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. 1 01 Tasuranca v ftecldents occur every feu teconds ta the United Elates. Che Statesman dollar pre taction policy assure com peoaatlan whea misfortune The Weather : ... Generally cloady today and . Wednesday, , probable. . , rains. Moderate tempera tare. Max. temp. Monday 414 uln. 81. Rate .0. Hirer 8.1 f f eeC North wind. it EIGHTY-NINTH TEAR Salem, Orejon, Wednesday Morning, April 12, 1939 Price Sc; Newsstands 6c No. 14 ea Power Leaves Moranie i , i . - ,.. :. ? I .Base FDR Defeated OnRci Senate Refuses 49 to 28 $50,000,000 More ; for 1939 WPA 300,000 WPA Workers to Be Eliminated,' Roosevelt Avers .. WASHINGTON, April ll-flV The senate refused, by Tote ot 49 to 23 tonlaht. to add S60.000.000 to the 1100,000,000 relief bill. It then approved the measure ana sent It to the White House. ... President Roosevelt had re quested a $150,000,000 appropria tion to carry WPA tnrougn untu the end ot the fiscal year on July 1. and a croup led by Senator Pepper (D, Fla.) worked vigor . usly to obtain that amount. The president wrote Pepper today that If only S 100.00 0.000 were voted. 300,000 or 400,000 relief Jobs -would be eliminated. The final vote came after Ma jority Leader Barkley (D, Ky.) had rigorously defended an agree ment by some administration sup sorters.' economy bloc democrats and republicans for a $100,- 000,000 appropriation. : 8enate Increase Fntilo -As House Is Opposed Barkley told the senate he had positive knowledge the house would not consent to an increase In the allotment, and that it would be futile tor the senate to vote more. "However much I may regret the reduction." Barkley said, "and however unsatisfactory it may be -and is to the -president.-there are 831 members ot congress and 830 of them besides me have the right to pass on this proposition,"1 - Pepper's proposal to add s $80,- 00,000 to the bill was supported by 24 .democrats, one republican. one farm efsTabo rite, one progress ive and one independent. Opposed were 31 democrats, 17 republi cans and one farmer-laborlte. The senate Quickly rejected substitute' measure proposed by Senator Vandenberg (R, Mich.) which would have permitted the WPA to continue relief rolls at their present level until Jane 7. In the meantime, congress would have Investigated to determine' what additional appropriation was necessary. Also rejected was a proposal by Senator Schwellenbach (D, Wash.) which would have pre vented the WPA from dismissing any workers in actual need who - could not procure other employ ment. The $100,000,000 appropria tion will go te supplement funds already available for : relief for the fiscal year ending June SO. It brings to $2.1(3.000,000 funds appropriated for relief in this fis cal year. Nation Advances In Ship Building NEW YORK, April ll-fl-The United : States advanced from fourth to second place in the world's merchant ship production during the first quarter ot 1939, Lloyd's register ot shipping an nounced today. i ' Construction In the United States Increased 40 per cent over the previass quarter, Lloyd's said. while construction,-in Great-Britain andlralsad -dropped 25 per ; Cent, i-;.;;,..-: . -" :VS With a gain of 122.000 tons, the United States replaced Germany in second position, but Great Brit ain and Ireland retained first place : despite a 182,000-ton loss. Germany came third, Japan fourth. Ellis H. Parkers' Is Re! PHILADELPHIA. April 1 l-VPi The US circuit court of appeals Buheld today the conviction of Ellis H. Parker, former Burling ton county, N. J detective, and his son, Ellis, Jr.,- on charges of conspiracy to . abduct a former Trenton, N. J., attorney and force a confession In the Lindberg-b baby kidnaping. . - - . The Parkers had appealed from their conviction in federal court at Newark J June, 1937. The fa ther was sentenced to six years. the son to three- " Eclipse of Sun, A Is Due April 19 - LOS ANGELES. April 11H3V Residents of the Pacific coast wo get up early enough April It wUl see an eclipse ot the sun Dr. Dins- more , Alter, director of , Griffith observatory, said today. The moon will block out 4$ per cent of the sun's surface, as ob served . from here, beginning at :30 a. tn. and the eclipse will r reach tnaHmum here at T;l$ and luested Relief Money end at S:40 aw nv: CENTER OF EUROPh LATEST Scene on the waterfront of Corfu. - " X , v ' - - - K 1 11 - ' ' - r f l i . ' - I conflict In the Mediterranean. Humored intention of Italy to seize Corfu was followed by a British dec laration that any Invasion ot Greek territory would be a "casus belli" Business Upturn Here Keeps Pace Salem Bank Debits Gains in '39 Compare Well With Other Cities Salem's business upturn in the first quarter ot 19X9, reflected by bank debits indicating the money circulation, compares favorably with that of other cities in the northwest, according to a report complied tor the 30 principal cit ies: in the lttfc federal reserve dis trict ; . The gain in bank-debits ln'Sa lem ever the first quarter ot 19JS was slightly in excess of six per cent; from $40,482,000 to $42 117,000. For the entire federal re serve district the gain was less than three per cent in M a r e h alone; which . was the month of greatest gain for the district. Reversing a condition which pre vailed throughout last year, the three northwest states showed greater gains than California In the Quarter Just ended, ranking along with a few middle west states In recording the greatest gain-nationally, other surveys Is sued recently have revealed. Salem's gain tor the quarter was about the same as that of Port land and Eugene, and greater than that of most other northwest cit ies with the exception ot Boise, Walla Walla, Yakima and Taco ma. Salem's bank debits are ap proximately double those of Eu gene. : Eugene Traffic To Go Back to Good old Days EUGENE, April 11-OVJst- walkers got walking orders today from the city council. After this. anyone caught flirting with traf fic will be fined. Old timers re marked it was Just getting back to the 'good old days when you couldn't cross the streets except at the intersections. Tbere was a different reason in . those days, The mud and water was so deep yon didn't dare take shortcuts. Portland Autoist Hurt Vn California Hightcay EUREKA. Calif., April 11-OPh Rupert V. Houser, Portland con tractor, was removed to an Areata hospital for treatment of possible internal injuries today . after automobile he was driving left the Redwood highway about two miles south ot Trinidad and rolled over five times as it went down a ISO- foot embankment. Soft Coal Operators Warned Of Strike Spread by Lewis NEW YORK, April 11-(V i John-L. Lewis asserted tonight that it. the ' bituminous operators will be satisfied with nothing but war in the Industry the United Mine Workers tt America Win be able te accommodate r them and protect themselves.' ? v ' As the operators expressed will ingness to renew the old wage and hour contract tor two years and end the suspension of operations in the Appalachian area, the union president threatened to suspend operations in all coal fields. " No coal has been produced In the Appalachian area, heart of this - sott - coalTndastry, . since March 81 when the old ' 2-year contract expired and left 538,000 miners -Idle.;- The rest ot the- in dustry has continued to work nn der special agreement pending signing of a aew-Appalachian agreement- ' Island belonging to Greece and a strategic point la any possible naval Good Neighborly Policies Deemed Neglect at Home PORTLAND. April ll.-OTV- President Roosevelt's "good neighbor" policy got a dusting off today from former Governor Charles H. Martin, who told a Jun ior league meeting: "It's mv onlnion that the feUow 1 who is always playing good neigh (settlement ot a $135 bill present bors . neglecis his . family . and I led by the city council for channel think we had better tend to ourlr aone in jhui creea ai uun- own business." ' The retired major general called America's neutrality law a breeder, of war because it would force, the country to take sides. He also asserted that conscrlpti. n of capital proposed by some lead- ers, would be the most disastrous j thing that could happen to the I country. Decrease Is Seen Iii County Relief Direct Relief Case Load I Lighter; Spring Work Is Given Credit , Marion county's direct relief case load declined nearly S per cent in March from the February level and a similar drop is antici pated for April, M. E. Holcomb, public welfare administrator. aa nounced yesterday. The administrator attributed the decline to the opening up of spring employment, aided by the recent good weather. "We have been receiving a eon slderable number of letters from general assistance recipients thanking us for help ' given through the winter but advising us that the husband ! the family has gone to work and no further aid will be needed, Holcomb raid - Seven hundred sixty cases, rep resenting 21 i 8 persons, were paid S10.538.C5 in cash or other forms of assistance during March, or these cases, 505 were of families and 255 of single persons. The to tal expenditure included $2428 In cash grants, 85352.10 in requisi tion relief, $1812.10 for hospital ixatlon. 8(92.45 for other medical care and 8184 for burial expenses ' The number ot applications tor general assistance pending at the close ml the month was 178. a re duction of 82 from March 1. . Plunge Kills Miner MTJLLAN, Idaho April llFh A plunge into the timber slide in the Morning; mine here today killed Jbnn TalvL 65, veteran em ploye of the Federal Mining and Smelting company. A neck frac ture caused almost instant death. Lewis, president of the Con gress of Industrial Organisations. said: rThie U a bad time tor op; erators to undertake to destroy the United Mine workers to please '" UIlCTl AM HUM VUUB - try who are opposed to collective bar rain! nr ' , . He said the coal industry should not permit Itself to be used as a"eat's paw. He asserted .v" Abi" ""ttde par "nothing wll laatisfy them but the blood et the union, the United Mine ' Workers, will be compelled to consider, broadening' the base of this struggle and be compelled to call for cancellation, of all agreements outlying the Appal&- chiair region-", -. 1 patrol ot the Columbia bar today ;He also .recalled , that thelto watch 75, trollers-fishlnr. for agreement- in - the anthracite 1 la - ousiry expires Apru ., WAR SCARE -cause for war. UN photo. School Board Has Shortest Session 38-Minute Meeting Sees Compromise on Bill, Little Else Done The Salem school board ' last night voted to make a compromise her field nearly four years ago Clerk W. H. Burghardt said city officials had agreed to accept one half the amount ot their claim in full settlement. With little business before it. the board - Set a record tor brief meetings when it adjourned after -mmuie session. TtSk HaAlAM' AMI The directors' only other actions Were to grant the Church of the Latter Day Saints the privilege of holding meetings in the old high school and the same privilege to Donald Black for a class In arch eology, both to i ay the cost to the district of keeping the rooms used available; appointment of Direct- Wright to investigate complaints against use of the senior high cafeteria by outside groups, and granting of brief leaves with pay to T. T. Mackenzie, .Floyd Sieg- mund. John Ludvigson and C. A Guderlan to attend the Junior Safety congress at Portland April 18-15 and to L. Mae Ranch and Gladys J. Humphrey to attend the Oregon Speech association confer ence at Portland April 14-16 Picket's i Job Is Eased, Courtesy Market Manager WENATCHEB, AprU 11-UP)- The one-man picket at a local mar ket is "taking life easy" through the courtesy of the man he's pic keting. ' Store Manager John A. Zittlng furnished him with a table, chair and radio today so be can sit down and enjoy his work. , Trucks driven by union men continued to unload produce at the market, this afternoon, despite the sit-down picket after assur ance from Glen Malim of the state department of public service that state-franchlsed trucks would lose licenses it they refused to pass the picket line as common carriers. Canada Is Alert To War Sabotage OTTAWA, April ll-(Canadlan Press) -A Royal Cafiadian mount ed police authority tonight said precautionary measures were be ing taken - to ; guard vulnerable points in Canada against sabotage la ease of war or a major inter national crisis, v v Officials would pot comment on reports-from Winnipeg and Re- gina that guards had been post ed in legislative: buildings of those two provincial capitals. Poland Summons More -For; Service in Army li .TIT -'H?'t 1t n . " , " VT I land tonight called up lor Imme- dlate military duty a number, ot army reservists of the 1912-1811 classes. Bated as unfit for normal service. Storm Threatens Coast "ASTORIA, Orel April ll-tf- A falling barometer carrying southwest storm threat' sent the I motor lifeboat Triumph from the Warrenton coast guard station on 1 salmon - oft "the , Columbia - river i .xaouu. Wagn er Cites Remedy Need In Labor Act Act Held Good, Except janguicuonai wars Injure Employers Suggests Employers Be Allowed to Ask for Vote in Dispute WASHINGTON, April 11. -m- Senator Wagner (D-NY) the au thor of the national labor rela itotln7f! good with a single exception, for I tions act, reviewed the operation which he urged a remedy, Defending the law as a fair and effective instrument for the pro motion of "economic peace and industrial justice," he neverthe less conceded the rights of some employers had been infringed by the struggle between embattled factions of labor. He suggested that when the CIO and AFL are disputing over wmcn is me proper couscutb dh- i gaining agent, the employer be given the right to petition for an election. This right could be eon ferred, he thought, by an order of the national labor relations board, but he had no objection to giving it specifically by legislation. Wagner appeared as the first witness at a hearing, conducted by the senate committee on edu- catlon and labor, on proposed I amendments to the law. , I Labor Board Members, I Bnainess. Interests To Speak I Members of the labor board will be heard later, and additional wit nesses will speak for business in - terests. which think the law nn- i X. TiSr vi v Zi, . xT . , j. , wulv tTT -7 7" unfairly favors the CIO, and tor the CIO. which likes It as it stands. Representatives of all these In (Turn to page 2, column l; US-Franco Open Relations -lodav - ft WASHINGTON, AprU 11-V 1 The United States will establish I complete diplomatic relations to-1 morrow with General Franco's re-1 glme in Spain. I H. Freeman Matthews, first I secretary of the American em- bassy in Paris, who has arrived in Spain, has cabled the state de - partment that he will present him-1 self to Franco's officials at Burgos tomorrow. He will then proceed to San Sebastian, where diplomats are staying until Franco makea Ma drid his capital. Living accommo dations in Burgos are insufficient. Umpqua, Siskiyou Fires Are Early vnav-mran nrti 1 1 -xa-ihm itlt Ti TTmWnna et.vimn fn. isnsi PBnn Officials said a blaze in Swede . ' basin in the Siskiyou forest, was incendiary.. It covered 100 acres. The other in the same forest was held to acres. A burning brush pile was blam ed for . a fire which swept over 3uu acres oi me umpqua ioresiiTf h Til . about 38 miles east ot here. Fifty AJOniieVlUe A lant CCC enrollees had it under con trol. Jape Returns Portland PORTLAND, April 11 CP) - Long tardy June Pluvlus showed up -in Portland today, bringing the first rain of any duration tn several weeks. When the drizzle started. Portland waa 4.13 inches under her rainfall average since Jan. 1. v LateSports BAUHAMSH1V, Apni ll.-on- SrSoTt.'. XT, sacramemo lurnea on Hourwooa 18 to 0 here tonight to break a 10 a.m. in-tn. t.ir whtl rerlster- lnr its first 1838 victory. Not in the 85 years history, of the Pacific Coast league has a team failed to win a single game in its first 10 starts. Everything ", happened '. In the streak-stemming triumph. It took a home run with the bases filled by Max Marshall, and s h u t o u pitching' by Tony's FrelUs to sat iafy the customers. - . Hollywood used three pitchers with BUI Fleming the starter, tak ing the defeat He walked 8 men and hit .one,, in addition to yield ing nve blows. i - ' Borgmann sparked the Sacs . in theilield. He handle S chances flawlessly and. while he tailed to get a hit; drove it two talUea. u- Hollywood ',;.-.-. 0 s s ; It Sacramento . ;...;;. 11 10 : f fc-Fleming, - Moncheit (8).' Smith (8Land. B r e n sol; Freltas- and Osrodowikj. - . . , Britaie ' iBFers Last Qiaoee for Peace Mediterranean Fleet's Destination Is Veiled Ships Steaming From hig Joining British Men of War for Readiness; Secret Army Mobilization Possible PARIS, April 11 (AP) fleet sailed tonight from the Toulon naval base for an unknown destination as France strengthened her defenses in the face of a troubled international situation. Further information concerninir the naval move was hidden, however, behind strict O Albanian Queen's Condition Worse t? J rr ! . " Kemoved to Hospital; Natives of Albania Still Do Battle LARISSA, Greece, April 11-UP) -Queen Geraldine ot Albania, too ill to see her Infant son or exiled husband King Zog, was removed todav from a nrivata villa to a hos- nitL Th9 condition of the beautiful. 23-vear-old aueen. of Hunaarlan- American narentaze. waa said to U. .-Hon, she was manias- a high temperature as a result ot lv - n,h, frn th. .AT.nrnw itai. u armT jgy, oaiy two days latter the birth of the crown prince in Tirana, Albanian capital. Her trip was over rough, twist ing Albanian mountain roads in a makeshift ambulance to the bor der and thence by railroad te this BELGRADE, April ll-VDls- patches from Albania tonight re ported strong Albanian resistance to Italy's invading forces was con tinning north of Scutari '-and in hsKff Albani alon tte "k frontier. Large numbers of refugees streamed into Yugoslavia ahead ot the advancing Italians. Among them were Albanian government of f lcials and persons close to ex- lied King Zog's court. (In Paris, the Albanian legation J issued a communique saying that I "violent fighting" was under way 1 between Albanian and Italian forces in the mountainous Unter- I land.) Japanese Bombing Protested by US PEIPING. April ll.-GPV-The United States embassy lodged representations at the Jap- here today concern ing two bombings ot American I mission property, I , vine was me American lamouc wee, April 4. Three Chinese chil- I J l.l.uJ "c.t -'-ZJ' The other was the American Northern Presbyterian mission at Hengyang, Hunan province. A. res idence was destroyed and other property was damaged on April 6 Is not Given up WASHINGTON, April U-OPW Desplte an adverse department of agriculture report, Congressman Walter M. Pierce, Oregon demo crat, renewed his fight today for a government owned sodium I chlorate plant at Bonneville dam, Aitnougn Secretary Wallace said the plant wluld be well -lo cated for production and distri bution, he added it apparently was I not In accdrd with, plans of the president and budget bureau. ar-v - WW- iiooseveu a earn ty wens - it I ff Vf f f f f f I ' a I v WASHINGTON. April 11-PV- Presldent Roosevelt stamped with his hearty approval today a news paper editorial calling for a 7Pre ponderant ahow of force" by dem ocratic nationa to haUthe dlc tatora and, prevent war. . : The editorial. ' appearing this mornlar la The Washington Post (independent r. - said .that world war "can. still be averted it the tree nationa are willing. ta show that they will take a stand before it is too. late." r-. - t-.v- The president ordered 4he edi torial iaserted ia, the minutes ot his' press conference, saying it waa very good, very clear and very honest. He said it had not been inspired by him hut that ho had almost fallen out ot bed when he read It this morning. ; - The Post article was based on Mr. EooseveJt's remark, aa at left Base at Toulon Believed Most of the French Mediter- censorship on all military and naval information. The fleet's departure from Tou lon, France's main naval base on the Mediterranean coast, came aft er the government had approved extraordinary measures to protect French territory in any eventual ity. Special decrees necessary to make the measures effective were approved by the cabinet and will be presented to President Albert Lebrun tor signature tomorrow. ine measures were cnaracter- tzed by Informed sources as strong and sure," but details remained a secret pending final official approval. Premier Dala dier waa believed to have acted to bolster France's land and sea forces and to prepare the navy to cooperate fully with the British navy on any steps taken in the Mediterranean. After the cabinet meeting It was disclosed semi-offlcially that the military measures, which were de cided on, by defense experts Sun day, already were being carried out. It was understood the cabinet approved extending to Greece the (Turn to pagsl 2. column 1 ) Mississippi Girl Never Heard of Hitler, Mussolini MEMPHIS, Tenn., April ll-(ff) -Juvenile court authorities found thrills in commonplace conven iences today aa 'they demonstra ted them to a 18-year-old Missis sippi girl who said she had never seen an electric light, never talked over a telephone and didn't know Franklin D. Roosevelt was presi dent. Alma Mardis cut two eords of stovewood for 8 8 to visit Memphis from her farm in northeast Mis sissippi. She arrived here nearly penniless and was taken to the Juvenile court for temporary shel ter. Alma said she could pick 150 pounds ot cotton a day, but told court officials: - She'd never heard a radio; nev er been higher than the second floor of a building and neve, heard of an elevator; never seen a Christmas tree; didn't know the significance of Easter; never eat en an ice cream cone; never seen a motion picture; never owned a silk dress and never heard ot Hitler and Xnssolini. Justice Hughes Is Spry at 77 WASHINGTON, April ll.-ifl")-Chlet Justice ,C h a r 1 e s Evan Hughes spent his 77th blrthdat anniversary today hard at work In preparation for the next session ot the supreme court, April 17. - Bis secretary said the 'Jurist who became ill March 4 after ad dressing a Joint session of con gress, now Is "very well. and Is working on. litigation before the tribunal. .i ; ...r , , -There was no unusual observ ance Of the birthday. Mr., Hughes took a brief walk this morning, a he usually does when weather and his health permit. j f; a . - 'Ti it ' -'"- $ M rt I i i g , I i nr) i ve-e. . - Warm Springs.Ga 'recently: 4 'I'll be back ia the fall if we dont have a war. , - - v It said this waa no casual utter ance. "Most" Americans realise to day, that the sweep of . events has now brought Europe; to the. very verge of war,? it commented, rwbat.ts insafUcIenUy realised U the tremendous r implications ot the Impending catastrophe for every cltixen f this country.' i By nslns! the word' "we,"." the editorial said, "The president told, Hitler, and Mussolini, tar more Impressively than he told Warm Springs, that the tremendous force of the United States must be a tae- Ha made it plain that a war forced by, them i would from ' the outset Involve the . destinies ' ot ' a natiea which:, as-thejr tally -reallxei . Js v' . (Turn to page X, column 4) II Once , Accept Pledge Of Italy not To Grab More Chamberlain Hopeful He Can Split Italia From Nazi Axis Hungary Quits League to Throw Her Lot With Germany (By The Associated Press) Great Britain, still hoping to split the Rome-Berlin axis, Tues day was reported to hare extended the hand of appeasement to Pre mier Mussolini by accepting 11 Duce's assurances that Italy would go no farther into the Balkans than Albania. Prime Minister Chamberlain, who definitely has abandoned his appeasement course toward Ger many and is actively building a stop Hitler" bloc In Europe, waa reported to have decided to give Premier Mussolini "one more ! chance" to keep his promises and ; the peace of Europe. These promises included, it waa understood, a pledge to take hie Italian soldiers out of Spain soon. A date suggested was after May 8, when a nationalist victory parade ia expected to be held in Madrid " with the Italians participating. Chancellor Hitler, meanwhile, waa pictured by an authoritative Informant in Berlin as believing; that France and Britain might de cide this year is the best one for , challenging expanding Germany Moslems' Ire Flares Over Albania Conquest Anti-Italian sentiment, stirred in the Islamic world by the occu pation of Moslem Albania, flared into widespread demonstrations of protest in Algeria. Thousands of Moslems were die- persed in Oran when they at- v tempted to march on the Italian consulate. The Italian government indi- cated its military manpower waa at an "imposing level" sufficient to cope with the crisis. Foreign observers Disced the number of Italians under arms at between 1,000,008 and 1,200,000. Bulgaria suddenly dissolved the German-supported national social ist party for what police charged waa 'a plot to change the form of j;r the Bulgarian government. Police of Bulgaria, Germany's World war . ally, said it had become necessary to "take drastic measures." Diplomatic circles in Bucharest indicated Turkey had granted Ru mania's demand that the Darda nelles straits, vital link between the Mediterranean and the Black seas, be kept open for passage ot . military and other supplies to Rur mania in case of war. Italian troops, meanwhile, ex tended their occupation of Albania to the Greek frontier at Biklishta. However, dispatches reaching neighboring Yugoslavia sale strong resistance to the Italian forces was continuing both la southern Albania, along the Greek frontier, and In the north beyond Scutari. Hungary, resigning from ' the , League of Nations in the midst of the crisis, indicated her loyalty to ' the Rome-Berlin axis. The move appeared to clarify her position concerning Bnusn-pousa attempts -, to enlist her ia the "stop Hitler" - bloc. . . Sheriff Defends ; ' Multnomali Jail ' PORTLAND, April ll-WV-Tho sheriff ot .Multnomah county said to the director of federal prison today, "takr your prisoners some place else if you doa't like the way . w ran cur jalL" ' . ; Sheriff Martin Pratt, replying to Director James V. Bennett's v complaint the Jail provisions paid tor by the government tor federal offenders were not all they ahould - be, said the courthouse cells were "one of the cleanest Institutions in the United States barring not eeav -r your own pampered 'federal pris ons.' - - : Coact Llust Bid 1 -For Shipbuilding PORTLAND, April ll-(ff-PorU land was informed by E. S. Land, commission today - that there would be no allocation of ship building to the Pacific coast, In a letter to City Auditor W. ; E. Gibson in answlr to a city coun cil resolution asking allocation of ship construction ' to the coast, Tad' aald: .whatever -'ships .-are) awarded " to this section wtU be awarded ander eomDetitive bid