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--,,.- Vt The Weather -'' ; ' :x -fO Clovdy today and Bator-, day, - possible llfjht rains. Utile chaaga la tempera , 1 tare. Max. Temp. Thmnday 47, Mia. So. BiTer 2.0 feet. The Sl-ft-rear accklent pro 1 i v- hundreds of Statesman read- :. .- - - v cr .proves -invaluable ta - : -i many case, - J , , " r ... EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Sajem, Oregon, Fridaj horning, January 13, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 250 -.---4 anion J1Z . 7 , S fi a . 2 V ' " 15.. 1 I T A-f-v-r- - ; Mb C(ompeim A s saifiven Colons!: $552,000,000 for DefeniBe v ' Weapons j Would Give ; ; t v 3000 new Planes ; : Congress Generally Is Calm, but Opposition'; maKes oiana By EDWARD E. BOMAR ! WASHINGTON. Jan. IX-tffV-An apparently responsive congress re ceived from. President. Roosevelt today , an urgent , request for a $552,000,000 emergency fund for more than 3,000 warplanes, addi tional naval bases and other de fense 'weapons to meet new condi tions of warfare. " . , ", . Leaders" promised to glva the right oi way to an arms expansion program which the. chief - execu tive said ; "changing world condi tions" made "imperative." , - Praised by numerous admlnls- tratlon supporters ' as reasonable and conservative, the recommen , dations were quickly condensed by i some republicans as "political." i Some democrats also indicated they had some doubt about parts .. of the program, but there was no sign of any movement strong enough to defeat it. "Mlnimam Requirement" j Is Roosevelt's Message " : " I "Devoid of all hysteria, this program is but the minimum of requirements," the president as serted In his special message. ' Advising "as great speed as pos sible," he asked that $450,000,000 be used to reinforce the army and the remainder devoted to the navy. Proposing a vast expansion of the nation's air power, he ear ma r k e d $300,000,000 -. of J the : army's share for a minimum of 1,000 planes, $10.000,000 '"for t raining some:'Z0,000, college youths annually as pilots, and rec ommended. $ll,000,000for new . - naval aircraf t- . " raciflcWUr'Baea';:..'-;:'':!;, CoUdlmg laclatfed Mws , P- Thaw thief executive,! Included $44,000,000 . to start w on numerous aew naval air bases In the Pacific and elseithere, In ac t cordance - with recommendations last week by the navy's Hepburn . board," which proposed fortifica tions .for the long-unfortified ls- rnd of Guam in the far east. "To provide an adequate, peace garrison" for the Panama canal, he asked $27,000,000, and called . for stronger seacoast defenses Kere, In Hawaii and the continen 1 United States. - . - -Included also waa a suggestion , 1 or approximately $32,000,000 of "educational orders' to enable in dustry to prepare for quantity pro duction of munitions in the event of war. - ' Coupled with $1,100,558,000 ' - provided for the army and navy in ' the budget Mr. Roosevelt sent to congress last week, the new rec ommendations projected an aggre gate national defense program of $1,681,558,000, much the largest . since post-World war' 19 20. :.. i Of this, however, the president estimated that only $1,31,558, 000, included $210,000,000 of the i emergency fund, . would actually be paid out of the treasury during the fiscal year starting next July 1. ; Proposing an immediate start on the defense reinforcements, the chief executive asked that 150, 00.000 of the $300,000,000 army air force share be made available immediately to put idle aircraft plants to work, along with $5. 00,000 to start construction on 'new quarters in the Canal Zone. ' Convict Seattle Negro ' SEATTLE, Jan. 12-(fln,A sn perior eourrJury convicted WiK Ham I WUkina, 37-year-old negro janitor, toda'y of manslaughter In connection with deats of Wil Lam r Edmonds, 35. negro. Ed jnonds was shot curing a fight . 1.1- tTtMt.1-. t. am A A A (V. weapon discharged : accidentally. New Farm Bill I Congress to Answer Wallace ri WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. -CFV A broad, cost - of production . farm bill, which its sponsors predicted . would rally the support of prac tically all elements opposed to the present agricultural program, was ' Introduced in -the senate aad the -house today. t . - v Described by Rep. Lemke - ( R ND) as "a non-partisan answer to Secretary Wallace's challenge tor a farm program," the bill had backing from farm state legisla , tors of both major parties, tnclud - tng some administration demo- . crats. A ; : - V Senator Fraxier - (R-ND) - lntro ' duced the biU in the senate. Other . ' sponsors - were ' Senators Wheeler (D-Mont), Thomas (D-Okla), Bu low (D-SD). Capper-(R-Kas), Shlpstead (FL-Minn). Nye (R NND), Russell (D-Ga), McCarran ( D - Ilev ) , Donahey -(D - Ohio) , -Curke (D-Nebr), Johnson.. (D- - Coir). Luc'sea-FL-i:inn)t Gur- ' ae; , (R-SD), . Holm an (R-Ore), HOPICINS DENIES HE'D "SPEND o Frankfurter Gets Committee's Okeh Never Communist, Either in Party or Belief g, He Tells Senator WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-GPV-A senate Judiciary sub - committee approved the nomination of Felix Frankfurter to the supreme court today after hearing the little Har vard law professor assert 'his faith in the American constitu tion. J'-rr' . , t ?.V":: Bo did so because tor two dan a procession of witnesses had de nounced him as a radical, a com munist,...a .disbeliever in things American and even, in some cases, had objected to his confirmation because he is a Jew and was born abroad.:', z t-&,' .-).: In answer to oTsestiona-maati & menoij quesuons irom sen ators who enthusiastically ''ap plauded t- hla appointment " and wished . only - to. set the record straight ho denied that, he .was nor ever had been a. communist, either by party membership or by inciutauon. To Senator McCarran (D-Nev). tha only member of the committee who interrogated him with any (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Children Selling Narcotics, Report Populous Harlem Sector of New York Scene; 17 Are, Indicted NEW YORK. Jan. 12.-(P)-A startling story of children selling narcotics in the streets of Harlem "as openly as though they were selling apples and with a good deal more success" was told to night by treasury department of ficials as the indictment or 17 per sons was disclosed. Among those charged with con spiracy and sale of narcotics was Carlos Cubela, steward aboard the steamer Santa Maria which re turned Secretary of State Cordell Hull and hla party from the Pan American conference in Lima. MaJ. Garland Williams, chief of the narcotics division here,' said conditions in the populous' negro and Latin-American section' of Manhattan were "atrocious" "and an "eye-opener" to his agents.' Assistant TJS Attorney Abet I. Smith, said ten' defendants were under arrest and others probably were in Cuba and South America. He estimated the ring had smug gled in about $00,000 worth of one variety of narcotics on Grace liners, from South America and large quantities of others. . VauncKed in, Bone (D-Wash), Schwarts (D- wyojt ana mt oueiw irroi WU). Mundt (R-SD). and Swee- neY D-Ohlol. . The . bUl retains certain teai- ures of the AAA bnt discards the or indole -of limited production. . . It would apply not only to the commodities now covered by the AAA but also to all other farm products in whlcn there was inter state or foreign commerce to the extent oi $10,000,000 or more annuauy.k fi ! ! -?. -- r ' The, secretary of agriculture would! determine the cost of pro duction of each farm product an nually after holding hearings. He would estimate wthe - volume of production, the portion, required for domestic consumption and the portion " remaining for warehouse reserves or export. : ' All dealers and.; processors would be required to pay. hot less (Tura to Page z CoL-- 8) vs. w ill :-.: ' Above, . Sea." Arthur Vaaderoerg asks the questions and -Harry Hopkins gives the answers at a senate,- commerce, committee hearing; on the former WPA ad atiaisrmtor,s appotntmentlothe cabinet.' Hopkins denied ' he ever had said "Well spend aad spend, tax and tax, elect aad elect. Below, Elizabeth Dilling, itbor of anti-communist books, protests in vain against Felix Frankfurter's appoint ment oa the supreme AP Telemat. Mexico Tells of CedilloV Death MEXICO CITY, Jan. lt-(JPf Ex- General Saturnlno Cedillo, leader of ah abortive uprising against President Lasaro Carde nas last spring, was killed yester day in a brush with federal troops, the war department disclosed today,- . i f Long-time dictator of San Luis Potoel state, Cedillo met death in the "rugged mountains of that cen tral Mexican region where he had found refuge from pursuing troops for. seven months.-' -J f A Mexican Indian of about 41, Cedillo was secretary of agricul ture in Cardenas cabinet until 1237, - -;. SX""- fx Upon Came Board -a - j ? . -.. . Kenneth Moody, Bend merchant. was named a member of the state game , commission by ' ; Governor Charles A. Sprague yesterday.! He succeeds C. E. Riley of Klamath Falls who resigned.: f t Moody was , approved br the oescnutes county Sportsmens as sociation, by the Redmond-Sisters Sportsmens club, (he Jefferson County Rod and Gun club and the Crook County Game Protective association. . Second Nazi Spy rDraws Conviction CRISTOBAL, CZ, Jan. 12-y-The second of two Germans, Rob ert Kurhig. 21.. was convicted of spying la the Panama Zone by a lederal court today and given un til January 20 to file a motion for" a new trl&L - " Judge Bunk Gafdner was ex pected to rule on the same day oa a similar -motion . for Hans Rein- rleh Schackow, 21, who was con victed December 14 of paotorraph- lng -vital defense sonea. Moody Appointed AND SPEND" t i ?Senate Confirms Pope Appointment Ignores Bridges Claim It Is Illegal; 3 Other Choices Backed WASHINGTON, Jan. li-VP)- rresiaent Roosevelt s appoint ment of former Senator James' P. Pope of Idaho to the Tennessee valley authority received senate confirmation today, despite a contention by Senator Bridges IK-NDJ that it was illegal. : Bridges contended in vain that no vacancy existed on the TV A board because the ouster of for mer Chairman Arthur X. Jf organ by President Roosevelt was "un warranted aad illegal." Through a e.ulrk of parliamen tary procedure, the nomination already had been confirmed when Bridges began speaking, but at ' the request of, liajority Leader Bar kley (D-Ky) the sen ate reconsidered in order to hear the New Hampshire senator. : !; When the vote came a chorus of "ayes" overwhelmed a hand ful of "noes," the Utter coming chiefly, from the republican aide of the chamber. The senate confirmed unani mously three' other major nomi nations. These were John W. Hanes of North Carolina to be Under-Sec retary of the treasury, Preston Delano of Massachusetts, a dis tant relative of President Roose velt's,' to be comptroller of the currency, and Ellen 8. Woodward of Mississippi to be a member of the social security board. Con Confesses Escape PORTLAND. Jan! lt.-UPh-Pete, Bismarck, arrested here tonight on a vagrancy charge, confessed to Detectives W. L. Bryant and H. J.- McCormick he escaped from the West Virginia state peniten tiary fn 1935 after serving three years of a 10-year sentence for burglary. Missouri Sharecroppers Protest Plight: Claim They're Evicted At fi A tooBsaad sharecroppers of soatlieastera Missouri, mostly aegroes. ' stage a demoawtntioei along tho highway to protest against alleged tt . evktioa from their shanties aad the apparent intention of landown ers to change from sbarecropping to day labor ta order to avoid . shartnjt federal benefit payments lace warned their benefits mht , Italian; not Yield On any Point Meeting b Held 'Draw u Both Strengthen 1 Favor at Home ' ' a Two Statesmen Explain Their Ideas but no Deal Is Reached ROME, Jan. 12-iV-Prcm!er Mussolini and Prime Minister Chamberlain ended tonight their race-to-face talks In which they explained without completely re conciling their points of view on Europe's troubles. Tomorrow Chamberlain will have a moving audience with Pope Plus XL Both n Dues and the British leader refrained from entering into any deal whatever to settle any problems, including Italy's demands on France and the Span ish war. Foreign observers characterized as a "draw" Chamberlain's latest appeasement trip, perhaps strengthening his position at home. A Chamberlain spokesman emphasised that nothing had been given away. Fascists in Touch With Allied Nations Mnssolinl likewise could show his followers that he had yielded nothing. Throughout the talks fascists were significantly In toueh with diplomats represent ing Italy's allies, Germany and Japan. It was understood an account of the British-Italian converse tions had been given to German Ambassador Hans-Georg Viktor von Mackensen. He called this morning on Count Galeasso Clano, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) 'Croppers Annies Tattered Host Is Reduced by lUtar investigation Asked by Planters NEW MADRID, Mo., Jan. 12- (ffV-Rain beat down tonight on sections of - southeast Missouri, where 1000 men, women and chil dren were camped in the open in a demonstration which brought demands today from planters for a federal Investigation. The rain reduced the ranks of the ragged army of farm work ers and their families, gathered along TJS highways CO and 01 since Tuesday in a mass protest against their economic condition. Landowners' claimed the demon stration was "unwarranted. " Meeting at New Madrid. 24 planters demanded a "fair and im partial" inquiry, preferably by the federal bureau of investigation, into the reasons for the demon strations. A resolution, which they sent to state and federal officials, eon- tended the mass march to the 4 highways was "Instigated by cer tain agitators who are telling the people the government will give (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) mm 'V : -r ; ; 1 4- o with tho workers. Secretary Wal bo eaiedw--AP Telemat, ,v Remain Encamped ..... ,i jl M:udirjpr County o- - o .. mm a ter Upon Funds Is Declared Aim Marion Delegation Will Introduce Bill; Cites Several Purposes Perusal by Auditors of State Also Would Be Made Mandatory Establishment of the office of county auditor for Marlon county will be proposed In a bill being prepared by the county's legisla tive delegation, 8enator Ronald Jones announced yesterdsy after noon. The measure probably will be Introduced in the senate next week. The auditor would be appointed by and be directly responsible to the county court. His duties would consist of setting up a master con trol accounting system, of audit ing all claims as to legality and compliance with the annual bud get, of making up budgets and of coordinating the bookkeeping car ried on In all county departments. The delegation's bill also would make it mandatory to have the af fairs of all county offices, includ ing those of the Justice courts and constables, audited each year by the state auditing division of the department of state. Reeeat Disclosure Owe Csnsso of Move The pending investigation of the $28,02$ discrepancy reported by the state auditors to exist between fund balances' ihd' eash in the Marlon county treasurer's office is es reason for-tho delegation's proposal hat not the only one. The legislators feel that the county's economy Is hampered by jack of a uniform bookkeeping, system, lack of coordination of financial prac tices and, as one member or the delegation described it, "the kind of a mess that everything is kept In now." Senator Jones was appointed by the delegation to study the courthouse situation and make recommendations. This he has been doing in the last few weeks. "I believe creating" the office of auditor would be a worth while step," Senator Jones said. "And It would greatly simplify the task of making the annual audit" Much of the proposed new of fice's routine would consist of control bookkeeping and check ing of claims now carried on in the office of County Clerk U. G. Boyer and Deputy Clerk C. C. Ward. The new setup would give the county clerk rather than the clerk full direction of such work. The plan being outlined for the Marion county bill follows somewhat a system which has been la effect in Clackamas county for 15 years. Multnomah county also has a similar of flee. Craven Convicted Of Convict Death PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12-UP) -Frank A. Craven, formal deputy warden of tho Philadelphia coun ty prison, was convicted of in voluntary manslaughter tonight for the death of one of our eon- Yicts :. last : summer in super heated punishment cells. The conviction carries a pos sible penalty of eighteen months to three years Imprisonment f A Jury of seven men and five women deliberated three hours. They .ignored the', prosecution's request for a second degree mur der verdict. . : The finding, climaxed a week's trial in which evidence was pre sented that Craven was in com plete charge of the prison when 28 ; convicts .were herded into "londlke," a punirhmeat build ing heated , by a battery of steam radiators, 'for participa tion in a hunger strike. she s 13 Todav- F : ' J - Friday the 13th; Won't Tempt Fate ? -t Little Dorris Jeaae Cutler, daughter of Jack Catler, - night desk sergeant of the city ponce, doesnt .intend . tempting fate any further today by! wanting under ladders, allowing .black" cats . to cross her path or .neglecting v to pick ay any pin she may.see;? She has a good reason: - She's IS years old today, oa this Friday- tfhe-12th- - : ligh view Office, t Education Aid Bills Drafted; Equalize j. Two" bills each designed to make more efficient the elemen tary and high school system of the 38 counties in the state were in process of preparation yesterday for Introduction in the legislature with members of the state school superintendent's office and the at-torney-gentral's staff collaborat ing In their preparation. The measures will be -designed to reduce the number of school districts in the counties of the state and to spread and equalize the taxation levied by the dis tricts. It was doubtful yesterday if the two bills would be ready for in troduction for another week. Recommendations for reduction in the number of school districts were made by Governor Charles A. Sprague in his inaugural ad dress Monday. The plan under consideration for tax equalization calls for the pooling of the county, state and irreducible school funds and their disbursement to the districts only when the latter have levied a eer tal nmialmnm millage. Consolidation of school districts would be pressed in a measure which would set up a county board to make recommendations of such grouping of districts. Fin al approval could come only by affirmative action of the state board of education consisting of the governor, the secretary of state and the state school super intendent. - - Men Forties f Put 200,000 Middle-Aged Are Mobilized on Loyalist Line in Catalonia . HEND ATE, France (at the Spanish Frontier), Jan. 12-(ff)-The Spanish government mobil ised thousands of middle-aged men in Catalonia today to check in surgent encroachment along a 125-mile front. The call went out to men be tween the ages of 39 and 45 for the front lines and to others up to the age of 50, including those unfit for front-line duty, for forti fication brigades. It was unofficially estimated that 200,000 men were affected by the mobilization order. Medical re-examination of all previously considered incapacitat ed for service was ordered. LERIDA, Spain, Jan. 12-3V-Spanish Insurgents reported to night that their forces in Cata lonia had speeded their advance on Tarragona, Mediterranean port, by capturing Falset. Falset is 22 miles from Tar ragons; which is 50 miles south west of Barcelona. The next ap parent objective is. Reus, nine miles west of Tarragona. Insurgent reports said the Mor occan army corps that captured Falset (in the vicinity of which are lead and manganese mines) occupied the village of Marsa, two miles from Falset.- Legislative Sidelights: A sizeable reconstruction of tie reading and chief clerk'a desk in the senate la slated for this week end by 'J.e West Coast Desk com pany which bunt the equipment. The clerks have complained that the filing places provided in the equipment v are . inadequate i and poorly arranged and the company has volunteered " to rework the desk to, make It - suitable. Some of the . senators have complained that their desks are too smaU for soluble work but nothing can, be done about It, ttnt iosed and I wlU U bach from Portland, to spend most of his time as the ses sion gets under fill swing.' For If years be. has teea executive sec retary of the Tertiand Central La bor council aid prides himself on the fact that every cent disbursed by the council in .that period has been accurately and - completely accounted for. Last year Ander son took part in. 320 conferences between employers and employees. Yesterday he stated that 131 re quests for "an" unfair listing were made daring the year; 102 were withdrawn when a settlement was reached between employers' and Not to Affect Picketing Law Says Governor Federal Security Board Offers First Direct Advice to State Dunne Talks to Officer of US Agency; Change to Help, Asserts Prompt amendment of the Ore gon unemployment compensation act to remove any doubt that It conforms to the requirements ot the national security law was ap proved late yesterday by Gover nor Charles A. Sprague. The gov ernor announced he would send a draft of a proposed hfU to the legislature Monday, asking Its prompt enactment into law. Decision of the governor to sub mit the bill followed ftv telephone conversation - between T. Morris Dunne, ; ehairautt t of the Oregon unemployment commission, with sn officer ot the social security board ta Washington. While the latter hoard has not announced its decision on the moot question of certifying Oregon's unemploy ment Insurance law, Dunne gained the impression that a restatement and reenactment of the law as re gards the definitions of strikes and loskouts was desirable.. Amendment Will Bo Helpful, Intimated - Washington officials Intimated that remedial legislation by tho Oregon legislature would, ba hels-t ful ta gaining certification tor the OregoB law. Governor Sprague" made plaid that thr bill he would submit would not ; amend or repeal the present picketing law adopted by Oregon voters la November. . "I am satisfied that It was sot the Intention of the sponsors ot the picketing law to interfere with ordinary operation of tho un employment compensation-act and I feel certain that the legislature wffl reenact the present defini tions so that Oregon's law win bo certified, its unemployed workers receive compensation and its em ployers relieved of a double assess ment, the governor saldl Draft of the proposed law is be ing made by Ralph Campbell, as sistant attorney general, on de tached service with the unemploy ment commission. 5 Marooned Men's Rescue Unef f ected JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. !!-) -Unfavorable weather today pre vented rescue of five mea. In cluding two passengers, maroon ed when Pilot Les Cook's plane was forced down Monday by mo tor trouble on the Inklln river. Pilot Lon Cope, who flew two ether passengers to Tulsequah yesterday, was unable to return because of weather conditions. Radio communication ' with Cook's plane was cut off today, and airmen expressed belief bat teries had run down. The five men had ample clothing, and food enough for the remainder of the. week. Here and there behind and in front of the scenes at the r; 40th legislative assembly. employees. Anderson represented Multnomah county several aions in the lower house 1 Colonel Robert A. Miner, for mer member of. 'the house aad lata democratic nominee for the short term senatorshlp, was given the courtesy of the house. Among others receiving the house's rec ognition were Lynn McReady, for mer member from Lane county. :' Tb upper house 'nuwday ; honored Senator Rex Ellla, Umattlla county, oa the occa ; sioa of .hla; 46th birthday. A I rcsplotloa . extended. birthday . I greetings. , ', . .-...; , r i A' favorite task for the con stant observers at the. statehoust ; la the examination 'of possible MbonersMT in ' the murals at the Btatehouse. One man . was ; con vinced thai the picture of the fisherman-logger was Ineorrect be-, cause the logger had his hand over; the teeth, of the cross-cut saw which stands at his aide. A Umber-worker explained 'that soma-, times a logger .holds his-saw in that fashion as he carries It over' (Turn to Page?. CoL 3)