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First In Sports The' Statesman takes pride In making its sports news pages foremost in cov erage as well as first in point of time. As a result Its sport readers are legion. Tlie Weather Generally clondy today and Monday with, local showers probable, slightly lower temperature; Max. Temp. Saturday 67, Min. 38, river 4.3 feet, cloudy. POUNDCD 1651 EtCHTY-EiCIiTH YKAK Salem- Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 8, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 36 of Jer SICKS IB 1 a-iks out ; i -'.',tvv..v- gey I; j. -ri:-. i i - r i New Rabbit Is ivr 11CCU its VrUUII Baiting Palls Hess Gaining. Strength From Trailing Start Against Martin Jones Puts up new Idea; ' Constitution Blocks Pinball Scheming . By RALPH C. CURTIS It's about time someone pulled a rabbit out of a hat. If anyone holding a hat has a rabbit in It. There's really no reason to be more specific. The i theme of po litical - conversation, in Oregon hasn't changed a bit. The pro Martin and anti-Martin argument is still dominating the picture. But the color scheme of 'that picture has altered slightly, or more than slightly. Democratic Race Getting Closer Now rfor the first time may be found an occasional observer, ap parently unbiased and really in position to know as much as any one may know of the voters' in nermost thoughts, who will.ven ture the- statement that the race between Governor Charles H. Martin and Henry Hess for the gubernatorial nomination is get ting well, close. If such observations are true, it represents a gain on the part of Hess, for he was far behind when he started. And If Hess has gained, the reason is not far to seek. Governor Martin and his friends have been emphasizing too exclusively one issue the goon issue and the public memory be ing short, and developments in the goon business being at a low ebb. the program is not clicking as it should. That's why a rabbit seems to be Indicated. , ; There are only 10 more work ing days before election. As for the r"Hy of what observers clalnt they 'observe, this writer is' :ys skeptical. Who can; know what the people are thinking? Citizens who are keen ly interested' get around and pass the time of day with others who are ,keem;"f interested and ask them what's going on. The answer I m with what is being said u;V' people who are interested enough to talk politics at ail but it never takes into account the inarticulate group which nev ertheless will march to the polls on May 2 0. Whaf "the'y say" Is going on will TaTy greatly depending on location. Ask anyone at the Com monwealth federation gathering here Saturday and the answer would be 100 per cent Hess. Ask business men, large or small, ln( any community that has been tied, up by strikes, and among real' and temporary democrats the an swer would be 100 per cent Mar tin. The outcome of the state grange election really has nothing to do with this question. Ray Gill has been too busy tending to his own knitting to court further trouble by leaping into the political arena. But the opposition to Gill was based largely upon his past at tempts to link the grange with labor; it was supposed to be for midable opposition because real farm grangers, faced with labor problems, resented that tleup in large numbers. Gill won by a substantial majority, - though It was not so overwhelming as in the past. Granting that he had all the advantage of being - at; the j t helm and being better known. hlsi victory still indicates that farm ers' change of front has not been as extensive as many people thought. The Marion county legislative situation Is little changed, except (Turn to Page 2. Col. 4) Zillman Urges new Be Made Impulse to Willamette university's "new $100,000 library presents a chal lenge to be made "both law and impulse" to those who study there, declared . Dr. Lawrence J. Zillman, University of Washing ton English professor, at the dedicatory exercises on the cam pus yesterday. While libraries have become storehouses . of Information, ar chives of data that are the monu ments of a past age, It must be remembered, the professor said, that the thoughts found expressed in its volumes must be a spur to new thoughts if creative use ot such institutions is to be had. President Bruce R. Baxter, pre sided at the dedication ceremony. Greetings were heard from Gov ernor Charles H. Martin, Miss Harriet. C Long, state librarian; Mayor V.-E-'Kuhn; Talbot Ben sett, president of the student body. Dean Frank M. Erlckson, Clarence S. Emmons, president Of the alvanl association; Pietro Stage Set Of Year When League Council Openiyifonday One Vote Capable of W Four Major Issues List; Spanish GENEVA, May 7 (AP) The diplomatic "battle of the year" will open here Monday over the question of recognition of Ethiopia as part of the Italian empire. ' , "The League of Nations council will open its 101st meet ing then on the second anniversary of Italy'3 annexation of the east African nation. ! ! A single adverse "vote could O wreck a council decision. No unan imous vote, however, is required for a mere recommendation by the council usually the practice on questions of procedure. Ethiopia's legal existence as an independent state, league quarters Indicated tonight, may be treated as just that a mere question of procedure. Other issues to be before the statesmen will include: 1. China's .; appeal against Ja pan's undeclared war. 2. Foreign Intervention in the Spanish civil war. 3t Switzerland's demand for "Integral" neutrality. : 4. The position of j refugees from Austrian Germany. WPA Rolls to Hit 1 ' ! Peak Says Chiefs "I Ju Predicts new High Mark 1 for Next Winter; Over Threej Million . -WASHINGTON, May 7.-UP)-WPA rolls may Teach 'an all-time high next winter -nd the govern ment's public j works land relief programs may cost 12,000,000. 000 more than the budget bureau estimated last January, Harry L. Hopkins predicted ' In testimony made public today. The works progress administra tor painted this picture before a house appropriations subcommit tee during hearings on President Roosevelt's big lendlng-spending program. House debate on the heart of that program is sched uled to begin j Tuesday. Hopkins proposed that funds be provided for WPA employment of as many as 3,100,000 persons next winter. That would be more than WPA had on its rolls at its previous peak 3,035,852 on February 29, 1936 and would compare with a low mark of 1, 450,000 persons last October 2. Hopkins disclosed that the number of families In the United States getting, relief benefits of some kind was over 6,000,000, including about 20,000,000 per sons. At one time, he said, there were 27,000.000 persons getting aid. I : 0 WPA Rolls Since Fall regon Double WASHINGTON, May 7 VP) - Employment on Oregon WPA projects has risen from 9067 last September 25 to 16,720 on April 16 and expenditures In the period of July 1. 1937-March 31, 1938 totaled nearly 8,000.,000. The figures were given today by Harry Hopkins, WPA admln- strator, to the bouse appropria tlons committee of which a sub committee is conducting the hear lngs on the president's request for additional relief appropriations. Nationally,! WPA employment In the September-April period has risen from 1.448,855 to 2,530,- 255.-.. .. : i r : .... o- Belluschl, architect, and Charles A. Sprague,: chairman of the building committee ot the board of trustees, i Letters ot greeting were read by Dr. Baxter from Eric V Hauser. jr.. i whose .father, the late Eric V. Hauser. left an estate to the 'university which made pos sible 'the erecting of the library and from Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, former president of Willamette. Following ) the dedicatory . ad dress the key to the new library was passed from Belluschl to Paul B. Wallace, president of the board of trustees, to President Bruce R. Baxter,, to Robinson Spencer, II brarian. Spencer, followed by As sistant Librarian Forrest Mills, unlocked the door of the library and the first book to be charged out went to Melvin Vlken, chair man of the student library com mittee. It was the "Life of Jason Lee. The May ! festivities were ell (Tarn to Page 2, CoL 3) Library Thought ' i. for Battle - vf Decisions jUpon 9 Appeal Tops lem Is Next J Labor Jury Says Portland px-Teamster Held Window Breaker; Hugh Reynolds Sentenced I PORTLAND, May T-(JP)A jury or seven men and live women convicted LeRoy Raymond Gro shong, 20, former ; member of the AFL teamsters' union, on two charges of window Lrr&kihg today and acquitted him of burn ing a fuel company truck I in connection with alleged labor van dalism.; - He will appear before Circuit Judge James: W. Crawford for ntence Tuesday. At Hillsboro toda.,,- Circuit dge R. Frank Peters of Wash ington county postponed passing sentence on Ellis Burr Russell, Portland, who pleaded gutity to charges of throwing rocks at . Beaverton diner. The postpone ment was on condition that Rus sell abstain from liquor, keep out of union controversies, turn over his paycheck to Mr Rus- (7um to Page 2, Col. 1) ( The Moth Groshong Guilty Mother's Day and Dedicates its ANNUAL BABY EDITION THROUGH 443 PICTURES OF SALEM'S "INFANTDOMf! Guerillas Hit At Peiping in New Offensive 13,000 Irregulars Join - Effort to Shatter " Japanese Hold Population Supporting t Attacks; Fighting on Yangtze Savage f SHANGHAI, May 8-(Sunday ) (JPy Chinese guerilla armies struck today In apparent coordin ation ' to break Japan's hoW irf north China. ; Chinese sources asserted fully 13,000 irregulars were concen trated at Peiping,- Japanese-held north China city, and ' had the moral support of the population. Savage fighting continued at Nantungchow, on the north shore of the Yangtze river 60 miles north of Sfianghai, an important supply base for ,a Japanese army of 10,000 striking north through Klangsu province toward the Lunghai railroad. Garrison's Life Still in Danger A Japanese garrison of 300 there was said to face annihila tion by 3,000 Chinese guerilla troops which caught the Japanese unaware. Chinese said units of their 68 th army had penetrated into south eastern, Hopeh province after smashing Japanese lines north of Tsinin, the Japanese-held Shan tung province capital. The thrusts, they aaid, were made at Plngyuan and Yucheng, 52 and 32 miles respectively north of Tslnan, with the aid of local irregulars. i Japanese warplanes operated over a wide area, In attempts to break openings for their forces to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Statesman f Sal ers o THE FOLLOWING PAGES: All Photos by Kennell-Ellis Studio .Roosevelt Ship To Aid Inrared Sailor O- Surgeon Goes 0 ver Side in SOS Response Presidential Movie Is 1 Stopped to Watch i Boat Maneuver Change of Course May Delay FR Arrival at . Charleston Yard CHARLESTON, 8. C, May 7 (JPi ' The cruiser Philadelphia bearing President Roosevelt back here from a vacation turned "mercy ship" in the south Atlan tic tonight, sending a surgeon over the side to attend an .Injured sailor aboard ' the ' Norwegian steamer Marathon. A radio received at the navy yard from the Philadelphia said the Marathon, Montreal to New Orleans, sent out a call for help, the message being Intercepted by the escort destroyer Fanning at 6:20 p. m. (EST). Cruisers Head Back to South - The ships immediately changed course southward and at 8:15 p. m. theMarathon was sighted. Half an hour later the cruiser pat over a whaleboat in a choppy sea "with (Tu- toTago 2, CoL 2) ? Salutes em on x In I heir n JL V - :. I.:..- Will His Gravel Save Murderers? JAMES EUGENE BASSETT Mayerj Dickers to Defeat Gallows nr. Offers to Locate Victim's Grave it Mother's and r ;; His Lives Spared ; WALLA j WALLA, May ! l-rUPf-DeCasto Earl Mayer tonight tried to barter., the bones of James Eugene Bassett, his mnrder vic tim, for his own life and his mother's freeedom tonight. . The sullen 43-year-old con vict who broke & 10-year silence jlTura ta Pago 2, CoL. 1) the Thi ondr If Halts 0CF Endorses Hess; Martin Satire Acted Commonwealth Conclave Speaks Kind Words . . for Henry Oleen , Hewitt Backed in Court Race; Congressional Okeh Is Lacking ' Shortly after Portland mem bers had staged a melodrama entitled "I'd Rather Be Wrong" and "Charlie Iron Pants Goes to Town" satirizing Governor Charles H. 'Martin, the nearly 300 delegates to the Oregon Commonwealth Federation con vention held In the old high school auditorium enthusiastical ly endorsed Henry Hess of La Grande for the democratic nom ination for governor. The vote was unanimous. Many kind words were spoken of O. Henry Oleen, who is also seeking- nomination, but Byron G. Carney, .Clackamas county state senator, told the assembled delegations that a vote for Oleen would be wasted in the main ."beat Martin- issue. Delegates from Columbia and Clatsop coun ties said the vote even there, in Oleen's own district, had' been for Hess. ' . - Mahoney, Honeyman Cct - Endorsements . t-; , ; . 1 .Other" democratic "candidates endorsed were Willis Mahoney for United States - senator, Nan Wood Honeyman for third dis trict congressional nomination, Walter M. Pierce for second-district choice, John W. Leonhardt for superintendent -of public in struction and Mrs. Emily F. Ed son for secretary of state. Paul Roth and Clarence Hyde, oppos ing each Other for labor- com missioner, were both . designated as acceptable. - There was no endorsement for first district congressman, a mo tion by a Salem delegate favor ing Earl A. Nott being voted down. Statements made on the floor were favorable to - Nott as to ability and integrity but some (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Insurgents Tear Gap in Defenses Advance Nearer 'Lifeline' Road Linking Madrid With Sea Ports HENDAYE, France (At : the Spanish frontier), May 7 - -(P)-Spanish Insurgents tore a gaP through government defenses In eastern Spain today and advanced five miles nearer the "lifeline" highway link between Madrid and the Mediterranean ports of Cas tellon de la Plana and Valencia. . Insurgent commanders report ed the government line was brok en 40 miles north and slightly to the west of Castellon where they captured the town of Portell, deep In the pocket protecting, the -government's central coast lines. Official advice said the town was taken by troops of Insurgent Gen. Garcia Vaiino pushing On to the southwest from Cinctorres, a village they captured yesterday. tu ehrer Gua ran tees Alpine Border in Ha rga in Uith Dure ROME, May 7-JP)-Benlto Mus solini and Adolf Hitler "complet ed and sealed" their alliance to night in an exchange of fidelity toasts at a formal state, dinner In Palazzo Venezia. The fuehrer guaranteed '"for all time" the Alpine border be tween Germany and Italy. : - "It Is my unshakeable will and also my political testament to the German people," he declared, "to consider inviolable for , all time the frontiers of the Alps erected between us by nature. "I am certain that for Rome as well as Germany there will result a future that will be glorious as well as prosperous." (Germany extended her terri tory -to Italy's northern ' border March 12 when Hitler annexed Austria.) The dinner broughUto a climax a week's visit filled with, military demonstrations, pageantry and political discussions whose Import -1 A ..l,.kl M1 V 'until time discloses them. r - - Leader Avers Hague Forces Menace Lives Thousands Assemhle in Square 'Anticipating Defiance Threat Veterans Oust two Men, Send Them "Back to T Union Square" JERSEY CITY, N. J., May 7. -(iT-Vito Marcartonio, president of the r international uioor - de fense, .announced Reps. Jerry O'Connell (D-Mont.) and John T. Bernard (FL-Minn.) would not come to Journal Square tonight where massed thousands gathered to witness their threat to defy a city ordinance prohibiting pub lic speechmaklng without a per mit. , , ,.'.; Marcantonio. after conferring with the "representatives in New York for several hours, said they Insisted on speaking. But, as president of the ILD. he said. "I cannot permit innocent people to face certain . bloodshed, violent and perhaps death at the hands of a mob Incited to do violence by Mayor (Frank) Hague through his various henchmen." Solons Were to Be "Guests' of ILD "I have now advised and urged them not to attend that meeting, and I take full responsibility for so doing," said Marcantonio, who explained O'Connell and Bernard were "guests" of the ILD to speak at the anti-Hague rally. Col. Hugh Kelly, secretary to Gov. A. Harry Moore and-president of the State League of War Veterans,', which held a. rally Thursday to protest tonight's scheduled meeting, said: "We have proven conclusively tTurn to Page 2, Col. C) Two Young Women Drown, Air Crash Explorer's Plane Falls in Lake- Union ; Victim's Fiance Escapes SEATTLE, May 7 Two young : Seattle women were drowned late today when a sea plane piloted by Bradford Wash burn, famed Harvard mountaineer and explorer, turned turtle while landing in downtown Lake Union. Mrs.Ome Daiber, 27, wife of a Seattle, mountainer-companion oi Washburn's on Alaska jaunts, and Miss Dorothy Mathews, 24, were the victims. Washburn and James Borrows, 29, Miss Mathews fiance, were" -thrown clear when the plane sub merged. They were uninjured. , Washburn and Borrows dived frantically in an effort to release the women in the submerged cab in, and were rescued by pleasure . craft while near exhaustion. Coast guard and Seattle harbor patrol boats quickly attached lines to the plane, and it was towed ashore. Efforts to resuscitate the two" women failed. Oregon Social Security Program Fully Approved WASHINGTON, May 7.-JPl Approval of all phases of Ore gon's social security program in cluding reduction of the mini mum age for assistance from 70 to 65 years was given today by the social security "board, which sard the. state is aiding about 17,000 people. The short speeches of the two dictators lacked concrete. details of what they Intend to do about Czechoslovakia, where a nazi Ger man minority is clamoring for autonomy, and other problems which were said to have been dis cussed. ' - But their blanket reaffirma tions of the solidarity of the Berlin-Rome working agreement was interpreted as an indication that they had struck a bargain with re spect to. each other's Interests, wherever they meet, and would give each other mutual aid la the remaking of Europe. Equally straightforward was fascism's Duce, who told nazlisms fuehrer;: - . "Your visit to Rome completes and seals the understanding be tween our two countries." He pledged fidelity to the Rome-Berlin friendship, saying fascist Italy "knows but one eth ical law" of friendship, which was to march with a friend to the fin ish. -