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Vacation Season Many families will leave soon on Titration trips. Ion't get oat of onch with your community's " a e w s. Hav The Statesman follow rou. to The Weather Cloudy today. Max Temp. Tuesday 73, 3iln. CI. North west wind. POUNDQD 1651 ElfJHTY-ElfJHTH YEAK Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, June 8, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands Sc No. 62 N&w Deal Ready to Give SoutHi Lower MiiiiiiiiL : . " " . ' ' 1 ' " : -i : ' ' ' i' ' ' -."- " 'r'- .' Gliinese Flee Ravaged Gty As Bombs Hit Terrorized Cantonese in Flight to Doubtful - Cover From Raids Japanese Warn Raids to Continue With 'Even Greater Vigor' CANTON, June 8-(Wednes day)-.?)-J a p a n e s e warplanes struck at teeming Canton in two raids today the twelfth succes sive day this south China city has undergone the punishing attacks. The first raid came just before sunrise and the second at 10:50 a. m. Thirty one planes joined in the bombing in the second attack and fired huge oil stocks at the Wong sha railway station In the west ern part of the city. -Fifty-foot names from the burning fuel leaped into the air H o n a m Island, government buildings and the Whitecloud Mountain district also were bit by the missiles. In the dawn attack bombs ap parently struck the city's power station. Lights failed throughout Canton and in Shameen Island, the international quarter: Extent of damage and the cas ualties could not be determined immediately. Railway Stations Crowded The aerial onslaught came as apprehensive Chinese crowded railway stations and the water front attempting to escape the ex pected new raids. Japanese planes struck at the city three times yesterday, adding to the toll of dead and wounded which already had reached 6,000 in 11 days of bombardment. V (From the Japanese navy came a warning that the raids would continue with "even greater vi gor." Hear Adm. Maokuni No mura, chief of the navy special service section, declared at Shang hai that loss of civilian life was to - be "deeply regretted" but added that the air raids would go on until Chinese authorities rea lized the futility of their anti Japanese attitude. . Local authorities ordered wom en and children to leave the city. Transportation facilities, howev er, were entirely inadequate.. Bombs at Dawn , The first Japanese raid yester day' came shortly after daybreak. For 10 minutes Japanese planes bombed the crowded Tungshan and Saichuen districts. In the second today, In midaf ternoon, the raiders attacked gov ernment offices and utility plants. Nine bombs dropped into the com pound of a power station near Shameen, the foreign settlement and put the plant but of commis sion. Canton was without lights when the third attack, a moon light raid, was made. Incendiary bombs were dropped in the north ern section of the city. During 'the night rescue work ers delved into wreckage to-re-- cover bodies of victims in the most recent attack on this south China Metropolis, which has been the gateway for shipment of for eign munitions to Chinese armies on the central front. Rams Auto Under Parked Box Car Lloyd Porter, 1095 North 19th street, rammed the entlr- front end of his light coach beneath the rear of a freight car parked on the Oregon Electric tracks in the 200 block on Front street shortly before i2 o'clock last night, almost demolishing Ms car and sustaining cuts and scratches from Hying windshield gl Stating to Investigating Officer "Happy" Hewett that the lantern hanging on the rear of ta freight car was not burning. Porter, who was traveling north, si Id be started to swing to the left In an effort to miss It but as a southbound automobile was ap proaching he had to swerve Into the freight car. Shrine Convention Opens Colorfully LOS ANGELES, Calif.. June 7 -(jP) In blare of color, amid a blare of music, the 64th an nual national convention oi the Shrine opened today with a great parade in bunting-bedecked Me morial coliseum. A t h o u s a n d quick-stepping, satin-clad, red-fajued members of the ancient Arabic order, nobles of the Mystic Shrine, marched in . review before Imperial Poten tate Walter S. Sugden an more than 40,000 spectators" including: many visiting nobles and- their families Roosevelt Asks $50,000 To Solve Cash Mystery Unprecedented Presidential Procedure Follows ding of one of $5 Bills Paid Week ago as Ransom for Boy PRINCETON,-Fla., June 7. (AP) A request by, Presi dent Roosevelt to congress for $ 50,000 to aid in solving the Jimmy Cash kidnaping case gave new impetus tonight '- to the 10-day search for the child's abductors. ! The unprecedented presidential action followed the re ported recovery today of one of the $5 bills paid a week ago 1 O by the boy's father as part of Breezy Weather. I Uir " J ; ' I Thev. failed to return th five- Ends Heat Wave Showers May Lesserr Crop Loss Already High; Firemen Relax PORTLAND. June 7 - (P) -Breezy, partly cloudy weather re lieved an i Oregon heat wave to day, cutting the forest fire hazard and indicating possible showers to lessen crop losses. ' j The temperature at Portland dropped from 92 degrees ; yester day to a maximum of 9 today, including Medford. which had a maximum! of 98 degrees yesteife. day. .1 Curry and Clatsop county for est fire danger declined but log gers and CCC workers, fearful of unfavorable winds, continued to guard lines of the first major fires this season. Fire Fighters Relax A light mist and higher humid ity at Big Creek fire in Clatsop county allowed fire fighters to relax. A ) Crossett-Western Lum ber company official said part of the crew j would ; be released 'to morrow unless unfavorable wea ther occurred, atfd the company would resume logging operations Monday. , , The fire swept 2000 acres. J Strawberry growers in the Gresham area estimated heat and absence of rain had cut the crop about 25 to 30 per cent. One cannery has received 100 tons compared with 150 tons on the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Huge Clipper Ship Makes Test Flight Pilot 38 Allen Cruises for Minutes in bis Air Liner SEATTLE, June 7-)-GlIdiag smoothly through choppy waves into the ! teeth of a stiff north wind, the gigantic Boeing clipper took to the air late today in its initial test flight, cruised for 3S minutes, then landed on Lake Washington without hishap. Test pilot Edmund Allen, ex pressing himself as pleased with the huge ship's performance, climbed out of his flying togs into civilian garb jand planned to take the 9:10 p.m. United Air Lines plane to San Francisco. There he will fly one of the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Teamster Found Guilty, Assault PORTLAND. Ore., June 1JP) -Circuit Judge Alfred P. Itcbson sentenced Edwin S. Griffin, for mer AFL teamsti to six months in the county jail when Grif fin pleaded guilty today to a charge of assault. Griffin, arrested in connection with a state-wide drive on alleged terrorists, was given" credit for 90 days served while waiting trial and was paroled bee use of poor health. "Pull Together Nation99 Says "It we pull together, in 1940 we can sweep the country," Dr. Francis E. Townsend, founder of the recovery plan which bears nl name, told a capacity audience of around 1200 persons in the o'.d high school auditorium here Tues day night. : Advocating the formation of Townsend party in Oregon, the head of the national Townsend or conization said that the p a . t formed in California had good prospects of electing its e n t i r e slate of representatives in con gress and one United States sen ator this fall. , Taking official notice of the fact that an Independent organi sation seeking to promote his eovery plan had been formed in this congressional, district. Dr. Townsend asked how many cam paigns an army might be expeotel to win if the corporals decided that they, instead of the general, were to take over command. "We can havea happy, gener : .- I- - . : - year-old lad and no trace of him has been found since he was stolen from his bed the night of May 28. The president suggested in a letter to Chairman Glass (D-Va,) of the senate appropriations com mittee that the $50,000 fund be inserted in a deficiency bill now before the house. j The money would be used to aid federal bureau of investiga tion agents in their attempt to trace the kidnapers through, the 1,110 ransom bills which con (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) ; ; Insurgent Planes Swoop Down Coast Foreign Ships Hit and Property Damaged in Air Raids - MADRID, June 7.-,(p)-Insur-gent bombers raked Spanish gov ernment coastal areas today, kill ing, maiming and damaging for eign ships and property. Casualties were expected to run Into the hundreds. At least -42 were known dead at Valencia and Alicante, both Mediterranean ports, and Segorbe, about'25 miles inland.; , At Alicante, a lone seaplane swooped over two British ships, the 3,688-ton freighter Thorp haven, which was wrecked by three bombs, and the hulk ' car rier," "English Tanker," of 5,387 tons, which was set afire. Subsequently, four raiders re turned and unloaded 50 bombs Into Alicante Itself, destroying the Belgian vice-consulate and other buildings, and narrowly missing the British consulate. The captain q the 3.072-ton British ears of -boat Thurston, meanwhile, hurriedly drydocked his' ship at Valencia after lnsur gent bombs sprung her plates and she had started to settle. These raids raised to 11 the number of ships damaged or sunk in a fortnight's insurgent attacks on Spanish government ports. ' 4H Summer Class Underway at OSC CORVALLIS, June 7-P)-Ap-proxlmately 1800 4H club mem bers filled Oregon State dormi tories, ; fraternity and ; soiority houses today for the opening classes of the 24th anhuat two week summer session. H. C. Seymour, state leader, s sa'd i the attendance was the larg-est In Oregon club history antf f pos sibly the United States. Groups enrolled in : approxi mately 100 classes. Tuberculosis Plant to . Get $7666 WPA Project WASHINGTON. June 7.-UP)-Representative James W. Mott (R-Ore.) said today the WPA had announced approval of a project for improvements at the Oregon state tuberculosis hospital, Salem, with an. allotment of 37666. and Sweep Dr. Townsend ous, splendid people in America, but we cannot afford to have slav ery the slavery of pauperism." said the man who a few months ago defied a congressional inves tigating committee. f In advocating a new party he said it could occasionally endorse a republican or democratic nom inee and throw its united support to him with telling effect; but In general, he declared, no reliance can be placed in either old party because they are "nourished by the International bankers." " Many big industrialists have lined op with the Townsend move ment as the only means of stimu lating demand for manufactured goods, Dr. Townsend said. E?--ller in his talk he bad told of con versing with these men who were bewildered, he said, by the lack of adequate markets and finally bs the8itdown strikes. , .Discussing the gross sales tax of 2 per cent whereby he pro i (Turn-to Page 2, CoL 3) ; Eligibles List For Policemen Is Released Herman M. Doney at top and Will Receive Vacant Post Brazier Small- Elected to Head Civil Service Commission While no" official certification to the vacancy in the city police force, created by fhe death of Walt Thompson, was made by the Salem civil service commis sion that held its regular meet ing last night and elected Bra zier Small Its new chairman for the ensuing year, a list of 20 eligibles was released on which Herman M. Doney was ton man and will" upon proper certification receive the appointment. Bessie Armour, sole examinee for police matron appointment, and who has been serving since the resignation of Myra L. Suank, was certified for that poSt-on. Doney, who reside? at 1805 North Water street and ha called Salem his home since 1918. is 33 years of age. He has ferved in three branches of the service, receiving his last honorable dis charge in September, 1937. Dur ing the latter part of the world war he was in the navy, aboard the USS Galveston, flagship of European waters, and later on the USS Pittsburgh. In 192 he enlisted in the coast guard, serv ing two years, and in 1929 en listed in the marine corps, serv ing aboard the USS Lex4ngton for a time and later on shore duty in Bremerton, Wash. His last "hitch" was served with the marines in Honolulu, working in conjunction with, the . Honolulu police. ,""V . - Physical Exams Needed w The commission, In establishing the eligibility list,. went on record to the effect that henceforth it (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) $274,000,000 Bill In Lap of House Includes Funds to Begin big Navy Program Construction WASHINGTON, June 7.-)-A $274,000,000 appropriation bill, including funds to begin the big navy program, dropped . into the lap of the house today, bearing the appropriation committee's OK. Last of the session's major sup ply bills, the measure carried a total of 341,775,167 for the navy, of which 335,802,000 was ear marked for starting construction of 19 vessels and a broad program of navy yard Improvements. The new ships include two 35, 00 0-ton battleships to cost $141, 700,000; two light cruisers; eight experimental vessels to form the nucleus of a "mystery fleet" and seven auxiliary ships. Dirigible Turned Down Before approving the bill, the appropriations committee turned down request for funds for a new aircraft carrier and a 33,000,000 (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Ochocko, Umpqua Bills Are Passed WASHINGTON. June 7 H55) Two bills introduced by Senator McNary (R-Ore) were passed by the senate today. One .provides for the addition of various tracts to the Ochoco national forest in Oregon. . The other authorizes the secretary of 'commerce to deed to Oregon a 110-acre tract now a part of the Umpqua river light house reservation for a public park. State Shooting Tourney Set to Open Tomorrow BEND, June 7-H-Slxteen trapshooters from Seattle fjshed the famous Deschutes river to day before taking varm up turns at the targets in preparation for the state trap tournament Thurs day. . Dr. W. G. Manning of the Bend Trap club assured western marksmen there would be suffi cient accommodations for what was expected to be a record entry list. Drop From Coast Span Injures Five in Auto McMINNVILLE, June 7--An automobile which plunged 30 feet off a bridge nerr Otis on the eoast highway ' tod&v in jured Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Bode, their two daughters, Hazel 18, and Melva, 20, and Erwiu Cree don, 24, all of Sun Francisco. The car was demolished. Admits Slaying Of Five Women V ' ' ' 4 V 4 3L Arrested in Chicago in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Flor ence Johnson, nurse who was attacked and slain with a brick, Robert Nixon, 18-year-old ne gro, allegedly confessed to beating to death with brick two other Chicago women and two in Los Angeles, according to Chicago police. Husband of Slain Woman Hits Negro Lunges at Nixon While Latter Is on Stand - , at Inquest CHICAGO, June 7 HJPf- Elmer Johnson,' slender city fireman whose wife was killed in a savage attack, was called to the witness stand at the inquest into her death today. -. ; . - . Two hundred spectators lapsed into an expectant hush. Robert Nixon, stolid negro, ac cused of slaying Mrs. Johnson, three other women and a young girl in brutal assaults, lounged in a chair near the front of the crowded room in the cou 147 morgue. Johnson, grim but calm, stepped forward. Suddenly, he lunged at the ne gro. He whipped a smashing left hook to the prisoner's nose. Men Cheer The men in the throng started from their chairs and cheered. Women shrieked. Nixon, aroused, his upper lip glistening with blood, leaped toward Johnson. But 20 policemen' separated the combat ants and quieted the-crowd. While 'Johnson was led from the chamber. Earl Hicks, another ne gro, told the coroner's jury he ac companied Nixon to the Johnson's (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Sim Warms Pup So Pup Ups and Honks the Horn MEDFORD, June 7-P)-A Cocker spaniel, sitting in a sedan exposed to a hot sun, barked plaintively at passers-by, who, failed to notice that the dog was well on the way to becoming a heat victim. Finally, in desperation, the dog got its forepaws on the steering wheel, shoved one onto the horn and began blowing It. . The continuous screech of the horn finally attracted a man, who jimmied the automobile door and freed the dog, which, meanwhile, had collapsed on the seat. Exposed to the open air, the dog1 soon regained consciousness and went in search of its master. Thornman Drowns In Lebanon Canal ALBANY, June 7.-i!P)-Coroner E. C. Fisher said Albert Thorn man,' 74, drowned today in a canal near Lebanon. Fisher said the aged man had been despondent. , ALBANY, June 7.-(-Joe Kel ty, 19, was rescued from drowning in the CalapoOia. river today when Leland D r a g o o , Alba&y high school baseball pitcher, noticed the youth was missing from a swimming party.. Kelty was re vived by his four companions. Daughters of Nile Elect Mrs. Mickleth wait Queen TACOMA, June 7 -V- Mrs. Harry Micklethwait, of Tacorua, today was elected supreme queen r r of the Daughters of the Nile in their annnal convention here. She succeeded Mrs. Florence K. Lee. of Washington, D. C. The 500 delegates, representing lodges In the continental United States. Hawaii and Canada, named Mrs. Henrietta Eheasleyv of Pitts burgh, Penn., to. the only; contest ed office, that of Supreme Prin cess Barboura. Normally, this of fice leads to the supreme queen's chair after four years. , ' . . Gillette Gets Blessing From New Deal Aides Administration Aides to Support Iowa Victor Over Wearin Roosevelt Says Election Shows Good Use of Party Government WASHINGTON, June 7 -(P)-Admlnistration aides gave their blessing and promises of support today. to Sen. Guy Gillette, who won the Iowa democratic primary despite the efforts of some high Roosevelt advisers in behalf of his opponent Meanwhile President Roosevelt commented at his press conference that Gillette's renomination over Rep. Otha Wearin, who -said he was the administration choice was a perfectly good carrying out of a perfectly good system of par ty government. In response to a question wheth er he would send Gillette a letter congratulating him and pledging presidential support, Mr. Roose velt said he undoubtedly would see the Iowan soon. Harry Hopkins, works progress administrator, who made a p re primary expression of preference for Wearin, fell In line. He said he hoped Gillette wouM be relected over Former Sen. Les ter J. Dickinson, the republican nominee.' Hopkins Recalls Charges Hopkins' earlier statement that he favored Wearin resulted in charges that WPA was being put into politics to defeat demo cratic senators who would not go along with the administration on all issues. Gillette was an (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Water Diversion Dispute in Court Plaintiffs Allege That Irrigation Projects Threatened A dispute over diversion of water from the old A. D. Gardner power tail race at Stay ton reach ed the courts yesterday when he was named defendant in an in junction action filed by the Wil lamette Valley Water company and the Eltco Investment com pany. Both plaintiffs allege -faat the .West Stayton irrigation p-c Jects, In which they ara interest' d, are threatened with ruin by the di version of tail race water. Diversion of the old tail race was undertaken by Gardner re cently, it was recalled here, in an effort to gain additlon&l wa ter flow needed for the new electric power generating station built v by t he Mountain States Power company cn his mill race under terms of a long- ttnding contract. The station rep?tces a (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Klamath Official Pay Bill Passed WASHINGTON, J u n ... 7-;p)-Senator Charles L. McNary's authorizing the secretary of the Interior to pay salaries and ex penses of Klamath Indian of ficials out of tribal funds received approval in the senate and was forwarded to the house today. The revised form of a 1 ill ve toed last year improved 15 daily for tribal business on the Kla math reservation a n d $1 ex penses. , Delegates at Washing ton would receive $5 a dsy and S5 expenses. The annual cost was limited to 110,000. Playgrounds Program Opens Today and Pools Prepared Harkening to the hue and cry of anxious Salem citizens, the sum mer playground program that . Is annually sponsored through the cooperation of the state depart ment of education and WPA,. will begin this morning at 10 o'clock with the opening of Olinger and Leslie swimming pools, it was an nounced by Superintendent Vern Gilmore last night. -Because their offices have been besieged by queries in regard to the program, officials , decided to open earlier than has been the precedent in the past. - Although lilmore indicated that working staffs for . the program were nearly completed, the entire program will not swing Into mo tion until next Monday. The pools, which have been renovated and pronounced by Gilmore as in first- class condition, will remain, open daily until 8 o'clock and later if Sou th s Fight for Low Wages Gets Compromise From New Deal Forces Advisory Boards to Fix Minima After two Yeart . During Which North "and South Will Have Same Scale hy Terms of new Proposal WASHINGTON, June 7. ( AP) -Administration forces in charge of the Wage-hour bill tentatively capitulated today to a southern bloc fighting for lower wage minima in Dixie than in the north. . Senators engaged in the delicate task of negotiating a compromise with the house and with the south approved '' ' O a payroll formula apparently ac- A MMn.'.-.w.v.A-tl 11 Board Candidacy Hopes to See Business Reorganization Effected Percy A. Cupper -announced last night he would be a candi date for reelection as a Salem school director. He said he .was stating no definite platform other than that he hoped to see fulfilled the reorganization of the Salem schools business offices as re commended by state auditors. Petitions nominating. Cupper were placed in circulation yester day afternoon. Mrs; David Wright, who was elected to her second term on the board in 1935. when Cupper . was named to his first, also is a candi date for reelection. - Manley Slay Ron Francis E. Manley, who ran for board membership a year ago. is reported to be considering en- iTi if-, -nH.finiTTw ;.m,J buthas not definitely decided toj do so. No decision had been reached late yesterday by . Tinkham Gil bert as to whether he would ac cede to many urgings that he per mit his name to be placed on the ballot. . - A legal Question arose yester day as to the final date for filing (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Fishers Unfazed By Lack of Fish ASTORIA, June 7-()-Mem-bers of the Columbia river fish ermen's union, recalling other slack years, refused to regard the absence of the' spring run of sal mon aa extraordinary.' They added, however, that con ditions during previous seasons were never more severe. The union agreed to renew its efforts for. a wide-range conservation program. Officials, attributed a possible depletion of fish life, to irrigation ditches, pollution and dams on Columbia river tributaries. Sever al said freshet conditions caused the salmon to remain in the sea. Rosser to Plead At Dallas Friday DALLAS - Al Rosser, former chief in the teamsters union but now facing arson charges in con nection with the West ' Calem Box factory fire last November, was brought from Hillsboro back to jail here shortly before 6 o'clock tonight oy Sh-riff T. B. Hooker and Deputy Sheril! Wil liams. Following his reappearance here, District Attorney Bruce Spauldlng said Rosser would be taken before Judge Walker Fri day afternoon about 1:36 o'clock to enter his plea. Rosser has been In the Hills boro jail the last few weeks. the . weather permits. Swimming lessons will not be given unU! June 27. The pools,, which are free to ev eryone, will be closely supervised. Three life guards will be in at tendance at each, and will be in structed to urge swimmers not to overtax themselves the first few days.- Tom drynan will be pool di rector, at Olinger, with. George Causey his assistant, while Forbes Mack will have charge at Leslie and be assisted ' by Dale Smith. Girls directors have not as ytt been selected. Other staff members appointed: Sylvia Tehle, stenographer; Mrs Catherine McGinnls, children's di rector at Leslie; David Moses, who will work with the music groups at both places; and Cotter Goujd. Don Reid, Maynard Clark and Webb Traglio each of trhom will be assigned to neighborhood play grounds when opened. ceptable to both. Their action was quickly interpreted as a victory for southerners. Under the proposal, both north and south would be treated alike the first two years. The minimum wage would be 25 cents an hoar the .country over the first year, and 30 cents the second. How ever, in succeeding years, advisory boards for each industry would fix the minima. 'The boards would merely be instructed to push the figure up to 40 cents an hour aa soon as "economically feasible." This tended to comply with de mands of southerners for differ entials for certain industries la their sector. They argued that liv ing costs la tha south are lower, and freight rates are discrimina tory against their section. Senator Borah Is Adamant Senator Borah (R-Ida.), one' of the conferees, objected vigorously to the compromise. He objected to the failure to specify a definite time at which the 40-cent scale would take effect. "It seems to me," he said, "that if a workman were looking for ward to getting 1 a week with which to take care of a family. nd the employer who was to give u tQ hlm WM unable tQ definitely , to do it until he had decided it was 'economically feas ible,' the workman might Justly conclude he didn't Intend to do It at 'all." Senators LaFollette (Prog.. Wis.l and Walsh (D-Mass.) other conferees, also announced they would not sign the compromise. Informed legislators said that as soon as the wage-hour fight was settled congress could quit and go! home. At best, however, it was apparent that this could not be done by the end of the week -r-the original goal of the leader ship." Salmon Get Over Dam, Bell Asserts" WASHINGTON, June 1-(JP-The performance of fish ladder at Bonneville dam has "definite ly refuted a claim that the struc ture would destroy, the salmon in dustry on the Columbia river," Frank T. Bell, fisheries commis sioner, reported today. - "The fish are passing over the dam on their way upstream ta spawn and our men have founa no pooling of fish below the bar rier," be said. The commissioner said the rel atively small spring run probably resulted from a poor spawning' season four years ago. Callison Plea of Innocent Entered REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 7.-(iT,)-Prince G.- Callison, 3, former football coach at the Uni versity of Oregon, pleaded inno cent before Police Judge Edward I. McAuliffe today to a charge ef driving while Intoxicated and re quested a trial by Jury. Judge McAuliffe set the case for June 24. ' Callison was arrested here Job 3 by Policeman Cole Stafford, who described him as "very much of & gentleman" when he was takea into custody. He's Mayor Also Chief; no Dough So Needs Relief 1 TACOMA, June -TP)-There's another side to this political bus';i.i, according to Kenneth Simmons. Simmons in a state represen tative from Pierce county. He Is also mayor of the town of Mil ton, chief of its fire department and hrad of the police depart ment. His wife Is postmitrett. ., The only trouble, Simmons declared toI:iy, i that his wife's salary is snt.iil, and his own multitude of jobs at present brings him exactly no income. He protested to the Pierre county board of commissioners against being strict" from t:.e WPA relief list, -