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1 - f 1 ' 1 i r ' . Art. Appreciation , ; Hundreds1 of Statesman ' T-eaders have taken advan tajr of the . exceptional of ...... fer-'of famous painting re productions as n o n i a a 1 cost.- .- ' . Weather - t j Unsettled with rain today and Wednesday, cooler; Mar. Temp, i Monday 63, ! Jlin. 82, river 6.5 feet. 1 north-northeast wind,- clear POUNDSD i ElUHTY-SKVKNTH YEAK, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Match 1, ; 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands tc No. 290 T1 :fF IWL j Sappy Am Act Wewblimh Careful Study Started Here, Public Po wer Sponsors Committee , to Obtain all Data Upon Costs and Budgets Bonneville Transmission Measure Tentatively -Approved, House By RALPH C. CURTIS , Indication that -the public power advocates ot Marion county intend to.be sure ot their ground before starting any steps toward creation of a public utilitydistrlct - here, is observed in recent activ ity of the original sponsors of 'this program. :. . Two meetings of the group have been held, with attendance rep - resenting virtually all sections of the county, but contrary to some expectations, no definite action has been taken as ytt. Instead, at the last meeting a contact committee was selected and instructed to confer with the .state utilities commissioner and to investigate matters of " valua tion, rates and budgets of the private companies now serving the district. , Members of this committee are Harley Libby of Jefferson, Ron ald Jones of Brooks, Douglas Mc-,'Kay- of S ,1 e m, Sam Brown of Gervals and Frank Hettwer of ML Angel. , h ? Further Jleetlngs 1 ' OF Group Planned 1 Meanwhile the ..group -which met here 'recently is being held subject to call, members an nounced i Monday, for delibera tions pertinent to the formation of a Marion County Hydroelectric district. . ' ' Other than the announcement of the contact committee's selec . tion, no reports on the sentiment expressed at these meetings of the original sponsors hare - been given out. but the "various fac tors which they must consider in determining upon a course of ac tion for the Immediate future ere, (Turn to page 2, eoL 1) 1809 Upon Relief Jobs ,Tliis County Close to Peak of March, 1936", Still More Are Being Certified Marion county has 1$09 men and women engaged on local and statewide work relief projects; G. R. Boatwright, district WPA en gineer, announced yesterday. The roll of- workers on locally-admin-letered projects has reached 1731 and Is still growing.. Study of past WPA office re ports showed that the present work relief level, based on- the 1 7 1 1 number of local -project employment of 1896, reported for March. 19S6. As of February 29, 1936, there were 1784 -per sons at worsron WPA projects In the .county. , .-. . : . Tha WPA payroll tor Polk county projects yesterday tarried 157 names aside from 15 resi dents of that county employed on statewide projects. Engineer Boatwright predicted no sharp Increase in work relief rolls but said his-office was "still - putting on a few workers as they are. certified to us." The WPA will be hard-pressed to find Jobs to go around when the Salem water department's big 12th . street , main laying project is finished, Boatwright said. The department has - been receiving the labor .of 300 men but will have main Jobs sufficient to em ploy only from SO to 100 when work along the 12th street line is cleaned up, Boatwright said. Men at Work Campaign Jfr.' OuOTnier, are yon co operating to ths MEN AT WORK CAMPAIGN T Its object is to spread employment so out - of work automobile me chanics may have Jobs during the alack season of the year. ' - Maybe your car needs a com plete overhaul before the ram mer touring season : starts. Maybe It needs only check ap and - adjusting of .brakes. Why not have this work takes care of In March Instead of April or May? It will cost yon no mores ,will help garage workers to tide over tiU - the real busy season starts. Salem automotive shops are cooperating. Will yon do your , part? ; . 'n. - - :-j - "x Pershing May Recover Physicians Now Hope; Hospital Tension Ends Holds Ground Gained Since Tired but Conscious, Has Son; Uremic Poisoning Is Subsiding TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 28 hospital room of Gen. John J. tain time) said the weak, tired old soldier was holding the ground gained in ; a rally which started! more than 24 hours earlier. ;j 1 . ' ' I . "l am greatly satisfied with the progress made today," ' osaid Dr. Roland bavison, the gen Normal Students 'Strike' for Team "On to Kansas" Is Slogan for Quint Which Won ' Title in Tourney MONMOUTH, Feb. 28 -(Special) Pandemonium broke' out her early this afternoon as stu dents staged. a "walkout" fro-i all classes and joined a noise' and rally parade that had a duo purpose. First, the enthusiastic - stu dents who were later Joined by the faculty, desired to fully cele brate their school's winning of the first-annual state intercolle giate tourney. Second, the students wished to demonstrate that they meant to send their state -champs to Kan sas f.City and in no uncertain terms. -" . Fully 350 students, faculty x& townspeople boarded , the 30-odd cars and trucks and co rsed over the town's streets and down the highway to lndepender.ee and back. Cars bore banners glaring the slogans:: "On to Kansas," Kansas or Bust" and "Oregon Normal, iftate Champs." Quieting down at 3:30, school authorities allowed the students to stage an all-campvs dance the proceeds to go toward the quota necessary to send the team to the national intercollegiate meet. Coach Al Cox and several of his championship ball club -de livered short speeches to the ral ly crowd.. Tonight the Wolves battle SL Martin's on the home floor, and immediately following the game an old-fashioned pie social will be held. Faculty and girls of the school are 'baking the pies, and they will , be auctioned off by none other than Willamette's Roy S. "Spec" Keepa. Proceeds go to the "Kansas City of Bust" fund. 21 Go on Trial in Big Treason Case MOSCOW, Feb. 28.-(rThe official soviet press said : today that the firing squad awaited the 21 men who will go before a military tribunal Wednesday in what promises to ' be one of the most sensational of Russia's trials of fallen leaders. ' v-v The newspapers Pravda, Izves- tia and Red Star, organs of the communist party, the government and the army respectively, all de nounced the prisoners as "beasts" and "spies" and i a i d nothing could" save them. Izvestia Indicated tha t ' past trials such as that of the famous Journalist, Karl Radek, had dis closed only e part of the con spirators and crimes, but that a detailed expose would be made In! the forthcoming trial. Oregon Might Mexico Example Says Brown If. the government of Mexico is ! sincere In its apparent pro gram to lift the standards ot its underprivileged masses, It is set ting some examples In conduct that ought to be followed in Ore gon and the United States in gen eral, Sam Brown, Gervals farmer and candidate for the republican nomination for governor, told a Townsend club No. X' audience at; the Leslie Methodist church last night." Mexico Impressed him as "the most democratic nation in the world," he said. - ' Former Senator Brown pre faced his description of his re cent tour of Mexico by declaring that Dr. Francis E. Townsend. pension club founder, "was not even given the consideration that the Morgans, the Mellons and the duPonts and T the other thieves received from - congress. - ; . Unemployment caused 'by. de velopment of labor-saving 'ma chinery for farm and . factory has M Sunday ; Still Weak and Long Talk! With His (AP) Bulletin from the Pershing at 9:40 p. m. (Moun eral s private physician. He is so much improved no further bul letins will be issued until tomor row morning." I 1 Doctor Davison said General Ptrshing was stifl "very weak and because - of the ; necessary treat ment incident to' his return to consciousness, he is very tired. j An entirely jdif ferent atmos phere pervadeq the Pershing quarters as ' the j physicians again held out hope that he might re cover. The tenseness of she past fjour days, during which the war Ltime commander; war expected to Idle momentarily! had given way to relaxation, i r - Nurses smiled and chatted as they worked. Doctor Davison left the bedside to attend another pa tient for the first Ume since Thursday. Two policemen, as signed .to the sanatorium during the crisis to perform whatever special service mlrht be reauired. lounged with reporters and-pho tographers. ; i . - '; J Members of .; the family' and close friends sat in a group and talked 'quietly. . .f j General" Pershing called for his son, Warren, and the two had. a rather lengthy visit the first sibce last Thursday morning when the son arrived from Palm Beach, Fla. , 1 Ureniic poisoning," brought on by failure of the kidneys to func tion, was subsiding, and the gray haired soldier was able to. drink fluids for., the first time since he first lapsed into a coma Thurs day. By early afternoon today, the doctors announced they were "distinctly encouraged." Johnson Is Given One Year, Prison Larceny of Car Admitted ; Third Offense; Goetz Sentence I Delayed v A one-year penitentiary sen tence, without parole was imposed on Merle Johnson when he ap peared before Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan yesterday and pleaded guilty to a charge of- larceny by bailee of an automobile belonging toi. Robert Mayhewv Jofinson was sen to the prison in :,1931 from Linn-county under a two-year sen tence and again f later J. rom : Des chutes county foil a four-year pen alty. He was released last Septem ber. : ' , ! ' : ! Johnson told the court he boi rowed the Mayhew ear, took it to Tillamook county and forgot to return it Officers said the ma chine, now lacking tires and a bat tery was still in Tillamook. j County Judge' J. C: Siegmund was called in to assist the court as interpreter when Eugene Goetz, ot w oooDurn, was arraigned- on a charge ot writing bad checks. Goetz. his English mixed with a German accent, jwept as he told the court he hid got Into debt since coming to Oregon from Kan- 1 (Turn to page 2. coL 2) Benefit From risen to such an extent that "we are going from bad to worse, Brown told his listeners. "There's nothing to my mind that . wiU bring ns out of this deep mire until they adopt the retirement pension plan, whether they call it : the Townsend plan or something else," Brown con tended. "We are never going to get out . untU we take -care ot those past the tneridian of life.' I. In Mexico the "big interests" are throwing obstacles in the way oi the government's uplift of the peons and Indians, Brown said. Among the uplift measures, he cited a Mexican government plan of maintaining fits own loan com panies and pawn shops, from which "the people may borrow money at low f Interest rates and on a basis of . long-time repay ment. - . - ' !. - ' , h SUting that aS senator he had tried unsuccessfully to have bill! (Turn to page 2, eoL 2) : ! Begun "Honest Audit Of New Deal" One of Points Program Committee Gets Down to ork; Gets no Party Funds Policy Report, Economic Philosophy Statement Are Other Tasks'. CHICAGO, Feb. 28 -JP- A three-point general program - in cluding an "honest objective aud it" of the new deal was adopted tonight by the newly created pro gram committee of the reinbli- can party, i This action was announced by Dr. Glenn Frank, the committee's chairman, at a press conference following an executive session of the first meeting or the commit tee since its creation at St. Louis a few months ago. Other points in the program, recommended to the .committee by Doctor Frank, former pres ident of the University of Wis consin, were: A "comprehensive report of policy" on agriculture, labor, business, taxation, unemployment and other questions. A reinterpretation of the "po litical and economic philosophy with which the republican party (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Building Permits UUU If MJllM. UUUI But ' It's all Accounted for in State Library Job, Figures Show Eleven building permits issued yesterday, totaling $727,320 in valuation, swelled February's to tal of 67 permits, valuation of which was 1769.429 $67,604 ever February, 1937. The permit granted yesterday to the State of Oregon, calling for construction of the new four- story state library building at 255 North Summer, to cost 1713, 000, was the one that brought last month's Issue far beyond that "of an ordinary February. Ten. permits 'for new dwellings were issued last month, valuing $27,000, wjiile 11, valuing $28, 537, were Issued In February, 1937. i New buildings other struc tures besides dwellings included --for last month were 21, cost ing $741,228.- For February a year ago, 15, valuing $29,087. Permits Issued yesterday, oth er than the library permit, were to: P. H. Fisher, to alter a one story dwelling at 1935 Broadway. $100; Leo Smith, to reroof a one-story dwelling at 14S0 North 5th, $50; Foster & Klieser, to erect a sign board at 1564 North Cottage, $50; Foster ft Klieser, to erect a one-story sign board at 210 South 12th, $25; Dr. C. C. Gilbert, to alter a one-story private garage at 468 North 18th, $45; P, J. Ma j ex trick and J. A. Kirsch, to alter a one-story (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Japanese Report Iinfen Captured SHANGHAI, March l-(Thurs-day)-(p)-Japane80 reported to day they had captured Llnfen, provisional capital of S h a n s i province', and were driving south ward toward the Yellow river In a great flanking movement at the western end of the 500-mile Lunghai front. 1 This drive. - the only one of many thrusts- at the vital Lung si railway to make any prog ress, was aimed at the Great Bend in the fellow river where Shan el, Shensl and llonan provinces Join. The drive threatened to push the Chinese out of southwestern Shansi, thus completing tre Jap anese conquest of all territory above the Yellow river and op ening the way for an ataciron Tnnkwan, Importaql-rstaUon on the Lunghai lineiind gateway to Shensl. -' r' . The advancing Llnfen columns were preceded by heavy air bom bardments and large - tank con tingents, which - reported severe Chinese losses. The Japanese said they killed or captured 5,000 Chi nese at Hwohslen alone on the drive to Llnfen. - M;Vi - The reported fall of Iinfen In? dicated the Japanese had ; ad vanced 40 miles since the cap ture of Lingshlh two days ago. Federal jSetup Bill Assailed As baq Policy Southern . Senator - " First - to Attack; J Economy ; ; Result Doubted -v Power Given President Over Civil! Service, Walsh Objection WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-WPV- Critlcs began peppering the gov ernment .reorganization bill to day even. before Senator Byrnes (D-SC) could finish his Speech inaugurating debate on the ad ministration measure. After Byrnes haid pleaded with the senate' to give President Roosevelt power Jo revamp the executive branch fh the interests of. efficiency, Senator Bailey (D- NC) asked whether the' measure was designed to salre money. . Byrnes replied n the afflrma- was "no promise, sno assurance, that economies wolild be effected. Critical queries also came from Senator- Byrd (DfVa), who has emphasized the neld for economy. and from Senator Walsh (D- Mass). J Senator Wheeler; (D-Mont) and many other senators who fought' the Roosevelt courfi reorganization bill so successfully are expected to speak against provisions of the present legislation j The bill would substitute a sin gle commissioner for the present three-member civil service com mission, would abolish the general accounting office and substitute a new auditor general, would create a department of welfare and would permit t h ' president to appoint six administrative assist ants, s - Walsh objected that the biU would give the president power to lake -employes out of their em service classifications and to ex ercise general authority hereto fore held by congrfess. He offered an amendment to Exempt the civ il service commission from the presiaeni s authority to merge ana reorganize bureaus. ' Byrd questions gByrnes closely regarding the provision to substi tute an auditor general for the present comptroller general. The Virginian, and other opponents of the provision," have contended it would weaken congressional con trol over government spending. The auditor general, Byrnes said, would be an agency of con gress, would audit all government expenditures and would be respon sible to congress. I rom me national grange, meanwhile, came, a recommenda tion that the bill be amended def initely to prevent the transfer f the forest service, tjhe soil conser vation service and the biological survey from the agricultural de partment. Senator Vacancy Up Before Couft The Marion conhtv conrt will meet at 10 oelwk thia m nmln tn consider, but' not (-necessarily to m axe, me appointment of a state senator to succeed the late Charles K. Spaulding. Because the ap pointee, wouia nave no opportun ity to serve unless a special legis lative session should be called and because the law does not ex plicitly require thef court to make an immediate appointment. It is possioie tne court cmay decide to delay the task at least until after the November election. The appointment by law is con- t A 1 .A 1 . 1 1 . . Ml " w . a cii.izea . who tor lire years has hAOn a jntmhar tt thA political party of the official who neia me onice oetore the vacan cy occurred, or in this case, to a member of the republican party. uourt members say they have not discnsneri tha mattur fnrm11 The name of Mrs.Lorah Spauld ing, widow of the .mte senator has oeen mentioned, and one court member nnlntnrt etiit ynmterAav tt would be "a nice gesture" to hon or ner with the appointment. Jury Is Selected FofeSTrio MEDFORD, Feb. 28-(V-Selc-tion of a Jury opened the trial today of Ell Cagles, jr., and Mar shall Hearn, both of Salisbury, N. C, . and Stanley Borden of Olympla, Wash., charged with as sault with intent! to rob without being armed with a dangerous weapon. ....... r. z-"yx. - The three former Oregon Nor mal school - football players are accused of taking! $31 from E. P. Rice, traveling Jewelry salesman, last October 30. f . Rice, chief state witness, was not in court today. ; District "Attorney Frank J. Newman said he expected . the Crisis Over Japanese War Policy v And Internal Growing conflict between the Japanese cabinet and diet (parliament) was indicated in recent dispatches from Tokyo A sweeping War mc t bilization bfll was tne center of attack, being branded as an attempt to destroy constitntional liberties. Thoto shows Premier Prince Fnminaro Konoye, below, addressing the boose , of peers. UN WU Music School Is now "College" Director TiUe' Is Dean"; University IWill Buy x Lachmund House At the meeting of the board of trustees of Willamette university held in the First Methodist, church at Portland Monday, it was voted to change the name of the school of music to college of music, and the title of director was changed to dean. f The trustees approved the pro posal of a special committee to purchase the - Louis Lachmund home and remove it to the college campus for use as a president's home. It will stand, facing Win ter street, north'of Lausanne hall. Sabbatical leave was granted to Prof. H. E. Rahe and Prof. E. S. Oliver for one year to be spent in advanced study. , - Other business transacted was chiefly of routine character. The financial report showed the uni versity to be operating within its budget. .. i " - V: n--.-. Buckaroos Beat Lions VANCOUVER, Feb. ., Portland Buckaroos, , backed . by the brilliant defensive work of Goalie Andy Aitkenhead and rearguard' Max Sutherland, nosed out Vancouver Lions 1-0 in a Pa cific Coast Hockey league game here tonight. ' . EugenelList, Noted Pianist, Pleases Audience in Salem By MAXINS BUREN , The - audience liked Eugene List, young pianist who played at Leslie auditorium under the spon sorship of the Community Concert series last night, and spoke their pleasure in a great deal ot approv ing applause. Alter two and even three encores that concluded the program. listeners ; remained in their seats to await still another. Mr. List's program began -with three : sonata s by Scarlatti, fol lowed by two Bach choral preludes "Now Comes the . Savior of the Gentiles" and the more "vivacious "Rejoice Te Christians. The "Apassionata" by Beetho ven, sonata in F; minor Opus 57. he played with j a commanding technique and strength, that proved his gifts as a musician. . - Probably the most understand able group to the larger part of the audience were the Chopin numbers which included the melo dious "Ballade' in F major, "Noc turne' in E minor, "Fantassie-Im-promptu" with its equally haunt ing melody, and 'Polonaise, Affairs is Hinted lIill Gty Winner In County B Race Beats Academy; MC Angel College Defeated by St. Martinis Five 4 MT. ANGEL The fighting An gels, dropped their final basket ball game of the season here Monday ' night to the visiting Rangers ot St. Martin's college, 39 to 26. The Angels led throughout the first halt until a couple of glfters by the visitors tied it up 12-all as the .gun sounded. Mt. Angel was consistently unable to locate the hoop, their highest Scorer be ing Burrell with but 1 points. On the other hand, Solway. and Lui netted 12 and 11 markers for tne Rangers to run up a com fortable lead in the last half. .- With the score 20-31 against him, Coach Coghlan pulled out his first string Angels and sub stitutes played the rest of the .way.- . -. , . .. , - In the other headlines on the evening's triple bill. Mill City downed Sacred Heart academy of Salem 25 to 16, to win the Marlon county B league hoop title. Each squad had taken a game previous ly, j snaking last night's playoff necessary on a neutral floor. - Mill City held the lead all the way and led at half-time 13 to C. Herron pushed ih 15 points! for high man for the champs, while - (Turn to page 2, col. 2) strong and brilliant. . - Then followed a group by Rav el. "Rigaudon." "Forlane" and "Toccata.". "Six Bagatelles' were described on the program as "whimsical, and truly they were, with fingers flying List played the group of short numbers much to the delight of the andience. i: "'The final programmed number was the brilliant oriental fantasy "Islamey, said to be one of the fire most difficult pieces for the piano. .He more than fulfilled all pre-concert promises In his play ing of this number. , . - Three encores it took to satisfy his admiring audience: Prelude in O sharp minor by Rachmoninoff,: three preludes by ths modern Ras-f sian i composer Shosta'kovich, and: "Fairy Tale" in E minor, by Medt- ner,V;-:.---'A'..c;:.f -:. ,p Eugene List Is rather tall, verj blonde and with an effective boy ishness . combined with satisfying dignity and poise. His appearance and stage personality are decided ly,pleaslng... Police PatrAl Graz, Prevent Any Gathering Only Disorder Occurs at - Iinz; Jewish Stores There Attacked Mussolini Report; Ready ta AidT! Hair-Trigger - Situation Is Seen GRAZ, Feb. 28.-(-Both the Austrian army and mutinous na zis were ready for instant actloit tonljhX-M1 thejtejnse atmosphere of the armedTruce that balked yes terday's nazi march on Vienna. police patrolled the streets ef the metropolis of the province ef Styria, 90 miles southwest of Vi Senna, to prevent the assemblage lot more thin three persons. Armed soldiers cruised on motor cycles. - ; The Graz garrison, j-einforcea by federal troops f I'om Vienna, ,was in a continuous state of pre paredness for action.- . In the three provinces of Syria, Carinthia and upper Austria which form a belt across the cen- - ter of the country, 80,000 nfels iwere reported jto be In uniform at their homes awaiting the call to action. : I No overt disorderly acts by na ils were reported outside Linz. 'provincial capital of upper Aus tria which IieS along the German state of Bavaria. At Linz the windows of three large Jewish stores were smashed. AVboycott against Jews was start-" ed and nazis j were stationed be fore ' each Jewish shop to take down the names of customers.' Nazis all ' through the provin ces, especially at Graz, however, . .were in hair-trigger temper. They resent hotly that troops 'were-eent ;to Graz yesterday to halt the march on Vienna. -. Throughout Sunday planes circled low over the kity, machine-guns and batteries 'of light field artillery were placed in strategic paints outside the city. 1 Fatherland frdnt circles said - Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy ihad sent a special enypy to Chan icellor Kurt Schuschnigg" with the assurance that Italy now as be Ffore upholds! Austrian Indepen derice. - I The chancellor was said to have been given special permission to announce this support as a trump card when he considered the time propitious. ' A similar mrVA hv MmnMslinl helped prevent Austria from, go ing nazi' at the time Chancellor iEngelbert Dollfuss was assassin ated In a nazi putsch. Italian droops were massed along the An: ftrian frontier at that time in dras tic warning IljDuce would permit Sio moves toward union or Ger many and Austria.) At Lins preparations were go- ling forward for the German day celebration at which SeysS-Ia-quart was to speak March S, I In the midst of the tense nasi, developments, socialists injected s Jnew problem for the federal gov ernment. The party, claiming 3S per cent - of the" Austrian vote. sought a shdwdown conference . for ' Wednesday with V less a'a 'Mayor Richard Schmltz; ' ;: Aircraft: Defense Declared tagging WASHINGTON, Feb ttiPh Congress received a warning today from : Glenn L. Martin, pioneer airline manufacturer, that . the) United States. was not keeping- ss with -the development of aircraft as well as the national defense- re quired. '.' j'i " ' ' : - '- Testifying at hearings on the administration's proposal , for a $1,050,000,000 .expansion ef the fleet and a $106,000,000 increase in naval planes, he. declared -'. "We must jhave supremacy la the air to maintain a line ef bat tleships. You i must have suprem acy both in size and .number to be "te."- . rl -u: - -1 Asked what, would happen If the fleet were in the Paeitie and e "possible target"' approached eft the southeast, coast, Martin re plied: - - ; , ,. "The airplane might be the only' weapon that would - tnrav. the -trick. v::,v He endorsed a suggestion of Chairman Vinson (D-Ga), ef the house naval committee, that con gress add from $10,000,000- to $15,000,000 to the naval expan sion program for experimental air craft work. 1 , : ' A L LA D E o f TODA V By R. a 1- Public officials and men la high stations are often ne big x ger than average, yon know; but In trying to Justify great reputations; they say big-sounding things Jthat they're not sure " are so. A " "- trial to last through Tuesday, I I