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V. The Weather j Showers today and Mon . day, cooler. Max. Temp. Saturday, 57, Mia. 41. River 9.7 feet. NXB wind. 5 I EICHTY-KIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, March 26, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 312 v- - - ft y - ' n " T i A:m i i ssr .mtmmmmm v' ' ' - V IS 1 Reversl.- j he"nnal order of things as they have been recently, this moral!? we find Benito Blassolinl rating the top headlines .and Adoi: llitler down at the bottom bat still on page 1. Mussolini was to nuiVe a speech on the International sit nation, and since bis ter ritorial ahda are considered graver peril to European peace than . Hitler's, U Dnce belongs t the top. Next is Premier Daladier of ' France who'U be listening; then General Mallnowski, one of Po land's cliief miliury men, reported to hare tha nation's army ready for action If tt becomes necessary.' Fourth from the top Is King - Carol of Rumania, whose country seemed to lie in Hitler's path but looks more secure at present; next Is Baron von Neurath, who has . iIp rhfinnt at what used to be Csechoslovakiai then we have Vis count Halifax, Eritish f oreia stop-IIitIer? bloc of nations; below, radiopnoto.or xuuer swung hinds with pf fleers of his Docket battleship. Just before steaming into Memcl and Using It over O a "free gift" from Lithuania. 113 -photos, . .. ' t v - II Duce l On Fascist A nniversarr t't 1 WW UK - mm m. s.am va . w I V4JL AUUi Br VUAtMA Nnl FvniPtPl l oks Due btif'Wn Riirrv P 47 By Observer Signs Indicate France, Italy May Agree Over Colonies France Makes Offer of Republican Ships to General Franco ROME, March 2.-(iiP)-Fasc!sts expected conciliatory speech from Premier ; Mussolini at the celebration of their party's 20th anniversary today d e s p i t e a trongly-worded message of sup port from Adolf Hitler. The text of the message to II Duce was known only to a few In Rome because, contrary to usual practice. It was not made public Concern In Rome over the Eu ropean situation has eased some what amid signs that Italy and France might come to terms on fascist claims for colonial conces sions. Hitler's Message Is Not Published , Among those fascists familiar with the tenor of Hitler's com mnnkatlon which expressed sol idarity with Mussolini against at tempts to restrict the "justified will for llTing" of their two na tlons the fact it was not pub lished was considered a clear in dication Mussolini's remarks would not be bellicose. 'A brief communique said only the Prince of Hesse, son-in-law of King V i 1 1 o r i o Emanuele, had j brought II Duce an anniversary message from Hitler in which the fuehrer expressed his participa tion In the ceremonies in the name of the German people. : The opinion was expressed that greatest .prominence would hare been given the message-If It had been entlrerjUaraonJo-s;"irUh tne Une Mussolini , aid - planned to take. ' if - (Br The Associated Press),. : It was Benito Mussolini's turn today on the Rome-Berlin axis. Fascist legions gathered in Rome for their 20th anniversary Jubilee and II Duee was expected to use the occasion to shed some official light on what be wants from France, j Italy's "natural aspirations." never officially defined, have been given voice .heretofore in fascist demonstrations for French territorial concessions. t II Dace was' fortified with a fresh pledge of Rome-Berlin sol idarity from Adolf Hitler but fas cists predicted nevertheless that his anticipated ! speech would be conciliatory. j In some quarters, however, it was believed Hitler's pledge, de livered on the eve of the Rome celebration, might be the go- ahead sign to Mussolini. Thus far It puce has bided hts time while all the tains were go ing to the other end of the axis. In view of this he might feel the (Turn to Page 1, CoL 1) secretary, attempting to line up m Speech Waited : o j gj. : ; c to Arbitrate BUDAPEST, March 25 () The Hungarian and Slorak. sot ernments agreed tonight to settle by negotiation their frontier dis pute which brought land and air forces Into conflict. A Slovak , commission is sched uled to come to Budapest Monday to fix the border between German protected Slovakia and Carpatho Ukraine, Czecho-Slovak province annexed by Hungary. (A dispatch from Iglo, Slova kia, said air and land fighting were reported continuing in the Ung river valley, a key sone in dispute. (Slovak troops were moving eastward toward the valley and an air squadron based on Iglo (Spisska Nova Ves) left to bomb Kosice (Kass) in retaliation for a Hungarian air attack Friday on Iglo in which authorities said 10 civilians were killed and 27 wounded. Anti-aircraft guns were mounted on Iglo roofs., (Semi-official sources in Brat islava, Slovak capital, earlier bad reported that an armistice was or dered Friday night and both sides were holding their positions pend ing diplomatic negotiations).' Hungarians asserted the air field at Iglo had been bombed last night In reprisal tor Slovak bombings - of "open" Hungarian cities. Except for damages by air bombs, the only losses admitted by the Hungarians were two men they said were captured when they drove by mistake across the line into Slovakia. Anti-aircraft guns were mount ed on railway stations and bridges over the Danube as a pre caution against air raids and day and night air patrols over Buda pest were ordered. Flood Threatens Glasgow, Montana Leaks in Dikes Plugged i bnt River Is High, no Deaths Seen GLASGOW, Mont, March 25. (rVTwo leaks In the dike protect ing Glasgow from the surging flood waters of Milk river were successfully plugged by emergen cy crews today, but high winds were driving waves against the barrier and causing - erosion t night. The turbulent river was five feet from the top of the dike at 5 p. m. (Mountain Standard time). The water was rising three inches an hour. City officials ex pected no lowering of the river here before Sunday morning but believed the water would not go over the top of the dike. Sheriff E. L. McPherson said boat crews were still checking is olated farm homes for marooned persons. So far as known here, no lives had been lost Saco, 45 miles west of Pere. was described today as being near the center of a slow-moving lake. 20, miles long and two to four miles wide. Most of the town was under one to two feet of water aft er an Ice jam dammed Beaver Creek. .. ; . .-. ' The flood was called the worst in 40 years by Saco residents. Siege of Madrid Is Held Near End By The Associated Press) HENDAYE, Franca (at the Spanish frontier), March 25 The historic siege' of Madrid to night showed increasing .signs its end was near as advices from both sides in the Spanish civil war said peace negotiations were almost completed. Dispatches from the republican tone reported that railroad lines. Idle since the nationalist siege began in November, 1831, were being repaired and , there - were other Indications that life soon might surge back to the hungry, beleaguered capital. - . Its capitulation and with It the crumbling of the last one-fourth of Spain still . nnder republican rule was -believed by border, ob servers to be a matter of days at most -;- St . , 4 4 Inl Rome, the newspaper n Giornale Dltalia reported from nationalist Spain that tea Madrid government's unconditional sur render already was arranged and that a nationalist army of occu pation probably would enter the city Sunday. - . - SFDRIsDiie'. : - In Seattle Today , SEATTLE, March 25-(ff)-The family of Mr. and Mrs. John Boet tlger announced today Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt is expected, to ar rive here by airplane early Sun day morning for a visit. - " .'" ' The - Boettlzer announcement said Mrs. Roosevelt planned to be with her daughter, ilrs. Boettlger, at the expected. birth of a child. Boettlger- Is publisher of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Britain Hurry Europe Policy Aggressive Scheme to Take Appeasement Place "Wanted Poland and Italy Are Waited Upon Before Any Move Made LONDON, March 25-;P-Bri-tain's attempt to build a new ring of steel around expanding Ger many waited today on Poland and Italy. It waited on Poland to decide where to seek to bolster her threatened security and on Pre mier Mussolini to show how much he still counts on the Rome-Berlin axis to give him belated re wards. Growing impatience meanwhile was manifest in political quarters at the government's delay In bringing out a vigorous new col lective security policy; to replace Prime Minister Chamberlain's dis carded appeasement program. Three Steps Listed Necessary to Take Critics of the government blamed delay in constituting the proposed anti-aggression front on its apparent unwillingness to take these steps: 1. Give definite military com mitments to eastern! European countries to gain adherents for a "stop Hitler" bloc. 2. Impose some form of con scription immediately to show Britain's intention to play a full part In resisting possible aggres sion. : 3. Broaden the base of the na tional government to bring in ministers with strong convictions about collective security, such as former . Secretary Anthony Eden and Winston ChnrchflL . ' While Soviet Russia, after the first hesitations, appeared ready to Join Britain and France In an anti-aggression declaration, Po land held out for more concrete proof of mutual aid. Now poised in the Jaw of ex panding Germany, Poland refused to invite nasi hostility by signing an unfriendly declaration which was not backed by military sup port against a German attack. The British cabinet was believ ed divided on the issue whether to embark on a course involving a promise to launch : hostilities against Germany on the west In event of an attack on Poland. Many collective security advo cates, both among conservatives and the opposition in parliament, urged the government to take such a risk as the only effective way to halt Hitler. But others feared such com mitments might embroil Britain In hostilities against her will in circumstances unforeseen. Death of Infant i ' i ; , Gets Police Eye Alleged Poisoning: Quizzed While Mother is Held ! on Check Matter OREGON CITY, Ore;, March 25-(P)-SUte Police Captain Vayne Gurdane said tonight Mrs. Helen Reld was held here on a bad check charge while police In vestigated the alleged r o 1 s o n death of one of her 9-months-old twin sons. The baby., Paul Reld, died last Tuesday of "acute poisoning," Dr. Joseph Beeman, L assistant pathologist at the University of Oregon medical school, said after n autopsy. Paul's twin brother, Frank,' also stricken,) was be lieved to be recovering. ; -, "Thern Is absolutely no evi dence to Indicate how the chil dren came to get the poison," Captain Gurdane said. "There is reason to believe It may have been accidental." ' j j "S Gurdane said the : children's mother was arrested on a charge of passing 17 bad checks. He added that her hunband, George F. Reld, was held nnder 11000 bond in the Oregon City Jan on a charge of passing bad checks at Molalla. Pedestrian Is Hit ; By Car; not Hurt B. W. Bunn,.108S Ncrth IStb street, was struck'by an automo bile driven; bylllUniA.iTJUey, route ,1, Salem, at the; corner! of Church , and Court streets . Satur day night, Utley was. cited to ap pear at the police ' station ; on a charge of having defective brakes. At Utleys Insistence, "Bua ias taken to- the Salem Deaconess hospital for examination by a phy sician. The hospital late reported (that Bunn was not Injured. The first aid car had been called to .the scent of the accident. 'r Keeping State Planning Body Still Firemen's Pension Also Among 100 Bills Upon Desk of Governor Job Quest Is Continued; Tax, Parole Offices Are in Limelight By SHELDON F. SACKETT Within the week, the remain der of the bills passed by the leg islature, 100 in number,, will be cleared through the governor's of fice. Only then will the executive offices, busy with legislative mat ters since Charles A. Sprague took office January 9, have an unin terrupted opportunity to consider exclusively administrative affairs of the state. Allan Bynon, legal advisor to the governor, put in some long hours early last week checking over measures undis posed of and when Governor Sprague returns to his desk to morrow the technical scanning of the bills will be virtually com pleted. Two bills still in the governor's hands which have occasioned much pro and con discussion are the state planning board ouster and enabling legislation to permit cities to levy up to three per cent on gross Insurance premiums In order to provide match - money pensions ' for their firemen. The proponents of a state planning board, led by Marshall Dana, Portland editor, are insisting the board be continued. The legisla ture did a rather complete Job of killing It, apart from HB 165 which officially causes its demise, by refusing any appropriation for the board. So signing of the bill Is only gubernatorial approval of a de facto execution. The board might obtain some federal grants if carried over In 193 and 1940 but the probability is that such planning as is done in the state this blennium will be through existing interim commit tees and directly by the governor's office. The legislature gave 110,000 to the executive depart ment for research work. David Eccles, budget director, said yes terday that he favored the aboli tion of th board. In the last two years lti states and federal ex penditures amounted to more than $200,000 and its specific ac complishments were minor. Firemen's Pension Is Compromise Meas ure The firemen's pension bill was a compromise measure sponsored by Representative Frank Loner gan after the legislature had quashed his first, proposal that the state tax, for the benefit of all cities, Income from Insurance premiums. The substitute measure leaves the Imposition of the tax up to each municipality and the presumption Is that the communi ties where the firemen can exert sufficient voter appeal will pro ceed to set up a pension system, using insurance premium income for the cities' contribution. Insur ance concerns declare the plan is inequitable to their patrons. Other objectors . hold out that any pen sion plan to which the state is a party should be available for all public workers, not one particular group. The past meek saw the state highway emmission situation set tled with Huron Clough, former ,punty judge and Canyonville resi dent, named to the position for mer' held by Commissioner Tou Velle of Medford. Douglas, Jose phine and Jackson counties were particularly delighted with the ap pointment, believing that Clough will be considerate of their. re quests for early reconstruction of the south ?rn section of the Pa ci' highway. The road from Roseburg to Grants Pass is ad mittedly outmoded by modern grade and curvature specifica tions. ' That area is fearful that the Willamette highway over the Cas cades and Into Eugene will deflect considerable California traffic by that route via Klamath Falls. The sooner the Pacific highway is re constructed, southern Oregon be lieves, the more assured the Pacif ic highway will be of continued dominance as an Interstate road way. Clough la a democrat and from that viewpoint Is a logical choice since Herman Oliver, soon to be named, and Henry Cabell, carryover, member, are both re publicans. Oregon tradition calls for a bi-partisan commission. E. A. Aldrkh, Pendleton editor. Is expected soon to retire and with Mr. Oliver's succession to this po sition, the highway 'commission personnel will presumably be set tled for four years. Change of Highway Engineers Unlikely ' Reports, circulated daring . the session that R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, was probably slated for retirement but the ru mors have little foundation in fact, Baldock la well-liked" by Cabell. His work for the state has been conscientious and conducts ed with utmost Integrity. His own research work on oiled highways and. on maintenance has brought hint national recognition. Ha took his present job when Governor Meier ousted Roy Klein and dur- lng two administrations has rigor ously enforced a non-politics rule In hit department," Some city of ficials, irked at Baldoek's .fight to keep highway funds earmarked for the state, have complained that he was too Inconsiderate of the; cities needs and some hare Agitated (Tors to Page 2, CoL I) jp-inance Leaders Want Farm Bill Is Unacted Upon, House Divided Adjournment Is Called to Save Bill From GOP Butchering I - Groups of Farm Members Split Over Proposal ! to Boost Parity WASHINGTON, March 25- -Split into wrangling blocs over the $1,007,000,000 agriculture department bill, the house en gaged in tumultuous five hour debate today, then adjourned for the , weekend -without settling the major payments for farmers. Leaders sought to hold the members in session so as to pass the huge supply measure tonight, tut: finally capitulated to a ris ing' sentiment for adjournment Rep. Anderson (D-Mo). who offered the motion to adjourn, said he did it to "savt the bill for ! the farmers." ',The republicans were in there butchering the bill." he said, "and there weren't enough dem ocrats on hand to stop it. "Furthermore, Rep. Marcanto xioj (Al-NY) Intended to ask for the' reading of an engrossed copy of the bill which would have held us in session until midnight. Parity Matter Being Disclosed at Close When the house quit, It was about to begin direct considera tion: of the parity payments sec tion. There was a possibility that this would not be resumed until Tuesday because of the preferred status of legislation affecting the District of Columbia which comes up Monday. Rep. Cannon of Missouri, dem ocrat in charge of the bill on the floor, predicted : it eventually would go through in much the same form as his subcommittee recommended, including the $2(0,000,000 for parity payments. "We won't have any trouble," he said. "We've just been delayed a day or so, that's all." Long Debate Ends With Farm Bloc Spilt Alter long hours of debate this was the situation: Two groups of farm members were split over a proposal to boost the parity item to $500,000, 000; beeanse. In recommending even half that sum. the house ap propriations committee Ignored President Roosevelt's request for a 30 per cent reduction In benefit payments to farmers. Behind the scenes an active bloc of urban members was jockeying for support from the farm group for the pending request for $150, 000,000 additional for WPA, In return for support for the $250, 000,000 parity fund. (The parity fund was proposed in addition to other farm benefits totaling $500,000,000. Its spon sors contended it was needed to bring farm income to "parity" with prices of things farmers buy,) German-Japanese Defense Pact Is Seen vs. Soviet , ! : ; : TOKYO, March 2.-(Sunday)-(A)-An authoritative source re ported today the possibility of a German-Japanese defensive pact against soviet Russia. He said the government had re fused to Join an unconditional military alliance with Germany and! Italy but might enter an agreement by which Japan would support the nacis if Russia "at tacks Germany without provoca tion." His comment followed 'the clos ing business sessions yesterday o the! 74th diet In which minority groups which have 100 out of 46 i seats in the. parliament .pre sented a resolution advocating conversion, of the antl-comintern pact into a military alliance. Carr of Grants Pass Named : .... r JTlta-i-a A a lu neuu ui$iriL ciiviuns . -f : Activlans and their ladles from all chapters 'In the third Oregon, district of Active International were la attendance at the banquet Saturday night which highlighted the district convention, held in the Marion hotel. The convention, nnder .way , throughout Saturday, was concluded except for the golf tournament scheduled for this aft ernoon on the Salem course. " . Aetna Carr of Grants Pass was elected district president, succeed ing W. W. McKinley of Salem, at the i afternoon : session, at which reports- from all clubs were pre sented. Edward Douglass of Yak ima, International president, spoke on "Local Club Improvement; a history of the district conventions was presented by Dwight Hough ton jot Medford; Bernle Oas of Sil verton discussed. "Inter-Club Re lations'" and Otto Vdnderheit of Salem, "Going Places and Doing Things. and V Let European one Borah Advice WASHINGTON, March 25-(ff-Charging Great Britain with en couraging Germany to swallow np Austria and condoning the dis memberment of Cxechoslovakia, Senator Borah (R-Idaho) asserted tonight Chancellor Hitler has "no better friend', than England. In an address prepared tor de livery over the radio, the dean of the senate foreign relations com mittee made clear he thought there was no reason for this coun try to take any step to aid the European democracies. "What they (the democracies) are contending for is the realiza tion of their imperialistic scheme and not the destruction of nail ism," he said. Borah made no direct reference to the Impending controversy (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Mott Optimistic On Tongue Base Oregon League President Informed Aproval of Senate Is Sure PORTLAND. March 25-A)-Carl C. Donaugh, president of the Colmbla defense league, said to day Congressman Jame W. Mott (R-Ore) had telegraphed that senate approval of the proposed Tongue Point air base seemed as sured. "Tongue Point has never been a matter of controversy In the senate and we expect no trouble there," Mott was quoted by Don augh. "I have the assurance of the navy department that the Tongue Point item Jrfll . be Included In the estimates to . be sent up to the appropriations committee and also the assurance of the, naval affairs subcommittee of the com-mittee-on appropriations that the item will bo Included in the ap propriations bill. "It looks, therefore, as though at least oar hopes are to be real ized and that we will soon have an air base at the month of the Columbia river." Favored By Ickes, Report Rural Electrification Head Blight not Accept Post at Dam However WASHINGTON, March 25-flP) Sources close to the administra tion described Secretary of the In terior Harold Ickes today as fav oring John M. Carmody, rural electrification administrator, to succeed the late J D. Ross, Bon neville dam. administrator. It was understoo dthe secretary preferred Carmody over other candidates who included Clark foreman, director of the PWA power division and former Sena tor Pope, Idaho democrat. An announcement was expected within a week or ten days because new ' dealers, regarding the Co lumbia project as a yardstick m the cheap power experiment, be lieve the post too Important to be left open for long. Carmody's acceptance of the $10,000 a year post, the same sal ary as he receives from the REA. was not assured. There would be no salary increase and he would be required to give up his homes here and at New Tork. . He was quoted . as saying be hoped be would not be asked to take the Job because he consid ered his REA work more Import ant to the public Interest. "I hope there is not too much haste In finding a successor to Mr. Ross," he said. "Whoever Is selected should be a man con vinced of and prepared, to carry out the principle that government : (Turn to Page 2. Col. 1) : About St Activians Were pres ent at the noon luncheon, presided over by Walter Lamkln of Salem, at which entertainment was pre sented by the Silverton Active elnh,.. - : t. $ti- At the banquet, which was fol io ed : by dancing, Harold Say publicity director for 'the ' state highway commission, showed two reels of the motion pictures which are being used to advertise Ore gon. Robert Needham, president of the Salem chapter, gave an ad dress of we'eome and David Ec cles, executive secretary to Gov ernor. Charles A. Sprague, greeted the Activians oni behalf of ' the governor who was out of .the city Retiring District' Governor Mc Klnney Introduced the ; Interna tional officers. Entertainment ln eluded organ music by Cecil Dea con and numbers by a high school novelty band directed by Elvon DeslintAl Carmody .Indestry So. FDR, Hopkins Held Slow in Reco very Plan . . Gesture hy President Showing Support Deemed Needed Investors. Faith hag in Campaign; Action Asked This Week By HENRY PAYNTER, : NEW YORK, March l.-UPt-S o m e financial and Industrial leaders said today early success of the business recovery program of Secretary of Commerce Hop kins would require one or two things by next Friday: 1. A "dramatic gesture" by President Roosevelt which would convince the financial community he will support the plan actively. 2. Some reassurance by Hop kins regarding the "seeming lag1 in development of his plan, when he meets with "big business" ex ecutives of his business advisory council next Friday. Some men who have championed the Hopkins program in recalci trant sections of Wall street point ed out It had been jointly worked out by business and admlnistra-. tlon leaders who had agreed, prior -to Its announcement by Hopkins ' more than a month ago, that cer tain things would Jiare to be done, and done promptly, to restore la ves tor confidence. Little Action Taken . To Impress Investors ' ? Not only have few of tba agreed steps since been taken by the administration, they said, bat -some elements of the program have been "adversely handled. with the result that optimism ! the financial community over. the ' Hopkins program is fast dwia- dling. even among a number ef its original "big business'. support- -ers on the council Itself. Some, Including members ef the council, said they now., fear ' that If neither of the two steps la . dicated is taken by Friday, vsrt- ous conncil members may ; with- draw active support. The program, they pointed out, : was shaped largely through co-operation of business. Implemented : by the council, and admlnistra- -tlon leaders, approached by Hop- -kins. Some felt that Hopkins' ill ; health might have had a direct bearing on the plan's alleged lag. and that. In consequence, he might v be able to reassure his council Fri day. Employers Suing For Scrap Tieup. $37,362 Asked From Port of Astoria, Chinese of River City PORTLAND, Ore., March 25-tP)-The northwest dispute over American scrspiron shipments to Japanese munitions factories reached the federal court today.' when the Waterfront Employers' - association filed a $37 382 dam age suit against the port of As toria and a number of Astoria Chinese. Longshoremen refused to load Junk metal on the Japanese freighter Norway Maru from Feb ruary 21 to March 3 because As toria Chinese ' demonstrated on the docks. The association ac- . cuaed the port of conniving with the Chinese ard tae dockworkers by providing buildings and docks , for pickets. The suit was filed under the Sherman anti-trust Iaw permit- ' ting treble the alleged -damage. The blockade ceased when the Astoria port officials agreed not ' to" permit .. further scrap , ship-. ments. The emploers. however, asserted the act was Illegal be- cause a port was u public utility and could not deny use of Its fa cilities. ; - - . fast Ice Breakup ! Claims 8 Lives DAWSON CREEK. B. C. Harch . pport 25.-(CP)-A sudden Ice breakup... claimed eight lives ' In the t East ' Pine district west of here today. and fears the death toll might, be . higher grew as a British Colura bin policeman began. the 40-mile' -trip to the sparsely-settled area. - Provincial police were advised' by Mrs. Frank Madden Just be- ' tore telephone '.communication ' -with East Pine was eut off that three i children - or. A. L. Lament and five members of a family named Warren were dead. . i ; , . - Police - expressed belief .'other " persona might have lost their lives : as the lee breakup' swelled . the : Murray river to flood slxe In each a abort time them was no chance ' of escape. Only one body was re- covered Immediately. ...' Reports here said the family of .- -Milo Durney, living on the east side of the river, was marooned by the flood and had started a big bonfire, apparently In an effort to attract attention. . v