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y - Tfc OHCGON STATESMAN, CaJxar. OrestwC Thursday Morning, March 2, 1933 PAGE TWO in- Firemen's Bill Passes Senate Plan Optional With Local f ' Voters ; Three Finance r Methods Set up - By a vote of 17 to 12', the sen 1 ate late Wednesday passed a bill . authorizing voluntary establlsh ' ment ot pension systems formem- bers ' of paid and volunteer tiro companies In Incorporated towna and cities and rural fire districts. V-"The measure was introduced by Sen. Dorothy McCulloUgh Leo. Multnomah county, and others. It - would require residents ; of fire districts to approve cr reject the .plan,, v, i-; " A three-way plan of financing V the pension system is proposed. A tax of not mom than three per eent on the gross premiums of policies paid in the district would be levied. ' ' Prom one to four per cent of the salaries of firemen would be deducted and placed la the pen sion fond. The fire district. In turn, would appropriate an amount . equal to the salary reduction irom me gen eral fund. J Sen. Lee declared that the bill was fair and would not prove a burden either to the taxpayers or the beneficiaries. Declared Unsound The measure was branded nn- Bound by Sen. Lew Wallace, Mult nomah county. "If this bill la ap proved there win be taxation with out representation.' he said.' The bill was defended by Sen ator Thomas R. Mahoney, Mult v nomah count, who said It mere" h amplified city borne rule. Sen. W. E. Burke branded the bill as another more to take hard earned money from the public. "R would be better tor this lex . Mature to enact legislation as sisting the aged than to pass bills of this character, Senator Burke : said. Voting tor 'the bill were Sen ' ators Balentlne, Best, Booth, Chllds, Clark, A. Dlcksoiu. w Dickson, Eayrs, Ellis, Francisco Tich, Renin. Lee, McKay, SUdel man. WiODerman. The house of representatives some days-ago defeated a bill proposing a compulsory firemen's ' pension program. RIine"5Srmen Disputc3 Settled Josephtnerhnd Curry county members" of the, legislature wed nesday tentatively agreed on a compromise measure which they 4 said would go a long way toward solving the dispute between Rogue "River miners and tirher- '. '"snen. : v ' The bin probably will be intro duced ( In the senate today: by Senator George H, Chaney, Coos county, and Representative Roy E. Carter,. Gold Beach. It provides for a coordination board to pre vent miners from Interfering with fishermen from April IE to No- . vember 1. Miners who have set tling pools or who dig less than five yards a , day would not be subject to the provisions of the ' measure. - . . ' mcd7I?e".Ut. enginran- ctMArawu ot An Vae mlatat board and the $Ute gme cornmi- atoa. - - " . .. . - Federal Payment To County Asked Sen. Dour Jmt MeKMy ot Salem irouuca wnwr 1 fJ.JXml& JexUIaton paying to Lincoln county aa , amount of money equal to th Uiei it would nato received from lands of the Ualt--d State 8prac corpora tion during the years 1119 to 1)22, lacluslve had they not bees federally - owned. The' memorial set forth that the spruce company had disposed of targe tracts of these lanes to private persons. . Senator McKay estimated tat the " tracts contained approzl-acately- 12,000 acres. ; 1 ASCAPExwutiye Hits at Measure PORTLAND, Ore, March 1-(JPr-E. C. MUls, New Tork, execu tive of tbe American Society ot Composers, Authors and Publish ers. expressed thanks on his ar rival tonight to opponents of the defeated senate bill which would have required copyright pools to list with the secretary ot state all musical .compositions together with the names of authors. "Thia bilL" he said, ."seeks te . harass and ' hamper the 1 di vided and limited forces of com posers and authors that they will find themselves helpless to r ten their rights which are re - spected In every civilised . coun try of the world he salou Linn Sheriff and Qerl Exonerated -'The senate Wednesday passed a bill by Sen, Joel C. Pooth, Linn county, exonerating; the sheriff, tax collector and county c 1 e r k of any UablUty- In ease public funds - are lost through bank failure. - The measure related particu larly to a situation la Albany resultlnr trota the failure ot the ell first National ) bank. l!utic: CcrjrizhyDiU C rccc?.zilzrkiz Refuted Tie senate Wednesday refused , t reeczElier a bUl by Sen. Prank A II. rrinsScsovich, which won Id lava required copyright . pools te llt r i: tl3 secretary cf state all -vuilcil compositions under their cr-trcl tcsether with the names it toilers. TteTCtsrsj IS toll. 14 kur jr waavir efc -. 5 " ' ': jiL :::''..y..l..-vw:'.-.y, " :- : ::":...:.:.:..:.:::'.;:'. -SA--.y: The weather bureau calculated heavy snowstorm which struck Iowa and almost completely covered these antonaoblles was the heaviest J la the state's history. The grumblings of walk-shoTeling household . ers were offset by the cheers of farmers." AP Telemat. " House Bills - PASSED BY HOUSE HB : 1 1 S by Farrell Relating to disposition of fees for inspec-J tion of motor vehicles. HB 241. by Snyder and Newbry Relating to absent voter's bal lots. . HB 341,: by irrigation To per mit irrigation districts to collect assessments at district office. HB 318, by alcoholic control To regulate manufacture, impor tation ard sale of natural and for tified wine. HB 442, by Nash and Herman To prohibit livestock running at large on state highways. HB 4(0, by highways Relat ing to exceptions from obedience to traffic regulations. HB 471, by highways Relating to traffic control signals.' HB 411, by French Relating to chattel mortgages and Hens. HB 503, by. joint ways and means Appropriation for Oregon Pioneer association. HB 504. by ways and means Appropriation tor Oregon Nation al Guard. HB 505, by ways and means To provide additional funds for Doernbecfaer hospital. HB 50 S, by ways and means- Appropriation for emergency board. HB 507, by ways and means- To authorise destruction of docu ments damaged in fire which de stroyed old capitoL PASSED IS SENATE HB IIS, by" Nash Relating to fishing on Yaqulna bay. Conciliation and Tax Bills Slated (Continued' from page 1) PPr' n - w m en. iiarrj Aenm tn-roriiano . . i . in r S'wf jA Afsl Si aesnav i w u I bUl establUhtng the Kansaa legis. latlve plan, which provides tor an 12 -mem ber bi-partisan legislative interim- council which would draw up legislative programs before each session. . . The council would be composed of tire represenutivei appointed by the speaker ot the house, trre meuitorw appointed by tho preal- awxl ot ttt teiiate.and one mem- ber selected by the g ove r n o r. Members of the council would be appointed prior to adjournment ot the IIS 9 legislative session. The president ot the senate, speaker ot tbe house and governor would be ex-ottlclo ' member ot the council. " Party representation of legisla tors on ' the council would be In BroDorUon to the seneral relative number of members of political parties In each ooute. : A resolatlon with slmuar intent to expedite JeglslaUon'was intro duced In; tfie house,' It would re quire the legislature to meet a u days after the general election to organise after which the ways and means committee Would begin Ita ardaous duties in ' advance of the general session so that ad journment would not be delayed while waiting for appropriation bills, i Ask Impeachment, Attorney General HELENA. Mont.; March 1-UPi -The house of representatives ot the Montana legislature late to day adopted a report of Its in vestigating committee : recom mending Impeachment of Attor ney General Harrison J. Free boura. The ; vote was 12 for adopting the report and 42 Against. '.-.-T's. -. -r Treebourn was charged in the committee ' report with agreeing to accept Sie.OSe from a repre sentative of a Washington state novelty company - tor ' the . privi lege of operating slot machines tn Montana, -nv .;-, Uemoricl on Plcnt Pest Elimination Is Approved The senate Wednesday ? after noon adopted a memorial -petitioning congress to pasi lerlala- tion to aid in the eliminatioa-of plant pests and vfasects. Sen: Ronald "Jones' spoke In favor.-of the memorial. . - . . SocUd Security Chief Confirmed td Olympiq CAPITOU Olympla, March LTVConfirmaUon ot Charles- P. Ernst-as social security, director and sharp fights over a recall law revision and two dairy bills cen tered todays legislative acta in the senate. ; ir Senate Bills INTRODUCED .WEDNESDAY ;' SB 4 S3, by Zurcher Relating to city or town chsner provisions for issalng bonds. SB 4 44, by Balentine Relating to transfer of jurisdiction from county courts to circuit courts. SB 415, by roads Relating to definitions in uniform act regulat ing traffic PASSED BY SENATE ' SB 422. by Best et al Provld ing for perlodl&l inspections of motor vehicles. SB 357, by Chaney Regulating fishing with net in Elk river. Curry county. SB 373, by Stadelman Relat ing to fishing licenses; exempting Indians with treaty rights. SB 457, by taxation Providing for disposition of seed grain notes in hands of state treasurer. SB 441, by livestock -Referring to- control of diseases in do mestic animals and fowls. SB 411. by A. Dickson Relat ing to costs in cases in which state or municipalities are parties. SB 432, by Booth, et al Pro viding for exoneration of sheriff. tax collector and county clerk where public funds are lost by rea son of bank failures. SB 417, by. Lee, et al Author izing a pension for firemen. SB 424 by roads Relating to motor vehicle registration. SB 426, by medicine Provid ing for licensing, inspecting and regulating maternity hospitals. . . SB 405. by Eayrs Marking In terference with . railroad rolling stock a felony. PASSED IN HOUSE " SB 304, by Duncan, et al Re garding es trays and stock running at large. SB 221, by Lee and Rep. Chap man Relating to non-partisan nomination and election ot Juuges SB 320, by Ellis and Kep Yroncb. XuUiotVaVn'U.OTTOwto mVt down wVtn Van VnVns; nndA Aiwmrt mtr VaS4aa a aeree W mmwm - m RR etOtl. h 1nrllrtainr KsllnVflinnr I SB 409. by Jadictary Relating- to administration ot estates. SB 44S, by Joint Multnomah Relttlng to teachers' retirement fund association. Cardinals Voting ; f Continued rrom Page 1) seemed to veer toward Paeellt, who was secretary of state nnder Pius XI, as the conclave opened. There were predictions among Italians that Pncelll would - get more than 20 votes on the first ballot, but It was impossible to find a basts for each forecasts. . rorty-two votes are necessary tor election, a two-third majority befng required. Arrestej Flaxnan AsIaS BobL Probe EUGXNBL March 1-tiPr-A suit demanding, the appointment of a referee to examine the books of the Oregon Fiber Flax association was filed today by L. M. Webb, superinUndent of the Springfield plant, who was arrested a few days ago on a charge of larceny by haflee. Webb was alleged to have sold flax seed and kept the, proceeds but he claimed the seed belonged to him. Besides the examination. h also asked for . Judgment fori all sums due him less rental value tor the use of the eesoelatlon's equipment tn cleaning the seed.. Wedding Busineca Remains in Slump PORTLAND, March l-(AVThe near-boycott of Oregon by brides and bridegrooms j thar followed enactment of the new marriage law has ended, hut the marriage business la still in a slump. r The . Multnomah county . clerk announced today marriage li censes are down "about 2 e per cent for January and February. A total of 12t were Issued com pared with 212 for the same months last year. - Eastern Oregon Dedh ' Is Laid to Freezing 1AKKY1XW, March Death from , freezing after be coming? exhausted. 'was the, ver dict brought in today, by a cor oner's Jury i . Investigating . - the death of George L Modrell, SO. on a Ilttle-used forest road yes- t-Say. On Pontiff Today 7ine Standard BillApp roved -mm House Votes Autiaoritjr to State Commission on -- .. . Wine Sales While the farmers' win ; con trol bllJu rested la an apparently unlnendly senate committee, the house of representativea Wednes day approred unanimously, anoth er bouse bill which would give the 1 i aJ . uquor control commission auinor- lty to require that fortified wines sold in Oregon meet government standards as 10 loruiying D ran dies, and to decrease the alcohol ic content from 22 per eent q II per eent by volume. . 1 1 - Sale of out-of-state natural and fortified wines would be confined to liquor stores by the bill previ ously passed'' r ' S I Mrs. William Munroe D-Bood Rver), who objected to the first bill as likely to cause California to retaliate against Oregon farm products,1 maid objections 'were eliminated by the second measure which would "do away with! the dumping of cheap wines in; Ore gon.' f :i, J i,:.. . , -f : Rep. John Ball (R-Portlandl said the bill would ."cure the forti fied wine evil by raising the standard. Wine Bill Argued (Continued from Page 1) and urged passage ot this legisla- rtion to improve it. i The committee also held a hear ing on HB 365 which would re quire private clubs to maintain dining rooms in order to serve drink-mixers. W. W. Winters, chief enforcement officer of the liquor control commission,; said many flagrant violations were oc curring in these clubs, but! Nor man Thompson, proprietor of the Western Athletic club, said this bin in attempting to eliminate ob jectionable clubs would put' the legitimate ones out of business. The Multnomah county delega tion held a public hearing on two bills by Rep. Robert Farrell and others calling for creating of a tax supervisory commission in Multnomah county. Rep. C C. Chapman and Chester Moores, rep resenting the Portland Realty board, said principal objection came from the Portland city council. Earl Riley, city commis sioner, In opposing the bills said a similar proposal had been re jected by the voters of Portland in 1132. Boardmen Want Settlement (Continued from page 1) "about an open session for" fur ther discussion of the superin tendency problem. . "Why keep It secret any more? Bradfleid asked. Saying "I wouldn't want to ex l Dress mTiett.' Director Percy A. ( Cupper remarked that "we're cot ( I hfn- 1 mil nnt " TJm AmtonAoA thm wmmmmmm mm mmm w wMaw MeUTcl'S 44MTsltlV4?i SMtMlATB IshJlt: week hut said he thought the matter would now have to be discussed openly and soon. - I The board will meet the ' night ot March 10 to open bids on fur nace wood for next winter bat probably will not take up the enperlntendency Issue at that time. The next ngulnr 'session will take place March 14. . ; 4 Ration Of Retired Court GRANTS PASS, March 1-ilPr- More than 200 residents of Jo sephine county presented a peti tion today to the county : court arglng . an Investigation of al leged Irregularities in the county court that retired : last Decem ber si. Circuit Judge w. K Johnson said he and Commissioners Pieb ard McEWgott and John Talea would take no part in the pro posed Inquiry hut i would hand tne peunons te .tbe district at torney. Members of the retiring court were Grant W. Matthews, Judge, and H. S. Morgan and C W. Martin, commissioners. . Campbell Absent, Hearing Blocked "FOREST GROVE, Ore March l-iff-A state unemployment compensation commission hearing testing , the seasonal status , ot logging In this area ' was unex pectedly recessed today because a state commission attorney was unable to appear. 7 i : " - Failure .. ot Ralph i CampbelL 8alem. attorney, to show np so incensed loggers who had ; gath ered to testify they threatened to organise a motor caravan to the state capitol In protest. , - - ; 1 , T Defrauded Faces Term : Of 35 Years Maximum SPOKANE. Wash-. March -llaxlmum sentences totaUax SS years in the state - penitentiary were meted out today to ; A. 22. Geise, convicted of defrauding an aged widow, who committed sui cide after she lost her property. Geise was convicted ot defraud ing Mrs. Minnie Michel, aged Spo kane county widow, of her tana and other property. r; ; t -Shoplifter Needs4 Specs; : Didn't : See ', Policeman y PORTLAND, Marc h policeman arrested a laborer as he lifted a pair of. spectacles from a show ease. I guess he ' really needed them." the clerk re marked, "because he didn't see the tefflcer standing liear by." : : At Public Hearing Ask Inyesfis Among those eligible to he named Goncalxes Cardinal cerejeira or rprtnjcai; itocmgnex ,varauuu tiueneuve ox uaaaaa, ana nevro Car dinal Fnraasoni-Biondl of Italy AP Telemata. I Committee Votes Institution Funds Tentative Approval Given TB Hospital Expenses; ; ' Prison Fund Cut - . ' I The Joint ways and means committee . tentatively- agreed Wednesday to vote out favorably a bill carrying an apprtpriatlon of 2220,154 for equipping and operating the new state tubercu losis hospital , now unaer con struction in Portland. The measure, as originally In troduced, provided tor an ap propriation ot 3 S 3, 000, but this was reduced by the commit tee. The committee also approved a bill appropriating 155,000 for the operation of the new state parole system in Oregon. The operating staff will include a chief state parole officer at a salary of $4000 a year, four as sistant parole officers and ttwo stenographers. . Prison Appropriation .Passed Approval also was given a bill carrying an appropriation ot 3580,980 for the state penlten tiary. The penitentiary had re quested an appropriation ot 33,8S0. Other appropriations voted at Wednesday's meeting of -the committee Included $127,300; for the state training school 1 for boys, $3450 for a poultry exhibit at the world's poultry congress and $5000. to create, a govern ment subdivision to be known as a soil conservation district, i The committee increased the biennial appropriation for the control of Bang's disease from $20,000 to $40,000., -8 - , Daughter Is Bora To Nippon Ruitrs . : ' I TOTCTO. Ua.TOt lffrniLe Vm- 1 narf.l f.inl.ilf fJMM sivnavilViH. Siillil.7tf HUM that a daughter was born to Km- I press Nag&ko at l:Zt p. m. yes I house committee that at present terday. (the army has bat 271 fighting The baby was the seventh child I planes la sctaai service. ot Emperor Hlrohito and her lm- l Senator Chaves (D-NM) de perial highness, who Is tl years mended that the TJnlted States to- old. only nix oz the enudren nreliow the lead ot Greet Britain and still alive, however. The second. Princess Hisa, died In 1128 when she was one year old. Modern science and ancient rit ual had mlntled closely In the elaborate;- preparations tor i the birth. Late last September, the imperial household department formally announced to the nation that a baby was expected. Immediately thereafter thous ands ot Japanese began making pilgrimages to Tokyo. to bow at the. palace gates. . . Tniitts Indicted By Fedei jury Mr. and Mrs. Ternon Traltt: arrested la Wenatchee, wash.. by the sheriff there and Postal Inspector 8. O. Schwarts of -Sa lem for taking WPA checks out ot a mailbox at 110 Division street, were indicted by the fed eral grand Jury- In Portland Tuesday, and probably will come before- the court for arraignment in a week or 10 days. ; T h e Tmltta' 14-month-old child la being eared for a n wel fare home pending outcome of the ease. ' " The Truitts had purchased ranway Uckets to Mlnot, V. D , and were boarding the train for there when apprehended at Wen axenee. Pioneer Newonpn 3 Dies in Olympiq ' OLTMPIA. March 1-(JFV-James H. Brown 2, : pioneer Olymple newspaper, and Insurance, man,' died suddenly today of pnenmonlai Brown was Connected with era! newspapers during' his . life Including The Seattle Times. Press. Tacoma . Ledger, Spokesman - Re view, Butte Evening News and Th Morning Olympian. He served years as state legislative represent tattve tor the The Argus, Seattle trade lnagaxlne. . : . - : He was born la Ealein, Ore tn 1I7S and came to Olympla the same. year with his parents. Coast Dairy Compisvy ":r Reports Profit Gromh. .L03 ANGELES, Uarch ljy WesUrajDalrieavr lnc today re ported net profiU ot f 402.127 for the year ended, Dec 21, last, as compared ;wlth $201,012 !.Jn ?the The company operates In Cali fornia;- Oregon -ai Washington. Some Additional Papal Possibilities) successor to the late Pope Pins XI Portland Council Okehs Townkend PORTLAND. Ore., March 1 -Endorsement of the Town- send old age pension plan came today from the city council on a 4-1 rote with Commissioner Or- mond Bean dissenting. The council qualified Its endorsement to the measure now before con gress. ;' . - n A packed Audience cheered the action, - which was taken; on the ground that the plan was the hope of prosperity for the coun try In light of the assertion that all other such plans have failed. Mayor Joseph Carson -was among those voting approval.. J Senate -Takes up Foreign Matters Guam Proposal Revived; Senator Demands US . Recognize Franco WASHINGTON. March senate heard a heated assertion today that the nation would be "shocked and stunned to learn what President Roosevelt secretly told a senate committee about de fense and foreign policy.! .The statement was made by Senator Lundeen (FL-Mlnn) in the midst of a boiling debate on the recent sale of American war planes to France, and was one of many developments produced dur ing the day by the current contro versy, over rearmament and for eign affairs. Elsewhere: The house appropriations com mittee approred a bill providing $499,857,924 for the war depart ment in the fiscal year beginning next July 1. It included funds for 784 fighting planes,' a part of the administration rearmament pro- mm. To the surprise of some mem-1 Vera ot connrema, i wa -rfa. iUm mi nm U IT Jmui'M hl 4Jena jmimj fVAl Ai M- VliVA m of the army air corps, bad told the France and Tecognlxe the Franco regime In Spain, lest thia country offend the Latin-American coun tries. Benatora HcNary. (K-OreV and Lodge (U-Homm) proposed that foreign nations supply this - cova- try with raw materials, hexesury in war and not produced here, as payment apoa their debt te the United States. The dispute over the navy's pro posal that a seaplane base be es tablished on the far and any Is land ot Guam was revived by a de cision of the senate naral commit tee to conduct hearings on a gen eral naval sir base bill, which In cludes en Item (or that project. Two Autoists Die j ln East oi I State LA GRANDE. Ore.. March 1- CffV-An automobile skidding on curve a halt mile north of Island City carried a young man and woman to their deaths last sight. The victims were Juanlta Barnes, 20, of Elgin, and Claren Rollins, 2S, of Imbler. The Jolting car hurled Rollins over a fence and into a tree, kill ing, him almost tngsntly. Miss Barnes, Also pitched front the ma chine, -succumbed a short time after the crash. i : Harvey Conklln. 25, of Imbler escaped with a dlalocated hip, ':i -i .. i-A-VaUey Poicer line job. Gets Underway Monday y TANCOUTinL rWaihl' Uarch 1 -Ciy-BonnevTne transmission line construction from , the dam' here and ' from here to Eugene, ore., will get Jnta high , gear Monday, the local WPA cfflco said today. PWS4 Tsars rioss -3 at S 13 0s m hv gennnnnmannsBBnennnnHBas . i rr.7, fa es-y ti reSeve head cold . r'jeorlart. Jus ptit a f w drops of . YfcsVa-tro-cutf each ncetra and est the teie as a-tro-eol "s stinm laUos medatkn reduces the swcd ten xaemhranes, clears away the cloring xaoccs, heirs to kee? the sinuses from being Locked ly the ; eo1-lev yon brealhe scatn.- -UZZT I..iert wait nntn your head Is an stored cp. At the xsfc , warnina aneeso or snirin, are. these cardinals, left to right t Farm Credit loan Report Is Filed 13,536 Loans Outstanding in Oregon for Total of 7,()98,687 : WASHINGTON. March 1.-UV The zarm . creoit , administrauon told congress that at the end of 1138 there were 13,538 farm mortgage loans totaling $37,098,- 87 outstanding in Oregon. Federal farm banks and the land bank commissioner held a to tal of l,t7S,8l mortgages, secur ing loans? iouhws j,,w,sv. on last December $1. A year ear lier there were 1,011,047 loans aggregating $3,84S,5C,000. . ai.erU Loans closed The FCA received 58,718 ap- plleaUona for a total of $221,840,- 745 last year, and closed 31.824 loans amounting to $30,813,517. Oregon farmers tiled 181 appli cations for 84.137.330. of which the banks and I the commissioner approved 634 for $1,579,550. Of the 8,3 Sf land bank loans outstanding la Oregon, the FCA reported 7,040, or 84.1' per cent. showed all matured installments' paid in full, while. 1,318 or 15.3 per cent were classified as delin quent. Extensions were granted on 7, or 0.1 per cent. 607 Farms Acqnared The state had 5,170 land bank commissioner loans outstanding. of which 4,017 or 77.7 per cent had all matured installments paid in full, and 1,153 or 22.3 per cent were delinquent. Foreclosures last year were not reported by states, but the Spo kane Land bank aervlng the dis trict la which Oregon is located. acquired 7 farms representing an Investment Of $2,431,108. The FCA said the land banks owned, either outright or subject to redemption, ,844 farms in Ore- fgon Ml lbs 0nd ot J fit. They rep- resented an FCA investment of VIA"!,!. State Picket Law Involved in Case COQU1LLE, March 1-fV-Clr- euit Judge J. T. Brand will hear an action under Oregon'e mew pit picket regulation law Friday when considers the Tri - State Con- trnetlon company sat tor an injunction ngatnst .the building tradet council.; "Th company asked tbe with drawal ,ot pickets from a PWA grade school construction Job. The firm, operating- an open shop, asserted no labor dispute existed. The council established a picket line after elatmlng wages .were under the scale for common labor. atsMBBMBssmssBBasaammsnseseassmmasesBji Polk Association Herds l)p State COR VALLIS, March l-VPf-The herds of the Polk County Dairy association topped the t eld in av erage ot milk and butterfat pro duced during January, the Oregon Dairy Herd association disclosed today.'. V ir:-v The Llan - Benton association waa second. Yamhill connty and Washington eounty associations third. and fourth. The 9S cows of the Polk group tested averaged 170 pounds of milk and 22.2S pounds ot batter- fat tor the period. .- emMmaaamawtsmamsHammBsn) Springlike Signs Seen As Uarch llakes Debut f..it)-i-y.,i:,:v.H.:;..-., PORTLAND, March l-4P)-Both the lamb and the lion romped la Oregon today as March made its annual debut. Although there was tog and rain in the. Willamette valley, the smell of spring waa tn the air. The lion ranged along the coast where storm warnings were pvie tor aioau cnub e&evesnl Caf CC.! C0 as . . . Va-tro-ool si once it hetae to i sent many colds from devetoptog. - Va-tro-ool la specialised inedlea Uo irprtmrydesirned tor the nose and crner throat where most colds stark Used In time, it-stimulates Nature's own Ceienses to ss&t osx many a cold, -. head colds in VICIJ3. their early a Aitmthatg mm Uem pamaf as by e ftsard mf Wsafrfma, Motor Inspection Program Favored ... : - . Portland System Would Be Applied to State in , Bill Past Senate . Extension of the motor vehicle Inspection program now in oper ation in Portland to the rest of the state was approved when the senate passed Wednesday, 23 to s,' a bUl by Sen. Charles Clark and others. f There would-be not leu -than onf nor ' more than two inspec tions annually at a: cost of 50 cents each.. the program to start in 1240. ; "This measure Is In the Inter est ot both the motor : vehicle owner and the pedestrian," Sen. Clark said, "Compulsory lnspec- tlom are to come sooner or. later." Sen. Lyman Ross oonosed the measure, saying, it "apparent ly was designed la the interest of the motor vehicle -dealers and garage owners. i. Garage Interest Denied Sen. Douglas McKay replied that neither garage owners nor the motor . vehicle dealers had ' sponsored the measure. Accomplishments of the Port land , motor vehicle testing sta tion were reviewed briefly by Sen. Lew Wallace. JTe said the law had : reduced materialy the number of traffic deaths there in ! the past two years. I Sen.'. Dean Walker aald the measure would penalize, many workers who ' depended on old and somewhat' antiquated auto mobiles for transportation. Eayrs. Bill Defeated The senate defeated 14 to 14. a bin : by sen. Jeorgo T. ayrs providing that!-persons who lose money in gambling games may sue for double the amount lost. Half of 'the amount recovered would , go into- the : stats irredu cible school fund. : i-. Sen. Ashby! Dickson, Multno mah county," said he feared that the Eayrs bQl would conflict with a measure previously passed by the senate; holding property owners liable for gambling losses. I Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney. au thor of that bill, said It probably would- be defeated' in vthe house due to activities ot the gam blers. ' .. ; j A measure by Sen.! Harry Kenln relating to the Jury sys tem in Multnomah county 7 was sent back to the Judiciary com mittee for further consideration. Under this measure Jurors would be drawn from the registration lists. I , Japanese Column Cuts Into China SHANGHAI, March l-ff)-JP-anese motorlied columns cut a narrow, ribbon through central Hupeh province today in a west ward drive In which they cap tured, two towns. The Invaders occupied Tung loho, SS miles southwest: of Klngshan, and within IS miles of both Shayang and Klukow. where they could straddle the Han river. , Tho thrust 1e!t fhs regions oofh (o the north and. south of tne narrow tmIs Vn- matw j bands, sad the Japajaeap unit eonduet exteaslre mopping ' np operations te win, control ot the area. Ja Shanghai United Statee ma rines assisted police In combing the International settlement, tor perpetrator ot tour bomb ex plosions. Three et the bombs burst In front of three of the City's most popular, Chlneee night dabs. Pamphlets were scattered warn ing the Chinese not to dance when China la engaged In a "lite struggle," Eugene Teamster To Plead Today EUGENE, Ore March : X-(ff -Charged wlth perjury, Hugh Reynolds, former printer and later secretary of the ATL local of the Teamsters", union here, was arraigned in circuit court today, and will enter a plea to morrow, n Reynolds was arrested In Portland on an Indictment based ' upon testimony given in his trial here last year In which he was charged with breaking windows during the labor disturbances In the tan of 1127. Canadian Steamer SOS t h Sent From Atlantic BOSTON. March' 2.-()-The eoast guard said today the Cana dian steamer. Ranger, messaged" that it was "leaking badly- and In need of immediate assistance at a point 22S miles northeast of Hali fax and 40 mites east ot St. Pierre island and the mouth of Placentla bay. . flfl Ot3D tXADCS hove, XXJ by nSelr pcdrenogt, ostab&hedThe Drake a an address of e!ncoa Hens refined luxory, foochtfyl servica, end choice location aenchl the elscriimnotino. A t CJtebr. matgfcf tWw. a ( . LalJ) MMriiB My 1 ' i k , , .