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Basketball
The climax of the basket
ball season, the state tour
nament, la here." The States
man brings 70a the, tourna
ment news hoars ahead.
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Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 18, 1937
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Salem; Upsets
Grizzlies and
Stays in Race
McMinnville Threat Till
Final Period ; Lincoln
Vikings Next Foe
Eugene and Bellfountain
I Look Good ; Ashland's
Comeback Feature
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North Bend. !
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GAMES . TODAY
Ainky vs. Athena.
Mil-iraukie vs. As-
-Klamath Falls ts.
-McMinnville ts.
Bellfountain ts.
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SCORES YESTERDAY
I Bellfontain 43, Amity 28.
; Chlloquin 28, Anthena 15.
1 Franklin 33.' Milwaukle 24.
i Eugene 39, Astoria 27.
Ashland 44, Klamath Falls 27.
s McLoughlin -29, LaOrande 26.
Salem 34. McMinnvllIe 25.
Lincoln 37) North Bend 17.
j By PAUL HA USER,
I Surprising the critics who pick
ed It as a first-day loser, Salem
high provided the spark of the
first round of the state tourna
ment as it fought McMinnTille
off its feet to win 34 to 25 last
night and join the eight teams
still In the running for the state
high school basketball champion
ship. " . x
I Tho tournament l got oil to a
flying start in the matter: of at
tendance, with 3700 the com
bined figure for the afternoon
and night sessions, an Increase
of 400 over the first day a Tear
go.
The Tictory of a fired up-Vik-lng
quint over a favored McMinn
Tille team, Eugene's high-stepping
-victory over Astoria and
Ashland's gallant rally from be
hind to overwhelm Klamath Falls
were tb.9 high points as the field
of teams seeking the state bas
ketball crown was split in half.
Eugene Picked by
Crowd as Favorite
While Eugene, defeating As
toria 39 to 27, displayed a smooth
clicking attack that established
it as the general favorite among
the A teams, Bellfountain, which
the Axemen will probably meet
In the semi-finals, showed itself
as the class of the B contingent.
Eugene must get over Franklin
today and Bellfountain over Chll
oquin. : The lower bracket of ' the A
flight looked like the scene of the
big battle4 with Ashland, Mc
Loughlin, Salem and Lincoln all
tusling for a place In the finals
Lincoln stepped easily . through
an overmatched North Bend team
last night to win37. to 17, mon
overwhelming defeat of the tour
nament. " ,
Today's games will open with
four tilts in the consolation series
In which fifth place is the prize
for the winner. AmityOand Athe
na, the two defeated B quints,
meet at 9 o'clock. Milwaukle and
Astoria at 10 o'clock, Klamath
Falls and LaGrande at 11 .o'clock
and McMinnville and North Bend
at 2 o'clock.
It Championship to -Be
Decided Today
Bellfountain and Chlloquin will
head off today's program in
the championship bracket at 3 o'
clock. Bellfountain sailed, through
Amity 43 to 28 yesterday while
Chlloquin came from behind to
beat Athena 28 to 15.
-I Franklin, which got going in
the last half to defeat Milwaukle
33 to 24, will be up against the
toughest at 4 o'clock today when
it meets the rangy and accurate
Axemen if rom Eugene.
Ashland, which camefrom be
hind n 11-polnt eight ball to
down Klamath Falls 44 to 17,
meets the snappy bunch of ball
handlers headed by Stanley Fisk
from McLoughlin In the first
night game at 7:30.
, Lincoln and Salem
' In Fast Night Ganie
Lincoln will have to be fired up
to beat the band to beat Salem If
the Vikings play like they did last
night when they walloped Mc
MinnTille. Lincoln had little op
position from North Bend last
night and has yet to prove its abil
ities. .
Salem's team was a bunch of
fighting fools last night and
fought after the ball so much that
McMinnville didn't know what to
make of it.
The Vikings kept up to their
promise to play the best basket
ball they knew until they find
somebody who can play It. better
and McMinnTille wasn't the one.
After the ban all the time they
never g a t e the McMinnTille
guards a seconds rest. They had
to be on the lookout every minute
or the ball would be gone as a Ea-
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The McMinnville Grizzlies, favored to win over Salem high and looked much of the time as though
they might, were ontspeeded. in the closing minutes by Harold Hank's quintet and lost 84 to 25.
From left, manager. Parsons, Mead, Jenner, Johnson, Jones, Mab e e, M alii kin, Krelder, Groening,
Coach Orville "Red" Bailey.
Another Apology
Sent to Germany
Second LaGuardia Attack
Regretted, Freedom of
Speech Cited
WASHINGTON, March 17
-(Py-A second protest by the Ger
man government against antl
Hilter remarks made by Mayor
LaGuardia of New York drew a
fresh apology today from Secre
tary" Hull, j
The German ambassador, Hans
Luther, delivered, the protest in
a 55-minute conversation with
the Secretary of State: He com
plained that j LaGuardia insulted
Chancellor Hilter by declaring at
an ahti-Nati I raly ' in New York
on March 15 that Hilter was a
"man without honor."
The envoy asserted that If such
attacks were continued they could
only result. in it severe straining
of relations j between Germany
and the United States.
The state I department Issued
this statement:
"The German ambassador call
ed on the secretary of state today
to protect against recent utter
ances in New York derogatory
to the head of the German state.
"The secretary of state replied
that his response to a similar
complaint of j the German em
bassy on March 5. 1937, is equal
ly applicable in this instance. In
view of the limitation upon the
power of this government with
respect to freedom of speech,
which is universally known, noth
ing - can be profitably added to
what already has been said." ,
Injunction Denied
On Sheridan Span
McMinnville. March n-i&i
-Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker
denied citizens of Sheridan an in
junction to restrain the county
from repairing a county bridge
within the municipality.
Only if fraud or illegal acts are
involved can! circuit courts re
verse the judgment of county
courts on highway matters, Judge
Walker ruled.
The injunction was sought on
the. grounds that the bridge was
unsafe and repairs costing less
than 310.000, would be valueless
and would serve to cover up "la
tent and dangerous derects."
Judge Walker pointed out that
If discretionary and administra
tive matters in the jurisdiction of
county courts were td be reviewed
by circuit courts, the way would
be opened for injunctions In all
controversial : matters.
Mongols Dislike New State,
Soviet-Armed Revolt Talked
KALOAN, Chahar Province.
China, March 17-(P)-The rum-
Mings of revolt camo today from
the dust-blown wastes of north
ern: Chahar. whence ; fleeing for
eigners carried the story of a
new Mongol state seeking to sev
er Itself from China under the
guidance of Japanese.
A Japanese flag flew above the
customs office 25 miles north of
here, and separate customs ser
vice charges were being made, pre
sumably in behalf of the new estate
Mongokuo. i
But there was much dissension
because of the attempt at auton
omy in the North Chahar sector,
which Chinese here said "we now
consider a part of Manchoukno"
under Japanese sponsorship since
1931. I
The rebellious Prince Teh Wang
was credited iwith accepting the
aid of Japanese military advisers
to effect the coup.
Other Mongol leaders were be
lieved desirons of ousting any Jap
anese and remaining loyal to the
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Italian Soldiers
Now Flocking to
Cordoba Vicinity
MADRID, March 17-iiP)-Ital-ian
troops have appeared in large
numbers on the Cordoba province
front where a renewed fascist of
fensive has begun, Febus (Span
ish) news aMncy dispatches from
Andujar, Jatn province, asserted
today.
Moors, carlists and civil guard
units which initiated a push on
Pozoblanco, 36 miles, north of
Cordoba, have been replaced by
a full division of 8000 Italians,
the reports stated.
Heavy fighting was under way
along the Cordoba front, south,
of Madrid, with heavy Insurgent
pressure on 'the government lines.
Pozoblanco was subjected to re
peated air bombardments yester
day. Feltre Is Raised
- For Brief Period
PORTLAND, March 17 -JP)-Just
a month after she was sunk
in a collision with the freighter
Edward Luckenbach. near Pres
cott, Ore. The Italian motorship
Feltre floated on the Columbia
river again today for a few
hours.
Leakage around one of the
patches covering the 242 foot gap
in her-side caused salvage opera
tions officials to halt the pump
ing of the vessel until enough wa
ter had run back to relleTe the
pressure from outside and permit
repairs. The Feltre settled back
into its resting place on the river
bottom;
- The ship's brief emergence per
mitted the first above water exam
ination of the extent of the huge
hole in her side, which divers had
covered with 12 timbers and can
vas patches, each 20 by 3 8 feet in
size, and 18 inches thick.
Trailer Accident
Kills Small Girl
PORTLAND, Ore., March 17
(iTVDorothea Jean Boland, 7,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Boland, died, shortly after being
struck by an automobile and then
run over by'a trailer here today.
Deputy Sheriff M. C. Tillman,
who Investigated, said witnesses
said the little girl ran across the
road in front of a car drawing a
house trailer, driven by D. E.
Gordon of Oregon City, and was
knocked to the pavement by a
front bumper.
The driver "Jack-knifed" in an
tffort to avoid hitting the child,
and swung around in the road,
the trailer wheels passing over
the girl's body, the deputy said.
Gordon was not held.
China government of Chiang Kai-
Shek at Nanking.
Despair of Help From 1
Either MProtctor'
The great masses of Impover
ished Mongols, foreigners who
have been living among them said
today, are despairing of aid from
either Japan or China. They were
held likely to revolt and seek to
Join with the eovletized neighbor,
outer Mongolia, Tast area to the
north which has been friendly
with soviet Russia.
The southern-half of the so
called new Mongokuo - formerly
was fertile pasture. Plowed for
crops, ft has become a great dust
bowl with rich top soil rapidly
blowing away; and the Mongol
peasants have found their econ
omic status getting steadily worse.
The Missionaries and traders,
some of them Americans, were
unanimous today In their asser
tions that an independent govern
ment of Mongokuo had been es
tablished In the north Chahar
sector, wedged between Manchou
kno and Suiyuan province. j
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Triple Murder at
Tacoma Reported
Former Californian Kills
Wife, Two Daughters
and Then Himself
TACOMA. Wash., March 17-()
-Apparently despondent, James
Merritt Arthur, 43, formerly of
Los Angeles, late today shot and
killed his wife and two daughters
in their spacious Lake Steilacoom
home near here, then took his
own life.
Bodies of Mrs. Anna A. Arthur,
40. Mary Ann Arthur, 15, and
Janet Arthur, eight, were found
carefully laid on beds in a second
floor room. Arthur, who a few
minutes earlier had telephoned
for a hearse, was found slumped
in a living room chair, a tiny
.25 caliber revolver lying beside
his body.
The slaylngs were discovered
by mortuary employes who an
swered Arthur's call sortlst aftea,
8 p. m., after a cursory examina
tion. Deputy Sheriff James Milone
said he believed Mrs. Arthur was
shot early this afternoon and the
children killed when they re
turned from school. The bodies,
Milone said, showed every evi
dence of hjelng carefully brought
inside the home and washed after
the slaylngs. Each had a single
bullet wound in the head.
Arthur had also written a note
directing notification of three rel
atives and had gone through tbe
house tearing pictures of his fam
ily from their frames and burn
ing them.
Oregon City Has
Mattson Double
OREGON CITY, Ore., March 17
-iiP)-Chief of Police C. A. Blodg
ett said a man giving the name
of John Weaver, 27, was being
questioned by members of the
federal bureau of Investigation
as possibly being connected with
the Mattson kidnaping case.
Blodgett said the prisoner, who
was picked up by city police last
night while "panhandling" on
the streets, answers in general
the description of th? kidnaper,
having a broken nose, dark com
pletion and speaking with a south
ern accent.
He quoted the suspect as say
ing he was a Philadelphia sea
man, had been in 38 jails in the
country, acquired his accent
while serving on a Georgia chain
gang and was in Jail in an un
named city in Kansas at the time
of the kidnaping.
Salmon Industry
To Seek Damages
ASTORIA, March 17-P)-Rep-resentatlves
of the Colombia riv
er salmon Industry voted today
to seek reparation from the fed
eral government for asserted
damage resulting 'rom the con
struction of dams.
The group will seek $500,000
for he construction of hatcheries
below Bonneville dam and an
nual approprlaions of $150,000
each for Oregon and Washing
ton for the artificial propagation
of salmon.
Delegates For Liberal
Convention Are Chosen
The Salem Trades and Labor
council has elected two delegates
to represent local organized labor
at a "progressive political action"
convention called by the Oregon
Commonwealth federation to bo
held in Portland April 24 and 25,
Neil Brown, council secretary, re
ported yesterday. The Salem rep
resentatives will be S. B. David
Bon and Ralph Harlan.
Want Prices Kept Down
WASHINGTON, March 17-P)
The American Federation of La
bor asserted today that the only
way to prevent another depres
sion Is for industry to raise wages
and keep prices down.
Earhart Plane
Making
Speedy
Pacific Flight
Amelia Takes Departure
After Two Clippers; ;
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unomciai rtace
Last Vestige of Storms
Gone; Globe Circuit ;
, at Equator, Plan
OAKLAND. Calif, March 17.-(-Reporting
its position for the
first time, Amelia Earhart's plane,
bound for Honolulu on the 2400
mile first leg of a world flight,
had' covered approximately 865
miles In the first two and one half
hours after taking off.
A code message from the plane
at 7:13 p.m. (PST) gave the posi
tion as 36 degrees, 15 minutes
north lattltude; 126 degrees, 28
minutes west longitude. Mariners
figured the mileage.
OAKLAND, Calif, March 17
(JffA new American conquest of
the air began today with Amelia
Earhart launching her 27,000
mile world flight in the wake of
two huge clipper planes speeding
toward the Orient and the south
seas.
Miss Earhart's $80,000 "flying
laboratory" left tbe field 'at 4:36
p.m. (PST) after a run of almost
4,000 feet and swung toward Hon
olulu behind the Pan American
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Woman's Mystery
Coma Interrupted
Helen Wills Love Speaks
f and-Then Lapses Into t
Subconscious Again
LOS ANGELES, March 17-(-For
a brief moment today the eon
scions mind of Mrs. Helen Wills
Love, broke through the walls of
fear and horror and brought her
back into reality.
She awakened, wept and lapsed
again into the mysterious world
beyond the rim of consciousness.
In that moment, however, a
phenomenon occurred that amaz
ed the small group of men and
women standing beside her bed In
a hospital ward of the county jail.
She named one of the men in the
room. "Blscalluz," she muttered,
"Sheriff Blscalluz."
. The officer. Sheriff Eugene Bis
cailuz, gasped.
"But she has never seen me be
fore," he said. "I know she has
never seen me!"
With that, the woman's eyes be
gan to roll slowly upward. The
pupils disappeared. Only the
whites showed. Then her lids
closed, and she was gone.
Six days ago, Mrs. . Love was
convicted of second, degree mur
der, for the killing of Harry Love,
prosperous Los Angeles broker,
who she said had secretly married
her.
On Thursday night, in her Jail
cell, she told Head-matron Veda
Sullivan, "I can will myself to die.
I can He right down there and die.
if I want to."
On Friday morning she was
found in the heavy lethargy that
gripped her ever since, until it re
laxed for a moment today.
Late Sports
SEATTLE, March 17-i!P)-Four
eastern Washington and . four
western Washington teams won
their games today in the first
round of the state high school bas
ketball tournament at the Uni
versity of Washington.
Results of first round games
are:
Dayton 45; Stadium 35.
VancouTer 27; EatonTille 28. '
Bellingham 27; Yakima 25.
Everett 46; West Valley 44
(overtime). 1
Walla Walla 41; Castle Rock
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Anacortes 40; Aberdeen 17.
Cle Elum 36: Roy 26.
- Wenatchee 28; Lewis & Clark
26 (overtime). , - !
NEW YORK. March 17 -)-The
great Glenn Cunningham,
king of the milers, re-asserted his
supremacy tonight with a .thrilling
last-lap sprint that whipped his
young Kansas rival, Archie San
Roman!, and carried ! him to tri
umph, for the fifth straight year
in the classic Columbian mile, fea
ture of the K. of C. meet at Mad
ison Square garden in the daz
zling time of 4 minutes 8.7 sec
onds. j
VANCONVER, B.C.. March 17
(iip) The Vancouver Lions found
their shooting .eyes tonight and
handed tbe Spokane- clippers a
6-1 defeat, squaring the semi-final
series of the Pacific Coast Hockey
league playoff at one game each.
Paris Uniotisttto Stage
Brief Strike.
Against 'Fascist Move
Arrest of De La Rocque Denlanded; Blum Rule Held
in Peril; City to Be Paralyzed for Half Day
Is Intent; White Collaj Workers Join In
Po
IS, March 17 (AP)
bloody rioting in Clichy last
tonight against what It
called one million Paris workers kut
paralyze the capital tomorrow
The call for the walkout
$13,000 Building
Permit List Filed
Cherry Growers Will Erect
$5000 Warehouse; Two
More Houses Go Up
Thirteen thousand dollars worth
of building is called for in permits
issued by E. C. Bushnell, city
building inspector, yesterday.
The largest permit went to Wil
lamette Cherry Growers associa
tion for construction of a $5000
one-story frame warehouse at Hall
street and the Southern Pacific
mainline, on the east side of the
tracks. The building will be 60
feet wide and 200 feet long.
H. C. Hummel as owner-bufldeT
took ont the 34 th and 35 th permits
of the year for new houses, each
to cost $3000. One wlU be located
at 1235 and the other at 1225
Columbia street.
HL. Stiff Furniture company
took out a permit for $1147 worth
of alterations to an elevator shaft
In the store. 450 Court street, to
make way - for installation of a
new elevator.
The first and second floors of
a house at 355 Sottth 14th street
will be converted Into fire apart
ments under, a $618 permit taken
out by A. Lynch.
Other permits inclned:
Margaret Munson, repair house
at 1155 Mill. 8150; Leo N. Chllds,
reroof house at 1415 Mission,
$100, and W. A. Carey, alter house
at 2586 Lee, $25.
Strike Called at
Tillamook Plants
TILLAMOOK. Ore., Match 17
(ff) More than 300 employees
of two lumber mills were idle to
night when pickets at the W. F.
Coats company mill prevented
shingle weavers from going to
work.
The strike was called at the
Coats mill today when employees
demanded a blanket Increase of
15 cents an hour and a counter
offer by tbe management was re
fused. Details of the company's
offer werej3,J" 1 closed.
W. F. JLm president,
said the C? v U ftuld not pay
the additions
a day asked
f
Logging company
by workers.
Sixty Stone
workers are idle In addition to
250 Coats mill employees. '
Six Persons Hurt But
Five Only Slightly in
Vancouver Bus Mishap
VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 17
(JPy-Six persons were injured.
five only slightly, when a north
bound Northcoast bus swerved
from the highway and struck an
embankment four miles north of
here this afternoon.
Mrs. Effie Bodmer of Longview,
the most seriously hurt, was tak
en to a local hospital.
Union Jurisdiction Disputes
Irk Lumber Goun Officials
PORTLAND, Ore., March 17-
()-Portland lumber union offic
ials charged teamsters "and other
craft unions" with responsibility
for a move "to disrupt harmonious
relations" already established be
tween waterfront and lumber lab
or groups and employers
They said plans are being com
pleted here for a meeting AprU 11
of all local unions in aU indus
tries which have been "subjected
to jurisdictional attacks."
Attend Parley of
Leaders in Seattle
The PorUand men, who return
ed today from a conference In Se
attle of waterfront and woodwork
ing union representatives, are E.
B. Weber, secretary of the Federa
tion of Woodworkers; Al Hsrtung.
president, and Don Helmlck, sec
retary of the Columbia river dis
trict council of the Sawmill and
Timberworkers union, and Ward
Willmarth, president of the Port
land local of the sawmill onion.
Weber said the Seattle conclave
Protest
lit'
FrienchJ labor, angered by the
might, struck out vigorously
called
fascist reaction" and
on a half-day strike to
morning.
came as the climax of a tense
day.. In which there were half a
dozen Bhort-lived strikes in vari
otta Industries and other demon
strations protesting against the
alleged shooting at labor masses
ial last night's suburban disor
ders, Jn which fire were killed
ahd more than 300 wounded.
1 1 The! Paris division of the gen
eral confederation of labor issued
the call to show labor's solidarity
and determination to fight "fas
cism," I which it blamed for the
clash of communists and extreme
rightists in Clichy.
. if The strike announcement called
on. the government to arrest Colo
nel Francois de la Rocque, lead
er; :of the social party, the former
Cipix de Feu, whose followers
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Justices May Be
jAsked to Appear
Three Sounded Out as to
IjWiUingness to Tell
HI Views on Scheme
Washington, March n-VF)
Leading opponents of the Roose
velt court reorganization bill dis
closed today that a movement is
under Iway to - persuade- several
members of the supreme court to
giro their views at senate Judi
ciary committee hearings.
'A.t least three Justices have been
Tefry cautiously and priTately
sounded ont on the idea, it was
said, and the senators involved are
hopeful of obtaining their acquies
ceftse and thereby giving the oppo
sition side of the great dispute
some spectacular and striking sup
port, i
The j senate committee, now
hearing proponents of the Roose
Telt measure, received testimony
today from Edward 8. Corwin,
professor of constitutional law at
Princeton university. He said the
proposed revamping of the Judi
ciary is) necessary to "bring about
an-interpretation of the constitu
tion in the light of the meaning
given it by the founders."
Opposition to Call
Justices, Strategy
If the consent of the court
members can be obtained, opposi
tion, senators on the Judiciary
committee will then move that
thfy be invited to appear. They
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Home-Ruled Union
Elan at Glendale
!GRArrS PASS, Ore.. March 17
(jjpy-An independent local union
grew out of a meeting at Glen
dale last night of workmen, log
gers and contractors of the Ing
ham mill.
Petitions opposing "outside un
ion! control," circulated yester
day, gained 87 signatures.
V. C. Ingham, president of the
company, made a brief appearance
at It he meeting. He told the group
that workmen would find him
"reasonable," but said payment
of -the highest union wages would
necessitate dropping from the
payrolls oldest and youngest em
ployes. !
endorsed the stand of the ware-
housemen's branch of the long
shore union in the Jurisdictional
diSputei between that body and tbe
teamsters union.
A statement Issued by Weber
said, 'The membership of these
major anions; (maritime and lum
ber; i groups) demand the elimina
tion of jurisdictional disputes
which have proved a detriment to
the labor movement. Industrial
peace and the general public." .
Helmlck said late today that the
Columbia district council office
had? not; received an offer from 12
Portland lumber mills for a wage
increase of 7 cents an hour.
, II. K. Jones of the . local saw
mill operators' negotiating com
mittee said that the offer, a count
erproposal to the union's demand
for Sa ten cent increase, was hand
ed to the union through the tsj
ioua plant committees today. -
"It is news to us." Helmlck said,
adiing laconically, ""Our demand
has) i been made for a 10 cent in
Chicago's Taxi
Strike Marked
By Wild Riots
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Nine Injured rand 27 Are
Arrested; Sit-Downers
Supported at Rally
U. S. Senators Decry New
Tactics, Say Trouble
- May Engulf Nation
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A contract providing for settle
ment of all labor disputes without
resort to strikes was signed yes
terday by representatives of five
steel companies and John L. Lew
is' steel . an ion while sit-down
methods drew senatorial denuncia
tions in Washington, D. C.
Meantime. Chicago experienced
its most extensive labor outbreak
in several years when new violence
appeared in a taxicab strike. A
mob precipitated a riot in the loop,
overturned cabs, stoned others and
attacked working drivers. Polico
reserves quelled the disturbance?
after it had continued more than,
an hour.
is'ine persons were injured and
27 were arrested. Federal concil
iators proposed immediate term
ination of the strike and arbitra
tion of the Issues Involved.
AU Snbsidiares
Of U.S. Steel -
Heading the list of steel com
pany executives signing tbe agree
ment intended, to prohibit strikes
was the president of the Carnegie
Illinois corporation, "big steel's"
largest uniL All of the companies
were subsidiaries of the United
States Steel corporation. The. con
tract completed an - agreement
signed March 2, when Carnegie
Illinois recognized the union as a
collective- bargaining agency for -its
membership." " :C" "
At Washington, Senators John
son (R-Calif.).TJewIs'(I-llI.).nd
King (D-Utah) termed the sit
down strike "the most ominous
thing in oar national economic
life." Sen. Lewis said "we are be
ing driven, into a confusion that
may lead to national riots." Dem
ocratic leader Robinson added
such strikes were "unlawful" but
"exceedingly difficult" to handle
until the supreme court passes on
the Wagner labor law.
Thousands Rally to
Support Sit-Down
Twenty thousand sympathisers
shouted support of 5,000 Detroit
sit-down strikers who have de
fied an injuncition to evict thera
from eight Chrysler corporation
plants. Simultaneously Governor
Frank Murphy convoked a con
ference of invited representatives
of many interests and urged them
to set up agencies to mediate and
conciliate in labor disputes. Hom
er Martin, president of the Unit
ed Automobile Workers of Amer
ica, and Richard T. Frankenstein,
union organization director, re
fused to attend the conference.
Chrysler and union officials
continued discussions on the un
ions collective bargaining de
mands while 10,000 Hudson Mo
tor company employes and 2.200
Reo Truck - Manufacturing com
pany workers held their plants.
Negotiations in both strikes were
halted.- Sixty thousand Chrysler,
employees and 20,000 Briggs
body workers held their plants.
No negotiations In both strikes
were halted. - Sixty thousand
Chrysler employees and 20,000
Briggs body workers were Idle
because of the Chrysler strike.
Colorado had its first sit-dowa
strike as 125 broom factory em
ployes at Pueblo demanded wage
adjustments. Sriking - and non
striking employes of a five and
ten cent store in Brooklyn. N Y.,
disputes possession of the store
while seven other five and ten
stores in New York were vic
tims -of sit-downs. .At the Fire-'
stone Tire A Rubber company
plant in Akron. O., 11,500 em
ployes remained idle while a
deadlock over negotiations con
tinued. A two weeks old strike of 178
Iron workers at Cleveland, O
ended under a compromise agree
ment. - -
Early Opening Doubted
BEND. Ore.. March 1T-W-Sky
liners, local sports organiza
tion, expressed fear today that
a March opening of McKenile
Pass would not prove feasible.
B
A LI AD E
of TODAY
By R. a
That leather sphere which
eagemen toss aloft may right
ly claim the adjective "elusive,"
for sometimes it will find its
mark but oft It bounces out;
don't ever be abusive, the play
er with -cool nerre and steady
aim, with confidence will al
ways keep on trying; the bas
ket and the ball are not to
blame and victories are never
won hy crying. . -
crease.'
V.
If