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,.f
Soviet, Nazis
V 171 AV MiiCoIaC
: .On-MavDav'
' Moscow as Speakers
' Hurl Challenge -,: Jel
Hitler V Proclaims H Hosts
of Gennanjr flightiest
- f but Desire Peace; T
- (By the. Associated trcts);
Soviet ylhsBsla ' Nasi " Ger
, many Injected a: strong military
flavor Into ' their May day cele-
. brailons Monday; while labor
throughout the world robserred
the traditional holiday with or
atory and pageantry. , '
Adolf Hitler . la two . speeches
proclaimed Germany's military
machine one of the mightiest on
earth, defended himself as a lorer
of peace, attacked "international
agitators" and derided the United
S t a t e for "boycotting nasi
foods. r'. - r, .'
OO TIC I niUW KUk UCS I1UU
leclona marching across Red
.; Square to the ' accompaniment of
a challenge to one and all DT De
1 fense Commissar ' Klementi: .
f Yoroschlloff that:
1 - " , '
"Whoeter dares to tep across
the threshold of our home will be
destroyed. We not only now how
to flghtwe lore -to fight."
Two Europe Blocs , v
Strnnle for Balaace ;
u Aside from, the, May day jfestlr-
liles there- waa'frasl maneuTerlngri
amons: the Berun-Rome and Lon
don-Paris blocs straggling to .at
tain the dominant position In5 di
vided Europe.
v Hitler aonrht to brine unrleld'
lng : Poland to terms on Dansig I
ana laa roiuu curnuvr vj uut
to isolate her from ; British and
Hungarian friendship. -
- Poland's opposition press coun
tered nasi demands for the return
.' of Dansic: by launching a cam
paign for a Polish . protectorate
OTer the Free City. The oriiciai
Gaietta PolsH -eten 'tinted War
saw might seek control of Danzig
to thwart any German attempt to
get it by rorce.i
Prime Minister Chamberlain as
sured the British house of com
mons negotiations to bring Rus
sia into the British-French alli
ance were m oris g "with all
possible dispatch." He also for
mally Introduced Britain's first
reace-tlme conscription bill.
Prior to his statement in
'the house .his cabinet had heard
'new soriet proposals which were
anderstood to - offer " promise of
- : oarlr aneeoM for a BritUh-French-
, Russian lineup to protect smaller
lUUi of both eastern and western
'Europe against any aggression;
I . XUllan and German military
collaborators met In Rome to stn
dr a Joint plan of strategy.
jln hsiirance Quiz
I PHILADELPHIA, May l.-V"
Three more grares r were opened
and two additional persons arrest
ed today as developments tumbled
'one orer another In the iaTestlga-
tlon of an eastern seaboard gang
'of men ana women. wno uura or
Insurance. . -: -
Detectlres estimate tne inquiry
t mar erentually disclose as many
as 100 murders :in Pennsylranla,
jNew Tork, New Jersey and DeU-
ware. 4 Thirteen persons now are
;In custody.- Six are women, three
of them widows. Bodies of their
former husbands were remored to-
J day from the grares where tney
thare lain for a year or more
i Malor arrest of the day was
'Morris Bolber, p r e r 1 o u s 1 y de
' scribed br police as a "faith heal-
"4er". and known to eonf eased ien
hr af the rlnr as "Louie . the
iRabbLw- , ' y
Illoderate.yniYers:
t elt, ban lftego
J SAN JOSE, May 1P-A series
of moderately severe earthquake
ahocks, emanating from the gen
eral locality of the Aleutian -islands
and the Bering sea, hare
. been registered on the ' seismo
graph of the Rlcard obserratory
at the University of Santa Clara
for two days, Director Albert J.
, Newlla salftjpnight.1 ; l;:
RAN DTEGO. Callt. MayJl.-MP)
WThe litth in a series of light
.Mtrthonake shocks rattled win
dows, swayed celling lamps and
kad downtown buildings at
3:50 p. a. today. No damage wa
City Librarian
To Leave Soon
U MILDRED h. OLESONi
Mildred Eweson.'
To Leave Xibrary
Resumation i of r librarian
Is Surprise Effective
V v First of June
At the regular May meeting of
the Salem library board last
night, .the resignation ; of Mildred
E. Oleson, librarian, was consid
ered, and. accepted, So take effect
June lsU Miss Oleson expects to
reside In Boston, to be with her
brother.
The matter of filling the re
cency thus to be made was refer
Ted to the employment committee,
the whole board to be brought In
to special session at Its call.
In the meantime, Dorothy Cas-
sellus. on the present staff, was
selected to bare charge, upon the
coins - of - Miss Oleson, - pending
the choosing or a permanent li
brarian.
The resignation of Miss Oleson
had 'not been anticipated, as her
work has been efficient and satis
factory, much progress baring
been made while she has had
charge.
i Jack Dyer Freed
Of Miirder Count
.-..''.. . . .
PINEtlLLE, Mo., May l-tfV
A : murder charge against Jack
Dyer, returned here from mam-
I th Falls, Ore., sereral months ago
in a' renewed inrestigatlon of the
19SS death of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Mary E. Burser. was dis
missed tn circuit eourt today.
Dyer and his wife, Ollle, got
into a dispute in Oregon and each
accused the other of killing her
mother. A charge- against Mrs
Dyer was dismissed after her pre
liminary hearing March 7.
Caribbean Front of Panama
Cafiql Defense Strengthened
WASHINGTON, May . MffJ-To
decrease the possibility -of 'ene
my" naval f orces slipping through
the ring of Caribbean - islands
which guard the Atlantie ' ap
proach to the Panama canal, the
army today, ordered the entire
area placed under a unified" mili
tary command. .
At. President Roosevelt direc
tion.. Secretary Woodring estab
lished an army department of the
Carribean, and named Brig. Gen.
Edmund L. Daley to take charge
with4 headquarters at San Juan,
Puerto Rico.-.:'r::'V'o.:;;;'.'.- .
:i In. addition; the president asked
congress today for a $125,440,000
appropriation tor a start on the
air corps expansion program and
$21,002,500 to Increase the garri
son stationed at the canal perma
nently. He also suggested author
ity to enter into contracts totalling
$15,510,000 In connection with
Meet
Gain Vill not
Speakers Aver
Change in Warner Act Is I
Urged, Also Economy
r t and Tax Reform
Fear of Supreme v Court
Gted; .' Suspicions
General, Stated
WASHINGTON, May IMJPY-
Talk of . political action to alter
present gorernment - policies or
laws dominated, the S7th annual
meeting; of the chamber of com'
merce of the , United states.
Business men gathered at the
organisation's opening session
heard speaker after speaker de
clare they imust take the lead In a
nationwide effort to see that eon
gress modifies the Wagner labor
relations act, grants . tax relief,
curtails" soTemment spending and
reduces federal controls general
ly to a minimum.
Reports of business conditions
and prospects better . than last
year's were laid before the cham
ber, by delegates 'from many dlf
terent sections, but .In sereral in
stances these were, tempered by
statements that no great and last
ing improvement could be expect
ed, until: administration policies
wer:rerled
Perhaps; the most: outspoken
critic of the Roosevelt administra
was Harry CY Carbaugh, pre4
brfhe-Tennessee' Egg ewmll
tion
idea
pany and r rice president of the
Chattanooga ; chamber of . com
merce. He declared:
We need, a better psychology
about the supreme court. Bus
iness men feel that it is stacked
arainst'them. They feel that all
new deal legislation will be de
clared constitutional and that a
liberal interpretation of the con
stitution will tend to hamper the
American system of free men and
free enterprise.".
He told the chamber he yb
liered southern business wanted
these measures: - -
1 Amendment of the Wagner
act to "give both union and non
union worm. em equal protection.
1 . -
z.s-Amendment of the wage-
hour law to exempt business not
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M Y A ' 1 m
16 AflVJITlPAn
Benton." Crook '. Counties
1 of Oregon Would Get
Pay for Tax Loss
WASHINGTON, May 1.--Two
Oregon eounties,. Crook and
Benton, should be ald $18,480
by the government each year to
replace tax rerenuea; from lands
acquired tor reforestation pur
poses. Rep. Colmer, (D-Mlss) said
today. .
A bill requiring the federal
government to pay each county S
per cent of the actual purchase
price of the land acquired under
the reforestation and Bankhead
Jones farm tenancy acts has been
introduced by Colmer.
Explaining the measure, - Cot
Explaining the measure, -Col-
JlJL9. r6"!0"1
record a statement the govern
ment had bought 10.740,011
acres in SI states and Puerto Rico
for reforestation, paying $12,445,-
714.
In Oregon, Colmer said, , the
government has paid $40,031
for 27,510 acres.
"Unquestionably," he said.
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the air eorps program, making a
total of $250,000,000 to be devot
ed to that purpose.
- Meanwhile, factional leaders in
the controversy over neutrality
legislation conferred on a proposal
to reenact for $0 to 60 days the
"cash and carry" provision of the
present law. This clause expires
at midnight tonight. The idea be
hind the proposal to reenact It
was that It would eorer eventuali
ties in the European situation un
til congress - enacted permanent
legislation. " - vTv '
, H o w e r e r, the negotiations,
which- principally Involved Sena
tor -Nye (R, ND) and Chairman
Pittmanr (D, Nev.) of the senate
foreign relations committee, dem
onstrated, Kye said, that althoagb.
all factions were apparently ready
to rote for such i an extension,
none waa willing to take the Ini
tiative by introducing the neces
BePermanent,
Reforestation Pay
sary legislation.
Penra Tries
To Lop Funds
For lien Work
O'Hara Leaps to Defend
$325 Outlay Monthly
for Law Service c
Dares Bringing Motion;
Cites City's Gain
; by Collections
Alderman E. B. Perrine last
night tossed a momentary monkey
wrench into the ordinarily smooth-
running v machinery of the city
council that passes the routine
item of monthly business. :
Perrtne's attempt to lop : from
City current accounts the item of
some $32 S a month for work of
outside law - firms In collecting
delinquent liens and foreclosing
on delinquent property countered
with a factual rebuttal and a dare
by' Alderman David O'Hara, chair
man of the lien foreclosure com
mittee. "
Alderman O'Hara pointed out
that since J. B. Protsman and the
firm of Rhoten Rhoten hare
been .working with the Hen tore-
closure committee, some two and
half years, delinquent
ment collections hare amounted
to $225,000, and that of 228 lots
that have been obtained through
foreclosure, SI hare been sold.
For 15 years ' nothing- - was
done on collection of liens for
sidewalks." O'Hara said, "and the
city was $15,000 behind, with no
funds to meet Bancroft bonds.
when Mr. Protsman took over
there were delinquent liens on
the books as far back as 1893."
Dares Perrine to
Bring to Motion
O'Hara cited that the budget
committee of SO bad placed an
item of $4000 in the budget for
the work, and that It must hare
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Honored, Pulitzer
Callvert's Editorial Best
in Nation for Year;
Gains $500 Prize
NEW YORK, May l-fffJ-PulIt-
ser awards for distinguished jour
nalism were made today to four
newspapermen, three, of them for
work connected with the grave
international situation, and to
two newspapers for outstanding
public service.
The winners of Journalism's
highest accolades: -
The Miami (Fla.) Dally News,
the $500 Pulitzer gold medal, for
its 'campaign which led to a re
call movement against the city
I its campaign which led to a
I 11 movement against the
council the "most disinterested
and meritorious public service
rendered by an American newt
paper" daring 1938.
The waterbury (Conn.) Repuh-
lic&n-Amerlcan, honorable men
tion for Its "exposure of municipal
graft-"
" Louis P. Lochner, chief of the
Berlin ' bureau of the Associated
Press, for "distinguished service
as a foreign correspondent"; $500
cash award.
R. G. Callvert of The Portland
Oregonlan, for "distinguished edi
torial writing, specifically for his
editorial. "My Country Tia of
Thee" in which he contrasted the
air l of 1 peace in this 'country
against conditions 'abroad; $500
cash award.
In - j. - -- - v -
oreamvinners Are
Mostly Men Here
WASHINGTON, May l.-fcfiV
Father still brings home most of
the . bacon In Oregon and Wash
ington, -.-w ' l m
Of course, the department of
agriculture says, there are a lot
of women who help the old man
along but for the- most part he
is still the good provider.
A surrey of 1 8,784 small-city
families In . the two states- and
camornia, tne. department said.
disclosed nine ' out of ten hus
bands were the chief breadwin
ners and seven ont of .ten in com
plete command.. - . ' -
In the 12 Washington end Ore
gon Tillages mrestigated. v the
lower one-half of the incomes
were below $1,024. ' . V1
First iWhitelBbiTi
In Jackkon Dead
MEDFORD, May; 1-MV-A heart
attack Saturday ended the color
ful career of John B. Griffin, 8 f.
renowned b.e a r " - hunter who
claimed to be the first white child
born in Jackson county. X
Griffin : was , born at ' Jackson
ville September 14, 1853. His
hunting prowess and ability
a rirld ' story-teller resulted In
many of his tales reaching print.
i Funeral services will be held at
Jacksonville tomorrow
UOSCOW-NEW
Its propellers obemt and om motor
is shown: where it cracked np
miles from its coal. Ixwer picture. Brie, Gen. vudlmlr KlkTrinalrt,
Specter, Rosslsji-speaklng physiciasi flown from New, York to attend the flier who raftered two rib
fractures. Major Mikhail GordleBkl was Xotttaaki'a compaalon. The other naa la the picture la not
ldenUf led-AP Tdemats.
New York-Moscow
Fliglits Visioned
24-Hour Air Service Soon
Belief of KoUdnaki,
Speaking at Fair
: NEW YORK, May Hff)-Bris
Gen. Vladfmlr KokklnakI, Soriet
Russia's aviation hero, told New
York worlds fair officials tonight
that.Mln the not too distant future
planes ' will fly regularly from
New York to Moscow In 24 hours,"
The. flier and. his navigator,
Maj. KIkhail Qordlenko, who were
forced ' down in New Brunswick
Friday on .their, projected 24-hour
non-stop flight from .Moscow to
the fair, ; finally arrived at the
$100,000,000 exposition after, a
night in New York.
Their reception, before a hand
f vl ot passers-by on the fair's
"Constitutionals hall' at the toot
of the 7 5-foot statue of George
Washington,' highlighted the fair's
second " day which was marked
by bright sunlight.
Three hours - before closinc
152,000 admissions had been rung
up on the fair's giant cash regis
ter, as compared with the officlal
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Grants Pass Eyes
" US Debating Title
GRANTS : PASS, -May 1 - (tf) -
Granu' Jfass alga scnooi's state
championship debating squad
looked forward today to a chance
for thenational. titlejt,. 7-
The .team; coached by Howard
Barrett, won the state title orer
Bonanza, 3 to 0, in a debate broad
cast by station KOAC at Corrallls
Saturday night. Now it wants to
enter the national finals in Bev
erley Hills; -Califs June 19. The
debaters opened their : season by
taking top place In a 24-school
tournament at San Francisco. '
Sport
J
I PHILADELPHIA, a May 1-AV
Tony cansonerl s comeback cam
'palgn In the tight ring suffered a
setback tonight ,w be n -youthful
Jimmy Tygh, of Philadelphia, won
a surprise 10-round split decision
In the wlndop of a. bating show
YORK FLIGHT ENDS INJARSH
0
ay '
apparently tors .loose, the Jfoscow4oNew York flight atteupt grlsae'
after belmg forced down on Mlscon
Nevadan Queries
How Lion Trade
Fares in Salem
Seen any lions today,
borf .. .- ?r '
nelgh-
A Narad trapper would like to
take over the llon-trapplng bul-
nesi la Salem and environs, or floe
It's a lot of monkey business.
. A letter, addressed to City TresZ
turer.Paul H. Hauser, of. all peo
ple, wants to know . about lion
trapping- in Salem. It is headed
"Cherry Creek, Nevada, and dat
ed April lit f -v .;; - . vii
I am a hunter and trapper and
looking for a new location. I am
writing ydu for Information. Are
there many mountain lions there
and what is the' bounty paid n
lions, if any. Please let. me hear
from yon as soon ai possible.!
Signed, ery sincerely Harry
Chandler."
Hay Wins, Toastmaster ;
"v PORTLAND, Ore. May
Dan Hay representing the Salem
Toastmasters club, won first place
In the Oregon area finals of the
Toastmasters International ora
torial contest tonight' and auall
fled tot the northwest district fin
als Mar 20 In Seattle. -VA
Picket Laws
Goon Wave
PORTLAND," Ore May l-(ff)-Oregon's
reign of labor terrorism
which was ended by a state-wide
cleanup In 191$ (Olnstrates the
need and justification of the state's
new union-control - law, answers
filed today by defense attorneys in
the constitutionality test ease on'
the-law asserted. v ' -M
Lawyers for . defendant state,
county and city officials, set ont
an affirmative defense citing; ar
rest and conviction of terrorists to
show the necessity for broader ex
ercise of police power provided by
the new statue. J
The '.answers also quoted gen
eral allegations of bombings, burn
ings, window breaking, assault, al
leged payments out of union funds
to men commlting rlolence, picket
ing of closed shops when only: a
few employes were affected, and
secondary boycotts where no em
ployes were affected..
i -
1
Island, New Brunswick, some 700
pilot, is examined by Dr.. Louis
Crickets Invade
Sherman County
Pests on BHIe-Wide' Front
Nearing Wheat Fields;
Aid la Sought
:,M0R0, Ore.. Mar t-ff)-Mo
mon crickets, Oregon's new
I courge . of the . dry lands, hare
reached Sherman county, " County
Agent Leroy Wright, 'said today.
tj The Insects, advancing -on 1 a
front a mile wide, are hear green
wheat' fields of at least four farm
ers" in the northeast part of the
county : . , . t
..: Wriaht believes the r'crickets
hatched, on rough land hear .the
C W. Wallace farm and recently
started their inrasion toward the
green wheat which is r eady to
head out into ai grain-producing
erop. - ' ' ' "
Wright appealed to Robert Er
ery. In charge of pest control in
the northwest, to brinr what aid
he can to the threatened area.' He
said .either the farmers or the
county1 would -famish the poison
dust but' Every will , be asked to
supply labor to scatter It over the
Infestation, which so far has done
little damage.. V
Defense Cites
as Justification
:.' The law Is also needed- to pro
rent picketing during jurisdiction-'
al disputes, the answers said;
' The defendants also denied ser
era! allegations of the complaints,
specifically denying the law con
flic ted with federal and state con
stitutions.
vy plaintiffs Include the American
Federation of Labor,; Congress of
Industrial Organizations and Rail
road Brotherhoods.- They claimed
the law, was unconstitutional be
cause It lnterf erred with the or
derly conduct of union business. A
three-Judge - court will ' hear the
case which will not be ready for
trial for several. days, .-"
, The' law passed by the -roters
last November, limited picketing
to disputes in which a majority of
employes are involved, restricted
union boycotts and opened union
books to inspection.
Council 8 to 6
For Ordinance
ove
Business Men Object
in
Petitions, Say
Opposition Heavy
Hearings to Get Side
of ; Public Before
. Action Is Taken
Parking meters became legal ta
Salem last night by an affirmative)
to t rote of , the city council a
the bill tor an ordinance that Is
merely an. enabling act, despite
protesting petitions that carried
the names of nearly 250 business
men. . ; ;: - . r
The ordinance provides for the)
establishment of parking meter
sones upon the public streets and
highways, for the installation, op
eration, maintenance, supervision.
regulation and control of the use 1
of parking meters, and ..for their
payment from receipts obtained
from their operation.
Previous to final action on taa
ordinance a special traffic commit. .
tee report recommending passaga '
was .'adopted. Voting tor passaaw
of the bill were Aldermen Browa,'
ClarkrGoodman, Loose, Marshall,
Nlchdlson, O'Hara and Alderwom
aa LobdelL Against were Davison, j
French, Qregg, Laughlin, Lear and
Perrine. I - . .
9S Per Cent Opposed.
Petitioners Claim
Alderman Frank Marshall out
lined for a Statesman reporter his
policy, as chairman of the special 1
traffic committee. In regard to a
subsequent parking meter leglsla- '
tion. He said it would be his pol- .
icy to advertise for bids or propo-
sals for installation ' of -parking v
meters in Salem, but that before
final council action all orgaaua -
1 .-lis i. :, n sr
...,,V.;-..r.;. .-. . U :
tlons or groups" la the city would
be glren ample opportunities - ta . , ' '
air opinions In public hearings. Ha
said it will be bis attitude to get
as accurate a poll as possible of 1
the desires of Salem cltisens In re- , v
gard to parking meters.
Petitions signed asked the coun
cil to reject parking meters oa
grounds that they would be detri- -v;
mental to business in Salem. 90s- J;
slbly driving business 3 to b t h e r :
community centers. A spokesman
for the' petitioners said" it waa :
found, in circulating the petitions, -
that approximately. 9 8 per cent of
the people contacted were against - -
WPA applications for Improving;
the city airport in amount of 3- .
272 and for building the South
High street bridge st a total cost .
of 11.000, were presented to tha -council
1 and referred to commit
tees, w The "airport improvement
nroieci. aa oeacrinea dt u&a a rrw
any, airport lesse, is for building '
of additional hangar space and
widening of landing strips. On this j
project 1 f e d e r a 1 funds v would
amount to 120,449, and the. city's
share $5774. Arany intimated that
the. federal - govermeat s wilun
boss, to provide labor tor tao
prorements arises out ofthe pos
lblllty that an army air bate may
in the future be established here.!
The bridge application. In the
form of a unit of the present city- -wide
street improvement project, " .
is made on a basis of a eost ta the ....
city of 22220 of the toUl 111,000.
By resolution the city accepted
the proffer of the Portland Gen
eral Electric company tor, asur- '
rer -and STalnation of fha brnaent
electric light and power distribu
tion system in Sslem. - - - " ' -
By letter the receipt of thf twa ,
resolutions relative to a surrey by
Bonnerille engineers was acknowl- .
edged by Bonnerille authority.
: Xebeck ft Sons Sdvised the eoua- .
cil by letter that they are willing;
to pay but $500 of the $1220 asked '
by the city for street damages la
moving the old postotf Ice building, -citing.,
that competent engineers : .
had placed thadamagea at rot
more than $2 50. ( - .-
Help for Jobless ;
Seen in Science
CHICAOO.-May l.-if)-Herberr
Hoorer - advocated Increased re
search In pure science tonight to
offset technological anemplov-ment.-
- - . -
. . The former president, drawing
upon the knowledge of science ha
gained as an engineer, told North
western university alumni i in! a
prepared address: Jf
If wa are to maintain thu cirw
tllxatlon we must hare more and
more ' discovery la natural : law.
DafJy we develop labor sarins: de
ricea At once men are thrown out
of Jobs. That partially corrects It
self because products are made
more cheaply, consequently mora
are consumed and more men are
employed. Nevertheless we hare a
constant stream of technological
unemployment', '--
4 "That stream Can only be reab
sorbed by new industry producing
new commodities and serrlces. We
can, be sure of these new indus
tries if our pure science research
is. feeding its -raw materials into
the hoppers of the applied science'
laboratories.'' ..
A