Tournament News !
Basketball fans will find
the most complete coverage
of the state tournament la
The Statesman and read It
hours ahead.
Weather
Rain today and Saturday,
lightly warmer; Max. Temp.
Thursday 47, Min. 82, river
12.8 feet, rain .04 Inch.
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I EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, March 18, 1938
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 303
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and St. Helens Billed
for Semi-Finals
Three Overtime Tussles
in Day; .Attendance
Continues Heavy
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
. Championship Flight
Amity 26, Chiloquin 21.
Mac Hi 34, Unl. Hi 32.
Baker 40, Sandy 20.
St. Helens 43, Med rd 25.
Consolation Series
Thurston 26, Adams 24.
Woodbnrn 36, Salem 34. '
K. Falls 42, Dallas 22.
Eugene 41, Myrtle Point
40.
TODAY'S GAMES
Championship Flight
7:30 p.m., Amity vs. Mac Hi.
8:30 p.m.. Baker vs. St. Helens.
(3d and 4th place brackets)
2 T.m., Chiloquin vs. Uni. Hi.
"3 p.m., Sandy vs. Medford.
Consolation Series -
10 a.m., K. Falls ts. E a gene.
11 a.m., Woodburn ts. Thurs
ton. By RON GEMMELL
ncvuiui jevcai . lull luiiruejf
entrants staged nearly as wild a
day inside Willamette's hoop
haven yesterday as the weather
men Etlrred up without.
While the weather man upset
his bucket and all precedent to
enfold Salem and environs in a
tlanket -of snow, the 16 court
teams that are busily battling
for superiority on Willamette's
court turned In just as startling
linnet of Mr ' Tlonastera unofficial
nil.-. ;
The congealed "mist"', that, en
gulfed the capital lt? yesterday
morning kept Willamette's jovial
president. Dr. Bruce Baxter, busy
explaining that "not every insti
tution of higher learning would
- go to such lengths to entertain
its visitors.' and the ambitious
kicking the dope bucket kept
prognostlcators up to their necks
J .uvt.
lit o.w&s. -
Nightcap games found Baker's
Bulldogs graciously . gratifying
one prediction, oy running to an
easy 40-20 win over Sandy, but
the Saints of St. Helena nearly
caved in all prognasticators, pots
by soundly trouncing Medford,
43-25.
"Sodden Death'
Games Prevail
Three tilts went into the "sud
den death" period before being
decided, setting an all-time new
one-day record, for overtime
games. Salem, for its second
time, saw hopes of a tourney
win go glimmering as Wood bum's
Shaw put the "out" s'gn on the
Vikings with, a two-point toss In
their extra session; -Eugene's
'Whitey' Austin flipped from
far out In an overtime with Myr
tle Point to save the day for a
teaia that was badly beaten near
ly all ' the way; and Mae Hi
turned in number two tourney
triumph." over University high,
tIb the two-point, "sudden
' death' route.
- Bauer's smooth ball-handlers,
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91 Drivers Lose
License, February
Ninety-one motor, vehicle driv
ers' licenses either were sus
pended or; revoked In Oregon Jn
- February, Secretary of State Snell
Teported. There were 53 permits
Tevoked or suspended during Feb-.-
ruary, 1937. -
Forty-nine of the 54 revoca
tlons last month were for , driv
. ing while Intoxicated. Convic
tions for reckless driving result
- : ed In 20 of the 57 suspensions. '
: Snell .-warned against automo
bile owners allowing other per
sona to drive their ears. He
said . 65 per cent of defendants
in cases .subject to the safety
responsibility . act this year were
driving , machines ; registered in
' another person's name.
Mrs, Itaac t. Patterton
Reported Critically III
PORTLAND," March 17-65V
Mrs. Isaac Lee Patterson, widow
of the former governor of Oregon,
was critically ill at the Good Sa
maritan hospital today. She suf
. fered an attack of pneumonia.
Case Goes to Jury
r SEATTLE. March . 1 7.-UP)-Aft
er deliberating 50 minutes, the
Jury which heard the Claire and
Dell Richardson "bathtub death
trial" retired tonight, to resume
ita pondeiings tomorrow.
AMITY HOOKERS WIN STATE B TITLE
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The Amity high school basketeers, state champions among schools with enrollment of less than 150.
They won this honor by defeating Chiloqnin 26 to 21 In a hard-fought and close contest Thursday. Am
ity goes on Into the senior tournament sejni-finals tonight. Front row, from left, M. Giesy, Kidd, Lee,
W. Giesy, Shields and Meeker. Back row, Freeborn, Wildt, Moddemeyer, Worthington, Peterson and
Coach Orile Bobbins.
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Amity Quintet Is
State B Champion
Comes From Behind, Beats
Chiloquin 26-21 With
Wildt Sparkplug
At 4:10 yesterday afternoon
Amity high school, by Tirtue of
its 26-21 win over the highly
touted Chiloquin quint, was un
officially crowned king of the
state's "B" teams. Formal crown
ing will come Saturday night,
when the Orile Robbins-coached
clan will receive the trophy ecu
bjematic of that championships ;
On the short end of a 6-1
Xirst-quarter count, 'Amity lorged
to the fore four minutes into
the second period on a bucket
by Moddemeyer,, and from there
was never headed.
Both teams were ragged
throughout most of the contest,
and both had tough luck in con
necting with shots.
Arnold Wildt, Amity guard,
kept the fire burning sufficient
ly for his team, by scoring buck
ets in the clutch when they
were needed most. He led the
scoring with 8 tallies, on four
field goals. . ,
The Chiloqnins, led by the
red-thatched Rice, member of last
year's all-star 'B" selection,
swarmed all over the Amitys in
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Labor Board Man
Silent on Issues
PORTLAND, March 1-UP-
Nathan Witt, Washington, D. C,
secretary of the national labor re
lations board, left here today aft
er a one-day survey of the 31-week-old
AFL-CIO struggle for
control of sawmill workers, which
he termed the most involved
case to cctne before the NLRB,
Witt refused to comment on the
situation after interviewing fac
tions in the dispute. He said he
did not expect congress to make
any vital changes in the Wagner
act.
He conferred with Trial Exam
iner Harry Haxel and NLRB Atty.
John Babe, who have been con
ducting a case against the Indus
trial Employes' . union, - formerly
the Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen. at Toledo . for the
past four months. Transcript in
the .case has passed the 12,000
page mark.
Relief Administration Probe
To Be Opened
An Investigation of the admin-
Utration of relief la Marlon coun
ty will be launched definitely to
day by the grand jury. Dist Atty.
Lyle J. Page disclosed last night.
The first witness this morning to
be called before the jury will be
C' A. Sprague, editor and pub-;
fisher of The Oregon Statesman."
- Reports front sources, dose o
the grand Jury gave promise of
the Impending investigation soon
after The Statesman in two edi
torials last month pointed out re
ported cases of alleged incivility
and prolonged delay In the han
dling of relief "clients" in this
county. ' - - - . -
Members of. the county court
at the time said they would wel
come the investigation but de
fended the relief committee, of
which they are a part, and averred
they were handicapped by regal
tlons.from above, such as rules
promulgated 'by, the state relief
Provide Hoop
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Grandson to Get
$7500 Inheritance
Of Man He KiUed
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rockford, in., March 17-
(AVMartin Pearson, 82, and fee
ble, was slain two days after
Christmas last year.
He was struck with a hammer
handle, gagged, bound and thrust
under a bed. His assailants filched
240 and fled.
His grandson, Gordon Malm,
19, pleaded guilty to the murder.
His accomplice, Delora Wayne
Montgomery, 16, was convicted
by a circuit court jury yesterday
and fris penalty was fixed at 14
years in prison. Both will be sen
tenced Saturday. v .
The case took an ironical turn
today. Attorneys said young Malm
would inherit the old man's es
tate estimated at 17 500 since
he la the sole heir.
Vice Probe Urged
In Klamath Falls
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.,
March 17-itfV-Circuit Judge Ed
Wftrri "R A c r nrot In Aie1 Inatn
lions to a grand' Jury today, read
acrmintn nt iha mnrrior trial
Dell and Claire Richardson in
Seattle in support of a charge
that gambling and vice Interests
were trying to "make monkeys"
of the law here
The judge read excerpts from
a Seattle newspaper story which
quoted Patricia O'Neill of Klam
ath Falls as testifying that she
operated a vice establishment
here, that she "imagined" it was
againBt the law and that "vice
doesn't fight the law; it buys It.
Asserting that the
gambling
take In Klamath Falls was $500,'
000 a year, Judge Ashurst told
the grand Jury that "when a city
administration will let such things
exist, the inference must be that
it Is either actuated by cowardice
or corruption.
Derrick Falls, Worker
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ST. HELENS, Ore., March 17
-(AVOscar M. Olson, 64, creo -
sotmg piant worker, was killed
mstanuy today when a derrick
overturned and he was" struck
by falling logs.
surviving are his widow, a
daughter and three sons, all of I
St Helens.
by Grand Jury
committee and the federal govern
ment.
The grand Jury received Some
testimony regarding the relief or-
rantutlnn last mnntii Iwfnn ft
turned to the brewery picket
cases and routine matters.
"Complaints reported in
The
Statesman editorials Included the
following:
Lack of civility and consider
tion toward relief rolls people
calling at the relief office,
v Lack": of " attention " to relief
clients', needs, such as repeatedly
requiring them to return to the
relief office before they are final -
ly granted an audience to explain
their problems.
.Failure to perform within rea -
sonable time promises , to havelditiona would force suspension of
case workers visit clients, without
which needs for food and fuel are
often passed ever.
Lack of harmony among mem
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Gale, Heavy Rain
Follow Snowfall
Occurrence Repeats
St. Patrick's Day of
1920, Is Recalled
Winds of gale proportions re
turned to buffet Salem and vicin
ity last night after a day that
brought the rare occurrence of
an inch of snow in mid-March.
A steady, cold rain accompanied
the blow, which averaged nearly
40 miles per hour and rose to
45 on the gusts.
Overnight rains and the snow
added .84 inch to the month's
precipitation total, raising it to
3.71 Inches, or .04 inch below
mean average for the entire
month.
The United States weather bu
reau predicted the rains would
continue today and Saturday and
heavy snows would fall in the
mountain regions.
Exactly 18 years ago yester
day four inches of snow blanket
ed the ground Jn Salem. Mrs.
B. L. Steeves recalled. She said
she dug daffodils out of the
snow to decorate a party table.
WPA work in the Silver Falls
Keational area was halted yes-
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a reported one loot
depth of snow and workmen were
told to stay at home. Many travel
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j Henry Quam Wins
Directed Verdict
EUGENE, Ore.. March 17-(M-
Jurors in Circuit Judge G. F,
Skipworth's court returned a di
rected verdict of acquittal today
for Henry Quam, AFL barbers'
union member, who had been
charged with riot in connection
with stench bombings of non
union barber shops,
Judge Skipworth ruled there
was no evidence to connect Quam
with the crime. He was Indicted
with Ray W. Blaine, local AFL
i Q&roers union oiiiciai, uui vu-
tained a separate trial. Blaine
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was convicted
Charges against Arthur Peter-
I son and S. Hughes, also Indicted,
were dropped when they turned
I state's evidence.
'Upset Boat' Just
Floating Log, Said
THE DALLES, March 17-iflV
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State police said,. today a huge
seen floating down the Colum
rlver was responsible for a
report that a boat carrying two
people had gone over CelQo falls
and capsized.
The log, but bo boat, was found
below the. falls and no mid-Co
lumbia residents were reported
"tosl." the officers said after
j patrollng the river for several
hours.
Wishram resident; and a gov
ernment , lock operator at Ten
Mile reported the object. .
Big- Coquille industry
To Closed Employs 600
i COQUILLE, March 17-ff)-The
f Smith Wood Products company in-
formed more than COO employes
1 todav unfavorable marketing eon
I operations March 25.
I The AFL bargaining agency re-
ijected a proposal by the manage-
- 1 ment that it endeavor to continue
lby reducing wages 10 per cent.
Thrills
600 Killed by
Rebels' Bombs
At Barcelona
Insurgent Planes Still
Come; 1000 Wounded,
Officials Claim
Caspe Captured in Drive
by Franco Forces to
Reach Coast Goal
BARCELONA, March 17-(JP)-Relentless
insurgent bombers
struck at Barcelona again to
night in the tenth of a series of
raids which already had taken
600 lives within 24 hours.
The planes dropped about 20
bombs on a section of this refugee-packed
capital which had
not been hit in raids earlier to
day. Casualties were reported
heavy and dozens of ambulances
were summoned from the north
ern part of Barcelona.
The raid began at 10:10 p.m.
(5:30 p.m. EST) and at almost
the same time other Insurgent
planes bombed the cities of Tar
ragona and San Vincente on the
Catalan coast, inflicting a con
siderable number of casualties.
Before the last raid, a careful
check by the defense board show
ed 415 dead and 700 wounded,
but it was explained that the
fatalities listed included only
bodies removed from debris in
this greatest industrial city of
Spain.
Estimates by doctors gave the
dead as COO and the wounded,
1000. The war ministry reported
officially that 600 had been kill
ed and 400 wounded.
Wave on wave of insurgent
bombers roared over Barcelona
nine times in 16 hours raining
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'Flatfeet' Ousted
By Police Chief
PHILADELPHIA, March 17-
(!P)-Policemen of suburban lower
Merlon township won't be called
flatfeet if Superintendent Samuel
Gearhart can help it.
Gearhart announced today each
of the township's 110 policemen
would have his feet examined
and measured by a foot special
ist. Custom-made shoes, cost
ing $13 a pair, will be furnished
each patrolman.
"Half the troubles of mankind
are due to the feet," Gearhart
said. '
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Upper picture, Jory trying Mrs. Agnes JToan Ledford on first degree murder charge Inspects the Led ford
home near Yankton, not far from St. Helens, where the state contends Bath and Dorothy Ledford, the
defendant's stepdaughters, were poisoned last September. Below,
wild blackberries which the state
when a nearby potato field was
Lithuania and
Poland Snarl;
Gash Feared
Six Demands Mentioned;
Nazi Propaganda Is
Spread, Austria
Russia Invites to Peace
Parley; Blum Is Given
Confidence Vote
WARSAW, March 18.-(Friday)
-(JPJ-Tension over the Polish-Lithuanian
crisis mounted today
with an official government an
nouncement that a strong note
had been sent to Lithuania.
Details of the note were not
made public, but the newspaper
Weiczor Warsawski declared it
centered ou six points, which it
described as:
1. Immediate reestablishment
of diplomatic relations between
the countries.
2. Immediate resumption of
railway and postal communica
tions. 3. Cancellation pf a paragraph
In the Lithuanian constitution re
ferring to Wilno as the Lithuanian
capital.
4. Conclusion of an agreement
on treatment of minorities in both
countries.
5. Immediate conclusion o f
commercial and customs treaties.
6. Complete and proper satis
faction for the frontier incident
March 11 in which a Polish border
guard was killed.
VIENNA, March 17.-(P)-Tbe
new Austro-German nazi admin
istration threw its propaganda
machine into high gear today to
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BigNavyMenWin
Victory in House
WASHINGTON, March
-Big navy men exalted tonight
after the house tentatively okehed
a 20 per cent Increase in the
United States fleet
They said the decision assured
them of an overwhelming victory
when, the administration's billion
dollar navy expansion program
comes to a final vote on Monday
The 20 per cent fleet Increase
is the first, and most important.
section of the expansion bill. It
authorizes construction of 46 new
warships, 22 auxiliary vessels and
950 naval airplanes.
Earlier in the day. Majority
Leader Rayburn (D-Tex) solemn
ly informed the house he thought
congress might be called upon to
vote an even bigger armament
program before next January.
JURY INSPECTS BERRY PATCH
contends was ute source ox tarn pouou, wowm onio we Berry dwki
sprayed Associated Press photo,
Foreign Policy
Now Under Fire
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
Chamberlain Will
Clarify His Views
Statement Is Designed to
Alleviate Pressure ;
Hostility Grows
LONDON. March 1 7-UP)-Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain de
cided tonight to make a clear-cut
statement on Britain's foreign
policy to quell a rising tide of op
position to him In the cabinet,
commons and the eountry.
Menaced by revolt within his
own ranks against his own cau
tious policy, Chamberlain was re
ported to have given ground in an
effort to restore harmony.
Sources close to the govern
ment said Chamberlain would tell
commons next week the stand the
cabinet is adopting on such cri
tical issues as Czechoslovakia and
Spain. ' "
. Such a course was expected to
do much to pacify those clamor
ing for an immediate declaration.
Government sources have ln-
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Billfold Stolen,
R. Perry Reports
Ralph W. Perry, nominee for
the Oregon state grange master
ship to be voted on next month,
reported to city police Wednesday
that a billfold containing approx
imately $45 was stolen from his
room at a local hotel. He said he
left his room, locked, for a few
minutes to answer a telephone
call and found the billfold miss
ing when he returned.
the Jury inspects the patch of
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One Merger Is
Already Given
RFC Scrutiny
Quick Action Advocated
by President; Three
Men Given Task
ICC Members Chosen to
View Situation ; Job
Already Started
WASHINGTON, March 17.-MP)
-The Reconstruction Finance cor
poration is studying the feasibil
ity of a merger ; of the Chicago
and Northwestern and the Chica
go, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa
cific railroads.
Chairman Jesse H. Jones, an
nouncing this at a press confer
ence today, said the study was be
ing made to determine what sav
ings could be effected.
He indicated similar studies of
other railroads might be made in
the future.
Calling the Milwaukee - North
western study "not a little Job.
Jones said he did not expect the
RFC's railroad experts to have a
report ready for two or three
months.
WASHINGTON. March n.-(Ja
-President Roosevelt, advocating
quick action to stave off more
railroad bankruptcies, assigned
three experts today to draft an '
emergency and program within a
week.
He nicked Chairman W. M. W.
Splawn, and Commissioner Joseph
B. Eastman, and Charles D. Ma
haffie of the interstate commerce
commission from a group of 14 ad
visors who discussed railroad pre-
Diems wnn him. They were asked
to make a definite recommenda
tion by next Thursday.
bplawn said the trio would start
work tonight on recommendations
dealinr with Reconstmrtinn Fi
nance Corporation loans, refinan
cing, economies ana other means
Of tidins ttiA raf1rn1 niroi. SV
current business recession. "
He estimated SO per cent of Am
erica's railroads mileage was in
bankruptcy and said other ralK '
iuuub were inreaienea witn re
ceivership.
No effort would be madA t tkia
time, he indicated, to solve' sutfh
long-range problems as consolida
tions and reorganizations. r
One of the 14 advisors told the
nresident. Snlawn rennrtort that
virtually dictatorial powers would
have to be wielded by some gov
ernment agency to effect any sub
stantial savings in the cost ef
railroad operations. This advisor,
who was not identified to report
ers, estimated consolidations and
other economies ronld en vn . t ha
roaas up to Z50,000,000 a year,
but said 70 ner eent of the aa-rlnn
would have to be made on labor.
He also declared the opposition
of many cities. markets and rail
road officials would have to be
overriden ruthlessly.
Ruge, Pioneer of
West Salem, Dies
Charles S. Ruge, resident' of
West Salem for 35 years and a re
tired farmer of this section, died
last night at the residence, 1243
Edgewater street, at the age of 70
years.
He came here In 1903, lived In
Salem for a year, then moved
across the river to West Salem,
where he was a farmer for many
years. He served as water super
intendent of the city for a period ,
ending about Jive years ago. Rnge ,
street in West Salem was named
for Mr. Ruge. He was a member
of the German Lutheran church -and
affiliated with the Woodmen
of the World.. .. if
Mr. Ruge was born la Berlin,
Germany, April 25, 1887. On com
ing to this country he farmed in
the Dakotas before coming here.
Survivors include three daaga- "
ters, ; Mrs. Fred Gibson, Miss
Charles Unrub ; and : Miss Lillie
Ruge, all of Salem, a brother, Al
bert, also of Salem, and a stepson. -Albert
Schwartz, Portland.' -
' Funeral arrangements in charge
of the Clough-Barrick : company. '
are Incomplete. - v
From Stock Mart
. NEW YORK, 'March 17.
Richard Whitney, who twice has'
pleaded guilty to grand larceny in r
the spectacular ' collapse of his
Wall street ' firm, was expelled '
from v the . New t York stock ex-"
change. Five times he had been v
Its president '" ' "
- His two senior partners, Edwin '
D. Morgan, Jr and Henry D. Hy-
gatt, were exonerated of any will
ful wrongdoing, but nevertheless
suspended for three years nndet a
rule which makes an exchange
member responsible for the -act
of his associates. No criminal ac
Whitney
Expelled
tion is pending against them. ?