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PAGE TEN - The OREGON STATESMAN, i Salem, ( Oregon, Wednesday Morning, May 6, 1936 Biice Decrees Ethiopia 'His' Bandit - Infested Capital 'Welcomes Italians as i UtT lS UCCUU1CU - (Continued from Page 1) ; remarkable campaign of tbe Ital ian troops, was at the head of the soldiers when they entered the fallen capital. Natives -'of' thej clty scene of looting and arson for four days, greeted them with cheers, the dis patches added. i All organized Ethiopian resist ance has crumbled, although the Italians undoubtedly -will encount er guerilla warfare. ; . . Plans already are under, way to colonize Ethiopia along lines ir suring Italian domination, bnt ex act details have not been worked out i- .; :;. There was much agitation., in Europe for a revamping of the League of Nations because of its failure to halt the war it branded as one of aggression. ; Emperor Haile Selassie Is en route to Palestine aboard a Brit ish cruiser. He may go into exile later in Switzerland, where he has a villa. - . : Tongue Point Now Bill WASHINGTON May 5.-(ff)-Senator McXary 'RrOre) today introduced the Tongue Point na val aviation base bill; in the -senate in the form of an! amendment to the naval appropriation bill.; The amendment embodies the provisions .contained in the Mott bill held up in the house yester day by an objection from Repre sentative Umstead (D-NC.) It would authorize a naval air base at Tongue Point, Orel Should the house measure. In troduced by Representative Mott (R-Ore) fail to pass, the Mc Nary amendment would keep the proposal alive and open the way for action by conference commit tees ! on the naval appropriation bni.i .-. ' - Kiwanians Enjoy Musical Program saiem Kiwanis Tuesday noon enjoyed a musical program given under the direction of Professor Cameron Marshall of Willamette university. Professor Marshall gave an Interesting i talk on the history jof music and. then ex plained the development of music week In the United States. This week's observance of music week ii the 13th annual; all-national celebration of that i event which grew out of the activities of a number of communities in hold - ing city-wide music programs Professor Marshall said the be ginnings of music as an expres- sion of human feelings had been traced at least 3000! years before Christ. Biblical records . afford valuable sources of I data on the .history of music and its role in . religious life. , men's quartet,, accompanied by Mists Flavia Downs, sane three numbers. Members of the quartet are Ewald Franz, Leonard Ran- ton, Ray Draply and Bert Preston Holland Hearkens To Student Pleas PULLMAN, Wash, May. 5.-WP) Washington State j college stu dents had their. say about .cam pus "blue laws" and other griev ances today and found a sym pathetic administration. Some 3 200 -students, practicab ly all of the residence enroll ment, gave mass vent , to their feelings in a, parade and demon stration, after which Dr. E. O Holland,: president, i.said in ef feet: "We shall see what we can do about it" I The students protested against compulsory ' iss attendance and penalties f o t non - attendance; rigid social laws laid down by the dean of women, lack of. a "progressive, 'clean minded" ad minlstration, lack student and faculty control of campus activi ties, . - I Hope For Surplus Prunes Disposal Held by Martin Governor Martin is hopeful that the federal government will take some 10.000 tons of surplus prunes off the hands of Oregon growers, he said yesterday. He was advised by telegraph from James E. Brickettj director of commodity distribution, that his ' request for purchase of the prune - surplus would be handed as once to the director. fo f procurement, , Prompt action is expected. 1 Fire Zone Changed ; 1 Fire sone restrictions were lessened by the city council Mon day night in the block bounded by 13th, Court, 14th and Chemeketa streets. The change was requested by Ina D. Koon to permit her to bnlld a frame house on property ia this block. " PORTLAND; Ore., May 5--P- Carmen Bafth Cleveland, won a 10-round decision tonight from Bobby Millsap, . Chicago negro. Barth had MiUsap down three times In the tenth round. The boU was comparatively slow. Barth weighed 168, MiUsap 14 i Frankie Galluccl, 14 Port land, knocked out f -Tony Sousa, 125, Oakland, Calif., in t hi e third round of a scheduled 10 round semi-windup. . " ! Late Sports Prelude to Philadelphia . .-."" ..XI . . , (J j tMimilin rtr iMki i i iiihi mbi mmwmm in am mi ' " i Senator Alben W. Barkley, left, of Kentucky, and Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, discuss the coming Democratic national convention plans in tbe senate office building, Washington. Barkley is slated- to de liver the keynote address while Robinson will become permanent chair I man of the Philadelphia convention. j Isochromatic lOil Paintings Shown Oil isochromatic paintings on display in the fireplace! room at the Salem Public library under the auspices of the Salem Arts league, Miss Constance Fowler,! art direc tor, began drawing interested groups Tuesday afternoon. -There are 48 pictures on exhibit. The admission: is free, and t he art loving public is cordially invited to attend. The fireplace room will be open daily, except ! Thursday and Friday afternoons, from 2 to 5 and from .7 to 9 p. m. Although this group ! is one of ten now traveling throughout the United States, the majority ,of the paintings here are the work of Pa cific coast artists, included also are some from Portland, Seattle Corvallis, Pasadena, and Denver. There are, too, works by eastern artists of note. Visitors have expressed them selves as well pleased! with the quality of the paintings. r .i-i Continue Lumber J"- T a 1 nates is Advice PORTLAND, May IS-fflVThe traffic committee of jthe West Coast Lumbermen's association association said today it had ad vised railroads to continue the 72-cent rate on West Coast lumber shipped to points west of Chicago. The action, taken in a session here yesterday, followed an an nouncement by the railroads that a rate of 78 cents a hundred pounds would replace the 72-cent trial schedule. The traffic committee said "the present 72-cent rate has made its own case through a 200 per cent increase in , rail shipments of Douglas fir "and related woods, and a 20 per cent increase In av erage weight of carloads." Kreta Calavan Is Hired at Talbot TALBOT, May 5. The Talbot school hoard Thursday night hir ed Miss Kreta Calavan! as teacher for the coming: year kt $80 per month. Miss Calavan Is finishing a successful term in the Silver- ton Hills community. Mr. pd Mrs. Merton Harding and children, Marian and Ralph of Portland, werevweekend guests of Mr. and. Mrs. E. J. Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Anderson of Buena Vista and: Mr. and Mrs. George Potts, Jr., made a husi ness trip to Bandon and Roseburg Monday.-" i i Coal Mine Labor Roto Ended, Pact Arranged NEW YORK, May (Wednes day )-KiV-A reliable source de clared today that conferees rep resenting anthracite; 'operators and the United Minej Workers' union had agreed on all. points in their wage contract-controversy and would sign a two-year pact at p. m. (E.S.T.) today. Governors at89er Celebration I " - ' ' - Cev. . W. Marlaad ' Mrs. Two western gwernon who naTe.boen xnnch h tie headlines recently were guests of honor at the 8 9er celebration at Guthrie, Okla, bore. Got. E. W. Marland of Oklahoma, left, was the storm center , of the controversy over drilling of oQ wells In Oklahoma! City, while Gov Alf Landon, right, is a leading Ecpiblican presidential pos&U ISltj. Mr. Jlgrlaod is shown, center' Highway Nunibers Use to Be Unred An educational campaign, to ip struct residents of Oregon to use numbers rather than the names of highways, is to be started by the state highway commission, R. H. Baldocky state highway engl neer, said yesterday. Baldock said nearly all states. with the exception of Otegon, re fer to their highways bers. He said such a would simplify the work of direc ting tourists and eliminante con fusion. ! - " "We wil II first have to teach our own employes the numbers of the various highways, Baldock said. Dirigible Starts U. SJ Jaunt Today F R I E DRICHSHAFBN, Ger many. Mat i 5 (P-A famous ex pl6rer, a priest, a high foreign office official, an American air shin commander, a millionaire and a Lord mayor will be among tne 50 passengers aboard the new dir igible Hindenburg when it leaves tomorrow Son its first jroyage to the United States. Passengers include Sir Hubert Wilkins, the explorer, land Lady Wilkins; Father Paul IScbulte, a Roman Catholic priest who is known asi the "flying father;" Ministerial Director Karl Ritter of the German foreign office; United States Naval Commander William B. Leeds and 5Jrs. Leeds; and Lord; Mayor Frit Krebs of Frankfortfon-Main. Snake Bite Wound Found by Cc roner LOS ANGELES, My l.-iJPf-County COroner Frank Tance said today an j autopsy over the ex humed body of Mrs. Mary Bush James had disclosed an ugly lit tle wound on her left foot and a condition "characteristic of snake biUs." "That's! Just what we expected," declared Eugene Williams, deputy district attorney. j Williams has been a leader in Investigating a storjj told by Charles H. Hope, forpjer sailer, that Robfrt S. James j 39, red haired barber, killed Mrs. James, his fifth wife, in a bizarre plot involving snake bites and drown ing. Kurths Win Verdict But No Damages in Suit Over Blame For Auto Smashup Verdict tor the defendants in the damage action of L. M. Case against P. !N. Kurth hnd Emma Kurth was returned late yesterday by a Marion county trial Jury. Case asked for payment for dam ages allegedly done to his car in a collision With an an to; owned by the Kurths. The latter counter claimed for damage allegedly done to them by the plaintiff. The Jury gave" no financial award to either the; plaintiff or jthe defend ants. 1 i - ' . j - - " ' - ' -, t A Mar land. Cev. AJf Laadea : 1 Craft Charges in Iowa Thrown Out DES MOINES. Ia.. May !.-)- Only a day after a Pulitzer prise for meritorious " public service was awarded the Iowa newspaper whose campaign . helped bring about' their indictment, the state supreme court' today wiped out grand Jury charges ot participat ing la graft and ofiicial corrup tion extending "into the state house" against SI defendants. Verne Marshall, 47, editor ot the Cedar Rapidr Gazette, whose publication won the - award - in New York last night, termed the tribunal's action against the last of the Woodbury county "graft case"; defendants "to be expect ed." I , i ': ..-.-vi, - He said the Pulitzer commit tee's recognition of the Gazette's work was "an answer to any one who 'interprets the supreme court ruling as a vindication of the crowd Indicted at Sioux City many months go." . . The supreme court's Invalida tion of the Indictments was on the grounds that special prosecu tor H. M. Hamer and M. E. Raw lings, Woodbury county attorney. were not qualified to appear be fore the special grand jury. Allen's Charges Prove Boomerang CHICAGO, May. 5.-(pr-Charges of unsportsmanlike attitude and chiseling made against amateur athletic union officials by Dr. F. C. (Pho) Allen today, were tossed back; at the Kansas basketball au thority tonight by J. Lyman Bing ham, assistant to President Avery Brundage of the A. A. U. Brundage, president of the Am erican Olympic committee as well as head of the A. A. U., said Allen had -"quit a Job that never offi cially existed," then turned the floor over to Bingham, who has handled the Olympic basketball situation. : ."Allen's 'appointment as direct or of the Olympic basketball team was simply a recommendation by the National Association of Bas ketball Coaches," Brundage said. "It would have had to be approved by the Olympic committee to be come official. Since we are not sure of having enough, money to send the group on which we plan, 1 3 players, 1 two - coaches and a manager, it is questionable if the A. O. C. would have approved sending Allen, who . would have been an extra and unnecessary of ficial." I Railroad Side of Boat Case Given PORTLAND, Ore., May 5.-P) Railroad auditors introduced in an (interstate commerce commis sion hearing today exhibits claim ed to be "statistics to show the benefits shippers have had in the past from the reduction of rates of railroads, due primarily to in creases in traffic." The exhibits were offered as evidence in the hearing of the Inland Navigation company's plea for. a certificate of convenience and necessity to permit the op eration of freight service on the Columbia river. . H. K. Dougan, auditor of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle line, said boat operation on the Co lumbia would cost about, three times as much as paralleling rail roads. E. K, Murray, Tacoma, soun sel for the Inland Navigation company, a Seattle firm, asked "if we i made up the loss our selves, the public would be bene fitted by boat operations would they not?" t . :-- Hagood Voluntary Retirement Begun CHICAGO, May 6. - () - MaJ. Gen. Johnson Hagood, after more than 44: years of active army ser vice, quits his "vindication" as signment today as commanding of ficer of jthe sixth corps area and the second field army in the first step toward the retirement he had requested. In a farewell statement he said his relinquishing ot his twin com mands here and impending retire ment May 31 were the results of "an unfortunate chain of circum stances" which rendered it unfair to f'the service or myself for me to remain on the active list any longer." He added that his decision was made despite the request ot Pres ident Roosevelt who in a "person al Interview asked me not to retire at this time." Music by-Orchestra Is Feature of Program at 'I TovVnsend Qub Meeting ROBERTS, May 5. The Town- send clnb held its regular meet ing Friday night with Rev. Gor don Fleming the speaker. This program was . given: . Orchestra, composed of Mrs. Leonard Ziel ke, George Bressler, George Hig gJns, George Veall, Mrs. George Higgins, Alfred Kleen and Mrs. Forest Edward; reading. Mm. iJ. P. Bressler; songs, Mrs. Alfred Kleen. Refreshments followed.-' Salem Heights Townsend IQub Will Meet Tonight 1 ' ' ' ' . SALEM HEIGHTS. May The Salem Heights " Townsend club will hold Its regular meet ing at the community hall Wed nesday night at 8 o'clock. This meeting is. of special importance to all TownBend members says Mrs. CV W. Sawyer, . president, and she asks that all members and their friends . please be pres ent. Gordon Flemmlng will be the speaker. A program has been arranged by the committee. The advisory board will meet at '7 o'clock. Sling Matches s !e'W .4 Margaret Sullavaa i A broken -arm, suffered while working on her new picture, failed to keep Margaret Sullavan, film 'star, from a Hollywood pre mier. Her broken arm supported by a sling of fine silk that matches her gown, fhe is shown here en tering the theater lobby. Have Too $2wefk Ieiirclhaciicaase aimd PJoti Ecaoimglhi Caslh ITEaSs' EnnttSi?3 StfcOcCi; oil watclmes. EDuai aimcll at Ess I? Tvo : SaBec HDautsr P it" Soviet Troops in Orient Deplored -.-.v: ,- ' '.- . ' ' (t - TOKYO, May e.-(Wednesday)- (P-Japan "In her solicitude for peace In East Asia cannot remain indifferent" to large soviet troops concentrations In the far east. Ha chiro Arita, new foreign minister. told the house ot peers today. Japanese - Soviet relations, he added, "cannot be said to be alto gether felicitous. . i The fact the soviet maintains excessive arma ments on remote outposts of the far east constitutes a real menace to peace in this part ot the world." Arita, however, stressed Tokyo's desire for "normal and peaceful relations" with the soviet and de clared he would devote his "best efforts to furtherance of Japanese American amity and understand ing." . ; . '. ; -;J Commend Martin; For Baer Members of Capital Post No 9, American Legion, have voted to commend Governor Charles H. Martin by letter for his refusal to help stay deportation proceed' ings against Walter Baer. . This action ; was taken at the post meeting Monday night. The : post will nominate offi cer candidates mt the two regu lar June meetings, elect at the first meeting in July, and . in stall the new officers in Septem ber, it was announced. Marshall Trustee Frank P. Marshall, former bus iness agent for the Salem Trades and Labor council, was elected a trustee last night to succeed R. L Loundagin, who has resigned. Lonndagin is leaving the city. 9 NoveflttSes AT ft . ltuu(3 EingEieott BH(3(33i? fnitttooi!Btt UGcei?ve acael EDaafly : ! ;- " ' 10,000' Darning Needles Witt Be Bought by State The secretary of state's 'office yesterday ordered 10,000 darn ing needles.7 , No, gentle reader, the requisi tion was not tor sock-sewing ac- The needles are to be used to string ballot stubs May 15. "Sof large was the order that the .state's buy- at - home policy could not be followed. Darning needles being short in Oregon for the moment, 8,000 were ordered outside of Oregon. 1 66 Millions Received In Gasoline Tax ince V Law in Effect, Report Th!e state highway- commission received $66,373,000 in net taxes on- jgasoline used by Oregon motorists and truck men since the statet gasoline tax became ef fee tive Sn 1919, Secretary of State Si) ell announced yesterday. Gross receipts from gasoline taxes in the period up to March 31,1936, were S74.389.000 with refunds aggre- ratine S6.927.971. Every state in the . union has followed Oregon's example in imposing a tax on gas oline sales as an equitable means of raising revenue for highway purposes. Patients Recovering WHEATLAND, May 5 Mrs, Elmer Thomas, who. was at the Dr, M. Reitzel nospital in Mc Minnville is home now and is greatly ' improved. - Mrs. Smith Fields, who has been ill at her home' during the winter, is 1m proved sufficiently to, be- able to work out among her flowers. Sulvei?wai?e Wall Be 0Cei?ed (SES m i v 9 anacfl iriIuei?eaGttei? Entering Our Store After A FE1EE Rooming House License For Lee Apartments is Denied) New Applicant The city council Monday night denied an application for a room ing ' house license " for the Lee apartments, -1 4 8 South Commer cial street, scene of a recent mor als raid. The application bore the okeh of Patrolman Wintersteen of the police department. ' The applicant, Mrs. Mae Mc Caffery, was Snot Involved in the morels cases.! 4 ; . Battery Charge Denied By CCC Youth Brought From Linn County Camp Harry Ingerham, from a Linn county CCC ' camp, pleaded not guilty when he was brought into, justice court here yesterday on an assault and battery charge. He is accused of beating- and injuring Jack Bentryi the night of ,April . 25. Ingerham will have a prelim-; inary hearing! before Justice of the Peace Miller &. Hayden May It at 10 a.m., and neajitlme was allow ed to go on his own recognizance.: CHerrians Arrange For Trip to Waldport Fete m"ilr ----'-fy-: , All Salem Cherrlans who are to participate in the bridge dedi cation I ceremonies at -Waldport Saturday ar requested I by King Bing Breymln Boise to' meet at the chambeii of commerce here promptly at ;S o'clock that morn ing. The regulation Cherrian uni form" will be worn. The group will reassemble at the south end of the Waldport bridge at 12 o'clock nooO Saturday ; prepara tory to' taking part in the dedfc cation at . 1 O'clock. i I L LL A. MAIlTiN. Auctioneer in Charge1 1 o'clock Will Receive GW!S i f