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Art Appreciation ' Only few more weeks to purchase the 48 repro ductions of famous paint tngs frm The State man. Watch for early announce ment. , Weather Rain today and Thurs day, warmer; Max. Temp Tuesday 46, Mln. S3, river 15.1 feet, rain .23 inch, southwesterly wind, cloudy. PouNDno i65f EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR Salem. Oregon. Wednesday Morning. March 23, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands Se No. 309 D) 9 Store i - - r ' (Me Gaptoreci Franmr England Co ' : j ; ; e New Storm Is On Way; River Drops Rapidly Warmer "Weather Due in Valley; Snow Covers High Levels Here Winter -I Lingers in Most of Northwest; Gold Beach Isolated Tongue in cheek, the weather man last night predicted warmer weather after a day that brought a 33-degree minimum tempera ture, high; winds, snow and driv ing rains to Salem and vicinity. Rain also was forecast for today and Thursday. An early morning snow storm that failed to leave Salem white but hlanketed higher grounds to the east and west was followed in mid-afternoon by heavy rains and a steady, 1 6-mile an hour wind. Rainfall for the month", with .23 inch added overnight, reached .24 inches. The mean average Is 3.75 inches. The Willamette river dropped exactly three feet from 7 a. m yesterday to a mark of 14.1 feet by li p. m. Small streams in Sa lem remained within their banks despite the renewal of heavy rains. Polk Hills Remain Whitr .Until Noon The Polk county hills retained their new snow blanket until noon, when the rains and. wind - storm set Jn, The . Statesman's Zena correspondent reported. Snow ranged from around an Inch at Rlckreall to five inches at Palls City In that eounty ; ear.ly I the day.; . ,, ! Six Inches of fresh snow at the Silver Falls Logging " company camp Increased the depth of the white covering there to 3 Inches. : (By The Associated Press) Spring was launched with a touch of winter in the Pacific Northwest yesterday, j Snow, strong winds, driving rains and a dust storm were on the diversified weather menu. Lawrence Fisher,". Seattle meteorologist for the U. S. weather bureau, said a storm of considerable proportions was rag ing oft the Washington coast and that a gale of about 40 miles an hour was expected to strike Seattle and Puget sound during the night. - i Southeast storm warnings were changed to southwest on the Washington-Oregon coast from Marshfield to Tatoosh. Southeast ,r (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) toits Post At Albany College ALBANY, March ll'.-i-T. R. Schank, Portland, resigned today as president "of the Albany col lege Doara or trustees and his re quest to be relieved will be con sidered along with that of Thomas W. Bibb, college president at , a board meeting set for April 1 In ; Portland. Schank said he did not wish " to resign from the board but merely desired to relinquish the presidency because of out of state interests which demanded his time. Board members said that besides the resignations, they would take up a discussion of the college's future. ; President Bibb resigned last week, saving he wanted to give the board a free hand In arrang ing for transfer of the college activities "lo Portland, where brancn win be converted Into a full four-year Institution. Molalla Banker Called Suddenly MOLALLA Orel, March 22.-(&) -Edward G. Miller, manager of the Molalla branch of the First National bank' of - Portland . and former Walla Walla, Wash., resi dent, died today of a heart attack. Surviving are his widow and his son, Edward M. Miller, Sun day editor of the Portland; Ore- gonian. . Valley Project Hearing : . Scheduled for April .9 PORTLAND, Ore., March 22.- (Jpy-TL. ' H. -Kipp, executive vice- president or tne wiuamette vaney association, was advised by Sen ator A. E. Reames Monday, a hearing on the Willamette valley floor control project was sched uled by. the house flood control committee April t - Schank (j 872 KNOWN 1 View of Baixelonl I ' " Tf 1 f --.'I 1 Lor A ""' trf?' fWTI .-r- Bodies recovered from wrecked buildings in Barcelona Tuesday brought the list of known dead as a re sult of last week's insurgent air raids to 872, with many buildings yet to be explored. Casualties num bered In all more than 8500, loyalist officials said. Meanwhile the Balearic islands loomed 'as a new sore spot in European affairs. They are being used by Italian warplanes and. vessels aiding; the insnr gents, France has revived its demand for Joint action to neutralize the islands, a demand that previ- onslj drew angry retorts from Premier Mussolini of Italy. - , Supervisory Post Deemed Essential Women's Council Protests Capper Proposal; no Board Statement Protest of the Salem Council of Women's Organizations at the proposal of School Director Percy A. Cupper that the position of elementary supervisor be elimin ated from the city school system was voiced at last night's direc tor's meeting by.-Mrs. George R. K; Moorhead. She presented a letter from the council stating it had gone on record opposing the discontinuance of the position. Mrs. Moorhead declared the council considered the elementary supervisor position "essential" and said most of the members of her organization "are mothers with children in the schools." The directors passed no com ment on the protest. Arrangements : for use of five rooms in the old senior - high building by the Salem Art Center association were approved subject to decision of . the building and grounds committer as to their lo cation. Dr. Burt Brown Barker, vice-president of the University of Oregon, said the federal art ad ministration preferred to have a definite contract, for use of the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Lynd Indicted in Case Of Robinson's Shooting OREGON CITY, March 22.-R) -Charles E. Lynd, 77, stood ac cused today of second degree murder in an indictment returned by the Clackamas county grand jury. Lynd said he shot Ernest Robinson, a farmer in the Viola district, in self defense following a dispute over the division of wood money. M. Ellen Currin, Teacher in Salem for 44 Wears Resigns Believed to be Salem's oldest public' school teacher in point of service, -M. Ellen ' Curr la. first and second grade .instructor at the Grant . grade building,; has submitted her resignation . effec tive in June, Superintendent Silas Gaiser informed the school board last night, , The resignation was accepted. . Miss Currln has taught school in- Oregon for 49 years, as far as the Salem school' administra tion f records show. ; She began her teaching career at a rural school at Stony Point in 1889. according to -these records. She has been continuously In the service of the Salem schools for 44 ' years or since 1894. - She started her as teacher at Grant, later taught at Washington and Highland and in 1 9 2 5 returned to Grant where she has since remained. The ' board cleared its tables of much of Its routine personnel DEAD 'BARCELONA RAIDS ' -v Balearic islands , , : Jc'. -s 'jof fjrt f . O Street not Used 88 Years Figures In B. Woods Suit : Suit to establish title as pri vate owners to a section of Division street allegedly un used by the city for 88 years was filed in circuit court yester day by Beulah M. Woods against the city of Salem. The piece of land Involved lies east across High street from the terminus of the paved portion of Division street, j The plaintiff asserts that she and her predecessors have been using the property for 88 years, have paid taxes on it and uti lized it for residence purposes for more than 17 years. , The complaint asks that the plaintiff be declared owner and the city restrained from mak ing any claim on the property, which is listed on the plat of the city as a street. Man Dies After j Shooting Affray I BURNS, Ore., March 22.-JP Paul N.' Durbln, Pierce, Idaho, died from a fractured skull and a bullet wound in the head, the aftermath, officers said today, of a shooting Sunday at a beer tav ern and service .station between here and Hines in which three others"alsb were wounded, i The others injured were Miss Helen Dickinson, 38, Burns, bul let In the lung; Earl Sawyer, Hines, shot through the neck, and Percy Ekegren, 22, Hines, bullet wound in arm and head. Ekegren was the only one not seriously hurt. . - ! The grand Jury began an inves tigation of the affray, details of which bad not been clearly es tablished. problems for the coming year in accepting two other resigna'dons, granting leaves of absence to three instructors, and voting to give V 1938-39 .contracts to -all teachers now under permanent tenure. -.( i Seven teachers who have been on a probationary basis weie ad vanced to .permanent status un der the tenure law , by virtne of having been In the system three years. They are Esther E. Bod ner, home economies, Parish Jun ior high; William R. Bullis, shop, Parrish; Marian Gary, home economics senior high; Alice In low, fifth grade. Bush; Ruth Lasell, third grade. Bush ; Julia Query, primary. Englewood, and Ahnabelle Tooze, English, Par rish. By deciding not to give dis charge notices, the board auto matically retained 29 teachers on probationary conditions under - (Turn to Pag 2, CoL 1) ' ' . : O : 'v. -x Spanish planes J- A f, - 5 W lB V.V ' " - - irr Insurgents Up Aragon Drive Withdrawal of Italians Is Rumored With British Still Negotiating HENDAYE, France, at the Spanish frontier, March 22-JPf- xne bpanisn insurgent Aragon offensive was speeded up today amid reports that British-Italian negotiations would bring with drawal of Italian troops from In surgent forces. Insurgents sent word they had droven government troops from five barricaded trench lines at Valdealgorfu and resumed their drive toward Catalonia and the Mediterranean coast. The object of Generalissimo Francisco Franco's drive is to sep arate Catalonia, the northwest portion of Spain, from the rest of government-held territory. His troops today launched a heavy attack in the sector about 10 miles southeast of Alcaniz and some 35 miles from the sea. In sur gents asserted government troops suffered 2000 casualties in hand-to-hand fighting. Defendant Is 111 So Trial Delayed ST. HELENS, March 22-iIPh- Sickness intervened today at the uiuraer trial 01 Mrs. Agnes joan Led ford. r The 35-year-old mother of two infant sons, who was indicted on charges of poisoning her two stepdaughters, was returned to the hospital soon after she ar rived at the courthouse this morning. . Judge Howard K. Zimmerman of Astoria ordered a recess until afternoon. When he learned the defendant was still too ill to ap pear, he cancelled the day's ses sion. Hatfield Enters Race Against Gov. Merriam - SACRAMENTO, Calif- March 22-AVCallfornia's gubernatorial campaign became a two-way con test on. the- reDublican side with the formal announcement by Lieut, Gov. George J. Hatfield of his candidacy for the nomination In opposition to Gov. Frank F. Merriam. - : ' " 4 Business License Taxes Plan Dropped at Seaside SEASIDE, March 2Z--aVrhe city council abandoned a proposed business license tax because of "certain conditions' which City Attorney Irving Allen declined to describe, ; The proposal will be submitted to the council and the voters again' next year. 7- - ? 1 Speed Bilk ,.- O 11 A . . 1 suaaen AtiacK In Undeclared War Is Feared Party Lines Ignored as Deputies Vote "Total Mobilization" Plan Chamberlain Confers on Policy; no Pledge to Aid Czechs, View PARIS, March 22.-iiP)-The French chamber of deputies speed ed work today on a bill to meet what was described as the danger of a "swift, relentless" undeclared war by nazl Germany. Deputies dropped party differ ences to debate the measure, which would provide for "total mobilization" on a few hours' no tice, calling every able-bodied man and woman In France for duty in the trenches or munitions factor ies. During its session the chamber passed and sent to the senate two bills providing a total of 8,145,- 000 francs ($248,422,500) for the national defense fund. Debate on the mobilization bill was launched with a declaration by Deputy Edmond Meillet, radi cal - socialist chairman of the army committee, that Adolf Hit ler has foreseen a ."rapid smash ing of our country." First discussed 16 years ago. the bill provides "equality of all by mobilization of individuals and requisition of goods." The government would be moved out of Paris If necessary. LONDON, March 22.-jP)-The British cabinet and house of com mons struggled today with defense problems thrown on the nation by Adolf Hitler's absorption of Aus tria. With Czechoslovakia and Spain still major Issues threatening British security. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain conferred with his aides for two hours on bis promised declaration Thursday on foreign policy. The house of commons worked on details of Britain's huge de fense estimates. Cost of the five- year program, inaugurated April 1, 1937, has been set at 1,500, 000.000 pounds ($7,500,000,000) Reliable sources said France virtually nas abandoned hope the prime minister's foreign policy statement would pledge British military aid in defense of Czecho slovakia, the tiny, war-created re public feared to be the object of Hitler's next move. Ross Says Keller Criticism Unjust SEATTLE, March 22.-(VJ. D Ross, Bonneville administrator, whose policies were attacked to day by E. J. Keller of Vancouver, Wash., as.he resigned as chair man of the Washington Bonne ville commission, said tonight he would "like very much to get a brief from the commission, and would also like to talk to Keller. Keller had : said the commis sion had made no effort to submit a brief on the Bonneville rate policy to Ross and added he be lieved such action would be wasted energy "for Ross has ap parently taken great pains to call rate hearings chiefly in communi ties far removed from the dam, where the demand for a postage stamp rate is to be expected." "The rates have not been set, Ross said, "but hearings have been held . to give everyone chance to express their flews. Hearings were held, in Portland and Yakima, close to the dam, as well as in Salem, Olympia, Boise, Pendleton, Spokane and Walla Walla." River Fishermen Seek 13 Cents Pound Price ASTORIA, March 22-)-The Columbia River Fishermen's Pro tective union asked prices of IS cents a pound for spring Chinook salmon, a cent Above the 1937 rate, and eight cents a pound for salmon taken between August and the close of the season. WPA Workers Get Park Jobs, Portland Charge PORTLAND, March ' Zt-VPl-A charge that CO to 75 regular em ployes of city park and street de partments had been replaced by WPA workers so that less expen sive "operation could be attained was made today by Gust Ander- ston, secretary, of the central la bor council, r Morgan Fired From TVA Job By Roosevelt Observers Predict Bitter Congressional, Court Battle Is Certain Ousted Officer Probably Will Resist; Harcourt, Morgan Appointed WASHINGTON, March 22-(JPh- President Roosevelt summarily dismissed Chairman Arthur-E. Morgan of TVA from office today, precipitating what many believed would be a bitter controversy in the courts and in congress. For Morgan, long engaged in a guerilla warfare with other directors of the public power agency, was ready to resist the chief executive's order, and critics of TVA at the capitol were eager to bare the agency's innermost secrets in a congressional investi gation. Mr. Roosevelt elevated vice chairman Harcourt A. Morgan to the chairmanship. He has aligned himself with Director David E. Lllienthal in opposing the policies of Chairman Morgan. In inform ed sources, it was said that the vacancy on the board might be filled tomorrow, possilly by the appointment of James L. Fly, now TVA's general counsel. At any rate, congress will be officially notified of Chairman Morgan's removal tomorrow. Mr. Roosevelt said he would send a message embodying the tecord of his recent personal investiga tion of the TVA row and incor porating an opinion by Attorney General Cummlngs citing bis authority for his action. Dictator" Cry Raised; Others Say Justified Even before receiving the mes sage, however, i legislators were aulek to Braise or blame the president tonight. Senator Bridges (R-NH) said the dismissal was an act of "the typical dictator." while Speaker Bankhead declared it was "thoroughly Justified." Almost simultaneously with the president's announcement, made (Turnto Page Z, Col. l) McKinney Aspires To Council Place Williams, Dr. Langhlin in Running; Bliven Files , for Water Board Opposition, for at least two seats on the city council, loomed yesterday with the filing of W.W. McKinney for the four-year ex piring term from ward 8, the an nounced Intention to file by Fred A. Williams, Incumbent, and the filing of S. B. Laughlin for the two-year term from ward 2, oppos ing F. P. Marshall, incumbent, who has already filed. Alderman Williams, who had previously said he was not going to be a candidate but reserved the right to "change his mind," re vealed that friends had urged him to run to succeed himself in order to see that forthcoming sewer plans are properly carried out. (Turn to Page t. Col. 4) Change in Parole Law Is Advocated PORTLAND. Ore.. March 22. (JP) Oregon's one parole officer has Jurisdiction over 500 paroled convicts, while 70 to 80 is the maximum that can be adequately supervised by one man. Associate Justice George Rossman of the Oregon supreme court told the annual meeting of the Oregon prison association. Psychological examination of prisoners to be released was advo cated by other speakers. Ashurst Quits Mahoney; Latter Tells Aims KLAMATH FALLS, March 22. -py-Wlth a sharp attack on Willis Mahoney and contrasting suuDort 'to Carl Donaugh and TJnfn.T Wnlman. Circuit Jndre Edward B. Ashurst quit the race today for the democratic nominaj tion for United States senator in J the May-primary. J; . He pleaded "financial reasons.! The judge said that he would sup port iDonaugh. United States' at torney who hai filed for the democratic nomination and- in the event he . was defeated, Ashurst said he would support Holman, who has declared- for the republi can toga...;-v'-v" , Speaking of his fellow towns man; Mahoney, who last week an nounced his . candidacy for the democratic nomination, Ashurst charged him with having; ' been Blockade m ective; Nabbed in Portland Armed Bandit Pair Gets Only $42L55 in State Store; Caught After Rapid Dash on Highway ' ' One Gets Away, Other Gives Name of Tony C Martin; Messenger Aids; Cooperation Wins Praise Effectiveness of Oregon's newly instituted police block-" ade of the highways was demonstrated Tuesday night when Portland police promptly intercepted an automobile which allegedly was used in the flight of two men who held up Ore gon liquor store No. 1 at 557 Court street, Salem, and got away with $42.55. When Portland police halted the car on Barbur boule vard, one of its two occupants broke and ran. The other, ar rested, gave his name as Tony Carl Martin, about 27, of Mo bile, Ala. The Portland officers informed Sergeant Jack Cut lei of the Salem police that Martin admitted his part in the holdup. c The two bandits with nickel Relief Employes Heard by Jurors Ten or More "Clients" Are Also Heard; Probe to Continue, Belief The grand jury yesterday turned to one present-and one former; employe of the Marlon county relief committee for testi mony in, its current probe of the manner in which relief Is being administered. The Jurors also. were believed during the day to have questioned at least ten other persons, part of them recipients of relief. Faye M. Henderson, relief ease worker, was kept waiting outside the grand Jury room from 10 m. until shortly after 4 p. m. before she was admitted to the grand jury room. She did not come out until the jury adjourned for the day at 6:20 p. m. The former relief staff member understood to have appeared be fore the grand jury was Sylvia DuBoise, one-time case worker in Marion county and now employed at the same kind of work for the Linn county relief committee. : Lloyd M. Sweet, former work relief engineer, also was observed again waiting outside the grand jury room. He appeared before the probers last Friday; The grand jury will continue today at least in its relief investi gation, it is believed. There has been no indication as to when it may report its findings or as to what they may be. Alleged Vice not Found in Klamath KLAMATH FALLS, March 22-OTV-The report of a Klamath county grand jury Monday gave the county and the city of Klam ath Falls virtually a clean bill of health following an investiga tion of alleged vice and gambling activities. , The Jury reported no evidence of gambling nor- or-bribery of officials. Abatement proceedings were recommended against a local ho tel oa the basis of the asserted testimony of Patricia O'Neill at a trial in Seattle that she had operated it as a vice establish ment. ' ; The Jury said testimony. of po lice officials and investigation had shown no such establish ments were running in Klamath Falls. Race9 Swats an - advocate of a "wide open town while serving as m a y o r here. I .", PORTLAND. Ore.. March 22 UiPWUM E. mhoney; -former mayor of Klamath Falls and can didate for democratic nomination as United States senator, declared at a mass meeting tonight a Linn county Indictment charging him with reckless driving was : "ab surd and ridiculous." - He demanded to know why Linn eounty officials waited four months after an accident - in which a man was killed to take action against him "on the eve of an election. v- Mahoney pledged himself. - If elected, never to cast a vote "to send an American boy across the v , (Tarn to Page 2, CoL 2) by Police Auto Is plated revolvers entered the liquor store promptly at 7:30 o'clock and forced Manager Waldo Mills, H. D. Brasel, liquor store employe. and , two customers one of whom was 13. B. Jones of Dallas, Tex., to go into the back room. George Al bright, the other employe, they ordered to lie down on the floor. The bandits had told the men to remain in the back room for five minutes, but there was a tele phone there and they were calling police, even while the men were hastily rifling the cash register or dinarily attended by Brasel. They did not obtain all of the money that was in the liquor store, It was reported. The men dashed out of the li quor store and Into their automo bile, license plates of which had been covered with paper; Tho plates. It was later ascertained te Portland, were stolen from a car In Pendleton last weekend. Edwin Maerx Gets Description of Car But as they drove at high speed into the alley near the Senator ho tel building, the car was seen by Edwin Maerz of West Salem,' tele graph messenger boy, who fur- (Turn to Page 2, CoL T) Kentucky Regains Colonel Industry " FRANKFORT, KY.. Mareh 22 -iPJ-ltehtucky colonel commis sions are coming back in vegue In the bluegrass state after hav ing been "outlawed" by Gov. A. B. "Happy" Chandler's state ad ministration. He announced today he would appoint "not; more than 10" col onels this, year to keep a prom leer i he made last year to the Ken tucky Colonels association, which meets each year on the eve of the -Kentucky derby in Louisville. "That's a promise and I'm go ing to keep It," said the governor. Only two new colonels have been appointed since Chandler ' succeeded Ruby Laffoon as gov ernor in 1935. Thousands - had been appointed by Laffoon and' Men Reject Cuts, Mill Stays Down COQU1LLE.', March 22-OTV-A-F. of L. lumber workers rejected . the Smith Wood Products com pany proposal to cut 10 per cent from the wage scale. The man agement of the firm, closed be cause of flood conditions, - said an indefinite shutdown might bo necessary because of its inabil ity to reduce labor and manu facturing costs. , The minimum per day. scale is 4. AFL Said Favored At Astoria fllill - ASTORIA. . Mareh 2 2.-JP&l-ly-four AFL employes of the TJp tegrove Lumber, -company, dilat ing to i represent a - majority, petitioned the national labor rela tions; board for certifications collective bargaining agency. - A recent plant election resulted in filing of charges with the NLRB by th CIO lumber union, charging the vote was unfair and the wit agement had favored the AFL la violation of the Wagner act. V Rogue Pioneer Dies - EUGENE, Ore., March 22H?P)- Mrs. Mary Dean, 80. reputed to the first white child, born in the . Rogue river valley, died Sunday after a Jong Illness. -