V v Blossom Day
, . - Tens of thousands ef peo
ple will be gvests of Saiem
, tomorrow " for tbe anneal
k Blossom .Day sponsored b
the CbnriaM. Route detail
will be In tbeStatesnuuu
The Weather
Gondy today.' MtUel
Bewday, possibly, shower $
IIai. Temp. Friday 80, MJm
3, river 5.4 feet, northerly
winds, clear.
FOUMDEP, 1651
EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 18, 1936
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Turkey Breaks
war ireaty in
Arming Strait
Fourth Pact Violated as
Troops Move Forward
' Into Dardanelles
Italy Rejects Pleas' for
Armistice, Pushes on
for Addis Ababa
. (By the Associated Press)
- Another world war treaty was
shattered Friday when Turkey,
following in the wake "of Adolf
Hitler, marched her modern troops
Into the demilitarixed Dardanel
les at dawn.
'- The act, long predicted, was in
direct Tiolation of the treaty of
Lausanne.
At the same time Italy forced
the League of Nations to admit de
feat in its six-weeks campaign to
stop, the fighting in Africa and re
jected an appeal from her chief
friend, France, for an armistice.
Mussolini Brushes
Aside ATI Appeals
On the threshold apparently of
a final and crushing victory oyer
the Ethiopians, Premier Mussolini
has brushed aside pleas that he
eall a halt.
As a result, the league's com
mittee of 13 gave up the peace
task and called a meeting Mon
day of the league council to shoul
der the problem.
Europe in the past 13 months
has seen violations of the treaties
of Versailles. St. Germain, Locar
no. Lausanne and what was for
mally recorded by the league as a
Tiolation of its covenant.
Adolf Hitler began it in March.
1935, by rearming in violation of
Versailles, lie followed it up in
March. - 1 9 3 6 . by seadta gvrPs
Into the demilitarized "Rhineland,
breaking, the league said, both the
Versailles treaty again and the
Locarno treaty.
Austria recently followed suit
by ordering general military con
scription; and the Little Entente
protested she violated the treaty
of St. Germain.
Geneva Undecided
On Italian Question '
Italy was formally indicted last
fall by the league as a violator of
the league covenant for aggression
In Africa.
Turkey recently asked permis
sion of Great Britain and other
powers to refortlfy the Dardanel
les. The request was received fa
vorably in most quarters but act
. nal permission had not been grant
ed at least publicly.
Regulations governing the
Straits were adopted at the Lau
sanne conference in 1922-23. clos
ing both sides to Turkey's military
forces.
Geneva, meanwhile, appeared
undecided what to do about the
Italo-Ethiopian crisis.
Radio Convention
Will Start Today
Amateur radio operators from
nil part of the state will begin
arriving here this afternoon for
the fifth annual convention of
the Oregon Amateur Radio asso
ciation. Convention arrangements
are in charge of the Salem Ama
teur Radio society, headed by
Howard .Jinturn. who also is pre
sident of the state association.
Delegates will inspect the peni
tentiary this afternoon and , the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company building here at 7 p.m.
At 9 o'clock E. A. Yunker, pro
fessor of physics at Oregon State
college, will deliver a technical
address at convention headquar
ters, the Marian hotel.
: The operators will attend the
army demonstration at the airport
Sunday morning, participate in
tending and receiving contests
starting at 1:30 p.m. and hold
their business meeting at 4:30
o'clock.. The convention banquet
will be held at the Marion at
1:15 p.m. Sunday.
Wives Barred on
Gty Water Jobs
The Salem water commission
last night forbade the employ
ment of married women and of
"non-residents of the city by the
-water department after May 15.
These orders, incorporated lnthe
by-laws at Commissioner - J. M.
Rlckman's urging, will affect one
pump operator and one woman of
fice worker at present.
Rlckm&n also sponsored a by-
laws amendment requiring com
mission approval of all expendi-
. tares; in excess of 1250.
"My idea ia to relieve the man-
nger of possible criticism, not to
find fault, Rickman explained.
This resolution is for his pro
tection." .. . . .. . . .
Royalty Poses for Blossom Day;
King (Bing) and Queen (of May)
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Strictly for the purpose of reminding nature-lovers of Salem and tbe
Willamette valley that Blossom day is scheduled for Sunday and
that a kindly fate has brought the cherry and prune blossoms to
perfection at the same time to say nothing of the tnlips which
form their background here, Mtes Winifred Gardner, May Queen
of Willamette university, and-Breyman Boise, Ring Bing of the
Chcrrians, posed for this picture.
Armory Is Packed
At Final Concert
Flavia Downs Pleases in
Solos, Philharmonic
Orchestra Event
By JESSIE STEELE
A capacity audience heard the
final concert of the reason play
ed by the Salem Philharmonic or
chestra last night in the armory,
Jasques Gershkovitch directing.
Flavia Downs established her
self as a pianist of top rank in
her presentation of Mendelssohn's
"Capriccio Brillant" for piano and
orchestra. She has flair and style
to her playing combined with vi
gor and touch.
Her left hand is as facile as
her right. From the first note of
the concert through the melodic
initial movement, Miss Downs was
assured, confident and masterful,
yet her tone was modulated and
in keeping with the mood of the
selection.
(Turn to page 5, coJ. 3)
Ocer Half of Gambling
Fines Already Paid In
Fines totalling nearly $1000
had been paid into the county
treasurer's office here up to Fri
day night as self-confessed opera
tors ofslot-machines and gambl
ing games paid up on tbe assess
ments levied against them in cir
cuit court here Wednesday. Judge
L. H. McMahan granted the 16
men who pleaded guilty until next
Monday to pay their fines. A total
of $1900 in fines was levied by the
court.
The moneys go into the general
fund of the county.
Additional Scouts Assigned
Jo Direct Blossom Viewers
To. aid visitors in finding their
way about Blossom day, J. E.
Monroe, Boy Scout executive, has
assigned ten scout troops to duty
Sunday.
Due to a new route being select
ed in the cherry district north of
Salem, across the river, more
scouts than in past years will be
assigned to duty.
A new assignment will be on
North Capitol street where the Pa
cific highway intersects Fair
grounds avenue. - . -i
There will be the usual assign
ment at Capitol and Center, to di
rect visitors from the north, to
Center street and thence across
the Marlon-Polk county bridge.
' At the Franklin tulip farm,
scouts will be placed about quar
ter of a mile north to direct cars
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Sorority Holding
Convention Here
Delegates Represent Four
Northwest Schools in
Meeting at W.U.
The northwest convention of
Daleth Teth Gimel, national so
cial sorority, opened here yester
day afternoon with the Willam
ette university chapter as host.
The meetings will continue today
and Sunday morning.
The delegates will attend a
luncheon at the Quelle today
noon and a banquet at Fraternal
temple tonight. The banquet pro
(Tufn to page 5, col. 3)
Kells and Wilbur
Church Delegates
s
CORVALLIS, Ore.. April 17.-(;P)-The
Presbytery of Willamette
voted today to hold the annual
tall meeting at Dallas.
The area now Includes Marion,
Linn, Benton, Polk, Lane, Lin
coln, Yamhill. Jefferson, Crook
and Douglas counties.
The Rev. M. S. Weber of Eu
gene and the. Rev. J. S. Burns of
Corvallis were chosen to attend
the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church at Syracuse, N.
Y.. next month. E. V. Dalton of
Dallas and C. A. Kells of Salem
were named lay delegates. Alter
nates include the Rev. G. II. Wil
bur of Salem.
The Rev. Wallace H. Lee re
ported conditions of church im
proved financially and said the
Albany college had enjoyed a
good year.
to turn arourd and thence take
the Orchard Heights road.
Excellent View of
Valley is Afforded
Most unusual views of Salem
and the Willamette valley may be
seen from the top of the hills on
the Orchard Heights road. Scouts
will direct traffic into the A. B.
Sonthwick farm and thence
through the farm to the Glen
Creek road.
Klngwood Heights drive will be
included in the route with a re
turn to Salem along Edgewater
street in, West Salem. Thence the
nsual route, south, past Liberty
into the red hill district of Rose
dale where there is the largest
acreage of prunes. . , .
v More than 100 Blossom day ar
. (Turn to page 9, col. 5)
Volley Teams
Open Tourney
At 1:30 Today
Vancouver! B. C, is Last
Minute Dark Horse
Entry in Meet
Afternoon Contests are
on Willamette Floor,
Night at Y.M.C.A.
With test added by the last
minute entry of a dark horse com
petitor, the Vancouver, B. C,
team, the Northwest Y.M.C.A.
volleyball tournament will open
on the Willamette gymnasium
floor at 1:30 today with five
teams In the running.
Tacoma, Northwest A.A.U.
champs and "the team to beat."
Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and
Salem Y.M.C.A. teams will be the
volleyball outfits vying for the
northwest championship and a
trip to the national tournament at
Davenport, Iowa. Tacoma Is the
defending champion.
Drawing Made by
Secretary of State
Secretary of State Earl W. Snell
yesterday drew for positions in
tbe round robin elimination tour
nament which will be played this
afternoon at Willamette. Each
team will play nine games. The
two teams with the highest per
centage of wins will meet on the
Y.M.C.A. floor at 8:30 o'clock to
night for the championship. The
two next highest will play at 7:30
for third place. A public address
system has been Installed in the
Y.M.C.A. gymnasium for play by
play description of the final con
tests. Vancouver, which decided to
enter at the last minute, may have
something up its sleeve. Vancou
ver was narrowly beaten out by
Bellingham for the northwest B
title but may have strengthened.
Salem Even With
Defending Champs
Salem's team has broken even
with Tacoma, the team conceded
the best chance of winning the ti
tle, in games this year. Seattle
placed se-ond to Tacoma in the
Northwest A.A.U. tourney with
Salem third.
teferee8 for the contests are
Dwight Adams, Dallas, and Oscar
Heintr. Portland; and umpires
(Turn to page 5, col. 8)
School Warrants
Call Due Monday
The Salem school district will
reduce its warrant indebtedness to
the lowest point since last fall
when a new warrant call is issued
Monday. A call of $14,913.75 in
warrants this week reduced the
warrant debt of the district to
S33.099.78. It was announced at
the school clerk's office yester
day. The last call was of warrants
numbering 14,402 to 15.573, In
clusive. Interest amounting to
$67.13 was drawn by these war
rants. This call and the one scheduled
Monday are made possible by two
tax turnovers, $-18,486.03 in 1936
taxes from the county treasurer
and $15,455.28 in county school
funds from the county school su
perintendent. All of this money
will be available to redeem war
rants since tbe school clerk is
carrying a reserve fund to meet
bond obligations coming due soon.
Salem - Portland
Bike Race Today
PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.-(iP)-Nearly
50 bicyclists are sched
uled to leave the Salem courthouse
at 9 a. m., Saturday on the 50
mile race to Portland. Woman
competitors for cycling honors will
use the four-mile course from Mil
waukie to Portland.
The fastest four cyclists will
compete In Seattle at the north
west Olympic finals.
Half a dozen or so Salem cycl
ists are entered in tbe race, it was
announced here Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.-(A-San
Francisco's Seals defeat
ed the Seattle Indians 6 to 5 to
night in a Coast league game
marred by numerous errors.
Seattle - , 5 12 t
San Francisco a f 10 5
McDongaL Oaborn, Lncas and
Spindel; Gibson and Monio.
PORTLAND, OTe., April 17.
Cff'T Reaults ct rPortland inter
scholastic baseball today: Jeffer
son 3, Benson 2; Washington 5,
Commerce 1; Lincoln 4, Grant
1; Franklin I, Roosevelt 4.
Late Sports
Ingenious Girl
Rescues Rabbit
From Air Shaft
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SEATTLE, April 17-(4V
An 11-year-old girl rescued
her penthouse rabbit from
an air shaft today withont
calling the fire department.
After tbe rabbit dropped
in the shaft, Effie Fraser
put a head of lettuce in a
shopping; bag and lowered
It intohe shaft. The rabbit
crawled Into the bag and
she whisked him to the roof
where be finished the let
tace hU first meal In two
days.
Secondary Roads
To Be Taken Over
fc - :
Highway Board lo ' Survey
Needs; Asks Fund For
Cooperative Radio
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 17.-ypy-The
state highway commis
sion announced a policy today of
taking over maintenance of more
secondary highways throughout
the state.
The commission awarded or re
ferred to the state highway en
gineer for action more than a mil
lion dollars worth of road and
bridge construction during its
two-day meeting which ended late
today.
Before any secondary roads are
taken over for maintenance, the
conrmission will make a compre
hensive study of the state to make
the selections fair to all, commis
sion Chairman Henry Cabell
said.
The commission received bids
on four grade crossing elimina
tion projects at the two-day meet,
bringing to 19 the number start
ed toward fulfillment.
Funds for Radio
System Are Asked
Application was made for Pub
lic Works Administration funds
to cover 45 per cent of the cost
of a $40,000 to $50,000 statewide
radio system for emergency com
munication by state police, state
highway workers and foresters.
R. H. Baldock, engineer, said
that it will cost $45,000 for 27
sending stations. There would be
100 watt stations at Salem, Kla
math Falls, La Grande and Bend,
50 watt stations at Roseburg, The
Dalles and Burns and 10 watt
stations at Astoria. Coquille,
Grants Pass. Pendleton, Baker,
Multnomah, Eugene. There would
also be several mobile stations.
The commission will sell one of
the two ferries superseded by the
Coos Bay bridge and move the
other to Wilsonville, if it can nav
igate the Willamette river locks
at Oregon City.
Anderson Awarded
Building Job Here
Jobs were awarded or referred
to engineers for award included:
Clackamas county Undercross
ing to carry Southern Pacific
tracks bver Pacific highway -at
Oregon City. Parker Schram Co.,
Portland. $289,416.
(Turn to page 12, coL 4)
Open House Held,
Utilities Office
The state utilities department
held open house here yesterday,
inviting to its new offices In the
Market building 110 employes
from all parts of the state. An
address at the morning meeting
by Governor Martin was followed
by one by Frank C. McColloch,
utilities commissioner, and by di
vision supervisors. Round-table
discussions of problems of the de
partment was conducted through
out the afternoon. Last night
the department enjoyed a dance
at the Mellow Moon hall.
The conference will continue
this morning.
Thomas iu Finals
Of Speaking Meet
WALLA WALLA, April 17.-iP)
-Entrants from North Central of
Spokane. Ellensburg. Salem, Ore.,
and Walla Walla high schools ad
vanced to the finals In group A
of the sixth annual extemporane
ous speaking contest sponsored by
Sigma Delta Rho of Whitman col
lege here today.
Fourteen contestants were ent
ered in the two groups when el
imination contests opened today,
Finals in both groups will be
held tomorrow morning. Salem
was represented by William
Thompson.
Linfield Elects
r
McMlNNVILLE, Ore., April 17.
-PJ-The Linfield college student
body named George Harrington,
Medford, president Other offi
cers chpsen:, Tlce president, Max
ine Babcock, Seaside; secretary,
Alice Southard. Portland: general
manager, John Van Breggan,
Portl4L
Candidates to
GiveUpOARP
Speaking Jobs
Means Three-Fourths of
Orators in Portland
v Area, Estimated
Eggertsen Seeks Probe;
California Clash - is
Reported Ended
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 17.-()-James
Logan, state manager
of the Townsend pension plan, is
sued orders today that "full -fledged
candidates for any, of
fice" mustrelinquish their Town
send speakers' credentials or quit
campaigning.
It has been estimated about
three-fourths of tbe accredited
Townsend lecturers in the Port
land area seek political jobs. Pre
vious instructions from . state
headquarters, barred candidates
from holding any official position
in the ranks of Townsendism.
A new controversy centered
around City Commissioner Clyde
today. One faction of a Portland
Townsend club claimed he made a
political talk at a club meeting.
Clyde denied it. He is a candidate
for mayor of Portland. The fac
tion bringing the complaint is un
derstood to favor the re-election
of Mayor Joseph K. Carson.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.-(if)-Luther
Eggertsen, ousted as
an accredited Townsend lecturer,
said tonight he would demand
that the district attorney of Mult
nomah county initiate a probe of
Oregon Townsendism immediate
ly. Eggertsen, in a talk at a forum
here, said "a whispering campaign
based upon circumstantial evi
dence ha 8 put my reputation at
stake. He said he thought he was'
ousted "because I planned this
forum without consulting head
quarters. But no! I didn't get
the slightest idea what was up un
til the last two days."
In a talk at Oregon City to
night, John- H. Weir, regional
Townsend representative, urged
his audience not to "play poli
tics." LOS ANGELES, April 17.-P)-Leaders
of warring factions of
the Towrsend old age pension
(Turn to page 5, col. 7)
Ducks Pay Bonus;
14 Eggs From 12
AUMSVILLE, April 17. A doz
en Indian Runner ducks belonging
to Mrs. William Fuson registered
well over "100 per cent" in their
egg laying duties today. When
Mrs. Fuson went out to collect the
eggs, she found 14. On some pre
vious occasions there have been a
baker's dozen.
Mrs. Fuson collects the eggs ev
ery day and there Is no possibility
of any of the ducks "hiding out"
their nests, so it is evident that at
least two occasionally lay more
than one per day.
Gosslin VTithdraxcs
as
Candidate For Elector
William L. Gosslin, secretary
to . Governor Martin, yesterday
withdrew as a candidate for the
democratic nomination as a presi
dential elector. Gosslin's with
drawal from the campaign came
as the result of an attorney-general's
opinion which held a state
officer could not hold two state
positions at the same time. The
attorney-general held a presiden
tial elector held a state position,
not a party office.
Saving in Power Costs for
State is Offered by P.E. P.
The state board of control won
a sizeable jackpot in the poker
game it has been playing with
the Portland Electric Power com
pany when' it received assurance
yesterday that a $7000 reduction
in Its aggregate electric bill could
be had by combining the; meter
readings of all the state institu
tions. A. C. McMicken, galea man
ager of the company, proposed
the master reading of all the me
ters on state-used lines.'' While
the board took no fdrmal action
on the . proposal, it was almost
certain late yesterday that the
board would accept the proposal
and would drop plans for a state
owned power system to be oper
ated in connection with the pro
posed central heating plant at the
state penitentiary.
Hard-Boileil Surrey ;
Of Phone Adviaed ' . .
The board at the same meet
ing beard E. D. Wise, general
manager of the Pacific Telephone
Bourbons Accepted
First Contributions
Savs WPA Official
Administrator in Washington State
Balks at Relief Workers' Fund
to Buy Campaign " Wagon"
Men Anticipated Further Demands on
Their Sleagre Pay, Says: Sent
( m Resignation Previously
SEATTLE, April 17. (AP) George H. Gannon, dismiss
ed state works progress administrator, today said tht
money raised from among his employes was to have pr
vided a sound wagon in which Senator Lewis B. Schwellen
bach (D-Wash) could tour the state to broadcast his
speeches.
Gannon said he vetoed the plan as soon as he learned ef
it and ordered the money returned to the individual sub
scribers. He said he reported his act on to Harry L. Hopkins, nsa
tional WPA administrator, two weeks ago.
"I resigned in good faith last Monday, effective June 1,
in order to avoid embarrassment to the administration aad
to give Mr. Hopkins plenty of time to select a successor
, o without interference with what-
Ritter Impeached
By Senate Ballot
Bare Two-Thirds Given on
Last Count After All -Others
Rejected
WASHINGTON, April 17.-(P)-Concluding
its 12th impeachment
trial in an atmosphere of tension,
the senate by 56 to 28 today con
victed Federal Judge Halsted of
Florida of misconduct and re
moved him from office.
The vote of guilty, futilely con
tested by Senator Austin (R-Vt),
came on the last of seven ballots
and was exactly the two-thirds
majority required by the constitu
tion for conviction.
No appeal is possible.
Six previous roll calls had ac
quitted the 65-year-old Jurist of
as many specific charges. The last
impeachment count combined all
the others and added the accusa
tion that Ritter, by the actions
complained of, bad brought his
court "into scandal and disre
pute." Claims One or Two
Solons Didn't Vote
Confusion attended the final
roll call. Austin arose and made a
point of order against the 56 to 28
vote after Senator Pittman (D
Nev), presiding, had announced
Ritter guilty.
(Turn to page 2, coL 3)
80 Salem Men Will Go
To Falls Park Project
Eighty Salem men Tuesday will
be the first to receive assignments
to the resettlement administration
clearing project in the Silver Falls
Park district, it was announced
at WPA headquarters yesterday.
The same day 20 men in addition
to the 56 already employed on
this project will be assigned from
Silrerton and vicinity.
Resume Woods Work
ASTORIA, Ore., April 17.-JP)-Re-employment
of a considerable
number of men in the Crown-Willamette
company's operations in
Clatsop county appeared probable
today after the Astoria central la
bor council . announced, it had
withdrawn a boycott
and Telegraph system for Ore
gon, declared that a hard-boiled
survey of existing state's tele
phone facilities coupled with ri
gid cont01 of long distance use,
could sav the state a consider
able snm of money annually.'
Wise offered to cooperate with
Wallace S. Wharton, executive
secretary. In a survey of exist
ing telephone services with the
view of ascertaining what instal
lations could be eliminated and
providing - a system of weekly
check -on telephone calla placed
over long distance. -
; Wise told the board that the
operation of a private telephone
system - by the state would be
neither economical nor. satisfac
tory. -r :' ' - : -Would
Not Connect
With State System
Governor. Martin a 8 k e d Mr,
Wise if his company would con
nect Its lines - with the state
owned system if the latter should
(Turn to page S, coL S) -
plans he may have had aa
mind
"I regard his (Hopkins) actiea
on such a flimsy pretext as pure
ly a political gesture which al
ready indicates his attitude to
ward the problem of relief," Gan
non said.
Money Previously
Collected, Accepted
Gannon said $300 had been
previously collected from the
WPA employes for the national,
campaign, which, he said, was
turned over and accepted by the
national democratic committee.
"But I was discharged after I
refused to permit the second col
lection and ordered the money
returned.
"This collection was start e
voluntarily among my employee
without my knowledge, and s
far as I know without the knowl
edge of Senator Schwellenbach,
and in all fairness to the nation
al committee, without theirs.
"The men anticipated that fa
ture demands would be made
among them and they took up t
collection, planning that it would
be used for the national cam
paign. . . .
"Perhaps I made a serious po
litical mistake in ordering tha
money refunded, but I would da
it again. I would not tolerate
this fain on the finances of mem
receiving" moderate wages, all ef
whose money was barely suffi
cient to provide food for their
families." he said.
Xo Criticism of
First Collection
. Gannon said there was no cri
ticism of the collection of tk
first sum of $300 from tha na
tional committee.
Gannon was discharged by Ad
ministrator Hopkins Thursday, for
what Hopkins said was "political
slullduggery In soliciting funds
from the state WPA administra
tive staff for political pnrposeT
(Turn to page 5, coL 7)
Mexico May Quit
League, Revealed
MEXICO CITY, April 17.-CV
Senator Candido Aguilar, a mem
ber of. the foreign relations com
mission of the senate, said to
night Congress -will request La
caro Cardenas soon to present
Mexico's resignation from the
League of Nations." . y '
Agnllar declared the League
means for Mexico "nothing mere
than an expense of $90,000 aaaa
ally in dues." an'd that this conn
try was "misled by romantie sen
timent" when it Joined.
Other senators baeking A gu li
ar's proposal declared that "the
argument that Mexico Is defend
ing a weak country like Ethiopia
by belonging to the League 1s . a
dream, because Mexico really is
serving the Imperialistic Interests
of England. " -
They also suggested that tb
money laved In dnes to - taw
League could be nsed for payiag
tor Mexico's participation la "ike
League of American Nations pro
posed by President Roosevelt,
LaGuardia May Visit .'
Here, Tells Governor
: Mayor F. H. LaGuardia may
stop In 'Salem en route to Port
land on April 24 he advised Ger
ermr Martin yesterday, or he may
return the following day to a con
vention of Young Democrats
which win then be In session here.
LaGuardia is to be in San Fran
cisco early next week for a meet
ing of mayors.
ever