-' $1 . Insurance ' ; V
r Accidents ocrax every few
seconds In the United States.
The Statesman " dollar pro
tection policy assures com
pensation tobca misfortune
comes
The Weather
TJasettled today and Fri
day ' with local showers la
westera state. Max. temp.
Wednesday 53, min. 89.
Rin .10 Inches. River 2.4
feet. SSW wind.
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning:, April 13, 1939
Price Se; Newsstands 5c
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Nation's Navy
Review Slated
For April 27
Biggest Display in Past
Five Years to Be
Seen by Chiefs -
Plans Made Months ago ;
Not Just Parade to
Impress Europe
WASHINGTON, April 12.--The
nation will parade much of
its sea power on April 27, when
the first formal fleet review to
be held in the Atlantic in fire
years will be staged off the Vir
ginia capes.
Navy officials emphasized that
tbe review had nothing to do
with Europe's crisis; that ' was
decided npon months ago and
that it would be devoid cf the
grim significance behind the
movements of European warships
in the Mediterranean.
However, It was apparent that
the administration was not loa h
to display the navy's strength
as a factor to be reckoned with
in an unsettled world. Foreign
naval attaches, it was announced
will be invited to witness the
spectacular procession of 70 war
crt, which will be heading for
the world's fair at New xorK
-rfteT a two-day stay in the York
k, town-Hampton Roads area of
Virginia.
Secretary of the Navy Swanson,
ntner eaDinei memoers, ana con
gressmen will be among those
reviewing the ships.
"Figures Show US
Bales to Democracies -
While preparations for the
review went forward, the state
department released figures snow
ing that American manufactur
ers are helping substantially H
-the rearmament drive of Great
Pritsin and France. Licenses' for
the export ot about $25,000,000
worth -ofWar" snOTtt to 'those
Nations were Issued 'daring th
Jlrst three months of this year
Airplanes made up the-bulk of
-the total. However, only $10,
000,000 of the supplies actually
were exported during the period.
No licenses for export - war
materials to Japan were on .this
month's list. Since last June, the
state department has beeu pu
ting pressure on American manu
: f acturers not to ship air 'anes
: to Japan,' on the ground that
that country was bombing civil
ian populations In; China.
Rearmament ot the -rTclher-lands
Indies continues, apace, ac-
cordinc to. the department's fi
gures, showing that $3,043,30 -
worth of war supplies had been
ei ported ". to the Netherlan i'
East -Indian possessions li the
first three months of this year.
In addition to $593,028 to the
Netherlands themselves.
On Capitol Hill today, neutral
ity legislation continued to be
a topic of live discussion, and
there were indications that op
posing senate forces might 'each
a compromise calling for tem
porary re-enactment -of the ex
piling "cash and carry" clause.
A proposal that the United
States ranee its mighty economic
power against aggressor nations
and close the : Panama canai to
the shins of countries which vi
olate their treaties was laid be
fore the house foreign - fairs
committee -today by Dr. C O.
- Fenwickv Bryan professor of In
ternational law. .
One of a number of witnesses
in the committee's ttudy of
changes "in', the neutrality act.
Dr. Fenwick denounced that sta
tute as "illoslcal and rinequl
table." It was based, he said, on
the .'false assumption that war
is something Inevitable and that
we can't do anything anout u."
Instead, he said, America can
do something about it. If po
tential aggressors were informed
that ' they must , reckon wUt
America economic : might, he
'said, .they would be; efectively
deterred from their criminal
acts."
Bust Measurement
Collection Is Bust
KLAMATH" FALLS, April 19
-VTh Udles mast have beem
reducing. .- .'-
When Mrs. I.' V. "WtadnairJ
f Portland passed tbe hat for
- ottering "amounting to tadl
vidaal bast sna'snreineBts t
establish ft fund for a bust of
Ir. Jobji MclAmghlia, tmrnonm
Oregosi pioneer, only 930 was
collected. " Tbe bast will cost
about fftSO.
Hoover WiU Try
McKenzid AiisUiig
EUGENE, Ore:i April li.-(AV
TJnconscious of their exalted posi
tion, the famous fighting rainbow
trout of the McKenxie river will
entertain the only living- ex-presl-
dent, Herbert Hoover, Saturday
and Sunday, the opening weekend
of the anellnjc season In Oregon.
- The former chief executive will
be guest of republicans at an "off
the record" banquet Sunday night.
Blizzard and Cold hit .
East and Middle West;
April Records Smashed
Snow Falls in 15 States
Border Area; Coal Supply Sufficient for
Present Needs Despite Labor Trouble
CLEVELAND, April 12 (AP) A big shipment of
winter, imported from Canada, made the weather market
polar bearish today from Maine to the Rockies and south
ward into Kentucky.
Some places had the coldest April 12 in history. A bliz
zard struck Cleveland. Snow shovels scraped sidewalks in
Biggest US Gold
Coin Plot Traced
Secret Service Unearths
Record Conspiracy; 13
Will Be Indicted
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12-(iP)-The
US secret service an
nounced tonight it had uncovered
the 'biggest gold coin conspir
acy" on record in the ''nited
States, with ramifications from
San Francisco to New York, and
said indictments against 13 men
now in custody would be sought
from a federal grand jury here
tomorrow.
Detained in New-iork as a
man listed here as Morris Anollk,
to whom Captain Thomas Fos
ter of the secret service sail
was shipped around $100,000 in
gold coins for disposal. -Nine
others were held la S
Francisco, two in San Jose,
Calif., and one in Oakland, "alif.
Captain Foster, said th" al
leged ring was unearthed as a
iesult of a tip provided six
months ago by members of the
Sap Francisco police depaitment
who - had been Investigating
"fences." -'r' '
The captain said Nathan Pea-.
ntr, 'San Francisco,'' was --Questioned
previously, and that ; Pcs-
ner later was utilised as an mw
dercorer man to gain evidence
that Jewelers and Jewel brokers
were collecting $2.50, $5, $10,
$20, 20-frsne- and half-crown
gold . pieces from hoarders who
had disregarded the gold re-
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Queen Genii dine
Throws off Fever
LARISSA, Greece, April 12-(ff)
-Queen Geraldlne of Albania to
day threw oft high fever which
caused serious concern for ' her
life following a dramatic flight
with her new-born son from in
vading Italian troops.
She was reliably reported to be
out of danger. The week-old
Prince Skander was described as
thriving.
Dethroned King Zog, who Is
staying in a humble inn here, vis
ited the queen for several hours
In a little hospital room- banked
with flowers he had ordered from
Athens. It was said that Geraldlne
needed only a long retto insure
complete recovery. "
Hundreds of telegrams arrived
at the hospital from well-wishers
In -all parts of the world.
Salem Girl Hurt j
In Bridge Crash
Minor injuries were sustained
by Barbara Earle, daughter ot
States Insurance -Commissioner
Hugh H. Earle, and by Leon W
Sloan of Portland early last night
in fan automobUe crash : at 1 th
intersection of Front and Center
streets. . .
Miss Earle sustained a eat
scalp and was suffering from
shock, while Sloan was cnt about
the face and chest. !
Sloan was riding south on Front
street In a ear driven by John H
Bain., of Portland, while Miss
Earle was driving down off the
Polk-Marion county bridge, going
east on Center. Both injured par
ties were taken to the Salem Gen
era! hospital for treatment.
Death Stills Pen of Noted
Mystery Novelist, Van Dine
'iJ.By JOHN FERRIS ; JT ,
NEW YORK, April 12.-av
S, 8 Tan Dine, the man who set
the "eminently clever Phflo Tancs
sleuthing through the pages of 11
first-rate murder mysteries, is
dead. . ' ",:J:.y
He 'was Wlllard Huntington
Wright, 51, and by that name he
was known as scholar, critic, edi
tor and aestheticlan until a nerv
ous breakdown turned his
thoughts ' away from Nietsche,
modern painting and anthropology
to the less ponderous bnt more
engaging subject ot who killed
whom and why. - -1
For a long time the Identity ot
WS. S. Van Dine" was' a mystery
almost as unfathomable as the
cases Philo Vance was called upon
t solve. The literary world knew
With Freeze Severest in
ome communities in 15 states.
Light snows and - flurries were
common.
Chicago's 21 was seven degrees
colder than 19 00 'a April 12, the
previous champion. Louisville's 27
shaved five degrees off the rec
ord for the day. Cleveland's 21
and Detroit's 22 equaled records.
Communities In Wisconsin, Min
nesota and South Dakota had tem
peratures down to 8. The weather
was freezing in parts of New Eng
land, Pennsylvania and New York,
but New York city's low was 38.
Four inches of snow fell in cen
tral Vermont, bringing the total
depth in mountain areas to four
' feet. Two additional inches In
northern New Hampshire made
the average depth 30 inches. From
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Retroactive Taxes
Prevented, Belief
Bill Just Sent President
Covers Income Levies,
Public Employes
Enactment of the bill , in con
gress providing for the taxation
of. state employes by the federal
government, and of federal em
ployes by the states In which thev
live.appajently nave both groups
of public servants from any - pos
sibility of having to pay taxes for
several years back. It was report,
ed at the state tax commission
offices Wednesday, although mem
bers or the commission were
awaiting receipt, of a copy of the
bill before taking any definite
action.
The bill, tax commission attor
neys said, would prohibit retroac
tive taxation . before January 1,
unless it was amended at the last
minute. It would prevent the stats
from retroactive taxation of fed
eral salaries, and make the same
rule apply to government taxation
ot state salaries. .
Answering arguments that the
commission should tax federal sal
aries for several years back, the
commission said it could not be
done under the new bill, which is
on President Roosevelt's desk.
However, the commission agreed
there was a legal question In
volved over whether the govern
ment had a right to tell the state
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Switclaing Motors
la Autos Charged
llobert Carter, 22, was arrested
on a downtown street here last
night' on a' justice court warrant
charging him with, larceny by
bailee, the sheriff's office report
ed. He was jailed in Ilea of post
ing $3500 ball.
The young man is alleged to
have substituted 193$ model mo
tor and rear end assembly In a
1939 automobile which he re
cently permitted a local financing
agency to repossess after he had
returned from a trip east. Deputy
District Attorney Jos3ph B. Fel
ton announced. The complaint
against Carter was signed by
Howard Grimm,
Aliasing Man Found Dead
NORTH BEND, April lt-tf-
Authorities recovered the body of
James Twohy. 19, missing since
he left mill B after completing a
njgbt shift yesterday, from Coos
Day toaay.
It was a nom de plume, but whose
was anybody's gaess. Few thought
ot Wright as the author. But the
mystery was oat ultimately.
One idiososyncrasy of Wright's
was quickly noted: The. titles of
the murder . cases always were
composed of six letters Greene
Scarab, Bishop, Kennel, etc
, Through all of them Philo
Vanca was never to, be defeated,
seldom to fail to demonstrate his
amazing powers of deduction. His
erudition palled . at times. . and
sometimes : appeared ' to be mere
trumpery, : but Vance's: certain
power carried his creator on.
1 Hollywood called and Vance
demonstrated his debonair man
cers on the screen through the
medium of William Powell. The
movies were as enthralling as the
nooks.'' -.-- :.---.
Federal Judge
Edwin Thomas
Resigns Bench
Impeachment . Question
Ended by Action;
Probe Goes on
t
v
Judge Follows Manton
Who Quit During
McKesson Case
WASHINGTON, April It. -()-
The resignation of Federal Judge
Edwin S- Thomas of Connecticut
whose financial affairs and activi
ties have been under grand jury
investigation at New York, was
announced today at the White
House.
Attorney General Murphy, dis
cussing the case at a press con
ference later, said "the resigna
tion has made it unnecessary to
give further consideration to the
question of impeachment" The
grand jury will continue its in
vestigation, he said.
Some weeks ago, Judge Thomas
was recalled from a vacation
cruise to South America for ques
tioning in the investigation of the
Martin T. Manton and McKesson
& Robbins cases.
Manton, former senior United
States circuit court judge, re
signed and was subsequently in
dieted on charges of accepting
loans from companies which had
litigation pending before his
court.
Held Receivership
For Drug Company
Late last year. Judge Thomas
set up an equity receivership at
Hartford, Conn., for the McKes
son & Robbins drug firm. The re
ceivership was dissolved later
when the concern filed a bank
ruptcy petition in New York after
its president, . F. Donald Coster-
Muslca. was unmasked as an ex
convict. A statement by 'Attorney -Gen
eral Murphy said today: "It Is
well known that tor a number of
weeks the financial affairs of
Jndge Thomas, and his action In
certain cases, have been under
investigation by John T. Cahlll,
U. S. attorney; for the southern
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Kansas City Drug
Ring Is Smashed
13 Arrested Includes one
Policeman; $1,000,000
Narcotics Taken
KANSAS CITY, April 12-V
Federal agents smashed a major
mldwestern narcotics ring today
and opened a new front in the
far-reaching war on Kansas vice.
H. J. Anslinger, US commission
er of narcotics who came from
Washington to supervise the
roundu, announced the arrest ot
12 persons from New York to
Oklahoma and called Kansas City
the capital of narcotics distri
bution in the midwest"
One of the 13 was a member
ot the Kansas City police force.
Only last night another federal
official told a legislative commit
tee at Jefferson City the depart
ment, here made no effort to re
sist, the narcotics traffic.
.Six -others were arrested here.
one at Warsaw, Mo., two In New
York city and three in Oklahoma.
Treasury agents have been
'working on this ease 18 months,
and Anslinger said their under
cover men confiscated or bought
about 590,000 grains of narcotics
valued in illicit trade at more
than $1,000,000.
Eugene Strikers'
Refusing to Pay
Sewage Plant Tax
EUGENE, ; April 12-AV-A
group of Eugene citizens, at
least $1221.60 Worth, have gone
on a silent strike here r gainst
a majority of voters who last
fan authorised a graduated .
sessment on water bills to pro
vide funds tor a sewage disposal
plant,- -'v- ; : l -
In the first quarter, the water
board issued bills totaling
$458.Cvnbut only r $33s& has
been paid and city officials said
that J in' a, number of cases water-users
were flatly refusing
to remit f i
j. f Mayor ; , Ellsha' Large recom
mended Immediate action, which
might take one of three forms:
Shutting oft water and light,
suit .in court or criminal ? ction
on grounds of violation of sani
tary regulauons. , - ,
UR Drakeman h Dead
- After Box. Cart Crush
THE DALLES, April 12.-ff).
a oroaen oacx ana fractured pel
vis received - yesterday when; he
was trapped .between two Union
Pacific Railroad company box cars
resulted In the death of Daniel
C Fagan, 44. brakerasn, today.
TmriiMry-B
Hop
e to Bluff
NationToward
Neutral Stand
Danzig, Corridor Road
Asked; Same Demand
Refused Before
German Press Asserts
Poles Mistreating
Teuton Residents
WARSAW, April 12.-;P)-Re-ports
circulated in diplomatic
quarters tonight that Germany
had renewed demands npon Po
land for Danzig and a strip of the
Polish corridor.
This indicated, these quarters
said, that Germany hoped to bluff
Poland into a stand of neutrality
In the present world situation or
that the nazis were prepared to
bargain if Poland would loosen
her defense ties with Britain and
France.
The demands for Danzig, for a
motor road across the Polish cor
ridor under German sovereignty
and for cession of Bogumlm, im
portant rail junction, previously
were made and were refused.
The foreign office denied to
night they had been repeated.
Diplomatic sources and other
quarters persisted in discussing
the reported demands, however,
which were sald-to have been
brought from Berlin today by the
Polish ambassador, Joseph Llpski-
Informed political - commenta
tors, discussing German demands,
argued that "from the German
point or view nasi expansion in
southwest Europe can continue
only if Poland occupies an inac
tive position.
FBKTn f!TTY OF DANZIG. Anrfl
12.-JPV-The official German news
agency, DNB, today reported ap
proximately 100 Germans naa
fled Poland into Dansic because
of anti-Herman "excesses" alone
the Polish corridor to the Baltic.
Tha German acencr said "the
fnritivea renort there have been
reneated ontrares in the border
regions recently" and blamed the
Polish west federation whicn al
ways has been prominent in anti
German polities.'
BERLIN, April 12 -()-Germany
waited today for Poland to
make the next move toward set
tlement of Polish-German issues,
bnt officials suggested that War
saw make public the German de
mands which led to the British-
Polish mutual assistance accord.
Publication of the demands,
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Labor Terrorists
Get Prison Terms
STEVENSON, Wash., April 12.
-(P)-James Scott and Jake Min
sky, arrested during the Oregon
campaign against labor terror
ism last year and charged with
a beer truck bombing att: -p
here, were sentenced to indeter
minate terms of from - eight
months to five - years In the
Washington penitentiary at Wal
la Walla today.
Special Prosecutor Clyde Lin-
vllle of Skamania county said
the pair pleaded guilty about a
year ago. -
The two men have been :n cus
tody for the past IS months and'
consequently if they receive onl
tbe minimum time prescribed by
the sentence they will nerve 21
months. Scott, at ' tbe time f
his , arrest, was an official -the
i warehousemen's union.
rOamath Relief Tightened
KLAMATH-FALLS. April 12-
W-The Klamath county welfare
commission . clamped down - today
on relief for employables. Unless
it Is an emergency ease, a man
who can .work will get no relief
Late Sports
SACRAMENTO, April . IX
(AVSacransesito naade It two tm i
. row over Hollywood here to :
night by wfnaiBg 9 to 7. . .. :
Tbe Sacs drove Adriosia from !
the hill la the second iaalag
with m six-raa splurge and fin-:
islted np Osborne. f , O ;
ManagerU Beany Itorgniaaji
agala sciatinated oa seeosid base
) and twice icasoe Bp with plays I
that robbed Hollywood batters
..of bits and rans. , - ' !!
Martynik and Kelleber . di
vided the pitching for Sacra-
mento. Maggett homered for
, the Stars la the second.
HoUywood - T 9 " , 1 )
8acramenta .y 14 ; :
Ardioxia, Osborne and Dap-
peri Craadalli Uaatyaik, KeUe-'
tsar aad Ogrodowski. g: : i
British Pronouncement Today Is ;
7:. Expected to Mark Firmer Stand
t -
' - , , " f - -
v.ifi';
Although Great Britain was reported to hare accepted Premier Mnsso
ltol's promise to- keep hands off Greece and maintain peace in the
Mediterranean, events incident to the seizure of Albania apparently
have prompted a firmer attitude on the part of England, to be
cemented In a pronouncement from Prime Miniate rKamiwi.i.
- today. Above are shown some
Mediterraaeaa, reported to be
. o
France Arms Self
As Chief Writes
Deladier Declaration Will
Coincide With British ;
Military Is Alert
PARIS, April 12-AVPremier
Daladier dratted a formal state
ment ot the French position In the
International crisis tonight amid
continuing reinforcement of the
French military and naval defense
forces. ,
The premier and defense min
ister made known that the de
claration, to be. made tomorrow,
would be brief and to the point,
serving notice on authoritarian
governments what they could ex
pect If they persisted in new an
nexations or aggression.
Sources elose to the government
emphasized the "exceptional im
portance" ot tbe French state
ment, which significantly was
planned to coincide with a de
claration Prime Minister Cham
berlain of Great Britain is ex
pected to make In the house of
commons regarding guarantees ot
independence to Greece and Tur
key. . . -v . :
Behind the scenes and closely
veiled by military censorship,
French national defense officials
carried on the task of strength
ening land; Sir and sea forces as
"precautionary measures' against
any possible sudden move by Ger
many or Italy. "
Renewed Bombing
Felt in London
LONDON. Anrfl 12-4rVBomb
explosions, blamed by polka on
the outlawed Irish renublican
army, shook 11 public levator? a
In London,: Birmingham ana Co
ventry today. No casualties vers
reported. ; ,
Police . nelieva the terrorists
used a new chemical containing
carbide in the bombs. Several
members of the IRA which op
noses alt ties between " England
and Ireland, have been Imprison
ed for bomb outrages this year.
Spreckels (Meirlnniaslied;
Portland Bride Prostrated
SAX FRANCISCO, April XXHft
-Lovs'k nol loVei Nathaif Des
mond apparently faced "the, stiff -est
sentence the law; allowed, to
day because he posed as heir lo a
$30,000,000 Spreckels' sugar for
tune to woo and win 20-year-old
Margarette Davis, now in a hos
pital.1:: ; -
.Municipal Judge Thomas Pren
dergast found him guilty of va
grancy, denounced his romance as
a "contemptible, malicious fraud."
and said he would like "to give a
greater sen tenee than the t law
provides (six months.) - s
.The sentencing was set tor to
narrow, , : : -... A
in Germany
u - -
"it -
j'.i
if
Teasels of tha Brttiah fwt .
massed la the.Tieinity of Corfuv
Creeks Put Okeh
To Duce's Pledge
Vittorio Emanuele Rules
Little Balkan Land
Under Rome Hand
ROME, April 12-(iT)-PremIer
Mussolini tonight made the crown
of Albania symbolic of that newly
conquered country's union with
Italy as Greece accepted n Dace's
pledge to respect Greer territorial
integrity.
Mussolini called the Italian
grand council to act tomorrow on
the Albanian national , assembly's
offer ot exiled King Zog's crown
to King vittorio Emanuele.
Thus the little Balkan kingdom,
from which Italian troops chased
Zog last week, would be brought
within the Italian empire while
retaining the outward character
istics of a sovereign state, and
Rome would dominate the mouth
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taty
Senator's Funeral
- " WASHINGTON, April 12P)-
Tne body of senator James Ham
ilton Lewis of Illinois was in
terred today In a marble vault
adjoining Arlington J National
cemetery, while a squad, ot in
fantrymen fired a final three-gun
salute and former congressional
colleagues stood by with, bowed
heads. . .
The burial service, said ly the
Rer. Ze Barney Phillips, the
senate chaplain, followed -.state
funeral In the flbwer-bankej sen
ate chamber, attended bv Presi
dent Roosevelt, members Wf the
crbinet and supremo court, and
many governmental and, diplo
matic notables. ' - t ,
Simplicity was tbe'kernt; i
the" ceremonies. There was o
uioty. . ' -
Senator Lewis" was inf-red
In a Vault,' friends of Mrs. ;wls
said,' because he had asked that
he not be buried below ground
m .-X 5 S i T - S
liter the indicia! denunciation
Desmpnd was led from the court
Toora t protesting - feebly i ,Bst X
loved ' ber Vt A - V '
Desmond's bride, to whom he
was married m Portland; Ore.,' re
cently alter a rapid courtship,' was
under. treatment " for - sv nervous
breakdown todays v
Police inspectors said the erst
while Miss Davis, who. was or
phaned six years ago gave 'her
husband her '. jewels had posses
sions to pawn "to lids them over"
out awoke to herpredlcament
wnen , ne suggested they "sea
trunk. -
She will seek; an annulment ot
the marriage.
aimpu
Polish
British, French
Premiers Will
Speak Plainly
Strong Words Expected
From Chamberlain
on Axis Drive
Hitler to Be Target;
Hope to Get Duce
to Keep Peace
LONDON. April 12.-Jp)-A dec
laration designed to forestall
further German-Italian expansion
toward the Dardanelles and still
leave the way open for appease
ment ot Italy was under prepara
tion tonight by Prime Minister
Chamberlain for delivery torn or- .
row to an extraordinary parlia- '
mentary session.
Informed sources said Cham
berlain had decided to make that
declaration stronger In the face
of a swing In public opinloa
against his appeasement policy.
They said It was .feared that
national unity, which applauded
bis pledge to Poland, might crack
if he failed to take a firm stand
against aggression in his anxiously
awaited statement.
Edouard Daladier, the French
premier, was ready to back-up the
British stand with blunt words ot
his own in a parallel declaration
tomorrow.
England Teems With
Preparedness Activity ' '
The air, land and sea tomes ex
Britain matched those of her ever
ready French ally in rising to the
new slogan "we've got to be pre
pared" which flames from every
other London billboard.
Warplanes sped over the east
coast of Britain in all-night pa
trol, an extraordinary precaution
against any "lightning thrust."
Anti-aircraft units were swol
len well past full peace-tlms
strength. One hundred and twenty
British warships churned torn
Mediterranean, most of them at
or near the island ot Malta, Forty
French naval vessels were said to
be on active duty in the Mediter
ranean. Chamberlain in parliament to
morrow is expected to give -a pro
visional guarantee of; Greek
Turkish Independence- '
He was reported authoritatively
to have decided to say that
Britain would consider any action "
threatening the independence ef
these two countries ss an na-
friendly act" against Britain.
Flat Military Offer
To Greece Forecast
Chamberlain Is expected to con
demn the Italian invasion ot Al
bania (whose national assembly
today offered the crown of Zog
to the Italian king. Vittorio
Emanuele), but to give Mussolini
another chance to prove peaceful
intentions in tbe Balkans and the
Mediterranean. . -
This policy was condemned la
some quarters as a retreat to the
Munich appeasement policy ana
was said to have been determined
upon despite opposition of soma
members of the cabinet who
wanted the .prime minister a
make a clean break with Mussolini-
' '
D e s p 1 1 e apparent agreement
with Greece and Turkey.- British
officials were more concerned
shout getting Rumsnis snd Soviet
Russia Into the defensive alli
ance. '': .' "-: .'.-,
Both Poland, which concluded
a tentative defensive Agreement
with . Britain.' and : Rumania . fear
that any alliance with ' Russia
would be, accepted by Germany
as provocative action'. British of
ficials 3 argue . that this chance -must
be taken because Russian
cooperation Is vital to the success
of any anti-aggression coalition, .
An Influential group in which
David Lloyd George. W 1 n s t o a
Churchill and Anthony Eden, all
former cabinet ministers, are out
standing has been pressing Cham
berlain to get Russia Into the
alliance : before ' doing ' anything
else. .'
5 Churchill . went to Downlnq
street to see the -prime-minister
this evening. Coming- out ot the
Chamberlain off tela -residence, he
was cheered loudly by the "crisis
peepers. -
- Lloyd George, antlcipatlns
Chamberlain's return to appease
ment, told a Welsh andienco today
thati neither Germany : nor Italy
would take another step it Britain
concluded an K agreement with
Russia; but he added that "Russia
will not joia a skedaddling all!-
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Chick Hat Double Body
'-5 i ... ?-.4-s -v;i. ti- ".
ROSEBURQ, April- IZJPy
Mother Nature muffed one at tbe
farm home it, Mrs,. E M. Seeley,
Melrose, ..today. A chick- was
hatched with- one head and two
bodies. Mrs. fieeley said she would
w a t e h to see if it performed
double duty In egg production. ?