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The Weather . $1 Insurance . Yoa wffl b nuvrtMd at ; the fall protection the dol- lar accident lnsaraace poU . ; cj, ' offered by , Tb States ,. ' Baa to readers, will bring. Increasing cloudiness to day and Friday, with prob able rains Friday; and cool er. Max. temp. Wednesday 72, mln. 40. Hirer 9.3 feet. North wind. PCUNDQO 1651 EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 23, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands Se No. 309 O (Diaiiitoi . in.- mi ,1 t 3 ., ..;-U.M ! ' , . w ; - r f ' r - Spot LLQlD Corporations Tax Proposed As Substitute 22 Per Cent Levy Would Permit Elimination of Those Opposed Reorganization Bill now Approved; Curb Upon Chief Is Removed WASHINGTON, March 22-)-Chairman Harrison , (D-Misa) of ' the senate finance committee said today President Roosevelt had sent him-data showing that taxes opposed by business could be eliminated if a fiat 22 per cent levy were Imposed on cor poration Income. ... In statement, Harrison re iterated previous remarks that ."it Is my earnest and sincere de sire to cooperate", with the treas ury In revising the tax structure to encourage business.- The Mlsslsslpplaa, who has op posed the administration on some major Isaaes, continue.: "With" the foreign situation most delicate, and our own do mestic problems demanding cour age and requiring our, uniud. ef forts, we can -tot afforj to lure misunderstandings among our selves, and, when- ' differences arisewhether economic, . fiscal or political they must be har monized to preserve and promote the general welfare of the coun try." ' WASHINGTON, March 22-V Admlnlstratlve forces plucked victory from - defeat today when the senate passed, t to 22, a government reorganization bill minus an amendment which w o ul d have given legislators more control over the president's reorganization orders. ' , The amendment - bad been at tached to the bill only yesterday, but 4odiy the senate reversed It self and struck It out by a two voto margin. - ; : The bill, authorizing the presi dent to consolidate or abolish many agencies of the government, bad previously been approved by the house. It now goes- to confer ence for discussion of amend nienta added by the senate. Opposition centered upon a section providing that reorganiza tion orders to be issued by Presi dent Roosevelt under the act should become effective In CO days unless : specifically rejected by both branches of congress. Republicans and some demo crats argued that this gave the chief executive too much power and retained too little control for congress. Finally, this faction sup ported an amendment by Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) providing that to become effective reorgani zation orders must have the spe cific approval of both branches. The i amendment was adopted yesterday by what was actually a one vote margin, although tbe official tally showed a rote of 48 to 4 J. The difference was caused by the fact that at the last mo ment, (Senator Byrnes (D-SC). leading proponent of the bill and - o p p o n e n t of the amendment switched his vote so that he might move reconsideration. . Overnight, administration forces persuaded Senator Cheves (D KM) to cha ge his position on the Wheeler amendment. In addition Senator Truman (D-Mo.), an op ponent of the Wheeler proposal who was absent yesterday, re- A. M A IVf. V. A a, M Hunger Strike at . San Quentin Ends SAN QUENTIN. Calif.. March 22-(i2P)-The second hunger strike In two months at populous San Quentin prison appeared calmed tonight as all but 42 asserted ring leaders ate their evening meal of navy bean soup, raisin bread, brown beans and coffee. Doubling Amount for Farm : Benefits Asked of Congress WASHINGTON, March tl-Sj-A group of house agriculture com mitteemen headed br Chairman Jones (D-Tex) decided today to esk congress to double the f 500, 000,000 which the administration has asked for farm benefit pay ments next year.- Jones said be would request the bouse during consideration of tbe agriculture department appropri ation bill to approve -SS00.000.-000 for soil conservation pay mentsapproved . by i the budget, bureauand add . another 8500, 000,000 tor parity payments. The administration has request ed that the total farm appropria tion be kept at 8500,009.000 un less congress finds additional rev enue for any Increase. ' , Under the parity p ay m e n t scheme, the government would grant a subsidy to growers of wheat, cotton, corn tobacco and rice sufficient to lift the purehas ' Ing power of those products to tbe 1809-1914 leveL " J Be not Misled ; the I Is This, for r. A. Is p iv w jr No matter what the merchants participating la spring opening today - may try to sell you as suitable for wear this season, the above is the accepted coetnme for springtime. The girl is Barbara Dongall queen of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses last year. What she's wearing la a garden play salt with plain shirt and printed shorts, a fall peasant-style wrap-around skirt and rope-soled garden shoes. Bat she's beaded for a style show and not for the garden-IIn photo. Fire Siren to Summon Crowd, Spring Opening Five Bands, Oustanding by; Ad Club fpr Annual Event SeasonV r Styles Will Appear in Windows When the fire siren sounds at 7:30 o'clock, tonight it wont be a fire, but something pretty hot at that Salem's annual spring opening. The siren will be the signal for the unveiling of show windows in nearly all downtown stores, and for the opening of the unprecedented program of enter tainment which the Salem Ad club, sponsor of the event, has ' o lined up. Over Dozen Apply For School Office No Local Application for Superintendency Say Board Members More, than a dozen schoolmen, from six states have applied to date for the position of . city school superintendent, which is to be filled by the Salem school board in the near future, board members indicated esterday. No applications from Salem were listed. Chairman W. R. Neptcne, esti mating various board members had received possibly 15 appli cations for the position, as suc cessor July 1 to Superintendent Silas Gaiser, said there were "some very fine candidates, in cluding some college TTCfessors," In the list of 'applicants. He "said the board as a whole rather than the employment committee alone would consider the . applications and r predicted- the appointment problem would not be taken up for a month or more. Only one application from a Marion county school man was reported. While a majority of the applications and Inquiries have come from Oregon men, various directors reported re ceipt of queries rfoxn educators in California, Colorado, Montana, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) . A year ago congress appropriat ed $500,000,000 for the adminis tration's farm program 'but later earmarked $212,000,000. in a re lief bill for parity payments. Rep. Ferguson (D-Okla). who has been drumming np support In the agriculture ; committee . for Jones proposal, said he anticipat ed little opposition-' even from economy advocates. Jones said: . "As long as they appropriate more than 12,000,000,000 for re lief tor about 2.000,000 people, why should there be any objection to an added $500,000,000 $288, 000,000 more than this year for parity - payments for 4,000,000 faraers?'-""""-"- There were indications, .how ever, that the drive for $500,000. 000 for parity payments might be designed only to assure farmers a parity, fund of half that amount. Informed legislators hare said the house , appropriations committee would recommend only' $2 $0,0 00, 000 for the purpose. -- c- st Thing rnoon in Spring Entertainment Offered It was announced last night that fire bands would participate in the program: the Salem high band directed by Gordon Flnley, the Master Bread band directed by J. C. Hassenstab, the Salem municipal band directed by H. N. Stoudenmeyer, the Lebanon high band directed by Wayne Gilfrey and Frank Vlasec's accordion band. The Junior chamber of com merce is in charge of the enter tainment to be presented on the west steps of the courthouse; -the "Living Pictures" program direct ed by Mrs. 0. P. Andrews, art supervisor for the Salem schools. There will be an outdoor auto show on North Liberty street be tween Court and Chemeketa, which will be roped off for the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Three Noniinated For Queen at WU - Miss. Jane Aasheim and Miss June Johnson, both of Salem, and Miss Suxanne Curtis of Gresham were nominated for May queen to rule over the Willamette uni versity May festivities at a stu dent body election held on the campus yesterday. Elections will be held a week from Wednesday for queen with the other two serv ing as princesses. Miss Aasheim is a member of Beta Chi sorority and vice-president of the senior class. She Is active In dramatic circles and prominent In campus activities. Miss .Johnson Is a member of Delta Pht sorority, rice-president of tbe student" body and member of Cap and Gown, senior women's honorary. Last year she served as song queen. Miss Curtis la presi dent of Beta Chi sorority and a member of Cap and Gown. She has been active In TWCA work and has held : class offices and chairman of various school com mittees. ... "-: ;-.... Postcards Start - PORTLAND, March 21 - m - fouce and deputy sneruis raided several alleged bookmaklng estab lishments and made eight arrests today shortly after a newspaper, a city commissioner and the sheriff received unsigned cards from a person who said he would commit suicide In two days because horse racing had "ruined' him. . - . - The cards were cancelled at the postoftice Monday at 5:30 p.m. .7 "Please use your efforts to put out of business the race horse busi ness. It baa ruined me and will ruin others,' the cards stated, i J.I 7? i Bookmaking Raids Durand Shoots Two of Posse Id Gun Battle Tarzan Slayer Is Still Sought; Men's' Fate Is Not Reported Others Unable to Reach Them; Rear Attack on Fugitive Proposed : POWELL, Wyo., March li-JP)-Entrenched in a veritable fort of Mountain rocks, Barl Durand, Wy oming's Tarzan slayer, shot down two possemen in a gun battle late today with a surrounding force of 5 Wyoming and Montana offi cers. The two possemen fell on a mountain slope directly in Du- F rand's line of fire from bis citadel of rocks, 400 feet up the side of a steep ridge. Game Warden Boyd, Bennion said he believed the two men shot were Arthur Garto of Meeteetse, Wyo., and Orville Lindbury of Cody. Wyo. Whether they were killed or wounded was not known. Unable to go to the aid of the two men, the posse officers aimed a heavy rifle b a r r age at the stronghold of the besieged raw meat-eating fugitive, sought since last Thursday for the slaying of two Wyoming peace officers. Fugitive Remains -. Safely Entrenched Durand remained sate.j en trenched as darkness fell, (- M mandlng from his fortress a eieer Une of fire to his front, his right and his left. Posse members said any attempt to attack Durand from the rear would entail a night-long hike across steep mountains. An at tempt at this maneuver had not yet been started. The posse caught np with Durand'a trail after he had kid naped a ranch couple and forced them to drive-to the mouth' of r (Turn to Page 2, CoL4) i Cough Appointed On Highway Board Will Succeed Touvelle at End of Term; Oliver to Be Third Man GRANTS PASS, Ore.. March 22. (&)-Got. Charles A. Sprague an nounced at a meeting of the Grants Pass chamber of commerce tonight the appointment of Huron W. Clough, Canyonville, as state highway commissioner. Clough, the governor said. would succeed F. L. Touvelle, Ash land, on expiration of Touvelle's term March 31. The new commis sioner is a democrat and a former Douglas county Judge. As soon as E. A. Aldrich, Pendleton editor, makes his resig nation on the commission effec tive. Governor Sprague is pledged to appoint Herman Oliver of John Day, as his successor. The board as then constituted will have two republican and one democratic members. Henry Ca bell, chairman, while appointed by Governor Charles H. Martin and active in tbe latter's campaign for governor in 1934, is a republican. Cabell is expected to retain his position on the commission. Mr. Clough was appointed county Judge of Douglas county by Governor Martin on April 2, 1938. He succeeded George K. Quine. Clough is a substantial farmer in the southern Oregon district. Parents9 Combined Ages Are 28; Expressions Show They're Happy k X'- is J- Left,v Merrill Brookbaak. J5, of :,. Brookbank, lft, with their son, -i i Tl JTT Hal MemelJ Final Okehls Given Defense Bill, Congress 358 Millions Voted for Program; 6000 Planes Proposed in Plan International Problems Eyed; Tongue Point Decision Waits WASHINGTON, March 22.-(JP)- The senate committee on nava' affairs delayed until later this week further consideration of the proposed $1,500,000 Tongue Point naval air base near Astoria, Ore, WASHINGTON, March 22.-(P- Congress gave final and ready approval today to a $358,000,000 rearmament bill, authorising the army air corps to build its fight ing strength up to 6.000 airplanes Both branches adopted a con ference report on the administra tion measure, while the house, in aaaition, voted without a mur mur of opposition a $115,539,287 appropriation to provide the army with more weapons and other equipment and to strengthen the nation's seacoast defenses. Other developments bearing on defense and International affairs came thick and fast: 1. The senate foreign relations committee heard representatives of the state, war. and nary de partments urge the passage of a resolution to help Latin Ameri can nations buy, at their own expense only, warships and mu nitions produced in this country. The said such assistance would reduce any threat ot aggression against this hemisphere by non American nations. 2. Approaching a subject which promises to produce -one of the session's liveliest disputes, the committee decided to determine next Wednesday when hearings will atart on proposals, for chan ges in the neutrality act, in cluding that submitted by Chair man Pittman (D-Nev) under which warring nations would be permitted to buy munitions here if they paid cash and furnished ships to transport their purchas es. 3. It was learned that witness es before a house appropriations subcommittee had testified that Germany had been building bet ter planes than the United States for the reason that it leads the world in aviation research. The witnesses supported a proposed $10,000,000 research base at Sunnyvale, Calif., but the com mittee rejected the proposal. However, the committee allowed $2,140,000 for enlargement ot research facilities ot the national advisory committee on aeronau tics at Langley Field, Va. More over, the latter sum, contained in a deficiency bill, was passed by the house later in the day. Vatsets Postmistress Appointment Confirmed WASHINGTON, March ti.-JP-The senate confirmed today Ann B. Heydon as postmaster at Yal setz, Oregon. Dayton, Ohio; right, Mrs. Laelia Merrill Frederick, who weighed 4 x Reummiit: WMh Non AQSL resswn Sig Guaranty of Free Port Nations Will Not Support any Foe of Either, Is Agreement; Hungarian Revisionists Urging Immediate Attack Upon Rumania MEM EL, March 2SvP-The first German troops entered the city of Memel shortly after 8a.m. (11p.m. Wednesday PST) today to occupy this prize port of tbe Baltic for Adolf Hitler. Memellandera gave the troops an uproarious welcome. The troops were the vanguard of the arrival of Hitler himself. He was aboard tbe battleship Deutschland, which Beared the port. BERLIN, March 23 (Thursday) (AP) Germany and Lithuania completed early today the reunion of Memel land with the greater reich as Adolf Hitler journeyed aboard a battleship, convoyed by a naval flotilla, to receive his latest acquisition of territory. A five-point non-aggression agreement providing for immediate evacuation by Lithna-O nia of the little fringe ot Baltie territory on the Nlemen river and for the economic needs of the Baltic state was reached between Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and a Lithuanian dele gation which came to negotiate details of the transfer of territory. The declared purpose of the non-aggression pact was "to strengthen" the decisions taken by Lithuania and Germany and to safeguard friendly relations be tween them. It pledged the two countries neither to fight each other nor to support any -third power at tacking either of them. A free port at Memel- was as sured Lithuania, who originally seised the territory by force In 1922 tnrder to provide herself with an outlet to the Baltic sea. BUDAPEST, March 22)-De-mands that Hungary, which al ready haa troops massed along (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Militarism Given Blame for Hitler Pacifist Stand at Close of War Justified by Events Says Sayre While deploring and condemn ing the aggressive seixure of Czechoslovakia by Hitler, John Nevin Sayre blamed that act and the history behind it upon mili tarism in his address on "Active Pacifism in a World of Force," given before a small audience at the First Methodist church last nighf. Most people say these acts of Hitler put pacifism on the spot, but actually they put militarism and reliance of democratic na tions on arms on the spot, avowed Sayre, who is chairman of the In ternational Fellowship ot Recon ciliation. j Instead of making the world safe for democracy, the World war made it safe for fascism, he said in reciting the broken promises and unjust situations out of which grew Hitler. Today pacifists, who raised an unheeded voice against the injus (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Three Nominated For District Job Three candidates for commis sioners of the proposed Vista Heights water district south of Salem were nominated at a public meeting at the Waddle garage la that district last night. They are Paul Griebenow, W. R. Newn er and R. T. Tuttle. Three commis sioners are to be elected when the Issue of forming the district Is put before the voters affected at a special election April S. Cltlxens at hut night's meeting were advised that 100 ont of the 220 families residing In: the pro posed district .had signed np to buy water If th proposal is ap proved. The district begins south Ben Lomond knolL takes in prop erty along Falrview avenue, ex tends westward on Salem Heights arenas) to the Casberg property and extends on into the Hanson avenue district, - . . Dodd Is Bisector I Of AAA in West ' CORVALLIS. March 22-AVN. E. Dodd of Haines, Ore., haa been named director ot the AAA . west ern division, officials at the state AAA office were advised from Washington today.' Dodd,' Assist ant director, succeeded C C. Cen ser who died yesterday, r X The Oregon man' was formerly head ot the state AAA committee. ,''fi :" .?.-. Accord Lithuania has Britain Seeks to Efforts Blocked Because Poland Insists Upon aiilitary Alliance LONDON, March 22.-(Jpy-Gret Britain strove today to avert 'col lapse of plana for a European "stop Hitler" front and declared that Germany had threatened armed f ore' tor the ; second time within a week to get Memel back from Lithuania. ; j Polish Insistence on a military alliance with Britain as her price for joining was Understood " to bar endangered formation of a bloc against further i German ex pansion. However, British negotiators hoped to convince Poland that London was ready for military commitments far-reaching enough to 4nake it worth Poland's while to Jump on the anti-Hitler side of the European fence she has straddled. In the house of commons. Sir Samuel Hoare, home secretary, said the British government's in formation was that if Lithuania had rejected the nazl ultimatum Germany Intended to occupy all of Lithuania, not Memel alone. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax, after conferring with French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet and British opposition po litical leaders, were represented as powerless to help the Lithuanian government. Believe Body in Clackamas River OREGON CITY, Mirch tt-(JP) -Authorities moved a crane to the Clackamas river near here today to recover a truck believed to hold the body of Fred W. Minder, 41, a disabled war veteran. . M. G. Sprague of Redland. the victim's brother-in-law, discovered the car In 15 feet of swift water after finding skid marks on the highway and scars on a 150-foot embankment. Minder left home yesterday to see a doctor at Oregon City. Rela tives thought the ex-soldier, a Logan district farmer, ; probably became ill while driving and lost control of the car. McNaughtonWill Serve on Board Governor Charles A. Sprague Wednesday reappointed E. B. Mc Naughton, Portland - banker, a member of the governing board of the state department of geology and mineral industries. MacNaughton will serve for tour years; under his new commission. StudtmtsD - Short' Lived t School officials, student leaders and parenta took .firm steps at" Salem, high yesterday, morning and as a result the .", heralded "sympathy - for Gaiser- . student strike was held to a mere 45 minute milling of some 1 5 stu dents In the corridors. No suspensions were necessary, according to Principal Fred Wolf, who said last night that students bad been made to realize the lack of merit of their purported cause. :Four post-grad a a tea were rushed from the building as Prin cipal . Wolf, members of . the fac ulty and a few parenta succeeded in : breakui up the small group Keep Plans Alive Meich Route Mussolini Has In new Trend- Duce Reported Annoyed; Nazi Thrust Spoils Italy's Program Memel Absorption Means Pressure off Rumania, on Poland, Russia By. J. C. STARK LONDON, March 2 2-(iF)-Adolf Hitler's sudden shift from south east Europe to Memel in tha northeast for his second territor ial conquest in a week put little neutral Baltic countries under new fears today and forced Poland inte. an even more pivotal position la the bitter European struggle. His move apparently lifted th immediate danger ot a German at tack on Rumania, for which the) western powers were prepar inl and which involved a far greater risk of war with them than any action in the Baltic. Rumania and Germany signed a trade pact to night which Rumanians said left them politically and economically free. Despite Britain's hurried attempt-to organise an anti-aggres- mam 1.1- - W 1 . 1 . a . w mvc iu atop niuer, inaicauMSi are that he could go along the Bal tic and. force Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia under his complete Possible Hand domination without the danger or starting a general conflict, ... , Some expected aim to do this ' quickly, before effective resistance la organised against him. Mnseoltnl May Be Factor In Shift Hitler's own axis partner. Pre mier Mussolini, may have been as. important factor in turning the nasi thrust from the southeast to the northeast.' Despite the fascist grand council's declaration of -axis solidarity there were indications that Hitler'a annexation ot a largo yn wi .secuo-DioTaaia tasi lreea annoyed II Duce. It came at a time when Italy was expected officially to start pressing France for colonial con cessions. By arousing Britain and France to a stronger stand. Hit ler's southeastward drive made It more difficult for Mussolini to pusn nis claims unless ne was will ing actually to go to war for them. t And in addition to leaving Mus solini waiting tor some gains from the axis, the advance through Csecho-Slorakia, with Its threats to other southeastern countries such as Yugoslavia, endangered Italy's own interests in that re gion. France heard that in this new situation Mussolini now was ready to talk peace. Method, not AcUon Itself, Disturbing The disturbing feature of the Memel conquest for the democrat- ' ic countries was not the fact that Hitler bad decided at last to re move this Versailles treaty "injus tice," but the method he employed in doing it.' ' ; The house of commons heard a declaration by Home Secretary . Sir Samuel Hoare that Lithu ania, Just like Czecho-Slovakia last week, was threatened with fierce military action nnless she handed over the Baltic seaport. The conquest thus was marked up by Britain as one more piece of . evidence that Hitler was beat on European dominttlon . : First It was Austria With Italy . attached to the Berlia axia, no other : country was ; villing to fight to keep Austria out of the Reich. Then it 'as the Sudeten areas ot Cxecho-Slaoaki which ' Britain and France flr.all iW eided to i let Hitler have after coming near war. Next his swift W W ..v, VUU1I1CIC1 UV- Jugated Czecho-Slovakia. t Now Britain is trying to or ganize a group of nations such as France, Soviet RubMa, Poland. nuiuiow, i uKUBiaria - jnraey : : (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) - at High; School of around S 5 students which for turn to classes. Ti -v... :'-v..- . By the time classes changed at -.' 1 0 o'clock the halls were cleared -and. students were back at their places. At 1 o'clock Supeilnten dent Gaiser spoke over the speaker system, .asking students to re-1 train , from .- further demoastra- h tions,- and appealing to them -to r return to their,, school , work as 1 usual.' ' - . -. : --v : ;- - , B.aaenia wl. spoao against ine strike during v the morning In-' eluded ' Student President . Merlin - - - tf"lt A . " . A m Nelson,' George Alexander, BUI Snell and Frank Herbert.