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VCYCV ? ; TheTfother : Occasional rain today and Thursday. little change m tesnperatnre. Max. temp. Tneaday 50; mln. S3. River 10JS feet. South wind. Only laf tb focal dally : ewspa pec. dors-tbe reader Set a balanced news diet local, stale, national and International events. PCUNC3D -." 1651 EIGI1TY-K1GHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon,' Wednesday Morning, March 15, 1939 Prlcn 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 302 ' School Board. Ga . .. . . .... '...: r. I S. 1 i J : IjaM :edige of . !.-f ' ' . O ' -r 'Protectorate' Established by -Hitler Decree Praeuc Officials Advise no Resistance ; Hacha and Fuehrer Talk Hungary Also Has Hand : in Affairs; Two of Provinces Secede (By The Associated Press) Adolf Hitler in a swift coup at : dawn today wiped out the lastves- ! Use of the Ciecho-SioTak republic, He marched his goose-stepping : nasi army Into the ancient Csech rroTinces of Bohemia , and Mora la and announced simultaneous ly that he "bad taken the Csech people under the protection of. the German reich." . The Tjsech defense ministry an nounced shortly beforehand that the German troops were coming. and asked the Czech people not to resist. Church bells tolled through out Bohemia as the dramatic. stark announcement was head. In the 24 preceding hours history-making events piled one atop the other In stunning swiftness, each move apparently directed with precision from Berlin. Slovakia Declares : Independence First . Slovakia declared itself inde pendent of the Prague federal gov ernment; Hungsrjr deman,aeo Prague withdraw troops from Car- - patho-Ukraine, . eastern " autono mous province; Hungarian troops marched into Carpatho-Ukralne and nroceeded northward to Po land' border; Germany - marched troops eastward through northern Slovakia toward Carpatno- UK ralne. i -' '- '" At the end of the day only the ancient Czech homeland of Bohe mia-Moravia remained nominal It at least of the Munich-born dismemberment republic. The Czech' president. Dr. Emil Hacha, , was in Berlin conferring wltu Hit ler. " But not even Bohemia-Moravia was to be spared invasion. Hitler and Hacha parted at 4:15 a, m. (10:15 p. m, Tuesday. EST), and at C a. m. (midnight Tuesday EST) German troops entered this neart of Csech territory. " " Hitler had declared In a world wide radio address last September 2C, that the Sudetenland was "the last territorial demand I have to ' make in Europe." v i An official German announce ment this morning said that Dr. Hacha and Hitler bad agreed that "all efforts must be to guarantee - the quiet,-order and peace In this part of Central Europe, and that Dr. Hacha "places the fate of the Czech people 'and land trusting)) in the hands of the fuehrer of the German .reich,"-;.' 1 i Two Ultimatums - i - ' ; Sent By Hongary '--'---": - Czecho-Slovakia's last day as a federal republic began with Slo vakia declaring . herself with Germany's backing independent of Prague, v ::'VV ':l Then Hungary a c 1 1 n g also with; "Germany's ! backing sent two "nltlmatnms to Prague One had a, 12-hour deadline expiring at S a. m. .today (9 n. m. Tuesday EST) and demanded various Hun garian rUhts be granted in Carpatho-Ukralne.' The second was a .14-hour order.' expiring at S p. m. 41 a. m. EST) today, demanding withdrawal of Czech troops from 'Carpatho-Ukralne,:.,..-.,:-':;'.. -ft r . Hungary rejected a Czech reply to the first nltimatum; received four hours before the deadline. As ' for the second, the Hungarian troops - raced northward throngs Carpatho-Ukralne just a few hours after it was delivered. i 'j I - . An estimated 10,00 Czech sold ; dlera and gendarmerie , were re- ported withdrawing as the ilnn .garlana advanced. u .- ' -..J. ': (Turn to page 1, column S) - ; School Measuri B " On Second Efforts to pass the county school equalization . fund . measure, , HB 243, went down again to defeat in the senate late Tuesday. The mea sure was a part of, Governor Sprague's legislative program. The senate educational commit- " tee reported the measure, defeated Friday on Us Initial ballot, out with two amendmentf favored by the minority and one amendment ' favored by the majority. ' The minority amendments, fa vored by the bill's original pro ponents, lowered the classroom , unit, base appropriation to $1090 for elementary schools and'$12C9 Jor high-schools. ' ...-" . . The senate refused to accept tie kinority report. . t-. Democracies Intervention Not in Sight ' LONDON, March 14. -( .-Great Britain - and France, who almost went to war with Germany over Czecho-Storakla -last September, kept strictly aloof today as the lit tle republic farther crumbled apar under overpowering pres sure from Germany. Officials in both London and Paris were believed to be more in terested in the possibility that Germany's new mores eastward would ' lessen her interest in It aly's still unofficial claims for a part of the French colonial em pire. Prime Minister Neville Cham berlain in the house of commons cared an "unwarrantable assump lion" a suggestion that Britain now was completely aisinterestea In Czechoslovakia. But his replies to a series of questions from members of par: liament showed plainly he had no Intention of intervening in the German-Czech quarrel as he did last summer. France, saving her strength to resist possible Italian demands on her, seemed to be only an inter ested spectator in the new crisis. Official sources left no doutt that France considered it a matter for Berlin and Rome to settle themselves.' As for ; Britain, Chamberlain told the house that "the proposed guarantee" (of Czecho-S 1 o v a a frontiers, mentioned In an annei to the Munich pact) was "on against unprovoked aggression against Czechoslovakia, a n d no such aggression has taken place. 1 Income Taxes Dnfc For Final Action Joint Conference Report ' on Amendments Slated in Both Houses Both legislative houses this morning will have before them for final consideration report of their conference committee amendments to existing state tax laws on personal and corporate incomes. The conference report restores the existing personal Income tax exemptions to $800 on single men and 11500 on married men. The provision by the senate npping the rates U retained in the bill the two per cent rate applying to only to the first $500 of taxable income, then jumping to three per cent on the next $500. with ad vances of one per cent on earh additional $1000 of net income np to and including seven per cent. The Increase on a married man with income of $5000 will amount to 26 per cent, his tax jumping from $115 t' $145. The ' conference committee agreed to leave the surtax on in tangibles income at two per cent. The committee beat back a pro posal to include utilities , in the provisions of the corporate excise tax. 4 -. . ; On the. conference committee were Senators Steiwer and. Jones. Representatives Hockett and French. .. ... -;.,:A--. BeavertonHoldup . Queries ;Face Duo McMInWilLE. March U-m -Two men identified as Roland C. Kinney, 18, and Donald C. Gaa- iin, 20, were taken into custody today for questioning about the gagging and robbery of attendants of a Beaverton service station last night. The victims, William Dod son and Max Nolt. lost $14.50. Gaslin and Kinney were found at a Newberg tavern and State Offi cer James Burns said he located a pistol in their machine. -.... . Try in Senate ' The majority report provided that the school equalization plan be- submitted to- a rotor in each Friends of the school equalisation nrogram asked that the entire bill be defeated If It contained'-1 h 1 amendment. -.J- i " ''Tl Sen. W. H. Strayer, , opposlnf the bllL said there had been- no demand in. his sUte for the xaea- anre. ''. . "-i?x' -.' Sen. Dorothy Lee supported the bllL She said school districts with a larre ratio et children, to their assessed value. would be mater ially assisted. -r -On the final vote, the measure mio Republic Lonergan Moveddjournment For Sales Tax mil eds Representative's Tactics Make Vote Probable After 2 Setbacks Referral by Legislature Will Mean Place on 1940's Ballot If the legal voters of Oregon ballot in November, 1940, upon a sales tax bill referred by the leg islature, they will have the par liamentary genius of Rep. Frank Lonergan of Portland to thank or blame for it. Checkmated twice In his effort to get a sales tax bill before the house of representatives after the gross income tax bill had been de feated Tuesday, Lonergan dug deeper into the book of strategy end apparently succeeded in get ting the measure onto the floor. Pleads for Improved Relief, Social Security Pleading earnestly for some leg islation which would both relieve property owners of an unbearable tax burden and provide more gen erously for relief and social aecur ity, tanergan moved first that the sales tax bill, approved by the house tsxation and revenue com mittee, be introduced, over the ap position of the committee on leg islation and rules. Speaker Ernest Fatland ruled that this would require suspension of the rules, which requires a two- thirds vote. The vote was 3 to II, one short of the' required num ber Ren Lyle Thomas of West Sa lem then moved that the cigarette tax bill sponsoied by himself and Rep. George Duncan of Stayton be introduced, but that move also failed. Lonergan Bobs np With Another Motion Immediately Rep Lonergan was back with another motion to withdraw the sales tax bill from (Turn to page 2, column 1) Portlander Gets 15 Years Prison OLTMPIA, March 14'-(Jft- Three safe crackers who burglar' ized a Tenlno garage and stole a truck and a safe were sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary today by Superior Judge John M. Wilson. - The three, all from Portland, are C. u. Fictun, 31. MUton J. Burgessen, 27, and J. T. Spence, 26. Deputy Sheriff Frank J. Ken ney said Portland officers ques tioned the trio today and that the men admitted 22 "jobs" In Port land, most of them safe cracking; In the Tenlno robbery the trio stole the truck to carry the garage safe into the woods where they Opened it. They were arrested a short time later as they were leav ing the woods. ... , Yakima Huntsmen YAKIMA. March ' 1 4.R-riTe Yakima duck hunters were found guilty of hunting over baited ground and were fined by Federal Jcdge J. Stanley. Webster in dis trict court today. - ; Lester Shaw. J. W. Hargreavea. D; C. Tufts and R. C. Babbitt were fined $1S0 each Jack Simonsoa was assessed $160 on one eharge ana $2 on another. James Simon- son: William Amos and William Treneer were freed.' - The case was tbe outgrowth of the arrest of SO Yakima business men by federal officers recently. The officers - charged ponds of duck clubs in the Yakima valley had been baited with wheat, - 4 Waa Wagga' Is Not Amusing but Talla Walla Is - SEATTLE, March f ldP). Tbe Misses Alice and Forbie Salllvan. arriving from Aastra Ila, lasgbed heartily today when ' someone mentioned the name of. the city of Walla Walla. . v - . . "last that quaint, they said. Bat It was a case of tbe pot caUing the kettte black, They're from .Wags Warsa. They explained tbe town, in ' New .South Wales, got its name because crows native to that territory make squawking soand like- "uaca WagsaV Suece Baiting Czech Lam Wiped Of Marathon Session Near This morning's Sun will dawn upon the seth and final day of Oregon's 40th legislative assem bly, it was agreed upon all aides at the eapitol Tuesday night. - President Robert M. Duncan of the senate predicted that the ses sion would close "in orderly fash ion" about f p.m. today with all of its essential work eomoleted. Speaks.- E. R. Fatland of the house said that body was ready to adjourn Tuesday. It was expected that in accord ance with tradition, a resolution to adjourn at some definite hoar, probably f p.m., would be passed this morning, and that in case that became impossible, clocks in the' two bouses would be stopped few minutes before the "zero hour." Amendments to , the nnemploy ment compensation law constitut ed the principal major legislation delaying sine die adjournment but they were due for final action In the senate today. A few confer ence committees to iron out dif ferences between house and sen ate on other legislation were ex pected to be necessary. Today's session brings the leg islature's tenure to six days in excess of the former record set in 1933. Ultimatum Fails iTo Stir Dockmen Portland CIO Stevedores Told Contracts Void if Iron Unloaded. PORTLAND, Ore., March 14- (iip)-Portland CIO longshoremen, confronted with an ultimatum from their employers to load scrapiron aboard-- the freighter Ann Stathatos or have their nnion contract suspended, stood their ground In a meeting tonight and refused to load tbe mooted cargo. As a result closure of the port of Portland loomed for 8 a.m. Thursday morning. The waterfront employers no tified the International Long shoremen and Warehousemen un ion today that unless dockmen started loading the scrapiron by 8 a.m. Wednesday the working agreement would be suspended 24 hours later. The ultimatum read ". . . No or ders will be place! for longshore men to work eny vessel in port . . nntil such violation is dis continued," which virtually as- t j. urn 10 page 2, coiamu j IN OPENING " - I; 4 S " ' 4 - 1 I t I'i S ' " 1 r ...,.w,,... i ,5.. .;. . - ' ' r " : ... . .:. .,: v::-.-;. j-. I . 1 & it J 1 These teams will figure in the two opening games of the SKKh Oregon state hish school basketball toarnament at Willamette anlrersiry gym this afternoon. Above, Arlington, district 13 B champs who la Batte FaBa. 14. at 1 p. xn. Left to right f O. Wetherell. Fnlker. Btrahnt. Hecria. West. Bowman and Coach Vince Barrett. Below, Westport, district 15, xoeets Oakridze, highly touted district 18 oat fit, at 2 p. m. in the second of the day's eight games. Left to right are: front row Jlanajrer Jack Lnn . deen, Taona, lilller, Rainhold. Bandeen, Roberta. Back row Day Kelson, Don Kelson, Parton, Eulli, r. aaa ooacJi ?neoaore wensiana. 5 Report Plane Crashes. Into: Hills Nearbjr Alill City Report Says r Ship Falls, Carrying Aviator With It !: -: Search Party Returns as Darkness Balks Further Quest ' t The mystery of a reported crash at' S o'clock last night of a slate colored high-wing monoplane in the rugged country northeast of Niagara was unsolved early this morning. The search was called off last night due to darkness and snow. According to the first Story re ceived in Salem last night, re layed to The Statesman- by Gladys Harrow, Mill City telephone oper ator, several Mill City residents saw the plane, with engine badly missing and finally silenced, pass over that town and drop. A man appeared to be attempting to bail out, some residents believed. Searching Party Starts Immediately Three Mill City men. Including U. 8. Rider, former Salem mall carrier, started immediately for what they believed to be the scene of the erar , but .returned after dark with the report that further search wiuld be useless nntil day light. Rider said he saw the ship dis appear. In the trees atop a 2000 foot ridge. No report was available of a missing airplane at a late hour last night, and in Portland SUte Aeronautics Inspector Allan D. (Turn to page 2, column S) Multnomah Jail's Rioters Sentenced PORTLAND, March U.-JPh Flve Multnomah county prisoners who participated in a riot Satur day at the sub-jail at Kelly Butte pleaded guilty today to charges of assault and battery on a guard and were found guilty by District Judge George N. Woodley of at tempted jail break. They pleaded innocent to the latter charge. Joe Prier, called the leader in the riot by Merle Sims, guard, was sentenced to a year on the jail break charge and six months on the assault and battery charge. Each of the others drew total sen tences of IS .lonths. PREP TOURNEY . 4 , j- Admmistrator Of Bonneville, J.D. Ross Dies Heart :ttact His Fatal : Following j Operation I Five Weeksago; v? " r,t' . 'fr . :.-":: . :'' Dam's Power Chief, 66 Was j Believed Near . 1 Total Recovery II .!..:; . . i J ' , , - - .. ROCHESTER, Minn., March 14 -ttW. R Rosa,: f 6, Bonneville, Ore., power administrator, died la a hospital; today of an acute heart attack suffered as be was conva lescing frpm an abdominal opera tion performed several weeks ago. Ross came here five weeks ago to undergo the operation by Mayo clinic surgeons and was recover ing satisfactorily, physicians said. Ross was born in Chatham, On tario, Canada.1 He was an electri cal engineer and had been super intendent of tbe Seattle, Wash., light department, i ' S PORTLAND, Ore., March 14- (jP)-The Portland Oregonlan said tonight in an article by Richard L. Neuberger, that the "death et J. D. Ross leaves in considerable un certainty the future policies and administration of Bonneville dam." 1 Charles E. Carey, principal con struction engineer, bad been act: lug administrator while Ross was ill, but It was not known whether he would succeed to the post per manently. The paper I said that "several other names were mentioned lo cally today in connection with the post, among them Benjamin H. Kizer of Spokane, George Yantis of Olympla, chairman of the north west regional planning commis sion; Robert W. Beck, Bonneville valuation expert; James H. Rowe of the White House secretariat; Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman, for mer member of congress, and Ray W. GUI, master of. the Oregon State grange. : j i SEATTLE, March 14-P-In the death of James Delmage Ross, Bonneville dam administrator and superintendent of Seattle's city light enterprise, I President Roose velt lost one of his foremost pub- (Turn to page 2, column 3) Traction Company Will Arbitrate With Employe PORTLAND, March 14 -()- The Portland Traction company and unions representing IS 00 street car operators and main tenance workers agreed today to arbitrate an hour and wage con troversy. A three-man board will act in a dispute involving the expiration of a contract on March 31. Em ployes were represented as object ing to a company plan calling for work seven days a week instead of six hours dally. t GAMES TODAY t;!i'W 1 . 7 4 i Illness Fatal to : Bonneville Chief J. D. ROSS Teachers Granted Permanent Status 40 ProDalionary Tenures Extended for Year by City Board Six Salem school teachers were placed on permanent tenure basis and 40 probationary instructors retained for another year by mo tion of the school board . last night. Those advanced to perman ent standing were Mildred Leigh- ton, Albert Johnston. Norborne Berkeley, Glade Follls, Lorraine Meusey and William Porter. Probation teachers retained were Hazel Ardiel, Esther Arnold, Elizabeth Ashbaugh, Mary Bany. Roy Foster, Ruth G. Fraser, Ce cils Gregory. F. E. Neer. Doris Neptune, Mary B. Noland, Nettie Roberts, Jens Svinth, Janet Wald ron, Ruth Warnke, Constance Weinman, Mar Jorie Whltely. Es ther Wilcox, Jean H. Woodard, Ruth Brandon, Clifford Bullock, Evelyn Carpenter. Edith Fanning, Bessie Forsythe, Martha B. Fox, Lloyd GirodV 'Blanche-Grentzen- berg," Margaret G re well, - Carmen Guetfroy. Margaret Jones, John Ludvlgson, Elphie Pederson, Mar- that J. Plnson, LaRue Richards, Eleanor Trindle, Carolyn Q. Wil son.. Rachel Yocom, W. H. Arstlll, Dorothy J. Murphy, George N. Nlemt and Lucille Arant, Other board actions: Band allotted $150 for addi tional uniforms, with remaining $1S0 needed to be raised by stu dent body and band friends; use ot senior high gymnasium for Northwest YMCA volleyball tour nament preliminaries April 15 ap proved; wood bids referred to Di rector Barrlck for final action; request for $298 for adding ma chines in senior high commercial department deferred to ; budget making time; school boundary rales changed, to be optional sub ject to building conditions and classroom sizes. Linfield Captures Oratory Contests FOREST GROVE, Ore., March 14-(AI)-Linfleld college captured top honors in tbe state old line oratorical contest here tonight Josephine Cornacchla, whose subject was "the Destiny of My Race", won . first place and a $ 1 5 cash prize in the women's division. Harold Hlght. speaking on "the Conflict" won first place and $15 in the men's division. Dorris Riggs, Willamette, took third and fourth places In the women's division, and William Clemen, Willamette, 'third, in the men's division. Pierce Moves to Save Loiie Funds WASHINGTON, March 14-6ffV A move against possible further redaction in a: $13,000,000 ire quest for Bonneville transmission line" construction was taken today by Rep. Pierce (D, Cre.), who said he had notified "friendly rep resentatives' that a million! dol lars already had been cut out of the original budget. A charge that Bonneville was getting money faster than it eould be spent economically waa made by Rep. Dudley A. White (Ohio. . GcdsenilMl WftppttciaiiowM: Silas Galser, whom three Sal-m school board members' last night denied a' contract renewal, Issued Sr brief, statement expressing ap preciation for the treatment ac corded him during his five years as city school superintendent. .Y "I want t express my appreci ation to the people who have stood by me, put Jtbelr names on peti tions and made an open stand,' Galser said. "Furthermore. I warn to thank the people of - the com inanity who have made it possible to build up the schools in these rive years. I am very- thankful for the friendaUss 'and loyalties irt in to Seek new Man New . Plea Presented j for Reconsideration but Lineup Unchanged . f. - Statement , Gtes Desire ; to Avoid Agitation .- Over Issue Here ' The three majority members et the Salem school board last night settled the snperintendency ques tion as far as they were concerned by Introducing and adopting a res olution deciding that Superintend ent . Silas Galser would not" be reemployed at the expiration of his present contract and that se lection of a successor should pro ceed.. The superintendent's con tract expires June 20. As at the recent executive ses sion at which the real decision was made. Directors Cupper and Bradfleld voted against the super intendent; Directors Wright and Barrlck supported him and Chair man Neptune broke the tie by vot ing with the Galser opposition. Yocom Presents Plea For Reconsideration .. No debate preceded passage of the resolution. Ray Yocom,, spokesman for citizens urging Galser's retention, hsd renewed their plea at the start ot the meet ing. Director Barrlck sought a de lay in "action by proposing the resolution be tabled for one meet ing. "I am sure the members of the board would grant the request It there, is a good reason, Cupper responded. "But this has ; been aggravated enough now. . Reporting that "it couldn't be any more aggravated, Dr.. Bar rick declared the "resolution was carefully thought up but it could be answered. ;r h , . "Of course, this has been care j fully thought np, doctor," replied ; Cupper..-:' -: -. T ; ;! "It's evident," Barrlck ex claimed, as he withdrew, his mo tion. ' The resolution was offered by Director Bradfleld and his motion for its . adoption was seconded by Director Cupper. No signature was affixed to it. inquiry by Director Wright revealed. Xo Mention Made Of Possible Choice Chairman Neptune declared he had no idea when a new superin tendent would be elected. "Well study applications when they come in and make a decision when we've found a man to suit," Neptune said. v The majority directors asserted they had not considered H. T. Dur ham, principal of Parrish junior" high school, or Fred Wolf, pria cipal of the senior high, for the superintendent's p s i 1 1 o n, al though both men have been ru mored as possibly in line for the job. Durham will be barred un der the state teacher retirement act from continuing in his pres ent position after this school year. Xeed to End Agitation Over Issue Is Cited -P Salient sections of ; the ouster resolution read as follows: , , "Whereas, this board on Feb ruary 2 0, 1 9 3 9, in accordance with well established practice and in carrying out a request of a prominent friend of the superin tendent, met in executive session. ' the members voting S to 2 against extending the superintendent's contract, and. notified the super intendent of proposed action prior to its public announcement. The superintendent , gave the matter publicity and his friends rallied to his support in questioning the . propriety of the board's proposed action, and ' ;i . "Whereas, . . . a petition signed by 21 prominent eltizens was pre sented, to the board, requesting that the selection ot a superin tendent be postponed nntil after 'he election in June on the ground that , change in . the personnel of the board might result -from ' aid election. It a as also suggest- ed. that i the question of the re-' tention of the . superintendent be nlaced on the ballot. Among tbe signers of the petition . was Jus tice . Rossman ,' ot the - supreme court who presented the petition tolerantly, and forcefully. A I s o f Turn to page 2, column 1) . , that have' been accorded me end for the staff members who have helped to place tbe school system in the position it has acquired in the state of Oregon." - - : The superintendent, -whose con tract terminates In June,' said he -had no definite plans for the fu ture but several possible courses ot action in riew. . . r: Mr. Galser came to Salem five years ago as successor to the 1cte George W. Hug. Before that time he served as superintendent of the Milton-Freewster dlstrlet, te which position he had moved, fol- lowing an extended tenure as sa- nortntendent In Montana; llireeduppo n . W a Kesolutio