The Wealher Unsettled Saturday aad Sunday, cooler with scatter ed light showers and higher humidity. Max. Temp. Fri day 87, Mia. 43. Hirer 2.4 feet. Southwest wind. Balanced News r , . i Only the local newspaper presents balanced news city, county, state, national and foreign In their right proportions. psuNdoo 1651 EVf.HTY-NINTH YEAR Salen, Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 22,1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c New 23 .Britain .: ID&TOsed. Ter etc I- I. t tiaterpillaf. Severe Awards Given ' m aTllTI -T1 At Convention Gold Cross Pins . Go to President D. Kliks, Phil Barrett Downtown Parade to Be Held Today, 3 P. M.; ! Banquet Tonight An earnest plea to Christian Endeavor youths of Oregon not to let the world set the pattern for their life because that pattern Is not good enough and not - big enough, was made by Dr. Jesse Baird, president of San Francisco Theological seminary, last night at the close of the second day of the four-day Oregon Christian .in deavor contention. The gathering filled the new senior high school auditorium, where also tonight's assembly will be held. Actual reg istration will hit the 1600 mark today. Governor Charles Sprague brought greetings to the youths as -opening feature of the night gathering. . Dr. Baird cautioned the Endea- yorers to bare their own religion, snd not to hare religion simply because their mother or grandmo ther wished it on them. He arged physical growth, es pecially good sportsmanlike ath letics as one of the finest things In letlcs as one ot the lineal mugs in the world for "growing; up In body.- one of the three delop- ir.nta tnwit nit rlatlait life. The jnents toward Christian Ufe., The other two: : arowth of the mind and of the soul, , . Paying tribute to the tremend ons achievements ot secular edu cation. Dr. Baird yet spurred the Christian youth to go beyond that to know of soul, of eternity, of faith, hope and love which go be yond the secular, education. Religions Education ' Oregon Law Praised 1 find that Oregon has a law allowing release time for religious education, and In that uw is me mented. adding his , hope that "Oregon wiU go ahead and make the most of that law." At an Impressive ceremony, hnnorirv cold cross Dins of the (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Angle Parking Is Believed Remedy Some relief for persona who'd he clad to spend some money In downtown stores if they could Just find a place to leave their car may come as result of investi gations a chamber committee has been making. tThe committee has Its eye par ttcnUrlT on ursine the city coun cil tn order ancle narking Instead of parallel parking on High street and on the blocks ot Liberty street north, and 0 u t h of State and Court. Quite 1 motorists number ot additional could find parking places if these sections were brought Into the ancle parking tone, it Is figured. Cat-Cote Combination :- f ' Causes Woman" In juries THic nALLKS. Ore..": April 21 - AV-Kltty .wanted some milk and .h wanted it rlcht now. So sne followed her mistress, Mrs. L. R Roush, Dufur, to the barn where hATa awlshlna tail enthralled her. The eat made a leap for It and landed on the cow's back; The frightened cow kicked and tram pled Mrs. Roush so severely she Aad to be taken to a hospital.- Sixty High In SemiFinah, State Meet Sixty hlg school students wera, chosen tor the semi-final rounds to be held this morning In connec tion with the fifth annual Oregon high school speech contests spon sored by the WUlamette univer sity speech department and held on the campus this weekend. - t - Over a hundred students were entered la the first rounds ot the senior and Junior -divisions ot humorous and serious interpreta tions, extempore speaking and or atory. The semi-finals will he held this morning at 9- o'clock and the finals will be this afternoon at 1 o'clock at Eaton ban. -. Dallas hla school entered ten speech students and nine are In the semi-finals while Gresham en tered 14 with ten remaining la the 1 contests. ' . ;' ' ' " the Junior dlvlslda flnali la Inf Large Well I I - sT Water Board's Decision Engineer Koon to Direct Work, Pump Company's Offer Is Rejected; old River Channel Held Most Promising Site; old Map Useful The Salem water commission last night voted to develop a large well on Stayton island engineer, R. E. Koon, as a final, exacting test of the possi bilities of securing the additional water supply it needs from an underground source. The decision was based on a special committee consuming 010 Commissioners E. B. Grabenhorst, I E. B. Gabriel and Van Wieder. proposal of the Sterling Pump company to develop a 4,000,000 gallon per day well water supply on the island for a flat SI 8.9 50 fee be rejected and that the com-1 a ( Al J n 1 1 I mission proceea wiin me uriiiiug of one 12 or 14-inch well under direction of Engineer Koon. Location Based on Old Federal Map The new well will be located in the course of the old North San- tlam river channel as indicated by a recently-unearthed federal tap of the 1850s. The only one of the eight small test drillings made in recent months that was located on the old river course was the only one that Indicated (Turn to page 2, col. 8) 0 - 1 1 f TV Nnnnkle Ol KSUl MFVJf!, W i!25S . w tr 'n iieartens More Showers Predicted; Forest Fire Danger Much Decreased PORTLAND, Ore., April 21-(P) -Oregon's April drought continued today but a drop In temperature and a corresponding rise in hu midity eased the forest fire situa tion. In the southern part ot the state thunder storm In the mountains set five spot tires last night near Grants Pass. All the biases were subdued. The electric storm ranged from the Siskiyou mountains to Sexton mountain and brought light showers in some sections. Government weather forecasters predicted cooling showers in the northwest section of Oregon to night and Saturday with lower temperatures in the grain, cattle and forest country east of the Cas cade range. Today was the S 7 th in a row without rain In all but a few sections. A few brush fires still smoul dered In the Willamette valley but ! the danger period was believed past , .. A sprinkle of rain late last night and early this morning end ed Salem many rainless days. Cooler weather also came, the J Thursday's maximum of 82 to yes- terday's 17 ,; ' , ; - Cecil Moore Soon To Face Sentence DALLAS, Ore"., AprU'tl.P- Cecil Moore, who was convicted 1 of arson In connection with the I destruction of the West Salem Box factory, will appear before Circuit Judge Artie G. Walker for sen tencing next Monday District At torney Bruce Spaulding said to day. V . f Moore was arrested at Portland, January 31, 1938, with John New- land and "Red" Carson, also Valley School Speakers oratory were announced last night with the following results: 1 Miles Olsen. - Independence: L aura Hayes; Franklin ot Portland; Yon eho Usui. Gresham and D J. Wil liams, Beaverton. . - t Other semi-final results are as follows: Senlori division,:: humor ous lnterpretttlon-r-Vernon Strat ton. Franklin ot TorQand; Neda Moheng, Gresham; Harold Hamm. Dallas; Patricia uooyns, Dearer ton;MarJorie BaUey, Parkrose; Bette Bush, Estacada; Helen John son; Sheridan, and Robert Kruae, West Linn.'-. , ,1 - . -V - Oratory Charlotte VaaVolken burgh. Franklin ot Portland; Tom Rlggs, Dallas; Don January, Marshfleld; Ada GlaconellL Chlo quln; Jack Nyssen, Beaverton; Christine Devaney, Corrallis, Ra , . (Tunx to nags 11, eoL 41 ' , - aiiwn on Stayton ,aTh i under the direction of its own a report, adopted in full, by nrri JTT T I hfPP 4H KVPTltS Will Close Today County Entries for State " Fair to Be Decided; Awards Revealed Three contests to select Marlon county's representatives In as many events at the state fair next fall will be completed this after noon In the closing hours of the annual county 4H club spring show at the state fairgrounds. The home- economics Judging contest will be held at 1 o'clock, the county style revue at 3:36 and an nouncement of the winners of the healthiest boy and girl contest probably made foUowing the re vue, when major awards ot the ahpjrill be presented, The 4H: club exhibit building. where the show, is being held, will be opened at 8 o clock this morn ing for the closing series of dem onstrations. The morning schedule is as follows : 8:30 a.m., Mission, dollar din ner, out of bootn at li:30; 9, ad vanced club home making; 2:20, Sublimity, clothing; 10:30, Sun nyside, camp cookery; 11, Liber ty, cooking; 11:30, Mission, dollar dinner, out of booth at 2:30. Awards on Clothing IIIA exhib its were announced late yesterday showing Verle Saucy, Kelzer, placing first; Linda Girod, Wa- conda, second, and Dorothy Ruef, Sublimity, third. Enforcement Officers Convene DALLAS, April 21. Coopera tion ot an law enforcement agen cies was urged In addresses by Ralph E. Moody, state police legal coordinator, and MUler B. Hay- den, Salem Justice of the peace. in addresses before the quarterly meeting ot the Northwest Oregon Peace Officers association here to night. '-. v Ninety-five officers sheriffs. Judges constables, district attor neys, ana state policemen ana their wives attended the meeting, held In the new Dallas city hall. Twenty-five Salem officers, in eluding all state policemen of the district, George Alexander, state penitentiary warden, Sheriff A. C. Burk and Constable Earl Adams were present. ft 'PITTSBURGH L The tncks find flood waters Mocking their pibgitsa la East Plttshargh'aa waters of Tartle creek arcr Cwe4 lt psJuLtzzx t- fact3 Cm KoatgisWMl ftrer, fweeptas into)Uei. IX Choto. - - wistiict Orchards Said .... , ; j. , 1 -il- :; -: ; , r Denuded; Fight Drive Against Crickets 5 v i - at Warm Springs Will Start on Monday ' spectacular battle now av on Against 'Hoppers in Coalinga Area (By The Associated Press) Caterpillars Joined Mormon crickets in pestering Oregon agri culturallsts Friday. While federal : entomologists completed plans for a poison-dust attack against the wingless grass hoppers in the Warm Springs In dian reservation. Linn county or chardists in western Oregon op ened a fight against an Infestation ot caterpillars, termed by County Agent Floyd C. Mullen of Albany the worst ever experienced In the district. The caterpillar scourge brought appeals from orcnardlsts for a widespread lead-arsenic spraying campaign. The insects were partic ularly numerous In the Tennessee district north of Lebanon. Two prune orchards were reported de nuded of leaves. ; The drive against the crickets will start Monday with more than XTurn to page 2, coL 4) Accord Reported On Road Program Silverton Group Concedes Necessity of West End Work, Announced Silverton citizens conceded the necessity of designating the west end of the Salem-Silverton road improvement this year under the federal farm-to-market road grant after conferring with the state highway commission here yester day afternoon, the commission an nounced. "The commission explained that if any work was to be done on the road this year with this money, It would nave to be on the west end," R, H. Baldock, state high way engineer, explained. "Even If the right-of-way had been ten dered today and other appurten ances to the project secured, the east end of the road could not be Improved this year because there would . first hare to be surreys and a WPA project arranged or to clear the grade. Then It would be too late to carry out the im provement this season." Silverton boosters for Improve ment of the south road Into their city were represented by John Por ter, John Goplerud, T. T. Leonard and Dr. P. A. Loar. They explain ed to the commission that they had understood they were to get the improvement and had attempted to secure the necessary right-of- way for widening and realign ment but had recently been ad vised by the county court that , (Turn to page 2, col. 2) Upon Pest Due SUBURB - GETS TASTE OF FLOOD if Money Powers Of President Are Extended Republicans Fight Hard but Administration's : Support Is Solid '.'.' Devaluation Is Principal Bone of Contention in House Debate WASHINGTON, April tlHJP)- Tbe administration won a victory today when the house approved a bill continuing the president's broad monetary powers for two years. Specifically, the measure which went to the senate would extend from June 30, 1939, to June 30, 1941, the president's right to de value the dollar an additional nine per cent, the treasury's 12,000,- 000,000 stabilisation fund, and the authority to buy newly mined domestic silver above world prices. From start to finish, the tight over the bill was one ot party against party. Republicans were aligned solidly against the mea sure, snapshooting at it from every angle. Opposition Focused On Devaluation Clause Bnt the heavy democratic ma jority, once more under the con trol of its leadership, supported the bill almost to a man. It beat down methodically every republi can attempt to amend the mea sure. The minority focused Its chief opposition against the dollar de valuation provision and twice went down to defeat on amend ments to strip it from the bill. "The question is," said Repre sentative Luce (R-Mass.), "will you use at this moment the op portunity to allay the fears of the business world? This amendment will appease them. The only prob lem here is one ot psychology it's hot -Of finance. ' "When business is stagnant, the country suffers. Here's y o n r chance to stifle fear and let busi ness go ahead." Democrats took the stand that the mere existence of the devalua tion power exerted a stabilising effect on international trade and reduced the threat of currency depreciation wars. The adminis tration must have the power to adjust Its currency, they said, in case foreign nations tamper with their money. Woman Confesses To Three Murders Action Takes Cases From Jury; Insurance Fraud Involved in Crimes PHILADELPHIA, April 21- -Mrs. Carina Favato, 44-year-old boarding house keeper charged with poisoning her stepson to col lect his life insurance, interrupted her trial today to plead guilty to three murders. - Mrs. Favato was faced with tes timony by an insurance salesman that she had Invited hint to Join in a wide-spread poisoning scheme to collect insurance; and by Mrs. Susie Dl Martlno, a co-defendant who turned state's witness, that Mrs. Favato collected $1,979 in surance after poisoning Giuseppe Dl Martlno, her husband. Mrs. Farato's decision to plead guilty took the case from the Jury (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Hitler Doesn't Get Danzig but Danzig Gets -'A Albert Foerster (left), nasi leader witn cnanceuor Aaoir illtler m suuer aa nonorary erase or tne long time to give yon this recognition," said Foerster. Thle-pictare was radioed from Berlin to New York AP Teletnat. , 0 Bridges Case Due For Hearing Soon Secretary Perkins Orders Immigration Officers to Assemble Data i WASHINGTON, April 21.-iff)-A new phase of the Harry Bridges deportation case began today when Secretary of Labor Perkins prepared to give the west coast CIO leader a hearing oa charges that he is a communist. " V Immigration officers in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, Miss Perkins! said at a press con ference, have been ordered to as semble all affidavits and informa tion in the case for a speedy hear ing. She said the date of the hear ing would depend on how quickly this data could be assembled. The deportation of the CIO leader, who came to the United States from Australia in 1920 and figured in the 1934 west coast longshoremen's strike would de pend, Miss Perkins asserted, upom whether the government was able to prove that he was a member of the communist party when served with a deportation warrant a year ago, and that the party advocated the overthrow of the government by force and violence. Bridges has denied membership in the party. SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.- (iiP)-Harry Bridges, CIO leader on the Pacific coast, asserted tonight he welcomed labor department plans to proceed with his deporta tion hearing. He promised he would give the department "full cooperation . - ; Bridges said he would be glad to get a bearing because it would ?foree a lot it stool pigeons and racketeers to step out in the open and expose themselves, thus en abling labor and the public to rec ognize them for what they are." , : Dorothy Lamour And Kay to Part CHICAGO. April 21.-UFV-The harmony of ! band leader Herbie Kay and songstress Dorothy La mour ended On a blue note today when he tiled a suit to' divorce her oa grounds ot desertion. . : ' The couple, who teamed on the dance orchestra circuit In the days before she became a movie star, Issued ! a Joint statement through his attorney. ' " - ' "It is with deep regret on be half ot both jot ns that we find it Impossible to continue our 1 mar riage. Dorothy, has her; career! la Hollywood one, that makes It Im possible for her to, leave there to establish a home elsewhere. Herbie has his career one which makes it impossible for him to remain la one place ; (Signed) Dorothy and Herbie. ci' FOREST GROVE.' ORE.; April 21HT-Paclflc university track men took first in all but two events to "smother Willamette tn a dual meet here today, 17 to ; The Bearcats' only firsts - were recorded by Putman tn the pole vault at 12 feet and Robertson la the century dash In :10.4,. . ; MCMrNNVILLE, Ore April 21 -)-Linfield college's track squad outscored three rivals la's tour- way meet today and won, by. 21 points. The Wildcats got T4 points. Oregon College of Education 45, Southern Oregon College ot Edu- cation; 32 Reed club of Portland, Him as new Citizen of the City of Danxlg, Is shown Berlin, Jnst after he bad made rree laty. . we nave waited m Hitler to Reject FR Offer, Stated Birthday Celebration Has 'Struck Terror' Among Foes, Says Press BERLIN, . April 22.-P)-(Sat-urday) -Chancellor Hitler was said by e usually well-informed source today to be , planning a sharp rejection of President Roos evelt as a possible Intermediary between the democracies and the authoritarian States. , This source was the thrice weekly commentary, Dienst Aus Deutschland, which has close con nections with the foreign office. While government spokesmen have emphasized that no one knew what the chancellor would say in his reichstag speech next Friday, which is to answer the Roosevelt appeal for a ten-year peace agreement by Hitler and (Turn to page 2, col. 2) No Neutrality, Is Verdict of Borah Economist Dennis Agrees Nation Has Already "Signed for War" WASmNGTON, April 21.-JP)-Two congressional committees considering legislation heard al most identical statements, one by Senator Borah (R-Ida) and the other by Laurence Dennis, econ omist and former diplomat, today to the effect that America already has decided where its support would lie In the eventof ;a Euro-, pean war. , , '- , "We have' practically, made, up our minds whose side we are on," Borah sald'tWe have practically named the aggressor nations." . "We are already signed up for war," was Dennis' grim way of putting It. . Borah argued that the temper of the public was such that the present was an unpropltlous time for enacting neutrality, legisla tion. -'" ' ' " i- ' 7he world Is already at war," he saUL "Already things have tak en place which make .other na tions look on us as unneutral. Do you think that we can write per manent legislation at this time?' The onettion was addrasaad to Mrs. Helen Taft Manning.' the daughter of the late President Taft. She, testifying before the senate foreign relations commit' tee, replied that shs believed some Tension of me present neutrality law Should be undertaken. " t v Sprague Visioned as Senate ; Prospect Succeeding McNarv By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR. (Associated Press Correspondent) political wars, Got.5 Charles A. Sprague's intimates already: are booming him for the United States senate In 1142. v - They will bet you good, money that the' governor- never v will re turn to his Salem newspaper, their theory, being. that when a man gets in politics, he cant get out until the people throw him out. -' There have been many reports that Senator McNary, republican minority leader .who has served since 1217, will retire on Jan. t, 1142,; to - his beautiful country home outside Salem. Those closest to Sprague want him to fill Me Narys shoes, ; ' v 45 ' v - Of course' the governor, won! Would Involve Aid in Case of Nippon Attack 1 Accepted as "Basis for ! Negotiations" Though Poland Still Cool T -r namania aaia no JLonger Ohjcctingr Turkish , Angle Will Wait (By the Associated Press) . LONDON. April 21.-Great Brit ain was reported reliably tonight to have accepted as "a basis tor negotiations" a proposal by soviet Russia tor establishment of M Anglo-French-Russian military al liance. Despite Polish objections tm such an alliance, tt was believed Britain and France were prepared to resurrect the triple entente at the World war and even to meet Russia's insistence that It be aligned against Japan aa well as Germany and Italy. A high authority said Rumania, had indicated to the two western European powers she would net stand in the way of the soviet pro posal. Poland, Rumania and Greece already hold British-French guar antees of their independence aad negotiations have been proceed ing to enlist Turkey and Resale ta the bloc. Britain Reluctant ; Acceptance Tentative An authoritative source said tha -recommendation of a flat, recip rocal military alliance waa mad by Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Lltvlnoft to Sir Willis at Seeds, British ambassador in Mos cow. Britain, though favoring a leas binding agreement, instructed Sir William to accept the recommen dation as "a basis for negotia tions." It was believed the British en voys in Bucharest aad warsaw were advised to discuss the propo sal with Rumanian and Polish of ficials., ?w ,(4.- ' " . 1 ' No announcement was expected until after Chancellor Hitler baa addressed the reichstag next Fri day. It was believed an Angle French agreement with Turkey , probably would be announced at the same time. The problem now is to get Po land to agree to the soviet propos al. It was said. It was recalled that a few weeks ago, after uermany aosoroea Bo hemia and Moravia, Britain sug gested a four-power anti-aggression pact among Poland, Britain. France and Russia. Fear Russian Troops Might Never Leave This suggestion was 'accepted by France and Russia, but was turned down by Poland because ot fears that Russian troops migDt' never leave their soil once they entered It. . ; It was felt generally, however. that Poland would have no objec tion ' to receiving supplies from Russia but any Polish-Raasiaa alliance was said to be out of the Question. . It was believed in London diplo matic circles that Russia had al tered aa outright military alliance basis because she feared she might be caught by a Joint German-Jap- anese urvnaioiu- - Old Mafleav Post f Office WUI Close ?-, . . . 1 I The Macleay postof flee, one ef the older ones in Marion county, will be discontinued April 29. ac cording to an order from the post office department received by H. R. Crawford, Salem postmaster. t v The Macleay district, one of few rural -comm naities still retainias; Its own office, will be served trans the Salem postof f ice starting Mayl.- - - : : At one time the Macleay of flea had a rural route ot its own, but this was taken off a few years ago and that territory served through Salem. V. L. Maatdn, "Macleay mer chant, .has served as postmaster; the office being established in his store. 1 i - . ,. -f say anything about this, because that bridge Is a long way , off. Thafaany thing aboat Sprague's 'initiation - into polities -1 that It was an accident. He was little known about the state wtaem he announced a year ago he would run so the republicans would not let the office go by default. Sprague was doubtful if he had a chance because he was sure Gov- , ernor . Martin, a - democrat, would be reelected. But Martin was de feated ; by, Henry L. Hess aad Sarague, getting as many votes as the other seven republican eaadi dates combined, saw his chances -, boom sky high; . -The rest of - the - story, how -Sprague. led the republicans bac- Into power after they had bees oa .... v ; (Turn to page 2. eoL ) ; - . -