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if rf : "' T Women's Pages Vomea readers will find touch of Interest la the sews . of social doings means aad household Items on The Statesman women's pages. The Weather1 Unsettled, colder today and Thursday with local snow flurries. Max. Temp. Tuesday 88, Min. 82. River 74 feet. SSW wind. 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH TEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 8, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 272 Nrt!iwet Snow AJbattes Ibnt Cold Remains op'w ji rait Qmn m , PCUNODD Spanish Peace Attempts Are Held Failures Negrin Cabinet Asserts "War id End" Plan Against Rebels Insurgent Demands Are Apparemiy xoo nara to Be Taken fRv The Associated Press) British and French attempts to I apparently collapsed last night op insurgent demands for an uncon ditional surrender of Spanish gov ernment forces, and Juan Negrin's cabinet published its decision "to pursue the fight to the end." Insurgents were said to have rejected the government's last condition for peace a guarantee of safe conduct from Spain for leftist leaders in territory that would be surrendered. - Leaders of the insurgent Span ish faction often hare indicated they intended summary punish ment of government leaders whom they regarded as "responsible for "high crimes against Spain." Loyalists to Stand on Remaining: Ground Government officials announced they Tiad "means" at their "dis posal" in the Madrid-Valencia-Alicante central sone the remaining one-fourth of Spain in government hands to "permit us to prolong the fight for some months." In Valencia General Jose Miaja, veteran government commander of the Madrid area, repeated his intention to continue resistance against tbe insurgents. "As long as there is a plot of ground left in my cone we shall fight on," he said. In London the Spanish govern ment spokesman said Premier Ne grin and his government intend to return to Valencia shortly and "resist to the end. M v j The Italian foreign minister. Count Galeax j3ane, was.nnih oritatlvely reported to have dis claimed to tbe British govern ment any intention of keeping Italian troops in Spain after a final insurgent victory. The auth oritative fascist editor Virginio Gayda bad written that Italy in tended to ' keep her troops in Spain until the insurgents had 'won a "political" as well as "mili tary" Tictory. Again Tuesday, however, Gayda expressed) Italy's determination to ' aid the insurgents until they have won a "political" as well as "mil itary" Tictory. He failed this time to mention the troops. Vaccine Is Sped ' To Flooded Area LOUISVILLE. Ky., Feb. l-ijty-Vacclne for 250,000 persons was rushed Into 90 flood-stricken east- ern Kentucky mountain counties it0rs reports showing a dlscrep today to fight influensa and p'neu- ancy between cash and fund bat monia as the Ohio river, rising ances in the county treasurer's slowly from Cincinnati toward the office awaits action by Governor Mississippi, spread over additional Charles A. Sprague on the re lowland, quest of District Attorney Lyle J. Although Red Cross disaster pge for designation of a special committees along the Ohio river prosecutor to handle the investi- south of Cincinnati "stood by" I authorities said conditions are "not alarming" and there was no chance of l57's high mark being repeated. Dr. A, T. McCormack, state health commissioner, expressed fear' a heavy death list might be revealed. Dr. McCormack said "this is the worst flood in the his-1 tory ci . the mountains" as ne asked for an appropriation from the emergency fund of the US nubile health service. The Red Cross' estimate was 10.000 families affected by floods la five states. .. ' Pa-WDa lU ucuci , na njvif May Be Awarded . Triplets' Daddy -HTJNTINGTON. W, Va., Feb. 7 -(-Triplets that arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jan ney in Kenna pn President Roose velt's birthday may bring Papa Janney a better WPA job. Janney wrote WPA-District Ad- minlstrator K. B. Pugh today that Washington state senate in paw It had named the three boy. to -gin-marriage bill requir- Franklin, Delano and Roosevelt Said 'Pugh: I am going to ask the proper authorities to certify Janney for a good WPA Job. He ought to . . .11.. a , Sn , hw i Tonight frnklin was Jetting w m " The babies ach weighed three and a half-pounds. President Roosevelt to Broadcast Scout Talk NEW YORK. Feb. 7-V President Roosevelt is to address .the Boy Scouts of America in a broadcast via" WJZ-NBC, WABO CBS and WOR-MB3 at 7 p. m. (PST) WedaeidaT. , White fjf Fqce Charges Relief Amoul Needed in Full Declares FDR TBmA TTrl IWlr TTnnr. Conn-ess After Cut o Made in Request 150 Million Reouest Is nenewea; ivey itien 01, Houses Doubtful WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 President Roosevelt flung the re lief issue back in the face of con gress today with an assertion that unless more money is appropriat ed for WPA, millions now depend ent upon federal assistance may be stranded by early summer. Specifically, he asked for the $150,000,000 which congress, in an economy effort, lopped from his estimates of relief needs for the present fiscal year. He urged "immediate consider ation" of his request, but the two key men in the situation in the house Chairman Taylor (D, Colo.) of the appropriations com mittee and Chairman Woodrum (D, Va.) of the sub-committee in charge, made it plain that no ac tion woudl be taken for several weeks. "I don't know," Woodrum said, "what action the commit tee will take or whether it will take any. I don't see that the situation has changed, and 1 have not changed my view that the $725,000,000 we have al ready appropriated will be eLougb." Chairman Adams (D-Colo) of the corresponding 'sub-commit tee in the senate said that what ever bill is approved' by the house will v receive "careful 'slu dy alour with any "new fact." that may be presented. He, too. said that neither the relief sit uation nor his own views as to what should be done had changed. Behind the president s request and these statements by the legislators lay the deep seated controversy over tbe Roosevelt spending policies, and the results of tbe session's first battle on that issue, Treasury Probe's Resumption Pends Grand Jury Awaits Action on Request to Name Special Prosecutor Call of the Marion county grand inrr to resume its sturiv nf and. ration. The governor's office re- ported yesterday the executive bad not yet bad time to consult with the attorney general in the matter. Formal claim for recovery of $23,520.41 of the $23,534.23 dis crepancy reported by the state division of audits was signed by the county court yesterday for i presentation to the American I Surety company, whose bonds I have covered the administration I of the treasury office since D. G Drager became treasurer in 1915. I Drager has advanced from hi I personal funds $13.82 to wipe out I discrepancy in that amount list- e ta treasurer's trust funds by I the auditors. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Le Clisl cL tiv Sidelights! Oregon's hopes of keeping its love birds at home were raised Tuesday br the action of the mree-u.y - - cense and the performing of a marriage in that state, but not until after the recent Interstate conference on the matter had de- lon itance de- wn!cn w totaiiy out of which it was held. 'Arguing against the bill at Olympla, Sen. Fred Duggan of Spokane said the conference was a "complete flop" because the Oregonlans "talked too much." He said: "We were only an audi ence - and ' were not . even asked I our opinions.' , : ; 1 Wherenpon Bevj. - Hannah Martin of Salem, informed, of the statements through the fa' duties cf the Associated Press, Suit Claims He Is Charlie Ross Gustar Blair (above , C9-year-old carpenter, filed salt in superior court, in Phoenix, Ariz to es tablish his claim he is the Ions; lost Charlie Ross, stolen from his home near Shiladelpbia la 1874 in tbe nation's most fam oas kidnaping of that era. In his suit, Blair alleged brothers and " sisters refused to recog nise him. AP Telemat. Assassins Reach Chinese Puppets Two Officials Killed at Shanghai Bring Death List to 47 Men SHANGHAI, Feb. 7-flVTne killing of two officials of the japaaese-apoasotfed lor m e d government -today -brought to 47 the number of known political assassinations in this area while more than 2,000,000 Chinese and Japanese fought along a far flung line spread over most of the map of China. Chow Chi-Taug, counselor of the government's finance minis try, was shot while riding through the streets of the inter national settlement. His assail ant pinned a note on his body saying "yon are a traitor." Soo Che-Dong, a tax collector, also was shot by a lone gunman. It was leaded authoritatively that 24 other Chinese officials of the regime had received let ters threatening death unless they severed connections with the government. Thirty four of the 47 assassi nations have occurred in the In ternational concessions. Thirteen were in the French concession, others have occurred in Japan ese-occupied territory, but no figures are available. Most of those killed were Chi nese who had accepted office in the Japanese-controlled regime but police recorded 12 killings of persons who Chinese said were anti-Japanese agitators. Bandit Gets Haul At Spokane Bank SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 7-)- A "big-nosed" bandit who held up the Security branch of the SeatUe First National bank with a nickel-plated revolrer and then escaped by "catching" a ride in a passing car was the object of a search tonight by police, county and federal authorities. Bank officials said they were uncertain as to the amount taken but estimates ran up to $4000 The robbery was the fourth for the north side institution in less than two years. Here and there bea n irons oi me scenes at vne 40th legislative assembly. replied by the same medium that the only trouble with the meeting; was that Sew. Dwa gwa wbose principal interest appeared to be fish legislation, kept' trying to discuss fish. But Sen. Pearl Wanamaker of the Washington delegation said it was a cordial : meeting all around. Dae in Salem from Klamath Falls Is two-man delegation composed . of Charles Thomas, alderman, and D. E. VanVao tor, dty attorney, to lend anp , port to the League of Cities gasoline tax bill and another measure ., permitting cancella tion of delinquent taxes on- property on which a dry foreclosed. The house committee on high ways and highway revenue held a hearing on HB.208, designed to create a board of state pab- - jTura to page tt fcoL 1) - v. , :..:. V ': . ..::: J i ' - .''- "'" ' I '- f . .-(' v - ' " Released Here For Inquiry by Wallowa Jury Action Taken Following Conference Upon Law in Unusual Case Remedial Bill Is Placed Before Committee in State Legislature Following a rapid-fire series of events which threatened to in volve the legislature in the unus ual case, Hudson Dodd White, com mitted to the state hospital by the Marion county judge last week, was on his way back to Enterprise early today to face grand Jury in- qury into the statutory charge filed against him there. At the hospital, it was an nounced that White had been re leased to the custory of the state police. Supt. John C. Evans could not be reached for comment but it was understood that he acted upon advice of the attorney gen eral, following a conference at tended by Robert V. Chrisman, Wallowa county district attorney. in which laws which might be ap plicable to the case were dis cussed. Officers on duty at Salem dis trict headquarters of the state po lice denied any knowledge of de velopments in the case. Previously the hospital author ities had refused to release White to Sheriff A. R. Miller, who was armed with a bench warrant is sued by Circuit Judge R. J. Green. Supt. Evans had said at the time that White was a regularly com mitted patient of the hospital, un dergoing tests as to his sanity which had not been completed. Proposed Bill la Before Committee Previously White had been re leased in Wallowa county under $12,000 bond. He is accused of kidnaping and atUcking three small children. He is a son of Solon T. White, federal soil con servation coordinator, who signed (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Gas Tax Diversion Hit in Washington CAPITOL, Olympla, Feb. 1UP) -Proposed diversion of gasoline tax revenues to meet financial problems of cities and schools was discouraged tonight before a Joint meeting of the senate and house appropriations committees. Questioned by members, James H. Davis, construction engineer for the state highway department, declared: "If portions of the gasoline tax are taken away from us we prob ably will not be able to match federal funds for building high ways. Taking away the money wouldn't hurt highway mainten ance but it would seriously cur tall new highway constructions." Gin Marriage Act Passed in North CAPITOL, Olympla, Feb. 7-P) -At the halfway mark in the so day legislative session, the senate passed a "gin marriage" act today. It provides for a three-day lapse between application and issuance of licenses. It was passed unani mously after several proposed amendments were defeated by the sponsors. Sens. Mary Farquharson (D-Klng) and Pearl Wanamaker (D-Island), and their supporters. The hottest fight was over the amendment proposed by Sen. Earl Maxwell (D-Kinr) to outlaw mixed marralges. Maxwell declared Washington was becoming "the damping ground" of the Pacific coast inter racial marriages. - Papa Must Wait 10 Days Before 2nd Twin Conies KANSAS CITY, Feb. 7 Milo McDonnell, the perspiring papa who has been pacing a cor ridor more than CO hours since his son was born got a real blow from the doctor tonight the news that it may be 10 days before a prospective twin arrives. It's too tough going,' McDon nell said wearily. "I can't do It 10 days more. I'll have to sjt down a while, at least." The mother took the news calm ly, saying she eould stand the wait if her husband could.- '' ' Doctors explained the first child was born prematurely, that: the twin might be ' delayed till the normal data of . birth some 10 days hence,- Renewed Cold Wave Bearing Upon Midwest Mercury Is Below Zero in Northern States; Heading Eastward Relief From Flooding Is Expected in Ohio River Valley 1 (By The Associated Press) A cold wave bore down on the midwest last night. Sweeping south from Alaska, It dropped temperatures below the I sero level in Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas as it moved to ward the central states. In its path lay the flooded re gions of the Ohio river valley. Itw as expected to check the rise of swollen streams in the wide area where approximately 10,000 families in five states were dis tressed by high water. Colder weather was forecast also for New England after a fresh snowstorm grounded planes and hampered travel on land and sea. The fall measured five Inches on Cape Cod. A light snow turned to rain in New York city. Sub freesing conditions were in pros pect there. The severity of the cold wave in the northwest was gauged by readings of -20 in Havre, Mont., -1 In Helena. -14 in Miles City and -12 in Williston, ND. Forecasters predicted it would envelop the western districts of the midwest overnight and the central and eastern sections today and tonight. Chicago and northern and cen tral Illinois prepared for temper atures between sero and five above by Thursday morning. President Strikes Back at Senators Says Constitution Breach Involved in Refusal to Approve Judge WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-MP)-In vigorous language, President Roosevelt accused the senate to day of disregarding constitutional procedure in rejecting the nomi nation of Floyd H. Roberts as federal judge for the western district of Virginia. Declaring that no question as to Roberta' fitness was raised, he said the constitution was in- ienaea to give the senate tbe right to reject or confirm ap- pointments "solely on the grounds of the fitness of the nominee." irgiuia s iwo uemocratic sen ators, Glass and Bvrd. who per suaded the senate to reject the nomination on the ground that it was personally objectionable to them, were accused bv the president of trying to dictate to mm. "The senators from Virginia." i6 tRobert?' have in effect said to the presi- dent 'we have nominated to von dent 'we have nominated to von (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Betty Has Operation GLENDALE. Calif.. Feb. 7-flP -Betty Grable, blonde ., motion picture actress ' and wife of Jackie Coogan. underwent an emergency appendicitis operation tonight at Physicians and Sur geons' hospital here. Her sugeon. Dr. H. G. Westphal, described her as "doing very nicely." Late Sports NEW YORK, Feb. 7-GP)-Wal ter Franklin, young New York Kt.ri1' sionai career lomgni wnen ne BIUPVCU CUUIO v J VAAt. DI.V . Syracuse, N. Y., former middle- weight champion, in 4 seconds of the sixth round of their eight LiL !kC?; toi-r He wetrned 11 m-vo -I Lna ANOiCT.ica Teh Tony Canxoneri, 140, New York, moved another at en alone the comeback trail tonight when he outpointed Bobby Pacho, 147, Los Angeles, In a 10-round bout before 7,000 at the Olympic au- ditorium. CHENEY, Feb. 7 -(A3) -J a k e Borck, pile-driving fullback fori the Eastern Washington college savages for the last two years, has been offered a contract with the I earn a living without being corn New York Giants, professional I polled to be n member of a labor footbaU team, it was announced today. Beaverton 21, Tigard 22. Oregon City 30, Corrallls 25. St. Helens 64, Vernonia 20. St. Mary's (Newberg) 25, New- berg is. Colombia Preps 31, St Stephens 12. Gresham 35, Parkrose 2C. Canhy 44,gaadj 29. Amlie Would Scrap Charged at Confirmation Hearing i X: V ' ' ' ,1 r! A pamphlet, "The Forgotten Man's Thomas R. Amlie as the author, senate subcommittee In Washington considering his nomination to the interstate commerce commission. Luther M. Walter of Chicago is shown holding the pamphlet which another witness, W. D. Carroll of the Wisconsin democratic central committee, said demonstrated that Amlie advocated "scrapping one." AP Telemat. ICC Shakeup To Speed Railroad Aid Colorado Senator Suggests May Be Needed on Commission; Retort Made to Anti-Amlie Witness at Hearing WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 Colo.) of a senate interstate commerce subcommittee suggest ed today that the interstate commerce commission may need "new blood and new views" if of their financial difficulties. Johnson was questioning a witness who had contended " a that Thomas R, Amlie was not FDR Reveals Safe Of Cannon Plans Outmoded -Anti- Aircraft Mechanism Said Sold to Britishers WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 -ffr- President Roosevelt disclosed to- I day that Great Britain had been nermitted to buv an outmoded I American army mechanism to dl- rect the fire of anti-aircraft guns, He crisply denied, however, that any foreign government had been annnlied with information on Me Irt nnintni to detect hostile planes at great distances. In fact, he did not even concede that the United States army or navy had 8ach a device. With the denial the chief exec utive coupled sharp criticism of what he described as the known source presumably on Capitol hill of recently widely published reports that the administration " Tr.Tn to ... coi i (Turn to page z, col it Dr. Clarence T. Wilson Out of Present Danger PORTLAND, Feb. 7-MPV-Doe- tors said tonight that Dr. Clarence True Wilson, 66-year-old retired temperance leader bad won at least a temporary victory against uremic poisoning from which his recovery a few days ago was Jbe lived doubtful. He had regained consciousness and was described as "out of immediate Ganger." Losing Closed O Asks Constitution Amendment n... land), author of the bill to ban closed shop labor contracts, which was reported out Tuesday with an adverse recommendation by the house labor and industries com mittee, later in the day introduced I a resolution calling for a constitu- tional amendment to effect the same purpose. The bill was made special order of business at 2 I P-m. Friday for action on the com- I mittee report. ?- - The proposed amendment would add a section to the bill of rights of the state constitution. The new I section would read: "Any contract of employment which directly or Indirectly denies I to any lndividuala the right to I union hereby is declared to be against public policy and void." . Chapman said that if both his bill and resolution are defeated he will sponsor an initiative measure on the constitutional amendment to be voted on at the 1140 gener al election, i A measure similar to the Wash ington state sales tax law, tokens included, was Introduced In the Ihottse.:1- Constitution, mmtt -: v 3 Handbook bearing the name of was introduced at a hearing of a our constitution In favor of a new Proposed new Minds, Fresh Views (AP) Chairman Johnson (D, it is to help the railroads out ? qualified to sit on the ICC. The subcommittee is considering the Amlie nomination, made by Presi dent Roosevelt last week. J. D. Shatford, chairman of tbe Railroad Owners' association, had testified that Amlie, a former pro gressive representative from Wis consin, would exercise a "destruct ive" Influence on the commission. "Are the present commission ers acting in a constructive way?" asked Chairman Johnson of the committee. "Yes, I think so," Shatford re plied. "They are men of expert ence, and they have been there a long time." "But the railroads are in very bad shape?" queried Johnson. "Tes. in very bad shape," the witness replied. "Then," Johnson pursued, "wouldn't it seem that there's a need for new blood and new views on the commission?" Shatford did not reply. Amlie was attacked earlier by Luther M. Walter, Chicago attor ney and a trustee of the Chicago Great Western railroad. He also was defended by Mayor Fiorella La Guardia of New York. La Guardia 's support of Amlie was contained in a letter to Chair man Johnson. The New York mayor was associated with Amlie when they were members of a "progressive bloc" in the house of representatives several years ago. "Tom Amlie Is a good Ameri can," La Guardia wrote. Shoo Sponsor I I The bill does not provide for a referendum vote by the people. but under the constitution such a vote would be necessary if reve nues were to be used for relief and old age assistance, as the bill pro poses, and not merely to offset property taxes within the I per cent limitation. . The biU is sponsored by Rep. L D. Nash (R-NashviUe) and Sen. Isaac E. Staples (R-Tillamookh . All retail sales, with a few ex ceptions Including news stand and subscription sale of newspapers, would be subject to the two per cent tax. Absorption of the . tax or price concessions by merchants would be a misdemeanor Bimonthly re ports of sales and bimonthly pay ments to the state tax commission would be required.' . Similar measures have been re jected repeatedly by the voters. In 1ISC the people turned down a sales fax referendum' 127,212 to -A referendum was ready, for In troduction In the house to submit to the people a proposal that' the state adopt a ooehalf mill levy for 10 years to raise 2500,000 a year to replace and repair state Jastitauoa buildings. -; Further Snow Prospect for Frigid Region Little Danger Foreseen to Traffic, Power Communications Lost "Sonny Boy" Seiner Palls in to Coast With All Safe PORTLAND, Feb. 7-W)-Tem-pera tores tumbled in the north west tonight but snow, the most severe in many sections since the paralysing billiards two years ago, relented slightly in its gen eral onset east and west of tbe Cascade divide. The government veather bu reau posted small craft warnings along the coast and warned the region to prepare tor frigid tem peratures, particularly . in Wash ington and eastern Oregon. Al though the forecast included ad ditional snow, there appeared little danger of Berious traffic and communication tie-ups. The (8-foot purse seiner Son ny Boy, unreported after a squall early yesterday off Yaqulna Head, Ore., was safe tonight with its crew of nine after a coast guard amphibian plane sighted it in the strait of Juan de Fuca. The boat, en route from San Francisco - to Balnbridge Island. Wash., had been the object of a search by coast guard stations from the California line to Pa get Sound. An Oregon highway depart ment worker escaped death on the North Santlam road near Bend today by leaping from a light truck just before it was smothered in a huge snow slid. About 12 families employed by the government at Crater Lake park in the southern Cascades were reported marooned by snow mounting to a depth ef 129 inches. The group was well housed in winter quarters and there were sufficient supplies to meet emer- -gency conditions.. . : : Highway crews cleared a nar row lane ap the twisting road to Timberllne lodge on Mount Hood to give 20 guests at the resort access to the main route to Port land. Traffic over the Columbia rivar highway, main artery east from Portland, and the adjacent Unioa Pacific railway track, waa blocked today by a slide that covered tbe highway and railroad to depths of from SO to 7 S feet for a distance of at least 150 feet near Oneontn tunnel 22 miles east of here. High way engineers said It would take at least three days to reopen the road. Trains were re-routed down the SPAS tracks on the Washing ton lide of the river. Westbound highway traffic was re-routed across the river via the Bridge ef v the Gods at Cascade Locks aad down the Washington side to Van couver. Driver Nearly Caught In Columbia Avalanche A bakery truck driver narrow ly missed death in the avalanche. Warned by the pad tfrafpre'eed ed, it, he turned ais truck around and : raced to safety, finally de serting the vehicle to make the last few feet on foot. When it was over the abandoned vehicle rest ed in a foot of debris at the outer edge of the slide. The highway had just been cleared of a big slide nea& the Mosler tunnel that imposed one way traffic limitation, when the new slide blocked the road. Rotary Slows worked constant ly to keep traffic moving on the wapinitla road . in the Mount Hood district, the Pacific high way through tbe Siskiyou moun tains in southern Oregon, and The Dalles-California route on Sun mountain pass north of Klamath Falls. - Similar condi tions prevailed' on the lofty Greensprings pass betaeen Klam ath. Falls aad Ashland and on the ' Klamath Fans Lakevie m road. Automobile traffic ' was slewed almost everywhere but none of the regularly traveled winter routes was closed. Western Oregon cities where snow is an Infrequent visitor this far into February had coverings ranging from on to six inches. Snow fell intermittently at Port land, Corvallla, Astoria, McMlnn rille, Ashland. Eugene and Rose-burg.- Near blissard conditions, however, prevailed: In the Rogue River valley districts near TJraats Pass and Medford. Klamath Falls was locked In the third day of a blissard. Tbe Dalles, la tbe mid-Columbia river country, had sunshine while a storm was in progress six miles to thJ west. . i Communications r emalnad down between- Eugene and the McKemie river region. Wind and rain lashed ; Florence . and 1 other coastal communities : where r resi dents gathered agates end Jap anese . fishing net buoys washed from afar by the storm. - CWftWed on Bridge i CLARKSTON, Feb. 7-iffHTbe new interstate bridge r between Washington and ' Idaho, now un der construction, was 4he scene today ot the marriage of Law rence EX. Court, of Clarkston, amfav Edith D. Srerson, of - Seattle.