No Substitute! You'll find no newspaper can give more real satisfac Uon than your LOCAL MORNING PAPER, with it WORLD NEWS and HOME COMMUNITY NEWS. mat Weather OrfiTMt with rain today and Wednesday rain and now over mountains. Max. temp. Monday 6d, ml. 47 River 8.4 tU South wind. EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem Oregon, Tudcrf Morning. February 6. 1940 Price 3d Newsstands So No, 271 POUMOOD 1651 Rain Is Torrential On Anniversary of Worst River Flood Hn One Ha. 'Paul Hauser'g Column We went to Mr. Lorlng Schmidt's opera house the other night to see "Hia Girl Friday," motion picture, which used to be 'The Front Page," but which has been reju- vntiQTA1 nr t Vl P 'J simply device oti turning. H i 1 d Jonnson, tne re-i sorter who couldn't quit, from a man into a gai The scientists PJ H. Bum, ir. have a word for this sex reversal, usually applied only to chickens and guinea pigs, but the only word we have for it is that Miss Rosalind Russell is a good enough Ilildy Johnson for our money. We mean no offense to Pat O'Brien, who was Hildy Johnson in the former or male version of the Ben H e c h t-Charles McArthur play. We were, in fact, thoroughly pleased by the whole play. There was only one thing that stark in our craw (or epiglottis. If, as some people say, humans are crawless). That was at the very beginning when it . was flashed on the screen that "this all happened In the good old days. None of the characters depicted here are like newspa permen yon may happen to know." That's our personal war with Hollywood today. Here they go in a hundred pictures and build up us reporters as a happy-go-unlucky bunch, yet meeting dead lines on the quarter-hour despite all perils; drunken, mayhap, but loveable in a slimy sort of way. Yes, Hollywood in its sweet fashion, gave us glamor. And now what do they do? They deny it ail and in one flicker on the screen tempt to take away all they gate us! Can't they leave well enough alone, we ask? Yah, Hollywood. Indian giv er. Carl Charlton, Chief Minto's right bower, addressed Par rish junior high civics class on Policemen and How They Get That Way" the other day. Charlton Said he experienced no difficulty in discipline. "All you have to do," he said, "is lay a gun on one side of the table and a sap on the other." With the opening of a new theatre the You Can't Do That to Ms Twice club has doubled its efforts in its membership cam paign, despite its dislike of dou bles in anything, especially dou ble features. The club considered offering two memberships for the price of one, but vetoed the plan as against public policy. The group also voted to exclude twins from membership. City police were yesterday examining with Interest a live barnacle, which Radio Operator Cllve Scott claimed he found on the street. There are, however, no vacancies on the force at present. It Pringle Creek Park Note; old Camp Get Name Pringle Creek park was last night approved by the city coun cil as a name for the recreation grounds between South Church and South Winter streets former ly known as the municipal auto park. The name of Highland park was approved for the newly cre ated park opposite the Highland school. Citizens Spurn Latest Plan for Prettying Up Postoffice After expressing almost unani mous disapproval of landscaping plans for the postoffice grounds, a group of Interested residents meeting at the chamber of com merce last night authorized Post master H. R- Crawford to ask Washington officials If an associ ate landscape architect from Sa lem might be appointed to work with government planners. Main objection to fhe plan, the second sent from Washington, D C for local approval, was that - It contemplates too heavy planting and that it is not in sumonj itk 4li..i1aiil l.niMnbi In the adjoining Wilson and Waver- ly parks, xne ursi pian was un approved because plants used were not suiiea io wis tiuiuw. Am ivy ground covering, at the entrance of the building, using 10SO ivy plants In a strip 14 feet wide, was another point unani mously disapproved in the new plan. George Otten, landscape archi tect In the state highway depart ment, expressed, the opinion that the seven red oaks planned for each ot the twofront corners of the ground were too heavy and tint on- tie Church and Cpoit Troller Is Rescued After two P?ys or In Heavy Downpou Inch In Salcco odore Rail Way ASTORIA, Feb. 5-(p)-T h e coastguard cutter Onondaga tow ed the missing 4 8-foot troller Sea Waif into port tonight, complet ing the rescue of the craft and its two crewmen. The boat was battered and wa terlogged after a two-day buffet ing in heavy storms. It left New port last Friday for the Colum bia river. An earlier report that there were three men aboard proved incorrect. Capt. W. E. Nichols, Portland, said only the fact that the inter coastal freighter Willmoto sight ed the boat's distress signals at noon Monday and summoned the coast guard cutter saved the graft from going into the surf. The boat became disabled Saturday. W. O. Gordon also was aboard the Waif, which is owned by A. Began of Portland. It rained in Salem yesterday. The steady downpour after 2 p. m. brought down 1.60 inches, ac cording to the weather bureau, which forecast rain again for to day and Wednesday. Old-timers recall that 50 years ago Sunday (Turn to Page 3, Col. 7) Britain Will Free Nine of 21 Nazis Compromise on Japanese Protest Announced ; Case not Closed TOXYO, Feb, 6-(Tuey)- -Foreign Minister Hachlro Arita told the diet today Great Britain had agreed to return nine of 21 German seamen seized January 20 from the Japanese liner Asa ma Maru, but "I cannot say that the case is entirely settled." The foreign minister said Japan would continue to negotiate for surrender of all the seamen and added: "Although the Japanese gov ernment does not fall to appreci ate the desire on the part of the British government to seek speedy settlement of the Asama Maru case, it cannot express satisfac tion because the number of Ger mans to be delivered to Japan ese authorities is only part of those whose extradition was de manded." Arita disclosed at the same time that Japanese shippers had been instructed to refuse to accept as passengers belligerent nationals who have "enlisted In military services, and those who may poss ibly be enlisted." Arita expressed the belief this action would prevent a recurrence of a similar Incident. The Germans were taken from the Japanese liner 35 miles off Yokohama after the vessel had been halted by a British warship with a Bhot across her bow. They were Interned at Hongkong, Bri tish crown colony. Tracing the diplomatic ex change that resulted consisting to date of a Japanese protest, a British answer, a Japanese reply to the answer and finally the set tlement Arita said Britain in sisted the seizure was legal and proper. The British acknowledged, how ever, Arita said, that some of the prisoners "were short in their mil itary service and adaptability." Aparently the foreign minister meant that not all those seized could be considered eligible for German, war service. streets corner they would inter fere with the maples already growing. Three in each- group would be enough, he said. Miss Elizabeth Lord, chairman of the park board, said that she believed maintenance costs on the hedge of glossy abelia, plan ned to encircle the grounds, would be too high. Such a hedge would require clipping three times a year, she said. Several stated that, while the extensive planting which the gov ernment is willing to do Is appre ciated. easterners probably "do not realise how. rapidly things grow In . this . climate and son and so have planned too extensively. ' Called for In the plan are 108 laurnstinus, 11 English holly, 1940 Ivy, SC white rhododendron, 60 holly osananthus, eight Nor way maple, 20 Japanese sklmmia, 77 Mexican orange, 54 white ca melia, 479 abelia, 14 red oak, six sweet gum and 56 firethorn. About 16 people, representing landscape gardeners, nurserymen and others Interested, attended the meeting, called by Manager F.D. Thielsen ot the chamber of commerce at the suggestion of Postmaster Crawfor.4. Jefferson Mayor Called by Death Dr. H. C. Epley Dentist-Musician Well Known Here Seng Leader Prominent in Church Work; Funeral Will Be Saturday Dr. H. C. Epley, 71, mayor of Jefferson and former Salem den tist, died at his Jefferson resi dence at 10:40 last night follow ing an illness for which he had recently been under care at a Salem hospital. On moving from Salem to Jef ferson two years ago, Dr. Epley was elected mayor and carried on a vigorous, successtul cam paign to have the pioneer Conser hotel converted into a city hall and library. During his many year's resi dence in Salem, Dr. Epley at tained prominence as a song lead er and worker in the First Chris tian church. He served as choir director at the church and song leader for the Salem Rotary club for many years and also was long superintendent of the Christian church Sunday school.' He was former president of the state dental association, a member of the Salem Elks, the uad Fellows, Kebekans, and a charter member of the Salem Cherrians. Also interested rn the affairs of the Cornelia A. Davis estate at Turav.DrJi Epley was at the time oi bis death president of the board of the Turner Memorial home, an institution provided for by the estate. Henry Clifford Epley was born In Scio, April 8, 1868. He was first married to Minnie N. Shaw, daughter of pioneer Judge J. T. (Turn to Page 8, Col. 5) Progress Lacking On India's Demand NEW DELHI, India. Feb. 5-(yF) -Mohandas K. Gandhi and Vice roy Lord Linlithgow failed to day to agree on Indian demands for Independence, the third such stalemate since the European war started. Gandhi apparently stood firm on the congress (nationalist) party demand for Immediate con sideration of India's independence while Lord Linlithgow reiterated Britain's stand to postpone final action until after the war. The tall British statesman and the wry little leader of India's millions of Hindus conferred two and a half hours but a communi que indicated the only point of agreement was "to defer for the present further discussions." The communique said the vice roy repeated British assurances India's Independence would be considered "when the time came" presumably after the war and suggested "the federal scheme act while at present in suspense af forded the swiftest stepping stone towards dominion status." Odd Fellows Are Thanked by Craig For Fine Funeral PRINEVILLE, Feb. 5-(V George Craig sent Prlneville Odd Fellows a note of thanks today for the fine funeral they gave him Saturday. Startled lodge men checked up, found that Craig, patient in a lo cal hospital, was both alive and amused. The errort occured when Craig's relatives were erroneous ly notified after Al Nichols, old time Prlneville resident, died last week. The mistake was dis covered before Nichols' body was sent east to Craig's relatives. SOUTHERN j - Torrents of rain, accompanied by recenUy in one of the section's Angeles woman. Photo shows mired xnotorlstsvIIN pboto British Losses At Sea Mount; Big Ship Sinks Canadian Beaverburn Is Torpedo Victim; Crew Is Believed Saved Minesweeper Also Down and Fear Expressed Half Crew Gone LONDON, Feb. e-(Tuesday)-(AVBritain counted new losses today In the relentless war at sea as the 9,874-ton Canadian Pa cific steamer Beaverburn was re ported torpedoed off the Irish coast a few hours after the mine sweeper Sphinx, crippled by Ger man air raiders, sank as she was being towed to port. Mystery shrouded the sinking of the Beaverburn, which was announced in a terse bulletin by the authoritative British press association. No details on the number of casualties was Im mediately available. Shipping circles said it was un likely that full details would be known until rescue vessels had picked up survivors. Owners of the ship, a fast freighter plying between Liver pool and St. John, New Bruns wick, said she carried a crew of between 100 and 200 men. A competent Bource said there was reason to believe mat au except one had been rescued. Over Half of Crew Is Feared Lost The foundering of the Sphinx, a vessel of 875 tons, Drougni to 24 the number of British naval (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Call for Budgets For '41-'42 Given State Heads Asked to Turn in Requests and Draft Their Bills Early In a move toward speeding proceedings for the 1941 legis lative session. Governor Charles A. Sprague yesterday sent out letters urging all state depart ment heads to complete by De cember IS -any -bills they may have to present and to turn in their 1941-42 budget requests by August 1. "In there has been complaint that executive departments failed to have ready at the opening of the legislative session, bills which they wished to have enacted, with the result that the legislature was delayed in its work,'' the gover nor's letter explained. "I want there to be no cause for such criticism in connection with the next legislative session. Accordingly, I request that all de partment heads schedule their work in 1940 so that material they desire to present to the next legislature will be ready for that bodj when it convenes.'' Governor Sprague said the outline of all department bills should be ready for review, by his office not later than September 1. The governor indicated that prompt action by department heads In connection with prepar ing their budgets would assist the budget director in completing bis material for the legislature. Finns Deny Russ Unit Annihilated HELSINKI, Feb. 6-(Tuesday)-(jip-FinniBh soldiers watched the Karelian isthmus and the Lake Ladoga regions today for the next major development in the war with Russia, but reports abroad that the Russian 18th division had been destroyed were denied by a headquarters representative. The spokesman said the report of the annihilation of the division apparently arose from the fact that a decisive development north of Lake Ladoga, in the Kitela area, had been awaited for days since the soviet offensive there had been stalled and many Rus sians were cut off from their sup plies. Some observers Interpreted a heavy Russian attack at Summa, on the Karelian Isthmus, as a Russian attempt to divert the Finns from the Ladoga region and relieve the two divisions reported stranded there. Instead, the Finns have been boring into Russian positions north of the lake and yesterday's communique announced the tak ing of a new stronghold, the kill ing of 500 Russians and the cap ture ot seven tanks and other war materials. CAL. EXPERIENCES DELUGE freak electrical storms, smashed the face of soatheni California again wettest winters In years. T.fghiitng struck two homes, injured a Los hub - deep roads near Vm Nuts, In which going appears to be tongh for . " : Mimicipcd Power Is Launched 9 More Jurors Called in for Drager's Trial Drawing of Trial Panel, Uncompleted Monday, Resumes at 9:30 County Treasurer Faces Charge of Larceny of $23,520 Sum Drawing of nine special Jurors was ordered by Judge L. H. Mc Mahan when it became apparent yesterday afternoon that the regular January term venire would be exhausted before a Jury could be agreed upon to hear the case of David G. Drager, county treasurer indicted on a charge of larceny of $23,520 in county funds, which opened yesterday in circuit court. The order for a special venire, which marked the end of a long and tedious day spent In Interro gation of prospective Jurors by both sides, became necessary when the number of Jurors re maining on the list shrank below the number of challenges still held by counsel for both sides. Five Women Drawn In Special Venire In consequence County Clerk U. G. Boyer and Sheriff A. C. Burk presided at the drawing of the nine "good and lawful per sons," some of whom, attorneys agreed, will probably become Jurors when the panel is com pleted today. The nine chosen included Fae L. Kuenstlng, housewife, St. Paul; Floria A. Crittenden, housewife, Englewood: Helen M. Pemberton, housewife. East Woodburn; Amos C. Branch, truck driver, Salem; Stella N. Alsman, housewife, Sa lem;. Joseph M. Kavanaugh, la borer, Salem; Jessie M. Davidson, housewife. Pringle; Fhiuip- J May, farmer, East Mt. Angel, and Leif Bergsvik, superintendent, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Violence Occurs In Toledo Strike TOLEDO, 0., Feb. 5-;p)-Armed guards at the West Central ave nue plant of the Ohio Fuel Gas company were stoned tonight in the first outbreak of violence in Toledo's five-day gas workers' strike. No injuries were reported. Police Capt. Charles Hennesy attributed the stoning to the ap pearance of the guards with shot guns. A picket line had been main tained around the fenced property since the strike was called last Wednesday but the guards had not been armed prior to tdday. Police reserves were called out as the first stones were hurled, but there were no arrests. The plant has been operating with the aid of company workers sum moned from its other Ohio units. Hennesy reported three guards were stationed In a small tower inside the plant enclosure a nd several others were nearby. Pick eting, prior to their appearance, had been orderly, he said. The dozen policemen sent to the scene were able to restore order in three minutes. Carpenter Gives $2000 to Finland SEATTLE, Feb. S-iJPy-A hum ble Washington state carpenter's donation of approximately $2000 to Finnish relief was disclosed here today. Alaric W. Qulst, Finnish rice consul here, received a letter from Ivar Gull, a native of Finland who has lived 20 of his more than 60 years in the United States, with a passbook on a bank In Finland. The letter expressed the wish .that the funds "be paid out for civilian relief or for needy people." Quist said Gull, a naturalised citizen who resides on Whldby island In Puget sound, inherited the money and never had re moved It from the bank at Wasa, 200 mUes northwest of Helsinki. Hannah Martin Eying City, County Clerks9 Positions; Only Duncan, Steelhammer Expected to Run- for Reelection to Lower House; North End Legislative Material Sought By STEPHEN C. MERGLER Hannah Martin, one of Marion county's four state rep resentatives, probably will not seek reelection to her present position but two fellow members of the last session, George R. Duncan of Stayton and John F. Steelhammer, of Salem, will, it appeared yesterday. Mrs. Martin does not, however, intend to quit public of fice; she is 'shopping around," notO yet ready to decide what office she may seek. Queried yesterday, Mrs. Martin said persistent reports that she would file for the republican nom ination for county clerk were in exact in that she had not decided to do so. She might instead seek the Salem city recordership or possibly some other salaried of fice. While Representative Martin Is looking over the likely offices, re ports come in that a candidate from the north end of the county, not necessarily one of the ex-legislators there, is being sought, aside from the efforts of the com mittee of farmers and business men which has been meeting weekly to sift out election ma terial with the avowed intention of promoting good government. Steelhammer is keeping silent on the question of his again seek ing election to the lower bouse of the legislature but it is consid ered certain that not much urg ing, from within or from without, would be required to put him in the republican primary race. He resigned a few months ago to ac cept an assignment by the Mar ion county court to prosecute its tax foreclosures; the court , has not filled the vacancy he left be hind. , Duncan Is known to Intend put ting up his name again. The fourth lower house member rep resenting the county at the last session, Walter F u h r e r, has moved to San Francisco and Is out of the picture for the coming elec tion. H. R. "Farmer" Jones will take another try at the legislative race but Ed R. Jory, who has run sev eral times, plans this year to skip the primaries and run as an In dependent at the November gen eral election. First to enter the renublican nomination ring formally is L. M. Ramage of Salem, who filed his notice of Intention Saturday. Frank P. Murphy Seated on Bench WASHINGTON. Feb. B-JPk- Frank Murphy of Michigan, 46-year-old bachelor, took bis seat on the supreme court today, giv ing it a majority of Roosevelt-appointed Justices. As the newest Justice," the former attorney general took the chair at the extreme left of the bench while Justice William O. Douglas moved ever to the right flank. Murphy was appointed to the vacancy created by the death of Pierce Butler and became Presi dent Roosevelt's fifth appointee to the nine-man tribunal. The session produced only one decision a unanimous ruling de livered by Justice Reed, that pri vate users of the malls who suf fered loss can not sue to collect on a postmaster's surety bond. The court held that postmast ers' bonds were primarily to pro tect the government and that congress Intended that claims on the bonds would be handled through the government rather than through suits by Individ- uala. Democrats Choose Chicago; 3rd Term Queries Irk FDR WASHINGTON, Feb. K-P)-The democrats chose Chicago, a center of pro-third term activity, as their 1940 convention city to day and left it to National Chair man James A. Farley to set the date, presumably after he learns when the republicans will meet. These decisions were reached at an excited and sometimes tur bulent meeting of th party's na tional committee, which saw Houston, in Vice President Gar ner's own state, vainly offer $200,000 for the convention; 940,000 more than Chicago's hid. : Chicago's nearest competitor, in fact, was Philadelphia, which also offered $1 50,0 00. For a mo ment. It appeared that Phila delphia might win, hut then mem bers from western states who had east their, votes for San Fran cisco and, in some cases for Houston, switched to the Illinois city. The final count was Chi cago 48, Philadelphia 28, Ban Francisco 7 and Houston 2. One ot the last two votes was cast by Garner himself. After the meeting, Farley told newspaper men he understood President Roosevelt himself Xa- by City Undecided . I5eer .Licenses in School Vicinities Protested, Board A letter protesting issuance of beer license to establish ments in residential districts and near schools was sent by the Halem school board to the city council yesterday morn ing following a special board meeting. The meeting was called after It was learned that the city council would consider the transfer of the beer license of Eugene Hart from a downtown location on High street to 1210 Broadway. In the protest ing letter, the particular cane was not mentioned but a gen eral statement was made. In part the letter read, "It shall be the policy of the board to oppose issuance of permits which provide for such exten sion and that it shall vigorously remonstrate the licensing of such places when In proximity to our pnbUc schools.' Mott Takes Issue With Peace Lobby Resents Implications of Frederick J. Libby of National Council WASHINGTON, Feb. Members of the house naval af fairs committee, holding hearings on the 1655.000,000 navy expan sion bill, fell into loud argument today as to whether an opposi tion witness had implied the com mitteemen were "incompetent fools or crooks." Rep. Mott (R, Ore.) accused Frederick J. Libby, executive sec retary of the National Council for the Prevention of War, of making that implication. Libby had asserted that the committee was working "in the dark" because it did not know what size navy the American peo ple actually want. He proposed the creation of a Joint congres sional committee which woald an swer that question and not serve as a "rubber stamp" for army and navy proposals. When Rep. Church (R, 111.) attempted to defend Libby from what he said were Mott's "asper sions," a sharp exchange ensued between ' the two congressmen. Chairman Vinson (D, Ga.) Inter posed to say he did not believe Mott's accusation was Justified. "That's a matter of opinion," Mott replied. Another member of the coun cil, Jeanette Rankin of Montana, the nation's first congresswoman, proposed that the committee spon- nor a resolution in congress to limit the navy to purely defensive sirengin. vored taking the convention to Chleago. He Indicated he would announce the date -for the big party meeting after the , repub lican national committee selects its time, and city at a meeting here on February If. Chicago, the scene of Presi dent Roosevelt's original presi dential, nomination In 1122, Is also the home of the powerful Kelly-Naah democratic organisa tion which has taken foremost position In the move to draft Mr. Roosevelt for an additional term. " Today's meeting was notable, too,- for.' a warm - exchange of felicitations between Farley, who Is widely 'regarded as a presi dential aspirant, and Gamer, an outright candidate. ' Introducing Farley, Garner referred to him as the most efficient national chair man In fifty years and praised him ae "tbe most agreeable fel low to work with' be bad ever known. Farley returned tbe compli ment In a nationally broadcast radio address. In thanking the members of tb committee . for past assistance he included . .(Turn to Page 2 CoL 1) Study Council Definite Plan To Be Drafted By Committee O'Hara Resolution Gets Support; Bonneville People Offer Aid One-Hour Parking to Be Resumed; Reserve of Police Approved Municipal ownership of electric power facilities again became a live Issue for the city council last night as it passed a resolution In troduced by Alderman David O'Hara authorizing its public util ities committee to investigate and determine the coot of erecting or acquiring a municipal power sys tem. The resolution also called on the committee to submit to the council a proposal for such acqui sition which may In turn be sub mitted to the people. Alderman O'Hara, in presenting the resolution, reviewed the eass of public power before the coun cil, recalling that about a year ago Bonneville authority representa tives agreed to make a survey of the cost of installing a public util ity but that the survey was dropped when the Portland Gen eral Electric company agreed to furnish the information. Contract With l'tiK Will Kipire Koon O Ilara said he had lately Inves tigated the letter In which the power company made its survey offer and found lhat no time lim it bad been mentioned. 'It could take five years or for ever, he said. Reminding the council that tne city's five-year contract for street lighting with the Portland Gen eral Electric company expires soon, O'Hara said:. "I don't think . this city will progress as it ought to progress while It is under the domination of this power com pany. ... It is now In bankruptcy court under two or three different proceedings. Its affairs are hope lessly Involved. I'd like to see tbo city have a municipal plant asd I'd like to see an estimate of costs as soon as possible." Mayor Chadwlck said that a representative of Bonneville called on him recently and promised to furnish soon data on public power costs applicable to Salem. One-Hour Parking Restoration Voted The council passed, without de bate, a resolution changing th downtown parking limit from 4 minutes to one hour and another police committee resolution estab lishing a city police reserve of vol unteer citizens. v The managership of the airport was left on a temporary basis as the council sccepted the recom mendation of the airport commit tee to reject bids on leases of both Lee U. Eyerly of Salem and How ard Burleson of Albany and call for new bids. The council became involved ls one of its recurring "Beer Barrel Polkas" with the protest of a number of residents near Market and Broadway streets to tbe trans ference of a beer license to a loca tion in that neighborhood. With the council Jammed with interested residents, who inter- Cm rn to Page 2, Col. I) Gty Income Tax Upheld by Court PHILADELPHIA, Feb. -tV The Pennsylvania supreme court upheld today the right of Phila delphia to impose i 14 per cent tax on wages and earned Income, but failed to end a fight which labor groups havs waged against the levy since its Inception. Counsel for a f 10-a-week wld- , owed shirt faetory worker, whose stuck on the validity of the tan was dismissed, announced they would carry their battle to the D B supreme court on tbe ground the federal constitution was vio lated. The tax an Important pillar In the ejty 1140 "pay-as-you-co" financial program became effes tlve January 1 for one year as an "emergency" measure. It la ex pected to yield I II. 00,000. Bill for Repeal Of City Stadium Act Introduced i -. . - . The" municipal stadium tot which Salem eitlsens voted a f lt 00 bond issue in 1028, win prob ably never be built." v introduced Into the .city coun cil last night by Alderman David O'Hara was an ordinance calling for repeal of the charter amend ment providing for tbe Issuance ot the $10,000 In bonds. An other ordinance provided fpr call ing a special city election at the. time of the May primaries, to vote on repealing tbe bond issue. - The stadium bond issue was . originally passed by the margin of only a few votes. "1