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-row -eWws Registered? -. la order to vote at the vUuary May 20, citizens nast be registered. Regis tration books will close April 19. Weather Fair today and Thurs day; Mar. Temp. Tuesday 1, Mia. 85, river 9 feet, clear, aortheast triads. POUNDDD 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, April 20, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 20 Offensive apapese - yr -. j. .... - Huge J .Reported .Begun Two Qlympia Officials In Race Againsime Marti m in irvimr To Block Call, Solon Session Vic Meyers Rushes to Capital to Issue Call for Relief Meet Governor .Takes, to Air in Effort to Beat Time for Filing SEATTLE, April lS-;p-Gov. Clarence D. Martin and Lisnten ant GOTernor Victor A. Meyers, Washington state's No. 1 ami No. 2 men raced against time tonight over calling ot a. special session of the legislature. - Martin boarded a specially chartered plane at Chicago at 12?27 a.m.. C.S.T. f 10:27 P.m.. P.S.T) in an effort to .-reach the state ' before : Meyera can have a proclamation calling a special session attested by Secretary of State Belle Reeves at Olympia at 8 a.m., tomorrow. Meyers wants the session; Mar tin opposes it. Meyers tonight issued the proc lamation, and, because, of con fusion of s t a 1 1 .officials over whether attesting was necessary, planned to Issue the call. for the session first, then hare it at tested as soon as Mrs. Reeves office opens tomorrow as a don H"" clicclc -" ' : Northwest a 1 r i i n e s ofucials said they believed Marti s rlane would require "nine or ten hours' to reach Spokane. pro Tided stops are made at Minneap olis and - Billings. Mont. It was considered a possibility the plan would skip the Minneapolis, stop and come straight to Billing, in which event it would be possible for Martin to r e a c 'i Spokane around 7:30 a. m., P.S.T. As soon as Martin sets foot on Washington state territory he re sumes his standing as governor. Until that time, Lieutenant Gov (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4), - Trooper Escapes As Rock Hits Car ASTORIA, April lMP) -State Patrolmen Kenneth H-dley nar rowly escaped death or serious injury today when a '0-pound rock rolled down a hillside onto the Coast highway near Seaside The huge boulder struck the officer's car In dead center on the driver's side. He had been i removing small rocks from the roadway when he heard the boul ' der crashing down the hill. He leaped into the car and attempted to drive away just as the' rock crushed the door and shattered the glass. - Late Sports SEATTLE. April 19.-P)-The rnt liirnii nnii scheduled for this city today was postponed to Wednesday because - tne teams failed to arrive. trrTT.41srn n. Anril 19. AV-Multnomah college defeated Vit... 7 tn fi in a Wil lamette valley conference base ball game today. PORTLAND. Ore- April 19.-VP -Al Laboa, 17. of California, knocked out Sidney Brent, 161, Seattle, In two rounds of a sched uled six round main event fight tonight. ' t whA fonsrht a draw with Jack Hibbard, 181, Klamath Falls, In a preliminary, substitu ted for Jerome Lewis, Oakland Calif., when the latter failed to appear. Lewis was suspended by the Portland boxing commission riar the ahOW. : ' - , Johnny Hall, 40, Portland, won n & decision from Truman Ken nedy, 139, Vancouver, B. O, in a six-rounder. Joey Ponce, 139, Los Angeles, Calif- knocked out Don rrnvn. 1SS. Vancouver. Wash.: in the third of six scheduled rounds. DETROIT, April lf.HVKayo Morgan, Si - year - old Detroit south paw, hammered out a 10' round decision over, Sizto Esco bar, of Puerto Rico, bantamweight champion of the world, In a non- title fight here tonight. ; LOS ANGELES, April M-HT-Sldney Wood, making a comeback try -along 'the Davis cup trail; de feated Don Budge, amateur ten nis champion. In a one-set exhibi tion today on the University of California at ix Angeies courts, Auto Unionists Heed Threat of Plant Shutdown FLINT, Mich., April 19.-(ff)-An ultimatum from General Motors Corp. that it would lock up its Fisher body plant No. 1 until the United Automobile Workers withdrew their dues collecting pickets was followed quickly by assent from the union.' The decision of. the union, announced by President Homer Martin, thus restored peace at least temporarily In view of work stoppages and heated ob jections from the management. Lions Show Makes Hit First Nkht it Pirate Gold" Is Lively Production; Sell -Out Predicted Tonight By MAXINE BUREN The first night's performance of the minstrel-review "Pirate Gold" more than fulfilled the previewers expectations and was presented with snap and finish. Although only a small crowd was expected for the first night, all seats on the lower floor of the large high school auditorium were filled. "Pirate Gold" follows the reg ular scheme of the old fashioned minstrel show but combines With it the features of a modern revue. The first "gem" was a floor show in the Cafe Parisianne, with ex cellent local talent furnishing the entertainment. Included were a trio of girls, several dance num bers, specialties and a ventrilo quist. "Gems" that followed were an asYordion solo, a fireman skit, a marimba solo, several song and dance numbers by girls' choruses, a scene at a local theater, a mili tary tap dance and hilarious one- act drama with men impersonat ing women. The second half of the perform ance was a superior musical show with the scene set on the deck of the pirate ship. The captain. crew, stowaways (girls) and the slaves formed the colorful chorus and provided soloists. Slaves act ing as endmen and the captain as interlocutor furnished most of the laughs. The successful, production of Pirate Gold" is n excellent ex ample of what can be done with a few weeks' intensive practice. Although the director was a pro fessional, all performers were Sa- " (Turn to Page 2; qol. 4) Brazillian Nazis Activities Banned RIO DE JANEIRO. April 19 -(flV-Nazl activities were banned today In Brazil, even amon; Ger man residents, under a oecree signed by President Getulio Var gas. ...- . fv .'- . The measure, drafted In gen eral terms,, did not ; specifically mention any foreign nation, but officials said It was ; aimed par ticularly at Natl groups, v It forbade public 1 demonstra tions and political activities by foreigners, and placed their schools, newspapers and propa ganda enterprises under rtgula tion. The use of uniforms and party symbols was prohibited. The ministry of justice and in terlor, was charged rith enforce ment of the decree, which car ries the power of deportation for offenders. - - ... .- State's 1935 Marketing A cl Is Upheld by The 1935 Oregon agricultural marketing act was upheld yester day by the state supreme court on a' four-to-two decision which reversed a decree of Circuit Judge Jacob Kanxler, Portland, r Dismissing a suit started by 10 creameries against Solon T. White, -state , director of agricul ture, the high court - ruled .- that the. questlon of. constitutionality could not ' be considered -because no actual controversy "existed. Director .White has n Y r brought the act Into use but the creameries- contended that - their business' was damaged r'i because there was always the possibility that restrictive acts could: be ex ercised under the law. The high court held that there mast be "ac tual controversy," rather than mere difference of opinion" be fore - jurisdiction -., could be naed.--. lvo Die, Many xlomes Ruined. Idaho Floods One Man Slips off Dike and Other Drowns, Rescue Attempt Okanogan Valley Hard Hit as Loop Creek Dam Gives Way WALLACE, Idaho, April 19- (iTVTwo men were swept to their deaths in the swollen Coeur d'Alene river this afternoon when they slipped from a weakened dike at Rose Lake, about 30 miles west of this flood-stricken mining city. The deaths were the first, re ported in floods which left devas tation and hundreds "homeless in widely separated areas of Wash ington, western Montana and northern Idaho. The victims were Jack Cochran and John OJai, both about 24, of Rose Lake. The latter was a new comer to the community. The bodies were recovered from the muddy, debris-laden stream tonight by Rose Lake residents. County officers were unable to reach the scene because of washed out bridges and flooded highways. Witnesses reported one of the men slipped from the dike, and the other lost his footing trying to aid him. Observers estimated damage to the communities of thia Coeur d'Alene mining region might reach (500,000. Other sections were hit by harder flood force. but were less thickly populated The most menacing single blow was in the Okanogan valley of north central Washington, where the Wagner dam on Loop creek gave way. Twenty five homes and business buildings were Bwept in to the Okanogan river when the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Clerks Deny They Intended Walkout OREGON CITY, April l$-yp)-An assertion that a number of members of the AFL retail clerks union here . did not know that their vote gave a committee the right to call a strike on a closed shop demand came today from Frank Aldrich, union member, in a circuit court injunction bearing. Testifying In proceedings by which four merchants sought to restrain the union 'from picketing their shops, Aldrich claimed that the clerks in question thought they were voting on the matter of authorizing negotiations. Last Saturday the merchants comoatted picketing by putting on drastic price-reduction sales and the union countered by offer ing citisens free bus rides to Port land to shop.' The union said if the merchants put on Bales next weekend. It might retaliate again Vote Given Perry - - GRANTS PASS, April 19-tfV Alt out one vote was cast lor R. H. Perry, Hood River, by the Grave Creek grange, in the elec tion for a state master, officials said today. The vote was not disclosed. Perry Is opposed by the Incumbent, Ray GUI. Supreme Court Two dissenting judges, Ross- man and Rand, said a person need not be injured to challenge con stitutionality of a law. v Other opinions: - New York Life Insurance com pany vs. Chlyo Pamasaki and others,' appellants. Appeal from Multnomah ' county. Appeal .from decree canceling insurance" policy, Opinion by Justice Rand. - Judge James .. WV Crawford affirmed; , In the matter of Ike "estate of Lucy., J. .Lilly, deceased ; .t George Melville -Clumia and others,, ap pellants, vs. Frank Thompson, ex ecutor. Appeal, from Multnomah county. Suit to contest will. Opin Ion by Justice Kelly. J Judge J W. Knowles affirmed. : : - - Allen V. Mitchell. annelUnt. vs City of Portland. Appeal from Multnomah county. . Action to re cover salary. Opinion by Justice Rosiman.- Judge Robert' Tncker affirmed. Welfare Act's Backers Rally Here Tonigtt : r Former Missouri Jurist to -Speak at Armory Mass Meet, 7:30 Judge Summers to Tell How Bill Is Expected to Solve Problems One of the most Important meetings which the Townsend clubs have sponsored in Salem is scheduled for tonigh'i at the arm or v when Judea M. C. Sum mers of L a V e r n e, C.ilif., will speak upon matters connectea with finance, banking and taxa tion and the relation of these problems to the General Welfare act, HR 4199. ; - Snecial significance is attach ed to this meetinr hv the Towns- end club members because of the recognition which Judge Sum mers has received as an author ity on these subjects. Formerly judge of the court of i general sessions in St. Louis, Mo., he has been lecturing on financial atiA taxation matters since 1934. On his present tour J. dge Sum mers is to visit 15 states. Outsiders Asked Tn Attend There will be a large attend ance of Townsend club members at tonight's meeting but tncy are anxious that teachers, ministers, merchants and others attend also to learn some things about the General Welfare act which they have doubtless not heard pre viously. Doors of the armory will open at 7 o'clock. There will he a musical program starting at 7:30 and the speaking program will start at 7:45. Senator Davis Is Named, TVA Probe Bridges Protests His Being Left out; Pennsylvania Solon Accepts WASHINGTON. April 19.-CP)- Rpnatnr Rridees fR-NH). a leader in the fight for an investigation of the Tennessee valley authority, contended tonight that "the Roosevelt administration" had kept him from being a member of a Joint congressional investi gating committee. "I believe the people are fully aware of " the purpose of the Roosevelt administration which motivates its leaders to exclude me from the committee at all costs," he said. He did not elab orate. Brideea' charee came shortly after Vice-President Garner had appointed Senator Davis (R-Pa.) (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Two Injured When Car, Truck Meet Two Salem men, Truxton Fore roan and Hugh Wilkerson, were in the Salem General hospital last night following a car-and-truck collision at the intersection of D and Winter streets ; abont 9 o'clock. . . . ; 1 . Foreman, who resides at 1740 North Church, sustained minor cuts and abrasions about the face and forehead, finger lacerations and a possible fractured rib, and Wilkerson was cut about the face, hands and knees. - Wilkerson 's home Is at 699 North Capitol. i Wilkerson was driving the car, with Foreman a passenger. They collided with a Reimann Transfer company truck, driven by C I Graybill of 1840 South High. The truck was going south on Winter and the Wilkerson car east on D, according to an Investigating of ficer's report. JThe truck was thrown on its side by the force of the Impact but Graybill was uninjured. , McCqrmick Firaf s Holdings Taken SEATTLEpVn lMU. 8. Judge ?. John C. 1 Bo wen today signed a. default: decree foreclos ing a mortgage on all the Charles R."McCormick lumber company's holdings 1n Washington and Ore gon. - . . . -s i The suit was brought- by the Paget Mill Co. and the : Rainier Investment Co. ' The defendant company did. not: resist the suit and was not represented. ; - The principal- involved w a s more than 87.800,000 plui 700, 000 tn accrued Interest, t The judge allowed $18,000 attorney's .fees. 'W.v-vV.? Noted Judge to Be Heard Here JUDGE M. C. SUMMERS Registering Rush Sets Record Here Clerk Predicts new Mark for County; Precinct Books now Closed Worn and weary. from a Biege of late-coming citizens, employes of the county clerk's office last night closed the registration books end were glad to do it. The "standing room only" sign was out all day in the clerk's of fice as more than 750 late-comers hurried to protect their franchises but the heavy strain on the registering force came last night. Even when the 8 o'clock hour announced by County Clerk U. G Boyer as closing time rolled around there were still citizens waiting to get their names In scribed on the roll of voters. The line extended out of the packed office down . the courthouse hall, past the elevator and down the stairs. It looked like the lineup for a personal appearance of Myr- na Loy. The county clerk's busy clerks couldn't turn a good voter down so they kept on registering until the last man. They were busy un til after 9 o'clock. Veteran employes of the office said the rush to register for the May primaries was the heaviest they have seen. Not only was the last day rush, which kept from four to eight people busy all yes terday, exceptionally heavy, but also there had been a steady In flux of persons wishing to regis ter for several weeks. While figures on the total reg istration in the county will not be available until late this week (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) FREE RIDES? Whea the AFL retail clerks union and tbm merchants of Oregoa City quarreled over the terms of a work- joe; agreement, the public got the break. The anionists chartered baa and carried buyers to Port ' m,le awmr while the merchants offered Items at drastically redaced prices. Above, a group Oregon City shoppers boarding a aakmbartered bat (or a free round trip to Portlaad. ( Aoci ated Press Photo.) . . , . , --..T - . President to Move Fast on Recovery Plan Starts Conferences in Anticipation Bills to v Pass Quickly Big CCC, Road Funds Received in Houses With Favor WASHINGTON, April 19(JP) President Roosevelt, apparently confident congress would approve his new recovery program, said today he expected to devote most of the next fortnight to prepara tions for getting the campaign started quickly when the appro priations are granted. In jocular mood, he advised reporters at his semi-weekly press conference not to be surprised if the next two weeks saw a long string of people going in and out of his office. He intends to con fer, he said, with Harry Hopkins, director of WPA; officials of the national youth administration, the civilian conservation corps, and others both in and out of official life. The president's program calls for $4,500,000,000 expended or lent for work relief, public works, flood control, highways and the like, or advanced to business en terprises which need capital for job-creating expansion. Two minor features of Mr. Roo sevelt proposals received favor able congressional action today, the house approving an appropri ation of 8100,000,000 for road construction and the senate 850, 000,000 for the CCC. The1 house appropriations committee made ready, mean while, to begin hearings on major (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) GOP Chief Blames FR for Recession PORTLAND, April 19-;P)-Marion E. Martin, vice chairman of the national republican com mittee, described the "Roosevelt depression" today as a national responsibility created by the ad ministration. The people have come to real ize Herbert Hoover was not re sponsible for the 1929 collapse because it was international in scope, she stated. "Hoover is concerned with the advancement of mankind and the preservation of liberty," she as serted. "This slant was missed when they were looking for some one to blame." YES, COURTESY TFC5TLAS Peace Dealing Held Aided by Italian Pact WASHINGTON. J April 19 -JP)-The new Anglo-Italian agreement elicited applause today from Pre sident Roosevelt, who called it a demonstration of the "value of peaceful negotiations.' Fighting shy on any comment on political aspects of the accord by which the two nations aimed to eliminate f rl c 1 1 o n between them, Mr. Roo: svelt nevertheless made plain in a formal statement that the pact was regarded with "sympathetic inteiest." ROME, April Diploma tic moves In Rome today foresha dowed a nev European setup. On the heels f the Italian British friendship accord of Sat urday, Italy and France agreed to start negotiations to reestab lish their traditional friendship, shattered by the Ethiopian war.. At the same time, responsible diplomatic sources said, Italy was sounding out Yugoslavia on a mil (Turn to page 12, col. 8) Drop Out Request Stirs Oleen's Ire Candidate for Governor Brands Plea "Dirty Poli tics," Won't Quit PORTLAND, April 19. -)- Former state representative O Henry Oleen described today a request that he withdraw as a candidate for the democratic nomination as governor as the "dirtiest piece of politics ever at tempted in Oregon." The candidate In a letter to newspapers said he would not quit the race "at the request of any political gang or individual.' "I have received a letter and withdrawal statement from one of the political ' gang that - took part in the political conspiracy conference to Induce Henry Hess to file as a substitute candidate in place of Dr. J. F. Hosch, who withdrew as a candidate for gov ernor, asking me to withdraw my candidacy 'in the interest of so ciety' " Oleen wrote. "The letter suggested that I certify, before a notary public, to certain statements in order to withdraw as a candidate for gov ernor, and advising that my filing fee and money paid for statement in the voters' pamphlet would be refunded to me by the secretary of state." ' "If I had been foolish enough to have complied with the sug gestions as outlined in the letter and withdrawal statement, I would have committed perjury. "The above mentioned letter and withdrawal statement is (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) OF UNIONISTS ' rar .- rv m : i.y Bit i JOAJC &Ptt CVY IN ... J Heavy Barrage Protects Long Line Advance Yi River Where Chinese Have Held Firm Is Latest Objective . Death Blow Hoped fory by Nippon, Salvage Army's Prestige SHANGHAI, April 20 -(Wednesday )-(P)-Japan is putting to gether a huge, new offensive ma chine for a second drive against the Chinese wall of men, guns and broadswords which stopped and hurled back the first. Chinese reported today that the first stages of the Japanese drive on the central China front already were under way. They said a force of 60,000 Japanese, protected by the heavi est artillery barrage of the war, was advancing southwest along a 50-mile front toward Llni, on the Yl river, where Chinese have held firm for months. The biggest battle of the war possibly the biggest in oriental military history was taking shape. Japanese hoped to avenge their defeat at Taierchwang, strike a death blow at ever-growing Chi-' nese resistance, and salvage the military prestige of the Rising Sun empire. They faced the most powerful Chinese force yet assembled fa their race against time to rescue the Japanese garrison surrounded at Yihsien, nearly 40 miles south west of Liul, the center of Yl riv er battleground. Japanese trapped at Ylhaien still held out stubbornly against . Chinese assaults on walls of the town, and" the Japanese command sped preparations for the new Shantung province offensive la the hope that Yihsien would not become another Taierchwang. Bridges Has Year Reprieve, Hearing WASHINGTON, April 19 -(Jf-. Harry Bridges, leader of CIO mar itime labor on the Pacific coast, is Immune from deportation pro ceedings for at least a year under a decision announced by the labor " department today. The department decided to de lay such proceedings until the su preme court determines whether membership In the c o m m n n 1st party makes an alien subject to deportation. A hearing in the Bridges case, scheduled for next Monday, was called off. It is estimated that about a year will elapse before the su preme court can decide the Ques tion. Several weeks ago, the federal circuit court of appeals in Miw Orleans StOODed the lnhnr An ment from deporting Joseph G. Strecker of Hot Springs, Ark on the ground that he was a comma- msu ine court said the law did not forbid aliens to hold member ship, "in the 'community or any other party except one w h 1 c h teaches 'Overthrow h, fna a. A violence of the government of the United States. . Bodies of Slain Boys Are Found " AUBURN. AsrQ i-ul to.: tern light searching frnrf. tf.ai.it found the bodies of Herbert and wmiam Barrett, young sons of juaepa u. Barrett, Ji WPA, worker who killed thm' took his own life by blowing off ma iop or nis head with a snot gun charge. ' : The posse of about a tfosen men, led by bloodhounds, found the boys Just 5 where the rather. In a note found In hi (.oar written police they '. would ' find them. - King county coroner Otto Hit- telstadt said the hova iimimflT bad been smashed on : the ' bead with a rock or some blunt in strument. ! then strangled with a rope. . s - , ..- ..- . "The boys, Herbert, 11 -and Wnilmn,'?, were clad In the same clothes they wore' to' achooi: : Herbert bad light corduroy trous ers and a sweatshirt The young er boy wore overalls. .; Son on Way to Father. ' Funeral Killed in Crash ; MEDPORD April ll-65-HIs " skull fractured last W'-doesdav as he and a companion drove to Bemngham, Wash.; to a-tend bis father's funeral, ' Mtuii ;e E. O'Brien; 40, San' Francisco." died In a ' hospital tod i t. . :rnft Schwarts (CQ), riding with "him, suffered. two fractured ribs when their automobile' plunged oft the ; . Pacific ' hlfhwav -near sCenl Point. i . - .' i