- ; vl
A I Cars For All
Cherrlans today will pfo--ide-transportation
.for .all
persons wanting; to make
the piosaom 'Say trip. 8er
Tice available at the cham
ber of commerce, 9 ajn. to
The Weather
, . Unsettled today and M
day, moderate tempera tart, v
Max. Temp. Satnrday C7,
Mia. 47, river &2 feet, south
wind, partly cloady.
FOUND EP 1651
- EIGHTY-SIXTH -YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 19, 1936
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 2ft
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Nelson, Burke
Quit Townsend
Club Positions
Posts Dropped to Permit
" Them , to Continue in
Political Race
Farmer-Labor Faction is
Growing; M?y Figure
in Fall Contests
By SHELDON F. SACKETT
Theodore S. Nelson ot this city
and Senator W. E. Burke of Yam
hill county yesterday gave up
their official posts in the Town
tend organization in order to
leave themselves free to contest
for the republican nomination for
United States senator and state
treasurer, respectively.
This self-denying decision fol
lowed a protracted conference of
Townsend higher-ups- Aeld secret
ively in the rooms of a downtown
hotel here. Criticism of the dual
role being played by Nelson and
Burke as Townsend officials and
as candidates for office brought
the resignations. Townsend quit
ted a post as a member of the
OARP board of the first congres
sional district and of the Btate
area hoard. Burke dropped his po
sition as a member of tbe congres
sional Townsend board in this dis
trict. Livingstone, Alfred
To Fill Vacancies
-Arthur Moore, supervisor of the
first congressional district of the
Townsend organization, called the
conclave here and accepted the
resignations. W. O. Livingstone of
Vernonia was named to succeed
Burke and Ira B. Alfred of Sil
verton was elected to take Nel
son's place.
Nelson, after the meeting, de
nied emphatically that he was go
ing to withdraw from his candi
dacy for the United States senate
and said he would expect the con
tinued support of Townsend club
members. Burke did not attend
the conference yesterday but sent
word that he had decided it would
cot be best to seek Townsend
votes May IS and at the same
time hold an, offlce'lnl the organ
ization. Moore announced again that the
Townsend club organizations
would not take any official part
in the primaries. .
Yesterday's cleansing of tbe
Townsend ranks was urged by
many, friends of Sam Brown and
Willis Mahoney, ardent Town
sendites, who had protested vig
orously since the area board in
Portland three weeks ago endors
ed a Townsend slate for state and
national offices and left Brown
ahjf Mahoney on the sidelines.
Sabsequently the action of the
area council was nullified by tbe
state management.
A political alliance which may
have weight in the November cam
paign in Oregon is the infant
farmer-labor organization which
has now, had four meetings in Sa
lem and is on its way to become a
permanent bloc in state politics.
The farmer-labor group dis
claims that it intends to be a po
litical party although its constitu
tion would permit such a setup
whenever it is deemed wise for a
third party to enter the field. The
farmer-labor group prefers to act
as a minority bloc endorsing can
didates favorable to its views and
avoiding the responsibility of tak
ing the field against either the re
publican or democratic parties.
Organization Going
Oh Through Btate
Formation of the farmer-labor
organization is going on through- 4
out many counties in the state,
creation ot such an alliance hav
ing been approved by resolution
at the last state labor conTention.
It draws its leaders from men
and women of decidedly socialistic
trends, who see no hope in either
the democratic or republican par
ties for the reform of existing ec
onomic practices.
Thus far the local farmer-labor
movement has been confined to bi
weekly meetings in tbe labor hall
where some out-of-town speaker
has been invited to tell the audi
ence his "solution" for the econ
omic ills of the day. Last week it
was Senator Farquharson of Se
attle member of the Common
Wealth Federation, who addressed
the group. She is a "production
for use" enthusiast, instrumental
In initiating a measure to get this
socialistic program over in her
home state. Like Senator Zimmer
man who addressed the farmer
group a fortnight bfore. the Seat
tle senator wants industry to be
taken over steadily, albeit peace
fully, by the state, with utilities,
banks and finally manufacturing
plants operated as public institu
tions. Union labor has not gone, into
the farmer-labor movement as an
organization. When a union mem
ber attends a meeting or takes
an office he does so on his indi
vidual, not his organization, re
sponsibility. The hope of the farmer-labor
group is eventually to
get Union organizations and farm
organizations, officially and with-
selves to the political program ot
the new organization.
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For Xater Battles ;
, Some ot the leaders In the farm-"er-labor
group here do not want to
get the organization Into this
year's - political . campaign. They
think the farmer-labor group too
' new, too lacking in discipline, to
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Right Hand Man
Of F. R. Called
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louis Mchenry howe
Political Adviser
Of President Dies
Louis McHenrv Howe, 111
Many Months, Called;
Held High Office
WASHINGTON. April 19-(Sun-day)-P)-Lou'8
McHenry Howe,
secretary, friend and political ad
viser to President Roosevelt for
many years, died at Naval hos
pital at 11:10 last night after a
prolonged Illness.
President Roosevelt learned of
his old friend's death when he
returned to the White House from
the annual Gridiron dinner at the
Willard hotel, and a few minutes
later atl2:10 a. m. Stephen
Early, a presidential secretary,
made the announcement.
The White House announce
ment said Howe had died peace
fully in his sleep from heart and
chest complications.
The news was telephoned to
Mr?. Howe who is at the family
home in Fall River, Mass.
Funeral Plans Are
Xot Yet Complete
Shortly after midnight the
White House said that no funer
al arrangements had been made.
Howe's illness was so serious
more than a year ago. while con
fined to his room in the White
House where he lived after com
ing to Washington with the Pres
ident, that hope was Abandoned.
The 64 year old veteran strate
gist pluckily fought for life, how
ever. liTing for a long period un
der an oxygen tent. Physicians
were amazed by his apparent re
covery. r
In August last - year, when
White House repairs necessitat
ed the electricity and plumbing
being cut off. he was removed to
Naval hospital.
President Roosevelt made a
number of visits to the hospital to
chat with his old friend, the last
only a few days ago.
Longshore Strife
Tentatively Ended
SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.-(yp)-An
agreement looking toward
resumption of relations between
longshoremen and waterfront em
ployers was reached tonight.
The agreement, subject to rati
fication by both parties, was sif n
ed by representatives of the wa
terfront employers' association
and the International Longshore
men's association after a three
hour conference.
The employers agreed that none
of the locals of the Pacific coast
district of the LL.A. will be re
quired to work cargo diverted
from San Francisco pending ac
ceptance of the agreement
Hubbard, Stayton, Salem
Win Commercial Contests
Salem, Woodburn and Hubbard
high schools won first places in
the annual typing and bookkeep
ing contests conducted at the
senior high school here yester
day under auspices of the Marion
County Commercial Teachers as
sociation. Individual honors went
to Lindra Inglls. Stayton, and
Charles Knight. Hubbard, in typ
ing, and to Leisla Darr and Quay
Wassam, both of Salem, in bookkeeping.-
The Hubbard typing team by
capturing the B division cup tor
the third time yesterday woa its
permanent possession. The Salem
squad received the A division cup
for the second successive year.
Salem high holds permanently
the county A contest cup offered
several years ago.
Wood barn Produces
Best Bookkeepers
The Woodburn bookkeeping
team scored 214 out of a pos
sible 212 points to win the coun
ty title. Salem ranked second
with 1S and Aumsville third
with 149. '
.: Although only in the novice or
beginners' class .Charles Knight
of Hubbard with 569 points was
bat 4.e foints below LInore Ing-
Salem Volley
Stars Champs
.Of Northwest
Iowa Trip for National
Tourney is Assured
by Victory Here
Tacoma Defeated 3 to 1
in Finals; Decisive
Record Turned In
Volleyball stars of the Salem
Y.M.C.A. assured them selves of
a trip to Davenport, Iowa, for
the national Y.M.C.A. volleyball
tournament when they defeated
Tacoma three games to one in
the finals of the Northwest cham
pionship tournament here last
night.
The trophy indicative of vol
leyball supremacy in the North
west, held by Salem more times
than any other organization, was
presented to Dr. L. E. Barrick,
captain of the Salem team.
After tieing with Tacoma in
the elimination series yesterday
afternoon, each team with seven
wins and one loss, the Salem sex
tet came through in fine shape
in the finals to wind up with
ten wins and two losses for the
series. "
Great Comeback is
Made, First Game
Salem won from Tacoma In
the finals by scores of 15 to 10,
15 to 9 and 15 to 5. Tacoma
won tbe second game 15 to 6.
Salem's most thrilling perform
ance came in the first game in
which a great comeback was
made after trailing 10 to 5. With
John Bone's tricky serve baf
fling the Tacomans the Salem
team came from behind in a rally
that kept more than 150 volley
ball fans on edge. Outstanding
in Salem's play was John Bone's
(Turn to Page 12, Col. 4)
Junior Orchestra
Concert Pleasing
Preparatory Group Shows
Ability and Progress
For Past Season
The philharmonic preparatory
orchestra, a group of 48 boys and
girls who plan to win places in
Salem's philharmonic symphony
orchestra in due time, put on its
a'nnual concert last night at the
armory with 300 townspeople en
thusiastic in their appreciation of
the splendid performance of the
juniors. Vernon Wiscarson of Leb
anon, who has had charge of the
orchestra's rehearsals throughout
the winter, conducted at last
night's concert.
Featured players included War
ren Downs, talented celloist, who
gave three numbers, and David
Smith, pianist, who also presented
a gToup of three numbers.
The program by the orchestra
included "America, the Beauti
ful" by Ward. "Graceful Mo
ments" by Elizabeth Clark "Ase's
Death" by Edward Grieg and ar
rangements of "Flow Gently Sweet
Afton" and "Sweet and Low." For
its concluding numbers the pre
paratory orchestra played the "In
termezzo from L'Arlesienne suite"
by Bizet and the "Festival Over
ture" by Otis Taylor.
Business manager for the or
chestra was Mrs. Nora Anderson
who planned the year's work for
the Junior group as a means of de
veloping talent for the major or
chestra, directed by Jacques
Gershkoritch.
Disorders Reported
MADRID. April 18.-P) - Re
ports of fresh disorders, includ
ing the attempted assassination
of an army general, seeped into
the capital tonight through a
strict censorship.
lis, Stayton, winner ot the ama
teur or second year typing con
test. Team And individual scores in
bookkeeping were as follows:
Woodburn Team, 214; Bar
bara Jensen, 80; Jean Anderson,
73; Charles Corn well, II; alter
nate, Betty Davis, 23.
Salem Team. 189; Quay Was
sam, 90; Josephine Whitney, 71;
Jane Patton, 28; alternates, Leis
la Darr, 94; Irene Wolf, 76;
Wanda Froelich, 37.
Aumsville Team, 149; Roy
Shreve, 55; Marian Heltzel. 54;
Ralph Shreve, 40.
Stayton Team, 138; Laura
Tate, 77; Cleta Boedigheimer,
3(; Bob Lucas, 25.
St. Paul Team, 81;' Mary Da
vidson, 41; 'James Spirup, 23;
Virginia Ernst, 17.
Hubbard Highest of
All, Team Typing .
Tying scores by teams and in
dividuals were as follows:
-A" division:
Salem - Team, 2145; Gene
Ross, 223.5; Dorothy Klbbe,
547.2; Margaret Campbell, 621.2;
Mildred Tehle, 64Srl. .. .
Woodburn Team, 1884.4;
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.Blooms Maneuver
Thousands to
Drive Through
Orchard Lanes
Record Crowd Expected;
Route Pointed Out by
Cherrians' Arrows
Scouts to Aid Motorist
While Cars for Those
Without, Provided
With weather predictions point
ing to fair skies for Salem's an
nual Blossom Day, tens of thou
sands of people from Salem and
from all parts of the valley will
converge on this community to
day to see the loveliest display of
spring blossoms in many years.
Heads ot tbe Cherrian organiza
tion, which has charge of the an
nual event, said last night that
blossoms were at their height In
the district south of Salem as
well as In the Polk county hills.
Arrows pointing out the dif
ferent routes were placed yester
day by Cherrlans who mapped out
different interesting routes for
townspeople and visitors to take
in seeing the blossom country.
Cars Provided for
Those Wanting Ride
From 9 a. m. today until mid-
afternoon persons who do not
have cars can assemble at the
chamber of commerce for free
rides through the blossom coun
try provided through the courtesy
of the Cherrlans. Breyman Boise,
king bing, said last night that his
organisation expected to take
hundreds of guests through the
valley and uplands of the Salem
territory.
Ten Boy Scout troops have
been recruited to aid state and
local police in directing the heavy
flow of traffic through the val
ley today. Included in the scout
troops assigned for duty are the
following:
Rotary club troop, Erwin
Smith, scoutmaster; Leslie church
troop. Robert Day; First Chris
tian church troop, Charlei Losk;
Temple Baptist troop, Harvey
Finn; American Legion troop,
Phil RIngle; Jason Lee troop,
Donald Dour Is; West Salem Com
munity club troop, Harry Wled-
maier; Liberty club troop, Eugene
Caruthers.
Report on Wells
Expected Monday
The city council is expected to
receive a report from its special
committee on wells at the regular
meeting Monday night. Early in
formation is that the Teport will
recommend that wells be further
investigated before they are aban
doned as a possible source of city
water.
The council also will receive
bids on 18 and 24 inch iron pipe
for outlet and drain connections
to the new Fairmount hill res
ervoir, for which excavation is
now in progress. Bids for con
struction of the storage basin will
be opened at a special council
meeting May 1.
Final action is due Monday
night on an ordinance rescinding
permits for operation of popcorn
wagons on downtown parkings.
Dallas Champion
Of Western Zone
DALLAS, April IS Dallas hi?h
school debaters, by defeating Mc
Minnyllle, tonight won tbe wes
tern Oregon championship and
with their victory the right to
compete against the eastern Ore
gon winner for the Oregon state
championship and to compete in
San Francisco with other sectional
winners for the Pacific coast high
school debating championship.
Ivan Ickes and Geanne Hart
man, Dallas, upheld the affirma
tive against Leonard Honnold and
Frank Groner, negative, from Mc
Minnville on the question, "Re
solved, that the several states
should enact legislation providing
for complete medical service
available to all cltisens at state
expense.'
Dallas negative team, Albert
Klassen and Marjorie Water,
will bo eligible to compete over
KOAC in a competitive event
there and will Join their colleague,
in the San Francisco competitions.
Dallas debaters were sponsored
in the contests by the University
of Oregon and Linfield college.
BUI Thoma$ Is Second
in Extempore Contest
"Bill" Thomas, Salem high
school entry in the Sigma Delta
Rho - extemporaneous: speaking
contest at Walla Walla, won sec
6nd place In the finals and first
in the preliminaries, according to
word received here. He Is a resi
dent Of West Salem.-- -
BLOOMS BEST EVER FOR BLOSSOM DAY
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Miss Winifred Gardner, May Queen of Willamette university, and
a group of Cherrlans In the blossom country of Salem where
than this year. .
Values of Police
Radio Are Shown
Demonstration Given For
Amateurs Convening in
State Session
' Salem police last night show
ed the speed which radio gives
to their service in a demonstra
tion conducted- for delegates to
the fifth" "annual convention ot
the Oregon Amateur Radio as
sociation. At 9:85 p. m. three
officers driving radio cars were
broadcast orders to report to Ser
geant J. L. Cutler at the Marion
hotel, convention headquarters.
The distance each traveled and
the time required to reach the
hotel were as follows:
Officer Frank Wlnslow, from
Commercial and Mill streets, two
blocks; 45 seconds.
Officer E. C. Charlton, from
Mission and Liberty streets, nine
blocks; 1 minute, 10 seconds.
Officer Louis A. Burgess, from
Capitol street and Highland ave
nue, two miles; X minutes, 20
seconds.
The amateur convention will
continue throughout today. Wo
man amateurs ana wives oi ama
teurs will attend a breakfast at
The Spa at 8 o'clock in charge
of Mrs. F. W. Taylor. Radio
phone operators will breakfast at
tbe Bluebird with Howard Min
turn heading the table. Joe Vogt
will preside at a breakfast for
army amateur reserve operators
at the Qualle.and Milton Marsh
will have charge of a breakfast
for radiotelegraph operators at
the Tourist cafe.
After attending tbe war games
at the airport, the delegates will
spend the afternoon In tending,
receiving and signal contests at
convention headquarters. A state
president to succeed Howard Min-
turn of Salem will be elected and
the 1937 convention city desig
nated at the business meeting at
4: SO p. m.
The convention banquet will be
held at 6:15 p. m. in the Marion
banquet room. The banquet pro
gram will include music by the
blind school orchestra, a vocal
solo by George Peckham, mem
ory demonstration by J. Lowell
Henderson and awards ot prises
to contest winners.
Rilht-of-Way Is
Mostly Acquired
The Marion county court yes
terday had completed arrange
ments for the acquisition of most
of the 71 acres ot right-of-way re
quired for the ButtevlUe-Cham-poeg
Memorial highway. The pur
chase arrangements were worked
out at a conference held at Butte
ville. In no Instance did the coun
ty pay more than the price set by
Its appraiser. No deal has yet
been worked out with Rex O. Vur
gess of Portland who owns four
acres of the right-of-way the
county seeks nor with Ernest Hay
cock who owns approximately two
acres.
Largest track to be acquired by
the county was 39 acres owned
by Henry Zorn. a portion of-which
la in hops. The connty appraisal
called for a payment ot $125 an
acre for this tract and Zorn ac
cepted the proposal." .. : -
The total appraised value of the
71 acres needed for the -road Is
810.125. The grading and sur
facing of the highway, estimated
to cost 1150,000 to 8175.000 will
be carried on as a state highway
project. Fifty-thousand dollars of
federal road funds has already
beea set aside for the work." r
Salem Cyclist
Hurt; Hit-Skip
Charges Filed
OREGON CITY, Ore., Ap
ril 18-ARobert Starr, 15
Salem, Incurred minor in
juries today when his bi
cycle was struck by a car
driven by Roland Koepf,
Skamania, Wash.
. Starr was participating in
tbe Salem to Portland pre-v
Olympic bicycle tryonta.
Koepf was arrested by
sheriffs deputies In Salem,
on the advice of Oregon City
authorities, and returned
here a few hours after the
mishap. He was charged
with falling to stop and ren
der aid.
Koepf was released on
925 bail tonight and cited
to appear in justice court
Monday.
Koepf was arrested aa be
approached Salem, by De
puty Sheriff B, G. Honey
rutt, it waa announced here.
Hoylman Capture
Iinmineut, Belief
MEDFORD. Ore., April lS.-P)
-Early capture of Raleigh L.
Hoylman, escaped habitual crim
inal facing life imprisonment,
was predicted last today by Sher
iff Eyd L Brown of Jackson
county.
Hoylman, according to the
sheriff, has been trailed to the
Oregon Caves district in Jose
phine county, arid all roads, trails
and cabins, in the area are
watched by possemen.
DeMolay State Officers
Guests at Capitol Here
- State officers of the DeMolay
lodge were guests at the state of
fices yesterday. They spent a
large part of the day visiting
state- departments and institu
tions. W. L. Gosslin, secretary to
Governor Martin, took the party
through the state office building
and then posed for a photograph
with them. Forty young men were
in the party. -'
Redmond Wins Out
REDMOND, Ore., April 1S.-UP)
-The Redmond high school track
team defeated Bend 57 to 47.
Habeas Corpus
By Wife on
Habeas 'corpus- proceedings by
which Earl H. Febl seeks to se
cure release from the Oregon pen
itentiary, were filed here late yes
terday afternoon by his wife. Elec
ta A, FehL Judge L. H. McMahan
was not In court and time for ar
gument - on the : proceedings had
not been set up to e late hour
yesterday.".
- Attorneys for Fehl contend
Oregon's statutes on paroles hare
been so Interpreted that Fehl'i re
lease Is a matter of right and that
James Lewis, warden of the peni
tentiary, must let "ehl go. ;
Clemency Decent ..: ;i ' .; J
Enter in. Claimed i ; - ' .
In making the petition for the
writ of habeas corpus, counsel for
Fehl stresses the release of the
former county judge at Medford
as an action of right, not of exe
cutive clenlency. !:- " .
: "The prisoner has' evidenced
general good conduct and refor
- r a
Breyman Boise, King Bing, pose wili
blooms were never more beautiful
"
Sales Involving
Drawing Illegal
Constitute Lottery, Finds
Attorney General After
Query by Trindle
Merchandising sales campaigns
wherein cash or goods are given
away by a drawing to winners,
constitute a lottery under Ore
gon law and are thus illegal, the
attorney - general's office ruled
yesterday.
The ruling, made in answer to
a letter from District Attorney
W. H. Trindle, was eapected to
end drawings which have been
prevalent in Salem in recent
months. Mr. Trindle said last
night that he would be compell
ed to bring action against per
sons conducting such gift enter
prises unless they stopped the
contests at once.
Lottery Forbidden
By State Constitution
The opinion pointed out that
lotteries were unconstitutional in
Oregon. A lottery was defined as
a contest wherein there is a
prize, a redistribution of the prize
by chance and a consideration
on the part of the buyer. Where
the purchaser obtains a ticket
with the purchase of merchan
dise, the consideration was held
to be a portion of the purchase
price of the goods.
The attorney general's office,
by Ralph Moody, deputy, cited a
number of cases where courts
had held schemes for giving au
tomobiles to purchasers of goods,
when determined by chance, was
a lottery. The opinion cited a
1921 attorney-general's ruling in
which it was held that a scheme
whereby the holder of a ticket
with a lucky number, received
with each 25-cent purchase ot
merchandise, constituted a lot
tery. (Turn to Page 14, Col. 3)
North - Bend Ex-Mayor
Dies; Relatives Here
NORTH BEND, Ore.. April. 18.
-JP) Dr. Henry E. Burm ester,
former North Bend mayor .'and
practicing dentist on 'Coos Bay
for 20 years, died at his home
here. Survivors include two bro
thers, C. C. Burmester. Scio, and
Charles Burmester, Stayton;
three sisters, Mrs. Mildred Ca la
van and Mrs. Agnes Hess, Stay
ton, and Mrs. Leona Wain, En
gene. Action filed
Behalf of I eld
mation and is entitled to be free
1C months short of the four full
years for which Fehl was sentenc
ed to prison," George Rboten, at
torney with H. V. Schmalx, tor
Fehl, averred.
Fehl began serving his sentence
here August IS 1933, having been
found guilty at Klamath Falls of
theft of ballots in Jackson county.
He was given an Indeterminate
sentence-with the provision that
the latter should sot exceed four
years.. ;. ;;-
Rhoten and; Schmals allege In
their complaint that other prison
ers have consistently, been freed
from prison when they have serv
ed their maximum time, less good
behavior allowances. ;
Fehl was paroled by ' Governor
Martin, on. Thursday on the con
dition that he would stay out of
Jackson county for It months and
would not engage In any political
activity there : - ;
War Games to
Be Conducted,
Salem Airport
Troops and Planes Will
Take Part; Reservist
Group in Charge
Preparedness Held Best
Peace Method ; Martin
J Speaks at Banquet
An appeal for preparedness fa
contrast to pacifism as the best
method of avoiding war was
brought to 150 reserve officer
last night by Governor Charien
H. Martin as the featured speaker
at a banquet held at the Quete
The banquet was one of the events
of the contact camp being held
here yesterday and today for re
serve officers from a territory a
far north as Seattle and as far
south as northern California.
Governor Martin scored citi
zens who decried preparedness
and cited the nation's experience
in the world war as proof positive
that the country should be pro
pared always with an adequate
defense force. Colonel Carle Ak
rams, commanding officer for the
contact camp, was toastmaater at
the banquet.
Other speakers included Majer
General George A. White, Colonel
C. McLaughlin, chief of staff4 for
the second reserve area. Major
C. S. Pettee. unit instructor for
the third reserve area. Captain T.
Furrows ot the regular army at
Pearson Field. Major H. C. French
of the 321st air reserve sqnadren
and Lieutenant Walter A. HaieJ
wood of the air reserves, Salem.
Colorful Meeting
Program Invites
Following the banquet a ameker
vaa Tint in lit frto TTIVft temnU
This morning at o'clock all
reserve officers will assemble at
the Salem air field for participa
tion in air and ground maneuvers.
The general situation to be
worked out this morning will in
clude defense of this area by the
"blue" forces from the "reds"
who have theoretically occupied
Astoria and Tillamook and are
invading the Willamette and Co
lumbia river valleys.
The maneuvers this morning
will Include signaling between
friendly aircraft and front line
troops who have been cut off from
headquarters and the communica
tion of the position, by the planes.
o divisional headquarters.
Planes to Attack
National Guard
A second problem to be worked
out this morning will be an at
tack on rronnd trooDa from the
air. Included in this maneuver
will he Company B of the lC2id
infantry, the headquarters bat
tery ot the 249th coast artillery
and a detachment of the 249th
coast artillery medical corps.
"Friendly" and hostile" aircraft
will engage in the problem and
during the maneuvers the nhie'
troops 'will be subjected to an at
tack by the "red" planes.
Ground officers will be permit
ted to fly as observers during the
field exercises.
Nine airplanes were hers last
night from Vancouver. Wash., pre
peared to take part in the man
euvers this morning.
No statement was made by
leaders in the maneuvers last
night, to a criticism made Satar
day by Methodist 'ministers ef the
city, protesting against the hold
ing of the maneuvers here on
Sunday. " f
While the public will not be per
mitted on the air field this morn
ing, a view ot the manenvers in
the air and the ground can be had
from along the Turner road. .
Seven Big Rattlesnakes
Caught in Single Day as
Series of Raids Started
SCIO. April 18. even large
rattlesnakes were captured in
less than three hoars, this week
by John and Andrew Silberna
gel and August and William Ben
der on Woodward ridge, a part of
McCulley mountain, 15 miles east
of Scio. Another party recently
killed four snakes.
- Residents of the Tlclnity flan
to make, more raids on the big
poisoners before- they Invade
farms lower down. The den . en
McCulley mountain Is one efrfew
rattler strongholds in : western
Oregon : . , h
Power Shovel at Work .
Excavating Reservoir
Power shovel excavation start
ed in-full swing on the sew city
reservoir site on Fairmount hill
yesterday with trucks hauling- the
excavated soil to the water de
partment block. .Commercial and
Trade streets, and to the west
end of the site Itself. A pDe es
timated to contain 4500 cubic
yards of dirt, had been built on
one side ot the reservoir grounds
to 'be used in landscaping when
the big project is finished.- - -