At
-, . $1 Insurance
Yon wOl be surprised at
the full protection tb dol
lar accident Insurance poI
try, offered by The State
mum to readers, will bring.
The Weather
Fair, today a ad Wednes
day, becoming cloudy Wed
aaeday. Little change la
temperature. Max. temp.
Monday 60, mln. 89. Hirer
4 feet. North wind.
PCUNDDO 1651
EICHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning, March 21, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands c
No. 307
Caroa
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Council Takes
Turner Paving
Bid by County
City Will Take Strip
I for Salem Street,
1 Pay $150 Cost
Airport. Refunding Bond
Issue for $25,000
Is Approved
Following a bit of debate the
city council last night agreed to
pungle i up the $150 needed to
pare a city-owned portion of the
Turner V road project, that last
week was the near-cause of a
breaking off of negotiations be
tween the City of Salem and
Marion county in regard to the
mnch bandied "bout Turner road
trip, j
- By motion of Alderman Willis
Clark the council decided to ac
cent the onnty's olfer to im
prove the road and accept it as
a city street from the west line
of 16th street to Ibe present
bird-surfaced paving near 25th
street, but will refuse the offer
of Lee Eyerly, city airport les
see, to i tubs nribe the $160 that
threatened to keep the city and
county apart.
Instead, he city - 111 pay the
$150 which Alderm-n CUri
told the council it should do in
stead of letting an outsider come
iu and pay . Its Just bills.
To Seek Land for
McCoy Avenue Opening
- The council adopted a resolu
tion.! introduced y -Udermun
David O'Hara and Koss Good'
man, 'that authorises "ie street
committee to negotiate for the
acquisition o' sufficient land to
open . McCoy avenue ' between
Madison and Krlxon streets. The
acquisition ,not to cost in ex
cess or opw.
An ordinance providing for an
issue of t25,000 In general ob
ligation airport refunding bonds.
for sale - or exchange for airport
bonds, ;,waapaed. In explain
ing the Issue O'Hara, chairman
of the ways and., means . commit
tee, took the opportunity to In
form the conncil that U City of
Salem's credit far- better than any
othr municipality in Oregon and
that thereby Salem city , bonds
could be sold at a lower rate of
Interest than those of any other
city. In the state.
Alderman ' S. B. Laughlin in
trodueedan ordinance that
would - prohibit the hoping of
motor vehicle showrooms, and
lots for sale of motor-vehicles,
open on Sunday.
A committee will study -ways
and means for an extensive de
velopment f the city's old auto
n.tV l wa fmflAttA hv the eltv
council last night after City En
gineer J. H. Davis, together with
Chester Nelson, NTA head, and
O R. Boatwright, WPA resident
engineer, introduced the subject
It was Engineer Davis' sug
gestion the city use WPA funds
already 4 available, matched with
around $2 500 in city funds ob
tainable from the city bandstand
fund, to fill in the park to nor
mal flood level with dirt from
street grading projects, and to
surround the park with a high
stone wall u a part of the Shel
ten ditch Hood control program.
; Davis' suggestion t r u c k a
snag when Alderman David . O'
Hara . objected to the diversion
of the bandstand fund, accrued
through destruction of the stand
by capital reconstruction com
mission. The late Jowepb A. Al
bert donated that bandstand,
O'Hara sal, "and I think that
If this council rrbitraiily diverts
that fund for this program th
Cherrians will have a right to
feel lighted.'
O'Hara suggested money for
the program might be taken
from the fire tax - fund, provid
ing plans for the use of - the
some S3 0,0 00 - therein available
have not already been made, but
Fire Chief Buck Hutton inform
ed the ' council that plans , had
alieady been drawn for. the erec
tion of the east Salem fire sta
tion. ; f : - ir?;;
; Mayor W. W. Chadwick ap
pointed, on a committee to study
ways and means of obtaining the
estimated $2000 for the project,
the chalrmxn of the street, sew
er, park and . ways and means
committees, and the chairman of
city park commission.
Daylight Saving :
; Favored 2 to 1
1 In Chamber Vole
r , .if. ..j,
I 1 ' '" i?" : -' - r ' '
The large attendance at the Sa
lem chamber of commerce Monday
noon Toted 2 to 1 in favor of day
light saving for .Salem at a straw
ballot conducted. . 1 "
A partial count released, before
' the crowd adjourned was nearly
4 to 1, but a complete count pulled
the difference down. - - --.
-' The chamber will make no fur
ther more along the daylight sav
ing path, the ballot being taken
merely; to sound out sentiment.
Manager Fred Thielsen said later
In the day. ":" - - - ' iV
: There is some expression of
opinion here, however, that should
Portland adont davllrht saving.
Salem and other Oregon cities
should do likewise.
R.H.Hamilt
t
Is Victim oj
Santiam Fork
R. H. Hamilton, 40, of Salem.
was drowned and Frank Weddle
of Portland narrowly escaped to
safety when a . small ferryboat
used to reach their gold claim
upset in. the swift waters of the
Little North fork of the Santiam
liver eight miles above Mehama
between 7:30 and t o'clock yes
terday morning. .Hamilton, unable
tp swim, was last seen by Weddle
being rolled over and over in
white water 100 yards down
stream. The accident was caused by a
snapping ferry cable, according to
Deputy Sheriff B. O. Honeycnt.
whom Sheriff Burk sent, to the
scene to search for Hamilton's
body. The home-made ' boat had
been rigged up to the cable only
recently, after use of the cable
for a swing crossing had been
abandoned.
E. Coleman, brother-in-law ot
Weddle, told the deputy be also
would have been In the boat had
be not felt ill and decided to re
main at their cabin, across the riv
er from the -nine.
Hamilton, former night fore
man at the Oregon Pulp k. Paper
company plant here, leaves a wife
and small child.
Honeycut said the body might
not be found for several days.
Japanese Battle
In new Sectors
Invaders Appearing Bent
on Fresh Campaign
Into Chekiang
SHANGHAI, March 21.-(Tues-
dJ)-(V Japanese drove Into the.
rich and unconquered area south
of Hangchow today in what ap
peared to be the start of a wide
scale offensive in Central Chek
iang province.
The invaders sent large num
bers of troops across the Chlen
tang river below, the provincial
eapital which nhey captured ' on
Christmas eve, 193 7vThey had not
been able to advance beybn"STie
stream since then.
. The ' new sone of operations
brought the warfare almost to
Shanghai's bac": door and possible
was the ' prelude to an attack
against Kinwha, headquarters of
Chinese defenders south ot the
Yangtze.
Deeper in the interior Japanese
resumed their southward drive
through the northwest corner of
Kiangsl province.
The troops thrust through the
Wanyang mountains toward Won
ing. Important town on the Sui
river midway between the Canton
and Nanchang railways. It was
believed the campaign foresha
dowed a general offensive to the
south against Nancbanjr.
Chinese reported the repulse of
another Japanese effort to shat
ter Chinese defenses protecting
Kuling, mountain resort where 55
foreigners, including 12 Ameri
cans, are isolated.
Umpqua Currents
Nearly Trap Duo
BOSEBURO. March 20 - (ff) -Two
Rosebnrg youths were res
cued from the swift waters of the
flood swollen North Umpqua riv
er late Saturday after the current
had swept them a half mile
through dangerous rapids.
The men, Richard Crenshaw,
23, and Gene Jones, 20, hotel em
ployes, said their boat overturned
after a motor breakdown allowed
the craft to drift into swift water.
They were pulled out of the
stream by fishermen; .
Find , Spurs Search
OREGON CITY, Ore., March
20.-tf)-Sheriff E. T. Mass today
ordered the Tualatin river drag
ged neas Hasella as a result of the
discovery of the deserted boat of
Morris Knutson, C4, crawflsher
man of Stafford.- ' -
Catholics Honor Bishop of
Area, Pledge Centennial Aid
Three hundred fifty three Cath
olic laymen and priests from the
Salem district last nigh, honored
the Most Reverend Edward D.
Howard, archbishop ot Portland
in Oregon,- at a banquet at the
Marlon hotel . last night ' and
pledged $14,670 toward the two
year Catholic centennial expan
sion fund nov being ralseu
throughout the archdiocese. Ban
quet officials announced this dis
trict's contribution raised to $31r
179 the aggregate of pledges
toward the 1 250,000 goal set by
the archbishop. V i
v The fund will be expended on
a five-point program of lifting
parish debt loads, expanding Ca
tholic edncaUonal services, as
sisting young seminarians, caring
for aged and Infirm priests and
maintenance ot mission priests,
Archbishop Howard' announced.
Preservation of the "priceless
heritage of faith" handed down
from : Fathers - Blanche t - and -Doners,
who 100 years ago at SC
minates
Win. 0. Douglas
urt
SEC Chief Would Be
Youngest Justice
Since 1812
Congress Held Certain
to Approve; Local
Friend Pleased
WASHINGTON, March KHJP
William 0. Douglas, whose Hora
tio Alger career carried him np
the ladder from the status of
farm band and struggling student
to the post ot chief regulator of
WaU street, was nominated for
the supreme court today by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Just past 40 years of age, the
chairman of the securities com
mission will become. If confirmed,
the youngest supreme court Jus
tice since Joseph Story of Massa
chusetts took his seat on the tri
bunal in 1811 at the age of 12.
Westers Senators
Approve NominaUoa
There was no doubt tonight on
Capitol hlU that he would be con
firmed with ease. Many senators
hastened to express their approv
al. The hardest thing said about
Douglas was that he was not a
western resident. That section is
now unrepresented in the court
and there had been demands that
this situation be corrected.
While there was a bit of dis
appointment among some western
senators, they for the most part
indicated approval ot the choice.
In fact. Senator MeNary of Ore
gon, the republican floor leader.
called the appointment "excel
lent' and said he was "confident
that confirmation will be given
without any undue delay ot ob
jection." New Dealers Claim
Victory in Choice .
The appointment was rated a
.vietoryVfor the rianer ericle"
of aMrre'iggressive new dealers.
RvtiLJ--ia addition.- victory
tor men of such viewpoint as Sen
ator Borah; (R. Ida.), who has
differed with the new deal on
many questions.
To Borah, in fact, was entrust
ed an Important phase of the pre
liminary work some weeks ago.
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Unions' Attorney
To File Demurrer
i
Affidavit of Prejudice Is
Also Due in Picketing
Law Case Here
. An affidavit of prejudice
against Judge L. G. LeweUing and
a demurrer will be filed in cir
cuit court this morning in the
anti-picketing law injunction suit
of Beutler-Quistad Lumber com
pany against the Salem carpen
ters' and building laborers' unions
and their officers, according to
Edwin C. Goodenaugh, attorney.
The affidavit, it is understood,
will automatically cause postpone
ment of a bearing docketed for
this morning on the plaintiff's
application for a preliminary in
junction. The lumber company in its re
cent injunction complaint assert
ed the unions had interferred with
its business by placing it on the
"unfair list" and ordering union
labor not to handle its products
despite the fact no labor dispute
existed. A temporary restraining
order was issued.
Salem unions will resist "this
and any other injunction suits
that may come up here," Good
enough declared, ' although all
sections of the anti-picketing act
are expected to be passed upon
in. the declaratory judgment pro
ceeding instituted by labor organi
sations in Portland. The latter
action Is to be heard before three
2 (Turn to page 2, column 4)
Paul -conducted the first masses
in the Pacific northwest, is -the
inspiration for the expansion
drive, the archbishop said. Ob
servances of the centennial will
bo conducted May t, and 11
at ' Vancouver, Wash., Portland
and" St. Paul, respectively
S. Archbishop Howard personally
pledged $2500 toward the local
district's share In the fund, the
laymen were told by Reverend
Martin W. .Doherty, Estacada
pastor. Sameal Dolaa announced
that nriests' of the 22 relishes
la the district would match this
sum. - v
. Pledges by parishes were as
follows:: ' " if - '
Tillamook, $150; Stay ton.
$275; Grand Ronde, $100; St,
Loots. $100; Ocean Lake,. $200;
Sheridan, $100; , Shaw. $200;
Dallas, $350; Lebanon, $100
Jordan. $175; ML Angel, $1800;
Wood burn, $1025; Scotts Mills,
$100; Albany, $400: St. Paul,
(Tarn to page J, column 4)
rivnu
To High Co
TEN DEAD
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Tern aviation experts including two
la the terrific crash of the half -million dollar Boeing Stratolimer ta
the mountain foothills Bear Alder, southeastern Pierce coanty,
Wash, Saturday. The S3 passenger plane, first ot a fleet of ten, left
o
Jews FeelQamp
In new NazQrod
i 1 '
Newspaper Demands They
Uepay f und ltobicl';j
Autos Are Seized
PRAGUE, March 20. -(if) -An
antl-semitic campaign was under
way today in Slovakia and in this
newly-acquired portion of Great
er Germany with confiscation of
Jews' automobiles and published
demands for a forced loan from
Jews.
The general staff of the Hlinka
guards (Slovak storm troops)
seised Jewish-owned automobiles
and trucks in Slovakia and placed
them at the disposal ot guards
men. Only where urgent need
could be shown were exemptions
made.
The newspaper Prazsky List,
known for its anti-semitlsm, de
manded that Jews be made to pay
10.000.000 crowns ($300,000)
"because they have robbed the
Czech people tor 20 years."
It declared "Czechs were forced
to work for Jews while they lived
in luxury and the Czech people
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State Employment
Chief Designated
Stoll to Act as Director
Until Permanent Alan
Is Selected Here m
L. C. Stoll, training supervisor
for the unemployment compensa
tion commission, Monday was ap
pointed acting director of the Ore
gon employment service, the com
mission announced. He succeeds
Guy V. Lintner, who resigned re
cently. . - v
A permanent appointment
awaits action by the UCC and the
governor uuder the provisions ot
a bill approved during me clos
ing hours of the legislative ses
sion. Stoll will assume his new du
ties March 22 and will direct
transfer before April- a of the ad
ministrative offices f the em
ployment service from the old
postotfice building In Portland to
the central headquarters of the
commission In Salem." ,
:: Transfer , of the administrative
offices will not affect the Port
land employment office.
: Ivor Hanson, chief of the ben
efits and service : section, denied
rumors that he wsa a candidate
for administrator, t '
Labor Council Urges ,
- Appointment oj Allen ,
. For ryrs'- Position
- . . - 1 i -i
PORTLAND. Ore., March 20.-
VPy-A resolution asking the board
of county commissioners to ap
point S. Eugene r Allen as state
senator to fill the vacancy caused
by the death last ; week of Sea.
George Eayrs , (D-Portland) was
adopted today- by the ' Portland
central labor cuncn. ;
: AUen. a democrat. Is president
of the Portland Office Employes'
union, .and was recently i named
editor of the Oregon Labor Press.
official ATL publication. .
IN STRATOLINER'S CRASH NEAR
7 tt' V
Netherlands' representatives died ,
o
US Air Officials Withhold
Comment on Crash InqUiry
. SEATTLE. March 20 AP) Ten federal aviation of-
llmls conducted-an al Way -
I i i , i a .
sxxaioiiiier oisasxer nere toaay
theories on what may have caused the plane crash that took
10 lives last Saturday.
At Seattle, Boeing Aircraft company said work on nine
1600 Cons Rebel
At Quentin Fare
California Prison Inmates
Go Supperless to Bed
Without Disorder
SAN QURNTIN, Calif., March
20 UPl Sixteen hundred San
Quentin convicts rebelled
against the prison menu and
went supperless to their cells to
night after refusing to eat the
evening meal. There was no dis
order. It was the second hunger
strike at ' the prison this year.
Four thousand of the prison's
E-,300 Inmates participated in a
four-day demonstration against
the San Quentin tare early last
month.
"It seems to be part of the
same old gang," said Harnett
Huse, secretary to Warden Court
Smith.
Prison officials-had hint ot
Impending trouble at noon today
when some of the convicts in the
mess hall complained of the
main dish, chili concarne, and
yelled:
"We want more meat we
want more meat!"
All the convicts went to their
duties after the noon meal, how
ever, and there was no diffl-
(TurU to page 2, column 2)
Anti-Vice Drive
Held Ineffective
PORTLAND, March .20 - flP) -Bishop
Benjamin D. Dagwell.
Episcopal bishop , ot Oregon, told
the chamber of commerce today
that a police drive agatnst vice
had been ineffective in closing
houses, of ill repute and gambling
dens. ,':-: .HW'-ftvsf -.
- "All a person has to do to learn
the truth la to drive by these
plsees, the bishop sal d." "The
fronts are still there, the build
ings still occupied. I will believe
these places are closed up when
I see property 'vacated. They are
not doing that yet
Wife Is not Held ;
, In Stabbing Case
PORTLAND. March 1 m -Mrs:
Barbara 'Gray. 21, held for
questioning (While police searched
tor her husband, Joe Gray, on a
charge of murder, was released to
day, Detective - Sergeant Bill
Browne said. ,
Gray was sought in connection
with the death of Charles How
ard. I $. foUowlng a stabbing af
fray In a hotel, Browne said. He
added that 2 Mrs. Gray was unable
to give officers ahy informations
:, .1 -,
Mr- -
Boeing Field at Boom and went into
I bly fell off. Photo shows shattered nose after ship planged Into mane
I of stamps ta ravine. Note the air speed indicator, just to right of crack
'in fuselage, which was thrown out of the liner's cockpit. US photo.
investition intwtiaCoeini
i a. fit t- u : . i
cut wiuioeia any comments ori
0 sister ships representing an invest
ment of several million dollars.
continued as usual without alter
ation of structural plans. The
wrecked stratoliner. covered by
insurance, cost about $500,000.
Investigators were confronted
with the possibility souvenir hunt
ers may have carried away brok
en parts which might have helped
establish the crash cause. Boeing's
own investigation board worked
along side the civil aeronautics
authority officials.
A close inspection of the left
ohtboard motor, found several
hundred feet away from the main
wreckage, revealed the engine had
all three propeller blades attach
ed, eliminating a broken-blade
theory as the accident cause.
The motor, one of four, and
part of the left wing and tall as
sembly fell from the plane in the
air, witnesses said. Bits of bright
(Turn to page 2, column 2)
Britain Promised
Aid if Attacked
OTTAWA, Ont, March 10.
( Canadian Press)-Prlme Minister
W. L. MacKensie King today indi
cated Canada would go to Brit
ain's aid in the event she were
threatened by aggression, but did
not commit himself in any other
kind of conflict. .
"I have no doubt what the deci
sion ot the Canadian people and
parliament would be, the prime
minister told the house of com
mons in bitterly condemning Ger
many's coup in Czechoslovakia.
"We would regard it as an act
ot aggression menacing freedom in
an parts of the British common!
wealth." ' - I
US Note Protests to Nazi,
Legation in
WASHINGTON, March 20-(p)-The
United States, in a note to
Germany, refused tonight to rec
ognize Hitler's coup in Czechoslo
vakia, -.w-w
. Sumner Welles, acting secretary
of state, sent the note to the Ger
man embassy a few hours after
ordering the American legation in
Prague closed. He called back to
Washington Wilbur J. Carr, the
American . minister to Csecho-Slo-akla.axi'y&W"
Contents ot the document win
be made public tomorrow. 'It was
understood the American note
was In the spirit cf Welles em
phatic statement last . Friday In
which, he referred to, Germany's
absorption ot Czeeho-Slovakiaa
territor ; as "temporary.? j .,.
Chairman Bland (L-Va.) of the
house mer bant marine committee
Introduced a bill to carry ont the
war - department's recommenda
tion that congress- authorize ex
pendltnre of f277.OOQ.000 for
strengthening the defense of the
Panama canal.
TACOllA
V.
if
a spin after part of the taU
Motorist Decries
Police Xar Pace
Driver of Colliding Auto
" -SaysWll Sne City
for Car Damages
Contending that City Patrol
man Lou Bnrgesa was traveling
$0 miles per hour when his city
automobile struck and did eonsid
erable damage to his machine R
O. Jeff era last night through an
attorney informed the city coun
cil he would name the city and
Officer yargess defendants in
suit for damages If the city did
not settle within 10 days.
Jeffers was involved in a three
way auto crash March 11, at the
Intersection of Church and Center
streets, when Officer Burgess was
answering a call.
Given to the street committee
were recommendations by the
zoning commission that A street
be changed to a continuation of
North Liberty and the westerly
most of two Grant streets be
changed to Roosevelt, as original
ly Intended.
It was also recommended by
the coning commission that High
street li designated as such clear
through. Instead of branching into
Broadway. Alderman O'Hara
further recommended that Liber
ty street be changed to Broadway
in its en'irety.-
Following a public hearing the
council passed an ordinance that
changes the southerly 121 feet of
the easterly 19$ feet of block one.
Roberts - addition, from -.a . class
two residential-to a class 'three
business sone. The change was
made to .allow for a tea room.
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William S. Swing Dies;
Was Mayor of Oswego
PORTLAND,' Ore.. March 20.-
()-WUliam S. Ewing, 81, mayor
ot Oswego, Ore., died today of a
heart attack. He was a native of
Salem. His wife, a son and
daughter survive.
Prague Closed
The cIvQ aeronautics authority
asaea congress ror a S7.300.000
appropriation to train civilian air
pilots.
Vladimir S. Hurban. the Czech
minister,' returned from Chicago
wnere no conferred with Eduard
Benes, ex-president ot Czecho
slovakia, and said ba would "sit
tight as Czech minister until the
United ; States recognized the le
gitimacy f-f Germany's oceu nation
of his country. He indicted this
might never be.
Welles endorsed the new neu
trality bill introduced, by Senator
Pittman . (D-Nev.) , It would per
mit eaah and carry? sale of mu
nitions to warring nations.
Secretary Morgentha said . be
had no tear; of inflation as a re
sult of an influx of gold, sent to
his country by Europeans nervous
over the tease situation there. He
declined to reply, to a Question
whether 4he treasury was consid
ering seizing Czech gold in this
country tor payment of C s e c b
debts..
Czarist Russia
Emblem Floats
Above Capita
White Russians Reported
Seeking Hitler Aid
to Take Ukraine
Other Nations Line up
tor Concerted Drive .4
to "Halt Hitler"
TJNGVAR. Hnnrarv. March 9a
-tflVThe flag of czarist Russia
was hoisted today over this capi
tal of Carpatho-Ukraine; annexed
oy Hungary and granted political
autonomy after the break-nn of
Czechoslovakia.
Groups of white Russian offi
cers, wearing czarist uniforms.
gathered before the posters on
which the Hnngarian government
announced autonomy.
Tne posters were nrlnted both
In Russian and Hungarian lan
guages. Sub-Carpathian Russia fPnr.
patho-Ukraine) can be exnected
actively to fight Bolshevism," said
one Hungarian official.
They hope thev mav ha
chance to help free their oppressed
oromers in Ukraine proper."
Hungary has adhered to thm
antl-com intern pact with Ger
many, Italy and Japan and It waa
explained that the autonomous
government here would of course
take an aetive part
Grand Dake Vladimir
Discount plot Reports
turana Duke Vladimir, 21-year-old
pretender to the throne of the
Russias, was reported in London
newspapers last December to have
a place in Hitler's plans for the
soviet Ukraine.
(These published renorts aM
ardent white Russians planned to
gain Hitler's support for an upaet-
iws oi communist rule in the sov
iet Ukraine. '
(The grand duke, ho waver, re
fused to take these reports seri
ously. He visited Berlin December
a -out said he did not see Hitler.)
(By The Associated Press.)
A "halt Hitler" moTi
gained momentum
uneasy Europe.
yesterday fas
A common front headed by
BrtUln, Prance and soviet Una.
sia, and possibly including Ruma
nia, xuraey,-Greece, Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Poland was r.r,i.
ed a virtual certainty.
The line-up against the Ger
man fuehrer's expansion aims was
expected to take the form either
of an international conference or
an anti-aggression declaration.
itussia was said to have pro
posed an international eonhwnM
of democractie powers to draft a
common policy.
Reliable Quarters said Britain
made a counter-Dronnaai f- .
three-power declaration in which
me omer states might Join.
In the midst of all the talk.
President LeBrnn of Fr...
signed Premier Daladler's rim '
"dictatorial" decrees to bolster
the nation's armed might.
Chief among the decrees wera
those providing the addition of
between 150.000 and zoo noo
servists to the army, a new north
Arrican force. Immediate Increase
f officers and non-commissioned
a boost from- 4S to 60 hours the
KT work wee to ,de,en-
An early German-Memel union
was foreseen-in Berlin following
a conference between the nasi
"2-L,tnlnl foreign ministers.
The Mel diet, or Landtag, meets
Saturday, and the expectation in
Berlin was , that the dominant
nasls la that bodr would pave the k
way for another Hitler coup by
r.taln5 tt cr "hck to the
relch,",, ;'t '
Germany meanwhUe - e ailed
home her ambassador to France,
countering Prance's action last
week in summoning her envoy to
Berlin. .
Oil Expropriation
. Parley Hits Snag
MPC0 CTTT. March 20.-v
Donald Rlchberg. attorney fores
Propriated foreign oil companiee.
aid tonight that "practical dtfri
culties and, obstacles" bad devel
oped in efforts, to reach a seu)
ment with the Mexican . govern
ment, j '
Because of the nnexpected de
velopments, Rlchberg said in a
statement it fseemed to me for
tunate" Utat engagemeau eon
reining other matters "compel me
to return to Washington." ,
, He exnlainej tLia expreesion by
saying the trip .would afford hint
ma opportunity to discuss the
wiin those - "most deeply
eeroed.-? r .- .?. , ...
eon
SkUeri Back Broken J;'r. 1
In mMu. flood ;
PORTLAND' March 20 - ()- ,
Fifteen persons were Injured in
skiing aceidents on Mount Hood
8unday. Most seriously hurt was
Francis Cooper. Portland, whose r
back was ' broken when he fell
whUe skiing "at nigfi speed. . - -