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PAGE SIXTEEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,' Oregon, Friday Morning; March 25 1938 Speakers Will Compete Here - JL - .- Oyer 100 to Participate in State Contests at Willamette Today Oyer a hundred high school students and coaches will arrire on the Y.lllamette university cam pas thjj morning to participate In the fourth annual high school contests in - extempore speaking, lerloal tnd hgmoram interpre tations and original oratory which open this afternoon and continue throngh Saturday. ' Schools entering number 23 to date with BeaTerton, Newberg and ChiloQnln being the latest en trants. It is expected Astoria and Falls City will also enter. There will be 27 coaches and 90 stu dents on the campus for the con tests. This is the largest turnout for the contests and more inter est "is being shown this year. : ; Judges tor the contests will be coaches of the various schools who will Judge all but their own contestants. There will be four school trophies awarded and are kept by a school when it has won twice. Individual trophies will be given to first place awards and medals to second place winners in each contest. , AVU Grads Coach There are fire Willamette uni versity graduates who will be here for the tournament as de bate coaches of their respective schools. Miss Marjorie Thorne, a graduate of 1937 and prominent in debate, Is now on the Taft high school faculty. Other graduates who will be here are Robert Kutch,' Dallas; Miss Louise Fletcher, Mill City; Dorsey Dent, Gresham; Walter Lee, Parkrose. The preliminary contests will be held in Eaton Hall and the finals in Waller Hall. The -program for the two-day tournament Is as follows: Friday 3:30: Register in Ea ton hall; 4:00, Round 1: Inter pretation contests and draw for extempore speaking; 5:00, Round 1: extempore speeches, round 1: oratory; 7:15, Round 2: interpre tations and draw for extempore speaking; 8:15, Round 2, extem pore speeches. Round 2: oratory. Saturday 9:00, Round 3: In terpretations and draw for ex tempore speaking; 10:00, Round 3 : extempore speeches, Round 3 : oratory; 1:15, Serious interpre tations and draw for extempore; 1:45, Oratory; 2:15, Extempore speeches; 2:50, Humorous inter pretations. The schools that will be repre sented and their coaches are Cor allis, Alice Ingalls; St. Helens, Minnie Heseman; Colton, Mary Elizabeth Collver; Canby, Jane Willson; Oregon City, Kathryn Sartain; Independence, Paul Rob inson; Eugene, Janice Jones; West Linn, C. O. Main; Beaver ton, E. G. Webb; Newberg, Ma rian Hendrick; Chiloquin, Robert Togman; Sheridan, Allison Fry; Estacada, J. S. Foster; Forest Grove, Gilbert Erlandsonr Dallas, R. M. Murphy, Hazel Henry, Ro bert Kutch, Donald Gobbert, Es ther Green well; Gresham, Dorsey Dent; Amity, Olive Sawtelle; Franklin, Hazel Kenyon; Scap poose, William L. McQueen; Mill City, Louise Fletcher,; Parkrose, Walter Lee; Salem, Nor borne Berkley; Taft, Marjorie Thorne. Hitler Pauses at Grave of Parents in Austria :. HI,. I,. I m JJ. ' " "-":.-) ... )-'. M I M.M..1 U...,I.MI P, , 1. .1.. I.. II, I.UIII.l. . i . - r j 4 i - , 7 - ! t ;.! rT: .w kv,- t : ":--?;--..-:-'::'-::vx;;::; -. 11 , - t at,. . - .-v, - : 1 i ( . r ' -SfcjM it mi 1 liiiriiiif" i 1 i If" ' Tl ' f Unattended by his usual military escort. Conqueror Adolph Hitler Is pictured as he stood, bareheaded be. fore the grave of his parents in a tiny village churchyard at Braunan, northern Austria. For a brief In atant Hitler had solitude among the headstones of the cemetery. Many of the names of those he knew In his childhood were recalled by him as he glanced at the tombstones. UN photo. highway where it was limited to one-way travel last night. W. E. Chandler, state highway engineer, estimated the snow's depth at 1V feet on the summit. Willamette valley roads emerged from flood waters. A temporary bridge on the Pacific highway near Gold Hill was completed. Mail Bag Kicking Has Poor Results Roads Are Opened As Storm Abates PORTLAND, Ore., March 24-(P)-Traffic moved over all ma jor routes In Oregon today as rain , and snow which ushered spring's official entry abated over the state. A pilot car guided motorists through 16 inches of water on the coast highway near Coquille. A detour around a slide at Port Orford was open to all traffic except heavy trucks. . Traffic moved, between high walls of snow over Sun mountain pass on the The Dalles-California WASHINGTON, March 24.-() Kicking mail bags is no way of estimating the nation's revenues. Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau ruefully admitted today. He ordered his collectors to abandon the practice. On March 15, letters containing income tax payments poured into collectors' offices too fast to tab ulate. So the collectors counted the mail bags, prodded them a bit with their feet to get the feel of the weight, and dashed off an es timate that collections were 18 per cent ahead of a year ago. By March 21, the collectors had counted the payments and found the increase was only 5.1 per cent. After the March 15 estimate, Morgenthau told reporters he was pleased. Today he said he was "disappointed." Credit Stimulus Search Launched WASHINGTON, March 1K.-(JP) -Federal finance officials, acting under President Roosevelt's or ders, are searching for some means of pumping a credit stim ulus into the veins of lagging bus iness. Secretary of the Treasury Mor genthau disclosed today the pres ident had set up a committee to make the study. Morgenthau is chairman of the committee. James Roosevelt, son and secre tary of the president, attended the committee's first meeting last night. The finance officials deter mined to analyze hundreds of let ters and other proposals In the hope of finding one or more me thods of putting Into the hands of business new money to hire more workers and throw off the paraly sis of recession. Iisser Warns of Gland Medicines A warning to beware of com mercialized glandular medicines was issued by Dr. Hans Lisser, clinical professor of medicine, University of California, at , a meeting of Willamette valley doc tors at the chamber of commerce last night. Persons believing them selves in need of glandular treat ment should consult men in the medical profession who specialize in this field, he advised. Dr. Lisser conducted a clinic for the doctors at Salem General hos pital yesterday afternoon and last night addressed a group of more than 75 medical men on latest findings from the study of endo crinology, the science of such glands as the thyroid, thymus and pituitary. A clinical presentation by a spe cialist in the field of the study of nephritis, or Brights disease, is being arranged for the same group here in May under sponsorship of the Marion-Polk-Yamhill Medical society. Attorney General I. H. "Van Win kle held In an opinion Thursday, The assistant parole officer was appointed some time ago and It probably will be necessary to pay him out of the governor's special fund for investigations. The opinion was requested by Wallace Wharton, state budget director. Longshoremen at LA Resume Work SAN PEDRO. Calif.. March 24. -(ff-Los Angeles harbor, paraly zed since March 14, was re-opened today as longshoremen went back to work. The workers voted to accept a temporary truce, and return to their Jobs pending the outcome of federal arbitration of their dispute with the Waterfront Employers' association. Loading and unloading opera tions began on 29 ships, requiring the activities of nearly 3,000 long shoremen. Under provisions of the truce, accepted yesterday by employers, "lifeboards," used for transferring cargo from freight cars to ships in loading, will be employed only on the Matson line docks during arbitration. Employers Share Guilt Says Hosch ASTORIA, Ore., March 24-UP)- ur. j. f. Hoscn, Bend, candidate for the democratic nomination as governor, said in an Interview to day he believed employers had as much to do with labor terrorism as employes. Commenting on a statement he said Governor Charles H. Martin made recently that employers were tied up with violence in labor disorders, Hosch asserted, "why not get at them as well as goons? Martin could have got at these things sooner instead of waiting on public opinion." "Labor violence started two years ago," he added. Hosch, who sH all violence originated in one of 150 labor groups, declared the 149 others should not be condemned. He added he believed many labor ter rorists were planted by employers. When asked if he favored in corporation of labor groups, Hosch said It would be "possible on the English plan, but not on the American, which would be too stringent." Control Board's Action not Valid The state board of control has no authority to employ or pay an assistant state parole officer. Charged with Writing Threat to FDR Just what tonsil tutes a threat will be tested in New York March 80, when Lester D. ODelL 83, goes to trial oa charges of writing threatening letters to President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and other public flgnres. ODell recently gained national publicity when he sent $1 to the United States treasury, earmarked as a ''payment oa account to help posterity foot the debts of the new deaL Both ODell and his wife cheerfully admitted that letters had been written to the president. They denied, however, that the letters contained threats or in any way were japropcrr-Aui powi Fight, Warn Chamberlain Neglects to Pledge Armed Aid to Czechoslovakia (Continued From Page 1) for a conference of non-aggressive powers to resist aggressors. 2. Urged that the league of nations be nursed "back to health" and be made into a "front of overwhelming power." 8. Reaffirmed the government's view that nonintervention still was the best policy in Spain. 4. Reiterated that quickening rearmament, especially for the royal air force, and air raid pre cautions were essential. "Rearmament work," he de clared, "must have first priority in the nation's efforts." Purely European In scope, the declaration avoided mention of the Orient. Chamberlain declared that Britain's friendship talks with Italy were "full of encourage ment to those who regard ap peasement in Europe as an ob jective to which the efforts of all men of good will should be directed." He said Italy had pledged her willingness "loyally to assist" In carrying out the British plan for withdrawal of foreign volun teers from Spain's civil war and reiterated her declaration she had no territorial or economic aims in Spain or the Balearic islands. The prime minister declared Britain "would fight- to uphold existing treaties, notably those for aid to France and Belgium if there should be unprovoked ag gression, and for her "vital In terests." But he refused to make mili tary promises regarding "areas where our vital interests are not concerned In the same degree as they are in the case of France and Belgium." He offered Britain's help to Germany and Czechoslovakia, with her 3,500,000 Germans, in making peace on the issues of minorities and other problems. Spark Plugs Can't get Damp "i7'n "" " 1 " - ilf"j rwJ v r ":.'.-. i .- - : . ""-t- - h . , - . - - - - i fc-j r --"r.-i ir-f-l ''" It' LXjUJi-L-Ll-'-' ' J",-r' i: '-f-Ll -- ' J.Vii,. r.-...... I) imJ Burnell Coy of West Springfield finds a bicycle the most satisfactory means of transportation through high water on a Lane county road as heavy rains flood many highways in western Oregon. AP photo. Christian Council Forms at Roberts Sawmill Workers Decline CIO Bolt Infant Daughter Of Burton Dies NOTICE OP SHERIFF'S SALE REAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an execution and order of sale issued ont of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Marion County this 24th day of February, 1938, upin and pur suant to a decree duly given and made by said court on the 8th day of February, 1938, in a suit pending therein in which THE FEDERAL LAND LANK OF SPOKANE, a corporation, was plaintiff, and LEWIS H. MAR 1N, also known as L. H. Mar tin, and DE ETTA MARTIN, husband and wife, and MARION POLK NATIONAL FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION, a corporation, were defendants, which execu tion and order of sale was to me directed and commanded me to sell the real property hereinafter described to satisfy said liens and charges in said decree spe cified, I will on Saturday, the 2Cth day of March, 1938, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m. at the west coor of the County courthouse at Salem, Marion County, Oregon, offer for sale and sell at public auction for casn, subject to redemption as provided by law, all of the right, title and Interest of the defen dants In said suit, and of all parties claiming by, through or under them, or any of them, since the 4th day of March. 1925, In or to the following described real property situated in tne County of Marion, State or uregon, to-wu: Beginning at the Northeast Corner of the John Albright Donation Land Claim in Town ship Six, South of Range Two, West of the Willamette Merid ian, running thence North 77 45' W e s t along the North boundary line of said Claim, 74.4S chains to the most Nor therly Northwest Corner o f said claim, thence South 13. 7 chains, - thence South 7745' East 74.45 chains to the East boundary line of 'said 'claim; thence North 045' East along the East. boundary line of said claim 13.72 chains to the place . of ..beginning ' and' containing .100, acres , of . land, j more or less, and being a part of the said John Albright " Donation rLand Claim No. 2 In Town ship, Six, South of Range Two, 'West of the Willamette Merid- Subject to ti e rights acquired by deed recorded in Book 97 of Deeds, page 70, records of Marion County, Ore gon, to . which reference is h t e I y made. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise apper taining. Dated this 14th day of Febru ary, 1931. , A. C BURK, Sheriff , , ef Marion , County. Ore By KENNETH L. RANDALL, Deputy Feb 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18 25. II JJ. Anna Jeanne Burton, infant daughter of Raymond E. Burton, died of pneumonia at an Ellens burg hospital March 22 at the age of two years, according to word received here yesterday. She was born in Salem on May 9, 1935. Survivors include the father. grandmother, Mrs. Hettie Krick- enbaum of Ealem, and grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Burton of Albany. PORTLAND, March 25.-JP)-Employes of the West Oregon Sawmill walked out tf an AFL la bor temple meeting last night in what spokesmen said was refusal to consider bolting the CIO and re affiliating with the AFL. West Oregon men requested the meeting earlier in the week, Wil liam Wedel, AFL lumber union of ficial said, and marched down in a body last night to attend. Wedel asserted the action was "engineered by CIO officials for propaganda purposes," but added he thought the group would re turn singly. "It is evident," he said, "that CIO strategists were afraid the men were susceptible to joining the AFL and herded them out of the labor temple immediately aft er arriving." The West Oregon mill, which declared it would not operate un der an AFL boycott, shut down last Monday. lution to authorize a joint house and senate inquiry into the ad ministration of the power author ity and efforts of private com panies to defeat its program. Senator Bridges (R-NH), a persistent critic of TVA, protest ed immediately that Barclay's proposal included all the specifi cations desired by Norris con gressional father of the author ity and none of the 23 charges which Bridges, nd Senator King (D-Utah) have made against the new deal agency. Community Church Work Expected to Benefit by new Planning A new organization took root in Roberts last week when the church group organized into the "Christian Workers of Roberts." The organization is to take the place of the formal organized church. It is composed of the Sun day school and the church of the; Roberts .community. The organ ization is headed by a chairman aided by the pastor. - The reason for organizing the religious body in such manner was to promote the Christian in fluence and work In the commun ity to a more efficient degree. The first meeting of the execu tive committee of the new organ ization was held at the home of Mrs. Nobel on Wednesday night. Plans were made for rearranging the Sunday school and for the Easter program. Those in attend ance and on the head committee are: Mrs. Jonnston, Mrs. Kiopp, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Newton, chair man, Twlldl Selmer,,Ruth Gilbert, Rosan Goodrich and Lawrence Guderian. Chinese Defense Held Successful Seeks to Include Power Companies In Probe of TVA WASHINGTON, March 2A-(JP) The democratic senate leader ship Joined Senator Norris (Ind Neb) today in an effort to bring private power companies within the Bcope of the proposed con gressional Investigation of the TVA. With Norris approval. Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the demo cratic leader, put forward a reso- SHAXGHAI, March 25-(Frl-day)-(iip)-Chinese asserted today they had forced back a Japanese outpost from the north bank of the Yellow river, on the north western side of the vital cen tral front. Taking advantage of Japanese troop withdrawals to aid the stalemated Suchow offensive, the Chinese said, two regiments cross ed the river and ousted a Japan ese garrison seven miles west of Menghsien. They said 400 Japanese were killed. Menghsien, which - the Chinese said was being attacked, is on the north hank of the Yellow, river west of Chengchow, where the East-West Lunghal and North-South Peiping-Hankow rail roads cross. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek has been report ed personally commanding Chi nese forces in that sector. Japanese reported 1,000 Chi nese were kiled in Japanese mop ping-up operations in the Lake Tai area, west and south of Shanghai. Jetty Funds not Likely This Year WASHINGTON, March 24iff) -Army engineers said today it was "very doubtful" if funds would be available this year to start construction on the Yaquina bay' jetty extension project, authorized by congress at an estimated cost of $530,000. One of the engineers' explained that the bureau estimated it could spend approximately $100, 000,000 on projects throughout the country but expected an ap propriation of only one-third that amount. He said available funds must be apportioned on a basis of the needs of general com,merce. Invaders Are Met By Shotgun Squad OREGON CITY, Ore., March 23-(P)-Two burglars who broke into a Mulino store early today emerged to find a reception com mittee of shotgun-armed resi dents and state notice waiting. Sergeant E. C: Snow said. The store owner, C. Erickson, Snow said, had a burglar alarm connected with his house and called out neighbors when it rang. They surrounded the store and waited for state police. Snow said Douglas Dey and Harold Manning, ex - convicts, were arrested on charged of burg lary not in a dwelling. Bond was set at $3000 each. 1 FRANKLIN V. GRIFFITH ruil tin PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Electric Building Portland. Oregon Karch 23, 1938 To the Voters of the Proposed Kortflrrest Oregon Bonneville People's Utility District; THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CN DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POOT. . Sone of the sponsors of the public utility district have declared and are still claiming that President Roosevelt favors the formation of public utility dis tricts and the establishment of public ownership for the distribution of electric power. On September 21, 1932, atTortland, Oregon, Mr. Roosevelt declared his posit ion on this important natter in a speech which -rcas reported in full in the Portland newspapers, from one of which, the Oregon Journal, we Quote the words of llr. Roosevelt as follows: ? WI do not hold with those w!-o advocate government ormership or government operation of all utilities. I state to you categorically that as a broad general rule the development of utilities should renain. with certain ex ceptions, a function for private initiative and private capital. In the sane speech having special reference to situations such as Bonnevills Mr. Roosevelt said: "State owned or federal owned power sites can and should properly be de veloped by government itself. rTnen so developedf private capital 3hould be given the first opportunity to transmit and distribute the power on the basis of the best service and the lowest rates to give a reasonable profit only. n There is no record of which we have knowledge that President Roosevelt has ever repudiated or changed the policy he then advocated. Savings resulting from low cost electric energy generated as a by-product of-Federal navigation projects can and will: as soon as available to us. be passed , on to the consumers without, destroying investment or losing tax revenues .' thereby--further reducing, the low rates .In this area which Kr. Roosevelt conraended in his t Portland speech. . - r . - - ; !.- A "NO" vote at the special election on April 8 wouldv hot only be in accord with the policy approved by President Roosevelt, but would also be in your own best interest. -: ' i ery truly yours, J yx FRANKLIN T. GRIFFITH President.