi- tol building is completed and oc cupied, Dan Fry, state purchasing agent, reported to Governor Mar tin on Thursday. A survey of the state's space requirements was ordered by Governor Martin. He indicated that he would issue a statement dealing with the situation later this week. Fourteen different state de partments and branches are lo cated in downtown office build ings in Salem, Fry said. Only three or four of these will be ac commodated after the new capi tol building is completed. Departments now located off the capitol grounds include the state tax commission, treasury de partment, land board, state po lice, liquor commission, banking division, property control depart ment, state auditing division, la bor commissioner, veterans com mission, forestry department, pah lie utilities commission and branches of other departments. tbe third ward and Edwin C. Goodenough, young attorney, was reported pondering entering the seventh ward race against Alder man Donald X'. Young. - Goode nough could not be reached for a statement. . - Hnghes Wont Try for Office, Avers Sam A. Hughes, ex-councilman, silenced rumors last night that he would ran for election from the second ward ' when he de clared he would "not consider it whatever." . Both Mr. Dancy and Rev. Rea soner seek the two-year term in (Turn to Page 13, CoL I) Dust Storm in Washington Is Obscuring Sun Blows Wheat Seed From Ground Near Yakima; Traffic Hampered Movie Party Snowbound; Oklahoma Suffering, . South Has Frosts (By the Associated Press) Dust storms rolled over scatter ed portions of Washington today, delaying motorists and obscuring the sun. Heavy winds raised clouds of dust over the entire wheat belt near Pasco, in south central Washington. Low visibility stopped automobile travel. A 4 2-mile-an-hour wind, laden with dust, swept through Seattle streets. At Walla Walla, in southeast ern Washington, street lights were turned on shortly after noon when dust reduced ' visibility to 400 yar.ds. The sun was barely visible in Spokane, in eastern Washington. No damage was reported. Central Idaho Is Swept by Blizxard A spring blizzard swept the prairies and mountains of central Idaho leaving a foot of new snow in the highlands. The Samuel Qoldwyn motion picture troupe on location in Clear Water forest, 160 miles north east of Lewiston, Ida., was snow bound in its camp and threatened with an influenza epidemic. A locomotive snowplow was dis patched to open a logging railroad into the camp and rush medical supplies to film workers. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Thousands Attend Spring Show Here Weather No Deterrent to Many Who See Parade and New Fashions Blustery March weather did not deter thousands of townsfolk and people from the surrounding ter ritory from viewing Salem's dis plays of spring merchandise last night. Windows were promptly unveiled at 7:30 o'clock and tor two hours downtown streets were Jammed with onlookers. Boy Scouts took the lead in the downtown parade and later put on a display of their work in the Eckerlein building on North Lib erty street. Five bands participat ed in the parade. Fifty merchants offered attrac tive prizes in the treasure hunt. Following long-established cus tom, the Salem Ad club, sponsors of spring opening, put on a dance at Crystal Gardens which was well attended. The Mickey Mouse Fol lies at the Blsinore drew a packed house and caused Carl Porter, theatre manager, to announce that the show would be repeated to night beginning at 8 o'clock. Clifford Harold was chairman of the annual spring opening. Expect Borah to Enter Race Here WASHINGTON, March 26JP) Senator Borah of Idaho decided today to forego entrance Into the California presidential preference primary, but friends forecast an announcement from him tomor row that he would make a formal bid for Oregon's ten delegates to the Cleveland convention. Anxious to seise every oppor tunity to capture the 109 dele gates from Ohio and Illinois in his race for the republican presiden tial nomination, the Idaho senator dictated a brief statement to news papermen saying his campaigns in those states would not permit him to speak in California. He added his decision to stay out of the contest for the coast state's 44 delegates May S, was in deference to friends who thought he s h o n I d not enter nnleas he could spend st least a week there making speeches. Ambulance Trip Found Nothing Spectacular Spring opening crowds stopped to stars in the midst of their win dow shopping at a white ambu lance" sirenlng Us way through the heavy , downtown traffic Salem Deaconess hospital attendants re ported the ambulance had been called to pick up a Miss Vaughn at 430 North Liberty street. She underwent an. operation for acute appendicitis last night. Her con dition was not considered highly serious. - .- - Excessive' reiisi on raDer Share Soldby Ex - Secretary Clements Given $50,000 for Half Interest in Townsend Weekly Has Shared With Founder Equally ; Money to Go to Movement Now LOS ANGELES. Msrch 2t.-JPi -Dr. Francis E. Townsend today disclosed details of a transaction in which R. E. Clements, resigned secretary-treasurer of the old-age pension movement, sold his (0 per cent interest in the Townsend Weekly. Clements received $50,000, Townsend said. The board of dl rectors used $40,000 in accumu lated profits to buy Clements' in terest, and borrowed the remain ing $10,000 from a bank. Townsend said the Weekly, with a circulation estimated at 250,000, "has been making money ror six or eight months." Hereafter, he said, 90 per cent of the Weekly profits will go to the treasury of the old-age pen sion movement "as long as there is need for It." He and Clements Prerionsly Split Previously Townsend and Clem ent shared, equally in profits. Towusenv-said. He said he would retain 11 of the 20 shares of stock, that nine would be held in trust and that he would accept only 10 per cent of the net prof its of the publication. Townsend said "a Los Angeles business man" had been selected as Clements' successor, but that his name would not be announced for several days. Townsend denied emnhaticallv tnat he and Clements "almost (Turn to Page 5, Col. 2) Call to Put Gty Upon Cash Basis A $19,000 warrant call today will place the city of Salem on a cash basis for the first time since September, 1930, Alfred Mundt, acting city treasurer, an nounced yesterday afternoon. He said he also would have enough cash remaining in the general fund after today's call to meet the approximately $9000 end of the month payroll next week. Increasing tax delinquencies forced the city, general fund en to a warrant basis for the first time in history in September, 1930. Br April, 1933, the city's warrant debt had reached $212,175.82, the depression peak. When the total went over the $200,000 mark bankers threatened to discount the warrants. An agreement with city officials was later reached, however, to cash payroll warrants at face value. As late as last March the war rants outstanding amounted to $207,000. Mundt said yesterday. Last summer the council im Drov ed the city's financial provision by sening a 1135,000 special bond issue to redeem that sum in war rants. The last warrant issued bv'the city, and included in today's call, was number 97,878. Utility District Report Due Soon First of three comprehensive reports to be made on sronosed public utility districts to be form ed in Oregon will be made next week, C. EL Strlcklin, state engin eer, announced here yesterday. The initial report will deal with the proposed Linn county district. Engineers have completed their work on the report and the first draft has been approved by the state hydroelectric commission which considered the report at meeting held this week In Port' land. Strlcklin said other reports would follow within the 90-day period allowed by law after, the public hearings which were held throughout the-state in mid-winter. One report will -deal with a proposed . utility district in . Mar lon county while the largest findings-will be made in connection with a contemplated -, six-county super-power district. to Central Figures in Investigation - 6i Pension Movements at Capital ' ' V x a - : n i f , j , S 1 "1 v mmmmmmmmM To W tt J I - "V The sponsor and the chief Investigator of the Townsend movement. In the probe started yesterday at Washington, D. C Nelson Will FUe For Senator Race Says Townsend Knew and Cave Approval to Meet Endorsing Slate Theodore G. Nelson, route sev en, announced late yesterday that he was fully determined to file as a candidate for the republican nomination for United States sen ator despite the flareup in state headquarters over the endorse ments made by the area board of 21 in Portland last weekend. "We had instructions from Los Angeles to proceed with our en dorsements," Nelson declared. "I can furnish documentary proof that Dr. Townsend knew of this meeting and approved it." Nelson said his petitions were now being circulated and indica ted they would be ready to file with the secretary of state before the time for filing closes next Monday. Townsend Plan Is First On Platform . "If I am nominated and elect ed I will endeavor to get the Townsend plan enacted." Nelson declared. "I believe the pay-a-you-go Townsend plan will make it possible to distribute equitably, among the people of our country, all that this nation can produce without increasing our already un bearable public debt or without (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Two Killed When Trains Sideswipe GREENSBURG, Pa., March 2T. - (Friday) - (JP) - Two trainmen were killed and two others were hurt early today as the Philadel phia Express of the Pennsylvania railroad sideswiped a freight train at Manor 10 miles from here. The dead: George Kuhn, of Ruffsdale, en gineer on the second locomotive of a doable header drawing the express. . p. Snyder, of Altoona, en gineer of first locomotive. Doctors who toured the train and Pennsylvania officials said no passengers were hurt. Alma Carper Prize Winner, Siveetbread By JESSIE STEELE It was generally agreed by the cooks who responded to the Round Table topic this week that sweet breads' should be subjected to a parboiling and blanching process before being cooked. A few omit ted this first step In their direc tions but .it is advised for all sweetbreads before they are fried or baked as the case may be. Prise winners are as follows: First. $1 in ash to Alma Car per, 695 N. Liberty; two second prizes of SO cents each to Mrs. A. Mate No Profit, Claim Of Area Manager Gets More Than Attorney Claimed But All Goes in Expenses, Says SAN FRANCISCO, March 28- (P) State Area Manager Edward J. Margett of the Townsend pen sions organization declared today commission paid him were $500 or $600 a month more than re ported at a committee hearing in Washington, but he denied he was profiting personally. Instead, he asserted, the com missions are used to pay all Town send plan organization expenses in this area. Big Organization Held Xecesaary Margett telegraphed John H. Tolan, California representative who is a member of the investi gating committee, as follows: "San Francisco newspapers ad vise that Mr. Sullivan stated at in vestigating that commissions paid (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) Armory Approval Isn't Understood National guard officials . said last night they were puixled over the "presidential approval and granting of funds for armory con struction projects in Oregon as re ported from Washington, D. C, yes terday, by the Associated Press. They expressed the opinion that actual construction w a s no nearer than it had been for sev eral months with the projects held up by . regulations that could not be met here. Brigadier General Thomas E. Rilea was reported to be en route to Washington. D. C to urge a new appropriation for armory pro jects over the nation. He goes as president of the National Guard association of the United States. The press reports included the following approvals yesterday: Armory construction projects on public or donated property Salem. $236,231. New armories with community centers Lebanon. $46,370. Repair and construction of ad ditional facilities Dallas. $3484; Woodburn. $8805; Silverton, $3.- 474; HcMlnn vine. $2644. Recipe Contest G. Adams, Rickreall, and to Mrs. J. R. '.Alexander of MeMinnville, route 2, box-175. Awards may be obtained by calling at The States man office. r -: : Next week the Round Table de parts from heavy winter foods to the lightest and fluffiest of all sweets, the marsh mallow. Marsh mallows are used not only In fro zen and whipped desserts hut la salads, combined with . sweet po tatoes and in frostings and sau ces. Any recipe calling for marsh (Tum to Page 5, Col. 3) Chiefs Mana Get gers Receipts. Sai 40 Per Cent on All Nev Members' Dues, Says 4 Former Secretary Western Region is Most Productive; Profit is . ! Made From Start '; WASHINGTON, March 21 - A charge that one state manager of the Townsend old age pension organization received $1,800 to $2,100 monthly In commissions waa placed today before a special honse investigating committee. Near the end of a long first day interrogation of Robert E. Clements, recently resigned ma tional secretary, the committee's youthful-appearing counsel, James Sullivan, said Edward James Mar gett had been receiving such com missions in California. Clements said he was unable to confirm the figures without refer ence to his files. But be remind ed that the state managers had to split with congressional district organizers and pay office and other expenses. State Managers Get 40 Per Cent The 41 -year-old witness, wba earlier . had paid tribute to Dr. F. E. Townsend as wel-aa-afe---solving committee investigator of chrages of osing" "back-alley" me thods, said the state managers re ceive 40 per cent of all daes col lected from new members of Townsend clubs. ' (These clubs, linked together by Old Age Revolving Pensions. Ltd., the national organisation, have sprung up throughout th nation in support of Dr. Town send s plan to pay federal pen sions of $200 a month to all per sons over 60.) Clements said the state man agers also receive 20 per cent of all "quotas," or sums which the clubs turn in to national head quarters. He conceded that na tional headquarters had no knowl edge of expenses of the state of- , fleers, but agreed to furnish complete list of the managers," their salaries and commissions Most of the day was spent in tedious questioning of Clements personal history. Including such queries as when he first started paying income taxes, and details of his real estate business in Cal ifornia. . - Clements denied Sullivan's as sertion national officers did not know what was going on In rar ioa regional and area, headqaar- , ters. It was developed the organiza tion has divided the country Into tour regions headed by regional . managers and that each state has one, or more, area managers. Area Manager Gets 10 Cents a Member, California, the witness contin ued, has six area managers who' receive ten cents on each new member, ten cents on each renew al -and 40 per cent of the club (Turn to Page fi, CoL t) Sand Island Case In Appeals Court SAN FRANCISCO, March 26-W-Oregon, Washington and the. federal government submitted long-standing dispute over an Is land valued chiefly as a fishing location to the United States cir cuit court of appeals here today. The federal government, hold ing possession through an .eld Ca vil war grant and a recent ruling by Federal District Judge CJC Ca vanah, resisted the claims of both states to the land Sand island in the mouth of the Columbia, river. Judge -Caranah also held land formed adjacent to the original is land, which was ceded to the Uni ted States as a potential fort base during the Civil war, was part et It and therefore, property also ef , the federal government, " ' : Washington and Oregon each claimed the lan d an d. in appeal briefs, contested the border line between the two states. The con test was based on where the chan nel marking the boundary II a : lies. - y " ' Willis S. Moore, assistant attor ney general of Oregon, argued a new channel caused by a shift-; Ing grounded hip, - the North -Bend, had virtually est off the end of Peacock spit and became th boundary. - ' rercenta