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Th t)IU:GOK STATESMAN; Ealca; Qrtyn, We&tsisy IIsrEiaj, Ifcy VUC?' PAGE TWO 'Ucvinz Llountaitf 'Threatens Arroyo Seco iliver Praises 60OJ000 at New York World Fair Opening Gongr&3ll2ay,; irt! Stay on Guard Other Speakers Cite Gain Sports Give .America - at YMCA Event I Football ia lot of fun If approached on lines of achieve ment and endeavor," University of Oregon Coach Gerald A. "Tex" Oliver told the some 120 who last night tathered ? tor , the annaal sport dinner v at the YMCA. Oliver debunked criticisms of spring football practice, ! saying ' that football Is like any other game. "If a fellow enjoys foot ball it neTer gets? tiresome, -Just as fishing doesn't tire a fisher man or golf a golfer," he said. The Oregon mentor commended Roy S. 'Bpee" Keene, Willam ette coach, on his appointment to the state parole board, lie said he knew Keene, with his under standing ot. youth and the prob lems encountered by youth, would do a fine Job. 1 - -. ".. . ,. . "I - am grateful to Salem for Its contribution to : oar football team last fall," Oliver comment ed.' "And perhaps yon do not know , that " that contribution, ; i Jimmy Nicholson, kicked more field goals than any , other player on a major ."college team In the United States." Oliver wad introduced by Carl Kelson, father ot Stuart 'Butch" Nelson, who'l plans to enter the University of Oregon next fall, .. IsdlTldual Sports Lauded H. W. Adams,- snpertntendent of , Silverton schools, compared physical J education .in "America with that of Europe, saying our " physical education - is : character ized byO IndlyldaalltyC while ".. . the European, version Is characterised by regimentation. . 1'We make I democracy stronger with our physical education teach ings." he said. Jn this country, Adams said, physical education hat a definite part- in teaching cooperation, fair nUr and sell control. . i' ; Professor W. I. Staley, president of 'the Salem (YMCA board Of di rectors, presented merit awards to v. a. rage ana ur..u. n Barnes-, fellow board members. : : YMCAs IScope Cwtllned YMCA Physical Director Fred Smith outlined the year's actlritles of the T, stating that an average of,! 40 00 people per month parti- ' elpated. "We had 54 basketball teams and will have at least that many Softball teams," Smith said He. pointed to 100 organized gym j classes, tne gym circus,- me nortn ; west jTMCA folley ball .. and wrest ling tournaments and a long list of nther activities. . I wrestling Coach Roy Mink, Volleyball Coach Dr. L. E. Barrick, Junior Basketball j Coach C. A. Page and Swimming Coach Egon Hoffman, presented awards to members of ' their respective squads. . Mink, who coached the TMCA t squad , to the Northwest TMCA title,! was presented with the trophy emblematic of that championship. . Champions of YMCA-sponsored ' basketball 'leagues cited for awards were;. First Baptist, of the A church league; First' Christian of the B church league; Calvary . Baptist of . the Junior , church league; Jason Lee Aces of the Mid- get church league; United Breth ren ot the Pony church league: the Paper Mill of the city major league;, ue : wuiameue uuos q.i the city minor league; .and the .Hl-Y team of the Industrial fcague.'s-a,'' r-; - v Negri IT - r oes vote in Spite of Threats ------A ' - l ; - . - - "'- -fe ... (Continued from page 1) An effigy bearing a card reading This niggef toted" was hung on e pole near i one polling place.! - Later .'Sam i Solomon, service league president, said the demon stration "has really inspired the negro to vote" audi predicted ISO 0 would go to the polls. aieyor E.j G. Sewell. named by. the commission to fill an unex pired term J after three commis sioners had been recalled, was one ef IS candidates seeking: three .cemmlssionershlps. The six high atea In todays balloting will enter -a runoff next Tuesday. Contract Is Let For Island 7ell (Continued from page .1) te investigate : comparative costs et electric power and dlesel pow er for operating the well, which ToVIedmDeath Valley he iZIz-ZzZmt casCe ia Death' VaSey of VTalter "Death VaSey' Cccti fj d Ji read:- for the wedding there of his attorney, Jo sc: CLoate (left) of Los Angeles, and Ifiss Dorothy Drew. Batire ef Dsstoa, shown discussing the coming event with eotty's part ner, IL Johnson, at the letter's Hollywood, Califs home. Scotty vrU te teet man, sjzJ Jchasoh wCI give the triJe awayl' ---r f Of ficmllr opened by the president; of sons atientiing inaugural ceremonies Kunaay, April su. "xne greatest international exposition I his tory, Sew York's fair has some SOO buildings, 50 mile of roads andNa50O employes. Photo shows a section of tbe huge throng which is designed to supplement the pres ent flow, from the Island. .-v Reduced ' summer ' Irrigation rates go into effect with this month's meter " readings, it was announced at the water commis sion office Tuesday; the charge after the next reading will be based upon these summer rates. It was explained that though pa-1 trons got an unequal start due to the difference in meter reading dates, the matter equalizes itself at the end" of the season "because each water user will enjoy the lower rate for a full four mont Protecting Trade By Force Argued! i (Continued from page l) : can : foreign trade council, . de clared the f indttstrialiiation of China as planned by the Chinese would, if not taken oyer by Jap an, operate within the next gen eration to glre the United States a steady export trade worth $760,- 000.000 . a year. - j ; , Xur 'greatest all-time custom er in the past has been the United Kingdom, where we now hare a well established market in excess of g500.000.000 a year," French said.! "America stands .ready to fight if necessary r. to protect her trade ; with Great "Britain Does not every consideration of self In terest demand that we be equally ready and prepared to protect our trade" with: a country which, if permitted to retain Its sovereign ty, is destined to become our greatest all-time customer of the future?"' If ! Japan succeeded in closing the Chinese market, he said, the United States stood to lose its trade with the Philippines also. Nervy Thugs Get $2009 at Hotel PORTLAND. Ore.. May 2-flP- Two men brushed aside the regis tration book with revolvers, slugged a cjerk and robbed the downtown Congress hotel, -1024 8 W. Sixth avenue, of zeoo early today. " The robbers forced the injured bellhop, a clerk and a guest, into aa elevator -to Uke a ride" while they "completed looting the safe. 7 Entering the hotel, the robbers first asked the price or a room, ob jected to the price and then flashed I revolvers . on Clerk Wesley Vance, The clerk opened a safe while the robbers scopped the money into a sack. When Vance ventured to askif the revolvers were load ed. one robber whipped: the gun across Vance's -face, then broke it open and showed the loaded cylin der. . a i Last Veteran Diet Aw.TAtaS imbial county civil ' war veteran, died here last night after St years re sidence in the state. He. boasted the distinction ot being one of the 128 men who captured Jefferson Davis, confederate president t iaV'VWwK-v.'l the United States, New York's world fair was host to 600,000 per (fathered, la the rain, for opening Senator Sworn j .Vice President Garner ; Senator Buttery Senator James VL Slattery of Utt nois, right, appointed by Governor Henry Horner to complete the unexpired term of the late Sena tor J. Hamilton Lewis, la sworn In by Vice President Garner. Dr. Everson Sees Hope of no War McMINNVILLE, May 2-Pln- ternatlonal scales are tipping more toward peace than war. Dr. Wil liam G. Everson, president of Lin field college and wartime com mander of all American troops sta tioned east of the Adriatic, said. Dr. Everson, retired major gen eral of the US army, saw three powerful forces gaining ground In the cause for peace: 1. Manpower reserrei which were "burned np" during the World war have not been replaced to the point where any major Eur opean power can carry on a eon fllct of similar proportion. 2. Strained credit capacities of European powers will not permit any nation to keep pace with rap idly changing "fashions" in arm amenta necessary to replace equip ment which had become outmoded in the past few months. ' S. Shrewd games of - interna tional diplomacy being played by ate teamen of the democracies which are having the effect of sta bilizing the world and minimizing the prospects for war. - I K'vffTiivt WliAat ICUSIVU W liCd i Acreage Infested By Cricket Horde MORO. Ore.. May 2-(-rarm-ers in northeast Sherman eounty whose fields of young wheat swarmed with Mormon crickets learned: today titer could expect nine more waver of the insects un less speedy control measures were taken. Mrs. Jessie Amos. Wasco. called cricket Infestations ef the past occurred In pulsations of 10 with successive hatches ot eggs. - ' Poison will be used to fight the new Outbreak as soon as it can he dsllvered, but farmers feared the control job would be a long one, because the crawling invasion extended from the Sherman crop lands eiear to the John Day river, several miles. 46l Casualties Counted, . .lit. Hood Winter Sports PORTLAND. Ore.. May 34Pr Winter sports casualties at Mount Hood during the 1938-31 season ! counting sunburn came to 461, Ralph Wise, first aid chief of the Mount Hood ski patrol, an nounced . - r- ' .u Elghty-firr persons were treat ed for fractures, 13 4 for lacera I tions and abrasions, 14 for dlslo- cations, 194 for sprains. to e,aensnusessssBjBn -'-. Service, llites Thnraday SILVERTON Puneral serv ices for Mrs. William Service. well-known resident here who died Monday, will be held Jtrom the Christian ; Science ' church Thursday afternoon vat 2:3 0 o'clock, with the Ekman mortuary in cnarga. Edwm Hamre wiu act s reader and Mrs. Carl SUmev will be soloist. Interment will be ia Eelcrest 'Memorial park;" - ceremonies, In background la the ! Prize Editorial Writer Swamped By Felicitations PORTLAND, Ore, May Ronald O. CallTert, associate edi tor of The Portland Oregonlan, didn't get much work done today. into the office where he wrote the Pulitier prise winning editor ial, "My Country, Ti t Thee," swarmed hundreds ot friends and admirers to congratulate hint per sonally, to say nothing of dosens of messenger boys bringing tele trami ' of congratnlatlona. The telephone never stopped ringing. Among the congratulatory mes sages was one from Philip Bern- stein, head of the Jewish welfare fund in : Cleveland, which ' asked permission to quote from the edi torial daring a Jewish welfare fond broadcast on. behalf ot ref ugees. :' Britain to Expel 50 German Nazis LONDON, May 2.-A)-Britatn was reported tonight to be uns paring to expel more than 60 Ger man nazle from England- after ex haustive investigations Into their activity here by agents of Scot land yard, the war office Intelli gence department and the home office.' " It was understood the i nazis were accused ot trying to . spread nasi nronaranda anil in mma in stances, of threatening German refugees here, The home office disclosed it had sent to the German embassy .a new list of naxis living in BrlUin who were not wanted here be cause of their "in dividual activi ties" and some sources said each person on the list had been or dered to leave the country within two weeks. ' j Farm Labor Camp - OUlldinff Started rwixxw uu1u DAYTON, May 2--PrelImIn-ary construction of the farm se curity administration's first mi gratory farm labor camp in Oregon started on a 120-acre tract near nere toaay. a crew 01 surveyors uB wu; . a view vi. surveyors was put to work by Fred J. Early. sen Francisco contractor, who won the award on a low bid of $28,49S. No disturbance marked the be ginning of the project, which was opposed bitterly by chambers of commerce, farm organisations and many individuals In Yamhill coun ty. Threats ot force to prevent construction of the camp heard from many quarters in the county a few weeks ago failed to ma terialise. Love Prisoner? SaSSi Etrkkiaud v, . .Aa appeal to the governor of Kea tocky to tamper Justice with mercy in the . 10-year sentence passed upon Ruth Strickland, 23, was being framed in Chicago by friends of the girl, described aa a "prisoner of love,1 . Mlaa Btricfe landL who gave her name as "Bar here. WlSianttV staged a tnake belleve holdup of two women ta a Padxtcah, Ky, motion picture the ater. Police said Miss Strickland told them she did it so she could go to jaU "so another couple can ""--- hrtany?t""T""" Nothing Els Ia Able to Do; It Sayi Johnscar Fearf.FaJtalStep: (Continued from page X) . of legislation, congress : end ita session eav June- It. At the Instanee ot Senator. Berkley (P, ty.) tne Bankhead resolution wu buried la the senate rules committee, - Bar kler said he had hoped lor a Juno adjournment, hut that mow it seemed impossible : to quit at ; this tfine wlthouf "ruining ; away from our duties.' Neutrality legis lation "ought to be enacted, be fore there la a' war and not after a war begins," he said mention ing also, among Items " of . unfin ished and pressing business, rail road legislation, tax" revision and amendments to the social securi ty act, J ' jt,'- ., i;-"i f i Poison RiiigOtcd ( Continued from page l ) mltted they were told to take 5 small- doses of the same poison they gave their husbands. They were told the poison would have no effect unless they took some also. , j ' . The newspaper quoted Detec tive Captain James Kelly, head of the homicide -squad, !'- that "the purpose ot the poison ring was to kill off not only the person on whom they could collect Insur ance, but people who could be witnesses as, well.? s, . An "Important ; arrest" soon wu predicted by the investigat or.- .-'; .-j , With informauon xrom many sources, the investigators said, the list of probablej Tictims is mounting steadily. The total, they disclosed, now stands at ap proximately 35, but eventually may rise to 100. Thirteen persons are in custody In connection with activities of the ring; which col. lected aa undetermined amount of insurance on the lives of victims during the past 10 years. ThrAA AlA fi iIiaH - MIX CC ill C llXUCll In Plane's Crash GRENADA, Miss May t.-ijfj- A plane belonging to the Memphis Commercial Appeal crashed and burned here late today i killing three persons, including John Cramp, about 30, youngest son of Memphis' political leader; E. H. Crump. i The other victims were George stoces, about 33, the newspa per's veteran photographer-pilot,' and Ted Northington, 21,' re porter. . The plane was one of five tour ing sections of Missouri, Tennes see, Alabama and Mississippi to extend invitations to attend the Memphis cotton carnival May a- 14. - i t Siw Namoo AiYsxrl Ta IT nil rf Foirifk m. mm w. ijl wutv Of National Game CHICAGO, May Z--To base ball's hall of fame today were add ed six more names those of play ers whose brilliant careers con tributed ta early and .romantic chapter to the 100-jearold story of the national game. Plaques will be placed in the haU of fam Cooperstown, NT, honoring Albert G. Spaldln g. Charles Bad bourne, Adrian Con stantino "flan Anson. William Arthur .Cammlags, William "Buck" Ewlng audi Charles Comlskey. . 1 w sr n 11 , Mr8. Pettlt Called, Resident 49 Yearg Mrs. Lillian M. Pettlt, resident of this city for 49 years, died yes terday at the family - residence, 504-North 14th street, at the age of C8 years. She was bora in New York state September 8. 1870. She was e memoer ox ue court street i Christian ehureh. Funeral arrangement .. are ,i in I charge of Walker sV HowelL. Sur vivors include the widower, W. H. rettit. three daughters. Mrs. Rath Elliff and Miss Georgia and Miss Leah Pettlt. and two eons. Earl W. and Ellsworth Pettlt, all ot Sa- wnw xr : I Roper Temponiry Canada rtlinister I WASHINGTON, May t-VP)-Danlel C. Roper, it was disclosed I today, will serve only ea tempor- ; ary minuter to Canada. ? The former secretary of com- i merce, appointed to the diplomatic I post by president Roosevelt, said: : "I expect to remain only during the period of 1 the visit of the I king and Queen, of Great BrlUin. That Would be about 60' days, or f 9 days at tne most," . There was no Indication who would succeed Roper at the end of that time. , (Keizer Votes for School Addition KEIZER By a rote of 69 to I 66, the Kelier school district Thee-1 day voted to issue $12,000 tn i bonds-for the erection of a 4-room i addition and assembly hall tor the 1 present school structure. Under' the arrangements, the works r; progress , administration agrees to furnish labor for. the building. . i ii i -1 i i f i ii WTin Bonnerille Job . PORTLAND, Ore., Mar 2.-6TV Drake, Wyman A Voss, Inc, ot Portland was low bidder today on i a Bonneville dam aubstatloa con structlon job at the south tank of the Colutibla river near tne dam's i sea locks. Thelld waa 111,348. Towering 400 feet from the floor ened to become a new "moving mountain menace. Fearing the mountain, Dom nt same sue as nay sian Park's famous "slider," might plunge into the arroyo, Los Angeles city engineers urged the cliff be surveyed. Arrow indicates sine of aeto parked along Arroyo highway I1X photo. . FR Message Held Hand for Danzig Anti - Hitler Feeliiur in Germany Growing, Sayg Thompson at (Hub : President " Roosevelt'g p etc moves upset plans lor muer to take Danzig on his birthday. Dr. Franklin Thompson told the local Active club last night la a talk oa the latest developments :inr the European situation. Thompson, who has a number ot correspondents abroad, : says feeling Is growing against Hitler among the poorer classes in Ger many, due ia largo pan to the ad ditional imposition of taxes each Hitler annexation makes upon them. New taxes are levied to help develop and police each new terri tory. "--';.: - - " ! -' TJS IMalike Is Kcoaomie 1 War is inevitable, but It will be of short duration, probably five or six months, Thompson quotes his friends from abroad as writ ing. Bitter hatred being engen dered in Germany toward the US Is based in large part upon econ omic reasons, he Is informed. This la due to refusal of the US to pur chase goods, for Instance, .from Czechoslovakia since Germany took over that country. ' i Dr. Thompson discussed the armament program in this coun try, a program which he news as ridiculous in view'ot the U$ geo graphic isolation. f H. Lafky Challenges Utimiesr Agents A challenge to R. W. Beck, Bonneville engineer, and Guyi C. Myers, fiscal agent for Washing ton utility districts, to disclose their plans to negotiate for the sale of Puget Sound Power Light company properties to utill ty districts, was issued here Tues day by Herman E. Lafky, attor ney for the Southwest Washing ton Utility District auoclatloa. Southern Washington ; utility districts recently decided to con demn the utility properties rather than negotiate with the company. Beck and Myers issued a state ment in which they said It would be cheaper and more satisfactory w3,!0. Lafky's challenge charged that Beck and Myers "have not dared to divulge the plan to the public, bat are attempting to hide behind it, . . - - 1 "It is high time that the puVUff was given aa opportunity to see this plan." Lafky said. "fife- t'tl ...... ANNiosit.sascn Utken ftit- c-u of Arroyo Seco. near Los Angeles, First Baby Born On Hospital Day To Be on House At the meeting of the Salem General hospital auxiliary Tues day mornjng 7at the chamber ot commerce with Mrs. C A. Sprague preiidljif, it wu Announced that the first baby delivered at the Sa lens General hospital on May 12, National Hospital Day. will be the guest of the hospital for the day. It will include the delivery and room expense for the mother and child., - , -, Miss Lillian McDonald, super intendent ; of the hospital. made the announcement at the meeting, and It was through her coopera tion that this was made possible.; Mrs. 8prague will appoint com mittees this week to make plans for the tea to be gtrea at the hos pital on May 12 from 2 to S o'clock.. Open house will also be held in the evening from 7 to & o'eloct. ' i. Middle Coloi Ffahmg Is ASTORIA, Ore., May S.-AV Flshermen In the Kalama and St. Helens sections of the Columbia river had hotter luck today 'in first returns from the-salmon sea son than lower Columbia gillnet ters. Total returns to canneries were running between, 300-350 pounds a boat, with the uprlver fisher men making the best showing al though canneries said the catches were "about consistent" with oth er years.""''.'---" :- V; 'V . Cannery workers and packers settled earlier differences by re newing the 1138 contract, which provides a - minimum monthly wage of 80 for oriental labor. Janzen Is Chosen As Police Officer DALLAS At a meeting of the Dallas city council Monday night, William L. StiUwell, city police of ficer for two years, tendered his resignation- to become effective Mar 10. StiUwell plans to take up other employment. The council elected Edward Jan sen to fill the vacancy. Janxen has been employed by the J. A. Inglis Motor company and for several months, has served as night driver tor the fire depart ment. M o aaaa TQis tegi i DklKX CvCvfiiztT rca rivt . - this mass of earth recently threat. Postoffice Sells $153,825, Binds .''" .'.-' ' .: . ! US Sayings Certificates Bought Here Represent ' $205,100 Maturity '..' - . K " i ' Total sales s of saving bonds through the Salem postoffice from January 1..19S8, to December 31, 1938, were 1153,825 or in the 10-year maturity value, $205,100, according to figures released by. Postmaster H. R. Crawford yes terday coincident With national figures on the bond sales. . 4 , In Washington, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau announced that the total sales of saving bonds through March . 31, 4 this year, aggregated In maturity 'value more than $2,437,108,850, repre senting 1,564,608 inrestors. The total nationally, represents aver age purchases of gl,957,S2B for each business day since March 1, 1035, when these bonds were first placed on sale. Maturity value of purchases for 1938 was $707,291,650 or $2,-' 334,300 per business day. For the nation, dlrect-by-mail and postoffice purchases from Chi cago, 111., led the first class post offices;; Calumet, Mich., led the second class offices; and Horse Cave, Ky the third class postof f ices. Flomons, Texas, topped all fourth class postofficea in both 1937 and 1138. Grieving Dog Is Buried -With Owner- -".' - - - TADKINVILLE, N. C, May J. -AVMose Bryant. 4 7 - year - old farmer, and his big German Shep herd dog were buried side by side today. ' After the dog almost grieved it self ,to death a year ago when the farmer's wife died, Bryant direct ed that upon his death the dog be buried with him to spare the ani mal 'further sorrow. So this morning, friends of the f a r m r chloroformed t&rdo&v 1 placed It In a child's casket and ' burled It beside its master, who died yesterday. , .:" f lJ ' I Chest Smothers Lad SPOKANE. Wash., May t-JFf Seven-year-old-Ralph Hodgson smothered today In the cedar chest into which he had climbed to get his play clothes after school. The frantic mother. Mrs. Carl Hodg son, " discovered the tragedy aa hour after she had asked police to look tor the boy. " Too fttn w bavs mtt a person who was content to wear defeat like a mill atone round his neck. How refreshing it : was to tee him resolve to use his neck to hold up his chin! Then he aaw a failure for what it should be not a millstone : hut a xLilestone on the road to long-, range achievement. Ifa how well ha carried on that was afl-important. He w? had looked defeat in the face and no : longer feared it Nor would he let mild ' success hill him into lazy contentment, lie was ready for his full share of the ; glorious opportunities that America alone can offer him. He went swinging; ; down the hishway with the courage . of youth the spirit of America. V of - CAYS. m..:.rt.4 " w : Lks.se,