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Salem, Oregon, Saturday Honiint November 25, 1939
Prict 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 209
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' Clyde Spinning wanted for Jail
break : In . Grays Harbor. Didn't
know he had left. his old home at
route six, box
one (Oregon
state t penitenti
ary)'4 "where he
partment for the
prison" magazine
'"Shtdbwi"
Spinning.; , who
has served" time
for nil, the ills
a fancy "pen can
Vslaai sAa SAllTI-
terfeiting to pa- Hasaer, Jr.
perhanging. was both artist and
engraver. He made Christmas
cards as a sideline;. Tory ornate
things they were, too. He created
Bolivar, the Big. House; Cat, a
striped kitty who was always get
ting Into scrapes. Had a very
happy , sense of humor.
;. Found. An old time gramo- .
phone. The fire department has
one, an old Edison machine In -perfect
condition taken in on
one of the toy drlTes of a few,
years back. There's a collection
of the wax cylinders . and the
machine plays them as perfect
ly as it ever did. They are
wartime vintage for one of. the
creechers is "Don't Bite the
Hand That's Feeding Yon", with
W. . Van Brunt performing in
team calliope tones at the vo
calizing. Another is "Laddie in
Khaki (Girl Who Waits at
Home). Had a lot of fun play
ing the old records.
Barber shop. on Ferry street is
full of religious mottoes. They are
all over the walls and in the win
dows and of every type and color.
Green neon lights In front of a
Jewelry store make ring-seeking
romancers look . ghoulish rather
than gay ... Roadhouse near
Newberg bears the sign, "The
Riviera. Chinese Food" . Must
be the Marco Polo Influence.
Police department remodeling.
New counter is put la In exact
location of former, state police
patrol ' headquartersv.when , they
were at city halt. Police recall how
Newell Williams onca , tossed a
dummy ' dynamite r bomb : In the
state police enclosure and fled,
whooping like a Comanche. State
Policemen , Powell Clayton - and
Bob Phillips burst simultaneously
for the door. Clayton had been
sitting on a typewriter chair with
casters and the chair went rush
ing in front of him. Clayton, Phil
lips and chair hit the door si
multaneously as all went down
in a heap.
Clipping telling how Royal
Air Force will remove two nil
exploded bombs from hnge
oyster beds off east coast of.
England on theory that r "a
noisy noise annoys an oyster..
Japanese Claim
Nanning Capture
Chinese Maintain lifeline
. Not Cut by Invading
Conquerors
HONGKONG, Nov. 24-'r-The
capture of the Kwangsl province,
capital of .Nanning, today at the
end of a 10-day,MOO-mlle thrust
by Japanese troops aiming at
China's southwestern "lifeline'!
supply routes was announced by
Japanese army headquarters. :
'-While Chinese official quarters
remained silent, Japanese said
their troops were -completing oc
cupation of the Nanning area to
night. The city has been a nerve
center for China's Incoming war
: supplies and outgoing trade.
Although ,not minimizing the
importance of its tall, which they
said was possible, Chinese con
tended that the Invading Japan
ese force, about 40,000 strong,
had not achieved Its announced
objectives of cutting China's
"lifelines" and smashing the
Kwangsl province army, rated
among the best of China's sold
iers. ... : : ..?SL'W
v Nanning Is on a highway from
French Indo-Chlna over w h 1 e h
war supplies have been moving
into China: Chinese' officials ac
knowledged that loss of the city
would end' the use of this high
way, but asserted that the Chinese
already were developing a loop
line road running 130 miles west
of Nanning."
Chinese pointed, out that more
than 200 miles of mountains, riv
ers and deep valleys separate the
Japanese afrota KweiUn, . south
China's new. military and politi
cal headquarters. - j
PORTLAND. Ore., J? ot. 1
-Longshoremen loaded fruit t a
feverish rate here today in an ef
fort to beat England's deadline
on the Import ot northwest ap
ples and.,winter pears. . . "
Hood Rlter and Yakima a t pies
poured simultaneously into all six
holds of the British reefer Albion
Cur. The Pscifie Ranger also
sought to get to sea before Nov
ember SO, the deadline. . - ?
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Doiesiit Sedff
Wear 30 8
In Eight Days
EhgHsk,' Dutch ; Vessels
'Among Latest .of
r'- Casualties '
Nazis Threaten 10 to 1
' : Vengeance Against -Baltic
Blockade
. . . . . .
' (By the Associated Press)
An admission that one of her
newest cruisers had , been dam
aged hy a . "torpedo or mine"
came last night from Britain as
her food line -received another
dent and neutral powers expressed
growing dissatisfaction with her
projected blockade of German ex
ports.
The admiralty announced . in
London that the 10,000-ton crui
ser Belfast was damaged Tues
day la the Firth of Forth, stra
tegic naval base In Scotland.
Hours before, the German high
command had said the submarine
commander involved in the attack
on the Belfast confirmed foreign
reports 1 current since Tuesdsy
that she was damaged.
Twenty men were reported in
jured aboard the Belfast.
Firth Is Scene of .
German f Air Raids '
The "Firth of Forth wss the
scene 'of a German air raid Octo
ber 16 in which the cruiser- South
ampton received a 'glancing blow
from a bomb and two other ships,
the cruiser Edinburgh and the
destroyer Mohawk, suffered cas
ualties. ' ;.
The toll of shipping losses In
little more than a week approach
ed 3 -with the destruction yes
terday . of the British, "vteamer
If angalore, 8SSC tons, and the
torpedoing of a Netherlands tank
er, the 5133-ton Slledrecht. ;
; The If an galore struck a mine
along England's east coast scene
of numerous sinkings from a sim
ilar cants In the last few days.
The Mangalofe's crew of 77 was
saved, j
Five survivors of the Slled
recht said their ship was tor
pedoed over a week ago and 28
men were missing. The surviv
ors landed yesterday at a north
west British port. .
Fishermen Requested to ,
Sweep Up Ulnes
Puzzled by the mine outbreak,
the British put scientists and over
all clad fishermen to work in an
effort to solve the problem. The
scientists were told to find a
means to combat what the British
press charged were magnetic
mines dropped by airplanes and
the fishermen ' . were urged to
sweep up the mines with their
trawlers.;'1' ";"
Italy was the latest nation to
voice concern over Britain's de
termination to start December 1
an unrestricted blockade of Ger
man exports, even in neutral ship
ping. :
' Count Galeaxzo Ciano, Italian
foreign 1 minister, called the at
tention of the French ambassador
and the British charge, d'affaires
in Rome to possible consequences
of the blockade on Italy's com
merce. : I i': ';
The Chamberlain government
already i has received a protest
from the Netherlands, whose cab
inet considered problems of neu
trality at a special meeting yes
terday. Belgium has prepared a
protest and a Danish trade dele
gation has reached London to dis
cuss wsr trade problems, of which
the blockade probably is the up
permost. : ; .
Nevertheless. 'Indications
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; K:aiiBr; of Bund Dismissed
NEW YORK. Nov. 14-ff)-FlTe
of the prosecution's ; ten counts
against i Frits Kuhn were dis
missed today, leaving him charged
with the misappropriation - from
his - German-American bund ot
11217 instead .of $5141, and
Judge James G. . Wallace. Indicated
that not even all of the other five
were certain to be" left to the Jury,
r For he remarked from the bench
late in the day amid a legal dis
cussion among counsel after both
sides had rested that - these i re
maining coutfts would be allowed
to - stand "unless I .change my
mind by Mondsy.". .; y.-).a.
The last major witness had been
Knhn's erstwhile "Golden Angel,
Mrs. Florence Camp, a blonde di
vorcee who twisted her ,flugers
and gave the Vtout bundsfuehrer
a alnsle, chill glance a ahe-took
the sund. . . k. -.
Mrs, Camp, fashionably turned
out in a short fur Jacket and-a
bustle-back dress, contradicted
Kuhn sharply upon some pcint In
his own testimony particularly
his contention that he had simply
been "very, very friendly" with
her. .-
- She Insisted that he not only
ama&es
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German police tighten their hold on' Prague' and four Industrial centers under martial law following the
execution of 13 Czechs, nine of them students, for alleged anti-German acts. . The photo was taken
in Bratislava a few months ago during a Similar student demonstration.. .. ...
Violence Flares B
In Auto Strike
Barrage of Brick, Stones
Meets Worker Wix6 'i
nun Picket Line
stctboxtJ NvrrikA-ir-
rage of bricks and stone In
jured eight person and ' resulted
la 11 arrests todsy but failed
to prevent 57 workers from pass
ing a CIO-TJnlted " Automobile
worker picket line and entering
the closed Dodge main' plant el
the Chrysler corporation.
The first mass violence of the
SO-day-old contract dispute be
tween the UAW-CIO and the cor
poration came a few hours before
negotiations for settlement were
adjourned tor' the week-end with
"no progress' reported i - , t-
Arthur D. Raab, chairman r ot
the state labor mediation board,
said that a recess until Monday
morning .was decided . on "In the
hope that the parties can produce
some new ideas by Monday. , -
Negotiations - hare - deadlocked
on the issues ot union wage de
mands and a demand by the cor
poration . tor assurance that : the
j v (Turn to page 2, col. 4 ) ;;
PGE-Bonneville
Contract Likely
PORTLAND, Nov. 24-4PV-A
power contract with the Bonne
ville administration may . be
signed by the Portland General
Electric company "in "a' matter
of days, Franklin T. Griffith said
today. - ' 3 ; ;
Grltnth, president of the util
ity .firm, added that he would re
sume negotiations with Bonneville
Administrator Paul J. Raver on
Monday.
Immediately after signing con
tract the state public utilities com
missioner will call a hearing at
which Griffith anticipates estab
lishment of rates "which will ef
fect substantial reductions" to
consumers.
had proposed marriage to her -although
he was and is a married
man but that he'd given her a
$240 platinum engagement ring
in San Francisco last year and
had-urged upon her the divorce
she obtained from Charles Camp.
; - Nevertheless, she gave some
support to the bundsman upon his
major contention' that the $700
odd which he acknowledged hav
ing'. spent from the bund's funds
in transporting her furniture
about the' Country was repaid by
her and that he, la4 turn reim
bursed' the bead's account,
it She .testified that on various oc
casions she had given him a total
of $$00. ,
She acknowledged that she hsd
made available Jo, the prosecution
three breathless lovtf letters writ
ten to-her by Kuhn, in which he
called her not only his "Golden
Angel." but his "Darling Sweet
heart and other endearing terms.
It was this-fact that the "An
gel herse-t had allowed xthese
notes to be made public which
caused Kuhn . to turn upon , her
Wednesday and declare, from -the
stand tlit she was not the "fine
lady" he had thought she was.
DOWN ON CZECHOSLOVAK! ANSlv
Nbrtku)st Conference
Schedules Completed
Annual Meeting Ended in onej Day for First
-Time in History;' Salem If bpsen for
.r,.'"": 7:Championsliipennii Compet&ion' ? ' T - : ' "
! PORTLAND, Nov. 24 (AP)-Cnarles P. Bobbins of
the College of Paget Sound, Tacoma, was reelected president
of the Pacific Northwest conference today and Paul Murphy,
College of Idaho, was reelected secretary.
R. V. "Nig" Borleske, Whitman college coach for a
quarter of a century, was reelected president of the coaches
Chance for End
Of Tieup Slim
a
Mutual Blame Is Bitter as
Waterfront Situation
Remains Hopeless
SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 2 4.-
Hope dwindled tonight for any
quick amicable settlement of two
strikes which have tied up the ma
jor "part of waterborne commerce
in San Francisco bay. -
Expressions of mutual blame
grewmore bitter between employ
ers . and CIO unionists, " negotia
tions suddenly resumed on Wed
nesday appeared to be again brok
en off, while representatives of
business and farm groups from
the interior valleys flocked here
to press for "opening the port.
Before! 350 chamber of com
merce representatives from north
ern California cities. Mayor An
gelo J. Rossi charged Harry Brid
ges, California CIO director, and
"Other 'communist --. leaders' of
waterfront unions were engaged
in "a definite program . . to wipe
out private business."
s "They say I am trying to stir
up hatred ' against labor and
against labor unions. said Rossi,
reading- from a manuscript.' "They
Ue!"- v - :-
" Rossi said he was reading his
speech from a prepared manu
script to guard any misquotation
from strike leaders, 'who he said
"twist and distort 'the tmth."
The mayor's principal plea was
for. pressure to be exerted in
Washington to the end that "lead
ership of labor groups be (.taken
out of the hands ' ot communist
leaders.. " . . . ; ?
"It Is high time for. the. feder
al government to crush commun
ism In all its forms In this coun
try." he said.- - ,
-Union men were not invited to
the meeting, though-' they ; had
asked tor an invitation. Marshall
Dill, chamber of commerce pres
ident, explained that the meeting
was "not a debate, but was called
for chamber ot commerce men to
evolve a long range policy regard
ing . recurrent waterfront disputes.-'
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VUsts 191 prills
- .LONDON, Not. :St -(AV The
latest. Royal Air force casualty
list . published toalghV carried
the names of seven men killed la
action and 1 a killed In active ser
vice, a hie a. covers training ac
cidents and other causes.
The last previous list, published
Not. 18, gave a total of , IS 5 Brit
ish airmen killed since " the be
ginning of the wsr. Tbe2C deaths
reported tonight bring the war
total to 191, .
'A
Oand managers of the conference
and L. ' J. Sparks, ' Willamette
graduate manager, was returned
to the . secretary post.
Other business completed dur
ing the ' conference session in
cluded drafting of the It 40 foot
ball, baseball, basketball, track
and tennis schedules. Rumors the
league would drop College of
Idaho from the grid schedule be
cause of Its remote location from
other schools were silenced when
the Coyotes were scheduled
against Pacific, Llnf ield, and
Paget Sound. - p
"The conference, completing its
business in one day for the first
time in history, adopted a four
year rotating basketball . schedule
which finds College of Puget
Sound back in the cage league
again.' - - . ' . -
3 Albany college of Oregon asked
reinstatement In ' basketball and
baseball but was not Included In
the regular schedules. Albany will
play 'several conference members
however 'and will begranted re
instatement when the school is
ready to compete in all sports. "'
f The 1$ 40 basketball schedule
will lee Whitman.open at College
of Idaho on January 15, Linfleld
at Willamette January 19 and Pa
cific at CPS on January 11.' Base
ball ; schedules - will i be drawn ; by
the east and west divisions ' and
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? Hall to Brou der
? HANOVER. N. .H. Not. 24w-6P)-Dartmouths
council "of stu
dent organizations, after a seven
hour session, announced tonight
it would refuse to 'permit the use
of a' college hall 'for an appear
ance of Earl Browder, US com
munist leader.' '- ' ..
i Editors of ' the college paper,
the Dartmouth; had Invited Brow
der to address students and set
next Monday night as a tentative
date for his appearance. The com
munists US general secretary al
ready has ' been . denied the "right
to speak at Harvard and Prince
ton, v r , --r. ' - ' ;
. "This . It not an Issue., ot free
dom of speech." the council ' de
clared ; in its announcemeaL
".There was no : interest la -Earl
Browder here hefore he 'was de
nied: the right to spe4k at Har
vard. .The Dartmouth' Is dramatis
ing the situation with cheap' pub-
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Oregon ybutli 1
t 1 Paroled in Idaho
i POCATELLO, Idaho. Nor.r 94-(jpj-Dtrtrict
Judge Jsy L: Down
ing sentenced Aloyslus Edwin Kn
tner today to serve Jive years in
prison on a voluntary manslaugh
ter, charge, then paroled-the 20
year-old Oregon City, Ore., youth
to; district attorney Fred Miller
t Oregon City. -
Movie Strike
ThreateIls'to
Shut Theatres
?: r-
Prodncers i Reject -Union
v. uemana ps uradiinc
forCaUTOart
35000 Technicians Are to
. t Be .ont of. Jphs if . .
- Deadlock Holds :
' HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 24-(V
Movle producers rejected todsy
the demands ot studio unions for
10 per cent wage increases and
union officials countered with an
announcement they would call a
strike closing every motion pic
ture theatre In the United States
and Canada.
William Bloff, chairman of the
conference of studio unions, said
that unless the wage Increases
were granted ' tomorrow, . there
would be a "general strike clos
ing all studios and theatres."
Bloff did not mention specific
ally the projectionists employed
in the 20,000 movie theatres in
the United States and neither he
nor his associates would discuss
strike strategy, but in previous
negotiations Bloff said, bluntly
the pay increases would be ob
tained. If all other means tailed,
by the expedient ot closing the
theatres. . . .
No Hoar Is Set for
Stadia Walk-Outs
No hour was set for the walk
out tomorrow at the movie stu
dios, where 25 pictures are in
the progress of production. There
are 25,000 technicians in Holly
wood who would be subject to
the strike calL .
Twelve -thousand studio ' em
ployes who are members ot un
ions affiliated With the Interna
tional Alliance ot Theatrical Stage
Employes were granted a 10 per
cent wage Increase recently.
- When the producers asked that
they consent to Its withdrawal
because of demoralised condition
of the foreign film market, the
unions refused and delivered an
ultimatum demanding the same
increase for 22,000 other union
(Turn to page 2, col. I)
flDuce Hailed
As Peacemaker
Mussolini Could End War,
Says Utah Senator,
World Traveler
. i
WASHINGTON, Not. 24.-4P)-
Senator King (D-Utah) expressed
the opinion today that if Benito
Mussolini would assume the
leadership of a peace movement
he probably could end the Euro
pean war. ... .
King, a world traveler and ar
dent student of international af
fairs,, added in an interview that
the Italian premier as the "most
powerful European leader outside
the belligerents, is probably the
only man who could lead a suc
cessful peace move.
The Utah senator said the war
would be halted If a powerful
peace bloc of European nations
demanded an end to hostilities. '
"Mussolini could form a power-:
ful . bloc," .- he continued, "by
bringing In the Balkan states, the
Scandinavian countries, Belgium,
The Netherlands, Swltserland and
other nations that want-peace.-"
."Mussolini has it In his hands
to take leadership in world af
fairs. His background indicates
be may do that,"
. .The senator , said that Ger
many's recent friendship with
Russia provided MussoUal with
"a perfect excuse" for withdraw
ing any aid or support for Ger
many since "the history of the
Italian 'people demonstrates they
. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5.1 .
Hull 0 Figtit Renewal
t)f. Reciprocal Trade
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-4P)-Well-luf
ormed -: persons reported
today that the United Kingdom's
war-time import restrictions hsd
halted "until further notice" her
purchases of - nearly a score of
American products covered by the
British-American 4 trade treaty. '
'. They estimated that the king
dom's purchases of these goods
which : include .fresh: apples '. and
pears.- motor cars and a number
of articles considered- luxuries
mounted to 121,220,000 In' 1921.
. France is requiring permits for
all imports,- lt-waaeald, and al
though the 'extent of .her restric
tions : are not' yet clear she is
granting no permits for apples
nor lor :' tobacco - shipments into
Preach Colonies, i la addition, she
has halted some exports to this
country, mostly of colonial .pro
ducts.'.. J -
-Whether trade losses suffered
by the Ualted States as a result ot
the allies' import restrictions
would be offset and perhaps over
shadowed ty increased purchases
of war supplies, officials declined
to guess. They, said insufficient
time had passed' since the out
Testator Rlakes
; Odd Requests in
Will at; Probate
i . MEMPHIS, Teas Nor. 24
-CPHladge SauswO. -Bates:
. Mid today .these rewnests
were anade in wills probated J
in his. court! ., - I.' '
i To. say I ' e
v pleasure of. earning hie own -a
living ' and to my. chanfemr -v-'
I lewye my cars, as be baa al-,
ways rained (bent and 1 want ;
. binr- to have the satisfaction .
of finishing the Jon.
, ; . 1 want six of my Ncred-,
. itors -' tor pall-bee rerstbey .
have carried me for so long
;thy might as well finish then
Job.:
Big Defense Fund
OSI
Method of Financing Half
" Billion Appropriation
To Be Up to People
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WARM SPRINGS. Ga., Nov. 24.
JPf-A half billion dollar addition
to the bill for national defense,
possibly financed by a special new
tax, was forecast at a presidential
press conference today.
President Roosevelt asserted
such a tax, coupled with a reduc
tion of the government's budget
for the year starting next July 1
and continuation of 'an upward
rend in federal revenue, might
be instrumental .in halving the
deficit. ; - '
Nothing., has been decided
about a new levy for defense,' the
president said, adding that he
thought the people should study
the question whether emergency
expenditures for defense should
be met by borrowing or whether
the program should be put on a
pay-as-you-go basis.
Undoubtedly, the chief execu
tive declared, more money must
be spent, for defease-because Jst
the , present world - situation. He
said this year's sum -would ha.e
to be boosted by about StOO.QO,
000, and that the new total would
be less thsn 12,200,000.000 but
in excess of 92,000,000,000..
. A thing the country ought to
understand and think about, he
said, is this:
It the money were borrowed,
additional taxes would be unnec
essary; a pay-as-you-go basis
would require some form of new
national defense taxes. '
. Reporters sought unsuccess
fully to get the president's views
on the form such taxes might take
and the implications of imposing
new taxes in an election year
a step which congressmen alwsys
have shown a reluctance to take.
Mr. Roosevelt said that he was
discussing principles and not a
matter of dollars and cents or
politics.
With his wife beside him. the
chief executive drove down to a
cottage occupied by reporters at
the Warm Springs foundation and
held his press conference by the
side of a dusty road.
Rancher's Death
Mystery Studied
charred body of Thorvald Peter-
son, caicten rancher who died la
bis flaming -home . seven miles
south of here yesterday, was
atudled today, to. determine what
caused his death,.
District attorney's denutr John
Pennington said an automstle
pistol was found "beneath Peter
son's head and other . weapons
were found In - the ruins ot his
house. A- pusallag factor, howev
er, was that four other buildings,
widely separated on bis half-acre
farm, were burned. . -
The body -was sent to Port
land for tests. , . r- .
break of the war, and particularly
since repeal of the. embargo
against arms sales to belligerents,
to show whst might be expected.
At the time the arms embargo
was repealed, It was estimated un
officially that Britain and France
would place 11.000.000,000. of
war orders in: this country 4n the
near future. Statistics are not yet
svaHable .to demonstrate whether
this forecast. is coming true.: Bat
even if it is, some producers who
are affected by the Import restric
tion but bars ace war goods te
sell are dissatisfied. -. " 'j
- The war-time operation ef the
trade agreements' with the United
Kingdom and France ' may be a
subject of discussion ' la the next
session of congress. Tbe.tr ad e
agreements act, under which these
and other, pacts were negotiated,
is due to expire next June 12 and
if the administration . puts in s
bill for its renewal an -extended
dlscasslom of the program in gen
eral Is expected.. - - . '.
; Secretary, of Elate Hair made
clear today his firm conviction
that the program, should be coo.
' (Turn to page 2, coL 7) '
Prop
edbvFDR
Wilful Neglect
Is not Charged
Against Group
.'Ultimate rResponsibilityl
for Shortage" Laid !
., . to Officials
Investigators , . . Find . no
Authority to Pay
Office Rent
' , The, Marion county grand Jury
wound up a four-months' investi
gation of county officials yester
day, afternoon by' filing' a report
that scolded the county court for
lax auditing practices but eioner
ated Its members ot "wilful negli
gence." The eight-page report
made four principal findings:
1. That "ultimate responsibil
ity for the shortage of over $23.
000 on the books ot the county
treasurer rests on the shoulders ef
the county court. - .-
2. That extra payments to the
district attorney for office rent
and stenographer hire should be
discontinued.
- 2.. That the members of the
county court are Innocent, In the
opinion of the grand Jury, of hav
ing "wilfully neglected" the da
ties of the office.
4. That the records used and
system employed In dispensing
county gasoline are "highly salts
factory.' Report Dwells on LcgJ.
The report, -which was unac
companied by indictment or other
document, devoted most of its de
tail to careful study of the legal
right ot the county court to make
payments in addition to salary to
the district attorney, and to an
alysing responsibility for the 22
000 shortage brought to light la
the treasurer's account last win
ter la a special state audit.
'The grand Jury asserted that tor
the district attorney, a state oiri-
er, "no mandatory obligation oa
the part of the county to furaisa
office space, stenographer hire,
or similar expenditures . ." caa
be found.
The vice of the policy purssed
by the county court - of Marios
county is this, the report said:
"If the county court of Us own
motion possesses the power to
make these extra allowances ef
the district attorney. It likewise
possesses the power to refuse to
make them. This creates a situa
tion where the district attorney
. . . could be placed under the con
trol of the county court . . ,
Freedom From Constraint
Considered Good Policy
"A sound public policy demands
that the Important office ot dis
trict attorney should be free from
all constraint; be should possess
absolute freedom of action."
Failure of the county court to
employ a. "competent" account
ant to examine books as required
by law was the chief accusation ef
the Jury in reference to ' alleged
shortages on the treasurer's books.
"We have examined substan
tially all of the persons designated
by the county court for the past
II years to audit the books of the
county treasurer. . . ", Not one of
the persons ... even claimed to
be aa accountant, let alone a com
petent accountant," the report as
serted. : -
"Most of the persons designated
to make this audit have held posi
tions as deputies la one county of
fice or the other oyer a period el
years. Most ot the persons desig
nated to make these "audits were
warm personal friends. . of leas;
standing ot the county office re
and their deputies . . . In almost
every Instance the person sppolct-
(Turn to Psge 2, CoL 1.)
Benefit Payment
Retention AsIlccI
PEORIA, IllNov. 2-MF-Tbe
National grange urged today tist
federal benefit payments to fares
ers be continued until a perma
nent agricultural program bad
been established. . .
Delegates at the closing session
of. the 71st annual, convention
adopted a committee report whirs,
held that federal aid was Justifi
able until agriculture was accord
ed a'bigger share t the nations!
income. . '
The report also asked adjust
ments In taxation, interna
charges, wage levels and tranp;r
tatloa rates to "equslixe eiUtlnr
IneqsalltUs" for agriculture and
proposed both an emergency and
a long time farm program.
Nine Jnjurctl in
j-; ; Crasli of Aulca
: TUB DALLP3, Nov. 21-(.TV
Nine persons were Injured, two
seriously, todsy. In a'head-oa auto
mobile collitlon oh frosty lave
ment ct The. Dalles-California
highway 12 miles south of here.
1 Mrs. A. V.V Ben-ilct. vto was
en route to Tortlar. i where ker
father bad J""t C1, t .ttzrtl a
fractured skull. Her eon, Hoy, IS,
was badly cut about tb tc
snd possibly sutUiaei a tlct.Il
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