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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon Sunday Morning, April 23, 1939
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Merit Awards
Are Announced
At Convention
Klamath-Lake Union Has
Best Record; Bible -Contest
Decided
Parade Is Eight Blocks
Long; 1200 Present
at big Banquet
Awards of merit, a parade eight
blocks long through downtown
streets and a banquet attended by
1200, werejeatures of the Oregon
Christian Endeavor convention
Saturday In its fourth and prob
ably most eventful day.
The morning assembly, at which
Dr. M. Howard Fagan was the
principal speaker, had to be moved
from the Presbyterian church to
the high school auditorium In or
der to accommodate all who
wished to attend, and at the night
gathering the auditorium was
filled. i
In the morning meeting the bi
ble contest was held, an event of
each year at the conference. There
were sixteen In the contest and
Lewis Smith of Klamath-Lake
union was the winner. Earl Bills
of Lincoln union placed . second
and Bernice Shedd of Yamhill an
ion third. The prize was scholar
ship to the Turner young people's
conference held in August.
Klamath-Lake Is
First in Contest
Ruth Boost announced the win
ners of the banners for the pa
rade in the morning session. They
were, as follows: Klamath-Lake,
first,' Polk second, Tillamook
third, Lincoln fourth. Myrtle fifth.
Grand Ronde sixth, Columbia sev
enth, Wildwood eighth, Washing
ton, ninth, Douglas tenth. - -
Placements which followed lm-
meaiaieiy auer me D&ooeri in xum
parade were in this order: Tarn-
hill, Crater Lake, Mount Hood,
Clackamas, - Lane, Portland, and
last Willamette."
Honors for the winning float
and the outstanding group in the
parade were awarded to Klamath
Lake. The parade wound through the
downtown districts and then to
Eweetland field.
The annual banquet In the high
school gym was a huge success
both In the program and in the
attendance. The field secretary of
Pacific college, Veldon J. Diment,
was the toastmaster. The short
program consisted of talks on the
organizations of the CE. One of
the speakers, Phil Barrett stressed
attendance at the annual Turner
conference, August 20 to 27.
Poling will address the assem
bly on the final day. ,
At the evening service the re
gional vice-president of the inter
national society, Albert Arend,
gave a talk on the building up of
the funds In the treasury. During
his message he received $1057.60
from nnion pledges throughout
the state and $1600 in personal
pledges. The latter came op to
the budget set for this year.
Portland Girt Is .
Oratory Winner --
The oratorical contest on the
subject "Mr Best for Christ," was
won by Alma Jones of Portland,
with Margaret Gilstrap of Clack
amas second and Mary Torgensen
of Lincoln, third.
The Paul Brown cup which is
given each year to the outstand
ing nnion on standard, monthly
reports and attendance at the eon
cention was awarded to Klamath
Lake; Washington second, 'Polk
third, Wildwood fourth.-: " - -
A cast of first prize winners 1b
a contest held at Pacific college
put on a one act play called "The
Good Angel." The evening assem
bly was closed by a musical num
ber by ' the Northwest Christian
college quartet,' - A
The registration up to last night
was 1443. . 'V
The highlights of today's meet
ings Include at 8:15 avm., the
communion service. In the high
school auditorium in the after
noon will be the election of offi
cers for the coming year. That
meeting will be held at, 2:15. Ia
the auditorium In the evening
Doctor Fagan will give the con
cluding address of the conference'
Tls topic will be'My Best For His
Church. - ; , r $ , y'j
Hasscl Comet Is,;?f
i Viewed in Salem
Salem skies cleared long enough
last night- to- make possible the
first glimpse- here of the newly
discovered Hassel's comet, B. L.
Bradley, amateur astronomer, re
ported. The new body was risible
to the naked eye but not dis
tinguishable from a star without
the aid of binoculars or a tele
scope. . -
Bradley said the comet was to
be seen In . the V northwest sky a
short distance above the' horizon
between" 8:30 and 1:20 p.m.; It
Vnare4 as a bright bluish-white
. baU of hazy light, with a tail eas
ily discernible witn ui use oi u-
" The Hassel'? comet " ! much
fcrighter than the Feltler-Kozier
comet observed here jasi year.
Crickets or Grasshoppers, They
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nia, near Coalings; middle picture, similar destruction by Mormon
crickets on the Warmsprings Indian reservation In Oregon; below,
s closenp of Mr. Cricket, who is much like a grasshopper except
that he lacks wings Upper picture TIN service, lower two AP
service.
Former Pendleton Mayor
Montague It Found Dead
PENDLETON, Ore., April 22.
-A)-Vlctlm of a heart attack.
Lewis L. Montague, 70, mayor
of Pendleton for 10 years and
who . retired several years ago.
was found dead in his home
today. His widow and two sons
survive.
Shakespeare Honored
STRATFORD-ON-A VON, Eng
land, April 22-WHThousands of
pilgrims marched with top-hatted
diplomats through the flag-lined
streets of William Shakespeare's
hometown today In celebration of
the bard's, 275th birthday anni
versary. , 1 .
Wins State
; .Franklin high: school of Port
land walked away with the hon
ors at the fifth annual Oregon
high school speech contests spon
sored by the Willamette university
speech 'department and held on
the campus this weekend. '
In the championship and Junior
divisions Franklin high received
four first places and obtained per
manent possession "of the cups in
the serious and ' humorous .eon-
tests. The cups are awarded after
a school has won twice tat a row J
tn a certain division, forest Grove
also received permanent posses
sion of the cup In the extempore
speaking. ---- -' ?:
The results in the championship
division 'are f as follows: serious
interpretation, first. Doris Jostad,
Franklin; second, LaVon "Ford,
Dallas; third,, George Mcintosh;
Corrallis. ,t x - -
- Oratory, first. Rachel Lewis,
Oreron Citrt- second. Christine
Deraner. Corrallis: third, Tom
Kiggt, Dallas. -
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to plant life fat central Califor
Hook With Golf Ball
Device new to Angling
ASHLAND, Orx, April ' 22.-(ff)
-Jupe Wallin got a fish today in
the queerest fashion this trout-
fishing country ever heard about.
Playing- golf, he hooked his shot
into an Irrigation ditch, where it
knocked out a 20-inch, S-pound
trout, which he recovered. Fur
thermore, Wallln has two witness
es to vouch for him. ,
Doug, Jr., Married i'
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 22
-(AVUrbane young Douglas Fair
banks, jr., film actor and maga
zine writer, was married today to
Mrs. Mary Lee Epling Hartford,
comely divorcee of Virginia, New
York city and Florida.
Speech Honors
' Extempore speaking,4 first, 6c
tav Limke, Forest Grovs; second,
Betty Smith, ;Dallas;-third, Elra
South, CanbyJ f V . J
Humorous, first, Vernon Strat
ton. Franklin; secondr Neva Mo
heng, Gresham; third, Robert
Eraser West .Una. --w -. . - .,
? Finals 4 In I the Junior division
are as follows: serious interpreta
tion, first, Charlotte Van Volken
burgh. Franklin; Nadlne Gerard,
Dallas; . Caroline Brockway, Dal-
1
Humorous interpretation, . first,
Betty Dissmore, Gresham; sec
ond, Henry Kondo,- Gresham;
third, Ardith .Dobbs, Gresham.
- Oratory, first Laura Hayes,
Franklin; second, D. J. Williams,
Beaverton; third. : Yoneko Usui,
Gresham. ; fr" , ..; -v1-
Extempore speaking,' first, Dave
Waits, Dallas; r second, Robert
Morse, Corrallis; third, Jack Hale,
Beaverton.
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ars
Relief Only Temporary,
Is Fear, but Poison
Spray Also Helps
Cricket Ravages jCannot
Be Stopped Entirely
This Year, Claim
ALBANY, Ore.. April
Caterplllars yielded to cool weath
er In Linn county orchards today.
at . least temporarily checking
damage to fruit trees.
County Agent Floyd C. Mullen
said! he did not know whether the
control by weather would be per
manent, but said a poison spray
was; getting results. Reports indi
cated the infestation was confined
principally to prune orchards.
Mullen advised farmers to use
four pounds of lead arsenate to
100 gallons of water In making
an effective spray.
THE DALLES, Ore., April 22
-ffV-Ravages of Mormon crick
ets on the Warm Springs Indian
reservation can only be alleviated,
but! not removed,: this year,
County Agent W. Wrey Lawrence
said today.
Declaring it "impossible to
clean up crickets this year," Law
rence outlined a fire-point pro
gram to prevent the ravenous In
sects from spreading over more
than the 100 square miles of re
servation land already covered.
Robert Every, state grasshopper
control expert, Indian Superin
tendent J. W. Elliott and Law
rence agreed to eradicate the in
sects on deeded land, prevent fur
ther Invasions of Warm Springs
and Dechutes river banks where
they threaten to drift into rich
farmlands, and stop advances in
the! direction of agency and pri
vate farms.
The first step in control was
taken when the Wasco county
court distributed materials to
farmers so they could fight the In
sects as they appeared. Dusting
equipment was expected from Ida
ho Monday.
A technical assistant to Every
will direct farmers, 50 white CCC
enrollees from Simnasho and 100
Indian CCC boys in the struggle.
EUGENE, April 22.-(i?)-Huge
clumps of caterpillars, hatching
out; In the dry weather the past
few days, have threatened many
fruit trees In the vicinity of
Santa Clara about two miles
north of Eugene, it was dis
closed by orchardists today.
The caterpillars are not un
usual in this area, but they are
being found In much larger
numbers this spring, they said.
The unusually early dry season
Is believed responsible.
The caterpillars are found In
cocoons covering the branches
of fruit trees and look somewhat
like thick cobwebs covering an
area from three to ten inches
In length and from one to four
in diameter.
Inside these webs are thou
sands of small brown caterpillars
which feed on the green foliage
of the tree inside the webbing,
then emerge and move on to
other leaves, buds and blossoms
unless they are killed.
Owners of the infected trees
were busy today cutting off the
inflected limbs and burning them
to save their orchard from de
struction. Picture Unlucky;
Goat Recognized
PORTLAND, April 22.-(ff)-A
picture posed by three San Fran
cisco high school girls, held here
with three alleged army desert
ers on charges of assault and
robbery in a whirlwind flight
up i the coast and Inland to Boise.
Idaho, brought more bad luck
today. - - -"- ' '
Sheriff's Deputy Jack . Matthews-
said :MIs .Edlih - Emery,
school teacher, saw , a picture of
the . girls , in a Portland paper
and Identified a plaid jacket
worn by Cleone Alyea, ? 17 . as
one stolen from her ihome here
on, April .12. . . , ...
Matthews said -Tern t Jensen,
on of the alleged deserters from
the Presidio of San , Francisco,
admitted burglarizing the house
one day before two gun fights
wth Portland police and flight
Into Idaho:? In. addition to the
jacket, other, clothing. . a gold
service set and two guns -were
taken. ',;- . i f .- i
Wheeler to Get Support
If Roosevelt Stays out
WASHINGTON. April 22.-4
Jon Wolf, former Minnesota dem
ocratic .national - committeeman,
told Reporters today that if President-
Roosevelt does not seek a
third term "there Is no question
that Minnesota , and adjoining
states will support : Senator Bur
ton K. Wheeler for the presiden
tial nomination,M ,
CateiDill
World Faeces ' Aether Uneasy
Week.
Parole Board's
Selection Said
1 -
Due This Week
Olinger and Kelty Under
Consideration; Mason
Retention Likely
Game Board Vacancy May
Be Filled; Governor
on Trip to Coast
Appointment of the newly auth
orized state parole board by Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague seems
probable this week, in time to give
the board ample time to select the
director of parole, new state office
with an annual salary of $4000.
Paul Kelty, former editor of The
Oregonlan and Lafayette resident,
Is a probable appointee while H.
H. Olinger, Salem dentist, is
thought to be favorably considered
by the governor.
For a third member It is prob
able that G. W. Mason, democrat
from Portland and a member of
the present board under appoint
ment from Governor Martin, win
be designated the third member
of the new board. While Dr. Bruce
Baxter, president of Willamette
university, has been under con
sideration it seemed doubtful this
weekend if he would have time
for the work. Sprague, known to
regard highly Dr. dinger's work
on the state capltol reconstruction
commission, is thought to want at
least one Salem man on the board
whose members he believes should
be near enough to the capital to
facilitate Its - meetings.
Dexter Rice's Place
To Be Filled Soon
Another slate appointment ex
pected this week is a man to suc
ceed Dexter Rice of Roseburg on
the state game commission. Rice
resigned a fortnight ago because
of pressure of other work. E. E.
Wilson of Corvallis, reappointed in
February to the commission, was
promptly chosen as chairman.
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Pedestrian Dies,
Result of Crash
Leslie H. Donivan Victim
of Accident; Mathany
Is Driver of Car
INDEPENDENCE, April 22.
Leslie H. - Donivan, 94-year-old
Independence resident, was
fatally injured about 4 o'clock
this afternoon when he was
struck while crossing the road
at the Woods auto camp near
the north city limits, by an auto
mobile driven by Verge Matheny
of Monmouth.
Donivan was rushed to the
Salem General hospital, but died
about the time he arrived there.
Witnesses said Donivan had
just made a purchase at the
Woods store when he walked
out into the path of the auto
mobile. Matheny was driving a
ear belonging to Gordon Ebbets
of Monmouth.
Donivan, who resided at 212
Picture street, is survived by his
widow, Emma; a sister, Mrs.
Glenn Whitaker of Monmouth;
sons, Dan D. Donivan of Mon
mouth, Bryan of Hubbard.
Marlon and Ivan of Spray;
daughters, Mrs. Louis Olmstead
of Salem and Mrs. Aarbn Wil
liamson of -Hubbard.
The body was brought to the
Smith Baun mortuary here.
Funeral arrangements' have not
been completed.
.; Sgt, Farley Mogan of the state
police, who investigated the case,
later Saturday night said that
District Attorney Bruce Spauld
Jng, after hearing Mogan'a re
port, had ; indicated he would
present .the matter to the Polk
county grand Jury next week.'
f NEW YORK, April 22-Pan-ama
A Brown, former world ban
tamweight champion who still Is
recognized in Enrope as titlehold
er, celebrated his return to New
York tonight by stopping Young
Cristobal Jaramillo of Puerto Rico
tn the fourth round of their eight
round bout.. j -
MOSCOW. Idaho, April 22-iff)-Fourteen
home runs gav the tans
their money's worth here today
as Whitman college and Univer
sity of Idaho split as wild a don
hleheader as has ever been' seen
on the local diamond. -r
The Whitman Missionaries took
the opening tilt, 10 to B. and the
Idaho Vandals captured the night
cap 17 to 14.
I Late Sports
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'Comrir
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neutrality
Is
Forecast at Capital
Moves for Amendment in Opposite Directions to
Balance; Administration Said About Ready
to Push for Showdown on 2 Alternatives
WASHINGTON, AprU 22 ( AP) Working; quietly,
some influential republicans in the senate have begun a
movement for a "compromise" of the current neutrality con
troversy which would leave the present law unchanged.
Disclosing this today, one of the group said their view
had been aptly expressed in the statement this week by
Senator Borah R, Idaho), rank-O- ;
tag minority member of the for
eign relations committee, that the
temper of the public made the
time Inappropriate for framing
permanent neutrality legislation
or, put another way, that the pres
ent act should not be changed at
this time. f
There were indications, mean
time, that the administration was
ready to press for a showdown on
the question of changing the law.
Chairman Pittman (D, Nev.) of
the senate foreign relations com
mittee said that Hugh S. John
son, newspaper columnist and for
mer NRA administrator, would
testify Monday and that the com
mittee would end hearings soon
afterward and begin considera
tion of proposed changes. The
committee did not meet today.
Legislative leaders expressed
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Super-Highway to
Salem Is Opposed
Toll Road Plan Held too
Costly; Four Lanes to
This City Involved
WASHINGTON, April 22.-JP)-The
bureau of public roads esti
mates it woufd cost $226,598,149
to build the Oregon and Wash
ington sections of a $2,636,154,
6J national toll system of six
super-highways.;
Revenue from these sections,
as well as from virtually every
other section in the country,
would not justify construction,
it said in a report to congress.
It estimated that revenues
would not equal SO per cent of
the maintenance and recom
mended therefore the improve
ment of existing highways,
through federal and state aid,
for incorporation in a toll-free
system of inter-regional roads.
It made no estimate of the cost
of such a program.
In' Oregon and Washington,
existing roads virtually parallel
the routes laid out for the super
highways. In Oregon, one of the
proposed highways would swing
up from southwestern Idaho,
through the Columbia river
gorge, to Portland, and there
join a road extending north to
Seattle and south to San Diego
via the Willamette valley.
In addition to the north and
south route, which would be of
four lane construction as far
north as Tacoma and as far south
as Salem, Ore., Washington would
have the benefit of another trans
continental route crossing from
Seattle to Spokane and on east to
Fargo. N. D., Chicago, Cleveland
and Boston. East-west route into
Portland, would Join a main
cross-country trunk at Salt Lake
City.
The Oregon sections of the two
highways would cost $188,596,
627, of which $116,782,126 would
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Coralee ISicholi Js ' Winner: ,: ;
In Style Revue, at 4H Fair
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" Ifcf-Rji" 1m ,
Coralee -Nichols, Bethel advan
ced 4-H dab" girl who has woa
many honors at state fairs, .em
erged -Tietor in the style revus
competition at the 'Marion, coun
ty 4-H spring ' show at the fair;
grounds yesterday afternoon. She
will defend her title at the ad
vanced club'a show early In the
fall and , the r Winner there will
represent the county at this year's
state fair. - . - .
Twenty half scholarships: to the
4-H summer 'school' and a large
number, of cash and merchandise
prizes were presented at the los
ing assembly hour of the snow
Other championships went to
Wanda Froehllch and Freda Ba
curench, Bethel, in homemaking
and room Improvement, to Verlle
Duke, Rosedale, tn home econom
ics judging, and to Wilms Gor
ton Salem Heights, and Leo Ef
wert," ML, Angel, adjudged : most
nearly perfect : entrants . in the
spring show health contest. "
Other scholarship awards! .
Beverly Hughes. Woodbnrn,
clothing I; Jean BalL . Turner,
Reply Await
Law Intact
Deerslaying Trio
Run Afoul of Law
Falls. City Men Guilty of
Venison Sales; Wanton
Hunting Is Bared
DALLAS, April 22-(Special)-
A trio of Falls City deer slayers
were found guilty of "passing the
buck" for a profit before Judge
Charles Gregory In justice court
here today, one of whom assisted
in convicting the other' two by
turning state a evidence.
Carl Teal, 19, pleaded guilty to
wanton waste of game, and gave
valuable testimony that convicted
Samuel Albert Morgan, about SI,
and GUbert Morgan, about 22,
brothers. The three are being held
In the Polk county Jail here, un
der $500 bail each, and are sched
uled to be sentenced Monday.
Teal testified that around 20
deer had been killed by the trio
during 1938-39, and most of the
meat sold In Salem. Sgt. Farley
Mogan, of the stile police, who
assisted Bert Walker of the game
division and Patrolman Loren
Spaulding on the case, said last
night that police were working on
several angles concerning disposal
of the deer meat in Salem.
The tvio was alleged to have
thrown the carcasses of two bticks
and two does into the brush above
Falls City recently, when officers
in search of the deer slayers were
too close on their trail for com
fort. The jury was out but about two
minutes before It brought in a
"guilty" verdict against the Mor
gan brothers.
Hoover in Favor
Of Refugee Bill
Humanitarian Gesture Has
Support; Patriotic
Groups Opposed
WASHINGTON, April 22-P-Former
President Herbert Hoorer
joined a long list of notables to
day in urging congress to admit
20,000 refugee chUdren from Ger
many, to homes in this country.
A joint congressional commit
tee, considering the legislation
heard by telegram from the only
Living former president that he
"strongly favors' the proposal.
- "No harm and only good can
come to a nation by such humane
action, Hoorer said in the mes
sage read by Clarence E. Pickett,
of Philadelphia, one of the spon
sors of the legislation. J
f Shortly , afterward . spokesmen
for patriotic organizations opened
an attack upon the refugee bill
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clothing. II; Yerle Saucy, Kelzer.
clothing III; Marguerite Herber
ger, Sublimity, clothing IY-V
Norman Alexander, Sunnyslde, ba
chelor sewing; , Dorothea Froeh
lich. Bethel; homemaking: Lill'ir
Hamrick, Bethel, room Improve
ment; Looney , Butte school
champion health poster; JBueas
Stewart, Salem Heights, art:
Clyde Rogers, MIU- City, hobby.,
Rienard Krenz, Victor Point, for
estry X; . Harold W.Homan, Mon
itor, forestry . II-HI; Robert WU
scn.Gates. woodworking; , Arthur
Gates, Woodbnrn, farm and pow
er woodworking. - i -. ; ; il
Blue ribbons In the demonstra
tlon -contests were woa by Alice
Roberts and Marion Rowland,
Aumsvllle," clothing; June Stowell
and Florence Rice, Auburn, cook
ery; . Buena Stewart and Phyllis
Nelson, Salem Heights,", miscel
laneous. sV1 -i
Merchandise prizes were pre
seated : the following winners of
the special v contests held Thurs
day: Buena 8 1 e w a r t, ' Salem
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ed
Poll of Small
Nations! Fails
Of Unanimity
Yugoslavia Leans Toward
Axis, Is Hint Afteri
new Negotiations
Germany Faces Inflation
Peril, Is Report of
Finance Expert
(By the Associated Press)
Europe entered today another
uneasy week In which Adolf Hit
ler was expected to say "no" to
President Roosevelt's appeal for a
10-year peace agreement.
The theme of the fuehrer's an
swer before the reichstag next
Friday was indicated by a poll of
Europe's smaller nations which
brought a chorus of carefully
phrased negative responses to his
query:
"Are you afraid of Germany,
did you know in advance of Mr.
Roosevelt's move and did you in
vite It?"
This bold stroke, made through
diplomatic channels, was regard
ed in some quarters as an attempt
by the nail chieftain Ko support a
contention, that the presidential
plea on behalf of ,31 nations was
unasked, unwelcome and unnec
essary. r In addition, it was expected
that Hitler-would reiterate Ger
many's intentions always have
been peaceful and that Mr. Roose
velt was seeking to establish war
guilt In advance.
That would be in line with the
argument advanced last Thursday
by Premier Mussolini of Italy
when he called the presidential
note "absurd" and an attempt to
place Germany and Italy "on the
seat of the accused."
France, and Poland
Are Not Included
Hitler presumably polled most
of the 31 nations mentioned by
the president,- although France
and Poland, Germany's largest
western and eastern neighbors,
apparently were left out.
Some diplomats expressed the
belief that it was sent only to
states from which Hitler was al
most certain of obtaining the re
plies he wanted.
- Nine of those queried---The
Netherlands, Belgium, Switzer
land, Lithuania, Denmark. Nor
way, Sweden, Finland and Lat
via gave more or less concilia
tory answers.
Rumonia alone was reported
to have told Germany tartly that
she "does not see how anyone
could feel -secure in Europe at
the present time."
In I Washington the chief fi
nancial export of the commerce
department said . dangerous in
flation perils appeared to lay
ahead In Germany's domestic
path. v-.k
The dangers .were pointed out
in analysis prepared for Secre-,
tary Hopkins of the March
decision of the nasi government
to pay part of its bills with tax
anticipation certificates.
'The 25 per eent 'counter
vailing" r duties on ; German im
ports, announced by the United
States '. following the , German
coup in Czechoslovakia, become
effective today, 4 .- v
Yugoslavia Likely - ?
To Join With Axis ?
-Jockeying for dominant posi
tions ' continued, meanwhile, on
both sides - of the Rome-Berlin
and London-Paris lineup.
. i Venetian conferences between
the Italian and Yugoslav foreign
ministers over the weekend were
expected by sources close to both
parties to .result In a. Yugoslav
expression of friendship with
Rome and " Berlin. . - t-
Informed Italian sources pre
dicted the Balkan state would be
drawa closer: to. the axU by
agreeing to a non-aggression ac
cord, with Hungary, an axis sat
ellite end. an 1 old Yugoslav foe.
The -French government
stepped-up It defensive program
by i ordering j work rushed - on
new natal base at Mers-El-Kebir,
on the Algerian coast opposite
Spain, and an increase In small
fighting ships and auxiliary
natal' vessels..
on Inchifitrv :
te l Settled
SAN FRANCISCO. April 22.-.
(JP)-A f working . agreement , was
signed tonight under which the
Alaska packer steamship Chlrkes
win sail tomorrow, , taking 4 $ 9
workers of the salmon fishing' in
dustry to Karluk Bay, Alaska.
Today's ; agreement, announced
by Dr1. Louis Bloch of the mart
time labor board, , who has been
active as a mediator, followed a
long dispute and picketing here
by Maritime Federation anions ol
Alaska packers' dockn ,