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;. 3fe The Tfcathep Partly cloady today, rains Wednesday. little change tn temperature. Max. temp, londay SO min. 41. RItct 4.8 feet. Sooth wind. News Telemata "Fast Photos " Associated Press telenets, ' recently acquired for The Statesman, . bring new pic tures to tt reader while they are really news. - nVV7 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregtm, Tuesday Mornirig, January 10, 1939 Print 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 247 fT O emiom Open g j-l ii "rj11 11 M British Leader To Visit Duce On Peace Trip 'Appeasement Gospel to Be Spread; Stops in JJParis First : Mussolini Is Expected to Speak out Upon Colonial Aims (By the Associated Press) British Prime Minister Cham berlain, the man who helped make history at Munich, again held the Interest of the diplomatic world yesterday (Monday) as he pre vreoared to start on a t i s 1 1 to Italian Premier MnssolinL The elderly British statesman. embarking on a mission to spread .further his gospel of European appeasement, leaves " London at 11 a. m. (6 a. m. EST) today ac companied by hia foreign minis ter. Viscount Halifax. Paris Conference With Daladicr First He will go first to Pari for a significant, eleventh hour confer ence with Trench Premier - Dala dier before proceeding to Rome to discuss ways and means of smoothing the differences divid ing democracies and dictatorships. Before the democratic Cham ' berlain and the fascist Mussolini will be a wide range of subjects Including the French-Italian co lonial dispute, the Spanish war, the removal of Jews from Ger many and economic advantages or Italy in the near east. In Rome, it . was Indicated II Duce ' would , tell Chamberlain In their talks beginning Wednesday Just what Italy wants in the way of colonial concessions from France. The Fx e n c h-Italian tension meanwhile provided new ammuni tion for an attack on French For eign 1 Minister Bonnet,., Govern ment opponents charged , this policy at , Munich made f possible Italian demand -tor a a n a r e in - Prance's MedltetraTOilwdW- can empire. , - -'"Ys'i Spanish Loyalista i Continue Onslaught In Spain, the government ad mitted a "slight retreat" before ' hard-hitting insurgent forces on the Catalonian front in the north east and jeported continued gains on the southwestern front. Japanese Invaders were report ed to have pushed into Lolotlen, 135 miles north of Hankow, link ing their lines beyond the fallen lng their lines beyond the fallen aTe been hoiig conferences omce 01 ine "eyor general of Chinese provisional capital inAjr with agricultural Aid Justment ad- public lands in Oregon, who des aingle extensive halt moon fcifL mmiBtratlon officials, estimated a If?4 " the 55tb Patent cer- A truce was declared ln the spo radic warfare between Czechoslo vaks and Hungarians over their new frontier.: The agreement was reached as brisk inilitary move ments were reported on both sides of the troubled boundary. Bar Would Outlaw SitJjown Strikes CHICAGO, Jan. t PV-The American Bar association's house ot delegates tonight Approved pro posed legislation ' which would outlaw sit-down strikes. -.' The group adopted a report of the association's - committee - on labor, employment and social curity, .which recommended ' an amendment to the national labor . relations act.' Three Salem Student Gain University Honor i EUGENE, Ore.,' Jan) t-(ffV-The University of Oregon placed 111 students on the scholastic honor roll last term. - - The group Included Perry J Powers, BUI Rosson, C. Elisabeth Steed. Salem, and Biancte A, McClellan, Albany. - Governor's Reception, Dances Are Social Season Salem had her big social moment last night when eyes of the state were focused on the capital city s tor the '. two .most elaborate social events of the .winter season the governor's re eeptlon and the inaugural balL Governor and Mrs. Charles A. - Sprague received ln the executive - suite early in the evening, then appeared on the dance floor at the armory, and amid military pomp, led the grand march tor the 1n- augural balL . , In the marble-walled rotunda ot Oregon's new capltol building. music by the uniformed lMth In :. fantry. band was heard by v.the hnndreda of citizens ot the, city '. and i officials ; of the state who came to shake the hand ot the . new -state executive. The, guests -were ushered to the' governor's - suite bv members of the military staff. ; CapUla . Laban A- Steevea ; .introduced-: guests . tor Governor -.aad Mrs.;EpTagne.-.,s Immediately loUowlng the re ception, the aute execuuves ana ' other distinguished . guests were escorted to the armory and upon War Plane Purchases Here by Japan Halted By " Moral mctions" Munitions Control BoJ?0 eveals Policy Which Has. Support of a 6- one Firm; Most of Shipments A d Blacklist Action WASHINGTON, Jan. t (AP) Congress learned to day that "moral sanctions" invoked by the state department against countries bombing civilians have virtually shut off Japan's purchases of military aircraft in the United States. This information was conveyed in the annual report of the national munitions control board which said the system Oof monitions pxnnrt llrennoa has CaaIt ft ftVoitr gltf 1 OCCti 1U mJI d vY UUl fih KQlTPrc AT Kill llatrttl O VfL RMMJA Business Council, Others Asked in Citation to List Subscribers Citation to the Oregon Business council and others to show cause why contributors to a fund spent in supporting the picket regula tion bill at the last legislature should not be further Identified was filed in department one of circuit court yesterday. The sum- mons vas maae remrnaoie wun- ur zu aays. I a i The defendants may list the cuuuiuuiun xu mo ucwu suis aemanaea, snow cause way laey should not, or proceed by demur ring to the issue. The council, individuals and other organizations which backed the anti-picketing measure were named defendants in a petition filed last week by D. E. Nicker- son. executive secretary or tne Oregon state federation of labor, seeking to eniorce aisciosure oi the Identity of contributors to the same campaign fund. The matter also has been turned over to the district attor ney's office here to ' ascertain if further disclosures are required Jd' Unte land Patent, and. If so. If yioWiHJL0 pa" Mmnt MMia w .nBftit f " .'T,f.. 4 "- r i T I Producers Ask Benefit Rise WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-Uty-A powerful artogrcaip, tne cotton growerS asked cedgress today to increakeXfarm benefit payments to fl. 500X110,000, Growerr; representatives, wno hmn nll.n wniiM ha naaH1 in addition to the $500,000,000 already earmarked for benefit payments to guarantee farmers parity income" from their crops. "Parity income" payments to cotton growers alone would re quire between $200,000,000 and 1300,000,000 additional, they said. Nebraskan Wants Age Pension Cut LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. i-VF-1 George A. Heupel, 71-year-old Nebraskan, placed before the Ne-1 braska unicameral legislature to- day a plea for lower old age pen sions. ; Heupel suggested by letter that the legislature cut the maxi mum pension - from" $30 a month to $ to a month and finance the lower pensions with a three per cent sales, taxi a i irr t ni jonn w an CHARLESTON. S, a. Jan. t. - ypy-John W. Davis, one-time dem - ocratle nominee for president, Is Ul here at Riverside infirmary, wnere ne was reponea resung 'fairly well" tonight after an at tack of influenza. their entrance were greeted with the ' governor s military . honors. "four ruffles and four flourishes.'' They led the grand march, fol lowed by members of the official party including Chief Justice and Mrs. John L. Rana. secretary oi State and Mrs. Earl Snell. State Treasurer and Mrs. Walter Pear son. Major General and Mrs, Geora-e A, White. Mayor and Mrs. w. w. Chadwlck. Mr. and Mrs. V, H. Kuhn. Mlsa Martha epragne and Mr. Melvln Hurley, Jar. and Mrs. Frederick' Lamport, jk ; m i The armory v. was elaborately decorated under , a ; low : celling, with maroon velvet drapes lining the walls, and v primroses and palms edging the stage. Cole Me Elroy'a orchestra furnished music. Across the street at Crystal Gar dens both floors were vied to ac commodate guests at what is prob ably Salem's ,. largest and - most eolorf ul balL ...r .- Guy Albln and .Tommy BeRiae furnished music at the Crystal Gardens 'Which - was . eonnectea w 1 1 h the armory by a covered runway. . J Highlight ln effect ' the government complete and current information "on tae exact quantities of arms, ammunition and implements of war which lawa thu conntrr. th country of destination of each "iSf "d ldentlty ot tne x- a"- The report made pnblic for the first time a circular letter the state department sent last July 1 to all aircraft makers and ex porters asking their cooperation in keeping American planes out of the hands of nations whose armed forces bombed civilians. The department would with great regret Issue any licenses au thorizing exportation, direct or In- direct, of anr aircraft or aircraft accessories, aerial bombs or tor- - pedoes to countries tha trmni forces of which r matins naa oi airplanes for attack uponcl- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) County Photostat Goes Into Action First Document Recorded Is 80-Year-Old Paper of Land Patent A document nearly 81 rears wn wwb county s new Photostat - recording .denarfanant ye'ieraay as tests ot tne equ ment were conducted by Deputiei Lee Obmart and Ethel Niles of the county clerk's and recorder's offices, respectively. Regular re cording by the' photographic pro cess will be started this morning. The patent was Issued to Daniel and Malinda C. Waldo, Marion Pioneers, giving them C40 acres, or a section, of "land. It was signed by President James Buchanan and issued through the office of the surveyor general of wncM given old ,?trumenti P?n"d Ttlj printed on skin parchment, was at one time copied down on page 23 of the first vol nme of records ln the recorder's office County officials were pleased with the way the equipment re produced documents used in the tests. Although the Waldo patent was badly faded, almost to the point of illegibility, the photo graphic reproduction was easily readable. William Brorsen, company rep resentative who Installed the ma- chine, declared the photo records I would outlast those recorded by typewriter.' Key Pott Are Occupied To Reopen Doernbecher PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. t-CTV- One hundred key workers of the big Doernbecher furniture plant returned "to work today and put I tne mm in snaps io resume oper- atlnna dnrinr the week. Abont lieo will ultimately return to 1 jobs, following settlement last I week ot a wage dispute that kept i the plant idle several weeks. MOONEY MARCHES PAST BOMBING SITE ; ;;; i s';v I Pardoned by Governor Colbert l - nombBTj tn Which 10 persons I jjroeeasiom ef Jnbllatkm over 1 - " seacawijj taoto. ; Relief-Politics Queries Await HarryHopldis Commerce Commission to Probe Before His new Job Is Confirmed Criticism of New Deal Spending Also Noted -in House Debate WASHINGTON, Jan. t .-UPf- The senate commerce commission decided today to esk Harry Hop kins some questions possibly pointed ones on politics ln re lief before passing upon his fit ness to serve as secretary of com merce. It voted to summon the former administrator of WPA for hear ings Wednesday. The committee said that it it was Inconvenient for Hopkins to appear at that time, he could send a representa tive and appear ln person later. Hopkins informed newsmen, however, that he would be pres ent. He previously had Indicated a willingness to give the commit tee any Information it desired. The senate committee s action was an outstanding development of a day which also produced clashes in house and senate over new deal policy. The house, ln a brief session. ran Into a spirited debate on spending and other subjects, which ended somewhat abruptly when Rep. Allen (D-Pa.) chided the participants for engaging in petty bickering and cheap poli tics." Pope, Frankfurter Choices Criticized The senate meanwhile was list ening to an argument by Senator Bridges (R-NH) that President Roosevelt had no right to depose Arthur E .Morgan from the board of the TVA, that consequently no vacancy exists, and that therefore the senate should not confirm the appointment of former Senator etaeja . P. Pope as Morgan's iue- Accusing Bridges of "hatred and malice against TVA," Sena tor Norris (Ind.-Neb.) asserted that failure to act on the Pope nomination might ruin TVA be cause, of its two remaining di rectors, one Is seriously ill and the other consequently overbur dened with work. In addition, arrangements were made during the day for commit tee action on two other Important Roosevelt appontments, those of Prof. Felix 1 a nkfurter to the supreme court and Frank Murphy, former governor of Michigan, to the post of attorney general. A senate Judiciary subcommit tee scheduled hearing for to morrow on the Frankfurter ap poinmtent, at which seven wit nesses, mostly opposing his con firmation, are to be heard. Frank furter himself Is to be represented by Dean Acheson, one of his Har vard law school proteges, who served , as under secretary, of the treasury early ln the Roosevelt administration. He left after a disagreement with the president on monetary policies. Jews Sweep Snow To Earn Livings VIENNA, . Jan. t. - Many Jews who hare lost their jobs ava result . ot the . nasi anU - Semitic campaign have turned to snow sweeping In Vienna. They received 4.10 marks ($1.92) a working day. ; Among them are many- intel lectuals who asked for night hour assignments because they did not wish their former non-Jewish col leagues to see them working on the streets. Olson, Tarn Xlooney, eosiTlcted ;f" ' ' ' I J- : -a : ti were nxuea, naaxcaes peat tae spe ex ins xrageoy xa aarauier para his KleaseV Ceeoad froca ttsrlsht is Carry Bridges, fiery west , SALEM CITIZEN ' -Z i f ' f. r-" " : !' -O I . " 1 i ii. i i i , , i. ,11 aa Pension Group Is Setting up Policy Six Organizations Figure in Conference; Board of six Will Meet A six-member nucleus for a committee to he completed this morning and to go Into session at the Salem chamber of com merce at 9:30 o'clock to work out an old age pension betterment program was elected at the open ing meeting of the Joint "better state pensions" conference at St. Josephs hall yesterday. Fourteen statewide organisa tions Interested In pensions have been Invited to snake suggestions to the committee today along the lines of degree of pauperisation to be reqnlred to make persons eligible for pensions, the amount ot the pensions and how larger pensions should be financed. First six members of the com mittee are Mrs. Joe Rogers, Inde pendence; Swan Nelson, Dayton; Charles W. Pilkenton, Newberg; J. L. Rolow, Turner; Mrs. Pearl Burkhalter, Oregon City, and The odore O. Nelson, Salem. Fifty-eight representatives ef (Turn to Page 2, CoL ) Convict Chaperau Of Gem Sneaking NSW YORK, Jan. -iJPf-k- bert N. Chaperau, suave diplo matic poseur, was convicted ot smuggling late today while Co median Jack Benny flew here to follow other theatrical personages before a federal grand Jury look ing Into customs violations. Two other eases are impending against Chaperau, who excused his Importations on the claim of diplomatic Immunity, which was disallowed. : The precise background ot Ben ny's trip from Hollywood was not disclosed by the government, nor would the V3 attorney's office confirm published reports that It concerned, the, purchase ot $1200 worth ot Jewelry for the come dian's wife, Mary Livingston. Ben ny himself said merely: "I'm go ing back to find out what It's all about.?, . . Chaperau waived a Jury trial. claiming humanity aa a commer cial attache of the Nlcaragnan Republic. ef 4 Preparedneaa IMy parade BECOMES STATE Above, Charles A. 6pragne left. Is Douglas McKay, leuow-towassaaa, to the rostram la uregost'a stew Hall of Representativea, to be srwora tn ne governor of Oregon. Mid dle picture, Robert M. Duncan of Barns, elected on Monday presi dent of the senate; below, Ernest R, Fatland of Condon, elected speaker of the bonsevCnt Conrteey The Oregoalan. - ToniMoonev Begins HisM SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. MAV Tom Mooney, whose long . fight for freedom organised labor -fi nanced, reciprocated - today - by donating . to strikers in Chicago aad Ban Francisco . the ten , dol lars he ; received ; "as compensa tion for SI years in . prison." Mooney- appeared briefly in .a (Kress) -five-and-ten cent store picket line and donated to strik ing clerks $5 of the fl that is given to every convict,, when he leaves San Quentln prison. Moon ey received the $10 when -he was pardoned Saturday and absolved of guilt in the lSlt saa Fran cisco Preparedness Day bombing which killed - ! people. - . 7 The other IS he gave to the American Newspaper Guild tor striking . newspaper workers in Chicago.. ' "It won't win the -strixe, out it's little things like that that count. - the . i 5-year-old former i (Turn to Page s, CoL 7) . Rubber Maker up For Discrimination i Washington; Jan. HffVr The federal trade commission ac cused the : United States Rubber company and a eubrddiary, the U. Tire Dealers Corporation, today of unlawful price discrim ination - In -, sales of automobile tires.. . - - ' .' T -i The commission's complaint al leged that the United States Rub ber " company, through subsidi aries,' has sold to certain pur chasers large quantities of spec ial ' brand ; tires at prices lower than it charged other purchasers for tlrea of Uke, grade and qual ity bearing ' its own brands. GOVERNOR belns; escorted by State Senator Northern Airways Sbip Forced Down JUNEAU, itoa'jasIirV A Tellef plane picked ap lour passengers late today from Pilot Les Cook's disabled Northern Air ways plane, forced down by mo tor trouble on the Inklla river. Pilot Lon Cope, from Juneau, left repairs and food for cook and ferried the passengers to Turlse- quah. v Cope will continue to Ju neau tomorrow. lve s: I ...Governor. Martin could not . resist a few comments not in cluded - In' his - printed .-text. "Hot potato" referring to relief , and "how she goes? were two phrases thrown Into the gen eral's closing remarks. 'Don't . So off half-coocked in this mat ter of giving more moneys to the connty. for the aid of needy added Governor Martin as - be departed from his prepared ; Dr Gallup was not' at the lnau gnraf ceremony to lake a poll of sentiment on Governor Sprague's speech but the applause at several periods Indicated the points which brought the most favor -from the listeners. When the new governor spoke of government at the tor rant, not the master,1 of citlsens, the applause was plentiful - as it was when he said that government exists for the individual, not the individual for the state. : Hearty applause greeted the - statement that the hew governor would not "lose the gains"-made by Gover gislat Sidelight Two Governors Are Applauded At Ceremonies New Capitol Is Setting for Events as 40th Legislature on Duncan and Fatland Are Installed, Chairmen of two Branches Inauguration of Charles A. Sprague of Salem as Oregon's ZZnd governor since statehood - shared the limelight with the 1 1 - . .1.. Ml 1. f vjrcuujg ui tun lirsi iswmsuB( session ln the new rapitol on Monday as the 40th legislature convened in an atmosphere of complete harmony. Before a Joint session of the two houses of the legislature in -the hall of representatives, at- ' tended by a crowd which filled all of the regular gallery and hundreds of temporary seats. Governor Sprague was sworn in at 2:38 p.m. by Chief Justice John L. Rand at the close of a simple ceremony which includ ed the official canvassing ot the November vote for governor by Ernest R. Fatland, speaker ef the house, and the formal decla ration by Robert M. Duncan. president of the senate, that Mr. Sprague had been elected. The inauguration had been pre ceded by the formal convening of the two houses, 'ht appoint ment of committees to escort v 1th In, the bar of the house Gov ernor Charles H. Martin, Governor-elect Sprague, the justices of the supreme court and the other state officials; due recog nition of their arrival, the invo cation led by President Bruce R. " Baxter of Willamette university. and the farewell message of Gov ernor Martin. Martin Popularity Shown in Applanse The affection in which the re tiring governor Is stfll held sr - Salem and . Oregon people In gen eral was- attested by the applause and the ' occasional lacghter at a particularly chracterictic state- 5 ment. Including several that were not in his prepared address. : But it was an entirely differ ent applause which occasionally'. punctuated the delivery of Gov ernor Sprague's message, pre sented Immediately after the for mal Inauguration ; an,', applause reflecting approval of policies yet to be put into execution. - Oddly perhaps, this audience red action revealed a middle-of-the-road sentiment similar to that of ' the governor himself; for it was equally vociferous at his decla ration that "the individual does not exist for the statj, but the state tor the Individual. and at his pledge that "the gains thus -made (in the curbing of labor terrorism) shall rot be relin quished in my administration. v The - Inauguration program closed , with the new governors message, with related events lat er in the day, the governor's re ception and the Inaugural ball, temporarily eclipsing the activi ties ot the 90 legislator to whom the spotlight will return upon resumption ot their sessions thin forenoon. Houses Organise And -.Xante Officers ? Monday , forenoon .sessions of - -the two houses were confined to . organisation,. carried out. without a hitch along , lines determined ; at the . Sunday night caucuses. . Robert M. Duncan . of Burns wan - -elected president of the senate and Ernest JL Fatland of Con-" don : was named as . speaker of the house. Desk and ' floor staffs ., were . elected as follows . Senate Chief clerk, Zylphar Burns of Portland ; assistant ehleT. , clerk, Ellxabeth Glatt ot Wood burn; , calendar . clerk, . Richard Jackson of Portland: sergeant-at-arms, Allan Wheeler .of En gene; reading clerk. , Walter (Turn to Page S, CoL S) Here and there behind and in . front of tHe scenes atMthe 40th legislative assembly. nor Martin while a little gross cheered ' uproariously when the governor said he advocated aboli tion of the bakery board. Another sally which rew applause was the governor's request for aboli tion ot the practice of taking mortgages against property on which old-age pension money have been advanced. - - Old-time legislators ftad their , way back to sessions Invariably.. : t Seen at the inangnral session . were - WIDard . Marks. of Al-'- haay, former president of the . i state senate and now' chairman - J of the board of higher ednca- -tfon; Pat GalUher who need to live in Ontario, now practices ; law in Portland Howard Let- onrette, lormer speaker of the . honse; Estes Saedecor, one of - the best legislators Portland X has sent to Salens t the last ' ten years; Ralph Uamflton, sneaker tn 1023, then of Bend. bet- now . of' Portland. - : ' (Turn te Page x, CoL tr .4