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Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Friday Morniii, March 28, 1937
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From First Statesman. March 28. If 5 1 . .
Charles A. S Prague
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Charles A. Sprague. Pres. - - Sheldon F. Sackett, Secy.
Member of the Assoctated Press 1 .
- - The Associated Press is sxcluslceljr entitled to the one tor public.
tlon el all nsws dispatches credited t U or not otherwise credited la ;
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Security and Sloth j I
THE final bulwark of conservatism and traditionalism ; is
always the foreign office. Premiers may come and go,
but the heads of bureaus remain; and they are the ones
who set the rigid patterns of international relations. Major
policies of course may change with a change in the foreign
secretary or premier. Laval for example was very different
in his attitudes from Briand. But the defining of foreign re
lations in all except the most important issues is done by the
' subordinate chiefs of bureaus who remain from administra
tion to administration. In many respects the laying out of
policies in the minor affairs effectively determines the course
on the important matters. j ,
Such ingrained conservatism is charged by Hubert Her
: ring, writing in the February Harpers, against our own state
department. Secretary Hull brings in his viewpoint; but the
divisional heads are for the most part career men, many of
: whom cling to methods and policies which do not fit the
times. Many times social privilege sets the standard, and for
eign relations become a matter of dinners and international
marriages and promotions and appointments. This complaint
is not new with the present administration. It has come up
"W before. It applies also to the war and navy departments where
men attached to the departments often give more time to the
battle of social position and official preferment than they do
to the problems of warfare.
There is the constant clash between old and new, be
tween traditionalism and progress. Under the protection of
civil service, howe'er, many departmental bureaus enjoy the
calm of the deep sea when storms are raging. They just go on
doing their work in the old routine regardless of new deals
or raw deals among those at the top. Rarely does the purge go
clear to the bottom, the purge of ideas and sloth and routine,
we mean, not of personnel; although according to Herring
the state department needs a purge of the latter.
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Non-intervention N
EUROPE has been balancing on the rim of a grand free-for-all
for months. Spain's civil war has j been called a
"little world war". Behind the front of negotiations for
neutrality of outside powers men and munitions and equip
ment have been poured into Spain to join hands with one side
or the other. Recently a fresh effort at a non-intervention
past was made ; but the powers have failed to agree on how to
enforce the agreement. Meantime Italy, Germany and Rus
sia are accused of furnishing supplies to keep up the fight-
ing. , !
Now it is reported that France and Great Britain are
. considering use of war vessels to blockade Spanish ports in
order to stop the inflow of men and armament.1 Italy may re
gard this as an act of war and turn loose its vast war ma
chine. Thus "non-intervention" may become the very road to
-war. -. i - i
While the outside powers haggle and quarrel over which
one is breaking its pledge and conniving to stop each other
from giving behind-the-back assistance to the Spanish bellig
erents the revived loyalists have been giving a good account
of themselves (or of the Russians or of the foreign legion) in
stemming and throwing back the insurgent thrust from the
, northwest. Even the crack "volunteers" from Italy have been
set to rout. The result has stimulated the loyalist cause. But if
the war is to continue a battleground between the fascist and
socialist theories the Spaniards will be brushed aside while
the Italians and Russians fight out their "ideologies."
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'. Birth and Death Rates
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LOST, 356,000 babies, babies who were not born.
If the birth rate of 1915 had prevailed in 1936 the num
ber of new babies would have been 374,000 more than it
actually was. Owing to improved care of the babies that were
bom the number of babies whose lives were saved in 1936,
over the mortality rate of 1915 was 31,000, which leaves a
'deficiency" of 356,000 babies in the United States for one
year, .' . , . ':''
In Russia and Italy and Germany the governments are
subsidizing parents to encourage the propagation of children,
v for future armies. No such impulse is noted here; but the
. declining birth rate is enough to cause alarm, j Moreover the
decline is chiefly at the top, among people of intelligence
and culture who are best able to support children and train
them well. If theories of heredity are correct then this race
suicide will result in the progressive deterioration of the in
habitants of the United States, i
The progress in reducing infant mortality is gratifying,
the rate declining from 100 per 1,000 live births in 1915 to
43.8 per 1,000 in 1935. But for every baby saved through
' modern science ll are lost because they were not born.
Is America to become a nation of greybeards, with more
pet dogs than children? ! i
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High Court Statistics j
THE legislative reference division of the library of con
gress has completed a study of the decisions- of the United
States supreme court since its founding.: The mathemati
cal record reveals facts which should be laid like a cold towel
on the fevered brows of those who would inflate the court in
- size because of an alleged tendency to five-to-four decisions.
Here are the statistics: Of the 40,000 decisions ren
dered by the supreme court only 76 struck at the constitution
ality of any part of a federal law. Charles Warren, leading
authority, lists 77 cases. Of the 77 cases only; 11 were decided
by a 'f ive-to-four decision. Thirty-two were unanimous. In
ten cases there was one dissenting vote; in 14 there were two
v . in dissent; in ten cases there were three dissenters. Out of
12 new deal laws invalidated by the court six were by unani
mous decisions and only two by 5-4 decisions. In two cases the
vote was 8 to 1 ; in the remainder 6 to 3. j
The figures hardly justify the hue and cry against the
court. Out of 40,000 decisions only 76 or 77 invalidated a f ed
. eral law; and of these only 11 were by the narrow margin of
one vote. And even if the high court is increased to 15, one
- man has the same power to sway the court in an eight-to-
seven division as one has now.
A blizzard la said to hare done ISOS.OOa worth of damage In
Boat Dakota. That cannot be. From previous news stories, of dam
age from drouth, wind, hail and snow they mnst nse a minus sign al
ready to Indicate South Dakota's wealth. Enough people persist in
staying there, however, to run for the United States eenate and hold
the federal poatofflcea. -
A want-ad In the Sacramento Bee reads: "Wet; Motors baked;
basements pumped oat." And the editorial cartoon shows the flooded
Callfornlan beseeching Jupiter Plurius to shift his rain buckets, with
the heading, "enough is enough. No one ever thought California
would get "enough" rain. -
A preacher at a funeral for one of the victims of the New Lon
don school disaster said: "This stricken, comannity bows before the
hand ef God." He shouldn't blame the explosion on God. The com
munity bows before the hand of the man who connected the school
- with stolen wet gas. , - - !
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The sitdowners at the Chrysler plants hare gone home. John L.
Lewis had quite a little to do with their going. Another tug was the
-4lestre to see Julia and Horace and
- Editor and Publisher
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-get a tub batn.
Bits for
Breakfast
By R. J. "HENDRICKS
Salem grows, as t-zf-17
shown by postofflce
receipts and increase
of phones; btgger'n bigger:.
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Around .IS 84-8, Salem got her
first telephone that is, the first
one not made with rawhide or
buckskin stretched over the end
of a tin can or a box. ' i
That doesn't seem long; around
50 years an en quad In history;
less than a needle point In eter
nity; less than the end of a wasp's
sting, which is much less than the
end of a needle point.
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Some benighted person who
never worked in a printing office
will wonder what is an n quad.
Well. It is half the size of an m
quad, and an m quad makes up
the space before the first word of
a paragraph. In small type, the
space of an n quad is very small;
it may be less than the 24th part
of an inch. In large type, it may
be half an inch, or mora.
The first telephone ; in Salem
was in the office of the Western
Union telegraph company. No oth
er telegraph company of conse
quence had then been organized.
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The office was in the Chemeke
ta hotel, only it was not called
hotel then. It was the Chemeketa
House, as such institutions were
then known. It is the Marlon ho
tel now; enlarged and done oTer
many times.
C. A. Cutting, its first manager,
advertised that the . Chemeketa
House had "hardly an equal on
the Pacific coast outside of San
Francisco," and that it had "165
rooms, and each and all of them
contain water, gas and a tele
graph, which cannot be said of
any other hotel on the Pacific
coast." That was in 1871; the ho
tel was erected in 1870.
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Gas was available, but the in
candescent electric light was not
invented. Billy Dumars was agent
of the Western Union, and he was
anxious to, have more phones In
stalled, in order to facilitate the
sending of telegraph dispatches.
He never dreamed of extensions
of telephone lines for any other
purpose. When people began to
nse them to talk to one another
with, he was surprised, but not
alarmed. He thought it was a fad,
like the first buzz wagon. Do you
remember?
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In the early nineties there was
a great campaign to Increase the
cumber of telephones. Central was
then in the drug store, where the
L S. National bank is now. One
"hello" girl was in fall charge.
She was Miss Alice M. Stelner,
now Mrs. Milton L. Meyers, then
and yet a fine girl, as well as be
ing good looking. (The writer
will make an affidavit to bind this
fact, if called upon to do so.)
She put on a campaign to in
crease the number of telephones
in Salem to 50, and The Statesman
joined heartily in this effort. The
effort succeeded, went over the 50
mark, mostly owing to the pop
ularity and hard work of Miss
Stelner.
The number grew and grew. It
never stopped growing, except for
a little time during the late la
mented depression. It was up just
over the 7000 mark once. Then it
fell off, owing to the aforemen
tioned depression.
Now the telephone company
management Is getting out a new
directory, and their check up
shows a gain bf about 700 since
the last directory was printed,
about a year ago.
There Is every -Indication that
this growth will go on. and per
haps at an increasing pace and
mat, most any day now, an all
time high will be reached. That
is, instead of rallying around the
7000 mark, as It Is doing now. it
will definitely pass that point, and
soon be so far beyond it as to
make the present spurt a pleas
ant memory.
Manager Harry V. Collins of the
Salem office says there is a con
certed effort on the part of every
memDer of his force to pass the
7000 mark and get so far beyond
it, right soon, as to make that
number look small. HowT By giv
ing the public the best possible
service In every conceivable way.
nere s nopmg. and trusting, too.
There Is another outstanding
one among many Indications and
Darometers of Salem's steady
growth, and sure warrant anar-
anteelng an Indefinite continu
ance. That Is. the growth of the
Salem postofflce.
It isn't a rery long time since a
postmaster and two or three as
sistants did all the work of the
Salem postofflce, when it was
housed in rented quarters, with
an occasional removal stirring up
Diuerness on me part of property
owners and merchants, i
In the late nineties. The States
man began a campaign for a gov
ernment postofflce building and
got mostly a horse laugh. The idea
of Salem assuming to put on such
airs! This town wouldn't be big
enougn ror mat In a hundred
years!
Thomas H. Tongue began his
service in congress In 1897. and
was there four years. He at ones
set about to get Salem a postofflce
onuaing. this was the largest city
in iui district, -
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He succeeded. The people of S
lem put up the money to buy the
site from the Willson heirs., the
government demanding that this
be done. That block was not then
a block was merely the west end
of Willson arenas, and Cottage
street was not opened through.
April 1. It 02. the Salem cost
office was moved into its own
building no, not its own. but the
government building. The treas
ury department owns government
buildings, and has the custodial
care of them.
The total receipts of the Salem
postofflce that year amounted to
323.819. v. ,
(Concluded tomorrow.)
Is Auntie Stretching Her Visit Into a
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On the
By DOROTHY
Wanted: A Disarmament
Conference
IN THE situation which has aris
en in Michigan and is spreading
throughout the country, there is
a voice which we
all wait to hear.
That is the voice
of the President
of the U n 1 1 e d
States. It cannot
be said of the
President that he
has been ' slow,
usually, to ex
press himself on
matters of fun
damental policy.
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Oorotby Tbompsoa or. that .he has
been hesitant to denounce where
denouncing was due, or to act In
an emergency. Yet, in this most
serious emergency, one which af
fects thousands of workers and
millions of property, one which
threatens actual civil strife and Is
producing open clashes In the
streets, and one which involves a
basic policy, we do not hear from
the President at all. Yet his is
the voice in which millions of
Americans hare confidence; his is
the leadership which a majority
of the people have expressed their
willingness to follow.
The Secretary of Labor, to be
sure, has said "It is not yet estab
lished whether the sit-down strike
is legal." Mr. Homer Martin, lead
ing the Detroit sit-down, knows
perfectly well It isn't. He doesn't
go in for any chi-chl. "The issue
isn't legality but whether the
workers have a right to a better
standard of living and improved
conditions." Anyhow, there isn't
an argument. The Michigan courts
have ruled on the question, and
the governor of Michigan, a New
Deal governor,, has supported
their decision, verbally, at least.
The strikes are not legal. Since
then 000 workers have refused
to 'budge, warning the governor
and through him the state, that
attempts to enforce the law be
resisted with violence.
There is not the slightest ques
tion In my mind what the outcome
in the long run of a general epi
demic of sit-down strikes will be.
The result will either be the sup
pression of labor -see Italy; or
the redefining of the powers of la
bor, and the drastic limitation of
the power 'to make any kind of
strikes see England. And what
might lie in between is not pleas
ant to contemplate. For the tem
per of this country Is not that of
England. We have 'a tradition of
violence, particularly in labor
matters. The latent Ku-Klux spir
it, ready to exploit anything "al
ien," red." "subversive," "antl
Chrlstlan" Is prodigious. And far
less violent countries than this
one hare demonstrated what hor
rifying performances the embat
tled babbitts are capable of once
they are aroused. Any one who
sincerely advises labor to seek a
show-down in an atmosphere of
violence, with legality on the side
of its opponents, is criminally
foolhardy.
The second alternative la also
unrealistic Legal or- not, the
striking workers are In strong
position, from which they will
hardly be expected voluntarily to
retreat. There remains only a
third alternative; that labor
should relinquish an Illegal meth
od, while retaining every reason
able objective, and equipped with
the instruments tor seeking U.
The reasonable objectives can be
somewhat defined. They must be
compatible with. the efficient func
tioning of the capitalist system,
however modified, and compatible
with the welfare of the general
public which la not always and
at all points synonymous with the
exclusive Interests of the organ
ized workers. They must be com
Record
THOMPSON
patible with the capitalist system
if this government is to support
them or encourage them, for the
President is pledged to the main
tenance of that system, by repeat
ed and clear avowals.
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The Wagner Labor Relations
act Is supposed to define those ob
jectives of labor that government
Is prepared to sponsor. But the
events of the last weeks have dem
onstrated, first, that It doesn't,
and second, that labor or capital
will only invoke it if they think
that its operation will work out
in their interests. In the General
Motors strike Mr. Martin, repre
senting the workers, never said a
word about majority rule, be
cause he knew perfectly well that
his union did not have a majority.
In the Chrysler strike, where the
union apparently does have a ma
jority, Mr. Chrysler is, apparently,
unwilling to submit to a plebiscite
of the workers, and Mr. Martin In
sists on it.
But this' needs to be said: If
the Wagner Labor Relations act
were upheld by the aupreme court
tomorrow, its weaknesses, ambig
uities, lack of definition and,
above all, its failure to establish
clear procedures, are such that it
would continue to be Interpreted
one way by the employers and an
other way by the strikers, and
used or neglected precisely as It
happened to fit the interests of
either group.
.
The act, for Instance, does not,
under any circumstances, estab
lish the closed shop, and it estab
lishes the right of any one union
to be sole collective bargaining
agency for all employes only un
der certain fixed conditions and
then vaguely gives the Labor Re
lations board power to change the
rules if it wants to. Reading the
act. It seems that the board has
power to intervene in disputes and
make rulings subject only to court
action later.- But the' legal ad
risers of the board say it does not.
It sets up no procedures for avert
ing strikes, no procedures which
must be exhausted before a strike
can be called. It does not estab
lish who has the right to call a
strike, or place any limitations
upon the methods that can be
used, and, while under it a major
ity, and possibly a minority, can
compel all the workers to bargain
only through their union, there
are no provisions for the demo
cratic control of the union itself,
nor are its funds or disbursements
subject to public scrutiny. There
is no protection provided for the
rights of minorities.
Incidentally, Mr. Martin's argu
ment about majority rights vs.
proportional representation, as set
forth in his open letter to the gov
ernor Monday, and his analogy
with the American political sys
tem, were plain idiotic. The anal,
ogy would be correct if President
Roosevelt dissolved the republican
party and sent the republican con
gressmen home from Washington!
The Wagner Labor" Relations
act is a mess, and it the supreme
court does not throw it out it is
our guess that it win throw some
of it out or limit its applicability
congress should do so, and
draft another law of more precise
meaning, better covering the
problem.
- But the Michigan situation can
not wait on any law, nor would
any law drawn up to meet a spe
cific insurrectional situation be
satisfactory In the long run. This
situation demands action in an en
tirely . different atmosphere than
at present exists, when Illegality
is being preached and practiced,
law is demonstrating its Impo
tence or unwillingness to act.'
workers are being given Instruc
Permanent Stay?
tion by films in Insurrectional tac
tics and warning the state that
they will resist It with violence.
In this moment there is one per
son who has the power to allevi
ate a tension which may grow to
the point where any kind of law
will be completely futile. That
person is the President. He Is In
that position because of the lead
ership he has asserted In the past,
and because It la in pursuit of pol
icies which labor claims to be his,
that we have reached the state we
are in.
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It Is said that the President Is
thinking of calUng an internation
al disarmament conference. We
beg him to call a national econom
ic disarmament conference, and
call it right now, a conference of
the leaders of industry and of la
bor, who must together work out
a program acceptable to both, it
we are to be governed by reason
instead of force.
How long, oh Catilines, Catil
ine of the right and Catilines of
tne left, will you abuse our Pa
tience? '
Oopjricat, 1ST. Hw York Trilaas. Ine.
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
PRESSURE OS WORKERS
Aumsville, Oregon.
To the Editor:
O res the WPA Is not In nnlit
les, it is very noticeable when MrJ
iiarry uopams bad his speech
printed by government expense
ana sent to every WPA worker in
Oregon and all over the United
States, just trrinr to brlnr pres
sure to bear on the workers, for
our president's plan to pack the
supreme court which is not neces
sary at this time, also placing
unnecessary expense on the tax
payers of around $120,000 more.
Just to hare his own way, it has
a far.reachlng effect on the coun
try. Just merely placing more jud
ges. As far as. his speech was con
cerned it was just one-sided; Mr.
Hopkins was judging the nine
honorable judges and weighing
them In the balance, placing his
wisdom above theirs. To my mind
or way of thinking our president
wanta to revive the NRA in tome
form and control private life
again.
Most WPA workers are agreed
that if the work should stop we
would be nearly where we were
only with a larger debt placed on
our shoulders.
C. D. SCHELLENBBRGER.
Ten Years Ago
Two raloabie automobiles.
Lincoln owned by R. M. Hefer and
the other a Packard owned by CoL
E. Hofer were practically destroy
ed in a fire at a garage used by
both at rear of homes.
State board of control has em
ployed W. C. Knighton, a Portland
architect to draw plans and spe
cifications for the new state office
building.
Twenty Years Ago
March 96. 191T
Today marks the first observ
ance of Salem's "patriotic week"
and the church of the eitv will
fire the opening gun with services
at Episcopal. Methodist, Baptist.
u nitarian ana x. sf . C A. '
Military budget to be placed
before congress, appropriation of
huge amount to defray expenses
of army and navy requested.
Veterans' Graves
Bill Title Asked
Preliminary Petition Goes
in For Initiative of
Commission Plan
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Preliminary petition to initiate
HB 128, proposing creation of a
commission to locate, clear and
marki i graves of so Idlers, sailors
and marines who served the Unit
ed States In any wars, were filed
Wednesday with the secretary of
state. jThis petition seeking ballot
title fqr the measure, which never
came out of committee hands dur
ing the: legislature, wa signed by
officers of a number of Salem patriotic-societies.
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The"! signatures were made by
them as individuals, rather" than
in their official capacity. Signers
were: j
Bertha Ray, Women's Relief
corps; iMabel L. Tragi io. Ladies of
the G.'jA. R.; Mrs, Mary A. Geer,
D.A.R. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Waters,
American W ar Mothers; Mrs.
Mary B. LIckel. department pres
ident, auxiliary of Sons of Veter
ans; Hi Rj MeWhortei and Eu
gene Ti Prescott. members Sons of
Veterans; Hattiet B. Camerson,
Marioni ' county Veterans assoca
ton; William Bllren, president
Federated Patriotic societies:
George; 'Averitt, commander Cap
ital Post No. 9. American Lesion:
Lester)! Jones, commander Veter
ans of Foreign Wars.
Leaders in the referendum ex
pect to 'obtain 30,000 signatures
over the state, though It la nec
essary to have but 20.020 names
on the completed petitions to get
the title on the ballot,
Two j Transferred
Convicts Return
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Governor Martin' expressed 'dis
appointment Thursday over his
experience in transferrins: first-
term youthful prisoners from tn
siate penitentiary to the state
training! School for boys at Wood
burn. I ; ;
Investigations of youthful
penitentiary; prisoners, all under
20 years of 'age. were conducted
by the state parole board. Warden
Lewis and the rnTrnAr vi
were selected for transfer to the
training; school and; later were in.
terriewed personally by the gover
nor ana -nis private secretary.
Of the nine transferred tn thm
school two already hare been re
turned to the penitentiary, the
governor said. ! 1
"I think the nnblle shonlif
some ida of the character of the
young men under penitentiary
sentence," Governor Martin de
clared. 'They are not the good
boys some people would have von
believe.Vj j j ;
Not All Salaries
Restored Report
Adjustment of salaries of state
employes'! following ; expiration of
the salary reduction law March 1,
is under the direction of state de
partment!) heads, subject to ap
proval of the state budget depart
ment, officials explained Thurs
day. l
The salary reduction law was
enacted by the 1932 legislature
and the saving to the state during
the last 3iennium was estimated
at $$00,QOO. i
"It Is not likely that the salar
ies of all state employes will be
restored ito their original base,"
Carl Cover, assistant state budget
director," aid; "Those who are en
titled to;: increases will receive
them. Others jwill have to wait un
til they have proved themselves
worthy of recognition."
Cover fcaid. the Impression had
gained headway that all of the
base salaries would be restored.
Salaries Increased under the re
storation; program will be retro
active as pt March 1.
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11:19 Ma Porklna, eerUL
lt:0 VI n eosMdy.
11:44 O-Weill, drama. ..
1 rOO Little teneert.
1:8 Toliow the Me. :
1 S4S OeiaUas Meat, drama.
S : Hollywood newa. ,f
T5 Charek eonaeiL.
S:l Helen Jane Befctko, alar.
1:8 aintia' Sam. :44 Clinl.
S :eKdee4tlon is aewa.
5 :le Masaaine. i varied, ti
4:19 Backs ea Drifer.;
40 Edwin C. Bill, rom meat iter.
4:41 lariaJkl Trallo gT.
sdSMeakla's annate.
9:49 Jsaior new. t "'
S:0 TMjrn oeneert.
6 :SO Twli atawa
Kills Friend
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Angered by his best friend's pro
fession of love for his nine-year-old
daughter, Andrew Hoagland,'
25. killed Edward KrafthefXer. 35.
with a blow of his fist during a
ftght In the Hoagland home In
Chicago.
200 Expected For
Older Boys' Meet
Conference Opens Today
More Men Needed For
Hosts Saturday
This afternoon will see 200 boys
registering at the Y. M. C. A, for
the 17th annnal Older Boys' con
ference meeting here today and
tomorrow. In addition to many lo
cal lads, It is estimated that 150
are coming from other points. in
Polk and Marion counties.
After a conference of the lead
ers at 5:30 at the Y. M. C. A. the
annual banquet at 6:30 p. m. will
take place at the First Presbyter-
Ian church. The principal speak
er will be Dean U. G. Dubach of
Oregon State college who will give
an address on the orient under the
title "Something More." Other
speakers Include W. S. Chambers,
Henry RIchter, Douglas Cham
bers, president of the Hl-Y club;
Tom Hill, hospitality chairman,
and Fred Wolf, principal of Sa
lem high school. Invocation will
be led by Rer. G. C. Blrtchet.
while Dwlght Adams, coach at
Dallas high school, will act aa
toastmaster. President Bob Wood
man of Dallas will preside, and
various musical numbers are In
cluded on the program in addition
to the talks.
The number of business men of
the city who have signed up te
entertain -boys at luncheon to
morrow noon is still Inadequate
to the demand. Those. wishing to
entertain individual boys are re
quested to notify the Y. M. C. A.
today.
Luther League to" :
Serve Breakfast
After the early Easter sunrise
services at 5:30 a. m. at Christ
Lutheran church, the Luther
league of the church will serve
an Easter breakfast to the mem
bers of the. church.
All the arrangements and the
serving will be in charge of the
members of the Luther league
assisted- by Mrs. Gus Nets in
charge of the' dining room and
Mrs. Alfred Propp, Mrs. P. Blua-
dell. and Mrs. A. .Zamzow la
charge of the kitchen.
The services at 7:30 o'clock
will be devoted to a program by
the Sunday school in charge of
Mrs. Amos E. Minnemann.
T:00 first Jnjkter, drama. -
TU0 Vsraity skow.
S:0O Amos n Aiy. comedy.
8: IS Uncle Kara, comedy.
8:30 Trn Story Cemrt, drama.
8:30 Fireside koar. 10 Newa.
10:15 - Son therm Harmony Vonr.
10:30 Hopkins ores.
11:00 Ambassador orch.
11:10 Treat area.- To 12 Weataer.
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:30 Clark (ET).
T:0 Joan Higgina. T:45 Xewi.
S:00 Varieties.
S:05 Taceboada, d-fog.
8:15 Robert Gately, sing.
8:10 Edna Tiacner.
8:45 Ooenel ainrer.
S :00 Heneyfcey and Sauafree.
8:19 Homo inatitato.
8:30 National farm sad lean a.
1:1S Food Mirieian.
18:80 Lots sad Loam, serial. -10:49
Nei barer SelL aerial.
1 1 rOO Cnrrent areata.
11:18 Braame Kesnienm.
IS :00 Western Farm and Homo.
13:43 Market Reports.
1 :05 O. M. Pratnmer, talk.
1:15 Song rycia.
.1:30 Bo, ten Symplon? orck.
2:15 Eddie 8 wa rta.es L.
S:45 Holy Week Tea pern.
S:0 Korea orck.
:S Financial aad train reporta.
3:10 Xen-s.
4 :00 Jim aad Jadr.
4:4S i-Jean Dickinson, sing.
S.-OO Irene Rick, drama.
S:19 Jean Cowan.
3:30 O.CX.4. n capetl caob.
S:00-S:19 Zarora, aia. 8 Keva.
- f:lS Last end Aaaor, comedy.
8:30 ginrin' Sam.
8:45 Kiffct Watckmna. drama.
t:3e Yocol Tarietiea (ET).
t:4S Firkta.
10:30 Biltmor orck. 11 Konra. -"
11:15 Charles Bnayoa.
Ts 12 Weatker and police reports,
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t:oe Tn Homesnnkera Hear.
1S:0 Weather Perecas.
10:19 Story fiosr for Adntts.
llO-i Srhsal ( the Air.
13:00 Kewa
11:19 Farm Hone
1:15 Variety.
3:wO Onardinr Ton HeaHh.
Men of Vision.
:00 Trarel Recollections A. X. Ha
anond.
:00 The Symphonic Hoar.
4:80 Stories for Boys sad Girls.
5:00 On the Campasos.
8:15 News.
S :30 Farm Honr.
T:0 OSC Varsity retato Based
8:ir-S Tie Business Hour.
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