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Deadline Near . The Statesman trill close It sale of the 48 famous paintings on May 1. Late purchasers are coming la rapidly. Get yours now. Parti cloud today and -Saturday, continued mlldj v Max.' Temp. Thursday 66, Min. 88, rlr M feet, southwest wind. POUNDOO I6S1 i 1 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Homing, April 22, 1938 Price 3e; Newsstand Se No. 22 ITT) o eiie; 1(0)11 ait Five Points in jl t iauu9 jl at uic System Listed A d q uate Staff, Policy Of Individual Cases' Treatment Urged Receiving ; Quarters and - Work Camp Proposed By Commission " Five recommendations aimed at Improving Oregon's penal and parole system were announced by GoTernor Charles H. Martin's commission appointed ' to study this subject, at a conference In Salem Thursday afternoon. They Included: Adopt the principle of Individ ual treatment of convicted per sons. ' - Give the parole power to an In dependent board consisting of .three members appointed by the governor for staggered terms and compensated on a per diem basis. Provide for a combined state adult probation and parole service with staff appointed by the board on the basis of personal and pro fessional qualifications determ ined after competitive examina tion. Provide ground work for. a clas sification system including receiv ing quarters and necessary pro fessional staff. Provide for properly selected prisoners and for parolees, work camps where sue! men will be engaged in forestry, conservation or other public works projects, for which work a small compensation should be paid to enable them to make a start when released into society. ' Parole Staff now Held Inadequate - Thursdays conference grew out of the commonwealth confer ence at the University of Oregon April 18 to 20. inclusive, and is another step to improve Oregon's "parole, probation and penal sys tem, members of the governor s commission said. The present. parole system which provides only two officers to supervise 775 parolees was de clared-inadequate. Attending the conference from outside of Oregon were Richard E. Elwell, James P. Davis and Francis H. Hiller, all connected with the prison industries reor ganization administration with headquarters in Washington. v. Lh uossim, memoers oi me Oregon state parole board, repre sented Governor Martin. Members of the governor's commission at the meeting were J. O. Bailey, Hall S. Lnsk and George Rossman, Justices of the state supreme court; Circuit Judge Arthur D. Hay, Lake coun ty; N. Ray Alber, chairman of the house Judiciary committee of the 1937 legislature; Lotos Lang ley, Portland, chairman of - the state probation commission; and Earl A. Nott. McMinnville. dis trict attorney of Yamhill county. . All recommendations by the commission will be presented to the 1939 legislature. Threat to Commit Felony Is Charge Sheriffs deputies early last night arrested Harold Van Wag oner at his home near Chemawa on a warrant charging him with threatening to commit a lelony. He was brought to the ceunty Jail to await Justice court ar raignment. Deputy Sheriff B. G. Honeycutt said Van Wagoner was a'-leged to have chased neighbors and mem bers of his family with knife. Polk Republica .Newgent Is Temporary Head : WEST SALEM, April 21 Guy Newgent of West Salem was named temporary chairman of the Polk county Republican club at an organization meeting In West Salem at the community hall to night, with Roy Barker named temporary secretary. . Charles Gillette of Monmouth, William LaDue of West Salem, J. G. Mcintosh of Independence and Carl Graves of Dallas were appointed members of a constitu tion .and by-laws committee . to draw up the working articles for the club. - ; Harold Pruitt of Salem, state president of the Oregon Republi can club, spoke briefly , on . the club's activities since January 1 and outlined the procedure for ; organization, . - -rH-? . The above committee, together with Dean Walker, Lyle Thomas and Elmer Cook, will arrange for a .Polk county republican - rally to be held some time before the primaries. .Charles JL. Sprague, republi can candidate for governor, cal led on 'republicans present to "come out of the doghouse" and Aim at Better I I Parole Systemjaau 1 uullug 1 4 KotVMnWil comity r - - , '. . 1 , " i ' J i uiftirrc ."oriicy, dc.ow, uhu there were rumors of the pre L. Langley, chairman of the Uier's impending resignation but state probation commission, I v..... ,A v.. , two members of the commis- sion which made recommenda tions for Improvement of Ore gon's penal and parole system here Thursday. Pomona Grangers To iVid Initiative Marion Unit Will Support Limiting 6f Picketing, J liallOt Withholding Marlon county Pomona grange, I meeting Wednesday at Union Hill, endorsed the Initiative measure seeking to define labor disputes and opposing picketing where no labor disputes exist. Pomona also endorsed, with amendment, the resolution offer ed by SUrerton-Hill8 grange op posing publicity to subordinate grange results of voting for state (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Insurgent Planes Raid Cities Again HENDAYE. France (At the .Spanish Frontier), April 21-JP) -Insurgent warplanes raided im portant government centers in northern Catalonia today while ground troops consolidated new- ly won positions on the southern part or spam's eastern ironi. .Heaviest hit by the bombers I daughters of the American Revo was Puigcerda, railroad point and I lution for the next three years Pyrenees gateway leading to the French border, where 22 civil ians were known deed and 30 were Injured. Another aerial attack was di rected at a 40-mile branch rail road between Puigcerda and Ri- poll. In upper Gerona province. Puigcerda is on a rail line run ning to the French border at one of the three frontier passes still under government control. ns Orga n ize; abandon the attitude,1 of which they are accused, of being licked before they start. ; He said pressing problems of relief an.1 uncial necnrltY COUld Kxiowoi' tv TtroTidinz . . ... .ji. n A nam Bnft i Rm: n i j i w i luun tfvA Attitna r4Tt- ,niini.M. If indi - vidual enterprise is not given a chance to provide these Jobs, Sprague asserted .that some col lective form of government, which he termed un-American, would be the logical alternative. SDrague also said the objective of $30 per month for old age as sistance could be attained easily If Industry and agriculture were encouraged to start producing. He pointed out that in such circum stances there would be fewer who would reoulre ' assistance and there would be more money wim which to support tnose lew. Rot Hewitt, candidate lor tneiment today to prohibit drunken supreme bench, declared tne re - publicanti only hope.ls in demon - strating that they are prepared to meet the problems of grave unemployment, industrial stagna- (Turn to page I, cot. xj :. in new Jrnnns " w w . - ' - 'W Against Cliina C o n f erence of Minip.?r ; With Konoye Believ Ok xu uc oignuic? Ci Fresh Force jV $$3n To Avenge 7&o in Yihsien .ct TOKYO, April 21 -IJPy- Japan was reported today to have moved regular army units into China from Manchoukuo and to be send ing others from the homeland to avenge reverses in the nine-month undeclared war. The pulse of the capital quick ened with the movement of men and munitions, the return of Pre mier Prince Fumimari Konoye to his official residence and the ar rival of War Minister General Gen Sugiyama from an extensive tour of the war fronts. Dome! (Japanese news agency) said It was believed the premier and the war minister would con fer on "internal policies to strengthen national unity." Emperor Hirohlto received the premier in a brief audience soon after the latter'a return to his of fices, after an absence of nearly a month during which there was a sharp increase In political tension. The army waa reported to have Wake of the setbacks in China and ed the mlliUiry demands and the resignation reports were denied. SHANGHAI. April 22-(Friday) -P)-Reinvigorated Japanese troops pushed south from cap tured Linl today for a sweeping flank attack on the Taierhwang Yihsien sector of the central China front, seeking to wipe out a major defeat at Taierncftwang early this month. With the Japanese m full poa- tlZt? minated in intense street fight- fensive positions In the . ill coun try south and southwest of the ancient walled city. unable to endure continuous artillery and aenai aitacia on open positions, the Chinese were reported forming small mobile columns in order to take full V afforded by the 'rough terrain The Japanese were determined to break through the Chinese line not only to "redeem Taierh- chwang 80me 40 mlle9 away but also to relieve 5,0 "0 Japan ese beleaguered nearly two weeks in the walled town of Yibslen, 24 miles northwest of Taierch- wang. Annapolis Woman Named New National DAR Head WASHINGTON, April 21-GIV Mrs. Henry M-' Robert, Jr., of Annapolis, Md., a blue-eyed, gray- j haired expert In parliamentary naw won the leadership of the I in a routine election tonight. dditics . . . in the Nevct PHILADELPHIA, April 21-(jipy-Antliony Frio, 19, who fired a shot .which wounded his girl friend, Jennie Casale, 18, in the leg, ran home so hard he ruptured an appendicitis Inci sion. Taken to the same hospi tal, they talked over their quar rel. Today they decided to be married. LOS ANGELES, April 21-UP)- "Give me two gallons of gas,1 I said Mrs. Frances Evelyn Pikul, I as she stopped during the early morning nours m ironv i I Twigniiy ugntea ineruii.iuoiiw I UOn. I But Sheriff's Deputy W. A I Parrnn aM h thoueht she al- - w I ready was ''tanked up" ui 1 booked her on suspicion of drunk- WILKES-RARRE, Pa April 21 (?) The Rev. Joseph Abra ham, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran- Slavonian church, Freeland, has sued the parish for $4,916.72 in hack wages. He claimed he signed a contract as pastor of the church in Septem ber, 1927, for 9125 a, month and the church -has not paid him In full. - WASHINGTON. Anrll lt-4Jf- i Representative Smith. (D-Okla) I proposed a constitutional amend iness. 1 He said he acted at the request J of a group of Baptist ministers, I Prohibition of sale of liquor had failed, he said, and would fill again u tnea. For Federal ' Aid Aimounced Board neaity Takes Lead in $266,404 Grant Will be Available, Indicated By Chief of PWA Numerous Projects Upon Preferred List Since Previously Viewed Announcement yesterday that Washington, D. C, officials stood ready to approve Marion county's 1937 application for a $266,404 PWA grant if the pump priming program were adopted by congress stirred the Salem Realty board to new action toward promoting con struction of a city-county building here. The sum mentioned in the Washington dispatch represented the, government's share of the county courthouse cltixens' com mittee building program drafted before the special election at which it was voted down last falL The program called for a county expenditure of $325,606. 'We will take this project up again at our meeting tomorrow," C, V. Johnson, Realty board pres ident, said last night, "J was very much interested in thiijiews." Chairman Gene Grabennorst or committee , appointed by the (Turn to;page 2, col, 1) GovertdpMislays Prepared Address And Gets Double Parking Ticket; Declares He's all for New Deal PORTLAND. April 21-)- Governor Charles Martin voiced vehement support of President Roosevelt and pledged himself to purge labor union ranks of "rack eteers" today in an address Be fore the Willamette democratic society. The governor's speech was largely extemporaneous, deliver ed from notes made hastily while efforts were made to locate his automobile in which he had left his prepared address. ' "I voted for all 12 of the presi dent's bills when I was In con gress," Martin asserted. "Any one who said I criticized the president lied. I am a retired army officer. I could not criticize my chief. I have criticized those who miscarried his intentions." Discussing labor, the governor declared: "I am a strong anion man. If you don't think so look at my voting record" in congress. "I believe labor has the right to strike, to picket, that the work er must have collective bargain' fhg. I am for the best working conditions, for short hours, tor (Turn to page 2, col. 6) PLAY BALL! Throwing the first ball of the 1938 Makin Plans Ice and the Washington Senators, President. Fran kiln D. Roosevelt la pictured at Griffith Stadium, fa ' Washington. D. C Approximately S2.000 fans witnessed the opener. In which the Senators won, 12 to 8. Photo shows (left to right): Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt, Connie Mack, owner-manager of the Athletics; Clark Griffith, owner of the Senators, and Bncky Harr Senators manager UN pnoco. . - Roosevelt Talk With Conciliatory Capital's Impression is That Effort to Dissolve Animosity of Business Lies Ahead Although No Retreat Seen on Profits Tax Issue : WASHINGTON. April 21. a-tete between President Roosevelt and the confirmed unbe-i liever in new deal doctrine, Henry Ford, strengthened the im pression here tonight that the administration was trying to get on better terms with business before starting its new spend-and-lend spurt. i o There was no official explana MacDowell dub Concert Success Three Soloists and Guest Trio Add to Pleasure Of Audience Here By MAX1NE BUR3N The Salem MacDowell club, di rected by Mrs. Laura Rand Ter rll, last night presented the final concert of its winter season and again proved what good, training, good voices and a bit of the dra matic can do in a musical way. Women's choruses are known to lack the appeal enjoyed by men singing groups, hut Mrs. Terril has trained a chorus that claims the admiring attention of the audience every tine It ap pears, and this concert surpassed the fall program In this quality. s Several ' things , have been ac complished to contribute to the success of this singing group: The increase in the number of alto singers has given depth and strength to the chorus, a quality that many women's groups lack; the singers are a unit, not indi vidual soloists, they watch the director, show no mannerisms, sing from memory; identical dresses take away any "style show1' effect; j the chorus is in place when the curtains part which eliminates the necessity (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Funds for Flood Control Approved WASHINGTON, April 11-JP)-Legislatlon providing funds for flood control and rivers and har bors projects. Including $37,000, 000 recommended by President Roosevelt as 1 part, of his new spending program, received bouse approval today. , The chamber passed and sent to the. senate the $220,634,726 appropriation bill for non-military activities of the war1, depart ment in the fiscal year beginning July. 1. - The hill lists projects which may be undertaken with the funds it carries, but gives army engineers authority to decide which of those listed actually shall he started. PRESIDENT OPENS SEASON baseball season to open the) game - --'.,-- 9s Impending Henry Ford Gesture (AP) A forthcoming tete- tion of the fundamental purpose of this and other conciliatory ges tures of recent days, though some observers guessed the administra tion had decided its attack on de pression problems would have bet ter chances of success if spme of the animosity between administra tion men and segments of business were allayed. m However, it was noted that the White House was placing strict limits on its conciliation campaign. It was not, for ex ample, giving in on the undis tributed profits tax, repeal of which has been demanded by innumerable business men. Formal arrangements for the Ford-Roosevelt meeeting were completed today.-' The White House announced and Ford, at Sundury, Mass., confirmed that the motor maker would lunch informally with the chief execut ive next Wednesday. Depression problems "undoubtedly would he discussed, it was said, but Ford himself added that he had no ad vice to offer. He had "no axe to grind" either, he erphasiied. "I want to giva the president a chance to look at somebody who doesn't want anything," he told reporters with a grin.' Martin's Policies Attacked by Hess Goon War Is Utilized to Bludgeon Labor Says Opponent in Race Declaring himself for "Presi d e n t Roosevelt's humanitarian ideals," Former Senator Henry Hess of LaGrande criticized Gov ernor Charles H. Martin's labor, power and tax policies in an ad dress here last night to the Mar ion county Democratic society in his role as candidate for the dem ocratic nomination for govern ment. The governor, Hess charged, "has used his goon war to blud geon labor," and has "stepped in and tried to upset the Wagner La bor relations act passed . ... in the interest of ironing out unfair labor practices." ; Society has proven that collect ive bargaining is necessary, Hess asserted, and "when yoa don't have it the laboring man goes down and yoa have killed the (Turn to page 2, col. ) between the Philadelphia Athlet e ecision on Vic Meyers Would Argue His Own Case Before High State Court Ruling by Saturday Now Probable; Barring of Members, Threat OLYMPIA, Wash., April 2l-(ffi) Lieutenant Governor Victor A. Meyers, declaring himself "broke," said he probbaly would have to' present his own case to morrow before the supreme court in arguing legality of his proclamation for a special session of the legislature. "The attorney general refuses to offer his services to me as a state official, Vic raid, pacing his downtown hotel room. "I have no money with which to hire counsel and I would ex pect no attorney to devote his services without fees. So I'll probably have to argue myself. Meyers took an extension course in law at the University of Washington a few years ago, when he gave up leading a jazz band in favorfof his lieutenant governorship. Meyers' decision to apply di rectly to the state supreme court for a writ to compel Secretary of State Belle Reeves to accept his proclamation - J. for attesting was reached today after Governor Clarence D. Martin issued .a proc lamation of his own stating there was no need for a special session and revoking Meyers' proclama tion "if the same be of any ef fect whatsoever." Justice William Steinert said he believed the high court could reach its decision Saturday pro vided the case was argued tomor row. Meyers conferred this after noon with Steinert and several members of the attorney gener al's office. The attorney general, G. W. Hamilton, had said in an opinion yesterday the lieutenant governor's call was Invalid, (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Ultimatum From CIO Is Protested "Sign Up or Else" Quoted by Mayor Carson; new Hearing Is Asked PORTLAND, April 21rVPr Mayor Joseph K. Carson pretest ed to the National Labor Rela tions board today a mysterious "ultimatum" to Portland saw mill owners. The action followed an eight-month AFL-CIO struggle for eontrol of sawmill workers. Mill owners refused to com ment. . Carson's telegram said: "Re port has come to this office that Harry Bridges (west coast CIQ director and longshoremen's lead-) er), an alien reside t of Csllfor4 nla, is alleged to have served an ultimatum on lumber operators that the yslgn agreements at once or be su jected to reprisals. "In view of petitions submit ted to you from a repute! ma (Turn to page 2, cl. ) EarlyD Forecast Up Extra Entries in 4H Show Record; To Be Open to Public Today Doors to Marion county's largest 4-H club spring show in history will he thrown open to the public at the boys and girls exhibit build ing, at the state fairgrounds this morning. Judging of all divisions except art " was completed last night. " This year's show attracted 107$ exhibits, or 359 more than last year's. County Club Agent Wayne D. Harding announced. Highlights of the show will be the home ec onomics Judging contest and style revue Saturday afternoon. : V Because so many hoys and girls, C7 In all, entered the health com petition, announcement rt of the county's healthiest boy and girl selections can not be made until next week. . ;. ' -'7: Today's program calls for dem onstrations In health, -room Im provement, clothing, cooking, wood working and camp cookery by teams representing Bethel, Kei zer. Hayesvllle and Turner. The doors will open at 8: JO a. m. and close at 9 p. m - Bine ribbon exhibit winners Loans, Change In Rate Rules Gain Approval Eliminating Government Land Grant Concession : Favored by Wheeler Direct Subsidy or Long And Short Haul Rule Repeal is Opposed " WASHINGTON, April 21-V The railroads won today the back ing of Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) for a limited program of emer gency legislation at this session of congress, but received a rebuff on several major proposals. The Montanan, who as chair- -man of the interstate commerce committee, holds the key to railt road legislation in the senate, conferred with representatives of labor and management through- . out the day. When he had finished, be aald he was hopeful that an "emer gency" program could be put through before congress quits fer the year, but asserted that long- range proposals for helping . the ailing industry would have to be deferred. v ! - , Wheeler called Constructive - proposal by ICC members to make . ' ' $300,1)00.000 available for equip- -a nient loans to carriers, with the . equipment as security. "I, don't see why it shouldn't be done, he said. - . He also expressed approval of ; legislation to repeal the rate re- -duction which land-grant carriers are requested to make to the gov ernment. He added, however, that he would insist on a proviso- that the repeal not apply to transpor tation of troops and supplies In ' time of war. Aid to Borderline Systems Approved,, - Although reiterating his belief some railroads should, be reorgan ized Instead of being extended . -further, government - credit, he said it was the feeling of everyone at the conference that special aid should he given, to "borderline" roads to "tide them over. Wheeler said the conferees dis cussed a proposal to set up a rail road public works system, under which carriers would supply ma terials for maintenance projects and - the government would pay wages of men to work on them. . The men would be drawn from among the rail workers "fur loughed" in recent months.' ! Any form of direct subsidy to the roads, the senator said, was "out the window'.' because it was "wrong in principle." Wheeler reported labor and management were in agreement on these proposals: Government loans to carriers. Revision of Interstate commerce commission rate-making rules, 't A 12-month suspension of the rule that the carriers obtain' ICC approval before borrowing federal -funds. - - Repeal of the long and short haul railroad rate clause. Regulation of water transpor tation under the ICC and elimlna- tlon of government-owned barge lines. -. . Elimination of the government land-grant rate. . s - Wheeler said he turned thumbs down on the long-and-short haul repeal and the government barge line elimination. John Wesco, Inventor of t Penmanship System, Dies PORTLAND, April tl-(JPy-John Austin Wesco, 82, fonnder of the Wesco penmanship system used extensively in north wei and k Pacific coast schools, died here IWesterday. The system was adopt I ed bv the Portland nnfclfe tehnoln 1 fnUSlS. picked by the ' Judges yesterday included:" . Cookery 1A, Verlie Duke, Sa lem Heights; cookery IB,. Bette Lou Kehoe, Mt. Angel; cookery 2A, Cecilia Rasper, Hazel Green; cookery 2 B, Elsie Taylor? Mill City; cookery S, Coralee Nichols, Bethel; camp cooking A, Lcland Jensen. Leslie Junior high school; camp cooking B, Glen .Brown, Sa- lem. .-- ; : e: " . Bachelor sewing, Wilmer Les sard, Woodburn. - Room . Improvement- Dressing. Joan Frigaard, Keizer; study. Coralee Nichols, Bethel r rest, Margaret' M c C 1 a 1 n, Jefferson ; bed. Gene Mary Redmond, Jeffer son, i - .'",,' ."- " ; ;V ;- ' -r- Home making L I n e n, Lor raine Klnscher. Bethel; cotton, ' Ada Marie Bewley, Leslie - Junior high. -r '-vi--- " : ;: Clothing 1A, Doris Schmidt. Highland; clothing IB, Betty Lou Calvin, Aurora; clothing 1C, Lu ella Nichols, Bethel; clothing 2 A, Betty Terhune, Jefferson; eloth (Tnrn to paje V 4)