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-M v T 1 1. 1 A ifot ( WW VA AW rnrr, The leather Showers today and Wed Beaday. 'No chaaso ta tern peratare. Max. ten, lloa' day 42, aria. ss. RItct U foet. 8W wlad. " i - - . ' li W T lif i I fcnf IU3I EIGUTy.EIGUTU YEAH Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 31, 1933 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 265 - . ... 1 AJ 1 - A N II . , - ' . ' -r t i & c - , Aid. : t t: Jtaily W ,-: ,yiMM I i i ; Above, Priaccsa Martha; below. Crtwi Priare Olaf, of Norway, who will Tislt the United Statea this sprlaff but cannot manage to Include Oregon In their itin erary according to word re ceived yesterday by Governor Sprague. IU J. Thoinaa, "acting presMeBt of the anti-Homer Martin fac tion of the CIO aato worker' valoa. ' Formerly a' Ttce-preri- dent of the HAW, he waa oaated by-Marthv : . ; An English girl may play ."Scarlett-bat Jlelen Gay Kelly of Batto, - Mont, 'win ' - be "Oneen XJay" of the coming .whiter ear nival at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Their Impeachment' aoaght akmg . with that of Labor Secretary France Perkins hi resolution God by Keo. ParniU Thomas X-NJ) abovev Gerald D- Beil- lt. laser Ccrartneirt souciicri -" u:- James L. IlocshUU, m rrrrm m- -t - - -- - - r, -trt im n i - ) , r II r-'- W'Tli. Property.Tax " Reinstatem ent in 1940 State Tax Commissioner ; Appears at Hearing on Tax Bills . Fisher Says Necessity for Added Revenue Will Return Tax Restoration of the state proper ty tax In 4940 seems almost cer tain. Earl Fisher, state tax com missioner, told a taxation and revenue committee hearing on proposed taxation bills lart night, if present tax laws are unchanged and "if there Isn't substantial eco nomic improvement." Fisher said "changing economic conditions," the constitutional six per cent annual increase in gov ernment expenses and a half mill war veterans aid provision would result in the necessity for greater revenue. Repeal of the intangibles tax, one of the measures before the legislature, would result- In a $450,000 to $500,000 loss to the state if no other changes were made in the tax structure. Fisher said. Of the $1,335,000 collected on intangibles taxes for 1937 the state would "recoup about half when Intangibles automatically go under personal tax." Some adjust ment, Fisher said, would be nec essary to make up the difference. New Income Tax Wonld Fill Breach , ' .. Proposed to take up the differ ence is an income tax bill which changes" the present exemptions on taxable Income to a $35 exemp tion for wife and $ for each dependent 'deductible from : tax figured oa total Income. . Usher said the proposed bin. If based on 1937. should produf $900,000 more. thaiKtae present acome rt exemption v system, "or enough to offset the loss from re peal of the Intangibles tax and partly provide tor Increased ex penses. The additional income, he said, would come from aU brac kets bnt more especially from the higher ones. , Objection to the C exemption for dependents as being too low was made by S. D. Buel. who with C R. Rawllnson and Eric P. van of the .Oregon Association of Cer tified Public Accoun taints, pre sented a consideration of the tax bills made by a committee of that body. Buel said there was apparently a "great disparity" between the present act and the one proposed and that there was "a seeming Injustice on persons with depend ents." Fisher said the corporation ex else tax bill, which reduces the offset allowed corporations from 7 a to 50 per cent, would probab ly recover about a third of the 1900,000 allowed In offsets in 1937. -, . 10 Nations Meet On Wheat Crisis LONDON. Jan. 30-4rV-Plans for a world wheat conference to consider. the crisis caused by bumper crops and low prices will do aucussea tomorrow by a I co nation, sub-committee of Cthe in. ternauonal wheat advisory , com mittee. , : . The sub-committee, appointed Jan. 1S, consists of representa tives pf the United States, Argen tina. Canada. Australia. Britain. Germany, Rumania Hungary, -so viet kussu and France, v Its chief tasks, is to draft the program for a world, conference. the date of which la to he announ ced later. . Late Sp SPOKANE, WashL Jan. tO-Uft In an upset victory Oonxaga uni versity defeated the university of Idaho baskethau.team J5,to IS, ta a slow, close-guarding .a one- conference game here tonight. ! The half rims score was: fjonxaga 14. Idaho-Ivi n t l fj- v.i - - ! Considerably crippled by the ab sence of Brandon Barrett, veteran center, and ' Roland Harris, for ward, the Vandals were held to a single field goal and one tree toss tn the first period.' The Idaho sec ond team played most of the game. FOREST GROVaVOre., Jan 10 4PV-Paclfic University made- It two straignt over uaueia eoueg by beating - the Wildcats, ,44-21, here tonight. Close cheeking marked the first hslt which ended. H-ia for Pacific la the lart hf Eilertson, : Badger guard, ; held scoreless in the first half, made 11 points la five minutes, giving his team a safe lead. - PHOENIX, Axis.. Jan. $0-V The Arixona republic said, tonight it had learned . from - a reliable source that Miles W. Casteel. vet eran assistant football coach at MirMMn stater would he offered the head coiehiag post at tha Caw yerslty of Arizona, v ; . ': '-t Seen MjMi0. RnhW Rage Through Midwest 'Info Mnntnn'a! S inquiry to Be Pushed-Report Resignation Won't End Investigation Into f Alleged Loans $400,000 Loans Alleged . Made; by Interested Parties in Case NEW YORK, Jan. 30-(ff)-Mr-tin T. Manton, white-haired senior Judge of the second U. S. circuit court of appeals and the nation's highest-ranking jurist next to the justices of the supreme courts re signed today amid a broadening investigation of accusations that he accepted more than $400,000 in loans from persons interested in cases which came- before his bench. He categorically denied any wrongdoing, but said he preferred to step down rather than to, be the central figure in it controver sy, no' matter what Its outcome, that eould be seised upon by ma licious minds to east reflection upon the court . . or to weaken public confidence in the general administration -of justice." His resignation transmitted to President Roosevelt to be effec tive no later than -March will not end a three-sided inquiry into the" charges brought against him. 1st Washington Atty. GexuFranh Murphy made clear that a "thor ough Investigation' by the justice department .would go on: X Here, New York County Plst. Atty. Thomas E. Dewey said he wag con sidering a '.'possible criminal pros ecution under the Income tax laws of the state "and US DiaU JLtty. Gregory F: Noonan said any evi dence indicating criminal violation of federal statutes would be put Immediately before a grand jury, Deputy commissioner spencer Bates, head of the special Investi gating bureau of the state .tax de partment, Slid tonight he had turned oyer to Dewey records and returns dealing with Manton's personal income taxes. Optometrist Bill Hearing Is Held Proposed Legislation to Curtail Advertising Hit by Speakers The people of Oregon have been made eye conscious more through advertising by corporate optometrists than through any other agency. Will H. Masters. Portland attorney, declared at public hearing here last night on the' so-called optometry bill now before the legislature. . Over. 300 persons attended the hearing which was conducted by the senate committee on medi cine, pharmacy and dentistry. " ! The bill provides for raising tne educational standards or optom etry and seeks to curtail 1 adver tising by members of tbe profes sion. ' ' . "It is bills of this kind that raise resentment on the part of the BCODle" Masters said. "There already has been too much legis lation." - , Masters said he objected par ticularly to that section of the bin ,. (Turn to Page z, col ,3tiV ' ' - Sidelightss Jnat;te settle surnssaents. It exactly two years age to- day that Salens was blanketed by the heaviest snowfai la IS ; year. Likewise, ta , case ; there are any beta, the anew as nseae- wred oa Monday naoraiag, Feb ruary 1, 1837, as 8alexa started to dig eat and repair the dans age .was .officially 'recorded ' aS . 21. imebafitep,-. , , .;Hi-. ? ' It will be '."remembered vividly by; legislators who -were here for the 1937 session, because some of them didn't manage to get back on the job in time ' for ' Monday ttnornlnri roll call. For the bene- fit of new members,' It should be explained , that , such weather Is very unusual" here.' ' ' That Monday was the 20th day of that session, too; bat the honse bad a better excase oa that - occasioa for " postponing the deadline for Independent ta trodactloa of bffls. I " Dr; J.;F. Hoaeh of Ceu3 one of I the f ew leglslatore upholilag the Legisl Qever Collie Begs Trainmen To Assist Pal ALBANY, Jam. SOD-Two train crew members on the Southern Pacific's Shelbnrn branch joined in enthusiastic praise of Collie Intelligence to day. Near West Scio engineer Roy Han and Firemen J. Kenneth Mflls saw a yellow dog a Col lie fitting between the rails. The dog vanished Into a thicket as the train approached, reap pearing a moment later to take ap his unusnal watch. HaU cat the engine's speed. When the train was SO feet away, tbe Collie darted to the edge of the right of way. As the engine went by MiRe sighted a black and gray Shepherd hanging head downward from the top strands of a wire fence. The train was stopped and the men released the Shepherd, which departed with Its train flagging companion. Hitchhiker Held On Illegal Entry German With no Passport Is Held at Albany Upon Charges ALBANY. Jan. 30-OpV-August Reiser. 18, was picked up by Stats Policeman Wallace Hug while hltchhiktog , south today and h,elihepitals. Several were injured for federal immigration, authori- f nnni. ties after tellinr a somewhat in volved story of his entrance into the United States. He had no passport. Reiser, who boasted of being a nasi but said he Hked the United States except tor the girls who smoke too much and paint their lips." told Hug he had left a Ger man ship at Vancouver, Wash. He' said he paid the captain 10 marks (about $33) for passage to the west coast of the United States to visit his aunt, Mrs. Frans Reiser In Los Angeles. Lacking a passport, he said he was not allowed to leave the ship at Los Angeles. He landed at Van couver with $10 given him by the captain and began to hitchhike south. Hug found, on him a miniature gun and cartridges which Reiser said were miniature gas bombs. He insisted he purchased the toy in Germany as a curio. Library Building Acceptance Made The capltol reconstruction com mission, meeting here Monday, ac cepted the new $750,000 combined library'' and offcie building. In spection of the structure preceded the acceptance order. : The new building will house the state library, World war veterans state aid commission, state voca tional education department, labor commissioner and a tew other state activities. The original appropriation ag gregated $1,000,000, but part of this money was set aside for land scapingengineering and other purposes. The work of moving state li brary books Into the new building will get under way later in the week.-" 'vs. . '- : -. ere the? behind and in ." front of the scenes at tha ! 40th legislative assembly. honor of a profession other than law, took a dig at the lawyers yes terday after a pair of them got into an argument over which "whereas" should go where Dr. Hoech moved that the bill be re referred to committee with the ad monition to the warring lawyers that "this is not a trial, this la a leguiatare." , mmmmmmm:- XX '- -- r ii, -,- - ! . The bowse yesterday received a resolatioa to snake the Hla soa MenMrisl church choir , of t Portland an official representa tive of the state at the Goldea Gate - International ; exposttloa The choir, aa oatstaadlag sua I steal organization, has beea ta ; sited to sing. the morning of ; July S at tbe mom deaomlaatleaK al .temple of: reUgloa oa the Treasure Island tairgroaads. It iwill also sine oa a graeral fair progran tnat afternooa. , Dri W. -G. Hoffman of ale- Minnvme; department command er of the Spanish War.Veterana. was 'accorded courtesy-: of the ryMTura to Page X. CoL 3) StOTTinrVS Travel Halted Or Impeded in Twelve States 19. Deaths Are Reported ; Including 3 in South by Wind, Lightnin Chicago Elevated Roads ! Have 3 Collisions, 45 in Hospitals (By The Associated Press) Blinding snow storms swept across a doxen northern states yes terday in the most furious on slaught Of the winter. i Transportation was staggered er Stopped in many districts be tween Missouri and New England bytnow scaling up to almost 15 Inches. Business and industry in some cities were slowed by the stagnating burden. Hundreds of schools were closed. In the north 1 deaths were re ported. Most of them were attrib uted to exhaustion and overexer tion. Wind and lightning caused three fatalities in the south. Chicsgoans floundered through one of the worst storms in the city's history. A blizzard piled up 14. S Inches of snow in 14 H hours a mark exceeded by only three others on record there, Three rear-end collisions on the elevated railroad lines sent at lit 41 . naasenxers to Chicago Chicago aad street car company officials pressed 1.009 men into snow-clearing service after the storm subsided. Traffic Is Halted Over Wide Area The Chicago Motor club warned auto traffic was at a standstill In parts of northern Illinois, North ern Indiana and southern Michi gan. Drifts four to eight feet deep blocked highways. At least ten towns were Isolated. - A half million Chicago school children enjoyed a holiday. Courts were adjourned. The mayoral cam paign was suspended. Drifting snow measured four to 10 Inches in western New York and an even foot in Syracuse. It mounted to a yard in depth be tween Rochester and Buffalo. Winds of gale force scattered snow and sleet In eastern Massa chusetts. Heavy snow tell in New Hampshire, Vermont and western Massachusetts. Connecticut re ported three to tour inches. A blixxard hampered travel in Ontario. Plane and bus schedules were cancelled in many parts of lower Michigan. County schools in sev eral sections were closed. Snow up to a half foot drifted in Missouri. Planes were grounded in Chica go, Boston and Newark, . i Flood warnings were Issued by the weather bureau in Maryland. Tornadle winds demolished farm homes and killed two persons Sun day near Kil bourne. La., and Etta, Miss. Lightning killed a woman neat Fayettevnie, Tenn. Portland's Bund Hears US Chief PORTLAND, Ore Jan. SO-ttV During a visit unaccompanied by disturbances, Wilhelm Kuns, na tional director of public relations for the German-American Bund, tonlfht denounced "The Interna tional, atheistic, Marxist Jew." He spoke before the Portland ehapter of the bund. He denied the bund preached race hatred. "We are preaching race, recognition,, he declared. We can live at peace with the negro, the Chinese, the Japanese and others for the reason that they have something In common which Is racial pride and love of country v:tv the only exception is the Jew, the parasite oa the body politic or many nations. Ha deplored what. he called "sloppy liberalism' aad declared that mo one but; the Jewish race could profit by It Starvation Death Held jLonTsWill ' SHREEVEPORT, La., Jan. St. -V-Dr. Willis P. Butler. Caddo pariah coroner, today : wrote the words "suicide by starvation' the death certificate of Mrs. La- vada Smith,' Flournoy, La house wife who fasted for 3 S days "be cause the Lord told me to do it Urs. Smith, 44, the wife of railroad welder and the mother of three daughters.' died Sunday rt ernoon in a Ehrereport sanitar- Hitler Speech Held Tolerant, Leash on War Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Encouraged by Address' Tone Senator King, However, Sees Sure Struggle Between Ideals WASHINGTON, Jan. KHJPh Ch airman Pittman (D. Nev.) of the senate foreign relations com mittee said tonight that If Adolf Hltlerw future actions "are as tolerant as his reichstag speech today there will be no fear of any Immediate war." Pittman, who heard Hitler's ad dress by radio, told reporters his preliminary atudy disclosed no demands based solely on force.' "To that extent," the Nevada senator added, "it is very encour aging." Senator King (D, Utah) took a different view, saying the talk was an Indication that Hitler and Mussolini "hare conspired to re organise the map of Europe." Sea. King Pessimistic On Peaceful Fatnre "The democratic nations might just as well make up their minds,1 King said, "that the nasi and fascist governments are going to make war economic or political against democracies. The Hitler speech was regard ed by some officials as a direct reply and challenge to President Roosevelt's opening message to congress In which the president upheld democracy as contrasted with dictator rule. A number of officials of the state department listened -to the broadcast and then read telegraph le accounts of it. They reserved oiiiaai comment until after a complete study. Observers close to the statu de partment regarded as highly six- nlficant Hitler's declaration that Germany would support Italy In any ngnt. 35 Persons Face WA Misuse Trial Sen. Dennis Chaves Name Is Brought Out in ' New Mexico Case ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Jan. KHAV-The name of Sea. Dennis Chaves, New Mexico's junior sen ator, was Injected today early In the mass trial of SS oersona charged with conspiracy against tne federal government for poli tical use of the state WPA. Earl Bowdich, building super intendent ' at the University of New Mexico, testified for tbe gov ernment that WPA workers on a university grounds project were told to "go home" the day follow ing the Albuquerque city elections m April, i38, marked by a po litical clash at the polls between senator Chaves and Clyde Tine- ley, then governor. ; -On that occasion. Bowdich testified. Salamoa Chaves, a cou sin of the senator and project su pervisor, had beea drinking was jubilant," according to the wit. ness. Before court recessed, the gov ernment toox testimony from va rious WPA . officials. . including present State Administrator R. L. Nicholson and subordinate admin istrative supervisors, designed to get into the record the workings of the WPA to support more than 100 exhibits in the form of time sheets and , work orders. San Salvador Shaken 8AN SALVADOR, Salvador, Jan. S0-)-The western portion ox Salvador i was shaken by an earthquake today. Only minor damage was reported. - Higher State Share in Revenues. ;WaWffi , The state's s h a r e of parl-m s tuel racing receipts w 1 1 1 ' be la creased from 1H per cent to S per- centf It a recommendation adopted ir Monday's session of the legislature's, joint ways and means committee is enacted Into law. (- It was estimated that the additional - .1 . per ? cent would amount to approximately $73,000. which ' would go - into tbe,general fund ? Fair and. exhibition now receive all of tlua rvean. sii r ' The proposal was based upon a report - by - the revenue sub-coat-mittee of which Rep. C C'Chsp- maa is -chairman. - - Sep.; Hannah Martin of 8alem suggested that the state's "take" be Increased to I per cent but t h it wis voted down.-:jw-vtLufwi - . Other Tevenue items . reported by Representative Chapman total ed ia tie neighborhood ct 1200 .. f e.These. included . anexpendV Bristling Lays Down Demand I For Lost Colonies United States Gets Waniing to Keep Hands Off Germany's Trade With South America Secretary Ickes, British Statesmen, Bol shevism and Jews Receive Oratorical Barrages BERLIN, Jan. 80 (AP) Adolf Hitler tonight pledged German support for Italy in any war against her, demanded return of Germany's pre-war colonies, and warned the United States to keep her hands off German trade with South America. To a world tensely waiting for an indication of how h would next use his power and whether Germany would sup port Italian claims against France, Hitler declared Germany and Italy were ''determined to give common support to com mon interests." In a bristling outline of nazy policies to an enlarged reichstag summoned on the occasion of the sixth anniversary aof Hitler's rise to power, the TVA Wins Major Battle in Court Suit Dismissed Against Constitutionality but Validity Untouched WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 .--The Tennessee valley authority won a major struggle la the su preme court today. The high tribunal ruled in a S to 3 decision that 14 private abil ities which challenged the consti tutionality of the TYA'had "no standings. to maintain this. suit." Thus the court disposed of the case without touching upon tbe validity of the vast federal pro gram' of navigation, flood control and hydroelectric power. . ' Shortly before handing down nearly a . dosen important . deci sions, the court received as Its ninth member Prof. Felix Frank furter of Harvard university, who is President Roosevelt's third ap pointee to the tribunal. The utilities attacked the TVA on the ground it threatened them With destruction or serious injury through sale of power. They aaked an Injunction to restrain the authority from building dams In the Tennessee river and Its tributaries, from generating pow er at such dams, and from mar keting power in territory claimed by the complainants. Justice Roberts wrote the ma jority opinion. Axe-Razor Murder Laid Upon Negro Victoria! Jn. io.fv-r. Wright, 48-year-old negro carpen ter, tonight waa charged with the axe-and-rasor murder of Mrs. Dul cie Hsnham and a police guard stationed in the hospital room where he is recovering from mi nor wrist snd throat slashes. Police formally charged the ne gro some hours after he bad been picked up on an Indian reserva tion near here and rushed to hos pital for treatment Officers said they went to the reserve ' after they had been notified a man was attempting suicide. Milton-Freewater "Diio Cheat Death i '?.-. , - MILTON - FREEWAT2R. Ore"., Jan. toMJPt-Rom Kemp, about 41, and Vis son; Rome Jr about 11. suffered broken bones lata today but escaped possible suffo cation when a pile ot sacked, bar ley toppled upoa them ta the Wal la grain grower warehouse here Manager Art Coe rescued them 'ii 'minutes later,f ;.,,-lv ed balances from appropriations. reversions aad other-item sot la eladed n tne sute budgsL 7, 1 Figures were presented by Ren. Chapman showing that unexpend ed balances ot 1400.000 estimated ta r the state budget probably would not exceed 4o 0.0 eov.; . f A cbtamlttee .ot: six legislators was approved to appear before the sut board of control and revive the proposal to purchase or erect a sUte office huldlng .in Port land. ,The 337 legislature aa- thortsed the board of . control to scqulre snch -a ' bunding ' to., cost ap to 7s0,00O bat made so ap- propnauon.. x . r - Approval was gtren m bill ap propriating SIStOOO toereatea "Willamette valley Project Com mittee. ri :-c:T''f.t 'm j" -.-Anofjier bill appropriates f 600 .J (Turn to Page CoL 4) - A ddress fuehrer also: 1. Warned the western powers against interfering "in matter concerning us alone with tbe pur pose of preventing natural and sensible solutions"; 3. Raised the possibility of the use ot force to get back the 1,000,000 square-mile colonial em pire "stolen" from Germs ny un less redistribution of colonies was made on a basis ot "fairness and common sense"; 3. Repudiated "any American Intervention In German affairs" and said German relations with the United State suffered from "a campaign of defamation car ried oa to serve obvious political ' and financial Interests'; 4. Launched bitter attack against bolshevlsm; , , 8naaish tnsargents' Saeceas Is Hailed - I. Hailed insurgent success t Spain as another "valiant defeat of the newest universal attemjf to destroy the European culture world"; . Assailed United States Sec retary of Interior Ickes and three British ' statesmen who frequently attack nasi policies ss "spostlec of -war: i f -i --t 7. Proclaimed that Europe could not "come to rest" untfr the Jewish question was settled; 8. Disavowed any German ter ritorial demands upon England and France "except that of the restoration of our colonies"; and t. Envisaged the possibility of a trade war by which German "either live messing exportor die" but warned that German leaders-were "ready tor every thing." Hitler spoke to a reichstag of' SSS brown-shirted deputies which in Its larger sise symbolised hi greatest achievements annexa tion of Austria and the Czecho slovak Sudetenland. For tbe first time 73 Austrian and 41 Sudeten deputies took their plsces with their German colleagues. Glowing Meteor s Heavens , Over Local Area A brmiant - Uue-green me teor described by Amatewr As rowe B. L. Bradley of Ba- t lens a the largest he had ever seea swept across the sky fa a;' southerly direct Its at S:83 : o'clock las nigh, he reported. its light was so intense that It bowed through a cload baak the asetew appeoeched the IT? iwrtaoa. It ' appeared ta break an after nain m ' ithe cJoads. :-ir :-';'.:v;j i: fcrvfjradiey amid 4he sneteor left lm traa of light behind tt spprox- imatrly two naooa diameters tn I width that remained .vlafble tor at leaet two seconds,, - IV W escrrers described the meteor a arjpearlas; "about the 5 avepefrait... ; ttOACIs GrintfI n.erHf The -- communication :-- commission 'i agreed today to reopen; a bearing; on a' protest by ,tbe state-owned ' rsiio utioh. KOAC st Corvai;:. ore, against an increase la power ' fcr statloTl EOT. at Pboen tx. Aria. ' The Oregon. station- elided, the power Increase v would ', tesult ta -ccaClctlng-broadcaits. over, the same .wave length., i. " " . .Ir , to TP Lund of Albany ' ; Walter; ErV' Lond of Albany was arrested by city .police Mon- : day night on a charge of drunken :: drlviag. Gene Mayor of Salem was arrested on a charge of sma g Honor to a minor, Robert Dickie.' 1123 North . Fourth, was charged, with driTizj without ta operator license. V!. ;-!' -. 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