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Legislative News- U ' Ai (be Oregon fegislattre session nears Its end taw portent happenings are 3re, qaent. Keep In touch through The States mam. The Weatlier V I. l 5 - . - . Cloady today,' Ennday n settled Nwlti raiaj . Blaz. Temp. Friday CI, Ula. C 1,' river 8.6 feet, nOa .13 Loch, westerly winds. PCUND2D 1651 . 4 EIGUTY-S1XTU YEAR CxLera, Oregon, Saturday Korniaj, February 27, 1S37 Price 3c; NewssUsdj e No. 2:3 :rkeip: ID mains o mum. v OT i I 1 V . Nl Am to Iimwdi K . . . . - i r Salem Leading In State Mat : Tourney Race Qualifies Dozen. Matmen With Oregon City and Benson Tied at Six 76 Matches Are Run Off First Night, 30 on Tonight's Sked Br PAUL HArSER Salem " hh'a wrestling team dominated the preliminary rounds of the state high school wrestling tournament last night and made its chance for cbara- - pionshtp look rosy as it placed 13 of Its 1 $jExenjersjta the se m i-ftSalsTTTa t ed to starfit-l-xTclock tonight. . . - Salem's representation of 12 in the semi-finals was six more than Its closest rivals, Benson of Port land and Oregon City, each of which pat six men through the preliminary and quarter-final brackets Benson is the defend ing champion. One Salem and one Benson wrestler In the 113 pound class yet have a chance to work their way into finals when they meet In a rematch engagement as the feature event of tonight's show. Tom Mio of Salem and Nlshlkawa of Benson, both Japanese boys, are the pair and were so evenly matched that their quarter-final match last night had to be called a draw after they went through three overtime periods with nei ther gaining an edge, i Eight Others Are Still in Running i IUU Military academy placed four wrestlers in the semi-finals while Franklin of Portland and Corvallls placed three and San dy, New berg, Albany, Chemawa and Parkrose one ,' , , To put the meet through, the quarter-final" Itage 76 - matches were run off last night in nearly four hours of wrestling.. Two matches were kept going all the time and the same procedure will be used in the semi-finals .tenlght. . .. -t i A slate of 30 matches is to night's program with the ten final events scheduled to go on at 8 o'clock. Quarter-Final Results - 105 pounds -Shlshldo," Salem, decisioned Heney, school for blind; Webb, Corvallls, fall In 4:03 over Sano, Benson; Su gal, Salem, fall in 1:10 over Banllch, Sandy; Juntenen, Newberg, de cision over H. Warren, Corvallls. 113 pounds Dunford, Hill, de cisioned Waring, Salem; Mio, Sa lem, decisioned Brosslg, .Frank lin; Marshall, Oregon City, fall in 4:13 oyer Bales, -Newberg; Schlapp!, Benson, decisioned Wi ley, Newberg. 118 pounds McCarthy, Oregon City, fall in 4:18r over Wood, Franklin; T. Mio. Salem, and Nichikawa, Benson, no ," decision after three overtimes; Dunn, Ore gon City, decisioned Bates, Cor vallls ; O beret. Franklin, fall in 3:40 oxer Raeter, Corrallis. 128 pounds White, Oregon City, fall in 3:38 over Monfils, school for blind; McPherson, Ben son, decisioned MeCarro 11, salem; Nichols, Salem, decisioned Yeary, Benson; Pape, HIU, fall In 1:10 over Livesay. Oregon Clty. t 135 pounds Orey, Salem, de cisioned Craf ton, Oregon City; Williams, Franklin. i decisioned Watson, school for blind; Taka yama, Benson, fall in 3 minutes ver Blchtel, Oregon City Reeves, Salem, decisioned Jones, Hill. ; ... ! ' 145 pounds fitruble. Frank lin, fall In 3:40 over Slater, Ore gon City; Townsend, Salem, fall In 3:58 over Saito, Benson; Graves, Oregon City, fall in 3:34 ver Dahrens, Sandy; Smith, Cor Vallis, decisioned Lundberg, Ben on. . .. ., 155 pounds Krebs, Sandy, fall in 1:40 over Brown, Chemawa; Cottew, Salem, decisioned ' lle Keel, Oregon City; Meyer. Salem. (Turn to Page J, col. t.) ' McKinley School Cash Box Looted For the second time In two .weeks McKinley grade school was bioken into Thursday night, ap parently by the same marauder who Monday night entered the principal's office and stole a small irount of change. r'aintng entrance by breaking a pace of glass. from rear door and then opening the door from the Inside, the burglar took $1.55 from the office of Principal Doro thy Rea. The amount was approxi mately the same as stolen Monday Slight. The same means of entrance as used the first time. The two burglaries at McKin ley were possibly the work of the torgiar who on Febrnary It loot ed the principal's offiee at Leslie Junior high of nearly 3100 in cafe teria and candy counter funds. . Program for Library and Building Is Repayment of Remainder on Present Structnret-New . r -Z" S .... Loan From Accident Fund With Federal Aid Are r Proposed ; Committee to Scan Idea Today t ' AT the meeting of the ways and means committee this morning to consider the state building program a con crete plan will be presented for the purchase of the blocks lying north of Court street for additions to the state capitol grounds, and for the erection of a state library. , The plan will call for financing from the industrial acci- , i o dent fund and win follow the Spanish Blockade .Difficulties Seen Each Nation Is Required to Rule Separately, Control Shipping LONDON, Feb. 3 -flVEor-pean nations i trying to set up an international barricade around Spain faced unexpected difficul ties tonight. 1 Decision of Russia and Portu gal not to Join a naval blockade of Spain with four other powers at first promised a clear-cut way for the others to launch the pro gram. J : i : , ' Then It was recalled that it would be necessary for each of thi 37 nations in the neutrality combine to take separate meas ures to require shipping to com ply with the control, scheme. Some nations, it was pointed out, presumably can meet the situ ation with existing government regulations, but Great Britain rushed preparation of a bill order ing ships bound for Spain to call at "control ports' or "anchor ages' . to take on committee agents. The ?wjll see that fco for eign arm tflaen are" aboard. Informed sources said tonight it might be ; impossible to have the full details of the neutrality program in effect by the March 8 deadline, but expressed nope it could be made substantially effec tive then. -' -r , Scout Fund Drive Goal Is Revealed Oaries S. MeElhinny will head s; 3 it 00 boy scout finance drive for the Cherry City district March 23, the district committee head mA Kv nr. n. F. Ponnd decided at its monthly meeting at the chamber of commerce last night. The 1987 budget tor Cascade council will be $5300, 31100 above last jrears. It was announced. Sub -committee assignments were made as follows: . Finance George Rhoten, chairman; organisation Clifford Harold, assisted by Harry Wied maier in charge of training; health and safety Dr. R. Lee Wood, chairman, Lieutenant Max Alfnrd and Dr. Frank D. Volgt: advancement Judge H. H. Belt, chairman, witn George jsaaerman, v. c Van Bivke and Brran Good- enough In charge of board of re new; camping s. J. jmimgs, chairman. Captain Willis E. Vin cent and Bert Edwards. The eomm'ttee scheduled the annual camp rem! on for March 18 at the First Methodist church. Vance Geologican Chief PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 18-i)- The election; of A. D. Vance, on the suff of the Portland city en gineer's office.' as president of the Geological Society of the Ore gon Country, was announced at a banquet of the organisation here tonight. ; Horseplay Features Initial Night Session, Lower House Taking their cue from the mock "third house session of the ' night before, members of the bouse of representatives first frolicked and then revolted against overtime work : In - the first night meeting of the ses sion. House leaders ordered the session last night in an effort to dean up the 93 bill calendar with which It started the day. The meeting adjourned after Representative O. Henry Oleen had moved adjournment at 9 o'clock because there was an old age pension - meeting scheduled. Though the vote on the motion was close, Representative A. 8. Grant, who was in the speaker's chair, ruled that it bad lost. naving, had the Idea suggest ed that they might quit, mem bers again moved ' for adjourn ment, demanded a call, of, the house and a roll call. vote. These two 'rules are seldom invoked for adjournment motions. House leaders who had hoped 40 carry Fina jfihg Vie 0 Jjfice Wo tied Out same plan as was nsed in flnano lng the state office building con struction. . " . The first step will be the repay ment of the balance now due on the state office building and agri culture building, . which now has been reduced - to . approximately 3181,000 including interest. This would be paid off at once from ta general fund, but rentals from elf-snstalnlng departments would continue to be collected, which will amount to about 370,000 for this biennium. The state would also save about 815,000 in inter est for the biennium. With the retirement of this In debtedness the state could again make an Investment of its indus trial accident fund, to be repaid over a term of years by payments (Turn to page 2, col. 1) . Relief Load Will ring Heavy Demand Upon State Fund Noted in Winter; Weather Is Factor : PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. -P) Elmer - Goudy -state relief ad-, talnlAtr&torpreghrtedf teday- a ductlon In the relief load in April, with the opening of seasonal em ployment, r.,,' Virtually all counties have made heavy demnads upon the state relief budget, in meeting demands created by severe weath er conditions, sickness and termi nation of work projects. :. i Expenditures in January: for old age, blind and public as sistance totaled $479,839. The relief committee approved 1383,938 for direct relief in March.: , Tentative figures submitted to the committee shewed February old-age pension checks, which will be mailed to 13,159 persons to morrow, will 'average $30.97. Blind assistance cheeks to 350 per sons were tentatrrebr figured to average $34.07. . ; , Mandamus Asked Oiild Labor Vote TOPEKA, Feb. lePy-Twenty-one senators and three representa tives, opponents of the resolution to ratify the .child labor amend ment to the federal constitution, petitioned the state supreme court today for a writ of mandamus ordering the resolution killed. .: Chief Justice John S. Dawson gi anted the plaintiffs a stay of certification of the resolution and set the case for hearing next Fri day afternoon at the close of the February term. ; The resolution ' was declared adopted by the senate February IS. with Lieutenant-Governor W. M. Lindsay casting the deciding vnte, breaking a 20-20 tie. v : At th time the Heutenar.t-gov-ernor cast the vote. Senator Cole man (R., Johnson), who had op posed the resolution challenged the presiding officer's right to a voice in the measure and served notice he might carry the case to court. on the passage of bills for anoth er hour or longer, were non plussed by the attack and gave way before it. Little Work Done- ' t . j . Evem With Overtime As a result the score of yester day's work tat the house stood: Bills passed, 35. . Bills defeated. 3. Left on calendar or laid over until Monday, 8 7. Another full calendar Is faced by the house members today. Even earlier in the day, rep resentatives had shown a reluc tance to hold ' the night session. At the afternoon adjournment the vote for the meeting , last night had been close and it was only a quick ruling on the part of Speaker Bolrin that a : divi sion on the vote was not called.' They're Just not ready to go home yet,! house leaders said af ter the miniature rebellion against work last night. Today (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2.) Drop This Sp Two Measures t ToAidGties'; finances Lose 5 Per Cent liquor Levy, Diversion of Highway Fund- Both Fail One Held Sales Tax and '," Other Plan Opposed - : " on Policy Basil ; The house yesterday- turned thumbs down on two measures which would have brought addi tional revenues to cities. One was the so-called Portland pollee fire man pension bin, which would have placed a f per cent tax on hard liquor sales in the state. Funds would have been distrib uted to other cities from the tax for general purposes. ' The other would have diverted $500,000 of highway fan da for the use of citlei. . ; '-;v- - - ' ' . "Cities have - been put to an additional expense to eaforce the Knox liquor control act," declared Representative Alber, Multnomah-Clackamas, In opening the debate on the pension-revenue tax. ' "It Is only fair to put the ex pense on the persons who are buy ing liquor. At present It Is borne by real estate taxes. "The . mayors of many cities came here and ' cited the ' crying need for this money. Portland needs it for pensions. Other cities need It for other purposes. Policy of Measure Rapped By Fatland ' Representative Fatland, Sher man, rapped the foundation of the bin. , "You are putting a sales tax on a specific item, he said. "If that is what you want to do, do It. For another thlngveltles ecUd tax breweries, not eatbiir. pro duct" bat eft' their license to op erate. That would be an occupa tional tax. : The measure would have im posed a five per cent tax on liquor. It' was . backed by the poUcemen and firemen and by the League of Oregon Cities. - Representative .Brady, Multno mah, termed the bill the first step to create a high license and bring hack the saloon and prohibition. Highway Board Held Political Machine - By a vote of 43 to" II the house indefinitely postponed house bill 218 which would have given cities an additional $500,000 of hlgh (Turn to Page 3, CoL 1.) Co-op Introduces 1 Rebuttal in Suit The .Woodburn Fruit Growers' Cooperative put on 10 rebuttal witnesses yesterday afternoon to close giving of testimony In Its contract recovery suit against Ray-MaUng, Inc. before Judge Ar lie G. Walker in circuit court here. Council then agreed at the court's suggestion to submit ar guments by written, brief, and la ter. If requested, to argue certain points orally before Judge Walker at McMlnnvWe. Final witnesses for the plaintiff included Sebastln Elcher. Mrs. Lucy Welsenberg, John Ramage, Donald Hagg, Charles Wllkins, O. L. Davis, Frank Hrubets and Tim Bjelland, present manager of the cooperative. ' B. E. Maling, president of the canning company, and L. B; Hall, accountant, were called back to the stand for the defendant yes terday morning. One of the main points of dispute was whether or not foreign sugar, permitting a "drawback" from the government, had been used. ' Capitol Designer Dies in New York George W. Jacoby, member of the firm of Trowbridge and Liv ingston, New York architects, and one of the designers of the Ore gon : state capitol, passed away Sunday. February 21, in the east, aeeordfjg to word received by Dr. H. H. Olinger yesterday. - ?, Jacoby : visited Salem last spring, after the announcement of the award to his firm and Francis Keally. He appeared at that time in goal Jiealth. No word was given as to the cause of his death. , Sfafe College to Have V Coed Band Next Fall CORVALLIS. Ore Feb. 3 -Twenty girls, under direction of Delbert .Moore, orchestra direc tor, are practicing to form a co ed band - to entertain football fans at Oregon State college next fan. Plans are underway to pur chase uniforms, - HOW EMPLOYER WINS SIT-DOWN STRIKE Tips to other employers bothered the Fry Prodacts company of . fortable manner shown above. It O Farnswortk Term Is 4 to 12 Years Former Naval Officer Is ; Excoriated by Judge ' ' as U. S. Betrayer ; WASHINGTON, Feb. !.-)-Years In prison stretch before Johns. Farnsworth, -. former American naval officer, charged with deliveringr fleet secrete to &e Japanese. Am-' st warning to ' others who might be tempted "to sell opt their country," Justice .JamesM. Proctor fixed : his sentence . today at from four to a dozen years. Had his crime occurred in war time, the justice said, death would have been the penalty. : . , - Farnsworth, grey-haired and broken at 43, listened 1 listlessly as the court denounced him tor communicating naval secrets to two Japanese . naval attaches formerly stationed in Washington. Farnsworth previously hd thrown himself upon the mercy of the court, his attorney an nouncing he would not confess but likewise would not dispute the charge. H$ tried vainly later to change his plea to "innocent,. Officials said the former officer would be transferred in a few days from the District of Colum bia jail, where he has been since his arrest last summer, to the fed eral reformatory at Lorton, . Va. Parole authorities will determine how much of the sentence he must serve. Japanese Losses Heavy In Battle Near Mukden TOKYO. Feb. 27-(Saturday)-UP) Twenty-five Japanese and Manchuokno ; officers and . sol diers were 1 killed and eleven wounded in a battle with 200 bandits near Mnkden, Manehou kuo, last Monday, aald word reaching here today. - Late Sports ALBANY, Ore , 'Feb. 26-AV The Pacific Lutheran cage .team from Tacoma built up a 28 to 12 half-time lead tonight and went on to wallop Albany college 34 to 22.' MILTON - FREEWATER, Ore., Feb. 28 -(JP)-Milton - Freewater hoopsters came out of their slump tonight and ) defeated Pendleton high school 29 to 12 to even the count and necessitate a third game in their playoff series. Pendleton won last night. CORVALL1S, Ore., Feb. SftHP) -Veteran pololsts from Stanford university got oft to a t to 2H lead at mid-game tonight and with stood Oregon State's last - frame drive to win 18 to 11. The sec ond game of the series will start at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. ; ? SEATTLE, Feb. 2-('P)-Fred Perry defeated Ellsworth VIn3, $-3, t-U, 8-4, here tonight and evened at 12 matches each their transcontinental tennis series which started in New York, v PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. l8-(ff) -Stanford came within easy grasp of their second straight southern division Pacific Coast conference basketball title tonight' by knock ing over Southern California,' 39 to 34. f The victory gave Stanford at least a tie for ' the. champfonship. A triumph tomorrow night would cinch the crown. with sit-down strikes nay be offered by Walter L. Fry, president of Detroit. When his workers sat down Fry eat down also, in the com wasn't but a day or so mmtu the - ' . . . - Penny Ante Helps Restore Amity in ; Sit-Down Dispute NEW YORK, Feb. 28-()-A brief sit-down strike at the principal shoe . company in Brooklyn was ended today, after a night of poker playing be tween the 27 strikers and their employers.. ' - :'' ' The. poker had nothing to do 'with ti- strike'" or ' its, settle ment except as a means of pass, lng 'the time.-"'' &v.r.-.4.-i 'iVrr . Herman Baldowsky, an exe cutive of the firm, said his Invit ed the strikers into his office, where they could be more com fortable. Somebody produced a deck of cards and the game was on, with several non-playing strikers as kibitzers. It was only a penny ante game, but efforts to learn who won were met with the reply: Who do you taluk would win?" Finally the strikers agreed to -return to work pending arbitra tion of a dispute that arose when a cutter complained against handling a new model : shoe on a piecework basis. Robimvitz Return Here Now Sought - District Attorney Lyle J. Page is preparing ' documents for ex tradition of Louis Robinwitx, now being' held ' at Oklahoma City, Okla.,'on a fugitive from justice warrant Issued here in connection with the bilking of Rev. Joseph Scberbring, Sublimity Catholic priest, of $1300 In a fake diamond deal last year, he disclosed last night. w'". "... , "Robinwlts is under Indictment here on a charge of larceny rof 31300." Page said. "We will send the ' extradition papers and then send an agent after him if author ities tat Oklahoma will release him." 5, l - Several other attempts to ex tradite . Robinwlts : on o t h e r charges have been denied. Page said be had been informed.' ;. Retirement Bill Eases Court WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.T) Congress eabled six members of the supreme court to retire on full pay for - life today, with leaders hopeful that thereby the unremitting i strain and - tension arounsed-by the Roosevelt -court reorganisation program may be lessened materially. - Although Senator Johnson (R Calif ) asserted that any Justice who withdraws from : the ".court at this particular time" will forfeit his respect, . the senate passed 78 to 4 and sent to the White House a bill permitting ssh voluntary retirement ' fo? Juw,5-who are 70 years old and have served ten years. Fireside Talk Is Announced by F.R- ; At the same , time, President Roosevelt, who has endorsed the measure although it was not spe cifically; included la his court recommendations, ' announced a fireside' radio talk for March 9;; White House officials said they -expected the address would Include a discussion of his court proposals," which ' include a rec ommendation that one new jus strike was over. w" O- ! Geisha Girls Are Latest to Strike Collective Bargaining Is . Demand of Entertainer Guild; Will Fight OSAKA, Japan," Feb.- 37-Sat- urday)-tfV-Eighty Geisha, fam ous dancing and singing -girls of Japan today staged a walkout unique in' thi strike - ridden world. V'-'';;'""-'.-' rr..'.iA,- The Issues were similar to those I vexing .American Industry the girls complained they were not permitted to organize tor collective, bargaining nut tne methods were such as could be used only in Japan. , The eighty marched to the top of a mountain near. Osaka . and there occupied - a well-known Buddhist temple, the Gyokuzojl, and declared they would wage a fight to the death" if their de mands were not granted. "We are not cheap goods for sale! We will fight to the death!" some f the girls told reporters. The girls ' complained ' their managers were exploiting them and would not permit them ' to Join the Geisha 'guild. " Previously these ' same geisha had trouble with their managers when they refused to. rehearse for the annual presentation of the famous Ashlre dance, which belongs to the quarters of 11 censed vice rather than: the gel sha resorts.- The geisha of Japan are pri marily entertainers, singers. dancers, artists on the samlsen. or three-stringed" guitar. They hold themselves aloof from their less fortunate sisters of the li censed vicequarters. Rabbit Bounty Collected On Ears, Rabbits Live On ! ONTARIO. Ore... Feb. 28-W)- James L Dlven. foreman of a CCC rodent' control crew, - found ' out why many of the 58- rabbits killed on a ranch near Vale had lost their, ears. Neighboring ' Harney county pays a bounty on rabbit ears, Dlven learned. '- - Enactment Issue Tension tice be placed on the supreme bench , for - each Judge over 70 who declines to step down. During the senate's 45-mlnute debate. Senator McCarran (D Nev.) in charge of the voluntary retirement bill, said "it. may be within the scope of .possibility that this bill, it enacted, would relieve the tension that does pre vail." -'. : ;? ; f- . -. . - As the bill would operate. Chief Justice Hughes, now 74, and Associate Justices Brandeis. 80, Van Deranter, 77. McReyn olds, "75, Sutherland, 74, and Butler, 70, would have the prtv llege of retiring at once. ; - This privilege has been ex tended to : judges of the lower federal 'courts since 1919. They retire' Instead of "resigning." Thus , they - retain - - ,a technical connection with the courts and have suffered no reduction of re tirement salary, because the con stitution forbids any reductions in the remuneration of a federal Judge. . , - - On the roll call, just four Sen ators, Bridges, Johnson, Bulow (D-SC) and Moore (D-NJ) . voted in the negative. Y7est's Second Sit-DoviiEnda': In Quick Tinio Northrop and Leader of Strike Agree; 343 to Plead on Tuesday Ford's Edgewater Plant Next Goal of Eastern , Group ; More Go Out " NEWARK, N. J Feb. X-JPf Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers of America, tonight defied. Governor Harold ' G. Hoffman's attack ea the sltdown strike as a method of industrial unionization with the verbal order to "move out of the way. . " : - '. ' "It we have to sit down to save lives, we are going to sit down, he declared at a mass meeting which formally launched a com mittee for industrial organization membership campaign in highly industrialized northern New Jer sey. Unionization of the 3,708 workers in the Ford Motor com pany assembly plant at Edgewater was his immediate objective. Hoffman had stated he' would use "if necessary, the entire re sources of the state to preserve the rights and property of its citi zens." . - . LOS ANGELES, Feb. Sf-i&V Some 200 sit-down strikers peace fully evacuated the Northrop air craft factory today as 843 indict ed strikers arrested at the nearby Douglas plan were arraigned. Superior Judge Charles W, FricJce ordered the Douglas em ployes to return to court' next Tuesday to enter pleas, whica thelr counsel said probably would be "not guilty." The Northrop 'workers ; cax-a out after Chief Deputy District. Attorney William Simpson a&4 President John K. Northrop vis ited them in the plant. t Simpson warned, them they would be Indicted as the Douglas strikers were unless they evacuat ed l his afternoon. Northrop invit ed them to return to work Mon day, and -promised to deal with their : elected representatives en their strike demands. . Northrop conferred ' privately with the leaders. He and Charles Hollinshead. strike strategy chairman, shook honds before the workmen and addressed them. (By The Associated Press) Automobile, aviation and steel processing fields furnished prin cipal developments on the na--. tlon's widespread strike front to- -day. - - An estimated 30,000 men were idle. . Tear gas used to eject 81 sit-' down strikers from the ' be leaguered Fansteel metallurgical plants in North Chicago, Ill Disputes between company un- Ion men and members of the Unit ed Automobile Workers union- caused a six-hour shutdown of Fisher Body and Chevrolet Motors plants in Janesville, Wis. At Groton, Conn., 107 stay-la strikers who were forcibly re moved from the electric boat com pany's yards " obtained a one week's continuance in their tres passing eases. ; Meanwhile, new strikes offset , settlements. Approximately 1700 i U. A. W. A. members sat down la ' two' Detroit auto parts factories, , the Michigan Malleable Iron and Thompson - Products companies. Several hundred quit work at two' packing houses and a corset plant1 there. The La Grange flour mill' at Red Wing, Minn., closed after 29 - employes started a picket parade. Red Hills Grange Wins in Contest LIBERTY", Feb. 28 The Red -Hills Grange was the Winer, by a narrow margin, " In the district one-act play contest to select an entrant for the finals in the Pomo na Grange county-wide competi tion to be held at Sllvertoa oa March 3. ' The Red Hills play was Tommy Says Hello," and was directed by the . lecturer, Mrs. ; Grant Teter. Roberts Grange was second, with its . play "Sam Pickles Tourist Camp. ' - IfiY.-A L L A D C hoTODAy "What's all the shooting fort" is asked as sit-down strikes spring apace. ,For many years in peace we basic? !, of labor troubles scarce a trace." On right and wrong, no answer clear appears to solve this zla vast, but mighty Issues cen ter here, the world has trclen with the past. ;