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tlGUTT-EIGUTn YEAR
Session Spurs
;PUD, Schools
Bill Decisions
TubUc UtiUty Districts,
School Consolidation
T ., , Bills up Today
J Appropriation 4 Bills Arc
Prepared; Lnd by
1 VIarch 4 Aim
With lecUlatlre - leaders de-
Hew
v., torminea 10 ena ineir won uui
later than Saturday, March' 11,
terminea to ena tneir won not
-whrh wnnM make the 40th Ses
sion the longest In history, both
'houses were prepared today and
tomorrow to expedite matters
which must be decided upon
fore adjournment.
The senate will put on final
' cassare t o d a y the PUD bUl
drawn by its own - railroad and
; utilities committee. In the houM,
;GoTernor Sprague's two educa
tion reorganization and taxation
bills will be up on final consid
eration. Right-of.Way Given
To Appropriation Bills
' Meanwhile tn upper houM
Thursday cleared the way for a
flood of appropriation bills by
passing the basic relief measure
providing for- the substitution of
a state . welfare commission for
the state relief committee which
has functioned since 1933. The
senate amended the measure to
make it compulsory that a person
live three years In Oregon and
one year in a county before n
lng eligible for relief. , :J
. The revised tax program, call
ing for abolition of the flat 8
per cent Intangibles , tax and the
substitution .of intangibles In
come in the regular income tag
brackets, together ! with a reduc
tion1 in exemptions on corporate
excise - taxes, will be up In the
senate on final vote tomorrow. ,
Minimum Barber Prices -Issue
Returns Today '
The- house reconsidered" the
vote by which it detested rtvblil
to permit the state barber board
to set minimum prices,-' placing -i
it on today's calendar, v t .
An amendment to the tanners'
wine bill, which recently - passed
the house after reconsideration,
was being drafted at the request
of the senate ' alcoholic traffic
committee. The amendment is de
signed to avoid the danger of
retaliatory trade barriers on the
part of California, by eliminating
a41 reference to natural wines.
Fortified wines over 14 per cent
alcoholic content would be sold
through the state liquor stores,
as was contemplated in the orig
inal Knox law.
Ex-Ambassador Is
Fined, Auto Case
' HANOVER COURTHOUSE. .Va.,
March I (P)-Former Ambassador
William E. Dodd was fined 1250
snd costs in Ilanorer circuit court
today after he changed a plea of
Innocent to a plea of guilty on a
hit-and-run drirlnc; charge. -
The 9-year-old defendant, who
serred four years aa ambassador
to Germany, was accused of lear
Ing the scene of the. accident Dec.
B when Glols Grimes. 4-year-old
Negro; was struck and critically
injured by an automobile near
here. A $25,000 damage suit tiled
against Dr. Dodd will probably be
set this month. - . . , , ..;,
Judge Frederick W. Coleman,
in passing sentence,' said ha was
taking into consideration the con
dition of the defendant's health in
not imposing a Jail term.
Recruits
Pourihs to Oiina
TSINGTAO, ; China.; March 2
(VSereral thouwnd fresh sol
diers from . Japan hare arrired
hr to reinforce the armies In
China. '.' ,;,:--.'-). .,j ;,? fir
Tha tncommr troopi . appeared
much younger than the men. who
formed the units wkich arrived tn
China at the outbreak of the un
declared war. .
Jt was ezpeeted the. soldiers
-would be sent inland to join the
1 anti-guerilla campaign In north
China. Farther reinforcements
were beuered en route.
Atks $135,000 Damce$
For AutomobUs Death
6LT2IPIA,Uarch l-flP)-Mra.
Bertha J.; Reese, Tacoma, filed
salt In superior court this after
noon asking 1135,000 against
Donald J. Martin. Olrmnla busi
ness man. for the death of - her
husband In . an automobile acci
dent Fennary . v
Southern Oreson Sour
J, Produce 49 0ffprinj
Q MEDFORlV March' g --A
near-record in mass pig produc
tion was set fcere today by Ken
neth Murray's Red Duroe soy.
rhe farrowed 1 pigs in one litter.
Murray said the sow produced
Nippon
49 pigs ta four utters. .
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. . $ ? i.t V ,4
mm
NohodyHurfi mVZicc!: IlczrPratuih
Marion county had its own train
train, were pretty well splintered
,In .the. background Is the Pratnm
Japanese Consul Urges
Action
on
Governor Points out He
Picketing by Chinese;; Bridges Suggests
Chinese Leaders May Dissolve Lines
Requesting Governor Charles A. Sprague to intervene
in the picketing of scrap iron at
jishima, acting Japanese consul at Portland, conferred for
an hour Thursday at the executive offices here. The consul
talked through an interpreter. .
The governor pointed out
intervene in the situation. - 1
The consul was said to have dis
cussed particularly the picketing
by Chinese of the -Japanese
freighter Norway Maru, which is,
at . Astoria to loadtpr Japan.
Longshoremen' t he r e a n d 'At
Marshf ield are refusing to , pass
the picket lines.
The consul said he feared the
situation, would "help to create
unjustified Interference with Japanese-American
trade by the peo
ple of a third country." '
Fujishima said the continuance
of the picketing might lead to a
breakdown of friendly relation
ships with Japan.
Court Injunction
May Be Bought "
Word reaching here from the
coast was to the effect that a court
Injunction might be asked to clear
the docks of pickets who are pro
testing what they claim Is aid glr
en to Japan against China.; if
ASTORIA, Ore., March 2.-iff)-Harry
Bridges, International long
shore and : warehousemen's union
head,' broke up a deadlocked ar
bitration meeting on refusal of
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CIO Workers May
Lose M&M Places
PORTLAND, brej March 2-(A7)-Wholesale
dismissal of CIO
workers In fa6r of AF" men at
thoM it' Woodworking -om
pany threatened ttoday tn t h e
wake ot I circuit" cburt . of ap
peals decision ; overruling a na
tional .labor relations board -decision
at" the plant. I ! t Lf ,
' The court InvaUdated an-NLRB
decision Toiding a closed-shop
AFL contract r t
Today the plyloek division ot
the company acceded to demands
by . AFL Plywood Workers Un
ion, No. 2531, that 110 . feder
ation workers be re-employed to
replace CIO workers. It , was in
dicated places would be mad for
them by March It.'v -- i
- Robert Lung, - AFL union ae
retary, said "our organisation
will receive application! for mem
bership and I hope out- member
ship can bo filled from .parsons
now working in the plant" indi
cating that CIO workers might
retain their Jobs by p swinging
back o the federation. - :. .
"Third House99
Is Fiesta of
The 40th legislature's "third"
house put Oregon's officialdom
from gorernor down on the pan"
at the biennial rump session at the
armory last night and layman and
official , alike ; roared . good . a-turedly.-'
t.: t
f , "My, financial policies have pat
ns on a pay-as-yon-go basis and,
believe me, Charlie (Gorernor
Sprague). they'll sure pay as you
go through your next four years,"
declared a pseudo Charles H. Mar
tin (Jack Eakln or Dallas) In the
role of outgoing goyernor. ,M
A mock ' Gorernor Ckarlei A.
Sprague-. - (Cortls D.? Stringer),
opining that he had "taken over a
mess of ; pottage from old' Iron
'wreck Thursday, but no one was
npwnen erne or the cars -stubbed its toe" on a tog tbat rollea tree,
store. Photo' by Fred deVrles, Statesman correspondent at Pratum.
Ship Tieup
Holds no Power to Stop
Astoria and Coos Bay. K. Fu-
that he was without power to
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ITppSeason Price
Monmouth Area , Yearlings
Bring $9.25 per Cwt.
. , at Local Packers
The highest price paid in the
valley this feeding season for baby
beef was paid to Jack Stump of
near Monmouth for 27: head of
fat Hereford yearlings delivered
yesterday to the Swift and com
pany yards on the Wallace road.
The lot, 20 heifers and 7 steers,
brought 19.25 per cwt. at the
farm. The lot' weighed In at 16,
890; pounds or an average of 625
pounds. ' . .. '
"These Herefords are the fat
test i, cattle for their weight I've
seen any place this feeding season,
and ; that means any place clear
into Idaho," P. N.. Young, cattle
buyer for Swift, declared yester
day as he came down from Port
land to Inspect the stock on de
livery to Hubert Dunn of the lo
cal atatlon. -
. "This is the first attempt at
finishing cattle of this type in this
section, and Stump's success
should Interest other farmers in
promoting better feeding of their
cattle for this certainly shows that
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Idaho Legislature
Adjourns; Picket.;
- Law Is Defeated
"' BOISE,' (Friday.) March
(J?y-Tt 25th Idaho lefflslatnre
. elf-atamped as the greatest
reform session In a score of
. y e a r s adjourned at 12:37
a. m. today .after devoting final
.hours to consideration of meas
ures involving millions of dol-
: lara. r-rj .v ,
The seldom-broken harmony
.was maintained to the end, the
17 democrats in the senate and
; 19 tn the bouse cooper Unj ,
with the 7 repntnesss.
Prolonged debate, that re
reanlted ta defeat by the senate
of - a bill to restrict picketing
and strikes, forced the lawmak
ers Into an after-mldBiLt sea
atosu -, -. ' - : - '.
Night Section
Political Fan
pants'! but gained solaco from the
"Golden image of n pioneer with
his little hatchet" atop the new
eapltoL
- -With 209 bills on my desk.
that little hatchet gives me a good
Idea," the "governor" announced.
r' A solicitous "Cecil Edwards,"
the new executive's private secre
tary, fluttered about the stars U
baby clothes, at one point falling
oft his hobby horse, while a mus
tachioed "DarU Eccles, executive
secretary and tuJjet director, sat
clad: In a, diaper, and greeaskull
cap and looked wise." -
U'Thj ihoarcca'claded UH pre
sentation of "desk clock set to
Roy Myers, "dean of the lobbyists
and director f the ramp session.
Baby
Cilrrs, Crccn, Friiiy Ksrria-, tfc Si 1839
bmrt aa these ears from a logjelns
Cars Damaged in
Los Train wreck
Seven Derailed and Track
Also Damaged; Log Is
Cause ol Mishap
PRATUM, March 2 Four cars
were badly damaged when seven
cars from a logging train left the
track here about 10 o'clock this
morning. The accident happened
when, the Glennbrook logging
train of 45 cars, bound for the
Silver Falls lumber company at
Silverton, crossed the county high
way here. No one was injured
A jar as the train crossed the
road apparently Jarred a big log.
causing it to roll off. Instead of
going clear, the log caught , the
truck of the ; approaching par,
Musing . the upheaval.
The track was badly ' damaged
for a distance of about 200. yards.
The engine and two carloads, of
logs went on In to Silverton im
mediately, and a repair truck came
out from Portland, making the
run In an hour and 10 minutes
The road was still blocked late
in the day, but vehicles could get
through at another crossing not
far distant.
An unidentified motorist, wait
ing for the train to pass, said be
saw the log start to topple oft the
car, and backed his machine just
in time to avoid being strnck.
The accident occurred close to
the " general store and school,
which are on either side: of the
track, aud of course caused an
Interlude In school , .studies.
British Minister
Holds to Scheme
LONDON. Mareh 2.-(JTV-Prime
MinUter Neville Chamberlain as
reported reliably tonight to have
refused to drop his plan for set
tling the Palestine problem by
creating an Arab-dominated state
in the Holy land. .
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise ot New
Tork. a delegate to the Arab-Jew
ish conference, and Dr.- Chalmt
weizam, presiaeni ot in worm
Zionist organization, visited
Chamberlain today In hlr house of
commons office to nrge preserva
tion of Palestine as the Jewish na
tional home.1 h
Later a British spokesman said
the British plan remained the bas
is .for present negotiations, but
added that there was nothing to
prevent Jews from submitting an
alternative plan.:.-.--, v r:
'Body" by Road
1 Scares Travelers
"At". Oregon Ciiy
OREGON CITY." Orel. March J
r-(JP)-A report that the body of a
woman was lying m a roaa-wae
ditch on the Oregon City-MoIaUa
road was not suite half right..
Sheriff's Deputy Tom Steenson
said It wasn't , body, It was a
head.
"It came off a show win low
dummy," ho reported. fTl wish
gome people wonld not throw thrlr
dummies so near the road.' They
really look like the McCoy."
Hearings
Set March 7-10
More than 10 . applicants win
be given hearings preliminary to
their application for final United
States citizenship papers at a nat
uralization court session to be
conducted at the courthouse here
from March 7 to 10, Inclusive,
county Clerk u. :. G. f Boyer an
nounced yesterday. He ' was ad-
ylsed hy JU "JNorepe, division In
spector for the naturalization
terrlct, that IX tasea ere ready
tor examination or filing and more
were expected to be prepared by
next week, "r l-.ff, .i
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'reck:
GOV Offices
LiMUTovn
Score; Injured During
, Street r Me lee in
Westwood, Calif. '
Two, Arrested; Disorder
Ends but Citizens
: Rernain Tense
WESTWOOD, Calif March 2-
(ffVRiotlng in the streets of West-
wood came to a climax tonight
when a crowd of several hundred
men destroyed the CIO headquar
ters here by sheer manpower af
ter deputy sheriffs had ' rescued
women and children from the
structure, and rushed them to safe
ty at their homes.
Immediately after the building
was smashed to bits, crowds dis
persed and fighting subsided but
not before more than a score of
persons were Injured and two oth
ers arrested.
Klamath Falls Woman .
Held Eiot Instigator
Constable Al Bangle arrested A.
Woman, whom - the officer de
scribed as a "CIO organizer from
Klamath Falls, Ore." on a-charge
of Inciting a riot and said four
other men, sought by him tor ar
rest on a similar charge had tied
Westwood before the fighting
ended.
Bangle also took Jack Scott into
custody on a charge of using a
hammer as a weapon. Mrs. Scott,
Jack's wife, was detained on a ten
tative charge of resisting an offi
cer, but later was released from
custody.
Fear Fresh Outbreaks
of Violence Momentarily
Although the crowd had dis
persed, Westwood remained tense
and Captain Fred McClelland of
the Lassen county unit of the state
highway patrol said he feared a
fresh outbreak might, occur at any
time. ,
i , A crowd of more than 209 fight-
ling and- shouting men. had father-
iTinjt to pass x, column Tjcj
ts
To Beat Bearcats
Tourney Score Is 48-39;
Former Championship
Packards Beaten
PORTLAND, Ore., March 2-(JFj-A
new. champion of Oregon
AAU basketball became assured
tonight when, in the biggest up
set of the 1939 tournament, City
Dairy of Portland walloped the
defending champions and highly
favored Pacific Packards, 49-42.
It was one of two major re
verses. In the collegiate division Ore
gon Normal arose In unexpected
might and eliminated Willamette
university, 48 to 39.
Bradford Clothiers of Portland
eliminated - the last remaining
non-Portland . independent team,
Astoria, Longshoremen, 51-40.
Pacific university scooted to
a 47-34 Tlctory 'o.Ter Lower Co
lumbia Junior College of Long
view In the collegiate division..
ers
new
ALBANY, - March 2-(P)-An af
fidavit of prejudice4 against Cir
cuit Judge L. H. McMahan was
filed yesterday by attoraers - for
WUlls E. ; Mahoney, KUmath
Balls. They "requested the ap
pointment of another Judge to
hear a damage salt.
Mahoney, former democratlr
candidate for the United CUtes
senate, was defendant :n a $5000
action' brought bg . Zimmer
man, administrator for the es
tate of Thomas Zimmerman, The
suit alleged Thomas Zimmerman
was killed by an automobile op
erated by Mahoney. " '
Late Sports
ASTORIA, Ore.March 2.-WV-Astoris.
St. Helens, Clatskanie
and - Astoria v B teams ' captured
opening games totnght In the dis
trict S high school basketball
tournament Astoria beat ' Scap
poose J 4-2 S; St. Helena won from
Vernonia. 39-14; Clatskanie
downed Seaside, 31-23, and Astor
ia reserves shaded Rainier,' 27-21
- Tomorrow -Astoria plays Astor
la Bs, and St. Helens meets Clats
kanie.
, BAKER. Ore-. March' IMJP
Vale,- Unlonv Ontario and Baker
survived first round games. In. the
district 1 basketball champion-
ship tonight," s -li-Vif1'
2 The defending champion Bull
dogs eliminated Nrssa, 43-i, but
the great upset of the tournament
was, the defeat by Ontario of La
Grande, favorite and champloa of
the Blue Mountain league; Ontar
io turned lie truck, 2S-25. -
In other, games Tale, beat Jo
seph;' 4 6-4 2, and . Union trimmed
enterprise, 40-21. .. , -.
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New Pope-Pius Chosen Thursday - .
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Fop Plus Xn ia shown here at left, tn the robes he wore aa a cardin
al, beside William Cardinal Mundelefia, of Chirago, who participa
ted m tne election ns Home. The
CardinaliEageaio PaeelU, papal
rope nns
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Tut Tomb Finder
Dead at Age of 66
Howard Carter, Explorer,
Scoffed at Theory of
Tomb Hurse'
LONDON, March 2-OPr-Howard
Carter, who tapped the 32-centur-ies-oldVomb
of the boy king, Tut-ank-amen
In defiance of the
curse" of the pharoahs," died at
the age of 60 at his home here to
night 16 years after his thrilling
discovery. .
He had been 111 for some time. ;
The English archaeologist pene
trated the Egyptian tomb in 1922
and found the mummified body of
the hy priceless jewels and an?
eieni-roWft. The king's body
was encased ' in three coffins, the
last of which was pure gold.
Moses supposedly led the Israel
ites through the . Red sea during
King Tut's reign sometime be
tween the 16th and 14th centuries
before Christ, and the discoveries
in the excavations of his tomb
aroused great popular Interest.
About 20 persons connected
with the discovery died in recent
years. Lord Carnarvon, who fi
nanced the expedition, was the
first to die from a mosquito bite
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(unteasurer
Provides Surety
Realty Holdings in City
I Mortgaged to Firm;
; Act Volmitary
With his liability, if any, to
Marlon county yet to- be officially
determined. County, Treasurer
D. G. . Drager has delivered a
mortgage to his real property to
the American Surety company as
security1 for any sum the company
may have to pay the county in re
imbursement for the shortage re
ported to exist in the treasurer's
office.. -- . -"tv :
- Asked yesterday of the meaning
of the mortgage, ' which was re
corded last week. Treasurer Dra
ger said he was moving to pro
tect the company that had been
his surety since 1911 "because I
think lfs the thing to do." The
company. ho said, : baa made no
formal demand for such action.
- The mortgage carers parts of
four Salem city lota including: his
home, and all of a 0.7-acre farm
and states It is given because of
"the inability of D. G. Drager to
timely pay his primary liability
under the snretyship.r -T-T " '
Mlm not keeping back a thing,
rin not even reserving my- home
stead exemption," Drager said.
"It's a hard thing tn face but iri
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Group Asks Validity Test of
VCCs Employer Fund Pooling
Mandamus action' to tseultd
ity.of the Oregon stanemploy
ment eommlsaloa's pooling of em
ployers' contributions Irrespective
of the YOlume ef; claims against
their accounts wan filed ta circuit
court here 'yesterday by Emmet
T. Rogers, dotnx business an the
Tax Reduction , and .Control bu
reau. The- commission and D. A.'
Bulmare, its administrator, were
named, as defendants. ; . , & T :
Judge L. H. McMahan Issued
an alternatlTe writ whereay ' the
defendants .must 'either comply
with a long list of demands made
by the plaintiff . or show causa
why It should not at a hearlnf
set for-March IS at 10 a.m.' i
. Rogers, tendered, Into- .court
$2l.tt, his payroll tax for the
quarter ending. March SI and de
manded . that the ' commission
place J4.T in the pool .account
NewssUsfj Is
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cardinals chose as their new pope
secretary of state under the late
Four Are Yictims
Of Halifax Blaze
35 Other Persons 3Iissing
as old Hotel Burns; v
Damage $800,000
HALIFAX, Nora Scotia, March
t-(Jpy-Tour, bodies were recovered
and 35 other: persons were unre
ported tonight following a" fire
which swept the century-old Queen
hotel causing damage estimated at
1800,000.
The four charred bodies wer e
removii! from the stUl-smoulder-1ns:
f ulna late today nna-ftremen
said two- other bodies "could be
seen 1 the wiec1tage.C;L
Theauthorftjes said they were
unable to make an estimate of the
dead until the ruins cool suffi
ciently to permit a search, possibly
early tomorrow.
I They pointed out that pome
among those listed as "Unaccounted
for might hare made .their way to
safety without reporting them'
aelres. There were 117 persons in
the building when the Are was
discovered tat C a.m. '
; ' The hotel register was de
stroyed. , i'
The body of a woman n that
of a child, clasped tightly In her
arms, were among the four bod-,
les recovered. The woman was
identified tentatively as Mrs. J. W.
Bird of Halifax.
The other bodies were those of
men burned beyond recognition..
Twenty persons were in hosplt
als .with Injuries ranging from
bruises and slight burns to com
pound fractures. Two firemen
were injured fighting the flames.
The fire-story, brick, stucco and
wooden- building .was In flames
from .the basement to roof tew
minutes after the alarm was
turned in. Fire Marshal J. A. Rud
land launched an inquiry In an ef
fort to determine the cause, -
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Water Setupote
Slated in April
' Residents of the area Included
la the proposed Vista Heights
water district south ot Calem
will Tote on formation of the
district. April S, under an order
agreed -" on by the county . court
yesterday. t Three directors, who
must be nominated by petitions
signed by at least 21 legal voters
and filed 10 days before the
election, wUl ( he elected at the
same time. . - -v
Cost ot the-water service -extension
from the Salem 'munici
pal , system - was . estimated, at
SlO.oeo by- B, T. TutOe, spokes
man for the district plasv- He
wild the district's TSluatlon wys
$110,000.- ;-..vr:
and the remaining $21.tt reserve
aeeonnt for. his benefit as, hs al
leged, the law provides. The peti
tion asserts 32,000,000 has be3
Improperly pooled by the commu
nion. . . ,v; v -.y. ;
" ' The commission was ; further
asked to so separate the. accounts
ot otter employers "similarly af
fected,", to call a hearing to de
termine the amount' of : reserve
reasonably needed, to make cer
tain claim notices,' to make ap
pointments of necessary employes
with "the selection to be on a
merit basla, to "function and
operate.- a : state - employment of
fice" and to negotiate reciprocal
agreements with other state and
federal "agencies" for" adjustment
ot collection, and payment of con
trlbntlons,by employers "with re
spect to ' employment -not locally
within this state.!; 'J. ....
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Unsettled today Ud SaU
uday. Xornul tonperatnrrs.
Max. teat p. Thursday 51,
ndn. f. RJrer S.1 ft. BSW
wteda,
Now 22
For Diplomacy
Former, Papal Secretary
Known in US ; Choice ;
Takes 3 Ballots
Selection's Approval Is
General bat Dictator
Nations Are Silent
VATICAN CITY, March 2-y
Eugenlo Cardinal Pacelli was
elected pope today and took the
name of Pius XII on his 43rd
birthday In one of history's short
est conclaves. He was chosen on
the third baUot In the first day of.
Toting;
He became the 2S2nd pontiff,.
spiritual ruler of- 331.S00.0i)
Catholics; and temporal sovereign
of Vatican City Just 0 days after
the death of Plus XI, whom he
served aa papal secretary of state
for eight years.
He is perhsps the first pope
ever to have been in ' the United
States. As pspal secretary of state
he went there in 1938 and was re
ceived by President Roosevelt.
People fainted In the crush ef
150,000 faithful who Jammed St.
Peter's square to receive the bene- ,
diction of the tall, thin and ascetic
diplomat who was raised -by his.
brother princes of the church to
the vicarage of Chrlit. - -
Two-Thirds Gained
Upon Third Ballot
It was a popular election accom
plished in three ballotings within .
24 hours after the 62 cardinals,.,
the full membership ot the sscred
college, had been locked in secret
conclave.
There In the Slstine chapel, si ill -in
secret, the ritual provided for
the picturesque ceremony sur
rounding the acceptance by the
pope ot hie election, the obedience
of the cardinals and his appear
ance before the crowd massed Ja
St. Peter's square.; ...''".
Ceremonial officers' were, ad
mitted. They lowered the canopies
over the chairs of all bnt 'Pacelll.
The pope-elect was asked ' ia
Latin it he would accept and with
his formal .assent recorded he be
came pope in fact.- V
The pope was arrayed in tfco
robes Which had been provided in
three sixes. Each of the i 1 eardin
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Sinking Sealer s
Crew Is Rescued
1 HALIFAX, NS, March 2-( Ca
nadian Press) -The sealer. Ranker,
wallowed in heavy seas eff the
southwest coast in a sinking con
dition tonight . while ladio mes
sages said the steamship New
foundland had taken aboard 11
members of the Ranger's crew ef
150. - ; '
The Newfoundland was stand
ing by in fan . effort to tow. the
veteran sealing vessel into shel
ter, the weather too rough to take
off the rest of the crew. - j-
East eoast radio here Intercept
ed a message from Captain Rich
ard Babcock saying the vessel wee
leaking badly and that it was "Im
possible to keep afloat.'
Seamen aboard the S7-year-M
ship, oldest of the . wooden ships
still In Newfoundland's sealing in
dustry, ' had been attempting to
ball her out with backets and har-
Jrels.- 5.;
s :
Pay Boost Billed
.
The senate military affairs com
mittee Thursday Introduced a bill
calling for an increase la the see-.
retary of state's - salary from
35400 to,500. The additional
1 11 00 would be paid from receipt
on ante licenses and motor feet
and would nor call tor aa appro
priation from the general In ad.: -Two
memorials, were arrrored
Thursday by tit upper, hoese..
One Introduced by Senator Wal-r
lace urgea. the president . ot 'the
United States to declare aa em
bargo on arms and other war ma
terials shipped to Japan. The oth
er memorial, - by Senator George
T.jEayra, requests congress to
amend the neutrality act so -an
embargo can be placed oa aggres
sor nations regardless ef whether
or not there has been a formal
declaration -of war.
i.Iartm T. Llantoh
- Indicted; Iz HI
- N2T7 TOniL -na"' r.-r)-Uartia
T. rat
a month ago was t&e"sc. 're
ot the C3 circuit court cf ils.
was Indicted by a federal grand
Jury today oa a conspiracy charge
involving paymenu ot large su"i :
of money.'-'.-. :;v. t": 1 -- .tt- . : .
A few tcirs after tie isf.'ct
ment 'was handed' up physicians
disclosed that an operation wan,
fchedaled - torteaorrow,, after
noon, on. the, ailing, white-haired
former Jurist ia St. Vincent's hos
DiUL. . . .
Peace
t - . t .. -
I Vell Qualified
Role Is
Belief
Secretary
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