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Newspaper Page Text- PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Saleo. Oregon, Sunday Morning, March 13, W38 Hitler Unites Vith Austria Troops Pour in; -Action Viewed as-Threat to ' Czechoslovakia (Continued from page 11 see the truth here bat also recog- - nlse it.".; :. , -"-7 The new nazl chancellor of Aus tria. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, greet ed Hitler by proclaiming annul ment of the treaty of St. Germain, which forbade onion of Germany and Austria. - . Hitler backed his dramatic union of the two German-speaking peoples with the reich's military might thrusting its gray ranks into every part of Austria and bringing German . troops face to face with Italy at the . Brenner pass. Beyond the pass Benito Musso lini gave silent benediction to the triumph of an expanding reich, his ally of the Rome-Berlin axis. Naxlficatlon swept all Austria. Viewed as Threat To Czechoslovakia Diplomatic circles expressed the belief the presence of so many German troops was not Intended primarily to intimidate Austria so much as Caechoslovakla.' They pointed out that German troops, encircling half of Cxechc Slovakia, form a powerful threat fa pincer-like action to that country, in whose 3.500,000 Ger . mans Hitler .has expressed an in .; terest. . '. As the first troops marched un- - molested into Austria, nazis took orer all government posts from provincial governorships down. In cities; . thejr . assumed control -of telegraph,' telephone .- and radio communications.. Strict . censor ship "was Imposed. - . - Newspapers.. Immediately felt the naxi"fJst which thrust into all phases of-Austrian life. Many Are "Arrested In-lading Ex-Premier German warplanes swooped down on Vienna, bringing more than a thousand infantrymen to take, command of the capital. Other squadrons scattered nazi pronouncements of unicn while " arn-y trucks sped more thousands of rtleraan troops to strategic p sis throughout Austria. Hitler's choice as chancellor. Arthur Seysz-Inquart, flew "to Ling to greet the fuehrer, at the provincial capital . of upper Aus tria Vice-Chancellor .Edmund Claise-Horstenau too went to pay him" homage. ,,'. Austrian army troops not only stood by, but also fraternized with, the Invading legions. A wave of arrests struck fear to thousands of Austrians Cath olics."" Jews, socialists and former - Austrian government chieftians . alike. Austria's frontiers were closed juickly to prevent a mass exodus, "" of those who fear nazi ism. ; " The nasi government forbade Bending money outside the coun " - try, under heavy penalties. The" - chancellor- Hitler forced out. of office, Kurt Schurchnigg, was imprisoned In Belvedere pal mare surrounded by. 2,000 storm " trooper and ; 60.. police. Nazis . said "the guards were for "his own protection." Gabriel, Y. Wieder Run, Water Board (Continued From Page 1) whether- or not he would again be a candidate. As a city councilman, Wieder erved on the important water construction committee which worked -with the water commis sion in ne vising me construction and financing program that has resulted in development of .the new- Stayton island gravity water apply, construction of the new reservoir and Improvement of the distribution system. He also headed the important street com mittee. His campaign platform will call for a conservative busi ness administration and a cut in . water rates whes'aaca action will not trpset the water department's finances.- 1 - Senate Will Take axahon (Continued from page 1) pected generally to tight aban donment of the principle of the taflistribntrt ; profits tax," which many business spokesmen have Tainted tor the current "economic Hump. The house bill, which must he. act eiX upon. by the senate be fore ' it can become law,' would modify this levy substantially but retain s It principle for corpora tions' making net incomes la ex cess of J25.000 a ear. v Harrison also, mentioned the possibility of broadening the tax base to bring sew taxpayer! un der : the- income levy, and of cut ting some of the' surtax rates on his her bracket individual Incomes. Apple Association To Replace Plant HOOD RIVER, March 12-W)- A plan by the board of directors of the , Apple Growers association to replace the Cascade washing plant." destroyed in .a- $250,000 fire in December, gained unani mous approval of 300 members today. - - - ". Officials said that despite poor returns last - season, - members would receive necessary financial aid through, bank , cooperatives and federal agencies. . All- board . members were re nominated. . Hoover Goes Jo Latvia WARSAW, March U-(Sunday) -(Sy-Former Pres. Herbert Hoo ver left for Riga,- Latvia, eany io "V day after attending-a banquet given in his honor here by the rolish American society. UdT Mrs, Ledford St. Helens courtroom- scene : Mrs. Agnes Joan ldford sits between her attorney. Glen Metsker, left, and her husband, George Ledford, daring her trial on a charge of first degree murder Involving the poison deaths of her stepdaughters, Rath and Dorothy t-w hose fnseral was held in Salem. Associated Press photo. . " ' : : - , Y '! : " O Half Billion for Northwest Lilted Many Projects Included in Resources, Committee .'Project f Roundup (Continued from page 11 Ington development included: Flood control construction Willamette. Tualatin and Santlam rivers. Ore., bank protection and channel clearing, $1,760,000: Co lumbia county, Ore., Scappoose drainage district, levees and revet ments, 1329,000; Multnomah. Ore., drainage district No. 1, lev ees and revetments, 1540,000: Rainier drainage district, Colum bia county. Ore., levees and revet ments. $26,000: Clatsop county, Ore.. Sauvie Island, levees and re vetments. $35,000; Multnomah county, Sauvie Island, (areas A and B). levees and' revetments. $1,358,000; Multnomah county. Ore., peninsular - drainage dis tricts No. 1 and No. 2. levees and revetments, $407,000; Multnomah county, Sandy drainage distriet. levees and revetments, $92,000; Clatsop county, Ore.i Westport district, levees and revetments. $27,000: Clatsop- c t i nty, Ore.. Knappa areas, levees and revet' ments. $8,000; Columbia county, Ore4 tJeervfsland nrealjevees and revetmetoWLi $282,000' Columbia co'tfnty Ore- Prescotf areas, lev ees and revetments, $2 C.O00: Pioneer Rancher Of Klamath Dies KLAMATH FALLS, March 12 Hh"m F. Murdoch, 75. pio neer rancher and owner o( Klam ath county'- first horowtead, died yesterday at his home near Kelso, two days after he was treated for injuries suffered in an automo bile accident here. Death war attributed to heart failure. Funeral services will be held Monday. ; Herman Miller, Head of St. Helens High, Quits, To Take State Position ST. HELENS, March 12-flP)- Herman Miller, St. Helens high school principal, resigned today to accept a position In the state vocational educational depart ment at Salem. His post here, held since 'Jane 1. 1537, will be filled by Francis Gill, at present principal of the John Gumm grade school. Flax Contracts Offered At Woodburn Feed Office WOODBURN Another meet ing in the interest of the growing of flax was held here this week with George Merwin of the flax development committee- of the stata as the speaker. Ann oun ce ment -were made that contracts for the planting of flax may be obtained at the office of John Shaw at the Woodburn Feed and Sspply Co. Nearly 100 acres have already been signed up. Promottfty A. T. Herder, general manager of ; the Pacific lines of the South ern Pacific company, who has been promoted to vice-president of the company, effective April i 1. He has been connected with the Southern Pacific for 80 rears, - "'.-V. .. - . ' -'J Hears Accusation, Poisoning Case B A L LADE of TOD Ay This is the week that the basketball champs .from dis tricts all over the state have their inning; rabid fans with hoarse voices will yell for their camps, but, while all teams are good, only one can be winning. Goes to Idaho on Nufsing Position ELDRIDGE Miss Ruth Pal mer, daughter of Mr. and -Mrs. W. R. Palmer, left last week for Ida ho Falls, Idaho, where she has accepted a position as night su perintendent of nurses. Miss Palmer graduated from Gervais high school in 1930; and since completing a three-year course at the Multnomah, hospi tal in Portland has followed the nuse's profession. Missionary to Speak Mrs. Laura Trachset, a re turned missionary to. China, will peak at 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing following the regular lesson study at Eldridge. An -interesting talk was. given ast Sunday: at Eldridge by Miss Esther Hunt, returned mission ary to Bolivia. P. O. Epley, president ot Mid dle Grove Sunday school conven tion, visited here Sunday. j Lou Arel -nf SU Paul visited recently at the- B. J. Miller home. Blake low Bidder On Revetment Job PORTLAND, Ore., March 12 (AVThe United States engineers said Harold Blake, Portland, had submitted a low bid of, I S 1.2 90 for constructing 8900 feet of rip rap revetment near Browns mead on the Columbia river. The -Tidepolnt company, As toria, was low at $13,808.50 on a bid to riprap 5,100 feet of levee embankment on Tenaslllahe island, near Clifton. Attendance Is Small At Lyons PTA Meeting LYONS The Lyons PTA held its regular meeting Monday night with a small attendance. A com mittee was chosen to go ahead with the PTA play, which had been delayed. They hope to pre sent It In the near future. . Mrs. Emma Lyons, Mrs. Anna Hiatt and' Mr. Bert Lyons attend ed tne. funeral of Pete- Sag-er a1 MolaRa Wednesday. Mrs. Lyons will ipend several days with her neice, Mrs. Sager who lives at Mulino. ! ' Mrs. Amos Wheeler and baby daughter returned home from a Portland hospital Friday. Mrs. Wheeler is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Ha 111 n. Mr. and Mrs. Lorls Trask and children Donna and Billie- visited Sunday at the Floyd Martin borne in Cutler City, also at theWlllard Lewis home in Willamlna. Moron School I $ Sold: Will Be Naval Academy SEATTLE, March. 12-flP)-Sl of the Moran. school for boys, on Bainbrtdge Island, to "eastern interests" as a naval prep school, was announced today. The- school, on 30 acres of land overlooking Puget Sound, was founded by Frank G. Moran In 1$14. He opened a Joint school at Atasea- dero, Calif. The Island school has been closed for some! time. Construction Mounts SAN FRANCISCO, March 12.- (flHeavy construction contracts in the 11 far western states ran up a total of 261,811,790. in the first two months of this year, nou than doubling the 1937 figure. Naval School lias Fire CULVER, Ind March Flre .' swept through. av building housing boats -and equipment of the Culver summer naval school here today with an estimated lost of 1100,000. Elderly Woman Killed PORTLAND, Ore., March, 12.-(rP)-Mrs Amelia Peterson, S3, was fatally injured today when the car in which she was riding collided with another at an Intersection. First Week Ended In ledford Trial Pathologist Says Poison Illness Acute; Jelly Glass Introduced ST. HELENS, Ore., March 12.- (iip)-The first degree murder trial of - Mrs. Agnes, Joan Ledford closed its first week today with the -state attempting to prove, through the testimony of doctors and police-officers, that the de fendant had caused the death by poison of her 13-year-old step daughter, Ruth. "Dr. Thomas D. Robertson, Port land pathologist, said from the stand he was convinced that both Ruth and her sister, Dorothy, 15, with whose death Mrs. Ledford is charged in a separate indictment. died ot acute poisoning. He said their condition Indicated they had taken the poison within a "very few days" of their deaths last Sep tember. Glass Introduced A Jelly glass containing a white substance was offered in evidence by Capt. Clyde A. Warren of the state police, who said it had been taken from the Ledford home. Warren and Sheriff M. R. Cal houn both testified they had found part of a box of poison in a woodshed on the Ledford Place. Other articles offered in evi dence included sweeping from the .floor of the Ledford dwelling, dirt taken from a kitchen drain, potato vines and cuttings from a berry patch. The defense contends the girls died from poison spray on wild berries they had eaten. Dr. L. G. Ross, the Ledford family physician, testified pre viously' Dorothy had told him of eating wild blackberries, but that Ruth had not mentioned it. City May not Ban Picketing, Advice PENDLETON, March 12.-UPY- The city council, considering lo cal antl-picketing legislation sim liar to that adopted In other parts of the state, was faced today by an opinion published in a league of Oregon cities bulletin that "clt ies are without authority to re strict or prohibit peaceful picket ing." City " Attorney George Lewis and. Mayor C. L. Lleuallen previ ously had Informed the council that detention of a person nnder a picketing ordinance constituted false arrest. The .league bulletin referred to state and federal laws permitting peaceful picketing and said ordin ances covering disorderly conduct, assault .and obstruction, of side walks could be Invoked to con trol infractions. .. . Labor Discussion Set at Mt. Angel A mass meeting for farmers In terested in labor will be held at the Mt. Angel public auditorium at 8:15 o'clock Friday night un der auspices of Associated Farm ers. Herman E. Lafky announced here, yesterday. The meeting call was issued by J. O. Farr of Jeffer son, president 1 ot tue Marion county unit of the organisation. Officials, of the state associa tlon including Howard Shoemak er, president, of Hood River, win discuss the labor Initiative meas ure and the handling ot agricul tural labor matters.. Man Wanted on Charges At Centralia Arrested Here; Will Be Returned - Leslie Button, wanted In Cen tralia. wash., on a morals charge. was arrested her last night on a bench warrant by deputies from the sheriffs -office. Sheriff Blankenshlp; of Lewis county, was notified last night of tne arrest, and is expected here today to take Button into cus tody. He has waived extradition. Levine Says no News NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y March lz.-iV-Murrar Levine. New York lawyer, said tonight there- had been no development in the search for his. 12-year-old son. Peter, be lieved kidnaped from near his Westchester county horn It days ago. : Fifteen Teams Enter Tourney Thurston, First Quintet Coached by "Woman, to Enter Competition 1 (Continued from page 1) Bulldogs loomed in ' the afore mentioned category also. -No team la expected to so com pletely dominate opponents in the 1S38 meet as did little Bellfoun tain last year, however. With the possible exception of Ohilo quin, . no "dark horse" team has been receiving nominations to walk off with the 19th annual gonfalon. j Beaut if nl Trophies On Display Here The 19 th annual tourney is be ing pointed to by experts as go ing down as one of the closest, most bitterly fought playoff ever staged in the- state. Six beautiful trophies, to go to the teams placing 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and to the basketeers who is voted the most valuable player in meet, were yesterday unveiled by Lestle Sparks, tourney director. The championship award is a huge affair. It has a base 18 inches wide by 10. Inches long, with a bronze figure of a hooper atop the central pillar of a clus ter of five.- He is surrounaea Dy eagles the national birds perched atop the othar fnr pil lars. On either side of the base. and outside the pillar-cluster, is the figure ot another player. Waiting for some gallant team is that trophy. Who will it be? The answer will not be known until late next Saturday night. McMinnvIlle. Ore., March 12- (PJ Dallas high school won the district 6 high school basketball title tonight, defeating Wood burn. 33 to 27. Both teams will participate In the state tournament at Salem, Woodburn, as runner-up, enter ing in place of the Portland dis trict 11 representative. Portland schools were elimin ated from the tournament frl lowing a controversy over the ninth term rule. Friday night games: Woodburn (88) (20) Whitman 17 Silverton 4 Peavy Clark 5 Evenden 4 Shaw 9 Surmeyer 3 2 Torgerson 9 Pettyjohn Bee S Johnson Dallas (15) (10) McMinnvIlle 4 Gudser Taylor Frazier 2 Hagg Wldle for McMinnvIlle, Bennett 6 Williams 2 Jackson 4 Peters 2 Dornhecker 1 Substitute: Kreider 4. Referee, Max . Allen; umpire, Dick Weisgerber. JUNCTION CITY, March 12- (ffVTttrston hJ8 senf oL. coach ed by ' Mrs. Genevieve Beaman, entered the state high school bas ketball tournament at Salem next week, by upsetting the fa vored Lowell high quintet 32-30 here tonight in two overtime per iods. After the score had been tied at 26 all at the end of regular playing time and 30 all at the end of the second overtime Ken ny Pox bagged a pair of free throws to win the game. His brother Howard led scoring with 17 points. Sight Recovered Before Operation SARASOTA, Fla., March 12- (Jpy-A a surgeon prepared to perform an emergency operation to prevent total blindness, sight was restored suddenly to the right eye of a 62-year-old wom an. The eye had been useless nine years. t Mrs. Daisy Davis, of Muncie, Ind.. was about to undergo an op eration by Dr. 'Jack Wilson, eye specialist, to relieve pressure on her left eye, which was slowly failing. Doctor Halton - was. Inst about to sever the muscles, when the glared white pupil suddenly rolled, and cleared. The - pupil, invisible for nine years, dilated. Almost immediately Mrs. Da vis saw light, doctor Halton re ported, and in 10 minutes could distinguish botn snaaows ana movement. Polk and Marion Knights to Meet DALLAS The Knights of Py thias of Marion and Polk counties will hold a district conyention at the local Knights of Pythias hall on Tuesday evening, March 16. The district. commander, A. F. de Lespinasse of Hubbard, will pre side at the convention. The six lodges in this district are: Salem, Dallas Silverton, Aurora, - Hub bard and Independence. It Is ex pected that a group from the Mc MinnvIlle lodge will also be pres ent for the meeting, r - Robert Bennett, grand chancel lor, and Walter Gleeson, grand- keeper of the records andd seals, are expected to be present. Art Certificate No This Certificate entitles you to one week's Set of Four Pictures upon payment of only 39c (46c if by mail).! - ' ; " -IMPORT A NT- Be sore to order Set No. 1 If job have that or aub eqaent sets, order the next nmbered Set of Four. Barbary Coast Revival Is Protested , Though Wickedness Eliminated; old Days Deplored . jr-.-j., ( . (...' v By Uplift Societies By RALPH C CURTIS Uplift organizations of San Francisco were in a dither last week over the proposal to install a replica of the old Baibary Coast as an attraction of that city's 1939 world's fair, on man- fa U 1 1 1 Treasure . Island In San Francisco bay. Even the name "Barbary Coast'" raises shameful memories which San Francisco has been trying for many years to live down, .spokesmen for some of these organizations said. Harris Connick, chief director of the exposition, who recently talked of putting shorts on some of the exposition statuary in tLe inter ests of purity, assured the uplift people that .nothing unseemly would be permitted. The Barbary Coast as Jt was in San Francisco's lustier days has been, almost forgotten. It had ceased to be even before the World war period, although this writer, on "23 hours leave" from the Presidio in 1918, had reason to doubt it mom en tardy. Wandering up Kearney street past Chinatown, he suddenly Thompson Chosen To Make Address At National Meet National recognition has been given' to the :work being done In the Marion ' county chapter of the American Institute ot Bank ing, it is Indicated by a letter directed to Elton H. .Thompson inviting him to speak at the na tional convention to be held this year at Louisville, Ky., from June' 6 to 10. Mr. Thompson will at tend, and has chosen as the theme of his talk "Getting Speakers In to Schools and Organizations." The American Institute ot Banking, which is the educational division of the American Bankers' association, is the largest single educational organization in the world, having more than 0,000 members on its rolls, ot whom 34,)00 are taking study courses this year. Mr. Thompson will be accom panted on the trip by his wife, and they will visit relatives and friends in various southern states, Mr. Thompson is chief clerk, at the Salem branch ot the United States National Bank of Portland, and has been with that institution for the past 16 years. Vandenberg lists Legislative Plan (Continued From Page 1) in payroll taxes and segregate se curity tax collections from gener al treasury funds. Agriculture I n c r e a a e RFC funds for Industrial use loans by $700,000,000 to encourage the use of agricultural commodities in industry. Vandenberg said the proposal would provide a market for the produce of SO, 000.000 acres in 10 years and relieve un employment. Relief Federal grants to the states to be matched and adminis tered locally. Club Votes $50 for Suits Of Hi School Band Boys; Fix Dates for Girls9 Camp LEBANON The Lions' club, at its meeting Thursday voted 50 to buy suits for the junior high band and. appointed Ralph Reeves, Bill Robins, Dave Strlt stater and Vera Reeves to take charge of the purchase. The Jun ior high team is composed of 7 th. 8th and 9th graders and will compete with Other Teams of like grades in the valley. ' Barbara Loot, nine years of age, la In the Lebanon hospital for treatment for a lacerated arm caused by falling on broken glass. Harry Johnson of Lacomb underwent an -appendectomy at the hospital Friday. From July 24 to August Y the girl scouts will go to Firllnn csmp. a beautiful forest retreat on ' Crabtree creek east of La comb. Mary Clem Wood, of Port land, a former Lebanon Eaglet scont, will be director of the camp. Five Firemen Are Killed As Charred Wall Topples PATERSON, N. J., March 12 -iffi-TlTt firemen were killed and two injured tonight when they were crushed beneath a wall of brick that fell as they searched for possible victims in the smoul dering rnlns of a department store warehouse. Cruiser Phoenix Launched CAMDEN, N. J, Marc" 12-W) -The USS Phoenix, latest ot the 10.000-ton light cruisers author ized by congress in 1929, was launched today while 10,000 spectators -cheered. - . , 127 .";--'.,., . m ....." of San Francisco patnaas icq) ScuaDs nodn ems3 to belong to an older," less civi lised day. Gandy saloons, blar ing orchestras, yes, : painted women! One of these approach ed the lonesome soldier. "Buy me a drink, honey," she invited. The true situation was just beginning to dawn on the stroller. "Say, this place is a fake, isn't it?" he Inquired. "What do you mean, fake?" she inquired frigidly. "I mean, you peor'e aren't as tough as you pretend to. bft." "We are, too," she heatedly replied. Proving that women, no mat ter what their station in life, are extremely jealous of their rep utations. But the "painted ; women" were just stage props for a puri fied "Barbary Coast, restore! for the benefit of tourists; t b e y were nice girls so far as the management could guarantee, and under careful chaperonage. Even this version of the Coast disappeared . when prohibition came in. e Point not Lost, Declaration McNary and Mott Seeking to Obtain 'Something Chessman Reports PORTLAND, March 12-(JPh Merle R. Chessman. Astoria pub lisher, returned from Washing ton, D. C, today with word that "We are going to get something this year; Senator McNary hasn't given up," in regard to a proposed naval base at Tongue Point, at the mouth of the Columbia river. Chessman said the president had told him a fully equipped pa trol fleet base that could be util ized on two weeks' notice was needed. "When I told Admiral- Leahy this he replied, 'I'll definitely go for a. 11,000,000 appropriation this year so we cam go ahead'," Chessman said. . "The admiral went to see the president about the matter but found out the president had changed his mind." The publisher said Representa tive James Mott would insist that Admiral Leahy head the group making a survey, if one is to be made. Noted -Engineer Dies STAMFORD. Conn., March 12- (P-Col. Frederic A. Molitor. 69, widely known civil and military engineer, died here today. Mol itor helped develop many rail roads in the United States. Tongu ? , l --: : - ' 4 , - s - V - - VIM' 1 BY POPULAR DEMAND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR SPECIAL OFFER THROUGH MARCH : Offer. No. 1 Your photograph will be taken and hand - colored in oils," size 5x7 inches, complete in princess horder and easel-type folder all for Offer No. 2 $3.75 for You may secure one dor en 3x5 portraits on parchment paper in fold ers and one 5x7 painting, hand-colored in oils. Choice of proofs. . Regular Value $8.50 Of f er No. 4 You may secure six beautiful princess portraits, size 5x7 inches. Complete in easel folders, size 7x10 inches. Choice of - proofs. Regular value, $8.50. , , KENNELL-ELLIS Artist Photographers . 420 Oregon Bldg! . Phone 7830 More Activity Due This Week "S W Henry Will Hear Sentence, Testify at Trial in Eugene (Continued From Page 1) of interest to the state tax com mission, which has charge of in come tax matters. The commis sioners here have made no com ment on the presence of their men at Dallas. Sergeants Carl Glenn and Ray Howard of the state police have been at the Polk county sheriffs office almost dally, i "ring over a large assortment of statements and record slips. At times three or four tax operatives have also teen at work there. Only Rosser and A. N. "Al" Banks, former Salem teamster agent, of the seven men charged witn terrorism crimes, are still in the jail at Dallas. Rosser, un der 1100.000 bail requirement, probably will not be arraigned until current investigations are extended further, it was intima ted ' there yesterday, although Dist. Atty. Spaulding late last month said he hoped to have Rosser brought to trial in April. Grand Jury Here To Convene Again Banks, who has alreadr plead ed guilty to arson, is in jail with Rosser awaiting sentence. A for mal plea for lenlancy entered by his attorney last month indicat ed he was furnishing rvfdence to the state. With the Marion courty grand jury expected to reconvene here this week, it Is possible that body may dig further Into t!:e local window breaking cases, especial ly two that occurred last August and October at the Golden Pheas ant restaurant. Banks Implicated two Portland men in that affair. Ralph E. Moody, N newly-appointed legal adviser to the state police, said yesterday from his new offices in the supreme court building, that he was reading all statements taken in the Oregon labor violence Investigations In order to post himself on matters in which ho may assist district attorneys in the various coun ties. He had not yet gone into the Polk county situation, he said. His assignment from Gov ernor Charles H. Martin Is to serve as a coordinator to dis trict attorneys handling labor controversy prosecutions. : : Heart Attack Is Fatal to Actress HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. March 12-(P)-Lyda Robert!, 32, blonde film actress, died today In her apartment of a heart attack. Miss Robert! had been In poor health for the past, two years. The heart allnrent she suffered. caused her to retire from' active screen work. Her husband, Hugh Ernst, ra dio announcer, was with her when she died. 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