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EIGHTY-NINTH TEAR
Sales, Oregon, Cuaday Montlng, May 7, 193d
Prlct 2e; Newsstands 5e
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Smiling Sides
Greet Monarch
Of ' May Fete
Queen Suzanne 1 Takes
Throne : and Crown :
Ainid Pageantry ,
Willamette Campus Is
Colorful With 33rd 1
- Annual Event
A clear blue sky welcomed the
coronation of Queen Suzanne ; I,
In .' prlrate lifer Suzanne Curtis,
when ahe was crowned Qneen of
the May at a colorful ceremony
Saturday afternoon aa a highlight
of the 33 rd annual-May weekend
on the Willamette university cam
pus with several thousand attend
ing. Announcing her arrival were
the heralds Watson -Dutton; Man
ning Nelson, Marcus Walts and
Wlllard Wilson. Preceding her to
the throne were the two princ
esses. June Aasheim and June
Johnson, Marcla Maple,. Oeraldlne
Keeno, flower girls, and Johnnie
Wilbur, crown bearer. T
Irma Oehler, last year's queen,
placed the crown on Queen Su
zanne. The queen'a court with its
tall white pillars was banked with
rhododendrons ; and azaleas. The
Willamette Tlolln quartet and
women's trio gare numbers fol
lowed by the presentation of the
pageant. "Nutcracker and " the
Dragon," -. adapted from , Tschai
kovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite
with members of the girls' physi
cal education classes participat
ing. " Miss Gale Curry, women's
physical education director, super
vised the production. - - '
Dance of May Pole
la Colorful Climax
The leading- characters were
Marie, ! Frances Plckard; Nut
cracker, Betty Moser; . dragon,
Mary Head; music, Elene Doug
las and Melba Lieberman; reader,
June Bras ted; feature dancers,
Rose'Ann Gibson, Virginia Hubba
and '.Jacqueline Winiams.' rttr
dances were given Including Flow
taWBasaiana, kPirateSr JMMMBol-
diera. -V c
eThe ceremony was climaxed by
the May Pole danee with the fol
lowing u UUng part: Elizabeth
James, 1 June Charboneau, Verna
Yosper, Dorothy -' Moore, Olire
Clemes. Betty WUllams. Jane Bra
ated, . Mary Sadler, , D o r o t h y
Wright; Virginia Bendlksen, Mil
dred Pederaen, Esther Vehrs. Bar
bara Plnney and Irma Calvert;
flower girls, Eileen Van Eaton and
Martha Rose ' Roddy; Winston
Bunnell. Tom Gabriel, Wilmer
McDowell. Henry Kortemeyer,
Watson Dutton, Jack Hedgecock,
Herbert DarU, Bob Clark, Otto
Wilson," Raynor Smith, Bill Ball,
Bill Clemes, Bob Wllllama and
Cecil Quesseth. -. ,'. rj-s
The newly finished law school,
formerly the Salem4 postofflce,
was open for inspection by stu
dents and visitors Saturday after
the coronation with the tfueen and
her court making their; appear
ance.' Little Theatre plays and the
tennis . court dance wore, high
lights of the afternoon. The freshman-sophomore
tug-of-war in the
mill stream was held "Saturday
morning with sophomores the vic-
tors. L- -r:,: I :i::n; H
Rewardis Posted
For Biirgerider, jr
PHOENDC, Aril.," May 6-(ff)-A
f 250 reward posted by the
state of 'Arizona tor ' Robert M.
Burgnnder, Jr., 'dead orrlive
purred the widespread search
today lor the 12-year-old college
atudent who also was a student
of crime and "possessed Of a
latent flare for the spectacular."
The quotes are from Richard
'Harless, county attorney, who
said,-after examining all the evi
dence available, ? that "the most
lorlcal motive" for the killing
of two Phoenix automobile sales
men, with- which Burgnnder Is
eharxed. was . the desire to ex
press this latent desire
Ilarless at the conclusion of
SO honra f Investigation into
tha deaths of Jack Peterson. 35,
and Ellis Koury, -24. whose bo
dies were found on the : desert
yesterday" saw only ' one other
Dosslbllltrin his aearch for a
motive. That was the desire for a
new automobile.- r , v
White Is Indicted
OnMiirderG)iiiit
ALBANY, Ore.;" May llPV-A
rrand lurr , indicted James H.
White, il. on a charge of first de
gree murder today, the aftermath
of an argument between sawmill
rartners. "" " .'" . ;""
White was accused of shooting
to death Ed F. Smith, S3, a part
ner, over a 24 debt yesterday.
Another nartner. Roy. Davis, took
Smith to a doctor after the shoot
ing but the man waa dead on ar
rival. White cuumea urnim ai
tempted to snatch op an axe dur
ing the argument. ' I
; . District Attorney nartow Weln
rick said White would be given a
preliminary bearing next weex.
NICARAGUA $( iEF GREETED ELABORATELY
1
While bands played and silver-winged airplanes flashed overhead, yowng, dark-haired ""ffftft Soisosa,
4 president of Nicaragua, was welcomed t Washington by President Roosevelt, with whom be Is shown,
in the biggest reception the capital baa seen in years. The two presidents are shown ae they were
driven -from Union atatioa to the White Honse. AP Telemat;
Biitam's Royalty
Sail for America
Blighty. Fleet Gives , King
bendoff on visit to
. Canada and US- :
ABOARD THE EMPRESS Of
AUSTRALIA, May 6.-(ff)-Klng
George and his queen, standing on
the bridge, in the late afternoon
inn, received a final farewell sa
lute from ships of the British At
lantic fleet and sailed on tonight
for American shores. y- :
As the neet, led by the mlrhtj
battleships Nelson and Rodney
f elT asUrn, George and , Queen 1 . r
lUizaDein inrneu irom to pneerf
and cnn-tlre' tor quiet Tdlnner
with members of the royal suite
aboard , this liner - ' .
'They left Porumouth for a tour
of Canada and the United States,
and headed into the English chan
nel, the king with field glasses
and the qneen with sun glasses as
protection from the glare.
It was a dramatic picture, but
almost spoiled by the presence of
a merchant ship which came too
close to the line of the fleet ana
prevented it opening out at the
approach of the Empress of .Aus
tralia. r- : - - '
The klnga ship, however, was
able to proceed down through two
lines of warships as the royal sa
lute of tl guns waa fired.- The
king stood saluting. The cannon
salutes and the. diving aircraft
from the carrier Ark Royal were
almost deafening. The seamen
and marines, at first ordered to
stay in ranks, finally were allowed
to break and cheer, with the ma
rines waving whit helmets from
the Nelson. " .:.',:'.- C
Fear Three Girls
Drown, ;Colui
1
l WASHOUOAL. Wash.. -May
(AVOn a theory that three girls
drowned: late" yesterday while
trying to row across a' Columbia
river - backwater near ; here to
Join friends on a picnic, police
unsuccessfully dragged a slough
today - for, their bodies. , .f .
' The missing girls were Pauline
Dahl. 12.1 Delta, Bacon, 1S and
her sister, 'Dona, 11 One of the
Bacon girls .old another sister
they were going to row ' across
the slough,-about- quarter of
a mile.' to a spot where eighth
grade students - were 1 gathering
for; a picnic-The other students
drove across a bridge.
The girls. failed to appear and
did not return home.
Excellent -Comedy Finales-: :
:S33rdtfrWlai
By MAXINB BUREN
Saturday's May day fesUvltles
were brought to dramatic Quale
with the presentation of the ex
cellent comedy. The Admirable
Crichton, in which Stuart Bush
played the title role. As the perfect
butler, who ruled with an effi
cient band when the party was
shipwrecked onlyto again : take
his place-as servant when rescued,
he played his -part with easyas
surance. ... -
As the haughty Lady Mary, who
was .carefree Polly, on "the Is
land," Prances .Plckard waa also
proficient In her role. Rose Ann
Gibson as Tweeny the scullery
maid, Davis Stahl as Ernest the
self-centered nephew. Pat Dorsey
4 as Lord Loam the master of the
house who took orders from ms
butler during the years of exile,
David Rlnehart as Trebern the
clergyman, also one of - the rle
tlms of the sea. and Barbara Lamb
and Bettie 1 Xrvine . as JadolenJ
:
Women Protest
Military Shows
As Nazi Stuff
washingtonI May ftw&v-The
women'a International League for
Peace and Freedom protested to
day "the great military display-
used in receiving President Bo
mosa of Nicaragua, calling it
'alien to the practice of American
democracy." r '
Delegates at the annual meet
Ins: of the United-States' section
of the league said in a resolution
that they' were happy, that Somo
za's welcome was cordial, but ex
pressed hope that such -greetings
in : the. .future . would pott be "in
the manner used by military die-
tatershlpa.? , v - -
President intstaslo De Somoza of
Nicaragua disclosed today that one
purpose -of - his visit here is to
seek concrete economic aid for his
country of the same general na
ture' as that , the administration
already baa extended to Brazil.
In return, be promised Nicara
gua's full cooperation with North
American capital and with this
government's efforts to cement
continental solidarity.
Salem Pistoleers -
Win Team Title
Engenean ' Best , Individual
Firer . in Meet Here,
Reserve Officers
Nearly 100 of fleer a and civilians
participated in the opening match
es Saturday of the two-day pistol
tournament sponsored by the re
serve officers of Salem for nation
al guard, reserve officers and civ
iliana at the local range.-
t The Salem reserve officers team
won - its - fifth straight i five-man
service . pistol i championship by
hosing out Eugene's squad by the
score of 1155 to 13217 'CorvallU
placed third. - - H U?? t
' - In the individual matches, Col
onel Carl W.Robblns, Eugene re
serve officer " of the medical de
partment, took the all-around pis
tol championship. 'Winning both
the 4B caliber and .22 caliber ti
tles. . - .
Slow fire champion was Lieu
tenant Alva '.Goodrich, . Bend na
tional guard officer . C. W. Rob
bins, Jr., a' University of Oregon
ROTO cadet,, was crowned timed
fire ehamplon. Cadet Don Blake,
Salem, waa rapid fire title win
ner. High scorer for timed and
rapid, fire. combined waa; Lieut
Kenneth Dalton, Salem, who was
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daughters of Lord Loam, were an
well cast. -
! Margaret Hlnkle at. Lady Broc
klehurst, Vernon Casterline' her
obedient son and Wllma Schnei
der, Orval Cooler, Lynn Zimmer
man, Wilfred Hagedorn, .Merle
Kyle, Evelyn Naf us. Eleanor Sher
man, BUI Borden, Don Smith, Hel
en Hlnxv Elizabeth Brown, " Bob
Wllllama and Orval Davidson as
servants and Loren Hicks as the
sea captain completed the cast.
Martha Jane Hottel, listed in
the t program as . "interpreter,
spoke an amusing Introduction
and, sitting at. the aide, of ,. the
stage, she added to the comedy
(not to say. confusion)- with her
knowing remarks and helpful de
scriptions designed to aid the
audience in its understanding of
the plot, k - v-:". . .: - ;
Mrs. Chester Oppen Is to be
congratulated on directing anoth
er excellent play-and . tor her se
lection of The Admirable Crich
ton by JVL Barrio.
:
Mythical Pickets
Stop Stevedores
Threat to Tie up Port Is
Denied; Settlement Is
Arranged, Report
PORTLAND. Ore., May C-tfVA
mythical picket line continued to
turn back CIO longshoremen and
sailors at the steamer William
Lnckenbach today, amid rumors
of a possible port closure.
Dock workers and seamen de
clared a nlcket line at the vessel
existed in spirit If not in fact de
spite arrest of .Georgt Cron, a
picket, on a contempt charge for
defying a ircmlt-eourt reatrainlng
rdtrs- Picketing wajk started f by
the Maritime Office Workers' un
ion in protesting alleged refusal of
the Lnekenback line to accept a
national labor relations board -or
der to reinstate, three members
with back pay." . ' i
Meantime, J. MerreH, west coast
representative of the National
Maritime union, said H. 8. Single
ton, New York, operating manager
of Lnckenbach, bad told him In a
telephone conversation that be
would take steps to tie up the port
if the vessel was not moved.
Merrell also declared Howard
MacXensle of New York, NMU en
gineer division secretary-treasurer,
told him a settlement of the
dispute had been arranged.
, Robert ' E. : Piper, Lnckenbach
district manager, denied both
statements and said a port tie-up
could only result from action by
the waterfront employers of the
Pacific coast, at. San : Francisco.
Piper aald no closure had been re
quested, ". .;
OCF Blonder Is
ChargeS by. Loe
PORTLAND,
May f-(A)A
charge that tht blunders of the
Commonwealth Federation result
ed in passage (by the legislature
ox . a jawv cnauging . me primary
date from May (to September came
from Kelly Loe,' of the state fed
eVation of labor.
Loe's speech before a group of
AFL , tuniture ! workers " was an
swered by Monroe Sweetland, com
monwealth secretary, who said
only Loe, not labor, waa in opposi
tion to commonwealth., : .
(The " meeting waa. electrified
when a CIO Official, walked in and
delivered an. unscheduled address
in which -he predicted to the AFL
workers that the CIO would or
ganise them when the !'weatber
U right The official, Morris Mus
ter, 1 charged the AFL " let the
workers down in the recent dis
pute with the Doernbecher Manu
facturing company.1 i
4 Oregon 'Staters
Hurt, One Badly
ALBANY, MayMDonaid
KykendaU, 20, of 7700 SB 27tb
St., Portland, was ' hurt possibly
fatally today and three others
all Oregon State college students,
were hurt more or less seriously
In. a collision on the Pacific
high way. two miles south of Jef
ferson. . . !"
v. State Officer Howard Een
nlnghoff said a' machine driven
by Robert R. " Bracchi,- 21, i of
4332 SE Hawthorne street. Port
land, carrying the students, and J
uuiacr (uitcb OJ tiooen vraeu.
St, Helens, eoUldedv Odell and
his wife were cut and bruised.
Kuykendau, also am OSC stu
dent. Buffered a - -skull fracture
and internal injuries. Mary JQixa
beth Duncan, 18, Portland, .and
Wallace. Gordon, - Dufur, ateo
riding with -him, were brought
to a hospital, here. Bracchi was
not seriously enough hurt to re
quire hospitalization - i-
PresidentWiU
Seek to Break
Differences Do Not Seem
Insuperable, Asserts
'.Wire to Leaders
I
MoDths Supply Remains
but Some Localities
Report Shortage1
NEW YORK, May t-WVPresi-
dent Roosevelt intervened today
in the deadlocked bituminous
coal contract negotiations, call
ing; upon miners and operators
to reach a workable agreement
promptly to end the industry's
wont abut down in 17 years.
He told them that their "dif
ferences in viewpoint" did not
appear to be insurmountable, and
aald "the orderly process of col
lective bargaining should suf
fice to bring about their adjust
ment.-
"Because of this." the presi
dent aald in a telegram, to Dr.
John R. Steelman, head of the
US department of labor concili
ation service, "I urge that the
present negotiations with the
federal commissioner continue.
and that all sit down with the
intention to reach a fair.' honor
able and workable agreement' in
a spirit of give and take. Time
la now important and agreement
must be reached promptly.
Steelman Reports
No Progress Made
. While it was sent to Dr. Steel
man, an observer at the negoti
ations since 1 April 25; the mes
sage waa directed to the Joint
labor-and-management negotia
ting committee, which continued
its seemingly fruitless sessions
today after being virtually com
manded by Steelman yesterday
not to abandon their efforts.
When today's 'negotiations i
slon adjourned shortly befora a"
p.m. Steelman again reported no
pagf. f, epU 4i
1
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Ite Capital West
HONGKONG. May M Sunday 1
-AVOenerallsslmo Chiang Kai
Shek was reported today planning
Quickly to shift his capital again,
from ruined and still vulnerable
Chungking to Chengtu.
Both well-informed Japanese
and European sources aald Chiaan
wouia transier nls seat of govern
ment 175 miles northwest to the
Ssechwan province capital. .
Parte of Chungking were aflame
today after repeated Japanese air
raids which have caused between
4000 and 5000 casualties and have
driven out foreign diplomatic of
ficials as well as , thousands of
natives.
A new capital would be the
fourth for China in exactly 22
months since the undeclared war
broke out July 7. 1027. - x
The advance ' of the Japanese
inland from Shanghai forced the
Chinese . from , Nanking. - their es
tablished capital, before it was
captured December 12, 1027, The
government seat shifted then to
Hankow and from that city, which
xeii to tne Japanese October" 26
1918, to Chungking.
(On the Han river front In
Hupeh province the? Chinese re
ported advances in a counter-at
tack againat Japanese forces.)
Clark County Garage i
Tied up With Strike
VANCOUVER, WashV'May
(AVDenuuidlng an increase of
wages from 85 cents to $1.12 rn
hour 'and r closed shop, . Clark
eounty auto mechanics . were out
on strike today and claimed aU
garages had .'stopped repair ser
vices. The number on strike was
not disclosed. "f
SACRAMENTO, Cailf May C
-(P)-The San Francisco Seals reg
istered their fifth straight victory
over the Sacramento Solons to
nlghtT7 to J.. . V-
-Pitcher Sam GibsoU limited the
Solons to six blows, one a bomer
by Art Garibaldi. i
San Francisco . ,,' 7 ' IS 0
Sacramento--1 I -t
Gibson Tand Sprint; Schmidt.
Smith - ( 0 ) and ; Ogrodowski. .
SEATTLE. " May - l.-OPV-Crewa
of University of Washington
freshmen and lightweights defeat
ed the Oregon State college var
sity in a race on the Lake Wash
ington canal here today.
Washington's lightweight shell
also defeated an OSO lightweight
crew by a p p r oxl mttilr five
lengths. -
PALO ALTO, Calif., May.-H
-University of Southern Califor
nia, already conceded to be the
most; powerful track and field
team In the country, added anoth
er clincher today - by overwhelm
ing Stanford, tl to 10, in the an
nual dual meet between the two
tlx far western, riTal& ; , :
Engineer Beck Ousted: :
BylckesfarR
Of Letter Ross Wrote
Insubordination Charge'
Reply to First Complaint, Dismissed Aide
"I Says; Recent Differences Recalled
: SEATTLE. May 6 (AP) R. W. Beck, enarineer for
the t Bonneville dam administration revealed today he had
been dismissed by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes.
i The dismissal followed publication of a letter which Beck
said had been written i by the late J. D. Ross, Bonneville
administrator, opposmg the
puDue uuuty aistncu in acquir-o
ing properties of private utilities
in Oregon and Washington. Beck,
who presented the letter for pub
lication to newspapers, said it had
never been mailed by Ross al
though written last January.
Beck also made public an ex
change of telegrams between
Ickes and himself. -
The first, signed by Ickes, was
dated shortly after Beck bad al
lowed publication of the Ross
letter. It said, in part:
Ton are not acting adminis
trator of Bonneville and nave
never been given authority by
me to give out publicity. This
act (publication of the Ross let
ter) on your part la highly lm-
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
War upon Cricket
Be in Sherman
Delayed Poison Shipment
Arrives to Aid Work
on 1940'a Hatch
MORO, Ore., May a-(A)-De-
layed by a misshlpment of poi
son,' Sherman county ; farmers
vigorously tackled the Job to
day, pf dusting their grain fields
with poison ta hope of blocking
a 'dangerous advance ef Mormon
crickets. orerflourinsA by thou-
sanda from' Iba Warm - Springs
Indian reservation, -
While ' there is no alarm . on
the 1 point of extensive damage
to this year's grain: crop, con
trol efforts so far having: cheek
ed the advance, farmers and en
tomologists stressed the 'need tor
effective work lest the ' insect
natch next year prove exceed
ingly large. .
II . the females ean be killed
eft effectively this year, much
of . the danger ' next 'year ' wUl
have -. been removed.
On i the Wallace farm, where
the peats were first discovered,
the :1 advance baa . been held to
about 200 yards in one wheat
Held, . although the field - is vir
tually denuded. Besides the dust
ing I efforts, cold weather has
slowed down the voracious pests.
f The crickets have been seen
en the south side of Grass Val
ley canyon but ndl in dangerous
numbers. .
- . Using band-operated spray guns,
farmers : and CCO enrollees arc
covering an area of many miles
of grass and grain lands down
to the John Day river, where the
insect horde batched, ; - -.
Per Proposed
Solution Dispute
'Over Tabernacle
PORTLAND, May t-4P)-A re-
uglons formula waa prescribed to
day by District Judge John Mean
for litigants in an action to deter
mine the ownership of V Gospel
Light tabernacle.
Interrupting the opening state
ments, of attorneys, the court
aid!'-.- v U
"This ease will be continued un
til next Wednesday ,wlth the sug
gestion that yon go to church to
morrow and hold a good meeting
and pray over this thing. Perhaps
if yon pray yon can get together
and settle this ease out of court-
Two , factions seek control ' of
the property,
Is Held IBestj US Policy
. WASHINGTON,--May ,f-WV
Two witnesses f told.,; the senate
foreign - relations .committee to
day that America's foreign poUcy
should be expressed in one terse
phrase i mlnd.our own'busi-aata.Ts-.-.4
Former Senator George Whar
ton Pepper of Pennsylvania erg
ed, in addition, that congress re
peal all neutrality legislation, as
serting this would : assure the
American people that no pending
threat , of war . was likely J.o , in
volve the United States. - v . .
Miss . Cathrine ... Curtis, repre
senting a nitlonal - organization
of women investors, suggested
to the ' committee that congress
remain in session, taking long
recesses' from time' to time, so
that it could be on band it any
world developments " . demanded
1U attentlca; r .
ZcIIt -tracked whaj t call-
Cited by Secretary After
use of condemnation Suits by
T r ;
lairman
For Parole Board
Spragne Names Ex-Editor;
new Appointees Meet
Friday on Plans
Paul R. Kelty, ex-editor of the
Oregonfan, Saturday was desig
nated . by . Governor Charles A.
Sprague as chairman of the new
state parole board which becomes
operative June 14. Kelty was ap
pointed a member of the board for
the two-year term.
Other members of the board are
Gerald Mason, Portland, and Roy
S. "Spec" Keene, Salem. Mason
was elected tor the four-year term
and Keene for the six-year term.
The board will meet In the exe
cutive department Friday after
noon to consider policy, procedure
and organization.
! Letters were sent out by Gover
nor Sprague this week asking all
applicants for jobs nnder.the new
parole setup to file suplementary
appUcatlons. '
The operating personnel will In
clude a parole director, assistant
parole director, four parole of fl
eers and two stenographers. The
stenographers already have been
MtoctedV -v'- ifcfiif s : .
' TheappJieanrswere reauested
not vtoeojrtaTCmtmbers of the
paroiy board but to watt until a
date- baa been fixed for interviews.
The new parole setup was ap
proved' by . the last legislature.
The'- act - carried an appropria
tion of $42,000 for the blenninm.
Poison in Mush
Jails Portlander
OREGON CITT, Ore.. May -(ff
Poison found in the family
mush on two successive Fridays
led -today to the arrest of James
Bryee, SI, Portland postofflce em
ploye, on a charge of attempted
poisoning. ;
I District, Attorney Fred Miller
said an analysis showed enough
poison to "kill an elephant.
Bryce denied any knowledge of
bow it got there.
Miller aald . Bryce 42-year-old
wife, whom the prisoner married
three years ago caused the ar-j
rest but could give no explanation;
for heir husband's alleged act. ) 1
She! told the district attorney
that ahe and Bryee both work at
the postofflce but on Fridays hi
goes to. work earlier than she. A
week ago she said her mother,
Mrs. G. Hanson, who Uvea .with
them," ate some of the mush after
Bryce left and found it "Utter.
When ; Mrs. Bryee noticed a
strange scum on the mush yes
terday, she went to Miller.
Assault, Battery
(large Faces 2
Two men charged with assault
and battery in separate .cases
were lodged in the eounty. Jail
Saturday night DrP..G. Brown
of Hlllsboro waa arrested by sher
iff's deputies upon a complaint is
sued from the Salem Justice court.
Cyril Hoffman, It, of Woodburn,
waa held. upon a warrant Issued
Out of the Woodbura Justice court
Details of the charges in neUher
ease were known at the sheriff's
office. - . i ' i
ed the diplomacy of dennncl
auon," adding thatthe naming
and the applying: of Invectives to
individuals, in;' any 'other state
seems to me a - worthless thing.
: t "1 think " we should mind our
own business,' be declared. Tf
never -known any : mischief to
arise from following that course.'
Miss : Curtis, granting -that
American women are- distressed
by. the. stories' of oppression In
other countries, contended, bow
ever, that' there were problems
In the United State of even
more ? pressing importance to
Americans. -'
"WO' should . mind our
business and solve onr own prob
lems first, she declared. n
: ;MWomen thrpcsiiout tho eoua
try are of the opinion that Am
erica's problemsare of the greatr
est importance , and- that re
: iTurn p pufe 2, coL t
iveityisu
Plebiscite at ;
Danzig Likely
Axis Strategy
RiLbentrop and Gano in
Huddle; Poles Making
Plans for Defense .
British Aroused Due to
Appeasement Pob'cy
I Reyivtd Rumors
(By the Associated Press)
Lieutenants of Adolf Hitler and ;
Benito Mussolini had their heads
together at conferences which
were expected to influence large
ly the future course of the Rome
Berlin partnership in Europe's
bitter I diplomatic struggle. . , I
The European situation in gen- '
erhl and Dantig in particular re
ceived close scrutiny of Foreign
Ministers Joachim von Ribben
trop of. Germany and Count Gale
asxo Clano of Italy who met at Mi
lan, Italy, while. leaders of ; the
British-French front spent the
weekend in relaxation. j
A German proposal for a pleb-, !
isclte In Danzig to decide whether
it should return to Germany was
believed carried to the Milan con
ference by von Ribbentrop. Nazis
considered tho result of such a
vote would show the Free City' !
predominantly German population
overwhelmingly in favor of re
turning to the reich.
Quiet Soudlngs Are
Made in Moscow !
Indications that German stra
tegy had j taken this, turn were
coupled in .Berlin with reports
that Hitler had made quiet sound
ings 1 looking toward a possible
burying of the hatchet with so
viet Russia. 1
The possibility was dim, how-;
ever, tor a rappToaehement be
tween Germany and . Russia, j
whom Britain haa been wooing
ardently as a prospect lor the rt--
val British-French coalition.
Political eontrareriy was
aroused In Britain,' mean while;--by
revtval of aDpeasementT. talk 'fa
influential Quarters close to the
government The,, firmness of
Britain's independence guarantee
to Poland came under suspicion
of groups -advocating a atroacer -
British foreign policy. ; : r- -
The lower house of Poland's)
parliament approved nnanimemsry
a bill granting special powers to
President Ignace Mosclcki in a
move to enable prompt settlement
of economic and financial matters
connected with the defense of the v
country. ' I, - -:;r,; . :','!. ':-
Poland as a whole remained '
calm while awaiting Germany's '
next move following Polish rejee
tlons of nasi demands for Daaxig
and a sovereign right -of- way "
aeroea Pomorze. (the Polish corri
dor). I -j r .'-? r-: -
In TaUcan City Pope Plus XII ' .
waa reported to hare put the mer- ;
at f ore of the Catholic church aad il
the diplomatic resources of th-b
vatlcan- Into efforts to preserve
European peace. Some lndleatisat I N
of tho pope's, plans may be un
folded today in a message to the
eueharistic congress in Algiers. .
Tirst Gtizen' Is
Named,
EUGENE, May l-p)-Harold:
Weston, Portland, baa been vot-' .
ed the 'first clUzen of the Unl--versity
of Oregon by fellow un
dergraduates.: -1 H 1 )-., '
Weston, a senior, Is president1
of the student body. K
Other men students who placed
high, in the coed-conducted polI
were : ! Zane Kemler, Pendleton ;
Roy Vernstrom a n d Harrison 1 ;
Bergtholdt, both of , Portland; ' ;
John Dick, The Dalles; Verdi Se-' :
derstrom, Salem; Boyd -Brown, j
Hubbard; f and Charles Eaton,
Olympla, Wash. i : : v . - .
ortoTake
i. -
BWf irOBX May, fPr-" '
the first time since bis abdication :
speech: to the! world in December,
1220, the Duke of Windsor will be
heard on the radio in the Unites ;
State Monday afternoon, the Na.
Uonar Broadcasting company ah -nounced
tonight : f . , - A
His , address, from Verdun,
France, where be is touring, world
war batUefleldi, will be broadcast 1
over both NBC networks at 1 p.m. 1
(PST), the company aald. The
occasion and subject of big speech j
waa not announced .f '
Neivport
Crab Feed Today
s$iEnhoBT,'u'ty:4Prto
house on crabs will be declared
here tomorrow at 11 a. m when
Newport puta on - its annual free
crab dinner to all comers. s ; .
The popularity of the event was
gauged by the fact that a thou
sand dozen crabs have .been 'Col
lected in shallow live tanks for
I the mammoth feast
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